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Apparently a woman was beheaded with a machete today in London. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-27...don-garden.html

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 07:36 AM) I don't understand all the love for the 49ers and Kaepernick. They're basically a dumpster fire right now, yet I'm seeing Kaepernick rated as high as the 4th best QB this week. Because the Cowboys defense is horrendous. I wouldn't be surprised if they put up close to 40 this week.

This relates to the discussion earlier about schools and how they "care" about their academics http://regressing.deadspin.com/chart-which...dium=socialflow

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) I hate making new threads? Ok... Sorry, I thought the "Double header Saturday, Who will start?" thread was the right place for the information. He just has a thing for making as many new threads as possible.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 03:33 PM) Nope. Ghosts. You're both wrong

Interesting article on how Josh Gordon could appeal this through the State of Ohio laws. And if he is correct, Gordon has a legitimate case. http://fieldandcourt.com/component/k2/item...his-appeal.html

I own Gordon in a league with 20 roster spots (9 bench spots) so I'm hanging on to him. I'm going to post this in both this and the NFL thread. It's basically detailing how Gordon could, and by Ohio law should, be able to appeal this. http://fieldandcourt.com/component/k2/item...his-appeal.html

Expansion to 4 teams and that does NOT include Hartford? Meh. Bring back the Whale!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 05:03 PM) Tell that to the coaches of the team, then, because they don't seem to be on board with Davonta this year. In fact: "With Steven Jackson (hamstring) still sidelined, Rodgers started and handled the vast majority of first-team work. Antone Smith mixed in sparingly and Devonta Freeman got just one series to himself. It's clear that Quizz, now in his fourth year with the Falcons, has the faith of the coaching staff even though they are aware of his talent limitations. He'd lead a committee approach if Jackson misses any time early in the season." If anything, it would be RBBC if/when SJax goes down. Good team but I'd definitely see if any other true handcuffs/backups are available and drop Quiz. (West, Polk, Davis, Starks etc...)

QUOTE (The 815 @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) All right, rip apart my team. PPR and I was the 11th pick out of 12 teams QB: Matt Ryan RB: Joique Bell RB: Shane Vereen WR: Dez Bryant WR: Demaryius Thomas TE: Kyle Rudolph WR/RB Flex: bench rotation Bench RBs: Toby Gerhert, Carlos Hyde Bench WRs: Terrance Williams, Justin Hunter, Josh Gordon (picked right before Mr.Irrelevant) Bench TE: Charles Clay K: Vinatieri D/ST: Rams, Texans Hoping Gordon decision comes sooner rather than later so I know if I can drop him or someone else when it's time to get a replacement kicker or QB. Only regret may have been taking Bell before Ryan Mathews was off the board, and not taking a backup QB over Hunter or Williams, and not getting a better defense... You're pretty set at WR, especially if Gordon returns at some point. I'd try trading one of the bench WR along with one of your RBs to upgrade there. Both RBs are solid RB2s at worst and Vereen is a borderline RB1 in PPR but I think I'd try to get a RB in there who wasn't so dependent on the passing game to even it out.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 09:38 AM) I really like everyone except the QBs. There's a lot of big upside on the team with what should be good production all around too. I worry about Tannehill as the flex, but, like I said, there's a ton of upside. It's not normal, but 2 QB leagues are fun as hell. Yeah I'm worried about my QBs as well. I'm hoping I can turn one of my WRs on my bench into an upgrade as the season progresses

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 08:34 AM) Is that normal to be able to play a QB at the flex? My league just does RB/WR/TE. I would bet that probably only around 25% of leagues are 2-QB or allow a QB at the FLEX spot, but that's how this league has always been

QB: Jay Cutler RB: Jamaal Charles RB: Montee Ball WR: Alshon Jeffery WR: Antonio Brown TE: Dennis Pitta FLEX: Ryan Tannehill K/DEF: Who cares - streaming Bench: Johnny Manziel, Chris Johnson, MJD, Knile Davis, Keenan Allen, Justin Hunter, Terrance Williams. And I picked up Shaun Hill right after Bradford left the game over the weekend 12 team PPR league. QBs are allowed to play in the FLEX so most teams use 2 QB's every week. Defense also gets points based on ST return yards so I've streamed a defense every week all 3 years in this league

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 25, 2014 -> 12:23 PM) My 10 team ppr league QB Aaron Rodgers RB Eddy lacy RB Chris Johnson WR Dez Bryant WR Andre Johnson WR Reggie Wayne TE Vernon Davis FLEX Emmanuel Sanders DEF Chiefs K Blair Walsh Bench QB Tony Romo RB Ryan Matthews RB Joique Bell RB Darren McFadden WR Marquise Lee TE Jason Witten DEF Bengals Don't like this very much. Andre Johnson is a shaky WR2 and CJ1K is a very questionable RB2. You have zero depth at WR and the Chiefs defense is not going to be as good this year since their schedule is really, really difficult. I'm also not a big fan of QB/RB combos since more often than not they cannibalize each other.

