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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Studs, Sleepers & Snoozers For Week 13 In The NFL

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QB
Stud – Peyton Manning
Manning makes a return trip to the stud spot with a very enticing matchup vs. Cleveland this week. The Browns best defense will be ball control and that’s something that their offense isn’t very good at, so look for the Colts to do plenty of damage.
Sleeper – Brett Favre
Favre has been playing fairly well as of late, but he could really break out this week. Denver has been suspect on defense for the majority of the year and the Jets passing game is really starting to open up with the emergence of Dustin Keller.
Snoozer – Daunte Culpepper
The Culpepper experiment hasn’t been awful, but it hasn’t been a success either. There is a theory that the Lions always step it up on Thanksgiving Day because it’s like their Super Bowl. That’s not the case when the Titans defense comes to town.
WR
Stud – Roddy White
White was relatively quiet on Sunday after several weeks of trying to prove that he’s the best receiver in football. This week the Falcons will head to San Diego to take on a very suspect Chargers pass defense.
Sleeper – Justin Gage
Gage had 2 big weeks, but was a disappointment last week in what should have been a nice matchup. He’ll head to Detroit on Thursday, so he should have plenty of chances to find pay dirt.
Snoozer – Randy Moss
Moss is back on the radar after his 3 TD performance on Sunday, but don’t expect the Steelers to leave him in single coverage. Pittsburgh plays the pass very well and even if Cassel has time to throw, Moss won’t be willing to risk a big hit from Troy Polamalu.
RB
Stud – Adrian Peterson
It’s tough to figure out what Brad Childress is thinking when it comes to his use of AP, but he always gets his touches in the end. Minnesota takes on a Bears defense that got shredded by Ryan Grant. That’s good news for Peterson.
Sleeper – Chris Johnson
Johnson was a non-factor against a solid Jets rush defense last week, but that’s good news for this week. He received only 10 carries so he’s well rested for his date with a porous Lions defensive unit.
Snoozer – Matt Forte
This is a tough spot to list the talented rookie, especially after coming off of a huge game vs. St. Louis. The problem is that he’s facing a very solid Vikings defense and the Bears have started to go with other options on the goal line. There are better options this week.
K
Stud – Matt Bryant
Bryant will maintain his stud status until he proves me wrong. He only notched one field goal last week, but it was a long one. He also racked up a decent amount of extra points. Tampa should have plenty of scoring chances against a weak Saints defense.
Sleeper – Stephen Gostkowski
The Patriots will certainly have trouble moving the ball against the Steelers, but this feels like one of those games that they can get into FG range and not much further.
Snoozer – Jason Hanson
Hanson is usually one of the only useful Lions on a given week, but it’s hard to imagine the Lions sustaining a drive long enough to get him any chances this week.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Michael Vick Legacy

You ever see the show Dexter on Showtime? Well, I’ve been rather obsessed with it of late and I thought I might nominate a particular target for everyone’s favorite serial killer. Now, maybe a little back story: Dexter Morgan is an “orphaned” child who is raised by a noble Miami Police Officer. Early in Dexter’s life, Harry, Dexter’s foster father, realizes that Dexter has an uncontrollable psychological urge to kill, one that cannot be cured with things like therapy. So Harry, feeling attached to this boy, begins to find ways to channel his “son’s” urges toward good. He teaches him to be a perfect, uncatchable murderer, but the only condition is, he can only kill those who take innocent lives and manage to escape justice.

Now read this excerpt from a recent Associated Press story:

“Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down.”
This of course is testimony from someone called “confidential witness Number 1” and his account may be subject to some scrutiny given the fact that he is operating under anonymity. However, reading that, picturing that, can you say that Michael Vick doesn’t sound like a sadistic, vicious murderer? I’m not trying to go all PETA on you I swear. I’m not operating under the precondition to “defend those who cannot defend themselves.” All I’m saying is, picturing that, and then looking at Michael Vick’s face, can you honestly say that you wouldn’t let out a big exhale of relief if Michael Vick suddenly disappeared?
Obviously no one is condoning murder, but it’s one of those human conditions where the end justifies the mysterious means. If these allegations are true, if confidential witness Number 1 wasn’t just blowing smoke up all of our asses, if Michael Vick suddenly disappeared, is there one person out there reading this (all 6 of you) that would actually have a vested interest in finding him?
Now when the whole Michael Vick thing came down, there were a lot of voices, the talking heads, which were saying that it was unjust for people to so harshly judge Michael Vick for his role in a dogfighting operation. Dogs aren’t humans after all, and killers of dogs aren’t real murderers. To counter, I present this, my psychological analysis for why dogs are so beloved in our society. The first reason is joy, whether we work for their affection or not, dogs have an innate ability to bring people joy and pleasure. The second reason is key, dependency. It’s a natural human reaction to be more emotionally invested in those things that are dependent on you. A properly bred and broken house dog is completely dependent on his owner. Harm done to your dog is harm done to you, just like a child. Right or wrong, rationally or irrationally, that is why people are so taken aback by what Michael Vick did. That is why most people would quietly support any action taken against him. That is why no one is in any hurry to get one of the greatest athletes alive on their football team any time soon.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Did he really just say that?

