BearFan2000

LOL that's funny right there, I don't care who you are that's funny right there. Git 'er done!

hopefully neither is too serious. Ankle sprain for an Offensive linemen is a tough one. if it's minor maybe 1-2 weeks. Spencer didn't do too bad filling in not that he was replacing a pro bowl guard. Roy was looking pretty good till he came up lame on that last catch. Hope it's minor too, but even if it isn't minor we have Knox who's hungry and more than happy to step in and make a bid to take over the #1 job from Roy. Signing Roy I think has lit a fire under Knox and that's a good thing. Considering the other injuries suffered around the league in week one I'd say we escaped in pretty good shape and may get another piece back next week with Barber possibly returning. Bell made some nice runs glad to see him get in the action he's earned some playing time. As has Dane, though the end around with Dane never had a shot that's not his strength. Good to see us finding some talent in the undrafted FA class.

Harbaugh Whines Jim Harbaugh is whining over the lack of highlights of his 49ers win. Dude, welcome to the club, stomped Atlanta and barely a mention of it on NFL.com Instead you see things like the 1 game HOF career of Cam Newton, etc. When your not one of the media darlings you get next to no coverage or love. Jim, you played in Chicago you should know that lol.

Cartoon inspired by yesterdays game. Enjoy!

Here's hoping the Aints keep Kruetz in at least one more week before they realize he just might be washed up lol. I love Kruetz and what he did here but I think his best move would have been to retire he just doesn't have it anymore. The past few years he's gotten progressively worse what he's doing now is just trying to extend a career that he should just walk away from.

That was a brilliant play call, execution was great up to the throw and it sailed a bit on Cutler. From the replay it almost looked like Davis had room to adjust to the ball but stood there and let it go over his head. But great play call and if executed that was a walk in TD. I like some of the wrinkles that Marts is throwing in here and there. I still think Hester did score on that long run... bad camera angles cost us a TD on that play but we got it on the next play anyway. I thought we got a bit cutesy on that drive that resulted in the turnover for the TD. I liked us staying aggressive but I think you need to be smart about that too and not try to get too clever for your own good.

Bears kicked arse today against on of the "experts" teams, The Chargers came back to beat the Vikings, and my fantasy team will likely lead all scores this week with nearly 180 fantasy points. Been a good weekend for sports here lol Looking forward to talking a little smack. The guy I was matched up with this week, his team is named "Running Away With it"

Nothing was more enjoyable than watching our D-Line get constant pressure with just the front four we didn't need to blitz much and played coverage most of the day with the back 7 limiting the big plays. This is why defensive line penetration is so critical to our defensive scheme. When we have to take guys out of the secondary to assist with pressure and run stopping it put's more pressure on the secondary. I will admit going in to this game I was nervous given the hype. But other than a atheletic play on Atlanta's D giving them their only TD. We held the high powerered, unstoppable, super bowl bound offense with the second coming at QB to..... 2 field goals..... that's right not a typo.... 2 FGs. LOL HA HA HA HA HA

Really glad I didn't pick Manning in my work fantasy league. I was surprised he went #9 overall in our draft. By a Colts fan who also drafted Clark and Wayne. lol I've only got one Colt on my team and that's Joseph Addai which now with the mess there I'm considering shopping him as trade bate if there's no takers I may either keep him or drop him. With no manning teams will stack the box and dare the colts to throw whether it's grey beard or finger painter.

Lost out on Harvin I had the lowest claim priority and so I lost out on him and the other two WR's I was looking at. Would you change anything about the starting linup? based on what I have. Anyone I pick up at this point will be a bench player this week. This was poorly played on my part I should have picked up Amandola at least till I knew if I'd get Harvin or not. I'm inclined to keep shiancoe as he's better than any of the available FA TE's I'm looking more at a WR who could be a sleeper. the ones I'm looking at Donald Jones - Buff Derrick Mason - Jets Plaxico Burress - Jets Lee Evans - ravens Kevin Walter - Texans Nate Washington - Titans Damien Williams (britt handcuff) - Titans Steve Breaston - KC Jacoby Ford - OAK Darrius Heyward Bey - Oak Malcom Floyd - chargers D. Hester - Bears (inconsistency scares me but will be on punt returns) Nate Burleson - Detroit Rashied Davis - Detroit Donald Driver - GB Jordy Nelson - GB Bernard Berrian - Minny Meachem - Saints Andre Roberts - AZ Brandon Gibson - Stl

Do you think I should make any changes to this lineup? I made a couple moves placing Calvin Johnson back at WR in place of Holmes, and placed Ray Rice back to RB in place of Joseph Addai. Here's a screen shot of my game center. I am one player short but I have made a waiver claim on Percy Harvin. I probably should have picked up Armandola or Lance Moore, both were picked up while I was waiting on Harvin to clear waivers. Now if he doesn't I won't get Harvin or either of my two second choices. Had I picked one of those two up and placed a claim on Harvin I'd have been in a better spot should I not get Harvin. Live and learn I guess.

