As Anthony Stalter reported earlier, the Seahawks have acquired Deion Branch. This gives the Seahawks another talented receiver and the team has more depth at the position than they’ve ever had in Mike Holmgren’s tenure. From a fantasy standpoint, it’s tough to see how this move is a good thing for either Darrell Jackson or Nate Burleson. D-Jax is coming off a knee injury, and even though he looked pretty good on Sunday, this move could be seen as a lack of faith in his durability. The team just awarded Nate Burleson with a big contract, and by most accounts he’s had a great preseason – so why the trade for Branch? D-Jax and Burleson owners should watch this situation closely…Mike Bell ran well against the Rams after fracturing a finger. Thus far, the injury doesn’t appear to be too serious, but it’s worth noting…Joe Jurevicius will miss 4-6 weeks with a rib injury…T.J. Houshmandzadeh is targeting Week 2 for his return. Chris Henry was surprisingly awful filling in for Housh – the receiver only caught one ball for –5 yards…Trent Green left Sunday’s game with a head injury, but apparently recovered quickly. He is expected to miss some time, and shouldn’t be back in action until after the team’s 9/24 bye week. In the meantime, Damon Huard will take over, which will hurt the values of all the Chiefs’ offensive players – except for Tony Gonzalez. Gonzo might see an uptick in targets if the young QB looks underneath more than Green did…Reggie Williams started ahead of Ernest Wilford, catching six passes for 47 yards and a touchdown. Wilford got plenty of snaps, catching three passes for 58 yards…It looks like the Panthers are going to stick with DeShaun Foster until he falls apart. DeAngelo Williams didn’t get a single carry on Sunday.
Month: September 2006 (Page 19 of 30)
Texas head coach Mack Brown is quoted in a recent ESPN.com article stating that he hates the new college football rules regarding the clock.
Brown said Monday during the weekly Big 12 teleconference that the new rules, which were designed to limit the time of games, hurt the No. 8 Longhorns in Saturday’s loss to No. 1 Ohio State.
“They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything,” Brown said. “I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over.”
So, you’re telling me that you waited until six minutes were left in the game to do anything on offense? It’s not like you didn’t have time to prepare for the new rules – your Long Horns seemed to have no problem putting up 56 points on North Texas two weeks ago under the same game clock.
Plus, your team took advantage of a technicality in a rule with that helmet-to-helmet hit on Colt McCoy to lead to your only points.
Sorry Mack, the game was over when you didn’t have a solid plan in place to limit Troy Smith throwing the ball all over your depleted secondary.
With just a nine-point offensive showing against the Lions yesterday and Darrell Jackson battling with chronic knee problems, the Seahawks traded a first overall pick in 2007 for former Patriots wide out Deion Branch.
The Seahawks, along with the New York Jets, had fashioned a contract agreement with Branch before the season, agreeing to a six-year, $39 million deal that would have paid him $13 million in combined bonuses and about $23 million in the first three years of the contract. Neither team, however, could satisfy the demands of the Patriots, who were seeking first- and middle-round choices as compensation at the time, and the deadline set by New England passed without a trade.
This was a deal that both teams had to make in my opinion.
Jackson has some durability issues for Seattle, but if he can get healthy, the Seahawks have a deep rotation at receiver. Even though Branch took some heat from the media for holding out, he is a strong locker room guy and a Super Bowl MVP. Seattle also has a solid possession receiver in Bobby Engram and acquired Nate Burleson in the offseason from Minnesota.
The Patriots have been known to let free agents in demand of a new contract walk because they seem to consistently get players who overachieve for less money. New England does a nice job of turning draft picks into starters and since the Patriots weren’t going to fork over a lot of money for Branch anyway, why not get a No. 1 pick? They were never going to get a first and middle-round pick for Branch.
Do yourself a favor and go to FOX Sports’ “Funhouse” page.
Click on the video feature in the top right corner with Frank Caliendo made up to look like James Brown. After a quick ad, the link will take you to a video clip of Joe Buck prefacing Calindeno’s predictions for four NFL games.
After hailing Caliendo’s 65% pick rate last year – including 8-1 in playoffs mind you –
Calindeno goes on to give out these beauties:
Denver over St. Louis
Tampa Bay over Baltimore
Carolina over Atlanta
Here’s the kicker though: Cincinnati over Kansas City was his “upset special”.
Upset special? Freaking Cincinnati over Kansas City is an “upset special”? That’s like having the Jets over the Titans in your upset special or Steelers over Dolphins, because hey, the line was even.
I like Caliendo’s impressions, but come on hoss, you got to do better than 1-4. Plus your upset special is a team that won its division last year over a squad who hasn’t figured out its defense and whose offensive line is in turmoil?
Wow Frank, way to go out on a limb.
Indianapolis 26, NY Giants 21
It’s fair to say that this game lived up to the hype, considering the Giants had a shot to win the game on their final drive. I wrote in my NFL Game of the Week on Bullz-Eye.com that Peyton Manning would limit New York’s pass rush with his quick throws. Despite one sack in the first half, the Colts kept the Giants out of their backfield all night and that proved to be huge with Indy only netting 55 total rushing yards.
This game came down to the Giants shooting themselves in the foot with penalties and turnovers. The Colts capitalized on New York’s miscues all night and really, Indy was lucky to win a game in which they only got a 2.4 YPC average from its running backs. Twenty-nine yards on 16 carries Dominic Rhodes? Ouch.
Most impressed with: Eli Manning actually. The interception he threw near the end of the game was hideous (but so was that pass interference call on Tim Carter the play before it), but he looked comfortable for the most part in the pocket and out-dueled bigger brother Peyton as far as QB-rating is concerned. He also distributed the ball around to all of his weapons and threw two touchdowns to go along with 247 yards passing.
I was also impressed with Tiki Baber. How could you not? All the talk about Barber not being able to be the everything-man again this season just sounds ridiculous now. First game right? I know, I know, but he looked fresh, ran the ball hard, displayed nice hands on dump-offs from Eli and that leap over a Colts would-be tackler in the second half was just down right sweet.
How about Marvin Harrison too? Nine catches for 113 yards and stays in the game after he gets shaken up late in the fourth. Consummate pro all the time.
Least impressed with: Dwight Freeney had one assist tonight tackling – that’s it. I know that Freeney was battling with a lower leg contusion, but Giants’ tackle Luke Petitgout owned him all night.
Hey Mike Vanderjagt, Peyton wants you to see one stat line from tonight:
Adam Vinatieri: 4 for 4 in field goals with a long of 48.
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