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Fantasy Week 5 Start’ems
Posted on 7 Oct 2011 by David Willow.
It's every fantasy player's favorite time of the season, the week when BYE weeks begin. Okay, yes, a little sarcasm there. For most fantasy owners the start of BYE weeks mean the start of weeks of benching your better players for a back up you don't usually want to play or a having to get a stop gap player to fill the void. Let's look at week 5 Start'ems. Quaterbacks Matt Ryan – The Falc...
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The Arizona Cardinals invade the Hawks Nest in an NFC West Showdown
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by Erik Olsoy.
The Seahawks have suffered consecutive losses on the road to the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, but will return to raucous CenturyLink Field in Seattle to take on the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday. The Seahawks have had a difficult start to the season, both with scheduling and with injuries. However, they will be bolstered this week by Sidney Rice’s Seahawk debut. Rice h...
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Redskins Squeak by Cardinals
Posted on 19 Sep 2011 by Mercedes Green.
The Washington Redskins took the game in the final minutes with a field goal and squeaked by the Cardinals 22-21. It was a rough start for Rex Grossman. In the 1st quarter he threw an interception at 3rd and goal then another one shortly after, although the not a direct interception as the pass was bobbled by Anthony Armstrong. The “Train Rex” was back but not for long. As part of R...
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Redskins Week 2 Preview
Posted on 16 Sep 2011 by Mercedes Green.
The Washington Redskins host the Arizona Cardinals in their second home game of the season. Much focus will be on Rex Grossman, to see if he can continue his role as the starting QB, the Redskins’ defense, to see if last week was not a fluke and Tim Hightower, formerly of the Arizona Cardinals in how he can play against his former teammates. Looking at the offense from last week of these 2 ...
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Will Kolb be the Next Warner or Leinart?
Posted on 8 Sep 2011 by Zack Jones.
It feels like it’s been forever since Kurt Warner was leading the Cardinals to their second straight division championship and playoff appearance even though this will only be the second season without him at the helm. But that’s how Derek Anderson, Max Hall and John Skelton will make you feel if you rely on them to fill the shoes of who may have been not only the greatest Cardinals of al...
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The Manning Dilemma
Posted on 5 Sep 2011 by David Willow.
For most in fantasy league owners who drafted Peyton Manning, you probably got him in the late 3rd maybe early 4th round of your draft. That being the case it certainly seems like you got a deal by grabbing an elite fantasy QB and not having to overspend leaving your first 3 picks for strong RBs or WRs. At the time Manning was scheduled to miss week 1, maybe week 2 at the most. No sweat. Now th...
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Vick $100 Million Dollar Deal
Posted on 29 Aug 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
The Eagles have answered one of the pressing questions heading into the 2011 NFL season. After the owners’ lockout and the compressed free agency frenzy, combined with DeSean Jackson’s holdout (which would make Keith Jackson openly weep) and 50 other transactions, the Philadelphia Eagles have finally given Michael Vick his long-awaited contract extension, making him the face of the franchis...
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Vick Didn’t Want to Come to Philly
Posted on 18 Aug 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Michael Vick told GQ Magazine in a recent interview that coming to Philadelphia three years ago after being released from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary was not his choice. This has been reported through several media sources and was clearly planned by Vick to become public knowledge. ”I think I can say this now, because it’s not going to hurt anybody’s feelings, and it’s the truth,...
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Signing Camp: Training Optional
Posted on 4 Aug 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
It would appear that between the new CBA legislation and the Eagles’ activity in free agency, the only thing getting a workout at Lehigh is the contract-signing hand of Joe Banner and GM Howie Roseman. It might go faster should they choose to install a drive-thru window to handle the volume but they seem to be humming along nicely. The Eagles' unrelenting assault on the transaction wire (sinc...
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Eagles Undrafted Free “Urgents” Cause Questions
Posted on 26 Jul 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Is it obsession with the NFL, the compressed free agent frenzy with the end of the lockout or “FREE URGENCY“? Wasting no time whatsoever, the Eagles have opened their new football year by confirming the signing of eight undrafted rookie free agents, with more promised. That group is WR Perry Baker, WR DeAndre Brown, RB Graig Cooper, P Chas Henry, QB Jerrod Johnson, DE Ced Thornton, ...
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Back in Business: First Down
Posted on 25 Jul 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
Now we know WHEN the NFL is coming back and we know what to expect. A frenetic cacophony of chaos and mayhem which will be the result of compressing an entire offseason’s worth of activity into approximately two weeks. Training camps across the league will be up and running over the next week and free agency (restricted and unrestricted) can begin as early as Friday morning. Preseason games a...
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Floodgates Almost Open
Posted on 21 Jul 2011 by Christopher Rowe.
When the NFL lockout ends as a result of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the focus will turn from the courtroom and the board room to the War Room. This could take hours or days but by the end of next week, the NFL could be back in business. This means that 5 months of normal offseason activity will be compressed into about 2-1/2 weeks including re-signing of restricted free agents, trai...









