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@TimBorasTim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-47556930721848407512012-10-04T22:58:00.004-07:002012-10-04T22:58:42.739-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Boras has moved his thoughts over to </span><a href="http://www.nfljerks.com/" style="font-size: xx-large;">NFLJerks</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">. Stop on by!</span></div>
Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-37019264586333073762012-09-23T01:42:00.001-07:002012-09-23T01:42:04.160-07:00Little DistractedOk, I told a bit of a Boras Tale. Wanted to analyze the few remaining trouble positions, but found myself a little preoccupied. In any case, sit Jamaal Charles and Chris Johnson temporarily if you have a relatively decent alternative. For instance, I'd play Ben Tate over either. Even at 10-15 carries a game, he can provide you with some better production.<br />
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QB, there aren't too many worries. Cam will put it all together down the stretch. Even playing poorly, he's generally a solid bet for 200 passing, 50 rushing, and 1-2 TDs. Garbage time is his best friend.<br />
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Stafford, also, has had a rough start. He's in a pass-first offense, and has some elite weapons. He'll easily surpass 30 touchdowns, making him a must-start in any leagues (except those weird 6 team leagues). <br />
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Tight End, I'd be most concerned with Finley and Gates. Finley will find plenty of opportunities in the Green Bay offense. Cedric had a nice game, but he's not going to steal too many touches from the Packers' receivers. <br />
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Gates is a worry, as always. Any "Questionable" status with him should be an automatic "Doubtful" in your mind. If someone loves him in your league, trade him now. His value will only decrease as the Chargers' run game comes to life.<br />
<br />Enjoy your weekend, and good luck!Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-25202082171384747622012-09-19T16:47:00.000-07:002012-09-19T23:41:23.417-07:00All-Panic Team: Wide ReceiverThere are quite a few Fantasy owners out there with their fingers on the panic button. I've even heard of Wes Welker and Jamaal Charles being dropped. I don't care the format; it's way too early to make a sound decision on these elite players. We're not talking about "I'll take a shot on him" 6th rounders like Steve Johnson or Mark Ingram. These are 1st and 2nd round draft picks. These are guys who, when operating at maximum potential, are Top 5 positional players. You dropped them? You make me sick.<br />
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Still, even the most savvy, experienced, soul-dead fantasy player is a little worried about some of the big guns out there. Tough not to be.<br />
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So, leading up to Sunday, I'll give you two "Panic Button" players at each position, and decide which one deserves the starter spot.<br />
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I've mentioned him significantly since this blog's inception (can you even use this word anymore without being distracting?), and for the first time I find myself swayed into dropping him from elite status. Past seasons, if Wes wasn't on my fantasy team, I wanted him. I'd try and fail to trade for him. And when I did have him, he'd have his Once-A-Year bad game. Still, I drafted him as my #1 receiver this year. How could I not? I'm in a PPR league. In 5 seasons with New England, Welker has averaged over 100 catches a season. His last three seasons have been demonstrations in PPR dominance. In 2009 he caught 123 passes in only 14 games. In 2010, recovering from a torn MCL and ACL, he managed an impressive 86 catches. And last season, Welker grabbed 122 passes for over 1500 yards. These are not benchable numbers - at least not in fantasy football. In reality, they must be, as Julian Edelman (the guy who would sub for Welker during injuries) has taken over Wes' spot on the depth chart. On top of this, Brandon Lloyd has been the most targeted receiver (21) for Tom Brady so far. More than Welker (16) and Gronkowski (15). </div>
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Still, I can't recommend benching/dropping him. In Standard Scoring leagues you have more of an argument, especially given the WR depth out there this year. But in PPR, it's simply a foolish, irrational, panicked move. Welker barely played in Week 1. He was supposedly benched in Week 2, and has still managed double Edelman's targets. His 50% success rate on targets is not sustainable given his history with Brady and the type of routes he'll run (especially with Hernandez out a few games). I say "not sustainable", in that it will steadily rise to around 65-70%. This means Welker will average around 9 targets a game, catch 6, and likely finish the year somewhere between 88-105 receptions. That should land him in the Top 10, as far as WR reception leaders. And all of this is assuming he has a <i>bad </i>year. </div>
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Hernandez is out a few weeks. Brandon Lloyd is questionable week 3, and he's also had a bit of a knack so far for killing drives. Edelman is at worst Brandon Stokley, and at best Lance Moore when Meachem was still around. To Boras, this is a recipe for a 20 reception game, or at least a couple 10+ers. And that puts Welker right back on track to lead the league in receptions. </div>
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Here's a player I'm much more likely to bench/shop than Welker. The last two seasons, Jennings has carried a shade less risk than Andre Johnson. And that ain't good. Lots of injuries. Lots of reasons not to rush him back - perhaps the worst problem for Jennings' owners is that the Packers tend to be really good. A lazy interpretation of his career stats tells us Jennings follows two good seasons with a bad one. That isn't what owners in 2012 want to hear. 2007-2008's combined 21 touchdowns was followed by 2009's monumentally disappointing 4. In 2010/2011 he combined for 21 touchdowns again. Uh oh.</div>
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For the love of Tebow, this article doesn't mean you should drop Greg Jennings for Andrew Hawkins. But if we're being real, I'd try and trade Jennings. And maybe Welker too. More reliable doesn't mean very reliable. But that's just Boras being Boras. The real point here is it's too early to panic on elite players. As sick as ESPN wants you to feel about Welker, he's coming off a 5 catch 95 yard day. And Greg Jennings is likely to play in Week 3. Throw them out there with confidence. </div>
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Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-38039850713229359632012-09-15T20:23:00.000-07:002012-09-15T20:24:23.380-07:00Boras Week 2 Q&AHad a fun time answering classic "Tell me about my roster" and "Who the hell should I start this week" questions on Reddit. It's always helpful to seek a second opinion, especially with the frustrating, inconsistent nature of fantasy football. While I don't get paid for my thoughts and advice, my views carry as much weight as any fantasy football expert out there; and that weight is a big ol' 0 pounds 0 ounces. When you know the cast of characters, it all comes down to dumb luck. The eye test is the best measurement. Fortunately for you, I see a lot.<br />
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Here are a few excerpts from last night's Q&A (Full link below):<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">Who do I start at WR: Pick 2, PPR Dez Bryant vs Seahawks Antonio Brown vs Jets, Revis is not playing Reggie Wayne vs Vikings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Wowwwww that's a tough one. Before last week I would've said Bryant and Brown, no doubt. It's hard for me to ignore Reggie's huge week. Keep in mind also that Donald Brown had 0 receptions, Collie is still concussed, and Garcon is Gar-GONE! Wayne is a fantastic receiver, and has some obvious chemistry with Luck.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">That said, I like Dez getting more Red Zone targets than Antonio, so I think you're rolling out Bryant and Wayne.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's a shame to leave a talent like Brown on the bench. But Revis or no, I see Miller and Wallace snaking more TD passes from Brown than Witten/Austin/Ogletree from Dez. It's a comfort thing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for doing this man. I've got Harvin @Ind, Wayne vs. Min, and Austin @Sea. I need to start two.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Take Harvin and Wayne.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Austin's a very solid receiver. Three reasons I bench him:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Harvin and Wayne are the focal points of their respective teams. On top of this (and this is fantasy irrelevant), you're gonna enjoy the hell out of what could be a complete stinker of a game!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Welker's lack of touches was "part of the game plan." Lloyd led the Pats in targets. This could easily switch this week. It's too uncertain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown face a physical Jets D, though Revis is out. I think Wallace will have the bigger game of the two, though I'm not expecting huge numbers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Maclin is questionable. I'm sure he <em>could</em> play, but why would they rush him out against one of the nastiest defenses in the league?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">You've got to start Steve Smith. RG3 picked the Saints apart, and now it's Cam's turn. And you'd better believe he's determined to bounce back from last week. Smith is the obvious beneficiary.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You have an incredibly deep pool of receivers to choose from. You may find it frustrating week to week to decide who will have the best game, but overall they are going to finish with similar point totals this season. Good problem to have. Even better if you flip one or two for a positional upgrade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">I have Malcom Floyd, Nate Washington and DeSean Jackson. Choose 1 for WR2.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">For my Flex I have 2 of the 3 receivers up there, Jonathan Dwyer and Rashard Mendenhall.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">I'm leaning towards Dwyer for my Flex instead of Washington or Jackson. Jackson has an injury. Washington is struggly with one too and Jack Locker is out. Dwyer looked solid.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Fortunately, DeSean plays the early game, so you'll be able to make your decisions before the games get started Sunday. If Desean is playing, it likely means Maclin isn't. You've gotta start him, even against a tough defense like Baltimore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">If you're determined to start Malcom Floyd (who I'd take over Nate), Dwyer isn't a terrible flex play.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">In a PPR league, I'd go with Floyd and DeSean (if healthy). Standard league it's closer. I'd still give the edge to that receiver combo. If DeSean is out, Dwyer and Floyd's the smart move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also learned - or at least relearned - why tight ends were drafted a little higher in 2012. <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13232/jimmy-graham"><span style="color: red;">Jimmy</span></a> and <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13229/rob-gronkowski"><span style="color: red;">Rob</span></a> looked every bit the late 1st round to 2nd round picks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tight ends are an exciting, confusing position in the NFL. While the Fullback disappeared from the NFL in the wake of two and three-headed Running Back sets, the Tight End has emerged as a consistent target for QBs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vernon Davis failed to dunk, but his head was in the right place. There's a good reason basketball players are becoming Tight Ends. Their size, quickness, and great hands are a recipe for QB boners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are your Top 5 Positional Scorers in Standard Leagues. I will then provide the patent-pending <b><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/"><span style="color: red;">TAR</span></a></b> (<i>Tim's Actual Ranking</i>). This is where Boras predicts where they will finish by Week 16. </span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember, Week 17 is fucking bullshit.</span></i><br />
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That's Kablamo. Dude can take a hit. Sorta. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Matt Ryan (TAR: 4) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shown getting demolished above, Ryan demolished the Chiefs' battered secondary. "This is Matt Ryan's year, blah blah blah." Everyone's saying it, but do we really believe it? To me, "Matt Ryan's year" is barely outscoring Stafford to finish 4th. Rodgers, Brady, and Brees, barring injury, will be your Top 3. Think of Ryan as Andy Roddick in his prime. Really good, just not <i>as</i> good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Robert Griffin III (TAR: 8)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely impressive. I don't get overly excited by quick slants into broken coverage, but I do get excited about game-clinching bullet passes down the middle. Do I think he could outscore his closest comparison, Cam Newton? Yes. Do I think he will? Ask me again after Week 3. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Tony Romo (TAR: 7)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The best sign for Romo owners was DeMarco Murray's beastly running. When Murray is chugging along like that, Dez, Miles, and Ogletree will run free. A healthy Witten for that extra Red Zone target makes Romo an elite starter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Aaron Rodgers (TAR: 3) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Rodgers did his thing against arguably the league's best defense. Jennings' groin injury could prove problematic, but we saw Aaron thrive last year without him. The emergence of Randall Cobb to balance the deep threats of Jordy Nelson and James Jones should quell any Rodgers-owners' worries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Drew Brees (TAR: 2)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Drew had a bit of an off day in terms of accuracy. The good news is one of his bad days still resulted in a Top 5 finish. He might break Drew Bledsoe's record of passing attempts in a season. In fact...he will. You heard it here. 692 attempts in 2012. I've got Brees finishing the season the #2 QB, behind Tom Brady.