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Welcome back folks!!! It looks like another year has kicked off for all of us Fantasy geeks, and with the NFL draft going the way it has, it should be a fairly entertaining season ahead. Although there is no such thing as an ‘off-season’ for us here at DraftGuide, we did manage to get away from all of this for a bit, and hope the rest of you in the fantasy football biz took the opportunity to do the same. But it’s not time to talk about our ‘winter’ vacation, or the 3-wood I took within 10 ft. from 210 yds. last week at Columbia Point...it’s time for yet another...

Notes from the Dog Pound.

What did we learn last year? Well, depending on which viewpoint you take...

We here at DraftGuide learned that we needed an overall coversheet for draft night. Not that last year’s model was inferior; we just noticed a lot of page turning that didn’t seem necessary during the rush of the first round or two. So...poof! now we have one.

We learned that implementing custom scoring systems wasn’t as impossible as once believed. It took many, many hours of guru-like programming, but my man Ruben came through with flying colors. We hope it helps.

We learned that making sleeper picks in June for national magazines coming out in August kind of leaves you feeling like you left your fly open in front of your future Father-in-law.

We learned that not everyone understands what their email address is.

We learned that not everyone understands what a password is.

We learned that hardware/software/internet breakdowns will usually occur right in the middle of peak times. Never in the middle of May, at 3 am.

In Fantasy Football terms, we learned that...

  • It’s not the players that are our enemy...it’s the COACHES!

  • Terrell Davis was THE fantasy horse beyond any shadow of a doubt. What else do you want from a RB?

  • Old men can still play ball.

  • Young guys are really, really fast.

  • Randy Moss is an alien.

In general ‘football on the web’ terms we learned that...

  • KFFL’s ‘Hot Off the Wire’ actually could handle the whole year...and beyond. Hats off to you folks, I didn't think you’d pull it off.

  • Some of our resident web ‘experts’ have fancied themselves radio personalities. Sounded like fun guys, can’t wait for this year!

  • Every year info/speed just gets cooler and cooler. Remember box-scores with the Monday morning paper?

  • Every year info/speed just gets more crowded and crowded. Is it just me, or does everybody’s live stats go brain dead slow about 15 minutes into the afternoon games?

I’m sure there will be more rants and raves in the future, so for now, welcome back if you’ve been here before...and Welcome if you just found us. Time for me to get back to work...

Until next time, The Sun Dog


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