I've seen other leagues with any option player. I've seen leagues where running backs get a point per ten attempts (that was a weird one).

I just don't see the point of the option position. Quarterbacks get far more points than other positions. Why not just do a second qb?

you're referring to Denver's, I assume? Mostly I'm hoping we'll actually have a pass rush this year. And that the d-line won't wear down after 10 games like last year.

Love Champ Bailey. Did you see the Denver-NE game last year where Brady threw 50+ times, but only once to Bailey's side of the field?

off-topic post:

got home from work in time to catch the end of the Mets beating the Braves again. Phillies lose. Mets up 7 now. Hopefully they play San Diego in the NLDS and I can go down there for a game.

Oh well. I'm seeing the 80's, like de ja vu all over again.

I think I'd enjoy that.

I guess we can have a brief baseball break. This is like the Sports Center segment of our lineup.

The 'mazins kind of quietely crept back into this thing, huh?

Last I checked the yanks had a decisive lead over the Blue Jays. I' d' love to see one last decent season with the Skip before we go into the (likely) Mattingly rebuilding era which I think will look a lot like the Billy Martin era (at least in terms of dugout drunkeness.)

Oh well. I'm seeing the 80's, like de ja vu all over again.

Raiders go up against the Broncos this week.
Defensive match up, the Raiders may have to activate Daunte if they want to have a shot at winning.
The rookie QB isn't gonna be suiting up for this one.

Raiders go up against the Broncos this week.
Defensive match up, the Raiders may have to activate Daunte if they want to have a shot at winning.
The rookie QB isn't gonna be suiting up for this one.

That would be great, throwing Russell in there at Mile High for his first game.

I don't think it really matters who the Raiders use at qb.

Trivia Question: Who did the Falcons trade to San Diego for the first overall pick in the draft they took Michael Vick in?

Trivia Question: Who did the Falcons trade to San Diego for the first overall pick in the draft they took Michael Vick in?

And finally, here is my contribution:

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Well, they got the 2nd pick to take LdT, I don't remember what else they got out of that trade. The pick they used on Kaeding?

Are you LdT's backup?

Well, they got the 2nd pick to take LdT, I don't remember what else they got out of that trade. The pick they used on Kaeding?

Are you LdT's backup?

Close, they actually got the fifth overall pick and took LT. But San Diego also got much forgotten mini-man and speed wideout Tim Dwight. Imagine where those teams would be if that didn't occur. The Falcons would have LT and probably make playoff runs and the Chargers (who never would have drafted Phillip Rivers) would have enjoyed some exciting years with the Michael Vick before he decided to rededicate his life to killing dogs. OR maybe, living in San Diego, he never would have had a dog fighting facility cause we don't tolerate that crap like they do in the deep south.

Oh and yes I am the Michael Turner. Amazing that I can still climb being a 250 pound black man.

Here's your prize:
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Steve Young was arguably the best backup quarterback in the NFL at the time. However that isn't necessarily enough to get you into the Hall of Fame.

Is there any way that Young would have stayed a backup in the modern NFL? He missed a significant portion of his potential starting time by sitting the bench behind Montana. How many talented QBs would accept that now?

Young is my favorite QB of all time -- maybe not the BEST, but for me the most entertaining. His ability to move both in and out of the pocket was underrated at the time, imo, and he would have been a much better fit for the modern NFL. I loved watching him play. And, as a rather pointless factoid, my dad admitted him into law school.

Nice!

Since the NFL wires on ESPN are quiet this morning, and since you brought it up, I think it's time for some fantasy dog fighting. In my lineup, I have Amanda (named for an ex-girlfriend with a similar personality). She is an 87 lbs pit bull who was drafted in the second round in 2006 out of LSU but managed to put up some impressive numbers in her rookie year with four confirmed kills (including a postman and a deceptively large 1st grader) not including several cats and other smaller animals. She's favored by five in this weeks game with an over/under of 13. Who's up for some side action?

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What do you mean "now"? Has the quarterback position changed that much since Young was playing? It's too often assumed that so called "modern day quarterbacks like Vick" brought a new level of a scrambling quarterback to the mix. That was nothing new, look at Randal Cunningham and Warren Moon. And there's still plenty of traditional pocket passers, look at Brady and Manning. So what do you mean by modern NFL?

I'll bite (no pun intended!)
Jessica Alba and her dog...
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Oh yes! I win! And then again...we all win.

Vince Young is at best a poor man's version of Randal Cunningham anyway.

Though I do think the bar has been raised since Steve Young and certainly the expectation of rookie QB's is higher (prepare to be burned Oakland!). But I think if a first round qb got the chance to understudy Peyton Manning today, he'd take it. Just like anyone would have understudied Joe Montana.