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Method Men: How NFL Players Memorize Dizzying Playbooks

By Kyle StackFeb 24th 2011 – 7:00AM

NFL players are often cited as impressive physical specimens, but it's not their tree trunk-like legs or bulging biceps that are most impressive. It's their brains. That much is made clear by learning about the most mundane of tasks required of every NFL player: memorizing the playbook. It's an act which often goes...

Week 16 Sleepers: Studs Versus Sleepers

By R.J. WhiteDec 22nd 2010 – 8:00AM

We usually use the opening of the sleeper column to highlight one particular sleeper, but instead, I'll take this opportunity to make a valuable public service announcement: Now is not the time to get cute. Yes, Week 16 sleepers Rex Grossman and Tim Tebow are coming off very good fantasy scores in Week 15, and both play...

Waiver Wire Wonders: Tim Tebown'd

By Ryan DembinskyDec 21st 2010 – 11:00AM

In a sense, this is the best week of them all for the waiver wire. Not only do the picks generally go to teams with everything on the line, but it's also easy pickin' as most players are disinterested in their outcomes in the toilet bowl games. Hence, the contenders essentially have free reign. Best of luck to those...

4th & 26: Follow the Hurd

By Paul BourdettDec 19th 2010 – 10:55AM

4th and 26 is here to throw you a couple of deep sleepers, guys available in a large majority of Fleaflicker leagues that could give your fantasy football team a big boost. Sam Hurd, WR, Cowboys (0% owned) Roy Williams is expected to sit out Sunday with a groin injury, leaving Hurd and some guy named Jesse Holley to pick...

Michael Vick, Eagles Swat Away Texans, Look Ahead to Bigger, Better Things

By Thomas GeorgeDec 3rd 2010 – 2:05AM

PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles here on Thursday night put it on the Texans much like the Giants did nearly two months ago. Both teams roasted the Texans defense for 34 points. Both teams gained more than 400 yards of offense on the Texans. Both made the Texans succumb to their pressure, their styles, their whims. The Texans...

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Background on Derrick Ward

Derrick LaRon Ward (born August 30, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.

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