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Not a big fan either. Could use better RBs, TE, and D. I would see if the team w/ the weakest QB would be interested in Rivers and go w/ Kolb as your starter if you can get a RB.
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Is Girardi even considered a good manager? It's hard to tell since he inherited the Yankees. I don't think I like him though. I would love Fredi Gonzalez. I'm mildly intrigued by the thought of Gary Varsho also.
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Dunn liking the Cubs seems like a typical case of "Hey, I'm going to be a free agent, I want a lot of money. The Cubs are a team that spends a lot of money." I'm sure if asked about the Yankees, Red Sox, or Mets; Dunn would like them too.
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He had TE/RB/FB help on Jared Allen. But that's how it's going to be anyways. He's going to be facing the top DEs in the league, so he's going to get help. He had no help at all on Saturday. Now, personally I'm not concerned at all, I'm just writing it off as a bad game. And the thing is, with 3 inexperienced players on the line (Williams, Omiyale, Louis) there will be some bad days. Also, the 2 aging OL are known to have bad days too. Hopefully, they can overcome them and not all happen at the same time.
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I don't know about that. But the entire premise of the season has been that the only real question on the line is at a guard position, as LT is settled, center is stable, and Omiyale has to be better at RT. Williams not being a stud is a huge problem for this team. They can't afford for him to just be okay, let alone bad. If he struggles just a bit, Cutler could die. Eh, still overblown even taking the last part as hyperbole. We have seen Williams play 7 games at LT as a Chicago Bear. 5 to end the 2009 season and the 2 preseason games this season. He has had 1 bad game of those 7. All that was shown is that he will have trouble w/ speed rushers. So, 2 games against Clay Matthews and one against Ware/Spencer in Dallas Martz needs to give him help.
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Posted this in the preseason thread that Sidney Rice is rumored to have had season-ending hip surgery in Denver.
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Word on the street is Sidney Rice was spotted in Denver getting season-ending hip surgery.
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General 2010 other games thread
rawaction replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Rich Harden.....um.....pitching really well thru 6. -
I hate preseason football way more than Cris Collinsworth. I actually kind of like him You could do worse than Collinsworth. I'd take him over the #1 analysts on the other networks. If Collinsworth and Joe Buck ever become a broadcast team, I will murder everyone within a 15 mile radius of me.
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I'm going to be deciding often between Braylon Edwards and Knox. Suggestions? I have Knox in there now for Week 1 because NYJ is playing Baltimore. I hate Braylon, so I might be the wrong person to ask, but I'd go w/ Knox.
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Need 2 out of 3: Gio Gonzalez- 2 start week, vs. Cle and Tex...been pitching pretty well, leaning toward starting him. Johnny Cueto vs. Cubs. Has struggled last 2 starts. Clayton Kershaw @ Colorado.
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Need to start Wallace over Knox probably, and trade a RB or 2 for a WR. But a decent team. Got pretty much all the guys I am targeting in my league. I'd be a happy guy if Thomas (3rd), Best (5th), Foster (8th), Big Ben (10th), DBrown (9th), J Jones (12th) and B Scott (14-15th) are all on the board when I pick in the rounds next to their names.
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How many teams in your league? If it's a 12-team league, they might as well hand you the trophy now. If it's 10-team, still a pretty good team. Have a very short leash on Ronnie Brown, and don't hesitate to play Bradshaw if the matchup dictates it. See how Spiller does first (an if Jackson/Lynch come back) before you put him in there. LT will get PT when one of my least favorite projected fantasy studs (Greene) gets hurt, like he was 3 times last year.
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Keeper league. He's being kept.
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I've heard whispers of Bobby V and even Joe Torre. I'd like a young manager (that is not Sandberg) that is a teacher and can be around for a while, if things go well.
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Olin Kreutz was excellent in last night's game. I was watching on an off and on connection online last night, but saw most of the offensive plays. The OL overall did a pretty good job. Ran the ball well. Omiyale and Louis looked good on the right side. Williams has a problem with speed rushers. Help him out with them. Luckily, the Bears won't see a ton of pure speed rushers like Wimberly.
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How bad has the defense been relative to the league average? I know the Cubs lead the league in errors and have the most unearned runs allowed in the majors. That certainly hasn't helped either.
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Wow. Sad to see Lou go out like this if this is truly his last time managing. He deserved more fanfare than he will get today. I probably would not stay along for the ride if I were Trammel at this point. I don't know that I wanted him to manage next year anyway, but he's as lame duck as they get as a bench coach.
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Pretty sure the "sacker" has been moving around, but mainly up the middle with Louis. Chris Williams got beaten at least two times for sacks that I saw. Williams got beat several times. Of the 5 sacks on Cutler. Williams gave up 2 (could have given up 3-4 more), one came from Louis' area. The other 2 I would consider coverage sacks, both from the man that was lined up over Williams (one was a stunt and it confused Williams and Garza).
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Yeah, it definitely seems that way. I think this whole regime is too hell bent on bringing up the past. Lovie's stuck in 2006. Martz is stuck in St. Louis having one of the best offenses ever, and he has never repeated the success of the 2 Superbowl seasons. The team in general is stuck on what Marinelli did w/ the Tampa line (full of 1st rounders by the way). The team is stuck on what Tice did w/ the OL in Minnesota years ago. I get the sense from this coaching staff that their attitude is "hey, we did it in 2006!" and we have a lot of the same players and have upgraded at QB, DE, etc. Not saying it's the wrong attitude, or that it can't work again, but it just seems like the team philosophy is pretty stale all the way around.
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I think 1B and a couple pitchers could make the difference, quite honestly. The Cubs are 21st in the majors in production from 1B. NL average OPS is more than 70 points higher. If you get above average production from 1b, assume Ramirez goes back to above average 3B production, and get the expected increases from whoever is at 2B all year and Castro at SS all year, and no huge regressions in the OF and C, then the Cubs offense should be above average. A top of the rotation pitcher to go along w/ Dempster, Zambrano, Gorzellany, and Wells could make the rotation very strong also and the Cubs would be just as good as any team in the NL, IMO.
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Especially since you aren't going to get close to what you gave up for him less than a month ago.
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Given the choice, would you pick Larry Fitzgerald or Calvin Johnson for a PPR league? Both have injury issues. Both had down 2009s (Fitz yardage, Calvin catches). Calvin's QB situation should be on the way up, while Fitz's is on the way down (from Warner to Leinart). I've gotten a strong indication that both will be there when I pick next week in my fantasy draft.
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On any other team, he would be an afterthought. But with the Eagles, I think he has a chance to be really good. This is pretty much the perfect situation for a young inexperienced QB. Reid's offense allows the QB to throw the ball A TON. And on those ton of throws, Kolb will be throwing to DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Shady McCoy, and Brent Celek. And if getting the ball downfield fails, Kolb will rack up the yards dumping it off to talented receivers who are good after the catch (Jackson, McCoy, Celek were 10, 11, 13 in the NFC in YAC respectively last year). So, even if Reid has to make the offense more conservative, Kolb can still put up numbers. I think like any inexperienced QB, Kolb will make some mistakes, but when he does, I think Reid will allow him to get his confidence back with "safe" throws. I think by the end of the year you are looking at a 3500 yard passer, 61-63% completion, 20-25 TD, 14-18 INT QB.
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I was a big Johnny Bailey fan. 22 is my favorite jersey number. And he was great in the open field. It seems like he was a Bear longer than 2 years though.