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  Latest news from free agency

  Brandon 12:34 pm on 2/28/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
  Tags: buckhalter, houshmandzadeh, rosenfels, taylor, vrabel, winslow

  After taking a much needed break from the fantasy football world, all this recent talk of impact players finding new homes has got a thrill going up my leg and forced me to make my glorious return. As you are probably very aware, the free agency period in the NFL has begun and I figured it was time to put up a post summarizing the latest in who-went-where news:

  • Kellen Winslow, TE traded to Tampa Bay: It was pretty obvious that last season would be the last in the storied relationship between Winslow and the Browns, so now it’ll be the Buccaneers turn to see if they can control Kellen Winslow and his ego/bad habits. How this move will turn out in terms of fantasy production is a huge question mark right now, primarily because there is no real stability at the quarterback position. With the correct quarterback, Winslow is top three talent at the position, but if I was drafting now, he’d slide down quite a bit on the cheat sheet…but that’s why we don’t draft a fantasy team in February!
  • Correll Buckhalter, RB signed by Denver: After one of the most painful (literally) seasons of all-time at the running back position (Selvin Young, Michael Pittman, Andre Hall, Peyton Hillis, Ryan Torain…all injured), the Broncos are rapidly searching for more bodies to throw into the meat grinder and Buckhalter is the first man to sign up for the job. I have no idea how this preseason will play out for Denver in terms of their depth chart at tailback, but I envision Correll Buckhalter and Peyton Hillis being the front-runners to get the bulk of the carries as long as their healthy, which could mean some solid fantasy production on a week-to-week basis. (More …)
   

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  T.J. Houshmandzadeh: Best-case scenarios

  Matt 3:06 pm on 2/25/2009 | 9 Permalink Reply
  Tags: 2009 draft, t.j. houshmandzadeh (8)

  At this point, it’s really anybody’s guess as to where soon-to-be free agent Houshmanzilly will be playing next season, so it’s nearly impossible to say how much we’re going to like him going into this year’s draft. If he lands in a situation with sky’s-the-limit potential, don’t be surprised to see him become the trendy #2 WR taken in drafts (after Fitzgerald, who probably has a lock on the top WR pick). Nobody wants to pass on this year’s version of Randy Moss circa 2007, and all of the other options for #2 WR taken have question marks:

  • Brandon Marshall might have a higher ceiling than any receiver in the league, but he’s maddeningly inconsistent at times.
  • Andre Johnson is great… when… he’s… healthy.
  • I’m keeping Randy Moss at arm’s length until I know for sure what’s up with Brady’s knee – which means I’m probably not drafting him until 2010.

  So where would Housh have to land in order to warrant a higher pick than any of those guys? A few intriguing scenarios that are at least somewhat plausible: (More …)

   
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  Offseasons are long, boring, and... restful

  Matt 9:43 am on 2/20/2009 | 2 Permalink Reply
  Tags: offseason

  Obviously, Brandon and I have taken a much-needed break from any real posting for the past month or so. I definitely needed to get away from the fantasy football world for a little while.

  I miss the NFL every time I turn on my TV. The NBA is balls ass boring these days, I don’t really care about hockey (unless we’re talking RIT hockey), and it’ll be a couple of weeks before I pay any attention to college basketball. I’d rather argue about whether the Lions should take Stafford with the top pick than sit through any NBA game that isn’t a Kobe-LeBron showdown, which is really the only compelling NBA storyline I can think of (and even that one’s a stretch).

  Since there isn’t nearly as much to say this time of year (though it seems our pals the Hazean and the Librarian would beg to differ), we’ll probably be taking it fairly easy until the NFL draft is upon us. Just wanted to let y’all know that we haven’t gone anywhere – we’re just on sabbatical.