In our PPR league I traded Pierre Thomas and Willis McGahee for Matt Forte. This trade opened a roster spot for me but required the other guy to drop a player. I was absolutely shocked at who he dropped. Percy Harvin??? even more shocking considering it now leaves him with only 2 WR on his roster (bench included, and 6 RB) He also has 3 QB, 2 Def, 1 TE, and 1 kicker. Personally I'd have dropped one of my RBs or my 3rd QB and that would be Matt Flyn since he'll likely only get snaps in a blowout or the very unlikely case where Rodgers goes down with injury beyond maybe a one game loss for concussion. If I were to handcuff a QB (which I wouldn't) I'd see it more on a QB who isn't playing behind a starter who is firmly entrenched as #1 and/or is extremely durable. I was considering going after WR to fill out my roster and like both Danny Amendola and Lance Moore but now Harvin is there on the Waiver wire and so tempting. We have a 1 day wait on waiver claims our waivers reset each week in reverse order of standings but since week 1 hasn't started yet it would that go by reverse draft order in which case I have the lowest waiver claim priority. Either way I think it would be smart to make a claim on him and see if I can grab him, if not go with one of the guys I was looking at anyway. Doubtful that i'll get him since I have the lowest claim priority and he's likely to get a claim bid by someone unless people are hoping he clears waivers by Wed but worth a try I think.

both of those are good options. I need to get a hold of our league manager he was going to change the trade wait settings. Currently the trade is offered, once accepted it has to wait two days for leauge review and vote if enough people say no to it the trade is declined. Which is dumb since really it's no other teams business when we trade players if the two teams in question agree it should be final. The wait puts me in a limbo spot since the trade involves me sending two players his way for one my way creating a virtual open roster spot which I want to fill, but cant till monday. If a player I want for that spot get snatched before my trade becomes "official" then I get screwed out of a player. Plus it's a bad rule since lets say one or more other teams wanted that guy and decide to decline the trade simply because they want a crack at that guy. The league manager needs to change that setting or this is going to create a lot of chaos in our league. In Fantasy football being hamstrung for 2 days is an eternity.

Another guy in my league picked him up as well as Mcfadden, Forte, Ryan Grant, and Woodhead. I did pry forte from him though the trade won't be reflected in my roster till Monday. Still a backfield of CJ and McFadden isn't too shabby with backups in Ryan Grant and Woodhead. We have a titans fan in our league and he swore up and down he didn't want CJ because of the contract. We all were like your bluffing and just trying to drive his stock down so you can nab him at 8. He went #7 in our league.

I've only got one Bears WR at the moment, I'm not 100% sure on Hester I'm looking at the list of WR's available. FA WR's are: Dany Amendola STL Terrell Owens CIN Davone Bess MIA Lance Moore NO Derrick Mason NO Jacoby Ford OAK Devin Hester CHI Jabar Gaffney WAS Nate Burleson Det Jacoby Jones HOU Mike Williams SEA Anthony Armstrong WAS James Jones GB Nate washington TEN Malcom Floyd SD Kevin Walter HOU Brndon Tate NE Steve Breaston KC Robert Meachem NO Jordan Shiplay CIN Brandon Gibson STL Donald Driver GB Jordy Nelson GB Josh Morgan SF Some RBs of interest, LaDaimian Tomilnson, Darren Sproles, Ronnie Brown, Cadillac Williams, the backs that are left are mostly backups or guys who will receive limited work.

Who'd you take in rounds 1-5? I would guess 1 was charles. Mendy in 2, then nicks, austin, and knox. Probably should have taken a QB a round or two earlier but hard to say depending on how the draft is going. I know there are guys I thought would drop so I held off and sure enough they didn't lol nature of the beast. I think Freeman can be a good starer not great but good, Orton, isn't spectacular but not horrible, what's going to carry your team is the RBs WRs, TE. I think your solid pretty much everywhere but QB but if Freeman lives up to the hype you should be in good shape.

just traded Piere Thomas and McGahee for Forte That'll give me a backfield of Ray Rice, Matt Forte, Tim Hightower, and Joseph Addai That will give me 4 backs on my roster Calvin Johnson I think will be a beast this year, Holmes should be good as well. Also have Steve Johnson who should be the primary target now that Evens is gone and Johnny Knox who I think will still have a shot at having a solid year he could Between the backs and WRs I Think I'll have some good options at the flex spot. I may try to trade NO defense for the Bears D and pick up Hester from as a FA to fill my roster spot from or pick up another RB who may vulture some TD's. I start 1 QB 2 RB 2 WR 1 TE 1 WR/RB flex 1 Def 1 Kicker 6 bench.

sounds like a fair deal for both sides. I'd like to see it get done and get Forte taken care of he has earned it.

