I know it's week 2

Toaster Oven · 09-18-2007, 09:29 PM

However some of mine, and others fantasy comments have almost already been completely discredited. For Instance

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Originally Posted by Andrew Maraniss

Q: What stock do you put in the Packers backfield? A:The Packers Vernand Morency will be a huge sleeper. This guy will top 1,000 yards with at least 10 TD's making him a great pick-up for any fantasy teams. Brandon Jackson along with DeShawn Wynn will probably sit on the sideline this year and learn from the veteran Morency i wouldn't invest a draft choice in either of the two

Ok first, he lost cred when he said "They'll learn from the veteran Morency" but still, pretty bold for a beat writer. moving on

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Originally Posted by John Tomase, Boston Herald

Q:The Patriots offensive system has never featured a big play reciever and isn't really built for one will this change for Randy Moss? A: Probably not. It usually takes recievers a year or two to gain Brady's trust. WR Deion Branch, often named Brady's favorite target of all time, never had a 1,000 yard season. Also Brady loves to spread the ball around, don't look for Moss to have many 100-yard games

Even this was laughable at press time, because Moss is a home-run threat You know even the most disciplined QB would love to just throw a ball up and watch Moss come down with it.

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Originally Posted by Peter Finney, Times-Picyaune

Q: Who do you think will fill the shoes of Horn and will Brees struggle? A: Robert Meachem will be better than Joe Horn. He's 10x more explosive and will make Saints fans forget about Horn. Brees will not struggle, he'll be dynamite coming out of the gate guaranteed

This one is up there, I didn't think Brees would struggle so much out of the gate, but Meachem making them forget about possibly one of the Saints best receivers? I don't think so. Ok on to my so far plunders

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Originally Posted by Suntan Superman

1. Joey Harrington is a potential sleeper
2. The Vikings Offense will be better than you think
3. Frank Gore will be a stud running back
4. Eli Manning won't be a good QB anytime soon

Ok, so I'm not an expert, but hey, if you don't make bold predictions, you can't boast the ones that are right. As I told my dad

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Originally Posted by Suntan Superman

1. Browns over Bengals this week. The Bengals will be overconfident with Anderson at QB. (I've always been a fanboy of Anderson
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2. Even with the improved offense, the defense will still score more points in Minnesota(so far so good)
3. Petrino had this planned, he told Brohm to stay, and the Falcons would get the first pick, so they'd be re-united. Brohm gets a big pay-day, Petrino gets a pay-day, voila, two people are happy(ok so maybe this is far-fetched but look at it!)

Thoughts on these? Perhaps share some of your own?

Dr. Giganto · 09-20-2007, 05:48 PM

I dont mind out-on-a-limb statements if there is some sort of a logic or reason behind them. The statements that bother me are the ones like "Peyton Manning will suck this year because they don't have Dominic Rhodes any more" and stuff like that. The Randy Moss quote is an example of that. You know why no other receiver gained Brady's "trust" before? Because none of them were as good as Moss!!!

As for the "system isnt built for a guy like Moss" argument...that's total horseshit. There are certain guys that have to have the offense catered to them to succeed (Jamal Lewis, Michael Vick, etc) but most NFL offenses arent THAT different strategically. Every offense can use a tall, fast receiver with excellent hands who can elude receivers, catch jumpballs, and break tackles in the open field.

That's like saying Peyton Manning is a bad fit for an offense, because the team isnt built to have a strong-armed, accurate QB who reads defenses well and inspires confidence in his teammates.

Toaster Oven · 09-20-2007, 07:03 PM

Also let the record show, the prediction of Cleveland over Cincy was for the line. Not the game. That's actually why I didn't do the predictions spread because my mind messes with me if I do one with spreads and one without

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