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      NFL has 14 players suspended to start season, but MLB has steroids!

      September 7, 2010 /
      August 16, 2010: New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes (10) with a smile after missing a catch in the end zone during the NFL preseason game between the New York Giants and the New York Jets at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants beat the Jets, 31-16.

      One of the biggest double standards in all of sports is how the NFL gets a free pass when it comes to criticizing players for off-field problems, yet because baseball had the steroid era MLB players might as well be the devil reincarnate.

      Fourteen players will start the 2010 NFL season suspended:

      Ben Roethlisberger – wasn’t charged, but accused of sexual assault twice in one year

      Cary Williams – domestic dispute

      Quinn Ojinnaka – arrested and charged with battery, accused of throwing his wife down the stairs of their house and throwing her out

      Aqib Talib – punched a cab driver, charged with resisting arrest without violence and simple battery

      Jonathan Babineaux – substance abuse

      Robert James – PEDs

      Santonio Holmes – violated substance abuse policy

      Shawn Nelson – failed drug test (supposedly marijuana)

      LenDale White – failed drug test (supposedly marijuana)

      Vincent Jackson – two DUIs

      Leroy Hill – arrested on marijuana-possession charge

      Johnny Jolly – felony drug charge

      Brian Cushing – PEDs

      Gerald McRath – PEDs

      Let’s see, we’ve got battery, sexual assault, failed drug tests, PEDs and one punched cab driver. And yet somehow, Pacman Jones’ name didn’t make the list.

      When an NFL player is suspended, one of the first things that fans ask is, “How long will he be out for?”

      When a MLB player is caught using steroids, it’s: “He disrespected the game! Cut off his f**king hands! Prepare him for sacrifice to the baseball Gods!”

      Mark McGwire tried to get a job earlier this year as the Cardinals’ hitting coach and you would have sworn that he set a school on fire that happened to be next to a church, which also burned down. Yet Santonio Holmes is being viewed as the ultimate late round sleeper in fantasy football drafts because he’s going to be out for the first four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

      Look, I realize that steroids can have a profound effect on scared records, wins and whether or not players have an unnatural advantage over another player.

      But I’m sorry, steroids take a back seat to domestic violence, battery and sexual abuse. Wrong is wrong and cheating the game of baseball is definitely grounds for being scrutinized for the rest of your life but come on – NFL players are breaking the law and it’s not even Page 7B news anymore.

      The double standard between how NFL and MLB players are viewed is appalling.

      External Sports, MLB, NFL

      Defensive Team By Waiver Wire (DTBWW): Week 1

      September 7, 2010 /

      The strategy behind DTBWW is that each week you pick up a defense that is playing against a bad offense (preferably at home). And each week you get pretty good numbers out of your DT position.

      Last season, my top pick averaged 9.8 fantasy points per game. My second pick averaged 9.1 and my third pick averaged 7.3. On the whole, DTBWW averaged 9.3 fantasy points per game, which equate to DT5 numbers — all for the price of a few waiver wire pickups. In 2008, my top two picks averaged DT6-type numbers.

      Unlike Defensive Team By Committee (DTBC), which is for those owners who prefer low maintenance teams, DTBWW strategy allows fantasy owners to virtually ignore DTs on draft day and focus on picking up an extra RB/WR flier instead.

      To be eligible, defenses have to be available on the waiver wire in at least 40% of ESPN fantasy leagues.

      Pick #1: Miami Dolphins (@ BUF)
      I prefer to pick defenses playing at home, but I like the Dolphins this year and the Bills haven’t done much to upgrade the offense other than draft C.J. Spiller.

      Pick #2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (vs. CLE)
      The Bucs don’t project to be very good defensively this season, but anytime Jake Delhomme is lining up under the opposing center, we have to take notice.

      Pick #3: Arizona Cardinals (@ STL)
      The Cards have a middling defense, but they have a juicy matchup with a rookie QB and a depleted WR corps.

      Bonus picks: SD (@ KC), CHI (vs. DET)

      External Sports, Fantasy Football, NFL

      Albert Haynesworth has no future with the Redskins

      September 7, 2010 /
      Aug. 14, 2010 - Landover, Maryland, United States of America - 13 August, 2010:Washington Redskins Defensive Lineman ALBERT HAYNESWORTH.