The Last Ship finale was last night and I really enjoyed the show. Some episodes were slow due to the limited locations (the ship) but now that they're at where they're at, I'm looking forward to what is going to happen next season.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 04:48 PM) Postseason rankings are much less biased than preseason or even mid-season. Still, over the entirety of the last 25 years, where would you rank ND's body of work? Is the 20-30 range fair? Even if you think it should be lower than 30, it's still going to be higher than Northwestern, Miami, or any other school you can come up with where athletes are held to similar academic standards as ND. Stanford is the only school in that group that has a football program that matches up with ND, even as bad as they have been since Holtz left. I would agree with the 20-30 range, maybe even as high as 15, but I think there is a wide gap between the top 10 or so programs of the past 25 years and the programs you'd find in that range.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 04:37 PM) So in order to win your argument, you have to condense the entire history of college football into 4-5 games a year for the last 15 years. I guess if that's what it takes. If you're going to compare modern day academic standards then you have to use the same measuring stick when it comes to athletic success. Notre Dame may do a fantastic job at the former, I don't know, but the latter has been nothing special.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 04:27 PM) I don't really have the time to look up all the schools. If there is a particular school you think that has similar academic standards for athletes AND football achievement as ND, I'd be happy to discuss it. Notre Dame hasn't won anything in 25 years. Why do you keep discussing them as if they have been some powerhouse showered with all of these football related accolades in recent years? No one cares what Notre Dame did in the 80's or 90's or 40's and 50's. Times change and programs change along with them.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 08:35 PM) http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/...ana-possession/ Well, Pittsburgh might need some RBs That's just stupid on both of their parts, especially knowing what a failed drug test does nowadays. As someone who has Bell as their RB1, I sure hope any punishment from the NFL is pushed until 2015 - which it very well may be given how long some of these type of offences take to fully process.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:36 AM) Yeah, and change the Cowboys too! And Vikings! I can't believe people support a team named after a group of people known for rape, murder, pillage and unquestionably poor hygiene.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 12:10 AM) I do want him to play every day the rest of the season, and let's see what he does with a good month or two of steady at bats. Defensively, no doubt, he's good but he's got to show up offensively to be that 4th OF. His bat doesn't even have to be that great to be a valuable 4th outfielder. With his defense, ff he can hit .220-.230 he would be a good 4th OF. He provides solid pop from the left side and would probably steal 20-25 bases if he played full time. If he could ever hit over .250 with a strikeout rate around 25% or less he'd even have a case to be a starter somewhere.

Here is the worst scenario IMO. So a teacher at my high school was a minor league pitcher for many seasons. He got called up by the Expos from AAA one time in his mid 20's and was put in the bullpen. He didn't get into the game that night and was sent back down the next day. He was never called up again.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 03:06 AM) Yedlin's moving to Totenham after this MLS season. $4 million transfer fee. He'll have a lot of competition to crack the starting lineup though. Kyle Walker is a pretty good RB. Kyle Naughton , who is terrible, started at one of the FB positions for Spurs on Saturday and predictably was terrible, including getting a straight red and giving away a PK. I think Yedlin would seriously challenge for playing time if he moves in January, especially if they are still involved in the league cups and Europe.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 11, 2014 -> 09:01 AM) Not exactly the same mistake; Sox only team to draft Mitchell instead of Trout. Some of the other 22 teams probably drafted a pretty good baseball player; Sox got a football player. Just meaningless hindsight blabber now. Mitchell looked pretty good for a year or two. It would be interesting to see those first round picks if you have the link. Was Mitchell a surprise pick that year? Can't remember. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_MLB_draft I'd rather make a mistake with the 23rd pick instead of the 3rd or 4th pick like some teams. The Angels also "screwed up" their pick right before taking Trout themselves so that whole argument is pretty silly.

Has anyone been watching Tyrant? I'm really enjoying that show