Tag: NFL

  • Reads Listens Views 11/16/2012

    Reads Listens Views 11/16/2012

    Listens More on La Havas later. Views Part I – Real or Photoshop? I don’t care, it’s cool . . . At Fantasy Throwdown: Annual Thanksgiving Tourney & IDP Tourney!!! To our regulars out there, thanks for playing Fantasy Throwdown, including providing feedback and helping build a great community of fantasy football players.To our mailing list…

  • Fantasy Football Mailbag Week 9

    Fantasy Football Mailbag Week 9

    For great fantasy football information, rankings, projections, strategy articles, podcasts, sleepers – you name it – go to Footballguys.com.  @ToshMarks Think Dwayne Bowe is a top-5 guy next season if he elects to stay w/ Geno Smith in KC?  A: No. As good as Geno Smith can become as an NFL quarterback, and as good as recent…

  • Randy Moss and Exceptions to the Rule

    Randy Moss and Exceptions to the Rule

    You’ve seen this eRumor: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates. Candidate A associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologers. He’s had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day. Candidate B…

  • Who is Virgil Green?

    Virgil Green’s 3-catch, 44-yard debut (with 5:34 left in the game) with Peyton Manning might be a surprise to some. However, the tight end from Nevada is a well-known stash for those who get the Rookie Scouting Portfolio publication each April. I don’t know if Green will be an option once Joel Dreessen returns from…

  • Reads Listens Views 10/26/2012

    (Views) Walk on the Wild Side: An Open Letter to Jerry Richardson  While I can’t claim credit for the changes ahead, the news of Carolina making adjustments to its offense have been my sentiments for weeks. Dear Jerry, I’ve been watching your organization from afar. Like everybody’s Uncle Arthur Blank, you seem like a good…

  • Sunday Fantasy Mailbag 10/21/2012

    The weekend mailbag is back! I’m also going to field Twitter questions. I think “new” technology like Twitter is fantastic and fantastically comical because as people we’re always behind the curve with how to use new tools. So I’m probably going to make fun of the questions I get on Twitter. If I rag on…

  • Reads Listens Views 10/19/2012

    Hat tip to E.C. Stoner for the Brees video. Reads (Football) Futures: Matt Barkley – This was last week’s column. Tomorrow’s analysis is on West Virginia Receiver Tavon Austin. Russell Wilson’s Seam Pass to Zach Miller – Danny Kelly at Field Gulls is one of the cooler bloggers I’ve had the pleasure to interact with during my first…

  • Sunday Fantasy Mailbag 10/14/2012

    The weekend mailbag is back! I’m also going to field Twitter questions. I think “new” technology like Twitter is fantastic and fantastically comical because as people we’re always behind the curve with how to use new tools. So I’m probably going to make fun of the questions I get on Twitter. If I rag on…

  • Reads Listens Views 10/5/2012

    Football Reads Word of Muth: Crashing the Nickel  Football Outsiders writer Ben Muth looks that the Patriots success running on the Buffalo Bills. Inside an NFL Practice: What Teams do to Prepare for the Week Ahead A Ryan Riddle joint. Logan Thomas vs. Geno Smith: Which QB is Destined for a Brighter NFL Future? Sigmund…

  • Zone Blocking: The Anti-McFadden

    Zone Blocking: The Anti-McFadden

    By Nathan Miller Another season, another less than electric year for Darren McFadden. But this time it isn’t due to a lingering injury suffered on the field, in practice, or doing it Gangnam style across his imported mahogany floors. The culprit this time is a change in the Raiders offense to a zone blocking scheme…