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      Is a NFL lockout coming in 2011?

      December 28, 2009 /

      The NFL is heading for an uncapped 2010 season, but according to Yahoo! Sports (via Profootballtalk.com), the popular league might be dangerously close to a lockout in 2011.

      So it’s no shocker to hear, via ProFootballTalk, that the conversations that the two sides are having about the collective-bargaining agreement are reportedly going “poorly.” There are once-optimistic players who are now thinking that a lockout is coming in 2011.

      The supposed deadline for a new CBA to be worked out is March of next year. The old CBA got chucked aside when the owners decided to opt out of it in the spring of 2008.

      The people most affected by a 2011 lockout would the fans. The NFL is wildly popular, but people are already turned off by how much athlete’s are making in a poor economy. If they wind up holding out because the NFLPA and the league can’t strike a new CBA deal, then the NFL will lose fans just like the MLB did when baseball held a strike in the mid 90s.

      I couldn’t imagine a year without football and I don’t want to. Hopefully the NFLPA is realistic with its demands and we will see a cap in place in 2010. If that can’t happen, then let’s hope a deal is struck in March of next year so we’ll have football in the fall of 2011.


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      Fantasy Fallout: Week 16

      December 28, 2009 /

      Tom Brady & Randy Moss
      This duo came through in a big way in Week 16. Brady threw for 267 yards and four TD while Moss had 4-45 and three TD. Moss also came up pretty big in Week 15 (5-70-1), but anyone that had Brady going that week probably wasn’t playing in the title game in Week 16. (He only threw for 115 yards and a TD against the Bills.)

      Matt Ryan & Roddy White
      I own a few leagues with a buddy of mine and we were in a quandary at QB. We had Jay Cutler and Matt Cassel on our roster, but neither guy was very appealing this week. Cutler seems to have given up on the season and Cassel had a bad matchup against a good Bengals defense. Matt Ryan and Josh Freeman were on the waiver wire and we ended up going with Freeman because he had been quite solid since taking over as the starter in Tampa. We figured that a matchup with the Saints would offer plenty of opportunity to throw. Besides, Ryan was facing the Bills who had been great against opposing QBs in recent weeks. Well, we should have gone with Matty Ice. He threw for 250 yards and three TD, and we would have won had we plugged him in. His favorite target, Roddy White, also rewarded owners that stuck with him after he had averaged 3-37 over the last two weeks. He posted 8-139-2 against the Bills, and will be the difference in more than a few championship games this week.

      Todd Heap
      All Heap did the last two weeks was catch seven balls for 93 yards and four TD. That’s right — four TD. Funny story: In my auction league, when Owen Daniels went down midseason and I unwisely gambled all of my bidding bucks on Chris Cooley’s failed comeback attempt, I ended up trading away Laurence Maroney for Todd Heap, and I didn’t start him in Week 15 or Week 16. What can I say? The guy averaged 2.5-28-0.0 the previous four weeks. Who knew he’d catch four TD in the next two games? Anyone forced to start him got a nice surprise in the fantasy playoffs.

      Jonathan Stewart
      It must have been a tough week to have DeAngelo Williams and not have Stewart as a backup. He had 28 carries for 206 yards and a TD against a Giants team that desperately needed a win. That’s impressive. In Week 15, he had 109 yards and a score against the Vikings, who have one of the best rush defenses in the league. Let this be a lesson to those owners who draft Williams next season — you better get Stewart as insurance.

      Donovan McNabb & Brent Celek
      The Eagles almost lost the game, but McNabb posted a great line that probably won a few fantasy championships this week. He had 322 yards, three TD and also ran for 29 yards. As a result, Celek was a difference-maker at TE this week. He went for 4-121-1, catching a 47-yard pass from McNabb in the second quarter.

      Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark & Joseph Addai
      We were all ready to bench our Indy studs in Week 16, figuring that they’d play maybe a half of football before leaving the game. But then Manning tells Rachel Nichols this morning that he thinks he would play a full game if it stayed competitive. Suddenly, fantasy owners were scrambling to get these Colts back in the lineup. Sure enough, midway through the third with the game still very competitive, Indy pulled its starters. Manning finished with 192 yards and zero TD, Addai with 40 yards and a TD, Clark with 4-57 and Wayne with 3-33. Fantasy owners with Addai or Clark in their starting lineups probably got by with their limited output, but those that had Manning or Wayne found themselves behind the eight ball.


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      Watch Mason Raymond’s crazy shot

      December 28, 2009 /

      The whole video is actually of Raymond’s first career hat trick. The lucky shot comes at the 18-second mark. Raymond already has 29 points this season for the Vancouver Canucks. He improves by the year and is now a key player on the Canuck’s roster.

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      Are the Eagles the most dangerous team in the NFC?

      December 27, 2009 /

      For most of the 2009 season, fans and pundits alike have gushed about the Saints and the Vikings being the best teams in the NFC, which they have been.

      But are the Eagles the team to be feared the most in the NFC now? Think about it: With their 30-27 win over the Broncos on Sunday, Philly has rattled off six in a row and for the most part, have spanked every team they’ve played. In comparison, the Saints have lost two in a row and the Vikings have dropped two of their last three.

      No team wants to go into Philadelphia and play the Eagles in the playoffs; it’s a hostile environment and the team feed off their fans. And personally, I think Philly is one of those teams that can walk into Minnesota and New Orleans and not fear the Vikings or Saints.

      That said, it’s been the same ol’ song and dance for the Eagles for years. Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb have tortured fans by peaking at the right time, heading into the playoffs with momentum and then choking in the NFC Championship Game. So the Eagles might be the hottest team at the moment, but it doesn’t mean anything if they can’t sustain it and make it to the Super Bowl; their fans won’t settle for anything less.

      Their win over the Broncos on Sunday was hard fought, although they did turn the ball over three times, which kept Denver in the game. Still, McNabb completed 20 of 35 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns. Philly also held the Broncos to only 241 total yards, including just 70 rushing yards.

      We’ll see if the Eagles can take a win like this and build momentum, or if they’ll flounder again in the postseason.

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      Should the Patriots still be feared?

      December 27, 2009 /

      For a month and a half, the Patriots have looked average to below average every week. They were smacked by the Saints in late November, lost a tightly contested battle in Miami the following week, and then won back-to-back games against the Panthers and Bills in lackluster fashion.

      But their 35-7 rout of the Jaguars (a playoff contender, mind you) on Sunday begs the question of whether or not the Patriots are still feared. With all due respect to the Steelers, New England has been the team of the decade and is always dangerous in the postseason. They’re also somewhat flying under the radar because they haven’t looked particularly great, but have won three in a row and might be building some confidence again.

      That said, it’s no surprise that the Patriots beat the snot out of the Jaguars today. They’ve beaten Jacksonville the last four times the two teams have played and have outscored the Jags 110-57 in those four games. They just match up well with Jacksonville and they proved it again today.

      My eyes tell me that this isn’t the same Patriots team that has trampled the competition in the past, even with their impressive win today. But with Tom Brady under center and Bill Belichick patrolling the sideline, my gut wonders if this isn’t a team (which has had a ton of success in the postseason) peaking at the right time and that could sneak up on the opposition in the playoffs two weeks from now.

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