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. C.J. Spiller (TAR: 9)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">PPR, I have CJ finishing 6th. Either way, with Fred Jackson out of the picture for at least 3-4 weeks, look for Spiller to have big numbers. He closed last year with elite numbers, and you can expect 20+ touches as Buffalo tries to recover from Week 1's beatdown. Even if Fred returns, CJ will have the larger portion of total touches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Alfred Morris (TAR: 15)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Look, he had a great game. And he looked great too. I will also recommend him as the #1 waiver pickup. However, let's not forget how frustrating Washington's running game is for fantasy owners. We went through it with Ryan Torain. Then Roy Helu. Then Tim Hightower. Then Roy Helu again. For now, he looks like a solid option for 20 carries. But, it only takes one fumble, one missed block, or one big drop, and poof, he's 3rd on the depth chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Adrian Peterson (TAR: 5)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Deep down, in the lower cockles of your heart, you feel like clapping. What an incredible feat. His career could easily have ended. He could have hurt himself irreparably on his first run. He could have simply taken the year off. <br />Nah, he decided it'd be better to return Week 1 and score 2 TDs. So go on, clap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Ray Rice (TAR: 1)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Not much to say on this guy. He and Arian Foster were 1-2 preseason, and 1-2 after Week 1. I give the edge to Ray because he doesn't have a Ben Tate around to steal 5-10 carries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Kevin Smith (TAR: 10)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure about calling Smith a Top 10 RB, but I'm doing it anyway with two major caveats:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Kevin Ogletree (TAR: 20+)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He beat out a number of great receivers and a number of great fantasy days to be Week 1's Top WR. I have him finishing outside the Top 20, but the Top 30 this year are all reasonable starts. Maybe he cracks the Top 20, maybe he finishes 21st, or maybe 29th. I still expect decent numbers from Ogletree. If he finishes the year with 50 catches and 6-7 touchdowns, he will nearly match Torrey Smith's production from 2011, which was good enough for the 22nd WR. Not bad, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Julio Jones (TAR: 4)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the most hyped player in fantasy football. He came through big. Many view Roddy White as a hindrance to Julio's success, but another 100 catch season for Roddy may be the best thing for Julio. It only takes 3-4 touchdowns to counterbalance 20 receptions. And he'll have plenty of chances for TDs. I've got him finishing 4th, but I won't be surprised to see him finish #1. Brandon Lloyd did it with Orton. I think Julio can manage a little better than that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Lance Moore (TAR: 19)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of course I grinned when Brandon Lloyd dropped a wide open TD pass, and Lance Moore hauled one in shortly after. And of course I'm sticking by my <a href="http://tradethemall.blogspot.com/2012/09/stress.html"><span style="color: red;">prediction</span></a>. Moore won't finish Top 10. But he could. He's the 3rd option behind Graham and Colston, and as I said, Drew Brees is going to pass close to 50 times a game. That's a lot of opportunities to go around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Stephen Hill (TAR: 20+)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He had excellent separation, and Sanchez didn't look too shabby. I still don't trust this offense, and placing him outside the Top 20 is a no-brainer. However, he's a decent WR pickup if Cobb, LaFell, and Ogletree are gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Andre Johnson (TAR: 7)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A former consensus #1. I may eat my words when he finishes there again. I don't see him outpointing Julio, Calvin, or Brandon Marshall, even if he plays 16 games. And that's one of the biggest ifs in fantasy sports. Still, those who drafted him high despite the risk are feeling good. And everyone deserves to feel good. GROUP HUG!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Jimmy Graham (TAR: 1)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As I said earlier, Drew Brees had an off day. Graham finished #1. Terrifying, isn't it?<br />He finishes #1 in 2012. He leads the league in TDs. He signs a 12 year 425 million dollar extension this offseason. This is known.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Dennis Pitta (TAR: 13)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He looks big and strong. So does Dickson. And there's your real problem. Consider also that both have battled nagging injuries. Regardless, you could do worse picking him up off waivers. Just don't act cocky when you do. Try to put on the face you'd make if you were picking up the guy who finished 5th this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Rob Gronkowski (TAR: 2)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gronk's a ridiculous talent. He and Graham are the Foster/Rice of Tight Ends. They'll finish 1 and 2, but the edge goes to Graham because of Aaron Hernandez. There are only so many TDs to go around, and Hernandez might snake a few more this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Tony Gonzalez (TAR: 5)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gotta love this guy. Every </span><span style="font-size: large;">year he is undervalued, and every year he proves us wrong. Ryan loves the guy, so you should too. And I bet he can dunk better than Vernon. In fact, I know he can:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Heath Miller (TAR: 9)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, this guy. Now put on that face. Like you sharted in the pool.<br />I'll give him a Top 10 nod right now, only because Antonio Brown and Mike Wallace open up the middle of the field quite a bit. The run game doesn't look fantastic in Pittsburgh, which means less blocking, and more 8 yard receptions for Heaaaaaaaath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alfred Morris - 18.2% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">20+ carries, for now.<br /><b>Dexter McCluster - 3.9% - </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Highly targeted. PPR value much higher than Standard Leagues. Still a decent option. Hillis looked bad.<br /><b>Jonathan Dwyer - 18.2% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Strong runner. Respectable speed. Safe to say he's moved up to #1 on Pitt's depth chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Already looked like a legit #2 receiver before Jennings went down. Have him just behind Alfred Morris for the top waiver pickup.<br /><b>Kevin Ogletree - 49.8% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">At first I had LaFell ahead of Ogletree. The more I think about it, the more I trust Romo over Cam, and the more I trust Miles or Dez taking a few games off.<br /><b>Brandon LaFell - 19.2 - </b>Steve Smith's injury history makes LaFell an attractive option. However, despite his touchdown, he was targeted only 5 times. Not a bad option, but he's worth a look.<br /><b>Stephen Hill - 7.4% - </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Loved him in College. Looks faster in the NFL, if you can believe it. Let's see if Sanchez can string a couple solid games together before putting Hill in the rotation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rod Streater - 0.7% - </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A solid deep league option while Denarius Moore is out. Heyward-Bey is overpaid and under-qualified. Streater looks like a hard worker, and Carson will heave it up a ton (2nd in attempts behind Drew Brees in 2012 if he keeps the job). This is a recipe for good fantasy numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mark Sanchez - 12.3% - </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'll give him the nod for his solid game. Also, Matt Cassel and Sam Bradford are owned in substantially more leagues. He's at least as good as them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Carson Palmer - 66.3% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Should be owned higher. There was plenty of talk about Palmer's close to the 2011 season. He was very good. It's easy to forget that a bad team doesn't necessarily mean bad numbers. Palmer is going to throw the ball a ton, and that alone could help him crack the Top 10.<br /><br /><b><u>TE</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dennis Pitta - 2.5% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You could do worse. But don't be surprised when Dickson gets the TD.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Martellus Bennett - 36.7% -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Eli loves his tight ends. Kevin Boss wasn't a terrible fantasy option a few years ago. Bennett passed the eye test Week 1. We'll see how it works out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all for now. Good luck in Week 2, and as always, hit me up with any roster questions or trade advice. </span></div>
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Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-11543820830872659222012-09-11T02:22:00.000-07:002012-09-11T02:22:01.968-07:00Monday Night Football Recap<br />
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That's a wrap. Ravens and Chargers are your MNF Week 1 Winners.</div>
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Final: <strong>Ravens 44, Bengals 13</strong></div>
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Final: <strong>Chargers 22, Raiders 14</strong></div>
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Fantasy Recap:</div>
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<strong>Baltimore</strong></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Joe Flacco:</strong> 21/29 299 yards, 2 TD 0 INT (Looked solid. Great arm strength.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Ray Rice:</strong> 10 carries 68 yards, 2 TDs, 3 catches 25 yards (Every bit the #1.5 Fantasy Back)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Torrey Smith:</strong> 2 catches 57 yards, 1 carry 13 yards (Ravens' #1 receiver - don't panic)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Anquan Boldin:</strong> 4 catches 63 yards 1 TD, 1 carry 3 yards (A good flex play)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Jacoby Jones:</strong> 3 catches 46 yards (had a good drive - clearly not reliable)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Dennis Pitta</strong> 5 catches 73 yards, 1 TD (Dickson makes him a wildcard)</li>
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<strong>Cincinnati</strong></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Andy Dalton:</strong> 22/37 221 yards, 0 TDs 1 INT (Tough start, but has 3 good receivers going forward)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>AJ Green:</strong> 5 catches 70 yards (Not a stellar day, but clearly highly targeted)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Benjarvus Green-Ellis:</strong> 18 carries 91 yards 1 TD, 1 catch 4 yards (Fantasy owners should be pleased with his performance. Approaching RB1 territory)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Jermaine Gresham:</strong> 3 catches 30 yards (Disappointing. Lot of TE depth out there to supplant him on fantasy rosters)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Andrew Hawkins:</strong> 8 catches 86 yards (Nothing like a big MNF game to put you on people's radars)</li>
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<strong>Oakland</strong></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Carson Palmer:</strong> 32/46 297 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs (A solid fantasy day, due to a ton of throws. Poor man's Drew Brees?)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Darren McFadden:</strong> 15 rushes 32 yards, 13 catches 86 yards (A very Forte-esque day. He's every PPR player's dream RB.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Darrius Heyward-Bey:</strong> 3 catches 43 yards (It was a ragged day, but Heyward-Bey had opportunities to shine. Continues to disappoint - perhaps the most overpaid player in the NFL.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Rod Streater:</strong> 4 catches 27 yards, 1 TD (Could be a serviceable deep-league flex play, but this Raiders receiving core isn't appealing so far.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Brandon Myers</strong> 5 catches 61 yards (You can find better TEs than Myers, but today's day wasn't awful.)</li>
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<strong>San Diego</strong></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Phillip Rivers:</strong> 24/33, 231 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs (The lack of turnovers is encouraging.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Antonio Gates:</strong> 4 catches 43 yards (Another injury scare. Surprised?)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Robert Meachem:</strong> 2 catch 49 yards (Caught a bomb. Then disappeared.)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Malcolm Floyd:</strong> 4 catches 66 yards, 1 TD (Looked very good. Has the egde for #1 Chargers receiver)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Ronnie Brown:</strong> Gross. Who really cares, right? Get healthy already, Mathews. Brinkley had a bad running day - 1.2 ypc - but 3 catches for 28 yards. Brinkley may get the start next week if Mathews can't play.</li>
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Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-15646935880245314132012-09-10T19:44:00.000-07:002012-09-10T22:07:02.340-07:00Some Week 1 Discussions Worth Perusing<span style="font-size: large;">You've gotta love <a href="http://www.reddit.com/"><span style="color: red;">Reddit</span></a>. All the friendly, informative discussions, and witty shit-talking banter you expect from Forums or Comment sections...just a <i>little</i> more articulate.<br /><br />Enjoy these links:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comments/zmhgd/week_1_waiver_targets/"><span style="color: red;">Week 1 Waiver Wire Targets</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comments/zofua/official_monday_night_football_discussion_thread/"><span style="color: red;">MNF Discussions</span></a></span></span>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-69808263866994349782012-09-09T11:53:00.000-07:002012-09-09T11:53:06.094-07:00Early Returns<span style="font-size: large;">Jay Cutler might finally have "that season." </span><div>
<span style="font-size: large;">He looks locked in. Need proof?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Smooth.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Other 1st half reactions:</u></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Aaron Hernandez will lead all tight ends in receptions, surpassing Jimmy Graham's 99 in 2011.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Graham will lead all tight ends in touchdowns - just reiterating. And he'll lead the league. Yup.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Brandon Lloyd will be the best free agent WR signing, IF... he gets more than 5 touches.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Pierre Garcon will be the best free agent WR signing, IF...he can stay on the field 3 plays in a row.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Julio Jones will lead all WRs in TDs, IF...Roddy White catches 100 balls for a 3rd straight season.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Jamaal Charles? Looks healthy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">DeMarco Murray? Looks healthy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Adrian Peterson? Looks healthy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Team ACL lives!</span></li>
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Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-34961755428283924002012-09-04T20:23:00.000-07:002012-09-05T14:41:15.723-07:00Stress<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no such thing as a relaxing year of fantasy
football. Like life, it will have
its peaks and valleys. The lows
are painfully low, and the highs are incomparably high. I’ve chronicled my own successes, and
<a href="http://tradethemall.blogspot.com/2010/10/boras-how-does-blowing-50-point-lead.html"><span style="color: red;">painfully transcribed my stunning losses</span></a>.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miracles happen in this game. And everyone associates a miracle with an amazing, exciting,
<i>positive</i> event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s easy to forget about the shit end of the stick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, you play this game and there’s a good chance you end
up part of a miracle. But there’s
a 50% chance you’re the person crying in the corner, whispering to your pillow, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I don’t know who I am anymore.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’re a few reflections I’ve had over the years concerning
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It challenges your memory, it creates traitorous allegiances, and tests your
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It causes your heart to race. It can ruin a day.
