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Blake Griffin’s bounce-pass dunk from freshman-rookies game

Blake Griffin won the slam dunk contest last night, but his best dunk was from the freshman-rookies game.

Analysis: With the fantasy season put on hold for a few days, enjoy Blake Griffin and the rest of all-star weekend. Griffin is quickly becoming one of the best fantasy players in the league, and this during his first full season as a Clipper. Be glad you got your hands on him this season in the middle rounds of your draft because next year he will surely be much tougher to get your hands on him.

Mark Teixeira will not waive his no trade clause

Talking to reporters on Saturday, Mark Teixeira told Andrew Marchand that he will not be waiving his full no-trade clause, trying to put rumors to rest in the unlikely hood that Albert Pujols could end up a Yankee.

Analysis: “I’m not going anywhere,” Teixeira said as Yankees position players reported on Saturday. “I got that no-trade for a reason. I’m going to be buried in these pinstripes. You know what, I would be disappointed if the fans of New York weren’t looking to make our team better, but they’ve just got to know I’m not leaving.”  While thats all fine and dandy, the real question is which Teixeira will appear during the first half of the season.  As we all know, Teixeira put up horrible numbers and didn’t break out of the slump until around 2/3rd of the season was already over.

Projection: Tex is safe to draft in all formats, and his hamstring sounds like it won’t be a problem.  Teixeria should put up some solid numbers for the Yankees in 2011 that we are used to seeing from him.

Your fantasy season is in the hands of Michael Vick

Michael Vick will be playing on Tuesday night, leaving the fates of many fantasy super bowl games anxiously awaiting the 8PM EST kick-off time.

Analysis: It’s no secret that Michael Vick has propelled many fantasy teams to where they are now.  He has been on fire as of late and his stat-line should look good by the time the Vikings / Eagles game concludes.  The real question is, will it be enough for you to win your fantasy super bowl?

High/Low: Expect 25 to 35 points for Vick, but has the potential to put up a 50 spot on any given week.

Hines Ward is not a safe start for week 16

Hines Ward had 34 yards receiving against the Jets in week 15 with only 3 receptions.  He was targeted 3 times by Ben Roethlisberger.

Analysis: Hines Ward is still an extremely unreliable fantasy option.  Fantasy owners were hoping for the best but expecting the worst against the Jets and that is exactly what happened.   Week 16 the Steelers play the Panthers but there is no guarantee that Ward will perform well against them.  If you have no other option then feel free to roll with Ward but he is nothing more than a low end #2 or high #3 option for Week 16.

High/Low: Expect Ward to range from 1 to 7 fantasy points in week 16.

Start Ryan Torain for week 16

Ryan Torain rushed 11 times to lead Washington with 53 yards against the Cowboys in week 15. He added five catches for 48 yards one TD.

Analysis:  Torian managed to have a decent game considering the Redskins were down for a majority of the day.  Had the game been closer, Torian would have had around 20 rushing attempts.  Torian is a safe play as a #2 running back against the Jags in week 16.  He has strung together back to back solid weeks since coming back from injury and should continue to do so next week.

High/Low: Expect Torian to have 8 to 20 fantasy points against the Jaguars in Week 16.