Well the FANTASY SPORTS Weekly column took the ALL STAR Break to sit back and reflect on the first half of the baseball season but more importantly to prepare the world for the inaugural…
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The Gunther Project
Greg Robinson’s defensive schemes helped the Denver Broncos win two SB’s. Not surprisingly, Denver’s scoring defense was ranked 7th and 8th during that back to back SB run.
Then Denver’s defensive secondary started falling apart – and along with it the overall defensive performance – and Robinson was given the boot.
Terrell Owens arrives in Philly to play alongside McNabb and replace the likes of butterfingers Pinkston and Thrash. Will Owens be enough to push Philly over the hump and lead them to Super Bowl glory?
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In Defense of Griese
I’m a big Brian Griese fan and I have been since I watched him embarrass Ryan Leaf in the Rose Bowl.
Brian Griese is an excellent QB in his own right; in some ways superior to John Elway, and Griese certainly outperformed Jake Plummer as Denver’s starting QB. Making him the whipping boy for Denver’s woes during his stay in the Mile High City, or calling him untalented and worthless, is a considerable distortion of reality.
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Mike Shanahan: Off With His Head!
Every team in the NFL exists for one reason and one reason alone. It is their goal, their job, their duty to reach and win the NFL’s championship game; the Super Bowl – we’ll pretend there are no teams like the Bears whose ownership and management have either forgotten this or just don’t give a damn about it.
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Offseason Induced Scab Picking
The off season stinks.
At this point in the year there’s little news of any value. All that’s left us is speculation, and the upcoming season has already been speculated to death several times over.
So as any obsessive NFL fan might, I’ve begun picking open old scabs, just to see if there’s still any puss left to squeeze out.
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Winners/Whiners of 2004 NFL Offseason
The NFL offseason may be the most political and nerve racking few months in sports. But it’s fun to watch. Teams and agents casually make deals that change people’s lives with the click of a pen. Millions are thrown around, All-Stars put on the chopping block. So with all the drama and cash being thrown around, here’s a breakdown on the winners and losers of the 2004 offseason so far.
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Brock n’ Roll: He’s a trend-setter
Brock Lesner is trading in his wrestling boots for a pair of football cleats. An agile and athletic monster of a man, Lesner turned down a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the WWE to try his hand at a sport he hasn’t played since high school. Who is to say that the former NCAA wrestling champion can’t do it? For one, I hope that he does succeed. Not because I’m a Brock Lesner fan, but because maybe this would lead to many wrestlers crossing over to mainstream sports. Here are some examples that I’d love to see…
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“We’re going to the Super Bowl! We’re going to the Super Bowl! The Carolina Panthers are going to the Super Bowl!” With those famous words, the Cardiac Cats made their first Super Bowl appearance in the history of the franchise. This was the best thing that happened to the Carolinas since October 26, 1993 when the Panthers were unanimously selected as the 29th NFL franchise. Owner and founder of the Panthers, Jerry Richardson, who is a god in the Carolinas, promised a Super Bowl birth within a decade of the opening of the Panthers. Nine years later, he also looks like a prophet. Coach John Fox has led the Panthers from a 1-15 season just two years ago to an appearance in the most important event in sports. “2003 NFC Champs, it has a nice ring to it.” Right ya are coach, right ya are. Fox and the die-hard Panthers have restored pride to everyone from the Carolinas that had lost or never had it. More importantly though, the 2004 Carolina Panthers have taught everyone in South Carolina what winning in a professional sport feels like. They taught us to be fans. They taught us how to cheer, how to celebrate, how to lose with dignity, and how good it feels to have an incurable sickness, referred to by many as Cat Scratch Fever.