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Monthly Archive: October 2011

Oct
30

Offseason trades

While free agents are signed to new, or previous teams, there are trades being discussed and done in the background. What I would like to do is post a few names, mostly surprising and some not, that I think will be at least discussed via trades and where they may go to. James Shields, SP …

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Oct
29

Baseball offseason

Congrats go to the St. Louis Cardinals for winning the World Series! It was an amazing and fun series and they deserved the win. The baseball offseason officially begins October 30th according to MLBTradeRumors. I high advise you read this article so you know what dates to look for when. As hopefully you’ve see, I’ve …

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Oct
29

Good job Ryan Fitzpatrick and Bills

Kudos, Buffalo. You’ve officially signed your franchise QB to a 6-year deal according to ProFootballTalk. This is an incredibly intelligent move for the franchise of Buffalo. They were able to get Fitzpatrick signed for a 6 yr/$59MM contract. I’m excited for Buffalo, and I’m not even a big Buffalo fan nor supporter. This is a …

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Oct
29

Week 8 fantasy rankings

So they’re a little late, but here are our fantasy football rankings for Week 8. This is an article we plan on doing every week in the same format. We are going to try to get this post on either Thursday night or sometime Friday for the rest of the season. This shows each of …

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Oct
28

Is Demarco Murray for real or the beneficiary of a bad Rams team?

If you watch the 91 yard run that Demarco Murray had against the Rams, you will see excellent blocking and a massive hole that pretty much gave Murray 1 on 1 with the safety in the open field.  Normally when I see players that don’t have much or any tape from the pros do something …

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Oct
28

Update to 2012 Free Agents posting

A week has passed and a few options have been picked up, or denied, and I’ve personally made a few changes to my predictions. Also, you may notice that Wainwright and Valverde have been italicized. That’s because their options have been picked up and I correctly predicted where those two ended up. Yes, I know, …

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Oct
28

What is going on with Stafford, Freeman, and Rivers? Should we worry?

Here’s a look at three of the big QB’s that are struggling and a look at why they might be having difficulties. First is Matthew Stafford.  After coming out of the gate hot, bringing the Lions back in three of their first five games to win, Stafford has seemed to regress.  He has been relying …

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Oct
27

Week 8 Picks

Wow. What a week last week. Before we get to far into it, let’s take a look at how we each did last week. Jerry: 5-8 Pat: 9-4 Tyler: 6-7 Pat straight killed compared to the rest of us. Ugly week. Let’s get into this weeks. Arizona at Baltimore Jerrys Pick: Baltimore 24-14 After last …

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Oct
27

Week 8 Power Rankings

Jerry’s Power Rankings 1 Green Bay Packers Averaging 32.9 points a game. Aaron Rodgers cannot be stopped. 2 San Francisco 49ers A Bye week moves them to two. That’s how terrible last week was for top teams. 3 Cincinnati Bengals See San Francisco 49ers. 4 New Orleans Saints That’s the Saints team I expected to …

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Oct
27

Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder…

Cumulative WAR by age

… that is the question. Who will be worth more, who should be worth more? That is going to be the question we will all hear and discuss until they are both signed. So let’s take a look at a few graphs and some stats to see if we can make a decision. Note: Each …

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