A week. An entire
offseason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It makes you lie to others (specifically so you can stay
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It demands your full attention, like a puppy, or a special
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It affronts your dignity, pride, and intelligence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It tests the boundaries of friendship. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look, no matter the positives, that’s a glaring list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How is this worth it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we do this to ourselves? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We do it to etch our names on a trophy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We do it for the bragging rights. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We do it to win. </span></b><br />
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Stress</span> is an appropriate measurement for this week’s player analysis. By now you have drafted and are ready
to go. But that doesn’t mean your
planning is done. As always, the
cornerstone of my blog is a complete detachment from your players. They are tools, investments – pawns in
your quest for victory. No one is
off limits if it keeps you on the road to victory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With that in mind, here are the <b>Stress Players</b>, ranked from most (Tier 4) to least (Tier 1) reliable:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nothing A Beer Won't Solve</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tier of holdouts, contract disputes, and bad blood. Don't expect these guys to make <a href="http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/eagles_wr_desean_jackson_i_didnt_give_it_my_all_last_year_didnt_want_to_get_injured_wanted_new_contract/11504830"><span style="color: red;">DeSean Jackson-ish</span></a> claims about effort. They get plenty of touches, but you never know how far pride will take some people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One final player worth mentioning - Matt Forte. He's coming off a contract dispute, and was understandably unhappy about Michael Bush's arrival in Chicago. However, I expect Forte to have a career year. He's a huge part of an improved Bears offense, and despite getting paid already, I expect a stellar performance.</span></div>
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ANGELES (AP) -- Before “Trade Them All” started way back in October of 2010,
Tim Boras was a highly sought after Free Agent. That’s not to say his career was born in the spotlight. On the contrary, his career had humble
internetical beginnings - most notably his brief stint with LiveJournal. Though many humans enjoyed Boras’
insightful and provocative take on Muppets with AIDS, the Muppet community as a
whole found his views distasteful and uninformed. The resulting backlash forced LiveJournal’s hand, and in the
2003 offseason (Summer), Tim Boras “resigned” from the team, though his
departure in the light of the Muppet Scandal was more than transparent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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several modest offers from the likes of Myspace and Wordpress, Boras took a Six
year hiatus. It is during this
time Boras says he received his Fantasy Football training from Japanese
masters, though many speculate this is a metaphor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 14pt;">(During
his absence in 2011, an anonymous source “close to Boras” made this claim:<br />
“No, he didn’t study with Samurais on Mt. Fuji or anything like that. When Madden 2006 came out he was
banging this Korean chick. I don’t
think he ever even knew her name.
He always called her Ting Pee.
I’m pretty sure her name was Elizabeth. But yeah, that’s when he started getting into football.”) <br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 14pt;">In 2009,
Tim Boras announced he was making a triumphant return to the Blogging Circuit,
and would be dedicating his writing to the Sporting world. In a show of solidarity, Boras signed a
One Article deal with LiveJournal.
In this highly anticipated editorial, Boras debunked rumors of his
deeply engrained racism with a staunch support for Barry Bonds’ 2007 All-Star
appearance. Fans swarmed by the
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Boras knew that with dedicated, knowledgeable, articulate fans
like this, he would quickly become one of the most influential Sports Bloggers
on the net. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">His confidence was not without merit, as the Free Agent Blogger
soon signed a Three Year contract with Google Blogspot. In 2010, his first year with the
organization, Boras shattered the record for Tolerable Fantasy Football
Articles (TFFA) with a league high 19.
The season was an all-around success. Google was praised for its
persistence and faith in acquiring Boras, while Boras himself was praised for
justifying his Front Loaded contract.
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In 2011, “Trade Them All” had vast viewership spanning the globe, and not just
because many of his pictures are linked on random Google Images searches;
mostly, yes, but not <i>exclusively</i>. In fact, by 2011 Tim had literally <i>dozens</i> of readers. Unfortunately, five articles into the
season, Tim’s season abruptly ended due to undisclosed reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Rumors swirled about walking pneumonia, terminal hiccups, and
vengeful Southeast Asians. Two
months after Superbowl XLVI, sources confirmed the real reason behind his
sudden departure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">When reached for comment, he freely admitted, “You’re damn right
I’m holding out. Did you see my
2010 season? I more than earned
that money, and my contract should have been adjusted accordingly. I will not write another article until
my 2012 salary <i>at the very least </i>matches
2010.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ice, as the hatred boiled and spewed out into Fantasy forums:<br />
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“One hit wonder.”<br />
“I don’t know what we’re yelling about!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">It was thought Tim Boras would miss the entire 2012 season, until
he met with Blogspot officials in late July at a Chick-Fil-A in Oxnard,
California. It was there, over a
64 Nugget Tray, the two sides hammered out an extension, shook hands, and
grabbed their free refills. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The contract numbers are yet to be released, but Boras is slated
for an article before Opening Day of the 2012 NFL season. The ordeal appears to be in the parties’
respected rear view mirrors, but many assume tensions at Blogspot remain
high. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">When asked if he felt his work would suffer as a result of the
holdout, ala Chris Johnson, Boras, as always, was blunt in his response:<br />
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“Probably. But I get paid either
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<!--EndFragment-->Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-51190210526161483252011-10-02T03:00:00.000-07:002011-10-02T03:08:18.611-07:00What A Jerk.Nice blog you've got here, "Fantasy Guru."<br />
<div>Are there any actual <i>blogs</i> on this fantasy football blog? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><---<b>Name the reference for One Boras Buck.</b></span><b> </b></div><div>Here's a hint:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi82l4tCQIzAFzKrHvHdo88Mic2UUBoHk67HG5xoyuFNhkzYoTLYHq3NS9mMNG2MWbHUuPSkICp9xSZu2p1kGPFLfKd5r8XV6yqtLjemeYBuq0hW-dWcTy6ah7Yu6yHb3V4tRoZp_nKSI/s1600/the+fly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi82l4tCQIzAFzKrHvHdo88Mic2UUBoHk67HG5xoyuFNhkzYoTLYHq3NS9mMNG2MWbHUuPSkICp9xSZu2p1kGPFLfKd5r8XV6yqtLjemeYBuq0hW-dWcTy6ah7Yu6yHb3V4tRoZp_nKSI/s320/the+fly.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div>Ya know, The Fly is actually a really good movie, despite what you might think from this dude's acting chops. Trust me, there are much worse actors out there than this bespectacled caucasian. Watch anything with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fan/taylor-lautner/taylor-lautner-20051229-94107.jpg">Taylor Lautner</a></span>, or enjoy this classic and hilarious clip from Troll 2:</div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/egwD4jTo3GE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dios Mio!</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Why the hell haven't I been posting?</span></div><div><br />
</div><div>Am I too busy? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>No, not really.</b></span><br />
Is my fantasy team a piece of shit? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <b>Sorta, but I'm 2-1.</b></span><br />
Am I embarrassed by my awful predictions? <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Of course, but that's not it.</span></b><br />
I don't have a real reason for you. <u>Like most of your top draft picks I'm just a big disappointment.</u></div></div><div><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here are a couple of thoughts on my preseason predictions:</span></div><div><br />
<b>1) </b> It's amazing how much my predictions were contingent on Peyton Manning starting by Week 2, and are therefore horribly skewed. Reggie Wayne won't approach 100 catches, and Dallas Clark will be even further behind. <br />
<b> Side note:</b> Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon have all but fallen off the map. These two could easily crack the Top 25 with Peyton around. Now, they aren't worth a roster spot. </div><div><b><br />
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<b>2) </b>Aside from Peyton, we've lost Jamaal Charles and Kenny Britt for the year. I doubted Kenny, but there's no denying he was a Top 15 receiver before going down. Based on KC's play so far, Jamaal was probably a tad overrated preseason, but he was undoubtedly a Top 10 back. <br />
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<b>3) </b>Speaking of overrated, most mock drafts had Frank Gore and Rashard Mendenhall as top 15 picks. Did anyone foresee such an awful start to their seasons? I had them finishing 7th and 8th. Depending on your league's scoring, there are anywhere from 10 to 17 players who have outscored Frank and Rashard <i>combined</i>. Ouch.<br />
<b> Side note:</b> I'm still <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/chris-johnson-tweet-2.jpg">holding out</a></span> judgment on Chris Johnson. Would you believe I actually wrote that before I realized it was a pun? No? Well...shut your face. CJ is still shaking off the rust, and his pass catching ability can't be underestimated. However, the clock is ticking. Everyone should be in game shape by the quarter-season mark. Those angry tweets are more glaring when you can't rush for 50 yards a game.<br />
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<b>4) </b>The QB situation is all sorts of messed up, aside from the fact I forgot about Drew Brees in my rankings. Vick isn't being used well by Andy Reid, and he can't seem to stay in the game long enough to get a good rhythm. I <i>probably</i> reached a bit high predicting Romo as a Top 5, but who knows what life would've been like with Dez and Miles healthy every game. Big Ben has looked inconsistent at best, though Mike Wallace has emerged as a Top 5 receiver. <br />
<b> My one good call</b>: Josh Freeman. Ask yourself...when was the last time you associated Tampa Bay with a great fantasy QB. <br />
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<b>5) </b>The ultimate underrated players: <b>Wes Welker</b> and<b> Rob Gronkowski</b>. The Patriots offense is back in full swing. Remember when we all thought the departure of Randy Moss would make Welker a Top 10 receiver? Well, it took a year, but he went ahead and blew us all away. Wes is a target magnet, and he has two mammoth fantasy tight ends to take the pressure off him. I was correct in predicting a big year for Aaron Hernandez, but his injury has opened the door for Rob Gronkowski, who was dominant even before his counterpart went down. Gronk is a goliath. He is the mountain that catches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHat64-af2cj540YjQ_yg_XPF1PVHdP3RdBa4SsJTbJwafWQonpJ2ClVK6DRt7zsIUdaLP-zgsTmkQijzbIihxjvvxvyU6KPOkkUcLyRHKCThlvllu6UZrSmBlqNIEl0tZwE3gx32Nags/s1600/363721m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHat64-af2cj540YjQ_yg_XPF1PVHdP3RdBa4SsJTbJwafWQonpJ2ClVK6DRt7zsIUdaLP-zgsTmkQijzbIihxjvvxvyU6KPOkkUcLyRHKCThlvllu6UZrSmBlqNIEl0tZwE3gx32Nags/s1600/363721m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yeah, I'm talking about this guy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Side note</b>: Do you guys think Tom Brady might be racist? Look at his favorite targets: Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Danny Woodhead, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez (who could pass for white, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2010-01/51684768.jpg">see?</a></b></span>) But then Tom always talks about how much he <i>loves</i> Randy Moss. Deion Branch, Ocho and Troy Brown. He's like the white guy who says, "No, No, I love black people. My best friend is black!" Actions speak louder than words. Keep cutting that hair shorter and shorter, Tom. It's only a matter of time before you're full on skinheading like Jon Kitna. <br />
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___________________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And here some bits of wisdom for Week 4 and beyond:</span></div><br />
Jahvid Best is a Darren Sproles who actually runs the ball.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Yes, Ryan Fitzpatrick is a good play. No, you won't be mocked for it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">David Nelson is a 6'5 slot receiver on a pass-happy offense. That's Calvin Johnson's height.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Ryan Mathews is the man, though he's fragile, so don't give up on Tolbert just yet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ditto Ben Tate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not ditto McGahee, Caddilac, Jacobs.<br />
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Lance Moore and Colston are back. You can go ahead and drop Meachem and Devery.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Someone in every league picked up Torrey Smith, and if you listen closely enough next week you will hear their regret.<br />
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Scott Chandler has caught 9 of 12 passes and 4 touchdowns. There are 12 tight ends I would start over him.<br />
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Jason Hanson won't save your team. But he can get you a hookup on Cialis. <br />
