Archive for March, 2010

Who Wins the NFL Award for Most Overrated Quarterback?

Posted: 24th March 2010 by Todd Fleming in NFL
There was recently an article claiming the author believed Ben Roethlisberger was the most overrated quarterback in football. Another recent article claimed that Peyton Manning was the most overrated quarterback in football. While both writers had plenty of good reasons for taking those positions, I don’t really think either of those claims are true. Where I rank a quarterback, it is generally determined by how much I fear that quarterback come ...
This is a series of posts leading up to the season preview which will be posted sometime next week. This post will look at the No. 1 and 2 starters for each team in the NL West (other than the Giants, since these posts will concentrate more on what the Giants will be facing in 2010 in various categories). One thing to note about these posts is that I'm not ...
The national sport-media's speculation concerning the future of the Eagles' quarterback trio has muddled down to near oblivion. What once was the media focal point of the entire NFL offseason has been tabled to a side-bar segue for a commercial intermission. What does it take to unload a quarterback in the NFL today? What's Happening Now It's not exactly a "Jetsons-paced" free agency, but deals are getting done and third string quarterbacks from Surfside, USA are being exchanged ...

Why Adding Closers Is Better Than Drafting Them

Posted: 24th March 2010 by Nick Kappel in MLB
Closers are the most overrated players in fantasy baseball. The good ones deliver strong contributions to one category, but generally pitch less than five innings per week. During drafts, I usually ignore the position until the late rounds. Despite this strategy, my teams are usually very strong in the saves category. In fact, my teams have finished first, first, and second in saves over the last three seasons in my 10-team roto keeper league. How ...

NBA Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Week 22

Posted: 24th March 2010 by kevin roberts in NBA
We're at that point in the 2009-10 NBA fantasy basketball season where you're either knee-deep in your playoff race, or you're gearing up for the final run. No matter where you're at, there's still a good chance that injuries or poor play on your roster have you looking for some help on your league's waiver wire , or for a general upgrade. Read on for the final 2009-10 edition of fantasy waiver ...
It only seems like Buster Posey has become the center of the San Francisco Giants' universe. No. No. Wait... Given that Posey's the top prospect in the organization and that he's hitting the devil out of the ball in spring training, the Giants' universe is spinning around the guy. Sycophants who remember the club's explanation for keeping Posey down on the farm last summer while the big league team often struggled to get ...

LeBron James Signing with the Los Angeles Lakers a Possibility?

Posted: 23rd March 2010 by Frank Gasper in NBA
As I'm sure all of you know, LeBron James will be a free agent this summer, and many teams will be pursuing the young freak-of-nature. Most people think he will stay with Cleveland or go to the Knicks or somewhere like that. My question is, has anybody considered the Lakers? LeBron and Kobe on the same team, including Pau Gasol, Ron Artest, and that whole team, would be near impossible to stop. The Lakers ...
  Running back Mike Bell is officially a Philadelphia Eagle. The New Orleans Saints declined to match the $1.7 million dollar offer sheet Bell signed early last week and therefore the Eagles can check one more spot of the list of immediate needs in the draft. Finally knowing that Mike Bell is an Eagle arises another question: who's the No. 3 running back on the depth chart? Bell is looking to take some of ...
Michael Redd is no longer leading the Bucks.  A new kid on the block has emerged to lead them to the playoffs. Michael Redd is and has always been one of my favorite players. He’s a lefty; I’m a lefty. But that’s not the only reason. Though through the years he’s been a scorer and has done little else, his ability to light up the scoreboard with one of the game’s ...
  According to the Pittsburgh Tribune—Review, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations has told Edward Garland, the attorney for Ben Roethlisberger, that a DNA sample from the Steelers quarterback would not be necessary. This is apparently the case, because they found no evidence of male DNA anywhere on the accuser. In his comments to the Tribune, Garland said, "Based on everything that I know and our own investigation, I believe that no charges should ...