nope there was no draft pic trading would have rather picked somewhere closer to the middle of the round. I the common and easy pick at #1 would be AP but after doing research I went with the following draft, I don't mind what I ended up with but I think I'm weak at RB. 1 Ray Rice RB 2 Philip Rivers QB 3 Calvin Johnson WR 4 Tim Hightower RB 5 Santonio Holmes WR 6 Joseph Addai RB 7 Jimmy Graham TE 8 Saints Def D 9 Pierre Thomas RB 10 Steve Johnson WR 11 Pierre Thomas RB 12 Willis McGahee RB 13 Visanthe Shiancoe TE 14 Jay Cutler QB 15 Josh Brown K QB - 2 RB - 6 WR - 3 TE - 2 K - 1 Def - 1

Well we decided our draft order today by drawing names from a hat. I wound up with the 1st overall pick in a 15 round 10 team PPR league. While I like the idea of having the #1 overall, the drawback is that it's an eternity till my next pick since the draft order will snake. But it also means when I do pick I get to pick twice on all my next remaining picks. My first thought is AP #1 but I have looked at various different ppr rankings for RB and I see AP anywhere from 1st to 3rd often behind Foster and Ray Rice. I can kind of see the arguments for Rice and Foster. Foster worries me because of the hamstring which does seem minor and he's making good progress I know that a hammy can be a nagging injury that can negate a RB's speed by not being able to fully open up in the open field to out run defenders. He has also lost his full back who was one of the best in the league and was a factor in his running. The do employ the zone blocking scheme that has been known to aid RBs ala Denver in the Shanny days. Ray Rice is a decent option as he should get the bulk of the load and the ravens do throw to the back. But while I think he's a very solid Fantasy RB I just don't see taking him #1 overall maybe I'm wrong. However he does now have the same fullback blocking for him that helped Foster last season. And word is he will get the 3rd down and goal line carries this year as he no longer has McGahee to vulture those carries. Where as AP may not always get those.

I say pick him up, start him at C, Spencer would be a backup with starting experience who is a natural C. Move Garza back to Guard and now we have some good depth at the center position.

being able to restructure contracts can work for or against a team there are time when a player is willing to restructure their contract and take less to help sign a key free agent.

Saw a blurb on NFL.com about this too and is good to hear it looked like a scary borderline dirty hit and having him carted off made me think IR and possibly the end of his career. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821c..._headline_stack

Yes and that was one of the things that jumps out at me with Haine, he stares down receivers by contrast I see Cutler using his eyes to keep the safety where he wants him so he can throw where he wants to. The hesitation that Haine plays with put him in a hole to start with because of the timing of the offense hesitation throws that timing off then when you stare a receiver down the defense just watches your eyes and any advantage your WR had is gone because the secondary recovers. To look at the Haine situation from a slightly different angle some of the flaws that Haine exhibits are things that Jay exhibited too early on in the martz system, there was hesitation, locking on or forcing the ball. He was thinking too much out there. By contrast this season Jay looks comfortable and has a firm grasp of the offense and isn't thinking and is playing on instinct and it shows. Haine like Jay has been in the system for his second year but doesn't have the live game experience running the offense. He has his moments but it's very up and down with Haine, He will make a play that makes you say wow then he'll follow it up with one that has you throwing projectiles at the TV. What seems to be the case with the Martz offense is that till the QB gets it and finds that comfort and rhythm within the offense they can be up and down. It looks as like things are clicking with Jay now but Haine hasn't gotten to that level with the offense.

yeah, as much as I like the kid and his potential he's looked like crap for most of the preseason just seems to have regressed. We need someone better backing up Jay than what we have. I think Haine will br the #2 this season but that competition for the #2 spot this year I think is one of those tallest midgets. Caleb just looks lost out there. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Enderlee get the majority of the game reps for the final preseason game. He could end up winning that #2 spot. but at this point I have little or now confidence if Jay goes down again. This may sound like a joke... ok so I'm half joking here but say Grossman is edged out for the starting spot would it be too crazy to bring him in... I know he'd probably not be interested for many reasons, from the way he was treated here by the fans, and the fact that he would rather be somewhere where he could have a shot at the starting gig which wouldn't happen here. He has looked pretty good this preseason and perhaps he's gotten some of his mojo back which I think was really his downfall here was he mentally he lost the edge. He had the arm and the tools but most of his problems were in his head. So I throw his name out half jokingly since I doubt either side would be interested. The tough part about getting a quality backup is the good QB's who can still play at a high level are going to prefer a team where they could start. Those types of guys are not going to want to come here knowing ahead of time at best they'd be second fiddle. Really our only options are to develop a young guy similar to what GB did with Rodgers under Favre, but we have proven we can neither draft well at that position or develop if anything we stunt and ruin young QB's. Our other option is to bring in a vet who's career is on the down side that can be a serviceable at best.