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Handcuffs and Committees: A Fantasy Football Spin on Backfields

For those who may use a different term or are new to fantasy football, "handcuff" is the term used when you own insurance for one of your players in the form of owning his real-life backup. It's usually a running back, but you could conceivably handcuff a quarterback. The theory is that some or all of the production is...

Spinning the Last-Round Circle

One of my favorite moves on fantasy football draft day is taking a late-round gamble and letting everyone else laugh at me. You can have the first round, just let me pick late. To illustrate, here's an actual message board post last season after one of my drafts: "Commish Snyder purposefully did not draft a kicker so he...

Bengals Add Top-Line Talent to Lines

Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 2009 Draft Grades.All joking about character risks aside, the Cincinnati Bengals needed to have a good draft. They've had some misses -- through bad scouting and bad luck -- with top picks in recent years, and they had to hit on...

Bengals Cut '04 First-Round Selection Chris Perry

Even when the Bengals drafted Chris Perry 26th overall in 2004, there were skeptics. In addition to Kevin Jones still being on the board (he was rated higher coming out of college, although his NFL career hasn't been particularly noteworthy), there were concerns about Perry's durability and whether he could be an...

LeSean McCoy Heads List of 'Other' Fantasy Relevant Players

We've already given a single post to each of the seemingly most relevant fantasy football impact players from the NFL Draft -- we say seemingly because bust-hood is always a possibility in this business -- but those are by no means the only players who might matter in this coming season. With that in mind, here are the...

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05/23/12 How to Fix the Cincinnati Bengals' Run Game Source: Bleacher Report Though the Cincinnati Bengals made some serious strides to improve their passing game in 2011, their running game ended up slipping through the cracks.
05/17/12 The Biggest Wild Card on Every AFC North Team This... Source: Bleacher Report With Cedric Benson out the door, Cincinnati Bengals running back Bernard Scott will finally have his time to shine.
03/25/12 Paul Pressey follows in father's footsteps Source: Abilene Reporter-News - Abilene TX If the name of University of Missouri basketball player Phil Pressey rings a bell, it should.
03/23/12 Green-Ellis signs with Bengals Source: Palladium-Item - Richmond IN Running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis signed a three-year deal on Thursday, giving the Cincinnati Bengals another option out of the backfield.