RELATED: Top Western Games The founders of WolfEye Studios, Colantonio and Julien Roby worked at Arkane Studios. Devolver Digital also has their hand in the pie and they know a thing or two about picking up interesting games and studios to follow. Weird West has a lot of street cred but is it enough to make an excellent game? The answer to that is complicated so let’s run down what it does and doesn’t get right....
Goals from Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud gifted Arsenal a two-goal lead before the break, with Yaya Toure pulling one back for City late on. MORE: Must-see photos of the week: Dec. 14-20 Speaking afterward as Arsenal consolidated second position in the table, two points adrift of Leicester City, Wenger said: “It is a game we can come out of happy, but I believe it was very intense. “It has strengthened our belief that we can win the title....
Inability to tie the Germany international to fresh terms means that the Gunners continue to fend off endless rounds of speculation regarding the future of their World Cup winner. Manchester United are reported to be keen on taking a proven performer to Old Trafford, with Jose Mourinho having worked with Ozil before at Real Madrid. Wenger, though, has maintained throughout an unfortunate saga that the 29-year-old is not for sale and that he will eventually commit to fresh terms – and the Frenchman is not about to relax that stance....
Former Arsenal manager Wenger has been out of the game since leaving the Gunners at the end of last season, but he is said to be in line for a new role with the Ligue 1 champions. And speaking to reporters after coaching a team in Per Mertesacker’s charity match, Wenger revealed his positive early impressions of Tuchel, who has won 11 of his 12 competitive games in charge....
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Arsene Wenger will be an impossible act to follow and Arsenal cannot count on being in the Champions League every season once their French manager leaves, the club’s former vice-chairman David Dein said on Monday. Dein reckons that even if Arsenal make an astute choice when they eventually seek a successor to 66-year-old Wenger, whose contract runs out next year, they will face an uncertain time....
Taysom Hill was a big win for our stacking last week, and he’s right back here this week. This time, though, he’s in the cash-game section with Michael Thomas. Josh Allen will also be familiar to those of you who use our cash stacks. Things get a little crazier in the GPP section, with Philip Rivers, Baker Mayfield and Wayne Gallman all making appearances. Be sure to follow our Twitter account @SN_Fantasy to see all of our DFS content heading into kickoff every week....
After a look back at things we got wrong last week, including serious miscalculations about Adrian Peterson, Golden Tate and Matt LaCosse, we move on to this week’s top trending players. Rookie handcuffs Jeff Wilson Jr., Jaylen Samuels, Justin Jackson, and Rashaad Penny dominate the conversation, but have a little time for a rookie QB, too (Josh Allen). We then move to the favorable/unfavorable matchups for bubble players, including Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield, Mark Ingram, Josh Adams, Spencer Ware, Chris Godwin, Courtland Sutton, Allen Robinson, Alshon Jeffery, DeVante Parker, John Ross, David Njoku, Trey Burton and more....
If you are trailing slightly in a season long pick ’em contest, you might need to take some chances this week to catch up. We highlight some of the best opportunities to do so below. This analysis is brought to you by TeamRankings, the only site that provides customized picks that maximize your edge in football pools. Check out their Football Pick ’em Picks, NFL Survivor Pool Picks, and NFL Betting Picks....
Some of the players on the list below are still worth starting, but the fact you can’t count on them for as many points as usual could cause you to take some chances with other spots in your lineup. There’s no reason to play it “safe” in the fantasy championship game. It’s worth pointing out that we didn’t include QBs here because there aren’t many legitimate sleeper or bust candidates....
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(Update: The Ravens announced Jackson will sit out Week 17. Enter Griffin.) There’s another former Heisman Trophy winner who could be out of commission for a different reason in Week 17. Kyler Murray hurt his quad Sunday and couldn’t finish the game, instead watching Brett Hundley lead the Cardinals to a win in Seattle. After the game, Kliff Kingsbury didn’t provide an outlook for the season’s final week. Arizona has no reason to push it with its rookie, but for now we’ve left Murray in our rankings so you know where he would rank if he plays....
There will be a handful of players that could be in danger of sitting Week 17. Guys like Gurley and Melvin Gordon, who are banged-up, may take a week off if they aren’t 100 percent ahead of the playoffs. Other top guys on playoffs-bound teams like Ezekiel Elliott, Alvin Kamara, and Lamar Miller could also sit depending on what their respective teams decide is best for them moving forward. (UPDATE: Gurley is out with a knee injury while the Saints appear to be resting their starter....
Speaking of surprises — hello, already-important AFC South face-off. Yes, that’s Tennessee at Jacksonville. If nothing else, the question of whether the Jaguars’ defense is really that good, or whether the Texans’ offense is that bad. And two teams get their delayed season openers, the storm-postponed Dolphins and Buccaneers. There’s more than enough mystery to go around already around the league, but these teams are blank slates. Welcome. MORE: Week 2 NFL picks against the spread...
By Week 3, the kicker rankings are totally different than they looked in the preseason. By now, we have two weeks of team performance and data at our fingertips. Generally, teams stick with the kicker they drafted for at least two weeks before contemplating a change. Because of the volatile nature of the position, a poor Week 1 performance can be tolerated. However, if the same guy throws up a dud in Week 2, he’s as good as gone, and that leaves owners scouring the waiver wire for a replacement....
QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall The big-armed Thundering Herd quarterback completed 17 of 29 passes for 425 yards — the fourth-best total of his career — with TD tosses of 25, 6, 19 and 77 yards. QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State The redshirt freshman finally got a stress-free opportunity to iron out some of the kinks and had himself a big day. He was 23 of 30 passing for 312 yards and six touchdowns and an interception....
Last week, our busts were once again fairly accurate. At RB, all of our guys did very little, as Alex Collins struggled with ball security, James Conner couldn’t find room against the Ravens, and Peyton Barber was shut down against the Bears. Elsewhere, Ryan Fitzpatrick finally put up a complete dud and was benched as a result, and pass catchers Chris Hogan, Marquise Goodwin, and Dallas Goedert all did relatively little to help their fantasy teams win....
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The important thing to note is that a player getting a bigger role doesn’t automatically translate to success, especially if we don’t know how big that role will be. Last week we saw Cameron Meredith have success with increased usage, but someone like DeAndre Washington hasn’t really broken out like we all thought he would when Latavius Murray (toe) got hurt. We could see a repeat this week from Davis and Davis....
