RotoMan’s superb annual Fantasy football magazine, The Fantasy Football Guide, has now hit the streets.

Featuring present and former RotoRob writers such as Herija Green, Buck Davidson, Andy Goldstein and Derek Jones, the 2012 Fantasy Football Guide also launched an online version this week, available here (if it’s not currently live, it will be any day now).

One of the biggest changes this year is the slick paper throughout the magazine. The pub looks much sharper and is better designed.

Another enhancement is an expanded mock draft that includes more round by round and team information. The Game by Game stats have been replaced by player summaries, plus information about where the player ranked in the mock draft, the rankings and in various scoring systems.

For those who loved the Game by Game stat grids, you can still find them online here.

Other features of the 2012 Fantasy Football Guide:

• The writers offer up their prognostications.
• An essay letting Fantasy owners know how to spot a comeback season.
• Rookies to watch, plus analysis of potential breakout players and the overhyped.
• Conference and Super Bowl predictions.
• Injury report.
• Positional rankings.
• Cheat sheets for a variety of formats.
• Annotated depth charts with schedules.

Don’t you dare think of heading to your Fantasy football draft without this tool. Look for the 2012 Fantasy Football Guide in bookstores near you.

All right, we’ve all heard the time-honoured Fantasy advice concerning your team defense: wait, wait and wait a little longer before making your move on draft day. The problem with some of these ancient axioms is that they were forged back in the days when Fantasy defenses accumulated points for sacks, turnovers, defensive touchdowns and – maybe – special teams’ scores. Times have changed, and so should your Fantasy strategy when it comes to team defenses. more

Base controls remain consistent with previous releases, but this version does feature some nice tweaks in the passing game. The most welcome is total control passing, which allows you to lead your receivers to open spaces in coverage. Under that same banner is improved ball trajectory so passes can be elevated over the linebackers and dropped down to receivers on the other side. It’s much more realistic that you don’t have to wait for an absolutely clear throwing lane lest an opposing linebacker vaults straight up and picks off the pass. Receivers aren’t instantly anticipating throws this year, either, which is smartly represented by the icon over their heads not lighting up until they’re ready. more

Gostkowski doesn’t have a monster leg like some of these other kickers, but damn it, he is on the Patriots! For any regular season games, that means he is good for at least four extra points and probably a field goal or two. That will put him around 10 points or so per week. We think you can live with that. more

Those days are long gone as the tight end position has evolved into one that can have serious Fantasy impact. As teams are using their tight end more and more over the past decade or so, we’re talking 20+ points week in and week out by some of this big ol’ hog mollies! Oh, and don’t forget Mr. Gonzalez — he’s still relevant despite being well into his 30s! Here are our picks for the top 31 options at tight end for 2012. more