Category: Fantasy Football (Page 306 of 324)

The moment we’ve all been waiting for since last winter is nearly here: fantasy football season is right around the corner.

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Meanwhile, have questions that need to be answered as you head into your draft? Wondering who the man will be in Indy now that Edge is in Arizona, or whether Eli Manning’s ready to become an elite fantasy QB? What’s going on with questionable backs like Cedric Benson, Chris Brown and Ahman Green? Got a keeper crunch? Post your questions here and we’ll give our thoughts.

We’ll be running weekly fantasy football Q&As through the start of the season, and we’ll continue to post fantasy threads through the season.

Here are some of the recent headlines from the NFL:

Denver Broncos

Mike Shannon has named Bell as his starting running back entering the Broncos first preseason game against the Detroit Lions on Friday.

Although a Bell was figured to be named starter, not many people thought it would be Mike Bell, an undrafted rookie free agent from Arizona. The young man has surpassed Tatum Bell (no relation) and Ron Dayne on Denver’s depth chart with his work ethic and physical style of running.

Mike Bell, however, has turned heads with his toughness. Bell rushed for 3,163 yards and 17 touchdowns at Arizona, but as recently as last week said he was just hoping to land a job.

Rookie quarterback Jay Cutler from Vanderbilt is moving up the depth chart in Denver. Cutler is now the No. 2 ranked quarterback on the Broncos’ depth chart.

Buffalo Bills

Also making headlines early this week is that the Buffalo Bills released three-year starter Jeff Posey on Monday.

Posey became expendable after losing his starting position to Angelo Crowell in team minicamps early this offseason. Crowell played so effectively in place of the injured Takeo Spikes last season that the Bills kept him in the starters roll following the ’05 season.

Posey will catch on somewhere, however, as his veteran leadership will be wanted in some NFL city. He recorded his best season in 2003 while registering 64 tackles, 5 ½ sacks and four forced fumbles for Buffalo.

Pittsburgh Steelers

In the stupidity section of NFL headlines comes Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive lineman Barrett Brooks, who allegedly fled from police on his motorcycle over the weekend.

The 34-year-old backup lineman for the Super Bowl champions was charged with fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, driving at an unsafe speed and other traffic violations Sunday. He was taken to Allegheny County Jail, according to Pittsburgh police Sgt. Dennis Washington.

Police said Brooks drove recklessly around a police car and didn’t stop, causing officers to chase him for about five minutes. Brooks also drove through a red traffic light and a stop sign, Washington said.
Brooks wasn’t intoxicated, but wasn’t wearing a helmet while on his motorcycle, police said.

Let me get this straight, Brooks wasn’t wearing a helmet? In the aftermath of the Ben Roethlisberger situation just a few short months ago, how can you be so utterly dumb? And to say that you weren’t fleeing is just as stupid. What were you doing than Brooks, pretending to be the invisible man for a new comic book movie?

Dallas Cowboys

On the injury front, the Dallas Cowboys have been without their two marquee names at wide receiver. Terrell Owens has been sidelined since last Wednesday when he tweaked his hamstring.

Terry Glenn also sat out practice Monday with blisters affecting his toes and feet. The Cowboys also announced today that they are working out former Eagles’ wide receiver Freddy Mitchell in camp this week.

Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota lost starting strong safety Tank Williams for the season. The free agent from the Titans fractured his knee while performing a back pedaling drill Vikings camp during last Saturday’s practice.

It marks the second time that Williams, 26, has sustained a serious injury to his left knee. In 2004, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament after starting the first nine contests and missed the balance of the season. He returned in 2005, started all 16 games, and registered career highs in solo tackles (65) and total tackles (83).

Dwight Smith, just signed after New Orleans’ released him just recently, will be the starter alongside of Pro Bowl free safety Darren Sharper.

Reggie Bush, chosen second overall by the New Orleans Saints, is unhappy with contract negotiations and is threatening to sit out the entire 2006 season and re-enter the draft in ’07. Much of the pre-draft speculation had him going #1 overall but the Texans chose DE Mario Williams instead. Bush now wants #1 money. In Yahoo sportswriter Jason Cole’s article, the Bush party is a little upset.

“No player has ever had the kind of leverage that Reggie Bush has right now,” the source said. “The Saints made it clear what they were willing to do before and now we’ll see if they’re going to get there.”

Reggie holding out for the whole season would only prove to be disasterous for a city that has already gone through enough with Hurricane Katrina. In Bush, the Saints were thought to be getting a player that could drastically change a franchise. Not only would Bush improve their football team, he would lighten the mood and bring much needed hope to a hurricane-devastasted city. After the drafting of Bush, ticket sales surely skyrocketed and the city was finally getting to be excited again about football. A holdout would disappoint thousands of fans and would almost be a slap in the face by Bush. As for Reggie himself, sitting out a year with no football would not be wise on his part. Missing a year of action on the field would clearly not be beneficial for him.

Big Ben has been upgraded to fair condition.

Roethlisberger’s condition from serious but stable to fair; and they say he could get out of the hospital in the next three to five days.

While he suffered a fractured upper and lower jaw, a fractured nose, as well as other facial fractures and head lacerations, doctors say there was no evidence of major structural damage to his knees.

Although he did suffer a mild concussion, his brain was functioning normally.

This is good news, although it’s unclear how long his injuries will keep him off the football field. I think most of his friends and family are just happy that he’s alive.

Pending a physical, Steve McNair will be traded to the Baltimore Ravens.

Permission for the physical was given by the Tennessee Titans, who have a contract with McNair.

If McNair passes the physical, a trade between the Ravens and the Titans will take place.

Results from McNair’s physical are not expected to be completed until tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

McNair’s presence will instantly improve the Ravens’ offense, enhancing the value of Todd Heap, Mark Clayton and, of course, Derrick Mason.