Evan Macy

Evan Macy is the managing sports editor at PhillyVoice.com. Before spending five years at Metro Philly as sports editor, Evan worked at ESPN in Bristol CT, and has experience at several other smaller publications on the Northeast coast. Career highlights for Evan, a Temple grad and Lancaster native include covering Super Bowl LII, the 2016 DNC, the 2017 NFL Draft and a bevy of playoff games and golf tournaments.

evan@phillyvoice.com

October 28, 2021

Fantasy football

Fantasy football lineup advice: Sit Aaron Rodgers, Start Khalil Herbert in Week 8

by Evan Macy

It's Week 8 in the NFL and the obvious suspects will surely be in your fantasy football starting lineup, from Patrick Mahomes to Derek Henry to Calvin Ridley. But what if you have a borderline call? Or what if you are stuck between two middle of the road players and don't know which button to press?

October 26, 2021

Fantasy football

Fantasy football waivers: Add Kenny Gainwell, Daniel Jones ahead of Week 8

by Evan Macy

Week 8 is here, and thankfully (and illogically) the NFL has gone from six teams on bye weeks last weekend to just two — the Raiders and Ravens. Which certainly makes things a little easier.

October 26, 2021

Phillies

What can the Phillies do to improve their rotation?

by Evan Macy

If you look at the Phillies starting pitching numbers in totality, you are painted a misleading picture. The starters — all 18 who started a game in 2021 — combine for the seventh best SP WAR, nestled right in between the Giants and Braves, two NL contenders. But then when you consider that nearly all of that WAR stems from Cy Young candidate Zack Wheeler, whose number of 7.6 is nearly an entire win above replacement better than the next highest total (LA's Walker Buehler), it's clear the rotation is top heavy.

October 25, 2021

Fantasy football

Fantasy football injuries: Updates on Miles Sanders, Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley, Nick Chubb and more

by Evan Macy

Thankfully for fantasy football team owners — many of whom struggled mightily to field an entire roster of playable skill players in Week 7 — there were not a ton of new injuries across the NFL slate. However there were some significant setbacks to key, widely started guys like Patrick Mahomes, Josh Jacobs and Miles Sanders.

October 24, 2021

Eagles

Eagles RB Miles Sanders carted off with ankle injury

by Evan Macy

Poor Miles Sanders. Just when the Eagles finally decide to start handing him the ball early in a game (he had almost all of his carries last week in the second half), the running back went down with an ankle injury.

October 24, 2021

Eagles

Final observations: Raiders 33, Eagles 22

by Evan Macy

The Eagles followed up a forgettable first half Sunday with an even worse second half, shooting themselves on the foot and being positively dominated by the Raiders on both sides of the ball.

October 23, 2021

Eagles

Five over/unders for Eagles' Week 7 matchup vs. Raiders

by Evan Macy

It seems like ages since the Eagles last played, and they'll take the field in Las Vegas against the Raiders Sunday in the late afternoon following a mini-bye week (following their Week 6 loss on Thursday to the Buccaneers).

October 21, 2021

Fantasy football

Fantasy football lineup advice: Start Matt Ryan, Chase Edmonds and Zach Ertz in Week 7

by Evan Macy

So we realize that many of you won't have the luxury of simply reading this column, and deciding that we've convinced you to bench one of the players we recommend sitting.

October 20, 2021

Sixers

10 over/unders for the Sixers this season

by Evan Macy

The Sixers, ready or not, are tipping off their 2021-22 season and expectations are, well, mixed, as we wrote earlier on Wednesday.

October 19, 2021

Fantasy football

Fantasy football waivers: Grab Devonta Freeman, Kalif Raymond and Matt Ryan

by Evan Macy

With six teams on byes this week, and mostly good ones at that — the Bills, Cowboys, Jaguars, Chargers, Vikings and Steelers — there is a good chance you have a regular start out this week.