ExtremeSkins FF Dynasty League

[twenty-eight]

Hey, is it too late to join?

Actually, a spot just opened up. PM me your e-mail address.

Oh, and TDR, you're out of the league.

[twenty-eight]

Serious question: If Lynch wasn't suspended, where would he be drafted?

ADP....14?

[MattFancy]

Serious question: If Lynch wasn't suspended, where would he be drafted?

ADP....14?

That sounds about right.

[Touchdown Redskins]

Actually, a spot just opened up. PM me your e-mail address.

Oh, and TDR, you're out of the league.

Getting rid of the competition.

Serious question: If Lynch wasn't suspended, where would he be drafted?

ADP....14?

Really that high? I'd honestly put him later toward the end of a 12-teamer second round. 20 sounds about right to me.

[Forehead]

Sorry I haven't checked in for awhile. Twenty-Eight, I just wanted you to know that, based on my observations and reading this preseason, the trade for Coffee isn't going to happen. Those of you who made fun of me for taking him in the 1st round, I have a feeling you'll all be crying pretty soon.

[twenty-eight]

Sorry I haven't checked in for awhile. Twenty-Eight, I just wanted you to know that, based on my observations and reading this preseason, the trade for Coffee isn't going to happen. Those of you who made fun of me for taking him in the 1st round, I have a feeling you'll all be crying pretty soon.

Not surprised. And I'd like to take this time to give CCFF funk a big **** YOU for talking me out of taking Glen Coffee. Good pick, Pho!

[Forehead]

Not surprised. And I'd like to take this time to give CCFF funk a big **** YOU for talking me out of taking Glen Coffee. Good pick, Pho!

Dude, you didn't have any picks before I took him in the first round. Your first pick appears to have been in Round 2. Don't go blaming CCFF for this.

[Touchdown Redskins]

That's what you get for letting another owner make decisions for you, 28. Hey CCFF, can you convince 28 to trade me chris Johnson for Mike Sims-Walker?

[kuraitengai]

Getting rid of the competition.


Really that high? I'd honestly put him later toward the end of a 12-teamer second round. 20 sounds about right to me.

hate to do it since its against my religion...but im in agreement with tdr here...

[ChrisCooleyFunkFactory]

I mean this in the best way, Glen Coffee is the next Johnathan Stewart.

Kur, what were those rule changes you made a week or so ago on FF?

[ChrisCooleyFunkFactory]

MattyFan- check out this article on your steal, bernard pollard. Not to call you out, but I didnt know who he was so I googled him and this was the first thing to come up. I think you could say he sucks.

http://kan.scout.com/2/894655.html

The Pollard Problem

Jamie Squire - Getty
By C.E. Wendler
Warpaint Illustrated Columnist
Posted Sep 2, 2009

It’s ironic that Chiefs’ safety Jarrad Page was recently demoted to the second-team defense. Based on Saturday’s game against Seattle, