August 30, 2007
Last year I had a personal historic Fantasy Football season. Out of my four leagues, I won three championships. There was a lot of trash talking and anxiousness for the upcoming season. Well, I have just wrapped up my last of 4 drafts, and I must admit, if I win any championship, I will have to earn it. I guess I was riding cloud nine all off season because I was very unprepared for any of my drafts and this lack of preparation is clearly displayed in my team rosters.
Here is a rundown of each of my four teams:
Team #1:
- QBs
- RBs
- Edge
- Adrian Peterson
- Travis Henry
- Ladell Betts
- Lamont Jordan
- WRs
- Torry Holt
- Lee Evans
- Reggie Brown
- Santonio Holmes
- Jerricho Cothchery
- TEs
- Ks
- Defs
Team #2:
- QBs
- Carson Palmer
- Donovan McNabb
- RBs
- Steven Jackson
- Ronnie Brown
- Deuce McAllister
- Brandon Jackson
- Warrick Dunn
- WRs
- TJ Housh
- Joey Galloway
- Kevin Curtis
- Santonio Holmes
- James Jones
- TEs
- Ks
- Defs
Team #3:
- QBs
- RBs
- LJ
- Travis Henry
- Chester Taylor
- DeShaun Foster
- Lamont Jordan
- WRs
- Marques Colston
- Kevin Curtis
- Jerricho Cotchery
- Donte Stallworth
- James Jones
- TEs
- Ks
- Defs
Team #4:
- QBs
- RBs
- Shaun Alexander
- Ronnie Brown
- Marion Barber III
- Lamont Jordan
- Leon Washington
- WRs
- Larry Fitzgerald
- Donte Stallworth
- Calvin Johnson
- Joey Galloway
- Kevin Curtis
- Santonio Holmes
- TEs
- Ks
- Defs
What do you think of my teams? I think I have the best shot with Team #2. Post your best team. Hut!!! Hut!!! Hut!!! Ahhhh, the words of genius.
August 27, 2007
He said what most people wanted to hear and I am sure that his attorney’s coached him, but in my opinion, he appeared to be sincere in his apology and not making a rehearsed speech. After hearing this speech and a press conference from Arthur Blank, not only do I think Vick has a good shot at returning to the NFL, but returning to the Falcons is not an unrealistic possiblity.
Good Luck Mike!!! Everyone deserves a second chance.
August 26, 2007
Here is a list to help you with those weekly tough decisions.
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August 21, 2007
It’s that time of the year. Here is a list to help quench your Fantasy Football thirst.
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August 16, 2007
Wow, after watching this video, I feel a little better about him being my #1 WR.
I wonder how many takes they had to go through before he completed that last catch. Very nice.
August 15, 2007
Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. Well according to a story posted on the Fox News website, a SC inmate is suing Michael Vick for $63 Billion dollars. Yes, that is correct. $63 Billion. Wait. It gets better. Well the inmate, Jonathan Lee Riches, filed the handwritten complaint on July 23. The highlights of the complaint are:
- Vick is accused of stealing two dogs for this guy and selling them on ebay.
- The proceeds were used to buy missiles from Iran.
- Vick is a member of Al Qaeda.
- Riches wants the $63 Billion “backed by gold and silver” and delivered to the gates of his correctional facility.
If SC didn’t already have enough of a bad intellectual reputation, here comes Mr. Richie to add fuel to the fire. I hope this guy is just serving time in SC and not a product of the SC educational system. LOL.
I don’t what is more funny. The fact that he filed this complaint or the fact that the complaint was official accepted and processed. Well, Vick you’ll be 1 for 2 in your recent run-ins with the law.
I know. I know. Just hear me out. First of all, I want to say that by no means do I condone Vick’s actions. So PETA, don’t come after me. My title is directed toward him being a victim of society on two fronts. The first one being that there is a growing, if not full grown, Anti-Pro Athlete sentiment that is rampant across the US and the second is the accepted social lifestyle of the urban areas in the South.
