Line Shopping & Aftermath

I waited until gametime in hopes that the Lions-Vikings line on bodog would catch up with it's movement elsewhere. It did. Sometime between 6 am and noon the line moved from Minnesota by 11 to Minnesota by 12.5. I paid the extra vig to get
detroit(+13)over MINNESOTA. Unfortunately, Detroit contibuted to my demise with two picks from inside the Vikings ten and lost, 24-10. I slumed my way to 1-3 on the NFL for the weekend, and 2-4 overall. The Chiefs were my only cover, as they easily won outright as a home dog over the hapless 49ers. Other than the fact that they're in the NFC West, I'd guess that this will be the last time the Niners give points on the road for a while. God that division sucks.

Reprobate gets me split / Ruminations on the NFL

A late TD got called back, so Stanford beat Notre Dame 37-14, covering the 5 point spread (and my teased (+1.5), but missing my teased OVER(53.5) by 2.5 points. Shoulda bet Stanford straight up. Shoulda woulda coulda.

Jeremiah Masoli (aka that rebrobate transfer QB) led Ole Miss to a 55-38 win over Fresno State. I'm not sure how much credit the delinquent star deserves. He went 8 for 12 for 153 yards and 2 TDs, and ran for another 59 yards on 8 carries. At the moment I can see his appeal. Ole Miss wins a game, and I win $$. We'll see how he does against 'Bama and LSU.

Either way, lets not pretend that Mississippi sold it's soul when Houston Nutt decided to take a flier on Masoli. Winning is everything in the NCAA, especially in the SEC, where they don't have as much in the way of academic standards to confuse issues.

According to covers.com, most of the action has been on
detroit(+11)over MINNESOTA. They also say the line opened at 10.5, which may make you wonder how the number rose, if the action has been on the dog. My guess is that the initial action, probably sharp money, was on the favorite. Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if sharp money has been on Detroit since the line moved, and the books just don't want to move the line back. Covers also says most of the action has been on the OVER, and they also say that has moved from 42 to 42.5. On bodog it's 43. I don't think you can count on Minnesota to fail to score against the Lions. On the other hand, they haven't put up any points yet, so I think I'll stay away from the number, but I'll take the Lions, whether the smart $$ is on them or not. Much of the above is probably me trying to convince myself that I'm betting with the sharps, and not just riding the wave of Jahvid Best hype. As a double owner of the latest fantasy stud, and a Lion fan, this homerism is hard to fight off.

After watching the Lions the last two weeks while in Michigan (and actually enjoying it, despite the losses) I'm tempted to head to Pluckers if I can't find the game on TV. Why? Because I'd like to see Ndamukung Suh take Brett Favre's head off. Check for the highlights of him taking down Michael Vick if you think this is a long shot.

Eyeing the vig, it looks like there is a chance that the line will move to 11.5, so it looks like I'll wait until tomorrow morning to bet this one.

There is hardly a more public team than the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2.5-3 point favorites at Tampa Bay. Since bodog has the larger 3 point spread, the action there is tilting towards the Bucs. The public is surely aware that one more Steeler QB got injured last week. Give me the points, and the stable QB situation. TAMPABAY(+3)over pittsburgh.

Did I say before that I was taking KANSASCITY(+3)over sanfrancisco? Well I am. And fuck Todd Haley in advance when he screws me with his coaching stupidity. Can I trust the 'Niners to blow a must win game? Do they still have must win games in the NFC West?

I've checked elsewhere, and Minny is up to 11.5 and 12 most places. Not sure I'm convinced enough that the Vikings suck to take a worse price than everywhere else. I'll probably end up betting this one at the last minute because I can't help myself.

dallas(+3)over HOUSTON looks pretty obvious, as in the NFC East they still have must win games. On the other hand, my fantasy team is loaded with Texans. It's probably telling that I'm more reluctant to bet a game where I have fantasy interests than on the Lions. On the other hand, three is a big number. I might bet this game if I was getting 3.5.

Week 3 Picks / Bottomfeeding on the Bunny Slope

Well, Nevada went ahead and showed me why they were only a 3 point dog, laying down the proverbial smack on the visiting Cal Golden Bears, 52-31. While they failed to impress the way I'd hoped, Kansas State saved my college weekend, beating visiting Iowa State 27-20, as well as the four point spread. This game ended perfectly for me. The Wildcats trailed 20-17 in the 4th quarter, but got a TD for the 24-20 push, then stopped the Cyclones and got a late field goal to cover.

