QB Competitions & Mario Balotelli Makes Moves
Happy Friday and welcome to the almost weekend! A few housekeeping items to wade through before we get started, trust me…you'll be happy when it's done.
1. Simpsons marathon in full swing on FXX…all 522 episodes (or thereabouts) played in order…25 seasons.
2. New York Giants versus New York Jets (game played in New Jersey) tonight…week 3 of pre-season is always the most interesting game. Starters get some real burn. VICK-GENO will be discussed later. Thanks Avid Appetite for the pic shown below! The Avid Appetite! My wife likes the Giants, I am a Jets fan...my daughter is being groomed to be a Giants fan (I pushed for the Mets...inevitably
3. Nothing to report on the "football players getting pinched for weed" front. The Pittsburgh RB duo of Blount and Bell are seemingly getting slaps on the wrist and will be ready for your fantasy draft. Well, maybe there was an update…my bad.
4. There is a dude in California growing crazy watermelons and pumpkins shaped like hearts and Frankenstein heads…it's pretty cool and thought it was worth mentioning - Nice Melons!!
Ok, time for NFL QB Battle talk!
New York Jets - Geno Smith v. Michael Vick - I really don't think there is much of a battle here but it would be nice if there were. I am 100% not tied to Geno Smith being the #1 QB for the Jetties this year, but I feel like overall Mike Vick was brought in to back him up and just hang around in case Geno's start this year is a disaster (which it could be). Newly acquired WR Eric Decker will help this struggling bunch…but is it enough?
Cleveland Browns - Brian Hoyer v Johnny Foosball - This one has already been decided. Browns head coach Mike Pettine has come out with Hoyer as his week 1 starter. I do think that this is only temporary, unless Foosball finds a way to screw it up. The Browns stink and despite being a relatively decent QB Hoyer will take the blame when they are 2-4…Here's Johnny!!
Minnesota Vikings - Teddy Bridgewater, Christian Ponder & Matt Cassel - The Vikes are a mess. Despite having the best running back in the game (Adrian Peterson) they seemingly can't get the other parts of their offense together…or at least together enough so that they can balance out their attack. This one doesn't matter but I think Cassel wins out over Bridgewater. Not really sure why Ponder has fallen out of the race but that seems to be the case. Ponder has been pretty solid when healthy, while Cassel has been useless when a starter…go figure. Bridgewater gets the bulk of the snaps by season's end if the Minnesota Petersons can't get a few Ws by November.
Jacksonville Jaguars - Blake Bortles v. Chad Henne - Bortles has been great so far this pre-season and is lady friend (Lindsey Duke) is very attractive, but I don't think that factors into play here. Henne has been around the block once or thrice and I feel like the hapless Jags need/crave that stability that a Chad Henne led offensive brings (impossible not to laugh uncontrollably). Either way, this team is not going to be good. Zero fantasy value as well.
Oakland Raiders - Matt Schaub v. Derek Carr - no one cares. The Raiders are miserable, key players are always injured (here's looking at you Mr. McFadden) and overall their division is a pretty darned tough one. They could start either one of these guys and wind up with the same record, 5-11 and miss the playoffs. Of course they will end up having a few big weeks when you pick them on your eliminator pool, thank Al Davis (shown below)…keepin' it real, real dumb.
Mario Balotelli Headed to Liverpool?
Balotelli is pretty much as crazy as Luis Suarez (the biter). Both players are awesome forces up top but lack the mental capacity to not be annoying ungrateful bums. Both guys make a ton of dough (technical term) to play soccer and seemingly are not able to grasp the fact that, that alone is awesome and is the goal of millions of kids around the world. No, no…not enough for Super Mario though. Born in Palermo, Italian national team stud…just hates playing by the rules of life. He thinks everyone is out to get him…maybe in Italy (where he has long suffered racist attacks due to his family's African origins do they refer to him as African-Italian?, that would be funny) they are out to get him. Otherwise, it's mostly in his head, which is why LFC is putting crazy clauses in his contract. He goes crazy, he don't get paid...got it? Good Luck Liverpool, I hope that this move goes tragically wrong for you. Sorry, but I had to throw that one in there.
Then there's this to send you off to the weekend -
Again, enjoy your weekend!!!
Happy Watching!!!
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