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Some Falcons thoughts

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:32:37 EST

Okay, so the Falcons just got whooped by the Packers, badly. I mean it was painful to watch. How many Falcons fans do you know that sat there and watched the whole game thinking, "Okay, at least we are playing hard." No, the Falcons looked like they gave up. Matt Ryan did not handle the pressure well as he looked erratic all night. That pick he threw right before halftime that Tramon Williams returned for a TD was terrible. So here we go, the Falcons go 13-3, then get slaughtered by the 6 seed Packers andits time to panic.

Actually it isn't. For as bad as the Falcons looked Saturday night, they still had some bright spots. Granted I believe the Falcons were a pretender number 1 seed, see as they had the best record but were not the best team in the NFC. They had at least 3 wins with some luck, those being Garrett Hartley's 27 yard field goal miss to help them win against the Saints for the first time, stopping Tampa Bay on the 1 yard line, ok that wasn't luck but the Falcons were out played the whole game by the Bucs but capitalized on their mistakes, and also the win over Green Bay, seeing as we caught the Packers right before they turned on the afterburners. So that would make the Falcons 10-6 and probably miss the playoffs since the Bucs would be 11-5 and we would have been even more angry but whatever, we went 13-3 and got the number 1 seed so that is all pointless anyways.

Some Falcons thoughts

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:31:39 EST

Homerun Derby 2009

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:58:04 EDT

If you watched the Homerun Derby last year you should know why I would like to see Josh Hamilton back in it this year. But what I dont get is last year one of the announcers said, "This homerun Derby will not be very interesting because there is too many white people in it." Now I probably shouldn't have used quotes because I don't think he said those exact words but the part about not being interesting because of the white people is spot on. He said he wanted more hispanics like Manny, Pujols, and A-rod. Now I totally agree that Manny, Pujols, and A-rod should be in the HRDerby every year, but, to say it wont be interesting because only white people are in it is uncalled for. Josh Hamilton put on a hell of a show last year and now is in the record books so I would hope he can get some credit this time around. I would like to see a HRDerby with Hamilton, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols and other sluggers such as Prince Fielder and maybe even an asian such as Shin-Soo Choo (which was my All-Star snub pick). What do you guys think on what the best HRDerby contestants would be this year?

All-Star IDP

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:20:29 EDT

So, I've been playing in this Dynasty Keeper league for a few years now and decided to become the league writer. To kick off my blog opening, I decided to post my most recent article. BTW, we play in an IDP (meaning individual defensive players, for you noobs) league where all players are similarly balanced in scoring.

"Okay I decided to go ahead and give a roster on who I will predict to have the best fantasy year in each position. This list is my predicted #1’s (and in some cases #2’s) of scoring this upcoming year. They may not be the best at their position, but they will finish the year. So first, lets see the team, then, we will go into analysis.

QB: Tom Brady DDD

RB: Matt Forte JJ