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If it feels like we talk about Brandon Marshall a lot in this space, that's because we do. There's good reason though, since Marshall is one of the most asked about players in fantasy football due to his fluctuating draft value. In our recent FanHouse league draft, Marshall fell to the fifth round and the chat feedback ranged from "nice pick" to "lol, good luck with that one."
Now the Marshall-to-Jets angle is circulating again, two weeks after the first report that New York was interested.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Neither Michael Allen or Chris Riley will be remembered at the Wyndham Championship. Allen will end up with a top-five finish, and Riley led heading into the fourth day, but because they failed to make the playoff (or much noise on Sunday at Sedgefield for that matter) no one will discuss their presence here.
Kevin Stadler, who did make the playoff will be remembered, naturally. But for a bigger reason, all three golfers will probably look back at the 2009 Wyndham a little more fondly. That's because their respective performances this week guaranteed them a spot in the FedEx Cup and the opportunity to make some more money in the 2009 PGA season.
If Derrick Mason has retired as a negotiating ploy, his hand just got a whole lot stronger. The announcement that his replacement Drew Bennett has also retired means that once again, the Ravens are faced with arguably the worst receiving corps in the league.
You could argue that adding Bennett didn't do a whole lot to change that, but without Mason and Bennett, the Ravens are left with Mark Clayton and very little else.
It's hard to think of a receiver more important to his offense than Mason. He was Joe Flacco's target on 121 passes last year -- the rest of the receivers on the Ravens' 2008 roster were targeted for only 110 combined passes. According to Football Outsiders' stats, Clayton was the target for 82 passes, No. 3 wide receiver Demetrius Williams was thrown 23 balls and Yamon Figurs, a kick returner who occasionally will get a play at wide receiver, saw five balls.
Add the mounting off-field issues to Jones' occasional on-field laziness, and the Jags really had no choice but to show him the door. It's not surprising that Jones has struggled to find a new home since then. Teams are understandably reluctant to bring in a receiver with red flags on his resume like "Drug Use" and "Attitude Problems."
But here's what those worrisome tidbits are hiding: whichever NFL team finally takes a chance on Jones will be locking in a guy capable of putting up 1,000-plus yards and 10 touchdowns -- this season.
Except that maybe Mason was just kidding in the name of making a few more bucks. The Baltimore Sun's Ken Murray thinks Mason's announcement was just a grand scheme to get a new deal, one he's been angling for all offseason.
While no Kurt Warner, I consider myself to be a morally upstanding citizen. I give up my seat on the subway to the elderly (as well as shoot an annoyed look to the teenagers who do not), refrain from unnecessarily yelling fire in a crowded movie theater, and always take the side that steroid users like Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa have no place in the Hall of Fame. When it comes to fantasy football though, my competitive nature tends to go into overdrive.
In more occasions than I would like to admit I become as desperate as Nick Nolte in the first act of Blue Chips, kick the soapbox to the curve and go all out signing every player with character issues that I can find to help me win. To prevent future me from some deep soul-searching sessions, I have traversed the murky terrain of morally dubious players and separated the individuals that I am allowing myself to own this season from those that will be off-limits.
When the Bears acquired Jay Cutler almost two months ago, it became required for all journalists and bloggers alike to spew on and on about how awful Chicago's receiving corps is. CBS' Clark Judge still can't stop doing it, for example. The next chapter in the Bears Offseason Reporting Handbook is to try and connect every single available receiver to the Bears via free agency. Just as quickly as a name pops up, though, Bears general manager Jerry Angelo shoots it down.
The latest example in a long line is cocaine addict former Jags wideout Matt Jones. The talented yet troubled receiver caught 65 passes for 761 yards and a pair of touchdowns last season. Angelo, staying true to form, doesn't seem interested.
The stagnant and seemingly dried-up free-agent wide receiver market looks like it will receive a jolt. According to a published report, Matt Jones, formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars, will avoid league suspension for violating terms of a court-ordered drug program.
I can't help that I love Torry Holt -- he's a North Carolina State guy who has dominated as a wide receiver at every level. Additionally, he's one of the nicest guys in the NFL, and generally deviates from the typical showboating style that one sees in so many of the league's wideouts. But that doesn't mean Holt's finger -- which is bent in all sorts of silly ways -- is any less disgusting. Because, well, as shown in the video below, it's just gross. But the finger is also a good reminder of why he's so successful; I would bet that Matt Jones or Reggie Williams might just try and smoke off such an injury or something. Holt, meanwhile, just keeps on playing. (Jacksonville.com via Frumpzilla Via Hot Clicks)
One of the most intriguing prospects in this weekend's NFL draft is West Virginia quarterback Pat White. A sensational athlete, White dominated the Big East during his college career and enters this weekend as a man without a position. Can he overcome his lack of size and succeed as a quarterback in the NFL? Will he became the latest quarterback-to-wide receiver project and follow in the footsteps of players like Antwaan Randle-El? Or will he bring back the "Slash" position, combined with the recent fad that is the wildcat offense, and become a unique weapon that gives opposing defensive coordinators fits?
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