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So they called a media interview just to say they have nothing to say. Could've said that in a postgame interview.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 12:37 PM) The proper way to announce a retirement is in March just prior to the regular season, so as to give all the teams on your road schedule ample time to prepare gifts and a video board montage- so maybe he's making an announcement that he's going to make an announcement in Spring Training that he's going to retire. Outside of Chicago, PK really isn't that much of a big deal. And Paul doesn't strike me as a guy looking for all the attention.

If it were nothing, then why even call it? What gain is there? Why not wait until the season is over in a few days? Something's definitely up. He's either announcing this is his last year with the Sox, or he's flat out retiring.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 13, 2013 -> 09:06 AM) Look at his shooting efficiency. Look at Luol's.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Sep 13, 2013 -> 07:25 AM) Spectacular? Seriously? There's a reason 3 teams dumped him for basically nothing. Yes, because of attitude and his penchant to hit the ganja, not due to talent.

Boldin's going to be a top 3 WR this year when it's all said and done. He has the consistency to win you a fantasy chip, and now he has a dual threat QB and no other WR options on the team.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 8, 2013 -> 04:35 PM) Stay away from any NE RB? May want to go check Vereen's line. I know what his line is. What I'm saying is that Bill Bel has a quick trigger when it comes to benching his RBs. Vereen could go ahead and have a fumble or dropped pass next week early in the game, then all of a sudden Ridley is back on the charts. In the end, there's no way to predict what Belicheck will do game to game. That's my point. You don't target players who play under those systems.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Sep 8, 2013 -> 04:03 PM) Examples? I'm seriously struggling to think of a legitimately talented 2nd year QB that suffered a major drop-off in fantasy production in recent history. Wilson played fine, just didn't get touchdowns. As for White, I obviously knew he wasn't 100%, but finding three other legit options is another issue (especially since I generally waited a while before getting my WR2 and WR3). Cam Newton last year struggled hard until towards the end of the year when he actually put on a superman cape. Andy Dalton also struggled a little last year. And Ponder did as well after getting off to a hot start.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Sep 8, 2013 -> 03:30 PM) Few thoughts... 1. Offensive line played well in pass pro. But more importantly, Cutler got rid of the ball quickly - that might be the most improved aspect of his game. 2. The Bengals are a very undisciplined team. That was just bad. 3. Like the 2nd half adjustments that were made by the coaching staff. But most importantly, the defense yet again comes up with a huge play when we needed it most. Lot of room for improvement, but to get a win against one of the best teams in the AFC is a great way to start the year. Honestly, I thought the only thing that was bad for the Bengals was their coaching. Using all timeouts before the 8 minute mark. The whole having 10 or 12 men on the field is a reflection of the coaching staff not preparing their team. One time, the player argued with the coach even saying the signal he held up means they're supposed to go into the game. And the coach didn't argue back. Honestly, I feel like, for the first time in my lifetime, the Bengals have the talent, but are going to be held back by Marvin Lewis.

BTW, Tavon Austin is going to be a nice part of the offense. And Sudfield was a huge dud.

Told guys to stay away from Ridley and any NE RB as they get benched quite often and are fool's gold. No one listened. Also 2nd year QB's usually take a step back so unless you play in a 2QB league, there are better options out there. Roddy White almost didn't play today, someone should've done their homework there.

I think it's pretty dull and predictable. DB gets beat up every week. He either faces Orton for 3 straight PPVs and loses 2 of those 3, or faces The Shield, HHH and Orton. Yawn. Why can't good guys ever form a stable? Non pre-existing of course.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 02:39 PM) Loved that kid when Tressel was recruiting him. Great baseball player too. And he loved Texas. As did Manziel and Griffin III. Too bad Mack Brown is too much of an idiot and wants to recruit those guys as DBs and Athletes as opposed to QBs.

12 teamer QB Cam Newton, Car QB RB Ray Rice, Bal RB RB LeSean McCoy, Phi RB RB/WR Giovani Bernard, Cin RB WR Dwayne Bowe, KC WR WR DeSean Jackson, Phi WR TE Jason Witten, Dal TE OP Robert Griffin III, Wsh QB P DT Muhammad Wilkerson, NYJ DT, DE DE Jared Allen, Min DE LB Luke Kuechly, Car LB LB Bobby Wagner, Sea LB CB Cortland Finnegan, StL CB CB Devin McCourty, NE CB S Eric Weddle, SD S D/ST Broncos D/ST D/ST K Dan Bailey, Dal K Bench Vick Ballard, Ind RB Bench Rueben Randle, NYG WR Bench Andre Roberts, Ari WR Bench Zach Sudfeld, NE TE Bench Mark Barron, TB S Bench Santana Moss, Wsh WR Bench Aldon Smith, SF LB Q Bench Cowboys D/ST D/ST IR Here's the scoring breakdown I think I made out like a bandit to be honest.

