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      Aaron Rodgers vs. Drew Brees vs. Peyton Manning

      July 28, 2010 /
      Feb. 07, 2010 - Miami, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - epa02020884 New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees warms up on the field at Sun Life Stadium prior to the start of Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Florida, USA, 07 February 2010. The New Orleans Saints will play the Indianapolis Colts in american football's annual championship game.

      In our position preview, I ranked the top three fantasy QBs this way: 1) Drew Brees, 2) Aaron Rodgers and 3) Peyton Manning.

      We may be splitting hairs here. These are the top three QBs heading into the season and you can’t go wrong with any of them. But I’d take Brees first and here’s why:

      1. He’s always playing in Week 16.
      Peyton Manning has put up some monster numbers in W16 in recent years. 364 yards and 3 TD in 2008, 311 yards and 3 TD in 2007, and 205 yards and 3 TD in 2006. But he also had just 192 yards and zero TD against the Jets last year and a 116-yard, zero-TD performance in a meaningless game against the Seahawks in 2005. Sometimes the Colts’ Week 16 games don’t matter and when that happens, Manning isn’t going to play a whole hell of a lot. Drew Brees (and Aaron Rodgers) are far more likely to be in a meaningful Week 16 game.

      2. He plays indoors in Week 16.
      Not only does Brees have a nice matchup with the Falcons in the cozy Georgia Dome in Week 16, he also has the Rams at home in Week 14, which is often the first week of the fantasy playoffs. He does have the Ravens on the road in Week 15, so it’s not all rosy for Brees. Conversely, Rodgers has the Lions indoors in Week 14 (!!!), but then he has two tough, cold weather games at New England and at home against the Giants. If there’s a title on the line, I’d rather that weather not be a factor.

      3. He has an easier schedule this year.
      According to Footballguys’ strength of schedule, Brees has an improved schedule while Rodgers’ projects to be tougher. (Manning has the easiest of the three, but that would only increase the chances that he’ll be limited in Week 16.)

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      2010 NFL Question Marks: Baltimore Ravens

      July 28, 2010 /
      Baltimore Ravens' Ed Reed warms-up prior to his game against the Washington Redskins at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on August 13, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Photo via Newscom

      Merry training camp season, everyone. It’s been a long offseason, but football is finally gearing up again and to celebrate I’m rolling out a new series on TSR entitled “2010 NFL Question Marks,” where I discuss one or two of the biggest concerns that teams have heading into the new season. Granted, some teams have more issues than others, but I’ll primarily be focusing on the biggest problem areas. First up is the Baltimore Ravens and their question marks surrounding their secondary.

      After dismantling the Patriots in the postseason last year, Raven fans are more excited about the team’s Super Bowl hopes this season than I am about “Shark Week” every year. (I think it goes without saying that sharks are the greatest fish, human and/or breathing organism on the planet. I mean, they’re sharks.)

      And who could blame the Baltimore faithful? Joe Flacco is heading into his third season (which is the year when things are supposed to really “click” for players), Ray Rice is on the verge of superstardom and the passing game added a legitimate No. 1 wideout this offseason thanks to Ozzie Newsome’s trade for Anquan Boldin.

      But just like all 32 teams at this time of year, the Ravens have some concerns and most of theirs lie within the secondary.

      First and foremost, Ed Reed isn’t healthy and that’s a huge problem. At 31, some note that he isn’t as physical as he was earlier in his career, but the guy can still cover ground with the best of them. His ability to read what formation an offense comes out in, bait the quarterback into making a poor throw and then actually make a play on the ball is unrivaled. In fact, I wouldn’t hesitate to say he was the best coverage safety in the league last year, along with Arizona’s Adrian Wilson.

      But again, he’s also hurt. The Ravens recently placed him on the active/Physically Unable to Perform list and he’s a candidate to miss the first six weeks of the season as he continues to battle a hip injury. He missed four games last year and the Ravens still made the playoffs, but playing without him isn’t something the team wants to make a habit of.

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      Take Sasha Vujacic…please!

      July 28, 2010 /

      Brian Windhorst is reporting that the Lakers are trying to move Sasha Vujacic:

      Sources said Lakers are trying to trade Sasha Vujacic wfirst round pick to get his salary off books. They tried to do it for Delonte West.

      IMO, Vujacic is hands down the most annoying player in the league. If I were running a team, the Lakers would have to include Pau Gasol or his girlfriend, Maria Sharapova, in the deal to get me to take on his contract/personality.

      After a reasonably decent 2007-08 — 8.8 ppg, 44% 3PT — Sasha averaged 2.8 ppg and 31% from 3PT last season. The only productive thing he did all year was get under Goran Dragic’s skin in the Suns series, and even that almost backfired.

      Obligatory pics (of Maria) after the jump, of course.

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      Just who does Aaron Schobel think he is?

      July 28, 2010 /
      ORCHARD PARK, NY - DECEMBER 17: Aaron Schobel #94 of the Buffalo Bills gets ready at the line of scrimmage during the game against the Miami Dolphins on December 17, 2006 at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Buffalo won 21-0. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

      Look, there’s only one person that can be Brett Favre and that’s Brett Favre. There’s only one person that can do the retirement dance like Brett Favre and that’s Brett Favre. And there’s only one player that can drive their fan base and the media up the wall like Brett Favre and that’s, well, I’ll stop myself before I get to be too annoying.

      There’s only one person that can be as annoying as Brett Favre and I sir, am no Brett Favre.

      With that in mind, where Does Aaron Schobel get off thinking that he can be Brett-like in his version of will-he-or-won’t-he this offseason? In early June he told the Buffalo News that he didn’t he think he was going to play in 2010. Now Schobel is saying that he’s leaning towards coming back.

      “I would say I’m leaning more towards doing it (playing) then I was a month ago”, Schobel said on Tuesday. “At this point I’m thinking about it. At that point (a month ago) I didn’t want to even consider it. I wanted to enjoy my life like I was done with football. Lately both me and my wife have decided we have to do something.”

      So what’s changed? It was just over a month ago that Schobel told BuffaloBills.com that he didn’t think he was going to play in 2010. “I don’t know why.. I just started thinking I need to do something”, said Schobel. “I don’t want it to be January and say I wish I would have tried.”

      I’ll tell you what’s changed: it starts with ‘training’ and ends in ‘camp.’ Players hate grueling training camp sessions and if they can avoid them by holding out or acting like they’re pondering retirement, then they’ll do so in order to skip as many practices as they can. It appears as though Schobel has pulled a page out of Favre’s playbook in order to work his way out of training camp. The audacity!

      On a less sarcastic note, only those who are close to Schobel know why he’s considering retirement. It might be his desire to spend more time with his family or skip training camp, or it could be some other personal reason that we would never understand. The bottom line is that the Bills have stood firm in their position in stating that they’d like him to play but would understand if he chooses not to. So essentially it’s Schobel’s decision to come back or not and given how young the Bills’ defense is, they could use his veteran presence once again in their front seven.

      Schobel has always been a blue-collar player and a hard worker. Both the NFL and the Bills need him to play, so here’s hoping he does.

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