In NFL action, I went 2-2. I completely botched the Falcons-Cardnails game, as Atlanta easily covered the 7 points, 41-7. At this point I'm 0-2 on Falcons games, and I think I need to stay away from atlanta(+4)at NEW ORLEANS. I keep hearing that there's something rotten in New Orleans, but the Saints won several games last year in less than convincing fashion, so getting outgained but winning the turnover battle in SF seems about par for the course to me. Incidentally, I'm in the process of cutting my fantasy ties to the champs, as I managed to trade off Marques Colston and Thomas Jones to Pugilant Mick for Calvin Johnson and C.J. Spiller. As long as my starters stay healthy and are productive and C.J. continues to back up Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch, I've slightly upgraded at WR and downgraded my bench. Since I drafted Jones as a quasi-handcuff for Jamaal Charles, and Jones is getting 60% of Chief carries so far, this trade arguably weakens the structure of my team, but right now Malcom Floyd, Mark Clayton, and Demaryius Thomas are shaping up as solid flex plays should I need to resort to a 3WR lineup if Charles fails to produce. I prefer to go 3RB, but since Bunny Slope is a PPR league I think I can get away with it if I run out of RB production. Oh yeah, and Mike Williams...the rookie, not the washed up ex-Lion.

If this trade works out, it will be a quintessential example of the roQQ boTTomfEEders...well, bottomfeeding. The rich get richer. The poor get left behind. Even the poor, inbred Fighting Irish. Especially them.

Actually this trade probably made them better. Why go 1-6 waiting for the emergence of C.J. Spiller? I fully expect Mike B. and the other haters to attack the trade as unfair, just because they don't want to go up against my starting lineup. Can't say I blame them. I wouldn't want to take me on either. The Cove Romosexuals were so devastated by their week one loss that they changed their name to the Camden Convicts.

(I'm sure this wasn't the real reason for the name change. After all, my other boTTomfEEders beat the other Romosexuals in the other league last week, and they are still Romosexuals. Beat them like a gong.)

While Todd Haley may be ruining fantasy seasons everywhere with his ill-advised underuse of Jamaal Charles, the Chiefs are now 2-0, as they beat the Brown out of the Browns 16-14 by the lake last week, winning outright as 3 point road dogs. This week they are 3 point home dogs to the 49ers. I don't know whether to take the points, or to hope the Niners get a lead and stuff the run, forcing the Chiefs to open up their offense and throw to Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe. I don't see this team trying to develop offensively unless they are forced to. Sort of like the Jets, though San Francisco presents a slightly less daunting challenge than New England. I've been rooting for Kansas City, since I expected that them winning would help the prospects of the Chiefs on my fantasy teams. At this point I expect losing might give Todd Haley a better chance of shaking his stupidity. Given the Murphy's Lawish implications, that makes me lean KANSASCITY(+3)over sanfrancisco, though this game is a must win for the 'Niners, or would be if the NFC West wasn't historically bad.

Speaking of the Jets, (I just was, I swear) word has it that the smart $$ is fading New York, fresh of their 28-14 win and cover over 3 point road favorite New England (I lost), in favor of Miami, fresh off their 14-10 upset win over the 6 point favorite Vikings (I won). The pick is MIAMI(-2)over nyjets. Apparently the wiseguys expect money to pour in on the Jets this weekend. If I can get a better price I may take the Fins again. This game opened as Dolphins(-1) or a pick. I'm not counting on the number going back down.

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It's Saturday, so let me pause to get some $$ down on some college games, before I continue my ruminations on the NFL.

I've taken stanford(+1.5)over NOTREDAME, OVER 53.5. It would be more of a kick while ND is down to just take stanford(-5), but lets not get carried away. Just as I avoided taking Michigan State(-3.5) last week, since I didn't believe we were particularly good (still don't), Stanford has a history of close, but high scoring games vs. the Irish. While I like Stanford's 68-24 win over Wake Forest last week, this game is in South Bend, Notre Dame is not Wake Forest, and this is not basketball.

OLEMISS(-2)over fresnostate. My sources say the wiseguys are all over the Rebs in this one, possibly because of their new reprobate transfer QB, Mazola, or Masouli, or whatever his name is. Maybe it's the SEC dominance. Either way, this is second hand knowledge. I have no opinion about this game, despite my habit of roaming around in Rebel gear for no reason at all, something I'll need to discuss at some point.

Looks like I was right to not wait for action on the Jets to bring the line down. The line has moved from Miami(-2) to Miami(-2.5).

