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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 8

Jamison Cook, John Kalemkerian, Gavin Aitken, Sam Ouhaj, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Sam Ouhaj Must play: Justin Herbert, QB, Los Angeles Chargers Justin Herbert has been on a tear since taking over the starting role in LA. My favorite to win OROY, Herbert perhaps is having the best rookie quarterback season we have seen since Patrick Mahomes (2018) and Dak Prescott (2016). While Herbert’s success has not

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Observer Fantasy Corner — Week 6

Sam Ouhaj, Andrew McGuinness, John Kalemkerian, Jamison Cook and Gavin Aitken | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

It’s time for another rendition of the Observer Fantasy Football Corner. No time for small talk. Let’s get to it. Sam Ouhaj Must Start — Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee Titans In what feels like a lifetime, the Titans finally played their first game in two weeks against the Buffalo Bills last night. However, this

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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 5

Sam Ouhaj, Gavin Aitken, Jamison Cook, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Justice Mory | Wednesday, October 7, 2020

It’s time for another rendition of the Observer Fantasy Football Corner. No time for chitchat. Let’s get to it. Sam Ouhaj Must Start: Kyler Murray, QB, Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals have had a shaky last two games as a team against the Carolina Panthers and Detroit Lions, but luckily for them, they get

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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 4

Sam Ouhaj, Jamison Cook, Gavin Aitken, Justice Mory, Andrew McGuinness and John Kalemkerian | Wednesday, September 30, 2020

We didn’t see a rash of major injuries in Week 3 of the NFL season as in the week prior, but we still gleaned some useful information for fantasy league participants out there. See who our Fantasy Corner crew believes you need to start and sit in your league this week. Sam Ouhaj Must

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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 3

Gavin Aitken, Jamison Cook, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Andrew McGuinness, Justice Mory and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Week 2 of the NFL was filled with great comebacks, questionable play calls and unfortunately, a vast amount of injuries. In just Week 2 alone, there was a record-setting seven ACL tears in one day and a vast amount of other injuries. These injuries affected the likes of star running backs Christian McCaffery and Saquon

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Irish set to kick off season in Tallahassee

Gavin Aitken | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

After a return to form in 2019 saw the Notre Dame women’s soccer team reach its 26th NCAA tournament, head coach Nate Norman felt like the program was ready to take the next step towards seriously competing for trophies once again. Even though he could have never predicted where both his team and the sports

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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 2

Gavin Aitken, Justice Mory, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Jamison Cook, Andrew McGuinness and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The first week of the NFL has concluded and with that, the first week of Fantasy Football. We saw great performances in players such as Ezekiel Elliott and Cam Newton, and not-so-great performances in players like Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas. Granted, this is the first week of football and there are still fifteen games