Fantasy Football Tonight 8/11
FFT PODCAST REVIEW
Tonight was the season premiere of the Fantasy Football Tonight Podcast and it was by far the fastest 90 minutes of radio ever. It was my co-host Ryan Hallam's birthday today and so we got a little review of how his day went complete with a nice promotion of Red Lobster. Anybody else have a taste for shrimp scampi? We gave away Fantasy Football Search T-shirts to callers who played our brand new "Know Your Hosts" game. Then we gave updates on the injuries to Steve Smith, Calvin Johnson, Antonio Bryan, Terrell Owens and Willie Parker. Eventually, we went through some of the depth charts that have been coming out lately and brought up what stood out such as Dwayne Bowe as a backup and Earnest Graham being the RB1 in Tampa Bay. Oh, and if you haven't heard it yet you have to hear the special birthday songs I played for Ryan's special day. It made warm and fuzzy feel dirty and possibly a bit gay. Click HERE to listen to the show on demand. If you have an ipod please subscribe to the feed as it doesn't cost anything and you'll get all 4 nights of Fantasy Football Tonight directly to your ipod every time you plug it in.
MASON ALREADY BANGED UP
Recently unretired Ravens WR Derrick Mason suffered a dislocated middle finger on his right hand while going low to catch a Joe Flacco pass earlier today. While it looked pretty freaky to say the least, Mason was in fine spirits later in the day as he talked with some local reporters and did a stint on Moving The Chains on Sirius NFL Radio. During the interview, Mason mentioned how he was grooming Justin Harper to be his eventual replacement in Baltimore when he really does retire. Anyways, Mason probably will not play in the Ravens preseason opener against Washington on Thursday but should be fine by the following week.
THE MAKINGS OF A STUD TE
The more I hear about Titans rookie TE Jared Cook, the better he gets in my minds eye. I have yet to see the Titans practice myself, but my people at Titans camp simply cannot say enough about the kid and are thinking he is the real deal. Head coach Jeff Fisher and QB Kerry Collins have come out publicly already praising Cook's ability. Offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger is using Cook as an H-back as well as lining him up wide at times in this offense and the kid responds like a champ making plays wherever he is on the field. Even his blocking skills have been better than advertised so far. This is a sure fire sleeper at the TE position and a guy that could let you hold off on spending a higher pick on Antonio Gates, Jason Witten or Greg Olsen while still getting great fantasy production.
NO DALLAS IN INDY?
Very strange situation in Indianapolis as TE Dallas Clark has gone missing from camp for 3 days now. At first, the local media were told that Clark was being held out of practice as a "precaution" but were never given a specific reason. Another day went by with no Clark and now a third and people are beginning to wonder. The coaching staff has not given an expected return of Clark but continue to downplay it as a non-story, which it may be. I just find it weird when teams play down injuries or situations so much that they make a bigger story out of something than it has to be. Clark does not make a habit of missing practices even when injured so there just might be something here. We'll keep you posted...
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Tonight was the season premiere of the Fantasy Football Tonight Podcast and it was by far the fastest 90 minutes of radio ever. It was my co-host Ryan Hallam's birthday today and so we got a little review of how his day went complete with a nice promotion of Red Lobster. Anybody else have a taste for shrimp scampi? We gave away Fantasy Football Search T-shirts to callers who played our brand new "Know Your Hosts" game. Then we gave updates on the injuries to Steve Smith, Calvin Johnson, Antonio Bryan, Terrell Owens and Willie Parker. Eventually, we went through some of the depth charts that have been coming out lately and brought up what stood out such as Dwayne Bowe as a backup and Earnest Graham being the RB1 in Tampa Bay. Oh, and if you haven't heard it yet you have to hear the special birthday songs I played for Ryan's special day. It made warm and fuzzy feel dirty and possibly a bit gay. Click HERE to listen to the show on demand. If you have an ipod please subscribe to the feed as it doesn't cost anything and you'll get all 4 nights of Fantasy Football Tonight directly to your ipod every time you plug it in.
MASON ALREADY BANGED UP
Recently unretired Ravens WR Derrick Mason suffered a dislocated middle finger on his right hand while going low to catch a Joe Flacco pass earlier today. While it looked pretty freaky to say the least, Mason was in fine spirits later in the day as he talked with some local reporters and did a stint on Moving The Chains on Sirius NFL Radio. During the interview, Mason mentioned how he was grooming Justin Harper to be his eventual replacement in Baltimore when he really does retire. Anyways, Mason probably will not play in the Ravens preseason opener against Washington on Thursday but should be fine by the following week.
THE MAKINGS OF A STUD TE
The more I hear about Titans rookie TE Jared Cook, the better he gets in my minds eye. I have yet to see the Titans practice myself, but my people at Titans camp simply cannot say enough about the kid and are thinking he is the real deal. Head coach Jeff Fisher and QB Kerry Collins have come out publicly already praising Cook's ability. Offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger is using Cook as an H-back as well as lining him up wide at times in this offense and the kid responds like a champ making plays wherever he is on the field. Even his blocking skills have been better than advertised so far. This is a sure fire sleeper at the TE position and a guy that could let you hold off on spending a higher pick on Antonio Gates, Jason Witten or Greg Olsen while still getting great fantasy production.
NO DALLAS IN INDY?
Very strange situation in Indianapolis as TE Dallas Clark has gone missing from camp for 3 days now. At first, the local media were told that Clark was being held out of practice as a "precaution" but were never given a specific reason. Another day went by with no Clark and now a third and people are beginning to wonder. The coaching staff has not given an expected return of Clark but continue to downplay it as a non-story, which it may be. I just find it weird when teams play down injuries or situations so much that they make a bigger story out of something than it has to be. Clark does not make a habit of missing practices even when injured so there just might be something here. We'll keep you posted...
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posted by Jeff Mans at
9:09 PM
1 Comments:
Talking about Titans TE's Alge Crumpler didn't look to bad in the perseason opener. The pass he got where dump off's but got some yards and looked like a monster at 6-2 262 pounds.
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