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[Official] NFL Week 1

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by Castor27, Sep 6, 2011.

  1. SacTown

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    Tom Brady is still the best QB in the league and will have better numbers than Aaron Rodgers at the end of the season.
     
  2. greenhippos

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    Numbers last year clear as day show Brady is still the better QB, I have no idea what anyone is making their claim on.
     
  3. what

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    I doubt that. With aging welker & 85. You know it is bad when Brady is begging moss to come back and play.
     
  4. moestavern19

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    what -

    I will attempt to clarify my position on justifying taking him relatively early which is an admitted risk to put an unproven player so high, but again... it is all about faith in the New Orleans system which continually yields TD production from the TE position based upon the nature of the offense.

    So When I looked at this year's TE cropped I puked after the "Big 5" (Gates, Witten, Davis, Clark, Finley).

    I'm in my 12 team league draft, in the Smeg League, the most prestigious fantasy football league by far on clutchfans.

    So the TE run comes and I watch JerMichael Finley go and then there goes Witten in round 5. So I decided to wait and grab another WR.

    (I picked 2 overall so now I'm at a disadvantage of having to wait a long time and got caught at the wrong end of the QB run and had to end up taking Matt Ryan in Round 5, which I really didn't want to do, but the system favors QBs and I think the Falcons will throw it a lot more this season, especially with the emergence of Julio Jones.)

    Owen Daniels goes 6-7. I land Santonio Homes 6-11, then pull the trigger on Julio Jones at 7-2.

    Now I'm confident that my WR corps is completed and stacked 4 deep with Miles Austin, Mike Williams, Santonio Holmes, and Julio Jones. With Adrian Peterson and Peyton Hillis as my RBs, and Matt Ryan entrenched at QB, I decide to build my WRs up and wait on a TE. Owen Daniels goes 6-7, then Kellen Winslow 7-12.

    I figure now is the right time to make the move, so I invest on Graham as the 8th TE off the board at 8-11. The next 2 TEs off the board are Marcedes Lewis and Chris Cooley. Look at their QB situations and tell me you have faith in Marcedes Lewis and Chris Cooley.

    So for a good price I land the risky Graham, a consensus 6th finisher in TE points according to many expert sites.

    To hedge my bets, I invest in another risk with Lance Kendricks (15-2), a rookie phenom who looks as if he could emerge as Sam Bradford's main man even as a rookie.

    I'm confident that one of them will be fantasy relevant.
     
  5. greenhippos

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    Except it's out of work Moss who's begging to come to a winner, no one is even asking for Moss right now.
     
  6. moestavern19

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    Brady hasn't won **** since 2005 folks.

    And I haven't seem him play well in the playoffs since David Tyree pissed in his cheerios.
     
  7. Lil Pun

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    He speaks the truth. Success + Stats = Greatness

    And recently Rodgers has had more success.
     
  8. greenhippos

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    And worse stats.
     
  9. moestavern19

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    Championships won in the past 5 years:

    Ben Roethlisberger 2
    Drew Brees 1
    Aaron Rodgers 1
    Eli Manning 1

    Tom Brady 0
    Peyton Manning 0
     
  10. Lil Pun

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    Notice, I put success before stats and even then Rodgers stats are on par with Brady's. The only thing that Brady had over him last season was the TD/INT ratio but their stats were basically the same. If you go to the playoffs, it's not even close.
     
  11. what

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    I like your pick. I probably would have done the same. 7th round in a 12 team draft isn't too, too bad. Especially since you also got Mike Williams, AP, Peyten and Miles austin and santonio holmes. Good grief.

    I'd love to show you our draft board. By the end of the second round, out of those guys only Santonio holmes & Mike Williams was left. And by the 3rd round only holmes was left.
     
  12. greenhippos

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    So you're saying higher interceptions, less td's, lower completion %, lower team winning % one Superbowl > fewer interceptions, more tds, higher completion %, higher team winning % three superbowls two MVPs
     
  13. greenhippos

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    Thank you, you're 100% it's not even close. Going to 4 superbowls and winning 3 is much more impressive than winning 1.
     
  14. Lil Pun

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    We're talking recent history man. Remember, Rodgers has been a starter all of 3 seasons, now going into his 4th.
     
  15. Lil Pun

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    I was referring to last year.

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    As far has career stats, look at my post above.
     
  16. moestavern19

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    I'm more than willing to present actual football evidence rather than the lies (statistics).
     
  17. Lil Pun

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    He seems so hung up on those though. :grin:
     
  18. SacTown

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    Brady has won 3 superbowls and had one stolen from him by a miracle Eli Manning circus escape act and a David Tyree miracle catch. Brady led a team to an undefeated regular season. The guy is top 5 all time and still just as good now as he ever was. His receiving corp hasn't even been all that great in his career. No knock on Aaron Rodgers - he's a stud and incredibly accurate, but I'd still put Brady one slight notch above him right now.

    I'd say Brady has had some bad luck in the playoffs the past 5 years, but he always has his team right there in the mix.
     
  19. SacTown

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    Give Brady Greg Jennings and then who do you take?
     
  20. Lil Pun

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    He had Moss for years, who was better than Jennings. What's your point?
     

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