I just saw, Matthews in the 3rd round? WTF?!

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) You know what's not fun? Losing by .9 in the f***in championship. These wounds will not heal. Losing by .9 to a team who has your favorite players on your favorite team who you chose not to draft because they've always choked in every other season when it counted.

Chromecast doesn't stream the media from your phone or tablet. Instead, it receives instructions from the phone or tablet to fetch the video based on what the tablet or phone tell it, then it rides your WiFi to get that content. Basically, think of your phone or tablet as a remote for the Chromecast. That's why when you stream, you get full HD video instead of a 10 inch screen magnified. BTW, got mine the other day and it's pretty badass. It's supposed to be adding HBOGo and Hulu soon.

RB Andre Brown of the Giants just broke his leg. Hope no one drafted him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 02:54 PM) I think it has more to do with how deep QB is ATM. If you're in a 10 or 12 team league with only 1 starting QB, you can wait until the 6th or 7th round and you'll still get a pretty good QB (Luck, Romo both fall that far usually). If you look at it, the dropoff in QB production between #1 and #12 is only around 20%. And even if you go above the 20% threshold, you can still get production out of QBs like Eli Manning or Ben Roethlisberger. Go to RBs and it's a completely different situation. After about the 15th RB in the draft, those RBs are iffy. Go beyond top 20 and you don't know what the hell you'll get. At least with QBs, they have stable jobs. It's purely based on the volatility and strength of the positions. Wide receiver is another position that isn't as valuable as RB since there are so many more good wideouts than RBs in the league. I made this chart a week ago for my draft. Each tier represents a 10% dropoff from the #1 performer at the position. These are based on a set of projections I chose from FantasyPros.com and the scoring is skewed towards my PPR league, so you can keep that in mind. Note that for RBs and WR all have about the same amount of tier 1 performers, but after tier 3, the amount of productive WRs far outnumbers that of RBs. Also note that the amount of QBs from the 10 to 20% range is 8. After the top 4 QBs, you're not losing out on much. Makes sense. Nice chart.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) Adrian Peterson - Clear Cut #1 and Top 5 back - No argument there./// Agree, but if youre gonna mention other backs injuries cant forget APs injury too. Doug Martin - 2nd year RB - I'm weery//Martin gets all the carries, can catch the ball and plays in a weaker defensive division. He also single handidly won me a few games last season with insane numbers. LeSean McCoy - Usually is injured///In 3 of his 4 seasons hes played at least 15 games, with the odd year being last season. He will get the bulk of the eagles carries and can also catch passes. Hes 2 years removed from having 20 TDs in a season. If hes usually injured then so is AP Marshawn Lynch - He's been a consistent top 5 back for the past 5 years///Not even close to true. Hes been great the past 2 seasons in Seattle, but the 3 seasons prior to that he averaged under 400 yards and 3 tds per season. Hes a stud now, but he didnt become a "first round" FF RB until last season. Jamaal Charles - Came out of nowhere, already been injured///Very similar to McCoy. Injured 2 seasons ago but other than that has been great, even on bad teams. Has had over 1275 yards in 3 of the last 4 seasons. Ray Rice - Only guy you can really make a case for given that he has no injury history and is multi-threat///Rice has been consistent, but he also loses a lot of value in non ppr formats. He rarely hits yardage bonuses and isnt a big time TD threat. Hes a good back to own and will go early in most drafts. CJ Spiller - Fred Thomas///Assuming you mean Fred Jackson. What about him? This is Spillers show now and if hes healthy he is poised to have a huge season. Arian Foster - Oft Injured///Hes missed 3 games the past 3 seasons since he became the starter. Hes good for 1400 rushing yards, 50 receptions, 500 receiving yards and 12+ TDs. Trent Richardson - Got a lot of TDs, not that many yards///As a rookie, on a bad team, with a rookie QB and no other weapons around him on offense he still had a very productive season. He also had over 50 catches. Hes a workhorse and in FF that has a lot of value. Matt Forte - Michael Bush takes the TD///Forte has been inconsistent in FF. He is similar to Ray Rice but hasnt had an OL or capable play caller until hopefully this season. In ppr format Forte should be going late first round and in standard format in the 2nd. Hes looked great so far this preseason and looks to be used better by Trestman. Stevan Ridley - See my previous post on him. Any NE RB is never a good argument///Normally Id agree. Ridley was used a lot last season and now the Pat's are without Welker, Lloyd, Hernandez and Gronk will be out for a while. He might not be a sure thing, but he has a lot of value and a huge upside. Alfred MOrris - I'll give you him because he was a workhorse, got the yards and TDs///I like Morris, I had him on all but one of my teams last season and he was great. I wish hed catch some passes but I cant complain with what I got from him. Maurice Jones-Drew - Downhill///Dont disagree too much here. He has defied the odds a few times in his career though. Hes been on bad teams every season and has still produced most of the time. DeMarco Murray - What? As a Cowboys fan, I know he's not a good argument for fantasy FB. Heck, none have been since E. Smith. Look at his numbers///He killed me last season. Id stay away from him early but he has an upside. Reggie Bush - Hell no///Tough to say what he will do this season. He could be like Sproles in NO but with more carries. Lamar Miller - What?