Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreat story in this week’s NY Times Magazine on life as an undrafted NFL Free Agent: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/the-hard-life-of-an-nfl-long-shot.html?pagewanted=all
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday was my annual Fantasy Football Draft. A rundown of my league rules/settings: http://justtaptheglass.com/post/10556240965/fantasy-team-roster Here’s my roster:
Reading Time: < 1 minutehttp://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2012/06/americas-coming-depression.html Excellent article. A financial, ethical, and social dilemma looming over American Football.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the NFL draft around the corner, it’s time to dust off one of my favorite videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxNeFLuY98 My favorite clip is at the :35 mark. “Oh no!” As a Jets fan, I can feel his agony. If your team drafted a fullback in the first round, you’d be angry, too. The NY Jets, one
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was knocked out in Round 2 of the fantasy playoffs. Devastating. Nicks had a couple of TD drops and Manning threw three picks. That didn’t help.[[MORE]] Final Score: 81 – 103 I did manage to win the ‘3rd place’ game, netting a nice consolation prize. The team that beat me in the 2nd round (#1
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA week 13 win secured my place in the postseason (#4 seed). It’s playoff time. I’m into the second round after a comfortable “94-64” victory over the fifth seed. Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, and Jake Ballard keyed my Sunday night surge. Notable Adds: Demaryius Thomas Damian Williams Jake Ballard Denver Defense (they’ve been playing well)
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy record now stands at 6-4 (third place in the standings). I’ve gone 5-1 since the dreadful 0-3 start. Save for an embarrassing loss to an 0-6 team in week 7, it’s been a very good run. Key Additions: Tim Tebow Denarius Moore Vincent Brown Key Drops: Nate Washington Michael Bush (this was painful) Christian
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter a disastrous 0-3 start, I’m back to .500. I rattled off three wins in a row with an average point score of 106 (league average is in the mid 70’s). Notable adds since Week 3: Matt Cassel (No Charles/ weak defense = More Passing Plays. Favorable matchup.) Nate Washington Cincy Defense Notable drops: Arizona
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“Are you ready for some football?!” The classic Monday Night Football introduction song was pulled when Hank Williams compared the prospect of Speaker of The House John Boehner and President Obama meeting to “Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu”. His comments were met with a tidal wave of shock, anger, and cries
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m a big fan of fantasy football. I run two leagues: one with an entry fee, the other a free league. Both leagues feature managers that are friends, family or sports fans who like my performance as a commissioner. I’ll focus on the “money league” here. Notable Differences from Standard-Scoring Leagues: Sun-Tuesday Waiver System: All free
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