PODCAST: 5 Running Backs You Must Start in Week 8

I've decided to incorporate my own Podcast into this blog. I named the Podcast, "Fantasy Football Knowledge With Asam City." My intention is to give Fantasy owners some last minute valuable advice, on who to start in your fantasy football matchup this week. My hope is that my research and opinions that I provide you with, will allow you to win your weekly matchup.

In this weeks Podcast, I discuss 5 Running Backs that you must start. Here is a link to the podcast:

Asam City Podcast: 5 Running Backs You Must Start in Week 8

In this Podcast, I gathered information from various sites such as:

Fantasy Football Cafe

Football Guys

Roto World

Roto Wire

FF Toolbox

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

DeAngelo Williams Angrily Tweets Back To His Fantasy Owners

It was a warm day at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, where DeAngelo Williams and the Carolina Panthers hosted the Seattle Seahawks…. DeAngelo Williams was set to have a splendid game on the ground, with the Seahawks run defense being ranked in the bottom half of the NFL .

Williams would end up with a porous 6 yards, on 6 attempts, and a fumble….. Fantasy owners were annoyed, to say the least! They were so annoyed that they expressed their frustration through the use of social media outlet, Twitter. In there tweets, they used profanity and harsh remarks that are unacceptable for me to show examples of in this blog. Williams, like most human beings would be, was unhappy about the vicious remarks that were being tweeted about him. In many cases, a professional athlete would keep quiet, but in this case, due to the high engagement Williams has on Twitter, he decided to retaliate, by posting a tweet saying:

 

@DeAngeloRB     
 

“Dear upset fantasy owners with the bad language you are a fantasy owner for a reason because you can't play or apparently fantasy coach!”
 

By Williams taking a shot at his fantasy owners, Williams essentially said that they are fantasy owners because they can’t play the game of football, and they are fantasy owners who can’t coach, because they were dumb enough to play him. 

This produced a lot of re-tweeting and many angry responses that made DeAngelo feel as though he may have put himself in hot water. Fans now were stewing in his words and hurled hurtful epithets at Williams. They re-tweeted his response and started threads of their own, that lambasted the Carolina running back.

 

 

Picture taken from: Fantasy Knuckleheads

This Twitter outrage definitely showed the influence that Williams had on his fans and followers, due to the high volume of responses and other Twitter activity. Fantasy owners were no longer just pissed off at Williams because of his poor play, but now, because of his own tweet that he tweeted. 

After the consequent reaction from his owners and followers, DeAngelo backed off his initial tweet and assured fans and fantasy owners that the 1-4 Panthers would bounce back from this poor start. Below is the tweet in which he begins his attempt to resurrect his Twitter persona: 
 

 

@DeAngeloRB

“As fans u have every right to be disappointed, but just know that we are even MORE disappointed, and we WILL get this thing turned around”
 

Overall, this is a great example of how Social Media is used in Fantasy Football. While there was no breaking news or important injury report, this was a case of a Professional athletes emotions getting the best of him, and how it effected his fan base and those that owned him in Fantasy leagues across the world. Williams could have chosen any social media platform, but he decided to utilize Twitter because of the many relationships and engagements he already had there.

5 Fantasy Football Twitter Personalities You Have To Follow

We are already over a quarter of the way through the season, and by now, there are definitely some Twitter personalities you’ve began to heavily rely on. These personalities have supplied you with up to date and current fantasy football news, allowing you to stay on top of the action in your league.

These inspiring twitter personalities have also caused fantasy GM’s to do a great job at using social media to find out this valuable information, which will lead us to the ultimate hope, a fantasy football championship.

I have decided to compile my own list of people that allow me to stay on track towards winning one fantasy matchup at a time.

 1.) Peter King 

           @SI_PeterKing   

Peter King is a guy that I’ve always liked and respected, becuase he writes the famous Sports Illustrated article “Monday Morning Quarterback.” He knows his stuff, thats for sure, and his twitter insight gives juicy fantasy tips, while also just giving a broad view of how the NFL is looking at that particular moment in the Twitter World.

2.)  Matthew Berry 

         @MatthewBerryTMR

Matthew Berry might be a bigger fantasy guru than @ASAMCITY himself.... This guy is about the most legitimate source of fantasy information we could ever come by. Berry gives great info on who to draft and why, answers fans questions through direct messaging and by replying and always posts up to the minute knowledge, that all fantasy GM needs to utlitize. The best way to do this is to follow him on Twitter, and constantly check your Twitter account for his tweets! You will thank me when he starts regularly showing up on your timeline.

3.) Brad Evans

          @YahooNoise

If you’ve ever done a Yahoo Fantasy league, you know who this guy is. Evans is fantastic fantay football writer and can be seen regularly on Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football Live. Following his Twitter helps integrate his quality info into your timeline and I personally follow Mr Evans because of he is a great source for injury updates.

4.) Stephania Bell

  

          @Stephania_ESPN

Stephania is ESPN’S Certified Orthopedadic Clinical Specialist, and is the best form of information you can get regarding injury updates and there severities. Her twitter feed lists injured athletes, and for athletes that are questionable game time decisions, she is the perfect Twitter personality to follow to determine who needs to play and who needs to be benched.

5.) Evan Silva

          @evansilva

Evan is a guy I’ve read on various fantasy football sites such as RotoWorld, and is a Senior NFL Editor at a site called ProFootballTalk which is a site I’ve read since my fantasy football beginnings. This guy is about is well versed as it gets and his tweets are times humorous too.

Of course, another great fantasy football Twitter personality is me, @AsamCity! Please continue to follow this blog and on Twitter, and while I don't post as much as Matthew Berry, my info is just as juicy!

Hope you all had a great fantasy week!