Everybody needs a gameplan! Imagine what the NFL would be without extensive research that leads to complex, yet flexible, gameplans. It might resemble the preseason for goodness sake and no one wants that.

So the hosts of Fantasy Sports Group’s Fantasy Gameplan are helping you prepare yours each week of the regular season! That’s right — every Tuesday night at 7:30 ET we will be bringing you all the information you need to make your Fantasy Gameplan.

Each week we will cover the news and notes, including any injuries you need to be concerned with. We will give you players to target as free agents for the coming weeks. And we will predict Booms and Busts.

But you can get that from lots of places — what makes us special? Three things.

First we will cover all the major food groups. Standard league positions like Quarterback, Running Back … all the way down to Team Defenses. But we won’t stop there. We will also project Defensive Linemen, Linebackers and Defensive Backs for all you IDPers out there.

Next, all of our busts must be top 10 ranked players from the season to date. The first week we will use last year’s rankings but after that, it is all based on this year. And no easy picks — no predicting Michael Strahan or Brandon Marshall to bust in week one. They won’t be playing so we won’t state the obvious.

For our Booms, we make it even tougher. No Quarterback, Tight End, Place Kicker or Team Defense that is inside the top 10 can be named. For Running Back, Wide Receiver, Defensive Linemen, Linebackers and Defensive Backs the Boom lists have to come from outside the top 20.

Finally, we are grading ourselves. Most prognosticators are quick to point out their great guesses but forget to mention how many bad choices they made. Not here. We will get graded based on how our predictions panned out.

And make no mistake — we take this very seriously. For this, our inaugural year, JC, Cliff and I will be in competition for a traveling trophy. And we want to invite our listeners or a special guest to call in with their predictions.

Each week we will tally the scores. Should the guest tally top all of us at year’s end, we will reward the top ranked guest with a trophy of their own!

So how will the scoring work. First, we will use HAFA scoring for all positions except Team Defense. For that we will turn to FanEx scoring.

The following chart will be used to dictate scoring for this contest of prognosticating genius.

So, without further ado, I give you week one’s list of players that must be used for our Busts and those that cannot be used for our Booms.

Busts (Must be from this list)
Quarterbacks
Brady, Tom NEP
Romo, Tony DAL
Manning, Peyton IND
Brees, Drew NOS
Favre, Brett GBP
Anderson, Derek CLE
Hasselbeck, Matt SEA
Roethlisberger, Ben PIT
Palmer, Carson CIN
Warner, Kurt ARI

Running Backs
Westbrook, Brian PHI
Tomlinson, Ladainian SDC
Portis, Clinton WAS
Addai, Joseph IND
Peterson, Adrian MIN
Lewis, Jamal CLE
Barber, Marion DAL
McGahee, Willis BAL
Gore, Frank SFO
Graham, Earnest TBB

Wide Receivers
Moss, Randy NEP WR
Wayne, Reggie IND WR
Owens, Terrell DAL WR
Edwards, Braylon CLE WR
Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR
Houshmandzadeh, T.J. CIN WR
Johnson, Chad CIN WR
Marshall, Brandon DEN WR
Welker, Wes NEP WR
Colston, Marques NOS WR

Tight Ends
Gonzalez, Tony KCC TE
Witten, Jason DAL TE
Gates, Antonio SDC TE
Winslow, Kellen CLE TE
Cooley, Chris WAS TE
Clark, Dallas IND TE
Daniels, Owen HOU TE
Miller, Heath PIT TE
Shockey, Jeremy NYG TE
Scheffler, Tony DEN TE

Place Kickers
Crosby, Mason GBP PK
Bironas, Rob TEN PK
Brown, Josh SEA PK
Gostkowski, Stephen NEP PK
Folk, Nick DAL PK
Hanson, Jason DET PK
Gould, Robbie CHI PK
Graham, Shayne CIN PK
Suisham, Shaun WAS PK
Brown, Kris HOU PK

Team Defense
Chargers, San Diego SDC Def
Patriots, New England NEP Def
Bears, Chicago CHI Def
Vikings, Minnesota MIN Def
Seahawks, Seattle SEA Def
Giants, New York NYG Def
Lions, Detroit DET Def
Cardinals, Arizona ARI Def
Cowboys, Dallas DAL Def
Packers, Green Bay GBP Def

Defensive Linemen
Allen, Jared KCC DE
Kerney, Patrick SEA DE
Cole, Trent PHI DE
Ogunleye, Adewale CHI DE
Taylor, Jason MIA DE
Umenyiora, Osi NYG DE
Vanden Bosch, Kyle TEN DE
Williams, Mario HOU DE
Smith, Will NOS DE
Suggs, Terrell BAL DE

Linebackers
Willis, Patrick SFO LB
Urlacher, Brian CHI LB
Williams, DJ DEN LB
Ryans, DeMeco HOU LB
Barnett, Nick GBP LB
Beason, Jon CAR LB
Henderson, E.J. MIN LB
Fletcher-Baker, London WAS LB
Morrison, Kirk OAK LB
Sims, Ernie DET LB

