The Freaks Combined Cheat Sheets

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Kickers | Team Defenses

Pre-season is here, and for the next few weeks your whole mission in life is to find an edge for your fantasy football draft. We give a lot of knowledge across this site, but these cheat sheets are the distilled essence of it all.

Hey, the freaks know that you shouldn't take someone's cheat sheet as the word of god. We know it's just an opinion, and that's why we give you five opinions from experienced and diverse viewpoints.

We rank on a straight performance scoring system, so you TD-only and TD-distance leaguers might want to take this with a grain of salt. For the rest, read on. 

Last Updated: August 27, 2006

StingRay's Individual Cheat Sheets

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Kickers | Team Defenses

The Panthers defense gets after the quarterback and if the defensive line is healthy they will be the top defense in the league.

Under head coach Lovie Smith’s leadership the Bears defense was the number one defensive unit in the league last year. Their schedule will be a little tougher so that’s why they won’t be the number one defense in 2006.

The Seattle Seahawks defense was the 8th ranked defense a pleasant last season and the addition of ex-49ers linebacker Julian Peterson can only make them better.

The Steelers defense under Dick LeBeau is a defense that attacks the quarterback and forces turnovers.

The Giants have added Lavar Arrington to their defnes to go along with stud defensive ends in Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora.

The Patriots are the best coached team in the league and if Pro Bowl safety Rodney Harrison is completely healthy their defense will be as good as ever.

The addition of Josh Howard has the Eagles defensive line looking very good. I think the Eagles defense is a great pick this year.

The Ravens defense still finished in the top 10 last year and defensive stars Ed Reed and Ray Lewis missed considerable time. The two are reportedly healthy which means the defense should be much better in 2006.

The Colts defense was number two in fantasy last season. However, I am not a big believer in their defense due to the fact they didn’t really play in great offenses when they were padding their stats. The Colts offense would give them a big lead so it was easy for the defense to force turnovers. I believe the offense will suffer without Edgerin James and so will the defense.

The Jaguars depend on defense in order to win games and they have been a top 10 defense the past few seasons. Four games against divisional foes Texans and Titans will help their defensive numbers.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South last season and it was because of their defense which finished 5th in fantasy scoring last year. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have averaged out as the number 3 fantasy defense over the past 3 seasons.