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Week 6
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10.19.09Monday Morning JerkFirst, let’s give credit where credit is due Every week on the RexQB podcast, Marble Ryan and I recite some of ESPN’s more preposterous fantasy projections, which are always met with a good deal of guffawing and general disdain. Last week, we laughed and laughed when we saw that ESPN had upwards of a dozen players projected to score over 20 points. Now, while some of those individual player projections were right (Aaron Rodgers) and some were wrong (Rashard Mendenhall), ESPN hit the trend right on the head: there were going to be a lot of points scored in Week 6. ...
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10.16.09The Michael J. Cox Lock of the WeekTwo weeks ago I resigned myself to the fact that whether I liked it or not, I was just going to have to ride out Marble's winning streak until things turned around and he fell back down to earth. Looks like I didn't have to wait very long. With his confidence now thoroughly shaken, it looks like Marble's headed back to the same well that landed him a win with the Lions three weeks ago. A well named Jim Zorn. While I ordinarily like the idea of sticking with a winning trend until you get beat on it, I can't get ...
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10.16.09The Marble Ryan Lock of the WeekAfter going 1-2 with our last three picks, I would compare the level of panic and intensity among the staff at the Marble Institute to that of, say, the equities trading floor at Bear Stearns on Friday, March 14th, 2008. On that day, the company's senior management hosted a conference call proclaiming that there would be no run on the bank, that the company's lines of credit were secure, and that all relevant counterparties maintained the utmost confidence in Bear's operations and liquidity. Despite the display of enthusiasm, the 50% collapse that day of Bear Stearns stock into the $30/share ...
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10.15.09You Know Who You Should Sit?Visanthe Shiancoe (TE - MIN) In the last two games, Shiancoe has been getting his owners excited. He hasn't been dropping trou on national TV to satisfy their closet needs for sauseeegee, but touchdowns in back-to-back games have done the trick. This weekend, Ray Lewis and the Ravens come to town and, being a southerner, Ray doesn't take to kindly to homoerotic behavior in football. While the Ravens rank fifth in the league against fantasy tight ends, Ray has instructed his teammates to pay special attention to Shiancoe because owners have been clamoring for end zone ...
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10.15.09You Know Who You Should Start?Marc Bulger and Donnie Avery (QB, WR – STL) For some inexplicable reason, no matter how many times I get burned, I just can't seem to quit Marc Bulger. Each year he seems to end up on one of my teams, with me talking myself into the idea that he’ll return to the fantasy relevance of his youth. Sure enough, this season I drafted him as my backup QB and was rewarded with a whopping -2 points the week I had to use him for an emergency start. But I'm going back to well again this week, and I'm pleading you ...
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10.14.09The Week 6 Podcast: The Return of Torry HallelujahMarble Ryan and Torry Hallelujah take a look at the top 12 RBs in fantasy, discuss which of the waiver wire WRs are worth the trouble, and try to wrap their heads around some of ESPN's Week 6 projections. Also, Torry Hallelujah's head nearly explodes as he likens the Titans' refusal to give LenDale White more carries to the financial crisis. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download it directly to your computer.
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10.13.09A Case of Fantasy FrustrationThere's only so much one can do with fantasy football frustration. A cold shower will help, but your top pick isn’t performing, the only real cure is a 3 TD day. While Michael Turner owners can feel much better about their chances after his big day against the Niners, others who spent high draft picks on players who have yet to produce are still out there looking for answers. Even though we're already finished with one-third of the season, there are still a lot of fantasy questions left to be answered. And while I can only provide the equivalent of a ...
