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Does Selvie go top-5 if he decides to walk after his Jr year?

I love the top-50 stuff. It's not like they are top-50 in baseball, but the Yankee system top-50. Who the eff cares? "Oh look, he drafted 10 top-50 players in that draft!", as if one shouldn't automatically assume the top 10 picks from each of the last 5 drafts (about 5 years to develop MLB players, give or take) make up the top-50. It's like giving him credit for breathing.

Easy, CB and RB are the two positions where rookies come in a make immediate impact the easiest. I never said he'd be as good, and I recognize there will be a little give there. I also think the take of an improvement at ILB in Mayo, and the improved health of Seymour will outweigh the give. Stop putting the +/- into a positional vaccum. Look at it as a team, because, according to what I watch on TV, that is how they take the field. Why do I care about preseason power rankings, and more importantly, the cholesterol clogged musings of Jason Whitlock? They've all changed their tune already after one week. It's all about the Lions, Rams, and Raiders now. Two of whom, not coincidentally, are upcoming games for the Patriots, which brings this full circle back to the ease of their schedule, something you continue to ignore while you try and parse minor quibbles about the general statements people are making.

I suspect this plays a role in what the numbers show too. That said, I can't seem to find a site that breaks down the numbers into 1st Half / 2nd Half of the game categories. Despite it being more popular, football doesn't have a grip on the truly obsessed like baseball does. And, I'm not going through their game logs to tally it up.

I think the big addition to the Patriots defense will be a healthy Richard Seymour. When he came back from the PUP list in week 7 last year, that was when their problems against the run began. I think they brought him back in haste, and he was never the bookend DE you can count on him being when he's healthy all year. Add in the rookie, Mayo, and the rookie CB with similar measurables to Samuel, and I think you are looking at a net gain, albeit a small one.

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Me too. 3.

When (if?) Drew comes back, the starting OF should be: LF - Bay, CF - Coco, RF - Drew At least while Coco is still hot. The first guy off the bench, who can play all 3 positions, is Kotsay. Ellsbury is the 5th OF who should only go in to PR late in a playoff game. If he's PR'ing for an OF, you can leave him in for defense if necessary. Otherwise, he's just in the game for his legs.

That's 2. How many should we have in the league? Yahoo default is 12.

That's it? That's like bragging about all the tail you got in college while I'm sodomizing your girlfriend right in front of you. Perspective, Jacko, perspective.

Ok, hockey fans. Who's interested in a fantasy league? I've never played fantasy hockey before, and I haven't followed the leauge since about '97 or so. That said, I'll be an active league member, and I have the Versus channel this year. Let me know if there are enough of you interested to create a league and I will.

Yeah, there were 9 who paid into the league at $25 each. $225 - $125 for a PLUS league, leaves a $100 prize pool. 75% to the winner, 25% to 2nd place. Here is who is eligible. [table]Member|Team Name| $ ORS|Peleng Surprise|Yes SFoC|Cape Crusaders|Yes SFoC son|Big Papi's CC|Yes Kilo|Jeters Never Prosper|Yes Sotks|Ells Bells|Yes Coco's Disciples|Coco's Disciples|Yes 700|Red Sox Dynasty|Yes mtbykr|Average Joes|Yes Gom|NY Roid Ragers|Yes Crespo| ? | YanksHater|yankshater213| 26 to 6|26 Temporary| CityofChamps|Kings of Swing| yeszir|Snails and cheese| example1|Example1's Club| AR2212|Phil Huge| [/table]

You think they are all better than the Chiefs? Well, in addition to your inability to discuss the Patriots rationally, that's pretty much a conversation killer. The Raiders, Rams, 49'ers, and Dolphins all look worse than the Chiefs, or at least as bad.

Sucks you only get one, dude. There are 25 4th place Yankees that I like right now.

You have to be s***ing me? Gameday had all three outs as lineouts. Those watching, were they all line drives? And not one fell for a hit. They have been the luckiest team in baseball all season, and it's not letting up yet.

Well, Ross better be the hero, because 0'fer Ellsbury is up next.

Gameday has the pitch GG hit for a double at shoulder level. Is that mega douche really that lucky?

What the f*** was Francona doing there? Playing for the "big inning". You need one run, bunt you stupid f***er.

I don't see how you can say the Skins defense from last year will be better than the Patriots defense this year with a straight face. Nevertheless, if you want to split hairs there, knock yourself out. My point was a more general one. The defenses in question can be considered good. Good enough to contribute to winning football. Certainly good enough to contribute to beating the 10 weak sisters they will face in this soft schedule. True, they did beat Dallas with the regulars resting. They also threw a game away due to incompetent clock management by a coach who the game had passed by. As such, I consider them a 9-7 team. You are joking about the Todd Collins performing better at the end of last season, right? His ratings in those 4 games were: 144.7, 56.4, 124.8, 104.8. Cassel's was 116.0 on Sunday. I see one game with enough of a margin in that particular metric to classify it as better. And, there are still 9 cream puffs waiting on that schedule. I think Cassell, a guy who has shown something, at least enough to be the first backup on the best team in football from last year despite others with a better resume, will be steady enough to not cost them the games they should win.

Yeah, but look at the 'Skins last year. Good not great defense, good not great running game. I'd use the same adjectives to describe those components from the Pats. Substandard stable of WRs, something the Pats won't suffer from. And they had the best NFC team along with the eventual SB winner in their division. Yet, they still went 9-7. You mention above that they may win 10, but it doesn't mean they are great. I never said they will be w/o Brady. But that schedule is about as cake as it gets. They matchup against the NFC West. Do you see them losing any of those games? I don't. Assuming you are right and they split with NYJ and Buffalo, they go 4-2 in the division. Then there's the Raiders on the schedule. That's 9 more I like them to win with one in the bag already. It's not hard to get to 10 with that schedule.

See Red, do you think Cassell can be as good as, oh, let's say Jason Campbell?

His comments really aren't critical of the team. He just said they sucked, which is a true statement right now. He only said they suck to give reason to the NY fans' level of bitterness on display right now, as seen in this post... You know, you may hate Curt, and you have every reason to, but you just proved him right you stupid douche.

Hey, I'm not against assigning some blame to Francona here. Don't get me wrong, Papelbon sucked and he sucked not because of the manager but because his pitch selection is one dimensional. That said, maybe he is just a bit fresher if he's not pitching on his 3rd consecutive day. And maybe he's not pitching on his 3rd consecutive day if the manager didn't need to "get him work" by only using him in save opportunities. Both have work to do, IMO.

Why wasn't he pinch running before? Make it interesting by giving up an out? Now that, is a stupid f***ing managerial move. And oh goody, just look, he could have been on 3rd with less than 2 outs.