This one can alternatively be called "throw it all against the wall and see what sticks", as well as "upgrade everyone, downgrade everyone else".
The biggest offenders of this are the MSN FoxSports crew of Mike Harmon and Roger Rotter. We've already discussed their nearly identical Sunday wrap-up columns. What I didn't realize is that during the middle of the week, one or both put out their rankings for the following week. Sadly, I can't find the article(s) right now, but it was similar to something I saw there back during pre-season: the top 40% of the QBs/RBs/WRs were 'starters', the next 10% were 'sleepers' (that you should still start) and the remaining 50% were 'duds'. They'd have just as much 'success' with these picks if they'd just write all the names on the wall and take a shotgun to them!
Another offender is CBS Sportsline's Jamey Eisenberg (he's NOT the big/smart one). He does the weekly Start/Sit of the Week. They tend to be pretty fair, although this week his WR section is pretty weak. His Starts include a bunch of guys who excelled last week: Driver, Curtis, Chambers, McDonald, while his Sits include a bunch of guys who haven't done anything all season: Evans, Horn and Crayton. Gee Jamey, why not just find the #5 receiver on, say, the Cardinals and list him, too?
A surprise offender is Yahoo!'s John Hansen (also of FantasyGuru.com); it's a surprise because he was much better last year. His latest column is another 'shotgun' to the roster board. In fact, the only guy who doesn't seem to upgrade/downgrade is DeShaun Foster and he actually makes a big deal out of that! I wonder if Yahoo! knows this and buried his column this week. I had a real tough time finding it just now, as opposed to yesterday.
So, to sum up, we've got two disturbing trends: 1) bad humor and 2) a kitchen sink approach. The way this is going, by week 5, every columnist will just be throwing tons of jokes against the proverbial wall, with no viable fantasy advice to be found.
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