Defensive Backs
Trufant, Marcus SEA CB
Harris, Chris CAR S
Bodden, Leigh CLE CB
Harper, Roman NOS S
Clements, Nate SFO CB
Marshall, Richard CAR CB
Finnegan, Cortland TEN CB
Lewis, Michael SFO S
Griffin, Cedric MIN CB
Knight, Sammy JAC S

Boomers (Do Not Use) List
Quarterbacks
Brady, Tom NEP
Romo, Tony DAL
Manning, Peyton IND
Brees, Drew NOS
Favre, Brett GBP
Anderson, Derek CLE
Hasselbeck, Matt SEA
Roethlisberger, Ben PIT
Palmer, Carson CIN
Warner, Kurt ARI

Running Backs
Westbrook, Brian PHI
Tomlinson, Ladainian SDC
Portis, Clinton WAS
Addai, Joseph IND
Peterson, Adrian MIN
Lewis, Jamal CLE
Barber, Marion DAL
McGahee, Willis BAL
Gore, Frank SFO
Graham, Earnest TBB
Jones-Drew, Maurice JAC
James, Edgerrin ARI
Watson, Kenny CIN
Parker, Willie PIT
Bush, Reggie NOS
Grant, Ryan GBP
Jackson, Steven STL
Lynch, Marshawn BUF
White, LenDale TEN
Jacobs, Brandon NYG

Wide Receivers
Moss, Randy NEP WR
Wayne, Reggie IND WR
Owens, Terrell DAL WR
Edwards, Braylon CLE WR
Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR
Houshmandzadeh, T.J. CIN WR
Johnson, Chad CIN WR
Marshall, Brandon DEN WR
Welker, Wes NEP WR
Colston, Marques NOS WR
Holt, Torry STL WR
White, Roddy ATL WR
Engram, Bobby SEA WR
Burress, Plaxico NYG WR
Smith, Steve CAR WR
Curtis, Kevin PHI WR
Mason, Derrick BAL WR
Jennings, Greg GBP WR
Cotchery, Jerricho NYJ WR
Boldin, Anquan ARI WR

Tight Ends
Gonzalez, Tony KCC TE
Witten, Jason DAL TE
Gates, Antonio SDC TE
Winslow, Kellen CLE TE
Cooley, Chris WAS TE
Clark, Dallas IND TE
Daniels, Owen HOU TE
Miller, Heath PIT TE
Shockey, Jeremy NYG TE
Scheffler, Tony DEN TE

Place Kickers
Crosby, Mason GBP PK
Bironas, Rob TEN PK
Brown, Josh SEA PK
Gostkowski, Stephen NEP PK
Folk, Nick DAL PK
Hanson, Jason DET PK
Gould, Robbie CHI PK
Graham, Shayne CIN PK
Suisham, Shaun WAS PK
Brown, Kris HOU PK

Team Defense
Chargers, San Diego SDC Def
Patriots, New England NEP Def
Bears, Chicago CHI Def
Vikings, Minnesota MIN Def
Seahawks, Seattle SEA Def
Giants, New York NYG Def
Lions, Detroit DET Def
Cardinals, Arizona ARI Def
Cowboys, Dallas DAL Def
Packers, Green Bay GBP Def

Defensive Linemen
Allen, Jared KCC DE
Kerney, Patrick SEA DE
Cole, Trent PHI DE
Ogunleye, Adewale CHI DE
Taylor, Jason MIA DE
Umenyiora, Osi NYG DE
Vanden Bosch, Kyle TEN DE
Williams, Mario HOU DE
Smith, Will NOS DE
Suggs, Terrell BAL DE
Carter, Andre WAS DE
Haye, Jovan TBB DT
Kampman, Aaron GBP DE
Gregg, Kelly BAL DT
Tuck, Justin NYG DE
Dockett, Darnell ARI DT
Schobel, Aaron BUF DE
Coleman, Kenyon NYJ DE
Strahan, Michael NYG DE
Douglas, Marques SFO DE

Linebackers
Willis, Patrick SFO LB
Urlacher, Brian CHI LB
Williams, DJ DEN LB
Ryans, DeMeco HOU LB
Barnett, Nick GBP LB
Beason, Jon CAR LB
Henderson, E.J. MIN LB
Fletcher-Baker, London WAS LB
Morrison, Kirk OAK LB
Sims, Ernie DET LB
Witherspoon, Will STL LB
Harris, David NYJ LB
Crowell, Angelo BUF LB
Harrison, James PIT LB
Lewis, Ray BAL LB
Thornton, David TEN LB
Brackett, Gary IND LB
Lenon, Paris DET LB
Boley, Michael ATL LB
Ruud, Barrett TBB LB

Defensive Backs
Trufant, Marcus SEA CB
Harris, Chris CAR S
Bodden, Leigh CLE CB
Harper, Roman NOS S
Clements, Nate SFO CB
Marshall, Richard CAR CB
Finnegan, Cortland TEN CB
Lewis, Michael SFO S
Griffin, Cedric MIN CB
Knight, Sammy JAC S
Jones, Sean CLE S
Wilson, Gibril NYG S
Sanders, Bob IND S
Pollard, Bernard KCC S
Revis, Darrelle NYJ CB
Bigby, Atari GBP S
Atogwe, Oshiomogho STL S
Phillips, Jermaine TBB S
Taylor, Ike PIT CB
Huff, Michael OAK S

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