Ranks reax: Don't overlook the matchups 

September, 12, 2012
09/12/12
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I don't want to overrate one week, but I feel pretty comfortable in being skeptical about the Green Bay Packers defense, not only for purposes of owning it in fantasy, but for enjoying individual players against it that others might not feel comfortable in exalting. It's not that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith shredded the Packers to the level of what some others did in Week 1, but matchups are an important part of creating rankings.


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Eric Karabell
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Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.

Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.

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