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Mark Brunell is still a 2nd string QB. Not relevant to fantasy football, but it still surprises me. I don't wish for injuries, but I do hope Sanchez goes down for a quarter or two. <br />
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The time to trade these players for high-to-mid value will expire soon: Tim Hightower, Beanie Wells, Felix Jones, Steven Jackson, Frank Gore, Rashard Mendenhall, Michael Turner, and Chris Johnson.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Bye weeks are approaching - trade and hit the waiver wire early. Don't go shopping on Christmas Eve. And yes, I am overusing Christmas Eve as a reference. It's 2011's version of "____ is the new Wes Welker."<br />
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Hit up the poll, and enjoy your week 4.<br />
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And here's your final hint for the movie reference up top: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's also how I feel after I look at Michael Vick's fantasy points.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-84391191033518384932011-09-06T23:54:00.000-07:002011-09-07T01:01:09.429-07:00Week One, Son.It feels like Christmas Eve. Football is one day away, and I can't wait to unwrap my <i>fantasy puppy</i>:<br />
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Most Vick owners are equal parts worried and excited. Count me as one of them. Not only does Mike have the <b>Highest Expectations</b> of any other fantasy player, but he's also top of the list for<b> Expected Injuries</b> (right behind Frank Gore, Peyton Manning, Arian Foster, and Andre Johnson). <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>^</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Talk about an elite group...</span></div><br />
Plenty of owners have little to fear with their top picks. Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, Jamaal Charles, Roddy White, Aaron Rodgers, and Newly Signed Chris Johnson are all healthy and ready to put up their typical gaudy numbers. <br />
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And some owners will endure a stressful, unpredictable season due to their excellent-but-inconsistent stars. These players include Peyton Hillis, Rashard Mendenhall, Michael Turner, Maurice Jones-Drew, Greg Jennings, and Larry Fitzgerald. These second-round picks will make or break most fantasy seasons. <br />
Sure, there's a lot of talk about<i> Montario Hardesty</i>, but you can never count out <u>this kind of beas</u>t:<br />
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We love the preseason because of all the uncertainty. It's easy to <i>predict</i> <b>now</b>, but after Week One it's a whole new ball game. Everything changes once the Brandon Lloyds, Steve Johnsons, and Peyton Hilliseses of the new season rear their freakish heads. <br />
But like I said, it's easy to predict now. And so predict I shall.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Your Top 10 Positional Scoring Leaders Through Week 16 of 2011 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Week 17 is for losers)</div><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>Quarterback</u></span></b><br />
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1. Phillip Rivers<br />
2. Tom Brady<br />
3. Aaron Rodgers<br />
4. Tony Romo<br />
5. Michael Vick<br />
6. Ben Roethlisberger<br />
7. Peyton Manning<br />
8. Matthew Stafford<br />
9. Matt Ryan<br />
10. Joe Flacco<br />
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Rivers with a full, healthy squad will put up huge numbers. I predict 2 or more 40 point games.<br />
Romo will be the comeback player of the year, and Miles Austin and Dez Bryant will be the league's best receiver duo.<br />
Go ahead and count out Peyton Manning. And be prepared for 280 points in 15 games.<br />
<b>Notably Absent</b>: Josh Freeman. Get ready for a lesson in regression, ala David Garrard<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Running Back</u></b></span><br />
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1. Chris Johnson <br />
2. Adrian Peterson<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>3. Jamaal Charles<br />
4. Ray Rice<br />
5. Arian Foster<br />
6. LeSean McCoy<br />
7. Frank Gore<br />
8. Rashard Mendenhall<br />
9. Steven Jackson<br />
10. Peyton Hillis<br />
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The only obstacle for a huge year from CJ was the holdout. No matter the league format, he's a #1 currently being drafted out of the Top 5.<br />
Foster won't have last year's numbers, but he'll be close.<br />
Frank Gore will play 15 games and come up just short of the Top 5.<br />
Steven Jackson will play 16 games and rush for 10 touchdowns.<br />
Peyton Hillis will lose some carries to his backup, but start every game of the season.<br />
<b>Notably Absent</b>: Michael Turner. No, Jacquizz won't have a big year. But Turner won't have more than 2 multi-touchdown games.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>Wide Receiver</u></span></b><br />
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1. Roddy White<br />
2. Greg Jennings<br />
3. Calvin Johnson<br />
4. Hakeem Nicks<br />
5. Reggie Wayne<br />
6. Andre Johnson<br />
7. Vincent Jackson<br />
8. Mike Wallace<br />
9. Miles Austin<br />
10. Larry Fitzgerald<br />
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Roddy White will lead all receivers in yardage and receptions, but not touchdowns.<br />
Greg Jennings will lead all receivers in touchdowns.<br />
Except Calvin Johnson. They will be tied.<br />
Reggie Wayne will have 100 receptions.<br />
Vincent Jackson and Mike Wallace will be tied for 30+ yard receptions.<br />
Miles Austin will lead receivers in yards after catch.<br />
Larry Fitzgerald will score the majority of his points in the second half of the season.<br />
<b>Notably Absent</b>: DeSean Jackson. Maclin will have 10 more receptions and 2 more touchdowns.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Tight End</u></b></span><br />
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1. Dallas Clark<br />
2. Jermichael Finley<br />
3. Jason Witten<br />
4. Antonio Gates<br />
5. Owen Daniels<br />
6. Zach Miller<br />
7. Aaron Hernandez<br />
8. Vernon Davis<br />
9. Kellen Winslow<br />
10. Brandon Pettigrew<br />
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Dallas Clark will be the second Colt with 100 receptions.<br />
Jermichael Finley will lead all tight ends in touchdowns.<br />
Antonio Gates will miss more than one game and still finish Top 5...again. <br />
Aaron Hernandez will have the most receptions by a tight end in the first half of the season.<br />
Vernon Davis will get into 3 sideline fights.<br />
<b>Notably Absent</b>: Kellen Winslow. He'll fall out of the Top 15.<br />
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Good luck. We'll reconvene after Monday Night Football. Be sure to answer the new poll.Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-85178647429490759002011-08-27T22:11:00.000-07:002011-08-27T22:11:38.631-07:00And We're Off...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vegas: Done. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Draft: Finished.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Liver: Hurting</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVBrCgrVZ7Ck9OP6ircetgW5IMqZzp1GsnPoLs1VVmbcFFme0EOtDMgpb1F6q0iGcRtaD06fIhsdu4BoI8jASwgqJ5CdVeN5j6KzHBhvtIdoyWPbKZKKPaTROY1ZIsOC4FN7g7nn_yP0/s1600/limo_vegas_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVBrCgrVZ7Ck9OP6ircetgW5IMqZzp1GsnPoLs1VVmbcFFme0EOtDMgpb1F6q0iGcRtaD06fIhsdu4BoI8jASwgqJ5CdVeN5j6KzHBhvtIdoyWPbKZKKPaTROY1ZIsOC4FN7g7nn_yP0/s320/limo_vegas_2.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Why did I leave here for a Hurricane?</span></div><br />
As always, I feel pretty neutral about my draft. <u>Lord knows I'll end up trading most of them anyway.</u> <br />
In a <b>Two Keeper League</b> I retained Michael Vick and Ray Rice. A powerful duo, sure, but there's a lot of risk. Vick is likely to break something, and Rice is <a href="http://www.daaa.org/DAAA_home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4 foot 7</span></a>.<br />
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I needed to get some solid trading assets with my next 5 picks. Let's see how the 5th pick in the draft worked out for me in my newly converted <b>PPR</b> League:<br />
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The San Jose Steroidorizers got some decent value, which we can see based on:<br />
ADP (Average Draft Position) vs BDP (Boras' Draft Position)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Frank Gore - ADP: 16.7 BDP: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>21</b></span><br />
Reggie Wayne - ADP: 31.8 BDP: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>28</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mike Wallace - ADP: 27.2 BDP: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>37</b></span><br />
Jason Witten - ADP: 52.3 BDP: <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">44</span></b><br />
Dez Bryant - ADP: 38.2 BDP: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>53</b></span></span><br />
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Reggie Wayne's ADP is no doubt skewed by Peyton Manning's health issues. However, no matter the QB, Batman is a ball magnet. <br />
Jason Witten was forced upon me early because of the PPR change in my league. Obviously I'm hoping for 100 receptions, which I don't expect from Jermichael Finley.<br />
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I was surprised Frank Gore fell to me, but not shocked. The shocks were Mike Wallace and Dez Bryant. <u><b>They done fell far. </b></u><br />
While Mike Wallace may not reach 80 receptions, he's a big time touchdown threat. Dez Bryant has 100 catch ability, and he's a terror in the open field. <br />
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I could easily roll this lineup out for the rest of the season. But...<br />
I expect the trade values on these players to skyrocket after 1-2 healthy weeks. Gore fell because of the injury risk, but when healthy he's as good as any fantasy back. Wayne will be a top 15 without Peyton, and a top 10 with him. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Draft Grade:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpv8AKDXh9So-cGJoCDmGkgkIXZKB5YReGa1MggK3t0YTLCCl4PVo3BBWlXdiVHyuAZPFKtwXi67-FKrEJlbauToSzk5MCMeQIgKhgLD3NCW42kntD9OUyTJiaI7uGZrJiad6s1Ppbvk/s1600/grade_C_plus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpv8AKDXh9So-cGJoCDmGkgkIXZKB5YReGa1MggK3t0YTLCCl4PVo3BBWlXdiVHyuAZPFKtwXi67-FKrEJlbauToSzk5MCMeQIgKhgLD3NCW42kntD9OUyTJiaI7uGZrJiad6s1Ppbvk/s1600/grade_C_plus.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Would've been higher if I'd traded up for a <b>3rd</b> Top 10 pick. But it's still a pass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">New poll up top: get your vote in.</div><br />
Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-18957630771256377382011-08-19T00:47:00.000-07:002011-08-19T00:47:35.289-07:00The Draft ComethI don't know what you're doing this Sunday.<br />
You'll probably be sitting at home, convincing yourself to watch preseason football, and turning it off after the first two drives. <b>Mark Sanchez is boring enough in games that actually matter</b>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo8FYT6DFK_hydwHlnVZHvfJvnEMniqcgT5elCiYAKXgJHigFCWStoYBVQ9CZRp-QkZXmfzso3V4FvSiBBAsGhsU7jVqdjUYAwjuIMnFMfKLL7ShnIQiSuDD9Mn-Brmk3HKCN99BsUJU/s1600/mark-sanchez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo8FYT6DFK_hydwHlnVZHvfJvnEMniqcgT5elCiYAKXgJHigFCWStoYBVQ9CZRp-QkZXmfzso3V4FvSiBBAsGhsU7jVqdjUYAwjuIMnFMfKLL7ShnIQiSuDD9Mn-Brmk3HKCN99BsUJU/s320/mark-sanchez.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"This is how far I can throw it!"</span></div><br />
I know what <i>I'm</i> doing this Sunday.<br />
It's called <b>Las Vegas</b>, and I've heard the streets there are paved in gold. Most importantly, it is hosting my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2011 Fantasy Football Draft</span>. <br />
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That's right. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Draft</span> is right around the corner. Have you prepared? I sure haven't. <br />
Instead I've decided to spend my time scaring you...<b>WITH FEAR</b>. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The following players will likely suffer from the following: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Sudden and extreme deterioration in skill</div><br />
2. Serious injury<br />
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3. Lose their place on the depth chart<br />
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4. Get arrested</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Vick</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PCI0G3Xv9DAWSt6bb0X03dGvaQ5abGVb2UmWo-_6gnLHGPxwgP6clcDCKUPF8KHDzKsLVZToU6FFySoxieL6cwdYTkxBhA9jkVRexcnMFn37zRsuw3qMbJzOev7Y3gI7RE-J-wXqKOY/s1600/vick+news.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PCI0G3Xv9DAWSt6bb0X03dGvaQ5abGVb2UmWo-_6gnLHGPxwgP6clcDCKUPF8KHDzKsLVZToU6FFySoxieL6cwdYTkxBhA9jkVRexcnMFn37zRsuw3qMbJzOev7Y3gI7RE-J-wXqKOY/s1600/vick+news.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You're a dick, Getty.</span></div><br />
No, he's not going to get arrested. That would be too obvious, and pretty funny. Like the majority of people released from prison, he has turned his life around by immediately signing a multi-million dollar contract. I think my facts are accurate. Instead, you can expect Mike to suffer a serious (and likely terrifying) injury to his <i>everywhere</i>. He's going to get demolished. And he's going to throw like 20 interceptions. And he'll actually probably get arrested again. <br />
It's a bad year to be considered a #1 draft pick.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Adrian Peterson</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><br />
