Best Fantasy Football Websites:

Number 1

Fantasy Knuckleheads has been around for over 5 years (previously named top fantasy football) and the guys working the site are all exceptional football minds. The offer weekly fantasy football rankings, super early waiver wire reports, they pick two sleepers per week, and have IDP Waivers Wire reports and Weekly IDP Rankings. The guys just started doing player news updates too! They have a good deal of player stats such as target reports too. And if you’re a member they can take care of you in their forum.

Number 2

By buddy over at http://fantasy-info.com comes in at number two. He provides short list weekly player rankings.  I really like his fantasy football podcast too!

Number 3

In at number 3 is http://www.fantasyfootballfreaks.com – what makes the different is their fantasy football tools such as: Player Comparison | Fantasy Leaderboard | Top Games

Number 4

http://gridironexperts.com These guys get it done! What I like most is the NFL level articles from guys that also like to player fantasy football.

Number 5

http://lesterslegends.com – Lester is a great guy and pushes out some great content. Be sure to follow him on twitter.

Number 6

The http://thehazean.com/ is a good ole boy out of Louisiana – he offer great fantasy football advice and does “link drops” to great content he finds on the internet.

Number 7
Fantasy Football Librarian – nuthin but link drops – but her twist is she lets you into her personal life a bit which makes for an interesting read before you get to the quality content she links to.

Top 3 Deep-Threat Wideouts:

Calvin Johnson (Detroit Lions)

Breakdown: Though there has yet to be any scientific research conducted on the subject, it’s still not obvious whether or not “Megatron” is entirely human. Not only is Johnson in the midst of his finest season to date, he has admirably shouldered the weight of the Lions offensive production. Thanks in part to the first healthy season by Matthew Stafford to date, Johnson is the unquestioned primary receiving option as well as a safety valve when plays fall apart. As a matter of fact, it seems that one of Coach Jim Schwartz’s favorite looks is “Hey Matt, why don’t you just chuck it up there and see what Calvin can do”.

2011-12 Stat Line: 564 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns

Mike Wallace (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Breakdown: While it is shockingly apparent to all NFL fans that the Steelers have thus far failed to live up to their potential this season, the one offensive bright spot has been 3rd year deep-threat extraordinaire Mike Wallace. More than any other factor, Wallace’s success in 2011 has been propelled by his emergence as the most reliable option within the once-formidable Pittsburgh receiving corps. With Hines Ward clearly in the twilight of his impressive career and Emmanuel Sanders ascent to stardom still a work in progress, Big Ben has openly turned to Wallace as his favorite target. Furthermore, the deep bomb to Mike Wallace is no longer a twice a game trick play instead Roethlisberger now goes long to the young speedster 4 to 5 times a half.

2011-12 Stat Line: 612 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns

Jordy Nelson (Green Bay Packers)

Breakdown: Six weeks into the 2011 NFL campaign and the Green Bay Packers offensive juggernaut has yet to slow down coming off its tremendous Super Bowl victory last season. For those who might be baffled, please don’t let the Packers depth chart lead to confusion. Does Green Bay list Jordy Nelson as its 3rd best wide receiver? Yes. Does this ranking properly reflect his value on the 2011 Packers? Not at all. Sure, he might be third in line to catch a pass from Aaron Rodgers behind Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley but Nelson has firmly established himself as the team’s second receiving option. By the way, he’s not even the Packers only deep threat thanks to the steady presence of James Jones (263 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns in 2011)…Nelson just happens to be Green Bay’s best deep threat.

2011-12 Stat Line: 413 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns

And now for the part of the list that everyone has been waiting for…

The Bottom 3 Deep-Threat Wideouts:

Devin Hester (Chicago Bears)

Breakdown: Anyone who has played fantasy football for a few years has probably carried Devin Hester on their roster for at least two weeks. It’s a common mistake and those who do so can’t really be blamed for such optimism, after all he used to be a good player. But as any psychiatrist will tell you, the definition of insanity is the repetition of any action with the expectation of a different outcome. Therefore, those who continually draft Hester or pick him up off the waiver wire and expect him to be productive each time are clinically insane. By the way that’s not an opinion, that’s Psychology 101. In all seriousness, Hester’s offensive shortcomings aren’t really even his fault as much as they are the by-product of a Bears coaching staff that has no idea how to effectively utilize his unique talents. For at least the past three seasons NFL experts have been imploring Chicago to stop using a kick return specialist as a starting wide receiver to no avail. So here it is 2011 and observers still continue to marvel at the absurdity of the Devin Hester experiment. The lunatic in all of us must think,”Maybe next year they’ll come to their senses”.

2011-12 Stat Line: 262 receiving yards, 1 touchdown

Malcolm Floyd (San Diego Chargers)

Breakdown: Somewhat more benign than the atrocity that is Devin Hester but perhaps equally disappointing is the performance of Malcolm Floyd in 2011. He currently finds himself in the frustrating category of players who should be better than they are. Think of it this way, Floyd plays in Norv Turner’s pass-first spread offense that features the whiny but talented Philip Rivers under center at quarterback and plays on the other side of the freakishly athletic Vincent Jackson, who consistently warrants double coverage. Plus with a 6’5″, 225 lb frame Malcolm Floyd’s noteworthy size, when mixed with his outstanding jumping ability and breakaway speed, should provide the perfect set of characteristics for emergence as one of the league’s premier young deep threats. Hopefully Floyd will overcome his slow start and breakout in the second half of the season.

2011-12 Stat Line: 258 receiving yards, 1 touchdown

Devery Henderson (New Orleans Saints)

Breakdown: As much as the following admission pains this article’s author, the fact is that while Devery Henderson will always have big play capability he rarely possesses big play ability. Furthermore, Henderson’s limited skill set puts a cap on his potential for offensive productivity. The only reason he has stayed in the Saints starting lineup for the past few seasons is his remarkable ability to run downfield extremely fast in a straight line. That’s IT. So unfortunately the list of his shortcomings is considerably longer: he’s NOT a possession receiver, he CANNOT work in the slot position, he CANNOT be effective over the middle of the field. However, he can be pushed out wide and effectively run a deep route. Devery Henderson is the stereotypical deep threat in today’s NFL in many ways. He rarely sees more than 5 targets in any given game thus he is a feast-or-famine fantasy player who can be depended upon for the occasional touchdown and has no value as high yardage receiver.

2011-12 Stat Line: 288 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns