Rapid Reaction: Packers Re-Sign Jermichael Finley

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, The Packers have agreed to a 2 year, $15 million deal with tight end Jermichael Finley.

Finley has since basically confirmed this via twitter (not that Schefter is ever wrong anyway), it's time to talk about what it means for the NFL and your fantasy team right here after the jump...

Fantasy Football 2011 Quarterback Rankings

Been tinkering with these lists over the last week or two, and I'm finally ready to start rolling out my fantasy rankings at each position this year.  I am going to start with the quarterbacks and roll right on through to defenses before I release an overall rankings list/cheat sheet on Friday.

If you have already had your draft, I don't want to hear any complaints.  You are a moron for scheduling it so early in the offseason.  The earliest your draft should be held is the last weekend in August, and in a perfect world you'd do it a few days before the Thursday opener.  There is no reason for drafting earlier than that.  You're just going to see your players get hurt during the season, ruining a league's integrity for no good reason.

Now... Onto the list...

Top Ten NFL Quarterbacks 2011 - #5 - #1

The lockout looks to be wrapping up here, so football coverage is about to start ramping up here at Big Derf Sports.  Reactions to all the news and player movement along with fantasy football draft strategies and rankings all coming fast and furious once the league starts moving again.

Until then, finishing off my top ten NFL quarterbacks list.  The notable players that missed the list are here, and numbers 10-6 are here.  This list takes into account past performance and what I expect from these guys this year.  This top five section took me longest to get around to writing because it's going to be a bit of a love fest that's going to have to be interrupted with nitpicking to separate them.  It's hard to talk bad about any of these top five guys...

The NFC Championship Game - How the Chicago Bears will send Green Bay Packing

(Sorry... wanted to see how cliche a title i could give it)

Later today, at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Bears will take on the Packers for the third time this season.  Each team took one game a piece during the regular season and now it's win or go home.  Both teams are just one game away from the Super Bowl.

The public perception is that Green Bay is playing too good right now to lose and the Packers are the favorites to win the Super Bowl.  However, if you take a closer look, the shine of the Packers wears off and Chicago starts to glow.  The game will be close, but the Chicago Bears are going to win this game outright and I know seven reasons why..

NFL Playoffs Fantasy Football - Rodgers, Cutler or Roethlisberger and Other Roster Questions

Come playoff time, most places stop writing about Fantasy Football.  This is crazy.  NFL.com Fantasy playoff challenge is offering the winner a trip to the Super Bowl and has hundreds of thousands of entries. ESPN.com is also running a playoff challenge with hundreds of thousands of entries.  It's not just the hardcore fantasy junkies playing, it's everybody.  It also features a smaller talent pool to choose from, so every roster spot is crucial.  I'm going to break down each position and offer up my top choices to fill a standard roster (QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, K, DEF) along with the stats to back it up.

Packers At Falcons AKA The "NFC Championship Game"

Seahawks at Bears Preview

Lets be straight.  This is really the NFC Title game.  The two best teams to make the playoffs from the NFC ended up meeting each other a round early because of seedings... But they're still the best two teams in the NFC.  The winner of this game is guaranteed to be favored next round (Okay... If the Packers played the Bears it would likely be Bears -2.5 but that means the Packers would be favored on a neutral field.) Hell you could definitely make the case for either team beating anyone from the AFC in the Super Bowl too.  But the question that still needs to be answered is who will win and get to move on?