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Maybe it's because he's been such a workhorse. Maybe it's because of his ankle. Maybe it's because of the quarterback situation, and general "Uh, what do we have going for us next year?" atmosphere in Minnesota. Whatever the reason, Adrian Peterson will be more like <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/3776/adrian-peterson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Adrian Peterson</span></a> in 2011. The sudden burst of speed down the sideline? Gone. The frequent trips into the endzone? Adios. The casual 20 points he puts up every week? History. AP is done. You hear me? He's <i>done.</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maurice Jones-Drew</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJsLFztesTDaIxi4qdw2fdDYPiP8HiejGDuGiWrxOlf5MJTbuJ8VMyqouXOxW8X9M4xPol7jH5Nhahyphenhyphen6J7xeODxObDYdfBuOJR2nhyhU42Bnsg62VIic6ToUORIVrR4DyXUAX0yMNOvs/s1600/mjd+bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJsLFztesTDaIxi4qdw2fdDYPiP8HiejGDuGiWrxOlf5MJTbuJ8VMyqouXOxW8X9M4xPol7jH5Nhahyphenhyphen6J7xeODxObDYdfBuOJR2nhyhU42Bnsg62VIic6ToUORIVrR4DyXUAX0yMNOvs/s1600/mjd+bench.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">No one likes the bench, MJD. It's ok to be sad.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sorry to all of you Jones-Drew owners, but he's going to lose his starting position to Rashad Jennings. Maurice has been banged up for the last year, and his 4'9 body can't handle the beating like big people bodies. It's been a fun ride with Maurice. He joined the NFL in 2006 and immediately became a consistent fantasy force. Last year he could only muster 7 total touchdowns to Rashad's 4. This year's numbers will be reversed. <b>M</b>a<b>J</b>or <b>D</b>owner.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Calvin Johnson</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Calvin Johnson will score 72 points in his first 3 weeks. He will be targeted 54 times with 44 receptions. You'll predict him breaking Randy Moss' touchdown record and having the greatest fantasy season of all time. And then it will all shatter. And no, I don't mean Matthew Stafford's arm. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CkORRd1I6k">Even though that'll happen too</a></span>. </div><div style="text-align: left;">What I'm referring to is Calvin Johnson's arrest for running a weed farm in Northern Michigan. Yup, arrested. Lock it up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Michael Vick - Out for the season (Body)</div><div style="text-align: center;">LeSean McCoy - 6-8 weeks (Ribs)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chris Johnson - 3-5 weeks (Holdout)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Peyton Manning - 1-2 weeks (Tickle fight with Eli)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Andre Johnson - 4-6 weeks (Concussion)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Adrian Peterson - DTD (Talent)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Jamaal Charles - Out for the season (Hype-itis)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Roddy White - 3-5 weeks (Julio Jones broke his ankles)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maurice Jones-Drew - Questionable (Job Status)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ray Rice - DTD (Contact high)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Larry Fitzgerald - 3-4 weeks (Boredom)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aaron Rodgers - Rehab (Too much Super Blow)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Calvin Johnson - Career (Serving 10-20)</div><br />
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As always, feel free to post any questions or comments. And make sure to answer the Poll at the top of the site. Your input is needed so some can base their decisions on what others think.<br />
Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-12097677386371054782011-08-08T01:29:00.000-07:002011-08-08T01:29:36.118-07:00Counting down the days...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome back!</span></div>Thanks for coming back to the Fantasy Football blog voted <b>Top 25</b> in ESPN's unofficial poll located in the comments section of an article about <a href="http://espn.go.com/losangeles/conversations/_/id/6828094/los-angeles-angels-jered-weaver-banned-6-games-mike-scioscia-1">Jered Weaver's suspension</a>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"> <-- First hyperlink of the year</span><br />
You'll find it in there somewhere. It's all about viral marketing.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So,</span> after a little bit of doubt...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fantasy Football has Returned!</span></b></div><br />
So many exciting things have happened since the lockout ended.<br />
Big trades have occurred.<br />
An exodus of free agent signings is wrapping up.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tiki Barber</b> is still as jobless as <b>Shaun Alexander</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ2OTQ_MkuIjmNwlQBvmAQ0SM7KI_Pqdb3txk7L5L9yRHmfaKSBZnlqLU7xaqpMLXiKXDPqQ2SVOkC6IaXJ0nNooLyfOeoRSb732U_ntOEolmNbgFLW_uQ0O1aHrPqWU0hW66px2Yj5A/s1600/barberalexander.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ2OTQ_MkuIjmNwlQBvmAQ0SM7KI_Pqdb3txk7L5L9yRHmfaKSBZnlqLU7xaqpMLXiKXDPqQ2SVOkC6IaXJ0nNooLyfOeoRSb732U_ntOEolmNbgFLW_uQ0O1aHrPqWU0hW66px2Yj5A/s1600/barberalexander.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Let's analyze some of these pre-season dealings. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">New QB in Town</span></u></div><u><br />
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1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b>Donovan McNabb to the Vikings</b></span><br />
This was supposed to happen two years ago. Back then it might have been an exciting move. McNabb to Harvin and Rice with AP towing the line had great potential. In 2011, this was the most unexciting move of the offseason. Minnesota's recent parade of once-great QBs has me wondering if this franchise isn't going the way of the 1990's Lions: Lots of Barry Sanders, and no wins. It's no wonder Sidney Rice bailed. Expect no more than Top 15 numbers from McNabb with a high likelihood of injury or benching.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Verdict: </span> Who gives a shit?<br />
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2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Kevin Kolb to the Cardinals</b></span><br />
He's got a ton of potential, or so we've been told. He had two great performances when he had his chance to shine in 2009. After those, he expected to follow in the footsteps of Matt Cassel and become a franchise quarterback. Unfortunately for him, the United States offers second chances and Michael Vick has risen like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19mHj3sf9E0">Jesus</a> or Andrew Dice Clay on this season of Entourage. But now Kolb has his wish and he is the unquestioned starter for the Cardinals. He must be stoked. Zona's lack of a running game means plenty of chances for Kolb to showcase his abilities, and he'll have one of the best receivers in Fitzgerald. Don't expect a ton, but there's no denying he could crack the Top 10. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Verdict:</span> Fitzgerald makes Kolb look like<b> Kurt Warner</b>.<br />
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3. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><b>Matt Hasselbeck to the Titans</b></span><br />
Out with the Young, in with the Old. I should write the headlines for ESPN. In a switch of polar opposites, Tennessee has released Vince Young and signed 35 year old Matt Hasselbeck. Matt's been known to throw for 3000+ yards, but he'll have to do it this year <i>without</i> Randy Moss and <i>with</i> a drugged out Kenny Britt. With Chris Johnson around, Matt won't have to do much, but I still think there's a 75% chance Jake Locker takes over. <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Verdict: </span>Like you'd ever consider drafting him anyway.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Cock Blocks</span></u></div><u><br />
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1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">McGahee and McClain Fly the Coop</span><br />
Ray Rice fans and fantasy owners had the same thought throughout 2010: "When will McGahee turn an ankle so Ray can finally become MJD 2.0?" The Ravens have answered their prayers. Not only are Willis and Le'Ron Le Gone, but Derrick Mason and Heap have also waved Bye Bye to B-Town. Most projections indicate a 400+ touches season for Rice, and there's seemingly no one in line to hawk his touchdowns. Barring an injury or a lover's quarrel with Joe "Ok, I panic a bit, but they still call me 'Cool'" Flacco,<b> </b><b>Ray Rice</b> will be in the race for top scoring back in 2011.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Ray Rice fans' greatest fear: Ray Lewis murders him.</div><br />
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2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Boys Buck Barber</span><br />
Several years ago Marion Barber was simply fantastic. Announcers boasted that he was guaranteed positive yardage every run. They appeared to be right. He amassed 24 touchdowns from 2006 to 2007 and was helping Dallas to put the name Smith behind them and look to the future. Then, in 2008, Barber was losing ground, both figuratively and literally. His yards per carry dropped over a yard from the seasons before, and Felix Jones was catching the eyes of whoever the hell ran the Cowboys. Fantasy owners rightly gave up on him in 2010, and now Dallas has followed suit. Barber has taken his cock-blocking skills to Matt Forte owners, and Felix Jones is the Big Dick in Big D. He's got great receiving skills and he can run. He's a guilt free choice for your #2 and has breakout potential. <br />
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3. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bush and Sproles keep their Roles (with different teams)</span><br />
I don't think any fantasy owners have ever proudly started Darren Sproles or Reggie Bush, though they've had their flashes of greatness. Or at least <i>good</i>ness. And now they'll have their chance to shine inconsistently with another team. Sproles will have trouble finding touches behind Pierre and Ingram. Reggie may split carries with <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/14056/daniel-thomas">Daniel Thomas</a>, but Miami's offense doesn't inspire much confidence. However, it's hard to forget what Reggie Bush did on the college football field. In 2011, all of the extra-curricular distractions are done and gone, he's in a new city, and who knows what he'll show us without all of the weight on his shoulders:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Eagles didn't get <i>Everyone</i> this Offseason</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br />
</u></div>David Akers has joined the San Francisco 49ers. Adjust your draft rankings as needed.<br />
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More to come as we advance through the preseason.Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-85483519091368596372010-12-10T22:19:00.000-08:002010-12-10T22:19:21.402-08:00So you made the Playoffs...Think you're pretty smart, huh? <div>Well guess what. You're in the top 50% of your league, and that's still an</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nMARIxy6R9Icx8BwJ3UOd5CmIQazawSLEEPj-zB4fk5oybwwDH3tvrd43N3z0BstfaMYzrNoejpgcA2yUcTMIFBp2LMIV9f-3e6abiBilXsvjU50Uz7cuW0TDw6Np-mBCTXOxW0CFUg/s1600/f+grade.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nMARIxy6R9Icx8BwJ3UOd5CmIQazawSLEEPj-zB4fk5oybwwDH3tvrd43N3z0BstfaMYzrNoejpgcA2yUcTMIFBp2LMIV9f-3e6abiBilXsvjU50Uz7cuW0TDw6Np-mBCTXOxW0CFUg/s1600/f+grade.gif" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Your job isn't over yet, Champ. This first round isn't going to be a <b><i><u>cakewalk</u></i></b>. It's going to be the exact opposite. It's going to be a...<b><i><u>shrimpcocktailrun</u></i></b>? </div></div><div>Whatever it is, it's going to require a lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thought</span>. A lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">patience</span>. A lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">will power</span>.</div><div><br />
</div><div><i>How have you played all year? What got you into this position? </i></div><div>Did you play the same basic starting lineup all year, or did you switch it up based on the matchup or projections? </div><div>It's do or die now, so should you stick to your guns or mix it up a bit?</div><div>I know you're asking these questions to yourself, and I know you want the answers from me.</div><div>Well, I'm not a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">guru</span></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U-M4CZb-jHodguLBTdJcOPDyzEaWUGBGy9fPqyFwVvSwr3glgXACNNni96OitMSdHVhaaSnAR9owkFlvhiCVt_5hW_SG3fEqokNWwDoweCwFxdRlK8Pg3d0A00dyQr9VfOT4Qk6ewOU/s1600/guru_nanak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U-M4CZb-jHodguLBTdJcOPDyzEaWUGBGy9fPqyFwVvSwr3glgXACNNni96OitMSdHVhaaSnAR9owkFlvhiCVt_5hW_SG3fEqokNWwDoweCwFxdRlK8Pg3d0A00dyQr9VfOT4Qk6ewOU/s320/guru_nanak.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>But I am a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">GENIUS</span></b>.</div><div>And the <b>genius</b> in me says <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">stick to your guns</span>. The playoffs truly started 3-4 weeks ago. As the race for the playoffs began every game became a must win. And whatever strategy propelled you to this level is the one which will take you to the championship match. </div><div>If you've played the same lineup all year, keep it up. There's no reason to bench your stars now. Here's a personal example.</div><div>Boras has to decide between <b>Andre Johnson</b> and <b>Wes Welker</b>. Welker has been hotter than a <b><u>Natalie Portman/Mila Kunis</u></b> lesbian scene, but Andre is a perennial fantasy titan. Assuming both players are healthy and ready to go, who should I start? Well, aside from making a trade every other week, I've gone with my big time players all year. Welker's been riding my bench, and that's where he's going to stay.</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>BUT BORAS...</i></span></div><div>What if Welker blows up for the 5th straight week and Andre drops another 3-bomb? </div><div>Yeah, <i><b>what if</b></i>? That's fantasy football. There's a reason I put Andre on my team, and it's because he can put up 30. Welker may outscore Johnson, but he isn't the kind of monster that got me to this place. </div><div><u>Dre Stays.</u></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">That's called sticking to your guns.</span> I may well use one of those guns to shoot myself in the face, but I won't sit there and doubt myself. </div><div>And don't worry. All of my guns are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Nerf</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-n3agMNqnU53nlL7_BsIQxbb5kcBRdsw8-rQaJ5qBOhyZMzOkfpTFsBbxUGde1otEVu8UGx971j-COr6geQxSOREej_6WYYTLfDiWjzDEO3dwc29J-rbDQZ8GtZp_r3K_rDe8RUaPNg/s1600/nerf_6705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-n3agMNqnU53nlL7_BsIQxbb5kcBRdsw8-rQaJ5qBOhyZMzOkfpTFsBbxUGde1otEVu8UGx971j-COr6geQxSOREej_6WYYTLfDiWjzDEO3dwc29J-rbDQZ8GtZp_r3K_rDe8RUaPNg/s320/nerf_6705.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Don't have doubts, fellow playoffers. Don't switch up your strategy now. If you're a <u>matchup guy</u>, <i>keep studying</i>. If you're a <u>player guy</u>, <i>keep believing</i>. