Fantasy Football GM's

Hey Everybody,

Just wanted to give you a brief intro about me. My goal is simply to provide useful information and help you guys and gals enjoy your fantasy sports more.

I'm really honored to have been hired to be the senior writer for fantasycrowd.com recently. The owner came across this blog when I signed up for a profile there, like my writing here and offered me a position a couple days later. I feel very lucky that I get write about something I'm so passionate about. When I first started this blog I just wanted to make a few posts and see what happened, so I apologize that I never really introduced myself to those who don't know me.

I'm a 27-year-old fantasy sports enthusiast originally from Detroit and now living in Chicago. As the "About me" section says; Yes, I am a Lions fan, and yes it does suck. Anyways, I graduated from Oakland University in 2006 with a major in communications and minor in marketing. I’ve been working in sales since 2003 and am currently a web consultant for Web Works.

I’ve been playing fantasy sports for about five years now, but like to think that I picked up on it relatively quickly. I won the first free league I ever joined on ESPN when I had Steve Smith and OchoCinco in their primes and was hooked ever since. I won my first money league championship last year in the IDP (individual defensive player) league I’ve been in for three years now. It was a thriller, I ended up winning on one of the last plays of the season when the Bears blocked Mason Crosby’s kick.

My claim to fame in my fantasy career so far has been my waiver wire pickups. Last year I got Kurt Warner the day he was announced the started and well…we all know how well he played in 08’. I really like to study the wire each week and am not afraid to make a bold pickup or two, of course that means you have to be willing to drop somebody on your current team and I have a neat little weekly feature in mind just for this situation…stay tuned. I took so much heat from it one year that I mockingly named my team “The Waiver Wire Legends”. Granted the key is to pick well enough in your draft you won’t have to worry about the waiver wire so much, but my feeling is you can never have enough good players and even if you’re not using them at least nobody else can.

I also go by “Detroit Dave” in many of my leagues now. I would only really consider myself a fantasy football specialist but am pretty well versed in baseball, basketball, college football, college basketball and golf as well.

I’ve been playing real sports ever since I can remember. My first love was baseball, and then moved to basketball, then golf and now football. I played a mean two-bag in high school baseball until I broke my ankle my junior year. I also made for a good 6-7th man off the bench in basketball during my first two years, known for my 3-point shooting but just didn’t have the stamina or desire to play on the varsity level. I was the player of the year for my high school golf team in 2000 and also have a hole-in-one to my credit.

I certainly can’t take credit for the massive amounts of knowledge, stats and otherwise useless information (if it weren’t for fantasy sports) I’ve accumulated over the years. I’ve been blessed with a great group of sports nuts around me from friends, family members, co-workers and neighbors.

I wouldn’t feel right about this article without mentioning my mentor is sports, Al Giroux. Originally from Canada and my neighbor for many years, Al and I have watched just about every Detroit sporting event this decade and attended many of them as well. He really opened my eyes to the role that coaches and refs have in different sports along with how much injuries and psyches can make a difference in a player or teams success. Without a doubt the most knowledgeable sports fan I know. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him.

If there’s anything else you’d like to know feel free to ask or follow me on twitter. I welcome all feedback and look forward to interacting with everybody soon!