State beats Notre Dame, I drink Guiness, bet Chiefs

Go Green! Watched Michigan State beat Notre Dame in OT on a sick fake field goal. Also watched Squatch in a best of 3 hairy backed shirtless arm-wrestling extravaganza. I took pictures, but as far as me getting them from my phone to this site--don't hold your breath.

If I do get pictures posted here you'll understand why we call him Sasquatch.

Since OT victories don't allow for unnnecessary extra points, MSU failed to cover the 3.5 point spread, 34-31. Fine with me, since I didn't bet on it. Pugilant Mick and I called each other back and forth during the game at opportune moments, and the finish was met with a typical bitter rant from the Mickster. I'd go into it further, but I've covered this ground before. I recall feeling guilty in the 4th quarter as I sucked down a Guiness-- I have no business drinking something so quintessentially Irish at such a critical moment. Had we lost I certainly would not have shared my shame here.

Since State won, and I can afford to be magnanimous, Guiness is one thing the Irish got right...like cars and freedom for we Americans...I guess.

Speaking of getting things right, I've taken kansas city(+3)over CLEVELAND. This line opened with the Browns favored by 1.5, and I'm not sure what made the line move...perhaps Jake Delhomme's apparent injury. Is Colt McCoy playing in this one? Either way, my favorite Longhorn is Jamaal Charles of the Chiefs....No, Seneca Wallace is starting as the Browns QB. Still not sure why this line isn't tighter.

My Wrangler Story

I'm not about to pretend that I have a firm grasp on the good and bad teams in college football. But so far I'm a whopping 1-0 on the season. So there.

cal(-3)over NEVADA. I have no idea why Cal is only favored by three. They just dismantled Colorado 52-7, and before that they took down UC Davis, 52-3. (Not that UC Davis was up before or anything.) Not that it helps them here, but Cal has produced fantasy studs including DeSean Jackson, Jahvid Best, and Justin Forsett,* and I wouldn't be shocked if they had a couple more in the hopper. Nevada has a couple of nice wins as well, but nobody from the Big XII. (Colorado's transition to the Pac-10/12 could be painful, if their score vs. Cal is any indicator. Of course, their recent time in the Big XII/X hasn't exactly been painless either.

I'm not sure if the sports talk guys covering Texas football are just trying to hype their Big XII schedule, but they seem pretty worried about the 'Horns' trip to KState later this year. No such trepidation with the mighty Iowa State Cyclones. So I'm not sure I get why I can get
KANSAS STATE(-4)over iowa state, but I'll take it. I suspect the Longhorn worries are based on trips to Manhattan from 4 or 8 years ago, since they only play the North Division teams every other year, and they flip home and away, but I have no reason to think the Cyclones are any good.

The vig seems to have evened out on Pats at Jets to where I can't expect to get a better number on the Pats. So be it. I'm 2-0 on this series from last year, and the Jets don't look ready for prime time. new england(-3)over NYJETS.

My dogs this week are making me a bit nervous, but there are a couple of lines that I just don't get, so I think I need to try to punish Vegas. miami(+6)over MINNESOTA. I suppose a close loss to the Saints is more impressive than a close win over the Bills, but I don't see what's behind this lack of respect for the 'Fins. Or respect for the Vikings.

Speaking of the Vikings, has anyone noticed the most recent Brett Favre Wrangler ad? I don't even remember how it goes, except that it ends with Brett saying, "That's my Wrangler story. What's yours?" Any ad angency that thinks it's a good idea to have Brett say "my story" has rocks in their head. We already know Favre is full of shit. Why draw attention to it? Why not have him say "That's my story and I'm sticking to it?" He has about as much credibility as Richard Nixon. No, less. At least when Nixon said we wouldn't have him to kick around any more he didn't run again for eight years.

They should do an ad where Brett throws out a worn out pair of Wranglers. Then fishes them out of the trash and washes them with his own tears. Then throws them away again. Rinse, lather, repeat. Now that's a Brett Favre Wrangler story I could buy.

I get that the Cardnails suck, but I don't see why the Falcons are favored by seven against them. I don't like taking west coast teams out east, but I don't get all the Falcon love.
arizona(+7)over ATLANTA. If the dirty birds win by 4 all these prognosticators will jizz all over themselves and favor them over the Saints next week. Wait--no they won't. Atlanta will win this game so they don't start 0-3, but putting the Cards away will be tougher than people think.



*Forsett may not qualify as a fantasy stud, but check his highlight tape. I think his day is coming, unless Pete Carroll completely mishandles his talent.