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Here's Boras' Top 10 QBs/WRs/RBs for the weekend (excluding any Colts or Titans)</div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">QB</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> 1. Michael Vick</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 2. Aaron Rodgers</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 3. Tom Brady</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 4. Phillip Rivers</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 5. Drew Brees</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 6. Joe Flacco</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 7. Matt Ryan</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 8. Ben Roethlisberger</div><div style="text-align: center;">9. Jon Kitna</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 10. Kyle Orton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">RB</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> 1. Adrian Peterson</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 2. Maurice Jones-Drew</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 3. Michael Turner</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 4. Peyton Hillis</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 5. Arian Foster</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 6. Knowshon Moreno</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. Ray Rice</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 8. Steven Jackson</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 9. Jamaal Charles</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 10. Rashard Mendenhall</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> 1. Roddy White</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 2. Brandon Lloyd</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 3. Greg Jennings</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 4. DeSean Jackson</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 5. Calvin Johnson</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 6. Anquan Boldin</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 7. Marques Colston</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 8. Andre Johnson</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 9. Terrell Owens</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 10. Wes Welker</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-14064071017750563542010-12-07T16:37:00.000-08:002010-12-07T16:37:25.734-08:00So you missed the playoffs...<b>You must be pissed. You must feel...</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOsM1w6pZoBWta433s1bxdghDaqQ1rKyPdTRjqcuQdh8AZcX_WaLvJSNUgoYyZKBHZCmhtxzYYQLLEvleXG5UggGevqU545DskQcBS9t7fU_WH06Elp-IAkcpfqEeLxrznhCzP4sIRgg/s1600/haynesworth+worthless.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOsM1w6pZoBWta433s1bxdghDaqQ1rKyPdTRjqcuQdh8AZcX_WaLvJSNUgoYyZKBHZCmhtxzYYQLLEvleXG5UggGevqU545DskQcBS9t7fU_WH06Elp-IAkcpfqEeLxrznhCzP4sIRgg/s320/haynesworth+worthless.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>You waited months for fantasy football to get back into your life. You spent weeks preparing for your draft with mock drafts, magazines, meditation, and colon cleansers. You stayed up late and woke up early waiting for updated projections. You made sneaky trades, you made clutch waiver pickups, you made genius roster adjustments.</div></div><div>So why the hell didn't you make the playoffs? </div><div><i><b>Isn't it obvious?</b></i></div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">YOU SUCK!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZBHPN1XnCDNNQgXxXrIvm0uKmDaTju13aMxv6zF2aoKwqNUARHOL68Yp6Kbx6-pePzmw8iqRynMDagbHEYdOVFx5snhKfwuY22yo9t1a15YI0cJPNpGeBWKHYKwOCo-5LFnMyy8w1Eg/s1600/JamarcusRussell-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZBHPN1XnCDNNQgXxXrIvm0uKmDaTju13aMxv6zF2aoKwqNUARHOL68Yp6Kbx6-pePzmw8iqRynMDagbHEYdOVFx5snhKfwuY22yo9t1a15YI0cJPNpGeBWKHYKwOCo-5LFnMyy8w1Eg/s320/JamarcusRussell-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Why beat around the bush when we all know we should be punching the bush right in its stupid rapist nose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOl6Pnsc6pv-bYm57r4NDHDBwdRIGJhYrRxdg2K503c7PXSCtpWR3Wp2Mn2t_1YB-iSueDRH0HM9E5m5CrT-I3m3vtjG4v7-o73trBNmdsvyGR6Z11MKooEjGBnifHQFb407yqdf3AbQ/s1600/ben-roethlisberger-broken-nose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOl6Pnsc6pv-bYm57r4NDHDBwdRIGJhYrRxdg2K503c7PXSCtpWR3Wp2Mn2t_1YB-iSueDRH0HM9E5m5CrT-I3m3vtjG4v7-o73trBNmdsvyGR6Z11MKooEjGBnifHQFb407yqdf3AbQ/s320/ben-roethlisberger-broken-nose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Fact is, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">you blew it this year</span></i>.<i> </i>Here are some typical causes of a lost year:</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1) The Dumb Drafter</span></div><div>Chances are you picked your big sleeper picks a few rounds too early. You picked a tight end not named Gates before round 7. You drank too much and took a 10 minute "auto-draft" nap. You picked the Jets D and said, "<b>Fuck yeah</b>!" </div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2) The Late to the Waiver Partyer</span></div><div>You consistently made your waiver picks hours or minutes before kickoff. Instead of doing 1.5-3.2 minutes of research and waiver selections on Tuesday, you waited until Sunday morning to select your backups. Instead of landing <b>Brandon Lloyd</b>, you got <i>Eddie Royal</i>. Instead of <b>Michael Vick</b>, you got <i>Mark Sanchez</i>. Instead of <b>Peyton Hillis</b>, you got <i>Chester Taylor</i>. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fantasy isn't a 7 day a week job. It's a 15 minute a week job with 12 hours of sitting, watching, drinking, farting. You weren't free to set your waiver picks on Tuesday? <b><i>I bet you spent an hour on Facebook,</i></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LIAR</span>. </div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3) The Failed GM</span></div><div>You took Boras' advice and made some trades. Unfortunately, you traded away some of your best players for pieces of shit. It's ok. It happens. <i>But only to idiots. </i> </div><div>The Failed GM typically has 3 vices - sentimentality, 1wP Syndrome, small brain.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>Sentimentality</u></b> - you wanted one of your favorite players (from your home team or from a previous fantasy team) on your squad. A Smart GM knew you wanted him, and milked you for one or two of your best players. You felt giddy and warm inside until you realized your team lost 30 points a week in the trade. Meanwhile the Smart GM is swimming around in his silo of <b>golden fantasy gods</b> like <b>Scrooge McDuck</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wFeqTGN0tZ-1gjCn3q-04TCNMLEl3ziYzWXFgvBdNhliBZ1FBSpT7re0G3xkmstKzfIfj7Qs4O9wMkJEBL-0vIM8R8Ub8jixNDPQNtMoaUfAQ06WmV_dk9S_gtsnUfz_mi8wDJQOvXE/s1600/Scrooge-in-gold-coins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wFeqTGN0tZ-1gjCn3q-04TCNMLEl3ziYzWXFgvBdNhliBZ1FBSpT7re0G3xkmstKzfIfj7Qs4O9wMkJEBL-0vIM8R8Ub8jixNDPQNtMoaUfAQ06WmV_dk9S_gtsnUfz_mi8wDJQOvXE/s320/Scrooge-in-gold-coins.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>1wP Syndrome</u></b> or <b>One Week Panic</b> Syndrome - a solid fantasy player had one or two below average weeks. Being as short-sighted as you are, you figured trading away this player for next to nothing would somehow make up for your bad week. What you instead did was make your next few weeks worse. You're the idiot who traded <b>Greg Jennings, Michael Turner, MJD</b>, and <b>Dwayne Bowe</b>. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b><u>Small Brain</u></b> - no explanation needed...you wouldn't understand it anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrYO5rJPBhXUPzuE8J_7g5xdYiydqVNwowXIaET6ewMcS0i98p1nmXz_WryI62jR-F8dx_n8SV_NASBgkNqc_UZHEB33JpNy-hJceEDN9cCsBjggwkaAXMa4lzW111VQ37Io7ogJeQNE/s1600/jamarcus-russell_copy_copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrYO5rJPBhXUPzuE8J_7g5xdYiydqVNwowXIaET6ewMcS0i98p1nmXz_WryI62jR-F8dx_n8SV_NASBgkNqc_UZHEB33JpNy-hJceEDN9cCsBjggwkaAXMa4lzW111VQ37Io7ogJeQNE/s320/jamarcus-russell_copy_copy.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>For you <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Failures of Fantasy Football</span>, there's always next year. Battle it out in your consolation bracket. There's no glory in winning it, but there is sometimes the option of getting the 1st pick in the draft next year. Though you'll probably use your first pick on <b>Shonn Greene</b>, at least you can claim you won <i>something</i>. </div><div><br />
</div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-17007640238341243392010-11-16T01:00:00.000-08:002010-11-16T01:00:18.901-08:00An Ode to Michael<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">An Ode to Michael</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Boras doth ponder, so heareth his call,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><u><b>"Who is the greatest Michael of all?"</b></u></span></div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Is it Jordan?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k8B-NZxqrLEqEeUjCnkx9LJIU65LSvXVg2V2zvmR_jORaV6N8Ooe58qSwMHmJ3vnBBAIPT0ZiV_hiCGWBUyVttY9y4FedDl-0WT7_wzgXZKnaqWNNq4YySRQCZkiNubDeBFsnGLxdyA/s1600/michael-jordan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k8B-NZxqrLEqEeUjCnkx9LJIU65LSvXVg2V2zvmR_jORaV6N8Ooe58qSwMHmJ3vnBBAIPT0ZiV_hiCGWBUyVttY9y4FedDl-0WT7_wzgXZKnaqWNNq4YySRQCZkiNubDeBFsnGLxdyA/s320/michael-jordan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Or Jackson?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVGBczbohLxVnjo32AP94PlSmYBr55l32UxV3tgUOnBsXjrObgG2o2QGsVZluCXX_BGrRyNmP-iqhK9t5OruZVLvfLjbubJwEbaB_AEz8jdgdA592bDPCZUKF9ZK974L-4KYa7J1w9tU/s1600/michael-jackson-dancing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVGBczbohLxVnjo32AP94PlSmYBr55l32UxV3tgUOnBsXjrObgG2o2QGsVZluCXX_BGrRyNmP-iqhK9t5OruZVLvfLjbubJwEbaB_AEz8jdgdA592bDPCZUKF9ZK974L-4KYa7J1w9tU/s320/michael-jackson-dancing.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">One not terribly tall?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUQYdMSxR0VdGEKrChkaJA8PLXTERCi7Q7P6YyEf2uggikp4eP0G60GaSRssGf6fb9S9IfHiM1Ua79A-V0um7vpkyLXe0TteWxnw0rFlevBX8dY_2nHr6VnfEjn_y3V2mv_VcbB3HBp0/s1600/marty+mcfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUQYdMSxR0VdGEKrChkaJA8PLXTERCi7Q7P6YyEf2uggikp4eP0G60GaSRssGf6fb9S9IfHiM1Ua79A-V0um7vpkyLXe0TteWxnw0rFlevBX8dY_2nHr6VnfEjn_y3V2mv_VcbB3HBp0/s320/marty+mcfly.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Or the man they call Dexter, Michael C. Hall?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSJdLQbAPXl97gQeqpQuIEclhCMAvGS8carCHP3jy5AWXzdFzrd-t6qUnob5V_gIFKoOYZhXgSgw9HQtyeYX1USdhos4jR_orHReQKhrH1QPgFHKznRpTRra124noaiqpE2MH9uoxUAI/s1600/dexter-main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSJdLQbAPXl97gQeqpQuIEclhCMAvGS8carCHP3jy5AWXzdFzrd-t6qUnob5V_gIFKoOYZhXgSgw9HQtyeYX1USdhos4jR_orHReQKhrH1QPgFHKznRpTRra124noaiqpE2MH9uoxUAI/s320/dexter-main.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Such wonderful company, a great class for the name,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But if one of these you've chosen, you're fucking lame.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">There is no doubt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">No thought is required.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">An athlete this's about,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And one not yet retired.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This Michael can pass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This Michael can run.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">They said he had no class.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">They said his career was done.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Like a Phoenix he's Risen,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">From the ashes of Prison.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And he's on a Mission,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">To keep his starting Position.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">No more killing puppies,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">He swore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">He used to drown them like guppies,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">No more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">He served his sentence, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But he's back on the attack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now he's boosting attendance,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Vick is back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEV7cY5Ri6c9gmABDUHXdUGlEAgsiw-Fnst1nxnrFb7l_XQ_ScTw-a-76sJRA3zOnLO8bk6Rf18cCvVh9j0ODAX6z4XKpx3iyw6qE0PbIxrDIUfQoqcIm0vEpEZ51LvtPDLWkJ9jaEcA/s1600/vick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEV7cY5Ri6c9gmABDUHXdUGlEAgsiw-Fnst1nxnrFb7l_XQ_ScTw-a-76sJRA3zOnLO8bk6Rf18cCvVh9j0ODAX6z4XKpx3iyw6qE0PbIxrDIUfQoqcIm0vEpEZ51LvtPDLWkJ9jaEcA/s320/vick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-85910848041909548142010-11-13T21:54:00.000-08:002010-11-13T21:54:48.583-08:00The Trouble With Twins...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsu8Z0N_wAVHH4pdoSGzrr9hnU9K2NKs3vTfT0gDJCBrcEKAwdO3gNcdKtCHq8Aqz8giqoxWaXF-C_1VC6QPIu6Gs9hl3hyqXIfbi98ruOuL0-nLZy64QHX7BBHbC7Xgqoq8cts0ERbg/s1600/Olsen-Twins-7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsu8Z0N_wAVHH4pdoSGzrr9hnU9K2NKs3vTfT0gDJCBrcEKAwdO3gNcdKtCHq8Aqz8giqoxWaXF-C_1VC6QPIu6Gs9hl3hyqXIfbi98ruOuL0-nLZy64QHX7BBHbC7Xgqoq8cts0ERbg/s320/Olsen-Twins-7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Ahh, Michelle(s)...<br />
<i>You got it, Dude!</i><br />
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I heard one of the Olsen twins was used for non-speaking scenes, and one was used for most of the line deliveries. So in other words, <i>one looks good</i>, but the other is <i>actually functional</i>. <br />