      So now the Redskins have re-entered trade talks with the Titans for Albert Haynesworth.

      Fantastic. The never ending offseason death ride continues.

      I wonder if Mike Shanahan has the correct business hours for FedEx, because if he wanted to get rid of Hanyesworth so bad, he could have already shipped the mammoth defensive tackle out of town by now.

      ESPN’s Chris Mortensen says there is no deal in place yet between the Skins and Titans, because Tennessee feels that Washington’s asking price of two draft picks is too high. Quite frankly, I don’t blame the Titans for not giving into the Redskins’ demands considering a) Haynesworth hasn’t cracked the starting lineup yet and b) Shanahan clearly wants nothing to do with him.

      Why pay full price for something when the seller is willing to give the product away for less than what its worth? Washington can play hardball with Tennessee all it wants, but at the end of the day the Titans know that Shanahan doesn’t want Haynesworth on his roster, so all they have to do is show some patience and they’ll get the player they want for cheap.

      The best thing for the Redskins would be to trade Haynesworth for whatever they can get, even if it doesn’t wind up being fair value in return. This was Dan Snyder’s fault for paying a player $100 million and ignoring all the signs that came with said player. If he had bothered to do his homework, he would have taken a pass just like most owners and built his team through the draft for once.

      Nothing positive is going to come out of this Haynesoworth/Shanahan/Redskins fiasco, so Washington needs to cut its losses and move on.

      External Sports, NFL

      What’s the deal with Tom Brady’s hair?

      September 7, 2010 /

      Pats homer Bill Simmons wrote this in his recent column about Tom Brady’s new hairdo…

      Important note: A few weeks ago, all Patriots fans made a pact to pretend that Brady’s 2010 hairdo isn’t happening. We’re going to ignore it completely — even if his hair catches fire during a game and a referee puts it out with a challenge flag — and play dumb whenever you bust our balls about it. Which will probably be often. Just know this is the last time I will mention No. 12’s hair in 2010. In fact, what hair? Tom Brady changed his hair? I didn’t notice.

      He looks like he should be playing a gym teacher in one of the “Twilight” movies.

      External Sports, Fantasy Football, Humor, NFL

      Randy Moss needs a reality check when it comes to comments about contract

      September 7, 2010 /
      FOXBORO, MA - AUGUST 12: Randy Moss 81 of the New England Patriots chats with teammates on the sidelines during the preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at Gillette Stadium on August 12, 2010 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

      In an exclusive interview with CBSSports.com, this is what Randy Moss (who is entering the final year of his contract) had to say about not receiving an offer yet for a new deal:

      “When you have done so much and put so much work in, it kind of feels like I am not wanted,” Moss said in an exclusive interview with CBSSports.com. “I am taking that in stride and playing my final year out and whatever the future holds is what it holds, but it is kind of a bad feeling — feeling not wanted. It is not like my production has gone down. I am speaking from an individual standpoint. I don’t know about Tom [Brady’s] or whoever else’s contract.

      “I am a little older and understand the nature of the business — the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That’s the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.”

      Hey Randy, reality check, bud: If Tom Brady doesn’t have a new contract yet, then neither do you. So sit tight, show some patience and the Patriots will probably get around to you once the quarterback that has produced three Super Bowl rings gets his new deal.

      I can certainly understand that Moss is uneasy going into the final year of his current deal without the guarantee of a contract beyond this season. And I also understand that he’s been highly productive over the last couple of years and thus, has earned a new contract offer.

      But am I missing something here? Who was the guy that completely tanked in Oakland for two years before New England saved him? Oh, that was Randy Moss. Correct me if I’m wrong, but he still got paid for that monstrosity of an effort he put up with the Raiders, so excuse me for not shedding a tear for him because he doesn’t feel wanted.

      New England has long taken the approach that players have to earn every single contract they receive. That means Moss may have to go out and catch another 75 balls this season in order to get a new deal. So be it. Like he said, he understands the business side of the NFL, so if that’s what he has to do then that’s what he has to do.

      But not feeling wanted? Please. I wonder what the Raiders and there fans thought when they watched Moss give up on damn near every route in ran in 2005 and 2006.

      External Sports, NFL

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