2-2--week one recap

About a day after I got my bets down on the NFL last week I regretted 2 out of 3 of them. I'd forgotten that Dennis Dixon played well last year when Roofie Ben went down for a game or two. Kind of hard to give the Steelers points at home...especially if you don't believe the Falcons preseason hype.

Don't confuse this with the Falcons' preseason fantasy hype. I loooooove Michael Turner and Roddy White this year. Matt Ryan? Not so much. This may explain why I'm not buying the Falcon hype either. Not to mention that I'm not about to trust their defense until they show me they've improved.

Anyway, I got what I deserved when Rashard Mendenhall romped to a 50+ yard TD run on OT, and Pittsburgh won, 15-9. On the other hand, I was concerned about fading Phily at home, but the Packers came through and covered. Meanwhile, the road favorite I wasn't worried about lost by 10 at Houston. I'm thrilled about losing this bet, since it bodes well for my Bunny Slope fantasy team, which is Texan heavy, with four of them.

Ditto for the Chiefs Monday Night win over San Diego. I may have a bet on the Chargers winning over 10.5 this year, but between two of my teams I have Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe, and Thomas Jones twice. I still don't think the Chiefs will be good this year, but if they are it will do wonders for my fanatasy prospects.

I had no such misgivings about my pick of Michigan(+4) over Notre Dame. Not even when I woke up at the end of the game and ND was up by 3. Fuck Michigan. On the other hand, I look better as a handicapper if the Wolverines win outright, which they did.

On to this week. The Pats at Jets line has ballooned out to Pats by 3, but it looks as if it could drop back to 2.5, so I'm waiting. The Jets may fix a few things this week, but Mark Sanchez will not be one of them. He's more of a long-term structural weakness. The Jets D seemed to spend alot of time chasing Joe Flacco, but not quite getting to him. While I see Brady doing alot of 3 step drops and dumping to Welker, Flacco moves like a statue, and the Jets stopped getting to him a bit before halftime. Have I mentioned that I don't buy the Jets hype either? I still love their defense, but Sanchez is still a liability. At least LDT looks sharp, making up for Shonn Greene's crapping of the proverbial bed Monday night. Greene needs to keep this up, to keep my Jamaal Charles pick from looking stupid. So far, so good. I could root for Ryan Matthews to suck, but I have him in one of my leagues.

Bunny Slope Draft Wrap Part 2: Evil Cowboys Still Stay Blue Bottomed

I meant to have part two of my Bunny Slope Fantasy Football Draft review done by now. Lets see if I can bang this thing out.

Meanwhile, in the last couple of days I've bet a slate of road favorites:
greenbay(-3)over PHILADELPHIA, atlanta(-3)over pittsburgh, and
indianapolis(-2.5)over HOUSTON. I was swayed by a covers.com article that said road favorites in week one were 14-9 over the last few years. Right now I only feel good about the Indy pick. I forgot that Dennis Dixon played pretty well the last time Ben Roethlisberger went down...er, got hurt, and my Packer pick is basically a guess that Green Bay gets off to a fast start, while Phily has some growing pains with their new QB. Is this guess enough to justify giving the Eagles 3 at the Link? I have my doubts.

Bill Simmons the Sports Guy thinks you should give teams your own power ratings before the season starts, and then stick to your guns when betting. This will only be good advice if your power ratings happen to be accurate, and lead you to make winning bets. Otherwise, he is recommending stubbornness whether you are winning or not, only good advice if you happen to be right.

As much sense as my story arcs for the Eagles and Packers may make, and as much hype as the Pack is getting,

a.) this arc still probably doesn't justify this line, and

b.) the smart mony will probably get made fading whatever story arcs end up defining this season.

Meanwhile, I've taken michigan(+4)over NOTRE DAME. As much as I would like to see Michigan lose, so as to get Rich Rodriguez fired before he can right the ship, the few highlights I saw of the new Wolverine QB were pretty damn impressive. From what I heard in the pregame, beating UConn was a more impressive feat than beating Purdue, and U-M beat them by a greater margin. Given how close Michigan-Notre Dame has been lately, I like taking the underdog any time they are getting more than 3 as well (heck--more than 2.5), so all the stars are aligned for me to take the hated Wolverines, if not for them to actually cover.

