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March-14th-2007, 03:48 PM
http://www.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/Stories.aspx?section=sports&tableId=134546&pubDate=3/14/2007
Associated Press writer Bryan D. Bertsch asks whether a good fantasy football owner can outperform today's NFL general managers.
After observing some of the ridiculous personnel moves by NFL general managers this offseason, I am now wholly convinced that my experience as a fantasy football owner makes me more qualified to run a team than at least a quarter of GMs.
And that's probably being generous.
Some of these decisions range from foolish to flat-out outlandish. I mean, Jamal Lewis to Cleveland? Come on, Browns - are things really that bad?
Phil Savage just signed the erstwhile Baltimore Ravens back, a former 2,000-yard rusher, but here's the problem: His best games always came against Cleveland. Fantasy footballers pay attention to (and take advantage of) these things, trust me.
This is a guy who averaged a ho-hum 3.4 yards per carry in 2005, and followed that up with a 3.6-yard average in 2006. Now, what's going to happen to that average when those two games he used to play against Cleveland are replaced by two games against Baltimore?
If Savage had a fantasy football team, he'd already know that the ex-con isn't worth the ink on the contract. Of course, the few times Savage has seen Lewis run, he's looked pretty spectacular.
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Associated Press writer Bryan D. Bertsch asks whether a good fantasy football owner can outperform today's NFL general managers.
After observing some of the ridiculous personnel moves by NFL general managers this offseason, I am now wholly convinced that my experience as a fantasy football owner makes me more qualified to run a team than at least a quarter of GMs.
And that's probably being generous.
Some of these decisions range from foolish to flat-out outlandish. I mean, Jamal Lewis to Cleveland? Come on, Browns - are things really that bad?
Phil Savage just signed the erstwhile Baltimore Ravens back, a former 2,000-yard rusher, but here's the problem: His best games always came against Cleveland. Fantasy footballers pay attention to (and take advantage of) these things, trust me.
This is a guy who averaged a ho-hum 3.4 yards per carry in 2005, and followed that up with a 3.6-yard average in 2006. Now, what's going to happen to that average when those two games he used to play against Cleveland are replaced by two games against Baltimore?
If Savage had a fantasy football team, he'd already know that the ex-con isn't worth the ink on the contract. Of course, the few times Savage has seen Lewis run, he's looked pretty spectacular.
Click on the link above for the rest of the article