good magazine but just a starting point. a lot changes from may until september. he will not lie about plays but may only hype his best areas of plays. i would say that playing his 5*'s are ok but not if you get a bad line. also, dont pay because you can get for free. i like phil but too many plays and also started something last year with northcoasts picks and then his personal picks for nfl. well, northcoast picks were no good and his picks were good. so he hyped his own picks. (maybe that was 2 years ago???)