Let’s start with the Anti-Pro Athlete attitude. This is the most bizzare of them all given the way Americans love their sports, but for the past five to ten years, there has been a widespread disgust with professional athletes. Once upon a time, pro athletes were thought of as role models and upstanding citizens. Now they are generally perceived a overpaid cry babies. Every little ounce of an athlete’s life is more scrutinized in today’s society than ever before. Everything from their on the field behavior, dating life, social life, friends, where they spend their money, etc. etc. The list goes on and on. No longer does everyone “Wanna Be Like Mike”. Nowadays, people “Wanna Beat Mike”. So, of course whenever an athlete gets into any type of legal issue, it will make every headline imaginable. The War on Terrorism is even playing second fiddle to the Mike Vick Dog Case. The public will try and convict the athlete just with a hint of some sort of unacceptable behavior. And these are the very people that are supposed to be capable of fairly judging the accused in the case of a jury trial. Vick’s situation has exploded from a “routine” drug raid which there has been no mention of since day one, to the felony charges that he faces. And to add insult to injury he has the gambling issue looming over his head. In today’s world, athletes need to be more saintly than not or they risk the possibility of having their beloved livelihood being taken away from them.
The second social issue is the more or less acceptance of dog fighting in the South. It is fairly common to find dog fighting throughout most urban and rural areas of the South. In “fact”, a fair number of people believe that dogs are only good for fighting other dogs or attacking humans. Nothing more, nothing less. Assuming Vick grew up with this notion, it is understandable for him to not be aware or consider the felony charges that have come about. I grew up in the south and since a child have always seen or heard about dog fights and kind of thought that it was “normal”. Not saying that it is OK, but just always seeing this type of “sport”, it can easily become thought of as being acceptable.
Regardless of the outcome of this case, this is another example of a professional athlete that has his life pulled from beneath him due to a lack of judgment. The outcome will not be good for Mr. Vick, but perhaps it will open the eyes of every athlete so that we can get back to the days when our beloved entertainers are again role models and upstanding citizens.
August 11, 2007
Here are a couple of very funny commercials:
Who doesn’t remember Dennis Green’s outburst? It was just a matter of time before Coors Light got a hold of it.
I never would have thought that Jerry Jones would participate in anything like this. Wish there was sound, but it’s funny none the less.
August 6, 2007
It is the time of the year where rookie(s) decide to skip on some valuable lessons during training camp to secure the most lucrative contract that they can get. It’s also the time of the year where many various sportswriters deem these guys greedy and ruining their season. Well, wake up guys, I think it is well within the rookie’s right to get top dollar before stepping foot on a practice field. Given an average football career of three to four years, this contract negotiation accounts well beyond some players entire career.
Some writers even have the nerve to suggest that a rookie salary cap be created for football that resembles that of basketball. Newsflash, this is not an ingenious idea, but no one would go for it. Not the players and definitely not the owners. Football is by for the most violent of the top American sports. Season and career ending injuries are far more common in football than in basketball or even hockey for that matter. Having to pay a guy for six years, that doesn’t even make it out of training camp would put many owners in a financial conundrum.
So, given that guaranteed rookie contracts are a long way from being adopted, if ever, I think these guys should spend as much time as needed to get the largest amount of guaranteed money that the owner is willing to pay. If not, they can be dropped like a bad habit and not see anything from that multi-million dollar payday that they signed. Once a contract is signed, the owners have all of the control. If a player underplays the contract, he gets cut, if he overplays the contract, he holds out and is bashed by the media for being a greedy, money hungry athlete.
As of this post there are only three holdouts, JaMarcus Russell, Darrelle Revis and Brady Quinn. I agree that the QBs stand to lose the most by holding out, but they are probably best served by holding a clipboard for a year anyway. Revis is a CB and can use the reps, but should catch up rather quickly once he signs on the dotted line. Well, guys as Tupac once said, “I ain’t mad at ‘cha.” Get your money.
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