Did he really just say that?

It’s not uncommon for a professional athlete or coach to give the media a sound clip that will be played for years to come.

How many times have we heard Jim Mora’s rant about the Colts making the playoffs?

How many times have we heard Allen Iverson downplay the importance of practice?

Terrell Owens, Randy Moss or Chad Johnson can usually be counted on to say something that we can talk about all week, but we have a newcomer to the group.

Donovan McNabb didn’t know that there were ties in the NFL???

"I've never been a part of a tie. I never even knew that was in the rule book," he said after Sunday’s game. "It's part of the rules, and we have to go with it. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game. But unfortunately, with the rules, we settled with a tie."

Are you kidding me? He’s been in the league for 10 years and the last tie was in 2002. You could argue that players don’t pay attention to the outcome of other games, but McNabb and the Eagles actually played the Falcons that season after Atlanta had taken part in that tie.

Andy Reid tried to defend his signal caller by saying that there are rules that players don’t know about, but I’m not buying that excuse. We’re not talking about some obscure rule about laterals or if there is a 10 second runoff on a false start in the last 2 minutes of a game. Just because ties don’t happen often, doesn’t excuse McNabb on this one.

One thing is for sure…Donovan won’t forget that ties are possible because he’ll hear his sound bit well after he’s done playing in the NFL.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Is It Really That Hard To Coach In The NFL?

By The Sports Consigliere

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder what is so hard about life as an NFL coach.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t discredit that they have a hard job and it takes a lot of preparation in the week leading up to the game. However, I find myself scratching my head at situations that really don’t seem that difficult, yet still get screwed up.

It would be easy to throw someone like Herm Edwards under the bus for going for the win vs. San Diego. When Shannahan does it and succeeds, it’s a gutsy call. When Edwards fails, it was the wrong decision. I don’t fault the choice and as Herm says, “you play to win the game.”

There have been 2 scenarios over the past week that I just can’t seem to comprehend.

The first situation came on Monday night as the 49ers drove down the field for the win.

Shaun Hill was doing a remarkable job hooking up with his playmakers and got the ball all the way down to the 2-yard line. As they begin to change out their package, I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t just spike the ball. They get the goal line group in and catch them off guard by running…a spike??? What kind of clock mismanagement leads to wasting 25 seconds while switching out personnel only to spike the ball anyway?

So there they sit, a few feet from a victory with enough time to call any play. They choose a run with Frank Gore and he comes up just shy. While the play is under review, Martz and Co. had plenty of time to come up with a genius call that would lead to the game winning score with no time left on the clock.

The ball is placed down and the clock begins to tick. Hill is set for what will surely be some sort of bootleg that gives him a run/pass option. He takes the snap and runs a dive to Michael Robinson?!?!

If I’m calling plays for a team that has a mobile quarterback, a great RB, some decent wide receivers and a solid TE, I’m certainly not running a dive with my backup running back.

Is it really that hard?

The 2nd scenario happened just last night.

The New York Jets defensive backs did a great job of shutting Randy Moss down, all night long. Well, almost all night long.

Through the first 59 minutes and 52 seconds, the Jets had bumped, jammed and annoyed Moss as he tried to release from the line. They would stand him up for the first couple of yards and by that time, Moss simply didn’t feel like finishing his route. You could see it on every snap during the final New England dive.

There was no way that the Jets were going to allow Moss to run by them and get room to roam. So why would they change that strategy on the last play? What would make you think that it was suddenly a good time to give him a 7-yard cushion?

About 7 seconds after I starred at the top of my screen and wondered why he wasn’t being jammed, the game was tied.

Being that the Jets went on to win in OT, most people will forget that play. I’ll continue to wonder if it’s really that hard.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Spaceball's Fav 5 For Week 11 In The NFL

Quarterback

Peyton Manning Vs. Houston

Manning has been very impressive in his last three starts and torched a Pittsburgh’s defense last week for 240 Yards and 3 touchdowns! Manning finally got his groove back and I’m looking for him to have a monster game against the Texans this week!
Projection: 320 Yards & 3 Touchdowns

Running Back

Frank Gore Vs. St. Louis

Gore just missed eclipsing the 100 yard mark last week and has 90 + rushing yards in his last 2 games. Shaun Hill is much better under center than J.T. O’Sullivan and defenses are forced to respect the 49ers passing game now. St. Louis has one of the worst defenses in football, so get ready for a career day from F.G.
Projection: 175 Yards & 2 Touchdowns

Wide Receiver

Steve Smith Vs. Detroit

In Madden, you could control Detroit’s defense to give them a shot at stopping Carolina’s Panthers passing attack this week. In reality,expect Might Mouse to torch Detroit’s secondary for a minimum of 125 yards on Sunday. Steve Smith has been smok’n hot since he’s returned to the playing field and he’s going to want to make people forget his stats ( 1 catch for 9 yards) in last weeks game against the Raiders!
Projection: 145 Yards & 2 Touchdowns