Now <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">neither looks good</span></b>, and they do a lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">cocaine</span></span> and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">stripping</span></span></i>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Football is the same. We've got a few twins in this league, and no, I'm not talking about Ronde and Tiki:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-LlDcqYEWsypK3tjYJQR09UrBpqsagqd18WXdYjynOasPTKGUAdp429ffArpjphUMu0ZZMyOWITAQcQFz24ZNNH_UT8HZ8En6PYcpdftYHVTmOHyLewY2gudsPqwsUeH9au7HRQfZdk/s1600/barbers-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-LlDcqYEWsypK3tjYJQR09UrBpqsagqd18WXdYjynOasPTKGUAdp429ffArpjphUMu0ZZMyOWITAQcQFz24ZNNH_UT8HZ8En6PYcpdftYHVTmOHyLewY2gudsPqwsUeH9au7HRQfZdk/s1600/barbers-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm talking about twins in name only: <b>Mike Williams</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">North</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">South</span>, and <b>Steve Smith</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">North</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">South</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All four of these receivers are hyped, but <i>one</i> is <b><u>worth the start</u></b> while <i>the</i> <i>other</i> just <b><u>ain't gonna cut it</u></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So which Michelle should you keep?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THE BATTLE OF MIKE WILLIAMSESES:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Mike Williams</b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Seattle</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Vs.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><b>Mike Williams</b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tampa Bay</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mike Williams of Seattle was hyped like crazy this season, but <b>Hassleback</b> has been a Whack Hassle and Seattle's offense offers no upside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">The Winner:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mike Williams of Tampa Bay</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9VxMol0Zgpx5DU2rkd0XODMGhLDUG7RrBmLCUnQdd9GS9zubTcSaiphyphenhyphenlFczEzrWKyHwkeHUZBHIbhBvxPtx4m4ufPAZSfEosZsd3A8C5lAofduNUJfSRBbrwinpm6vL49QZ9i3VxT8/s1600/mike+williams+tampa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9VxMol0Zgpx5DU2rkd0XODMGhLDUG7RrBmLCUnQdd9GS9zubTcSaiphyphenhyphenlFczEzrWKyHwkeHUZBHIbhBvxPtx4m4ufPAZSfEosZsd3A8C5lAofduNUJfSRBbrwinpm6vL49QZ9i3VxT8/s320/mike+williams+tampa.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Is he really a <i>rookie</i>? He's scored near double digits in all but two weeks, and he's on pace for double digit touchdowns. On top of that he's the number one targeted receiver on his team, and <b>Josh Freeman</b> is getting more confident each week. <b>Freeman</b> to <b>Williams</b> has all the makings of <b>Ryan</b> to <b>Roddy</b>. It's time to start Mikey with confidence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">THE BATTLE OF STEVE SMITHSESES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Steve Smith</b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Carolina</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Vs.</span></b> <b>Steve Smith</b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">New York</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Panther Stefan used to be a must-start. For such a short guy he had top 5 skills and was virtually unstoppable. The last few years he's been <i>Mr. Glass</i>, and you just can't count on him week to week. He's got good flex appeal when he's in, but the horrible QB situation in Carolina makes him our loser.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">The Winner:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Steve Smith of New York</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbAkKAfc4DHJkqXTHbQUCfjWhWuFKt0EjQh5t28dVVDDVwIrejkGGbBnMPFfum-8RQt-vQFV4lba4IT7hRDu8mUCNdiboDdO8UdGJ3Nm1e5LIIY8BZPjlIlveJTZidXPZsCbscZUB-gE/s1600/steve+smith+giants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbAkKAfc4DHJkqXTHbQUCfjWhWuFKt0EjQh5t28dVVDDVwIrejkGGbBnMPFfum-8RQt-vQFV4lba4IT7hRDu8mUCNdiboDdO8UdGJ3Nm1e5LIIY8BZPjlIlveJTZidXPZsCbscZUB-gE/s320/steve+smith+giants.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's right, Steve. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">C</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">b</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">r</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">e</span></span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You might be concerned about Steve given the emergence of <b>Hakeem Nicks</b> as the greatest red zone receiver in history. Don't be. Steve Smith is (I know I say it a lot) the 2007-2008 <b>Wes Welker</b> of the Giants. He's going to average around 6 catches a game for the rest of his life, and he isn't a stranger to the endzone. He isn't a #1, but he's definitely not a #2. He's like... a <b>1.7</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So remember, folks, one twin is always <i>evil</i>, <b>retarded</b>, <u>untalented</u>, or</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>short</b></u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVKvVwn2bxm6DNcqdkI8Rp15h2vCXKSvlyFplU33X2dgMIyDLUayf_-mDABTv_jGKf3oJXlZb_ownOea9CoC7j2VejntAl3QhA4XkJddL0303uPdGQyzziaaCpI31kkWBYL4D8ujv_NU/s1600/twins.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVKvVwn2bxm6DNcqdkI8Rp15h2vCXKSvlyFplU33X2dgMIyDLUayf_-mDABTv_jGKf3oJXlZb_ownOea9CoC7j2VejntAl3QhA4XkJddL0303uPdGQyzziaaCpI31kkWBYL4D8ujv_NU/s1600/twins.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-79567587979644755822010-11-11T01:33:00.000-08:002010-11-11T01:33:54.025-08:00Blowing Boras......'s Mind<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">There's no denying I'm a fantasy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">genius</span>. My trades are stellar. My waiver picks are phenomenal. My defense is impregnable. I will eat your children.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But seriously, I'm like the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Bill Nye</span></b> of fantasy knowledge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1BHq12etVlPZckDGy-iozGdU52yxPuaqxfg-UhhdyXQYgvZz3I0YbH-nr1t_CLXSVo3LcigwoIRxjXM-S32r9_3UATP_rt3BbzTcOBDE0X9HsJ72_kZMIKn-mDCD4CnSuJ6sv3ZIRIs/s1600/BillNye2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1BHq12etVlPZckDGy-iozGdU52yxPuaqxfg-UhhdyXQYgvZz3I0YbH-nr1t_CLXSVo3LcigwoIRxjXM-S32r9_3UATP_rt3BbzTcOBDE0X9HsJ72_kZMIKn-mDCD4CnSuJ6sv3ZIRIs/s320/BillNye2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How then, can such a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">SAMURAI</span> of exquisite advice be so consistently <b>wrong?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mind boggling, isn't it?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It's a mystery wrapped in a paradox wrapped in a conundrum wrapped up in some buuuuull<b style="font-style: italic;">shit, </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">on</span>. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Yeah, I didn't think <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hakeem Nicks</span> </b>or <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Brandon Lloyd</span></b> were the real deal. Maybe I watch too much basketball. They both sound like draft picks the Clippers would select, and never hear from again three years later. Nicks and Lloyd are...sigh...the <u>real deal</u>. They are beasts, plain and simple. They have officially cracked the Top 10 list of must-start wide receivers. I'd start them both over <b>Randy Moss</b> (duh). I'd start them both over <b>Anquan, Colston, Smith(s) </b>and<b> Miles</b> (sorry, <b>Kitna</b> [another Boras flop]). Hell, I'd start them over <b>Jennings</b> and <b>Fitzgerald.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Putting all that bracketing and listing aside, you really only have one fear now when it comes to Lloyd and Nicks:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfa6M8LEgi0m2qO9f1bDskakwM_LRf76EGfDV8cieBlWbKhaUASf0YQpwV-zGobVrsi1EDh63HrucLp_2JIKByuQKg5LdseLC4opZiWPiPSSDFJu89PZIoBLBvJTJXmdRomJhhHJpdDc/s1600/Nicks+injured.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfa6M8LEgi0m2qO9f1bDskakwM_LRf76EGfDV8cieBlWbKhaUASf0YQpwV-zGobVrsi1EDh63HrucLp_2JIKByuQKg5LdseLC4opZiWPiPSSDFJu89PZIoBLBvJTJXmdRomJhhHJpdDc/s320/Nicks+injured.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">The bug. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Fortunately for you, both of these receivers have maintained a clean bill of health, and their quarterbacks have taken notice. Start them with pride. Trade them for monsters. Keep them for...keeps. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are my Top 10 must-start receivers, in no particular order.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Roddy White</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Andre Johnson</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Calvin Johnson</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Hakeem Nicks</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Brandon Lloyd</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Greg Jennings</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">DeSean Jackson</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Reggie Wayne</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Larry Fitzgerald</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ok, that's 9...who am I leaving out?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">OH YES. How could I forget?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">He's the number <b>one</b><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>fantasy receiver in football. He's also another victim of <i>Boras-Misvaluing</i>. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Terrell-Fucking-Owens</span></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-lEN7nXup5eCNK1xkTG-E1gMBAHptukk-Dt4sPBBt9cURQe0bkxqBZvIwhn9duLKeZttUBGLge90ZcPCHMlVw4lKiE1DXGJfs-kjN_02Lu1ll41wEXgNzfAO6qEu7H_LCGO3INlT_-4/s1600/owens+mime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-lEN7nXup5eCNK1xkTG-E1gMBAHptukk-Dt4sPBBt9cURQe0bkxqBZvIwhn9duLKeZttUBGLge90ZcPCHMlVw4lKiE1DXGJfs-kjN_02Lu1ll41wEXgNzfAO6qEu7H_LCGO3INlT_-4/s1600/owens+mime.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Owens did an awesome Mime dance in the endzone last week. Where did he do it? THE ENDZONE. It's the place he found twice in that boring loss to the boring Steelers. TO has found that endzone 7 times this year. That's 5 more times than his TV counterpart, <b>Ochocinco</b>. Ocho has recently been dubbed Ochostinko on espn. <b>HAHAHAHA</b> <i>GET IT</i>? OCHO<i><b>STINKO</b></i>: because it rhymes!! You know what Boras calls him?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">G A R B A G E</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ocho is the <b>Wes Welker</b> of Cincy. A great start, a glimmer of hope, and then absolutely, positively <b>nothing</b>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Back to TO: the greatest fantasy wide receiver in the history of 2010. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Who would have suspected he would be a Top 20 receiver, let alone #1?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Not many.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So is he really a must start, or has he just been getting lucky? Let's break him down.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We'll forgive his first three weeks as an adjustment period, though he did manage 7 catches in his debut.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here's what he's done for you recently:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="pc" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 239px;"><tbody style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">4</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301003005" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title="L 20-23"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">@Cle</span></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">222</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">32</span></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">5</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301010004" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title="L 21-24"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">TB</span></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">7</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">102</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">18</span></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">6</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BYE</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-</span></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">7</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301024001" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title="L 32-39"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">@Atl</span></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">9</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">88</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">16</span></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">8</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301031004" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title="L 14-22"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mia</span></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">5</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">65</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">20</span></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">9</span></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301108004" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title="L 21-27"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pit</span></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">141</span></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2</span></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">30</span></span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">Yeah, that's right. He's scored every week after his slow start. He's averaging a buttload of catches. A <b>BUTTLOAD</b>. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">If the amount of catches he's had were to be compared to a butt with, let's say...a pumpkin on it...it might look like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCQe5ZAnO9svOVT0moq-Y98TQdCt7eEIR5kyXUWIPPsl16Cjle69PnD8BI9IXZg1Wox2hH0Ok6U2PqimhQq5J9rU-lFD1LWPfZAufP9cVxVSmtW4-0Rg_MpZbxpmBkhX3tLXtpuHi9NE/s1600/pumpkinbutt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCQe5ZAnO9svOVT0moq-Y98TQdCt7eEIR5kyXUWIPPsl16Cjle69PnD8BI9IXZg1Wox2hH0Ok6U2PqimhQq5J9rU-lFD1LWPfZAufP9cVxVSmtW4-0Rg_MpZbxpmBkhX3tLXtpuHi9NE/s320/pumpkinbutt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">I love the internet. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">That pumpkin butt is huge, and that's what TO has been...I think is the point I'm trying to make.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">If you have TO, you're a <i>remarkable</i> human being. Or, you are a robot. Either way, great job, Human/Robot.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">As bizarre as it is to say Terrel-Fucking-Owens is the #1 receiver, I must say I'm proud of the guy. Boras never forgets his friends, and TO did some great things for me.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">Miss you, buddy. And you don't even have to say it back, because I know you miss me too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nvLug6ZMmXpSrfci7BKi374oNyRtHX8GicmWzkuIB5wJe8zAsQaYcr9HrXD6b7cJKQGS5w7OolkeMqJKM0x6VIFFit2f2AtYGQQIUyHaxuape0IujnOIBmwZXok5mAnIRbKIp2I6b_U/s1600/TO+niners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nvLug6ZMmXpSrfci7BKi374oNyRtHX8GicmWzkuIB5wJe8zAsQaYcr9HrXD6b7cJKQGS5w7OolkeMqJKM0x6VIFFit2f2AtYGQQIUyHaxuape0IujnOIBmwZXok5mAnIRbKIp2I6b_U/s320/TO+niners.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">Well, that's all from this fantasy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">SAMURAI</span></span>. I've gotta slice up some prosciutto.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPkGh_q25L_fzuZwngC8wnXsQPUPPkRcFKTvXdW0PHrULP-bFeu1mHJWH8g59lvIVpQBJPmJRbG4S0l5LzZ9RMWNKtaCLna-JNQ7Yd7-Uae_XuYV-hHT1_rsPMBnqPSn3QUUH9RfHryA/s1600/theLastSamurai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPkGh_q25L_fzuZwngC8wnXsQPUPPkRcFKTvXdW0PHrULP-bFeu1mHJWH8g59lvIVpQBJPmJRbG4S0l5LzZ9RMWNKtaCLna-JNQ7Yd7-Uae_XuYV-hHT1_rsPMBnqPSn3QUUH9RfHryA/s320/theLastSamurai.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><i>Hai.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></div>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-24818307500710247412010-11-04T00:54:00.000-07:002010-11-04T00:56:29.374-07:00NFL and Prop 19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU5xJm8ZvdUjs281wXYcTStxJj14F5hSGe3fdvweYcNuyLdAiuWcnn_1Y1Gku9Ns4YiSR5sHU9AuTqYaoXvQgL_MULomHSUwsnDpgaLEXgplyNdQWOluLM-9MnuuXVPUpTySviwAEMXI/s1600/zach+gal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU5xJm8ZvdUjs281wXYcTStxJj14F5hSGe3fdvweYcNuyLdAiuWcnn_1Y1Gku9Ns4YiSR5sHU9AuTqYaoXvQgL_MULomHSUwsnDpgaLEXgplyNdQWOluLM-9MnuuXVPUpTySviwAEMXI/s320/zach+gal.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br />
