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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...

Summer Scramble: NFC West Burning Questions and Prediction

It's July, the slowest month of the year for the NFL, and it's driving you nuts. You need a fix. A hit. Anything NFL to pull you through the dog days. FanHouse is here to help with an in-depth look at each division that should have you plenty prepared for training camp. We're calling it Summer Scramble, and this afternoon...

The Once-Over: Week (Ocho) Cinco

With attention spans dwindling, we forego full game-by-game previews to give you the essentials you need to know about every contest this glorious NFL weekend. Click here to go back in time.The 1sTennessee (4-0) at Baltimore (2-1): Okay, fine, I'll agree, the Titans are a good football team. They're giving up just 11.5...

Mike Holmgren Having Second Thoughts; Turns His 'Retirement' Into a 'Sabbatical'

It would appear that Mike Holmgren taught Brett Favre everything he knows. Or, in the case of "how to retire", maybe it's the other way around. See, Holmgren announced his retirement following this season, primarily based on one of the league's top defenses, a [theoretically] revamped running game and Matt Hasselbeck...

Julius Jones Will Begin 2008 Just Like He Ended 2007: on the Bench

Julius Jones was part of the Bill Parcells Reclamation Project. During the 2004 draft, the Cowboys traded out of the first round and used their first pick, a second-rounder, on Jones. The former Notre Dame star would start seven games as a rookies, 12 the following season, and 32 more the last two years. But it became...