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  Receivers gone wild!

  Brandon 10:14 pm on 10/11/2009 | 11 Permalink Reply
  Tags: andre johnson (19), brandon marshall (36), jeremy maclin (5), Larry Fitzgerald (18), miles austin (5), nate burleson, roddy white (22), t.j. houshmandzadeh (8), wide receivers (12)

  Amazing numbers put up by some wide receivers today, including a bunch of them who managed multiple touchdowns…

  • Miles Austin, DAL – 250 yards, 2 TD
  • Roddy White, ATL – 210 yards, 2 TD
  • Jeremy Maclin, PHI – 142 yards, 2 TD
  • Andre Johnson, HOU – 101 yards, 2 TD
  • Nate Burleson, SEA – 98 yards, 2 TD
  • Austin Collie, IND – 97 yards, 2 TD
  • Larry Fitzgerald, ARI – 79 yards, 2 TD
  • T.J. Houshmandzadeh, SEA – 77 yards, 2 TD
  • Brandon Marshall, DEN – 64 yards, 2 TD
   

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  Fantasy football thoughts from Puerto Rico

  Brandon 10:53 pm on 9/08/2008 | 1 Permalink Reply
  Tags: andre johnson (19), anquan boldin (15), brett favre (34), chris johnson (29), donovan mcnabb (26), felix jones (9), fred jackson (8), marc bulger (13), michael turner (24), nate burleson, ocho cinco (8), ricky williams (16), sammy morris (8), steve slaton (18), thomas jones (20), Tom Brady (25), willie parker (9)

  So these past few days have been a bit of an adventure for me, as I was traveling down to Puerto Rico for work and due to some hurricane-induced delays, mixed with the reliability of the Puerto Rican internet, I have not been able to write some much needed analysis of what is shaping up to be a crazy opening weekend in the NFL. Let me just start by saying that while Matt felt it unnecessary to mention Tom Brady’s season ending injury (and it wasn’t even to that stupid foot we kept hearing about!), I have to admit that I am shedding a few tears internally as my favorite team’s Superbowl hopes are now resting squarely on the shoulders of a guy I thought the team was going to cut before the season started…Mr. Matt Cassel. Luckily for my alternate, fantasy football reality, I only had Brady in one league this year and it was my lame EA Sports league that I really don’t care much about, but let’s get to the rest of the action that transpired this weekend…

  • A tale of two teams (who are both missing almost every receiver on the depth chart): When the Seahawks lose all their receivers (Nate Burleson is now out for the season with an ACL injury), the team goes into a tailspin and gets killed by the Bills. Donovan McNabb on the other hand makes the most out of his situation and throws for over 300 yards and 3 TD’s (with a rookie leading the team in receptions and receiving yards) as the Eagles completely dominate the St. Louis Rams. By the way, the Rams offense was bad in the preseason and now that the first team offense was out there the whole game…they may have looked worse? (More …)
   
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  Studs and Duds - Week 1: Opening Day edition!

  Brandon 2:33 pm on 9/04/2008 | 7 Permalink Reply
  Tags: ahman green (2), chris perry (3), fred taylor (5), greg jennings (12), jamarcus russell (12), javon walker (6), marion barber (19), matt schaub (19), nate burleson, Peyton Manning (28), reggie wayne (11), ricky williams (16), roddy white (22), ryan grant (21), selvin young (5), thomas jones (20)

  After months and months of waiting, prognosticating, and drafting many a fantasy football team, the day has finally come to get this show on the road! Tonight the defending Superbowl champion New York Giants will host division rivals, the Washington Redskins. Even though they’re the champs, I have a feeling it won’t mean much for New York in this one. It seems that every game in this division is a battle to the end and the G-Men will have to go into this one without their two leading pass rushers from last season in Michael Strahan (retirement) and Osi Umenyiora (injury), while also looking to a young tight end (Kevin Boss) to replace the disgruntled and traded Jeremy Schockey. As a Patriots fan, all I can say is GO REDSKINS! Anyways, enough of the ranting about a game I really don’t care all that much about, and on to some important stuff…like who you should feel confident starting (studs) and who you should think about benching (duds) for this coming week in fantasy football. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???

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  Marion Barber (RB-DAL): This is Barber’s first chance to prove that he has what it takes to be a feature back, now that Julius Jones has left town, and it couldn’t have come against a better opponent. Last season the Browns gave up nearly 130 yards per game on the ground and that is the kind of production you can expect from Barber in this one (with maybe a touchdown or two). If all goes according to plan, Barber should be one of the top running back plays of the week. (More …)

   
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  Willis McGahee and Bobby Engram out for a while with injuries

  Brandon 8:31 pm on 8/11/2008 | 3 Permalink Reply
  Tags: aaron rodgers (30), bobby engram (3), injuries (2), nate burleson, willis mcgahee (13)

  I had originally buried this news in my latest update on the preseason games over the weekend, but I figured it was important enough to break out into it’s own post, so here you go…

  • Willis McGahee has decided to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee, with the hope that he can return for the start of the season. The fact that he’ll miss nearly an entire month of practice and preseason games is a bit worrisome and is reason enough for us to drop him down a few slots on the power rankings. It also makes backup Ray Rice all that more important as a handcuff for McGahee owners.
  • For all of you who were targeting Bobby Engram in your draft, think again. Engram left Friday’s preseason game with a shoulder injury and it turns out that he has a broken bone in his shoulder and will miss six to eight weeks. He’s no spring chicken, so there’s no guarantee that he’ll even be back and ready to go that early. Even if he does though, that means he’ll still miss the first two to four games of the season, moving him down quite a bit on our wide receiver power rankings, while Nate Burleson moves up a bit (just like when we found out that his other teammate Deion Branch would be out for some extended time).
  • In other news, tonight we will see the beginning of the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay, as the Packers take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the final game of week 1 in the preseason. What better way to prove yourself to all the doubters than to go up against what was one of the worst pass defenses in the league last year?