9/13/04
1. I remember the time when I had Jerome Bettis and gnashed my teeth
because no matter how many yards he gained, every time the ball
was on the one yard line Kordell Stewart would swipe the touchdown.
Now he is the touchdown stealer. Guess who owns Duce Staley this
year?
2. Curtis Martin and Marshall Faulk are washed up, right? Rich
Gannon and Vinny Testaverde, too, right?
3. A few years ago I knocked the Patriots after their first Super
Bowl win, insinuating that they won with very little talent. I
was wrong by a mile. Brady is money, and Dillon makes a great
team even better.
4. It is amazing how good a great receiver can make a team's
second option receiver. Witness Terrell Owns in Philadelphia.
Suddenly Todd Pinkston is a viable fantasy 2 or 3 receiver. Last
year you couldn't give him away.
5. In a related note, don't let anyone fool you; Isaac Bruce
is the number one receiver in St. Louis. He made Torry Holt a
bigger fantasy producer. Even last year during Holt's big season,
opposing defenses always rolled coverages Bruce's way, and Holt
benefited from single coverage. Whenever the Rams need a play,
it goes to Bruce. Ask the Cardinals, who last week rolled coverage
to Holt-Bruce destroyed them.
6. I pity those who had to face opponents with both McNabb and
Owens or Culpepper and Moss last week.
7. I think there is something to this Denver running back development
thing.
8. I think it's time for a requiem for Jay Fiedler. Maybe that's
my next poetry submission.
9. Never forget, NEVER forget-he's still Ron Dayne.
10. Fast stat-number of points separating the top ten fantasy
kickers last week: three. Remember that when next year's draft
rolls around.
11. I faced Tony Gonzalez in both of my leagues last week-one
point scored and no worries for the rest of the season. Woohoo!
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