News & Notes
We don’t have the time to think of anything exceptionally coherent so we’re just going to bullet point this post with miscellaneous news items that may effect your fantasy week and season. Brace yourselves, for speculation on upcoming random, inexplicable events.
-The Bengals have signed Cedric Benson, because nothing solves a troubled clubhouse with multiple felons and headcases, by bringing in another headcase with felonious charges. This probably won’t have much bearing on your fantasy season, because if you have any current Bengals your season is probably fucked anyways.
I think we found Marvin Lewis' replacement.
-Terrell Owens, despite being thrown to 17 times and getting two misdirection runs, has complained about a lack of attention from his offensive cohorts. They ran close to 60 plays on Sunday meaning he was the focus of a third of them. If anything, the Cowboys lost that game because they put too much emphasis on getting him the ball. Anyhow, if you have Marion Barber or Felix Jones, I’m not sure if there will be any sort of backlash or benefit from this, but if I am a Cowboys fan, I’m pretty sure we’re not making the Superbowl. Again.
-The Steelers are down to one healthy running back in Mewelde Moore, and they had enough sense to steer clear of Cedric Benson, who isn’t even remotely tempting for most teams. Still, at some point constantly downgrading at the running back position has to eventually catch up with a team, right? I mean, when is it an actual liability to lose your starting tailback? I assume it is when you lose your backup tailback as well. Someone should inform the Bengals that if they were still built for a strong running game that Rudi Johnson, Kenny Watson or Chris Perry would do just fine.
-Everyone knows about the firings of Lane Kiffin and Scott Linehan, and really this can only stand to help your fantasy team if you have any Rams or Raiders. But I think it has been proven that if you drafted any Raiders (sans Darren McFadden) before round 12, then you are clinically retarded. I believe the act has been medically defined as such.
Might be it for today unless we get billing done early, which hasn’t happened in the three years I’ve worked here. So don’t hold your breath.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am
[...] of now, the two biggest news items today — which are actually left over from yesterday that we posted too early to mention — involve three players that were technically not in the league as of Tuesday: Cedric Benson, [...]