Back to the Bunny Slope. Evil Robot Army had the 7th pick, and managed to avoid embarrasing himself, for the most part. I've been in a Fantasy Baseball league with him this year, and he has the best record in the league by a large margin, despite being a heavy Atlanta Brave homer. After he took Michael Turner in the first round (perfectly legit at 7th, despite the possible homerism) I expected him to take Roddy White in the 2nd, but White lasted all the way to the beginning of the 3rd round, after Evil Robot Army enlisted Ryan Grant. I would probably prefer the Falcons' top WR, since I'm not a big Ryan Grant guy, and since ERA isn't averse to loading up with players from the same team. I'm also not crazy about Philip Rivers with the 31st pick, though if ERA waited 'til the 4th round he probably doesn't get an elite QB. If he must draft that early, I'd prefer Matt Schaub or Tony Romo. Vincent Jackson's suspension and holdout may not hurt Rivers too much, but it drops him below Romo for me. My doubts concerning the Cowboy running game reinforces my opinion. Last year LaDanian Tomlinson believers downgraded Rivers since they thought the Chargers would go back to being a running team. I did not, since you could stick a fork in the former fantasy stud. While rookie Ryan Matthews may not turn the Chargers back into a running team, he at least isn't washed up. (What rookies are washed up?--besides Glenn Coffee, I mean...)

Chad Ochocinco became an Evil Robot in the 4th round. While there is nothing crazy about this pick, 85 is another guy I don't particularly care for. His big mistake came in the 5ht, however, when the Evil Robot Commander took Vincent Jackson, not realizing that he may miss the first 11 weeks or so. Other than wasting an 8th round pick on Atlanta QB Matt Ryan, I don't think he made any more mistakes. I feel like I'm nitpicking this team, but after the way he dominated our baseball league I guess I expected more.

Florida Blue Falcons picked 8th, and waited until about the last ten seconds or so before taking Ray Rice. The Bluebirds are run by perhaps the most football ignorant person I know, and I'm including my pinay wife and Ben Fox. I've dropped anchor over some serious depths of ignorance lately, savy? Anyway, Blue Falcon respected her own ignorance, and when in doubt tended to take the top player on the board. This sensible approach netted her Rice, Randy Moss, Jonathan Stewart, and Tony Romo in the first 4 rounds. This is pretty damn solid, despite possible injury issues with Stewart, as well as with her 6th round pick, Patriot WR Wes Welker. Still, everyone takes on some injury risk, and I got stuck with Welker two rounds earlier in my other draft, where he's not worth as much, since the other league isn't PPR, so what the heck. Welker is a PPR stud, until he blows out one of his legs at least. Depending on how a couple of risky picks pan out, this could end up being the best team in the league, on the draft, at least.

My team, the roQQ boTTomfEEders, picked 9th. I was hoping the Blue Falcons would let Ray Rice fall to me with the 9th pick, and was disappointed enough by how close I came that I went ahead and took Andre Johnson, despite two more stud RBs sitting there, Frank Gore and Steven Jackson. While taking a top WR this early is certainly a legitimate strategy, I must admit that my decision was colored by my disappoitment at not getting Ray Rice, and by my desire to reach for Jamaal Charles with the 16th pick in the next round. Charles has been getting drafted between 25th and 33rd in most drafts, leaving me with a tiny chance of getting him in the 3rd round. Since I got stuck with the 9th pick in both of my drafts, I would need to take him early or probably not get him at all. The last WR I really wanted, DeSean Jackson, went 29th, so I settled for Marques Colston with the 33rd pick. After him went Greg Jennings and both Steve Smiths. I consider Colston and Jennings to be very similar players, since they are both on high powered offenses with enough weapons to get overlooked sometimes. If this hadn't burned me last year when I had Jennings I probably would have taken him over Colston. I got Matt Schaub in the 4th, where I'm used to getting Romo or Rivers. Schaub is usually gone by then. Then Blue Falcon took Romo, in essence Blue Falconing the Romosexuals, leading them to hang Joe Flacco in their closet in the 7th round.

I got Jahvid Best in the 5th round, only reaching about 4 spots to get him, and Arian Foster in the 6th. These, along with Jamaal Charles, could end up being pretty risky picks, though I would argue that most of the backs going in the second round are more unproven than Charles, or are significant injury risks. Jahvid Best is a pretty big injury risk as well, but so are Felix Jones, Marion Barber, and Ricky Williams, and they have more competition for carries, and arguably less upside. I got Arian Foster 64th, which beats the hell out of getting him 30th, like in my other draft.

I was pretty happy with my bench, until Montario Hardesty ended up on crutches the next day, and the Chargers picked up Patrik Clayton, who could endup giving Malcom Floyd significant competition. Otherwise, I hedged some of my risk by picking up the handcuffs for Charles and Best. Anytime you can pick up half the offense for the Lions and Chiefs you have to do it, right?