Wide Receiver

Marques Colston Vs. Kansas City

May Day, May Day….We have a Marques Colston signting & he’s finally arrived! Colston had a coming out party against the Falcons in week 10 by catching 7 passes for 140 receiving yards. Colston looks like he’s finally healthy, so get ready for him to put up some big numbers this week in the most pass heavy offense in the greatest show on turf.
Projection: 110 Yards & 2 Touchdowns

Kicker

Jason Elam Vs. Denver

Doesn’t everybody love to get a shot to prove to their old employer that they made a mistake for letting them go? Elam is kicking behind a resurgent Falcons offense right now and he’s going to have plenty of scoring opportunities in a game that’s going to replicate last week’s high scoring affair between the Browns & Broncos.
Projection: 3 Field Goals & 3 Extra Points

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Week 10 Review In The All American Touchdown Derby

More (President-Elect) Obama For Yo Mama! is still leading the All-American Touchdown Derby, but things are starting to get a bit more interesting.

MOFYM has 137 touchdowns although the lead has been trimmed to just 2 scores.

Packers Nation is in hot pursuit with 135 touchdowns and South Side Strikers isn’t far back with 134 TD.

Rocket Launchers is holding firm with 131 passing touchdowns and Air Assasins jumps into the Top 5 with 128 TD.

Philip Rivers has some company.

After a huge Monday night showing, Kurt Warner has tied Rivers with 19 scoring strikes.

Jay Cutler blew up on Thursday and sits in 3rd place. He’s tied with Drew Brees and each player has 18 TD.

Brett Favre practiced his handoffs all game long, but still managed one TD and that put him at 16 on the year.

Peyton Manning turned in a solid performance and sits alone in 6th place.

Little brother Eli and Tony Romo are one touchdown back, with 14 each.

Donovan McNabb was able to find the end zone this week, but Aaron Rodgers was not and they each have 13 scores.

Matt Ryan continues his bid for Rookie of the Year and now has 12 touchdowns.

The logjam for 12th place consists of Ben Roethlisberger, Kyle Orton, Gus Frerotte, Matt Schaub and Jake Delhomme. Each player has 10 touchdowns.

The biggest mover this week was Tyler Thigpen. He vaulted into a tie for 27th courtesy of his 3 touchdown game vs. the Chargers.

Carson Palmer continues to slide down the board, but early word is that Matt Hasselbeck has a good chance to add to his TD total in Week 11.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Nick Anthony's Free NFL Picks

Nick Anthony’s Sunday Selections

New Orleans Vs. Atlanta
Spread: Falcons - 1
The Play: New Orleans - 1
Nick Anthony’s 5 Star Play Of The Day!

Tennessee Vs. Chicago
Spread: Titans - 3
The Play: Bars + 3

Detroit Vs. Jacksonville
Spread: Jaguars - 6.5
The Play: Lions + 6.5

Seattle Vs. Miami
The Spread: Dolphins - 9
The Play: Seahawks + 9

Green Bay Vs. Minnesota
The Spread: Vikings - 2.5
The Play: Vikings - 2.5

Buffalo Vs. New England
The Spread: Patriots - 3.5
The Play: Patriots - 3.5
Nick Anthony’s 5 Star Play Of The Day!

St. Louis Vs. New York Jets
The Spread: Jets - 9
The Play: Jets - 9

Baltimore Vs. Houtson
The Spread: Texans -1
The Play: Baltimore + 1
Nick Anthony’s 5 Star Play Of The Day!

Carolina Vs. Oakland
The Spread: Panthers - 9
The Play: Panthers - 9

Pittsburgh Vs. Indianapolis
The Spread: Steelers - 4
The Play: Colts + 4
Nick Anthony’s 5 Star Play Of The Day!

San Diego Vs. Kansas City
The Spread: Chargers - 14.5
The Play: Chiefs + 14.5

Philadelphia Vs. New York Giants
The Spread: Eagles - 3
The Play: Put Everything you’ve got on the G-Men!!!
Nick Anthony’s Play Of The Day!

San Francisco Vs. Arizona
The Spread: Cardinals - 9.5
The Play: 49ers + 9.5

Nick Anthony Went 12 & 3 last week in the NFL; raising his overall win percentage to 57% this NFL season…Wow!!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

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Hi there and welcome to Spaceball Football. This year you can hear me on a variety of radio stations all over the country!

Who am I? I'm the expert with an attitude. I'm the expert with a sense of humor. But then again, nobody said experts had to be boring.

In addition to my show and guest appearances on Morning and Afternoon drive shows during the week, I was also tapped by the Chicago Sun Times to write a weekly column. At my 1st ever Fantasy Football convention, over 500 men came out to talk about their upcoming drafts. (For the record - this was as Peyton Manning was coming off his 28 interception rookie season.and I told everyone to keep him as he was going to be bigger than huge). By the time I took over ESPN Radio in Chicago, Fantasy Football was a mainstay in the city.
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In much the same manner that Batman never revealed who he was in real life, I cannot either, however in my real life identity - I was the one who introduced the game to the general sports public some 20 years ago when I was running the Chicago sports radio station WSCR-AM (The Score) by hosting a Sunday morning Fantasy Football show. Fans would call as early as 5:30a and hold up to 45 minutes for the chance to ask my opinion on whom they should play that day.

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