///Hes gonna be their workhorse and get all the carries. They also added some other offensive weapons but Miller is gonna get the ball a lot. What he does with it remains to be seen but its better to have someone like Miller who you know will be getting touches than having someone who will only be relevant if there is an injury. Darren McFadden - Injury prone//Agreed, but he isnt a 1st or 2nd rounder anymore. I got him in the 7th round, after I had all my starting RBs/WR and Qb. If your team is relying on him as a starter you are probably in trouble, but in later rounds he has a lot of upside. I'm sorry, I meant to say no consistent for Lynch. He was good for a year in BUF and then started getting good about two years ago with Seattle. It was a typo error. I pretty much agree with everyone on your list except for Spiller. Most of the guys I mentioned are injured to the point of not getting you the points you need on a week by week basis, not necessarily sitting out in games.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 01:04 PM) Please let me play in pay leagues with you so you can pick up guys like Rashad Jennings and Daryl Richardson. I don't think I've seen rankings this misguided in a really, really long time. Injuries do not always force you to sit. You guys should know that. But in a league like the NFL, even playing dinged up can produce terrible results. Look at the gamelogs if you don't believe me. Plus, we're arguing how taking those guys early over QBs is a very bad move as QBs are much more consistent than RBs, year to year in fantasy.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 12:45 PM) Actually, ironically enough the guy who won my league 2 years ago had Stafford as his starter and nobody cares about incompletions in fantasy. The guy who won my league last year had Matt Ryan as his starter who he obviously didn't have to waste a first rounder on either. So you just have the number 1 waiver priority all through out the season? You don't need it throughout the year because not every team needs RB.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) Brees, Rodgers, Brady, Peyton, Cam, RGIII, Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Kaepernik, Romo, Wilson, Luck should all be good fantasy qb's if you're in a 12 team league. Try to find 24 rb's that can be good fantasy rb's... It's not that hard because 3 or 4 of those RBs will get injured or lose their jobs. It happens every year. Then someone like me ends up picking them up.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 09:50 AM) So the NFC North isn't tough? Interesting. Also, it's basic math. You have to start two running backs and only one quarterback in most leagues. I disagree wholeheartedly on the tandems - the NFL is getting away from that again, thank God. I'd say there's 14 or so backs who are workhorses. Are you trying to tell me any of the below aren't clear-cut #1 running backs? Adrian Peterson - Clear Cut #1 and Top 5 back - No argument there. Doug Martin - 2nd year RB - I'm weery LeSean McCoy - Usually is injured Marshawn Lynch - He's been a consistent top 5 back for the past 5 years Jamaal Charles - Came out of nowhere, already been injured Ray Rice - Only guy you can really make a case for given that he has no injury history and is multi-threat CJ Spiller - Fred Thomas Arian Foster - Oft Injured Trent Richardson - Got a lot of TDs, not that many yards Matt Forte - Michael Bush takes the TD Stevan Ridley - See my previous post on him. Any NE RB is never a good argument Alfred MOrris - I'll give you him because he was a workhorse, got the yards and TDs Maurice Jones-Drew - Downhill DeMarco Murray - What? As a Cowboys fan, I know he's not a good argument for fantasy FB. Heck, none have been since E. Smith. Look at his numbers Reggie Bush - Hell no Lamar Miller - What? Darren McFadden - Injury prone Minus about 4, all of those RBs either share touches because of talent or injury. Or never were that good like DeMarco Murray or Reggie Bush. Seriously, look up the numbers. Meanwhile, Matt Ryan will have another great year passing with his three receiving weapons and line and RB. Maybe you're in a different league because 2 points per game was not the different in any of my ESPN leagues. And also, consistency is huge in FF. You may have a QB who throws for 400 yards one week, then 100 the following. A guy like Brees will always get you 300 yards with the TDs. And more importantly, he'll be playing all game for you in the playoffs. Stafford throws for a lot of yards, but he also throws a lot of incompletions and picks. Again, maybe the scoring is different in your leagues, but I've never seen a team with Matt Stafford as their QB make it anywhere near the championship in anything.