The 10th pick belonged to the Pittsburgh Stillers. I'd talk bad about the Stiller draft, but their owner is my boss, so....

Cedric Benson went 10th. This is way too soon for him especially with Gore and Jackson still on the board, not to mention DeAngelo Williams. My boss is not the only Stiller supporter scarred by Cedric Benson last year. I think he won comeback player of the year, despite Brett Favre winning comeback player of the month 3 or 4 times in the offseason. If not he should have.

Tom Brady at 15 is a little bit of a reach, though I reached a few spots more for Jamaal Charles, so what the heck. (Is Jamaal Charles my 2010 man-crush of the year? Perhaps.) Knowshon Moreno at 34 is fine...as long as his hamstrings hold up. I made sure I let my boss know about this...right after he took him. Steve Smith in the 4th? I like this better than Chad 85, or Anquan Boldin, the next two to go.

He got Percy Harvin in the 5th Round, and Jason Witten in the 6th. Harvin could be a steal this late, if his migranes clear up. Jason Witten is too good of a blocker to catch passes in the red zone. Great all around player, but this hurts his fantasy value. I'm down in him because I had him last year, and I was dumb enough to take him in the 4th. Much better to take him here.

The 11th and 12th picks went to Jacksonville Stay Hungry, and PR Cowboys. Stay Hungry was a Twisted Sister album back in about '82. Not sure Mike B. is aware of this. I think I saw a PR Cowboy in a New York leather bar, but these days he could have been Dominican. They're hard to tell apart when they're not driving something festooned with their national colors.

Anyway, these guys were both on autopick, though Mike B. may have at least set his board for autopick beforehand. I won't waste time criticizing picks made by autopick since

a.) there was no decisionmaking to critique, and

b.) these teams are probably better than the teams that got picked by conscious, breathing humans (except for Blue Falcon, who doesn't count...though if you've ever watched Dollhouse, and if you ever thought it would be worth 15 large or so to hire some programmers to drop the soul of some fantasy guru into Eliza Dushku, and then invite her to your fantasy draft, you may have some idea how Blue Falcons draft went. Not that you would ever think something like that, or anything....)

Stay Hungry got Larry Fitzgerald with his first round pick...second year in a row, both times on autopick. This year he was working...last year he was drunk. He followed up with Drew Brees, Beanie Wells, LeSean McCoy, Ricky Williams, and Donald Driver. Second year in a row he got Ricky Williams on autopick, though last year, he was drunk. Overall I think his team may have been better last year. It just seems like Ricky will take a step back, and LFitz might too, if Derek Anderson has anything to say about it. On the other hand, Drew Brees, who Mike B. & I interviewed last year hasn't been suspended for fingerbanging some broad with a blood-roofie content level of .10 in some bathroom stall. Of course, last year neither had Big Ben. He was still endorsing Big Ben's Beef Jerky back then.

PR Cowboy got Frank Gore and Steven Jackson with the 12th & 13th picks. Total steals. Steve Smith and Greg Jennings with the wrap in the 3rd & 4th? Can't complain...yet. Vernon Davis & Dwayne Bowe in the 5th and 6th? Davis is a stud TE. I got Bowe about here in my other league. If there is complaining to do about Bowe, I'll make sure it happens. For some reason autopick waited until the 14th round to take Matthew Stafford. If autopick had filled out his roster position by position, I think he should have gotten Matt Ryan in the 8th, but who am I to doubt autopick...or Eliza Dushku possessed by Matthew Berry? As a Lions fan, I hope Matthew Stafford has a great year. As a Jahvid Best owner in two leagues, I hope all Stafford's TD passes go to Best. As the owner of the boTTomfEEders, I hope he crashes and burns, since I'm not sure this team has any other weaknesses. Other than Steven Jackson's surgically repaired back. Or Steve Smith's broken arm. Or Dwayne Bowe's thick skull. Or the crappy QBs who throw to Davis, Smith and Bowe...

Okay, I feel better about my chances vs the PR Cowboys now.

Not sure I'll bother to recap any of the games. If I do, I'll be sure to be insulting. Whatever the outcome, the Romosexuals at the boTTomfEEders should generate an interesting headline.

Fantasy draft recap

Egad. My most recent post ended up in the wrong blog. Since Blogger is apparently too primitive to let me copy and paste it all, here is a link to it....or not, links don't seem to be working either.

Just go to twomenout.com and go to the 3 September post.