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  1. I'm going with Benson against the Lions awful run D this week and see what happens with AP. It should only take one week to figure out how this is going to work.
  2. I'm trying to decide which two of these to start in flex positions: Braylon Edwards Laveranues Coles Adrian Peterson Cedric Benson Thoughts?
  3. Law of power: Crush your enemies completely. When they're down, you step on their throats and kick the snot out of them. That's why the onsides kick in the third quarter was a thing of beauty.
  4. This is the funny thing about statistics. I remember my old college stats prof saying something like statisically speaking, more crime is committed in cities with more police officers. Therefore, cities should have less police officers so they'll have less crime. Or something like that. Anyway, the (assumed) fact that the average play from scrimmage gains 5 yards does not mean you should go for it on 4th & 2. Since offenses and defenses run different plays in different situations, the overall average from scrimmage is largely irrelevant. You'd need to examine the average gain on short-yardage plays against short-yardage defenses to gain better insight.
  5. Once again, Bush isn't a RB, at least as we think of the classic NFL RB. Comparing him to Maroney or most other backs is like comparing a free safety to Brian Urlacher. I don't care what position they list him in. He's not a pure WR play, either. And that's all part of the problem. They're still figuring out how to use him. Add to that the fact that defenses are spying him -- and they are, just watch any game he's played this season -- and the fact that he was on a gimpy ankle Sunday, and you get the stats he puked up this week. All of that said, he has not lived up to the hype, but the hype was out of control. Will he eventually be the player everyone wanted to think he is? Beats the heck out of me. Only time will tell that. But it's definitely far too early to be passing do-or-die judgments on the guy.
  6. OK, I'm man enough to admit it. I couldn't have been more wrong about CHI-MIA. You think the Arizona game was bad? This was worse. Much worse. Under the "that's why they play the games" category, it's beyond me how a team that's looked so good for most of the season can throw in a stinker like that. I would like to think it was a one-off, but that was a two-off and there's still plenty of season left. I'm going to have to seriously consider playing, for crying out loud, Romo because I have know idea which Grossman will show up from week to week. At least R. Brown showed what he can do when he actually gets some carries. Nick Satan finally realized who's playing QB for him and did the right thing. Give that guy 29 carries every week and he'll be a fantasy stud. And those were crunch-time carries too, not garbage carries. He tore through the best defense in the league when they most needed to stop him. He's like Jamal Lewis. He gets better the more he gets hit and longer the game goes. You can't give him a carry every 6 plays and expect him to be productive.
  7. I started Brown on a hunch. Too bad I also started Grossman.
  8. It's a job for the players, but it's entertainment for us. Sometimes that entertainment extends beyond the plays made in the game. Sometimes players just act plain stupid. But sometimes their antics are humorous and original and that's entertaining. However, entertainment like all art is in the eye of the beholder. I think guys like Ocho and Portis are entertaining in a non-football way because of their originality. I laughed my rearend off when TO pulled out the Sharpie and also when he did the pom-pon dance. The Joe Horn cell phone incident was hilarious because of it was original and unexpected. It was harmless fun and I got a kick out of it. That doesn't mean I expect anyone else to like it, but I did.
  9. As a Bears fan and Brown owner, I have to ask whatcha been smokin'? You simply do not run against the Bears defense, especially at home. Fortunately, the Bears will put up similar numbers this week as they did last week and give Brown a garbage TD late. So he'll probably end up with 30 yards rushing, 30 yards receiving and 1 TD like he usually does and you still get something out of him. Oh, and don't think the light bulb is going to go off just like that. Sure, Brown should be a 30-carry guy. Why the hell wouldn't he be with someone like Harrington back there. But what do we know?
  10. I think all of that is still applicable, though it will take some time, probably years, to know if it's really true. Marshall Faulk spent several years in the league before he became the player we like to remember. I still maintain that anyone who calls him a bust at this point in time had unreasonably high expectations going in to the season, regardless of who planted the seeds for those expectations.
  11. In 2005 at USC, Bush averaged 15 carries a game. Anyone who thought he was suddenly going to transform into a 25-30 carry classic NFL workhorse tailback wasn't paying attention. He's still averaging more than 70 yards rushing and receiving a game and 4.5 yards every time he touches the ball not including returns. He's only averaging 10 rushes a game. Not setting the world on fire, but not shabby for a rookie on a team no one expected to do much this year. The jury's still out as to whether Houston made a mistake not drafting him. Given the Texans RB situation, having Bush couldn't have hurt. So to the original question, is he a bust? If you mean bust as an NFL player? I bet the Saints would say no. As a fantasy player? If you're expectations were unrealistically high, probably so. Sorry if you drank the Kool-Aid. I drafted him as my third RB and get points for receiving yards. Considering the other third RBs out there, I'm not displeased.
  12. I don't recall anyone calling him an uber-stud, but if you've ever watched a linebacker follow him in motion and vacate the spot Deuce barrels through moments later, you might understand. But what do I know? Maybe stats are all that matter.
  13. It also depends on how you define "expectations." Who's expectations? If anyone expected him to come in and be a 30-carry I-back, which apparently some people did by saying things like "he doesn't look like he has the capability of being a featured RB in the NFL," then it's your expectations that were misplaced. Why would anyone expect him to play that role when he didn't even do that in college? Why do we pigeon-hole NFL players by position? You're either a RB or a WR. Just because Bush doesn't fit either of those roles neatly doesn't mean he's simply a third-down back. Watch a couple of Saints games and you'll see. The entire defense shifts when he goes in motion. Now again, in fantasy terms, he isn't now and probably won't be for some time a first-round pick. That just means you have to have realistic expectations for how he's being used.
  14. This is the point. Defenses have to account for him and that explains a lot of both Deuce's and Brees' success this season. They line him up all over the field, shift him, send him in motion, do a lot of things that don't show up on the stat sheet. That sucks in the fantasy world. But he's certainly no bust as a football player when you consider the non-stat impact he's already had, and just through half of his rookie season. Bush will never be the classic I-formation tailback who gets 30 carries a game. But he didn't play that role in college, either. Remember LenDale White?
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