California voted and they said <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>NO</b></span> to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">weed</span>.<br />
Does this mean you should go ahead and pass on the <b>Blount</b>?<br />
<b><u>LaGarrette Blount</u></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobZfa3scevIaZI898RlfX0r-k06Xn1SHMwMEodFg2AK9Dg1-Zxq1KJxoamLO3T5xl8QHn5xvZlCOydYBjbordbf2ZKaU_9YC_Sb-5WmPrPlx9v7GdKsCP4ZVPBNXqIDSaTLWQqDbN2NM/s1600/c4s_blount102610_146420c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobZfa3scevIaZI898RlfX0r-k06Xn1SHMwMEodFg2AK9Dg1-Zxq1KJxoamLO3T5xl8QHn5xvZlCOydYBjbordbf2ZKaU_9YC_Sb-5WmPrPlx9v7GdKsCP4ZVPBNXqIDSaTLWQqDbN2NM/s320/c4s_blount102610_146420c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I had to resist using my archived The Punch picture.<br />
Aw fuck it. Here ya go:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y3weh95XPPxquetBcbiyixRosolJdXnpUG5fMdGyCqoH-9DGzxb6zxPaeZgL66S8Oaeor9zQnJ17UGNJsF6zicAAxpFrqNeKHjPB_7EgIBEL-Ymdfjt6IgTElM2kn9-l6nAao7v0OYI/s1600/The-Punch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y3weh95XPPxquetBcbiyixRosolJdXnpUG5fMdGyCqoH-9DGzxb6zxPaeZgL66S8Oaeor9zQnJ17UGNJsF6zicAAxpFrqNeKHjPB_7EgIBEL-Ymdfjt6IgTElM2kn9-l6nAao7v0OYI/s320/The-Punch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Do you really want to trust a Buc running back? <br />
Well...hang on a second.<br />
Let's take a look at the remainder of his schedule:<br />
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<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>9</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/nfl/preview?gameId=301107001" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_new" title=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@Atl</b></span></a></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>10</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Car</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>11</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@SF</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>12</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@Bal</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>13</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Atl</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>14</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@Was</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>15</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Det</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>16</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Sea</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
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Wow...SOFT.<br />
Softer than you'll get after looking at this picture of former SNL member Rachel Dratch<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtQxZ_zV30PTl7uyTrBA9l882Gixyz1q4KJUf-wgJAjU3KniArIIdJS2B_Y8VrmrA6Wp5whN7bDFf_zgmQROCX7Fz27bH39cUd_qMG438X3DEKz_j_sVWEfU-gMjxs6NXkR448vx159k/s1600/dratch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtQxZ_zV30PTl7uyTrBA9l882Gixyz1q4KJUf-wgJAjU3KniArIIdJS2B_Y8VrmrA6Wp5whN7bDFf_zgmQROCX7Fz27bH39cUd_qMG438X3DEKz_j_sVWEfU-gMjxs6NXkR448vx159k/s320/dratch.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br />
Yeah...<i>that</i> soft. Man...she's ugly. Debbie Downer had its moments though.<br />
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Anyway, if Blount can manage 20+ carries each game, he might just be the best waiver pick we've seen since Brandon Lloyd. <br />
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Prop 19 may have said <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>NO</b></span>, but Boras says <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">YES</span>!! </b><br />
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Finally, it's deja vu all over again.<br />
<b>Randy Moss</b> is on a new team. Does <b>Vince Young</b> and an injured <b>Kenny Britt</b> = Fantasy Success for Moss?<br />
With two teams and two of the best QB's in NFL history, Moss has averaged about 3 catches and around 40-50 yards per game. He's got the 5 touchdowns, but so do a number of other receivers. I'd definitely hesitate to start him until we see a connection with Vince.<br />
If they click, here's what you have to look forward to:<br />
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<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>12</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@Hou</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>13</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Jac</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>14</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Ind</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>15</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>Hou</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcEven" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2e8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>16</b></span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.3em; padding-right: 0.3em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>@KC</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td class="pcRight" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.15em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-top: 0.15em; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span></td><td align="right" id="pcOdd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b>-</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;"><b><br />
</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
Sexy. Very sexy. So hang on to Mr. Moss. As always, the potential for something big is there.<br />
In the mean time, tune in to Titans post-game shows to catch Randy interviewing Randy. It's gonna be fun.<br />
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Does Jennifer Lopez really still make movies? I thought she got replaced in Hollywood by Eva Mendez. And with a name like The Backup Plan, how are we not supposed to think about J-Lo's infamous ass-et?<br />
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C'mon...that thing can't be real. It looks like she's halfway through a Professor Klump transformation from the Nutty Professor:<br />
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We're still in the middle of some crucial bye weeks in fantasy football, and there are also a few serious injuries which may be putting some of you in a bind. Let's start with QB:<br />
<b>Brett Favre - </b>He may play, but he's not playing well. Moss hasn't changed things in Minnesota as much as I thought. Despite 4 turnovers he posted a nice game against the Jets, but since then has put up two horrible games. With a damaged ankle you can expect low numbers to continue. <br />
<b>Tony Romo - </b>His collarbone will keep him out at least until the playoffs, which he won't make.<br />
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Your best waiver options:<br />
<b>Ryan Fitzpatrick <i>or</i> Jon Kitna</b><br />
Tim recommends:<br />
<b>Kitna</b><br />
Though Fitzpatrick has been putting up great numbers recently, I don't expect this trend to continue. Lee Evans is just not a reliable number one receiver. <br />
Still, the other Fitzy dropped a 30+ point game on BALTIMORE! How can I resist?<br />
Well, Kitna looked pretty good against the Giants after getting warmed up. He's got several 4000+ yard seasons in his past, and he has the most talented wide receiver collection he's ever had in Dallas. <br />
I know I preach to <i style="font-weight: bold;">live in the now</i>, but I've seen Fitzpatrick come in and play well for a few weeks several times in his career, only to collapse into a fit of turnovers.<br />
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When in doubt, go with the guy who looks most like a Nazi: <b>KITNAAAAAA!</b><br />
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At RB, if you followed my advice and picked up Mike Hart, it may finally pay off. It's looking more and more like both Addai and Donald Brown will sit out another week, paving the way for Hart to receive the majority of the carries for a full game. Against a weak Houston defense you shouldn't be surprised if Hart gets his 2nd TD of the year. <br />
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And if you also followed my advice and picked up Nate Washington...I'm sorry. <br />
I should have looked at more pictures of him...<br />
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"It's just dried ham, Boras," You say.<br />
I say, "Fuck you."<br />
Prosciutto is more than just ham. It's the best part of ham. It comes from the meatiest, tastiest parts. And most importantly, butchers and prosciutto connoisseurs spend up to two years making sure it is as delicious as the previous batch. We're talking the fine wine of meat here people, and Boras takes his meat seriously.<br />
You know what else Boras takes seriously? Fantasy football.<br />
And like Prosciutto, Boras knows that most fantasy football players need two years to ripen into a capable, well-rounded, weekly starter. <br />
Case in point: Hakeem Nicks.<br />
Here is Hakeem with the New York football Giants:<br />
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Here is Hakeem two years ago:<br />
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But wait...he's wearing a lighter shade of blue in this picture. Is that...is that a North Carolina jersey? He went to UNC? Boras, who the hell plays football at UNC? Don't they just play basketball?<br />
He <i>did </i>go to UNC. In fact, Tim Boras remembers watching unbelievable highlights of Hakeem Nicks his final year at UNC. That was a year and a half ago. <br />
Hakeem is ready to break out as a Tier 1 fantasy star. He's ready, the rest of the league is ready, but the New York Giants aren't. And if you're a Hakeem Nicks owner, you'd better be prepared to take leaps of faith. As good as Nicks has been, he isn't the focus of the Giants offense. He isn't Andre, he isn't Roddy, he isn't Calvin, he isn't Wayne, and he isn't Fitzgerald. Hell, he isn't even Wes or Collie. Nicks is still a pleasant surprise for his team, but he isn't <i>essential. </i>He isn't <i>integral</i>. And for that reason, he isn't quite the <b>prosciutto</b> starter you want for your team. He hasn't been fantasy-aged to perfection just yet. Next year will be a different story. For now, you're risking the 0's while being rewarded with the 20's. It's one of those make-you-or-break-you fantasy moments some of us live for and some of us need medication for.<br />
Here are a few others:<br />
<b>Brandon Lloyd</b><br />
<b>Kyle Orton</b><br />
<b>Arian Foster</b><br />
<b>Peyton Hillis</b><br />
<b>Jahvid Best</b><br />
<b>Ryan Torain</b><br />
<b>Percy Harvin</b><br />
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As usual, my advice is to trade these assholes while they're still on the top end of the scoring leaders. Foster may be a top 5 back so far, but there is no way in hell he's as valuable as a Rice, Gore, Mendenhall, Steven Jackson or MJD. You always want your team loaded with guys who get the ball 50-60% of the time. The Fosters of this game always come back to earth. Always. If you've been watching football you know there is only one Adrian Peterson and one Chris Johnson. That hasn't changed. When another <b><i><u>one</u> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">comes around you'll know it. You'll never hear the end of it. </span></b>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-79645551871109850242010-10-19T23:18:00.000-07:002010-10-19T23:19:41.295-07:00Might be busy the next few days...So enjoy this cheesy cover of your favorite Journey song!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyVdbfyvwso"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyVdbfyvwso</b></span></a>Tim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126438758148571268.post-57793655118162862592010-10-17T16:31:00.000-07:002010-10-17T16:36:44.514-07:00Stroking ItThe <b><u>ego</u></b>, that is.<br />
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Some things Boras noticed so far on Week 6:<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Receiver Deceivers:</span></b><br />
Like every decision in fantasy football, I was one week too late. <br />
Brandon Lloyd had a nice run of catches down the stretch this week, but still finished with an uninspiring 7 points on 4 receptions. Ok, it was against the Jets D, but still, it goes to show you what happens when defenses gameplan around you.<br />
And speaking of gameplanning..<br />
Hakeem Nicks - I knew you had it in you! A big fat zero for Nicks against a suspect Lions defense. The league is on notice that Hakeem the Dream is a beast when you let him run free. Don't expect too many more shutouts against him, but <i>do</i> expect a lot more of Manningham and Steve Smith.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Bitches of Waiverly Advice:</span></b><br />
How did Boras' waiver recommendations fare?<br />
<b>Alex Smith: </b> 19 points, no turnovers (as predicted, sorta)<br />
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<b>Shaun Hill:</b> 9 points and no turnovers before suffering a broken forearm. Don't worry, Stafford's back soon.<br />
<b>Earnest Graham: </b>0 points, went down with an injury before registering a carry. Nice showing, 0 turnovers!<br />
<b>Danny Amendola:</b> 1 point. 3 catches for 19 yards and a couple of nice kick returns. Not a lot of looks his way...who took all his receptions? <b>Danario Alexander</b>. Did the Rams receiver core come from Canada or something?<br />
<b>Tony Moeaki:</b> 2 points - a season low 2 catches for 21 yards. Dwayne Bowe stole the show with a big game.<br />
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<b>Result: </b>If you picked up Alex Smith, you love my shit. Otherwise, my bad. Maybe Nate Washington and Mike Hart will make me look good.<br />
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And speaking of Mikes: Keller > HernandezTim Borashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05965248647218205514noreply@blogger.com2