I know it’s only preseason, but it’s still exciting to know that in one week, we’ll be watching NFL football again.

Next Sunday on NBC at 8pm is the Hall-of-Fame between the Colts and the Skins. Not sure how many touches they’ll get, but it’ll be great to watch two fantasy football 1st round projected RBs Addai and Portis.

Get those PVRs ready! Just like they have in past years, NFL Network will air the majority of the preseason games this year. Almost all the games are in HD this year too.

Their coverage starts Thursday, Aug 7th @ Midnight with a Week 1 matchup between the Chiefs and Bears, and ends Monday, Sept 1st @ 4am with a Week 4 matchup between the Raiders and Seahawks.

CBS Sportsline’s Fantasy Football Commissioner on-line league manager site is the best on the ‘Net bar none.

They have the most extensive rule customizations / scoring system.  Here’s one example of this.

In our league, in previous years, we’d end up having a few games resulting in a tie every year.  Not only for that reason, but to also have more accurate score for a player’s performance, with Sportsline we were able to implement a decimal system last year (i.e. .04 points for every 1 passing yard).

Through this Quizno’s promo link, you receive $50 off the regular price ($149.95) to start a new league.  If your league is not with CBS Sportsline, and you’ve considered moving it, now is the perfect opportunity.

It’s been a while since Eddie and I have posted.  Life has kept Eddie, and myself, extremely busy this fantasy football offseason.

We are back for the 2008-2009 fantasy football season!  In our 12-team league, we were just randomly assigned our draft order.  I have the 2nd pick and Eddie has the 8th.  Obviously, my first round pick will be either LT2 or AP.  With the 8th pick, I think there will be a stud RB to be had, that the fantasy football community is sleeping on…which, I’ll discuss in a later article.

Click here to check out NFL.com’s free contest where you attempt to pick which players go to which teams in the 1st round. The Grand Prize is a trip to the 2009 NFL Draft.

Two weeks till the 2008 NFL Draft (April 26-27)!  It will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2. Here’s the details:

Round 1: Saturday, 3 p.m. ET, 10 min. between picks
Round 2: Saturday, 7 min. between picks
Round 3-7: Sunday, 10 a.m., 5 mins between picks

Day 1 coverage will remain on ESPN until 8 p.m. before switching to ESPN2 for the final three hours. Sunday’s coverage will be entirely on ESPN (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.).

The last exciting offseason offensive acquisition, in the past few weeks, was D.J. Hackett (WR) signing with the Panthers. Though his career has been somewhat injury plagued (due to an injury, then re-injury of the same ankle), Hackett is a stellar WR. He’s only 26 years old, tall (6′2″), has good speed, and excellent hands. Opposite of Steve Smith in Carolina, Hackett should see nice amount of targets and be a low end WR2 in 2008.

Check out this highlight package of Hackett against the Redskins in the 2007 Wild Card Playoffs: