This is the End

Well, I lost! LOL. So much for win out. Got smoked. So concludes another Fantasy season. So....now what do I talk about. Titans lost again. Resting Vanden Bosch and Haynesworth until post-season is a good idea. Time to put Vince in so he can prove to be a good offseason trade. Redskins have self destructed as predicted. Random thoughts are flowing. I am not looking forward to football season ending. The Gators are the only SEC team that I can not root for no matter what the situation.



WNT US soccer is doing well, MNT is not, as expected. I college soccer, Tar Heels and Terrapins went at it for the College Cup yesterday. WAY to go TERPS!!! Maryland beat North Carolina for the championship keeping the Tar Heels still in the hunt for their first NCAA title. We also get to welcome 2 new MLS teams to the country in the next two years. Seattle's team will join the league in 2009 and a team in Philly will join in 2010. GO American Pro Soccer.

Long Time

Long time no Blogging... Hey folks, I made my Fantasy League playoffs...W00t!! What a crazy year in fantasy football. I have done more coaching and waiver wire watching than ever! Look to be coming into the playoffs with a pretty good team. May even have a chance to win out. (Knock on wood) My sleeper pick this year, Chris Johnson, sure has been just that. I lucked out with my second QB pick in Jay Cutler. I was one of the many who lost Tom Brady first game of the year but , while most people scrambled all season to make up for that loss, Jay has been an excellent #1 quarterback. My late pickup of both Tyler Thigpen and Lance Moore, have proven to be great roundouts for my lineup. I will post an update of the playoff results.

GO TITANS!!!!

Top 5 and Why?

I have listened to all the analysts give their rankings and have decided to do one for myself. Here is the Top 5 NFL teams and why.

5)Arizona Cardinals- Who would of thought that they would be a top 5 team this time last year? They do have many weapons on offense in the run game as well as passing. They had no QB. Leinart is a flop. Yet a veteran, making a strong case for MVP this year, has slipped into the role and given the Cards. a shot at more. They are a little weak on Defense but, when your opponent has to score so many points to stay in the game, the Offense makes up for it. Kurt Warner has over 3000 yards already this year with a 105.5 rating, he is "partying like it's 1999".

4)New York Jets-"J" "E" "T" "S" Jets, Jets, Jets. With a solid Defense against the run and second in the league in average points per game, the Jets have to be considered a true contender. After taking command in a division that has been the Patriots for years and a veteran QB that still has the taste of the conference championship in his mouth, they are being overlooked by the analysts and are making a strong push for the playoffs and more.

3)Pittsburgh Steelers- This team is everything they are suppose to be and more. With injuries plaguing them again this year, they could probably be better. As the saying goes, "Defense wins championships" and this #1 defense in the league is going to continue to build a lead in the AFC North, on their way to the playoffs.

2)New York Giants- Defending champions of the NFL. #1 Offense in the NFL. Second in most categories on Defense. They are tough, if they are on their game, know one can stop them. Enough said accept, "Why are they not #1 on my list?"

1)Tennessee Titans- It is no secret that I am a very big Titans fan. I thought about this ranking list for some time. Trying to figure out what makes these teams good and ranked where they are. I weighed things carefully. Yes Pittsburgh and the Giants are 2 of the toughest, best teams in the NFL in 2008. Stronger numbers, higher profile players; young, strong and fast, so what is it about the Titans that makes them better? Do they have the #1 Defense? No, but it's close. Do they have the #1 Offense? No, not at all, but they are doing well. So what argument do I have for all the analysts, for all the fans of the "stronger" teams. It's actually very simple. The thing that makes the Titans the best team in the NFL so far is........

They Beat You! They WIN!!!!

It doesn't matter what you put in front of this team they win. Pound their Defense, they win. Stop their running game, they win. That's what great teams do. They win.

"Kerry, YOU have to BEAT US."

And he did!!!!! Coach Dungy and the Colts, by way of game plan, told Kerry Collins last night that he would have to be the one to beat the division rivals on the world stage of Monday Night Football. Another 30 point game was his answer. What an exciting game that was. Shut our run down and we still came thru. The Colts played just as predicted, like it was a playoff game. The Titans played like they deserve to be called the BEST team in the NFL. We are only half way through the season but it sure has been a great first half. The humble, one game at a time mentality of Jeff Fisher's shows in every interview with the Titans. The team gives credit to all on the field. There are going to be bigger tests in the second half now that everyone we are scheduled to play is going to be gunning to upset the winning streak the Titans are on. I say "BRING IT!!!"

Fantasy Football Update: I won again!! Took out the last undefeated team, scored the most points and sit on top of the power ranking. W00t!!!

THE BIG TEST

Well, tonight is the night. The Titans are undefeated this season, first time in franchise history going 6-0. First time in Nashville for Monday night football since 2004 and after the very exciting game on Sunday from London, this should be a very watched football game in the nation as well as the world. Not enough??? So are the Titans for real? I am a very big Titans fan and would love to see the Titans continue their win streak but, I can't help but think that a loss would be a better test than a victory.

I can't believe I just said that.

Think about it. The Titans have been on a high that could use a little shacking up and frankly, I'd much rather have the loss now as opposed to in the playoffs. Unless you believe the Titans can go undefeated, what would be a better time? OKAY, OKAY,.......Maybe tonight isn't the best time but my point is the same. If our team does get their first loss, how are they going to answer? So many things have changed in just one season. The league is proving this year that any team could beat any team. If you ask analysts right now who they think will be in the Super Bowl, they will pick teams with losses. Can you believe that after the way the Cowboys have played folks are still saying they are going to the Super Bowl? With a victory tonight do you think opinion will change about the Titans being an "all the way" team? Remember, the Colts have struggled. We will still be in the same place we are now. Having said this, I would like to apologize to all the Titans fans I know and don't know. I will be cheering them all the way. We need a good test, tonight is going to be just that. A victory will almost assure our place in the division, a loss will do almost no damage except give us a chance to see how our 2009 World Champion hopefuls can answer to adversity and criticism.

On a side note, Chris Johnson is my last player on my Fantasy team left to play. With a good night and us stopping Rhodes, I will have my sixth straight win, defeat the last undefeated team in my league and take the lead in the power ranks.

GO TITANS CODE BLUE!!!!

Set to GO BIG!!!

Everything points to Chris Johnson having a big game on Sunday. The Chiefs are in a "rebuilding year" but can never be counted out. To many teams have proved that, especially last week. We saw losing teams beat 3 teams in the undisputed, strongest division in football, the NFC East. Coach Fisher is not taking this team lightly.
“It’s a much younger team,” Fisher said. “There’s 17 rookies on the roster (actually 16) and I think there’s 26 players on the roster with two years or less of experience (actually 25.) They’re just getting better and better. Coach Edwards was upfront about their plan. They had to rebuild and were going to take their lumps and they’ve won a ball game against a very good team. Four of the five teams they’ve played this year have winning records and we can’t say that for ourselves. And they beat a team with a winning record. You can make all you want about our records right now but this is going to be a tough ball game.”

Any team can beat any team in the NFL on any Sunday. But... not this Sunday. The Chiefs cannot stop the run and with deactivation of Johnson from their roster, the Titans opponent has just lost the player with 3 of the 7 touchdowns his team has scored all year. I am also a little bias in that Chris Johnson is on my fantasy team and I need him to have a big game to keep my win streak going.

Pac-Man does it again

I used to call him Adam Jones when he wanted to be called Pac-Man. Now that he wants to be called Adam Jones, I am back to calling him Pac-Man. Here is a guy that destroyed his career with the Titans football team. He hurt the Titans by having them take a chance on him in the first round. The Titans lost him for an entire season due to his off the field issues. I will not list them all as most people interested in reading this post know too much about him already.

So the Titans do what they can to remove this cancer from the organization. They get a deal to trade him to Dallas. The deal states that if Pac-Man plays all season without getting into trouble that the Titans would get a 5th round pick in the deal. Not the greatest of deals, but it did free up salary cap room and got rid of the cancer. The other side of the deal was that if Pac-Man got in trouble then the Titans would have to give Dallas their First Round pick. I do not know who was the bright person within the Titans front office that came up with this or agreed to this part, but they really need to think next time they make a trade. Everyone knew the odds of Pac-Man getting into trouble was extremely high and Dallas knew it as well that is why the y put that in the agreement.

Pac-man is suspended from the NFL again and might be able to come back after four games. And guess what? If he comes back after four games the Titans still have to give Dallas their 1st pick in the NFL Draft. Dallas knew this suspension was coming this week that is why they traded away their 1st round pick to get the wide out from the Lions, all the time knowing they would get another 1st round from the Titans due to Pac-Man. So we get rid of Pac-man and Dallas makes out big time in the whole deal. But the Titan onces again are hurt by Pac-Man while he is wearing another uniform, and that pain did not come from great play against the Titans on the field. It came from bad choice the Titans have made in drafting him and then trading him knowing they would have to give Dallas their first round pick.

The Titans front office continues to look foolish, and hurt the team.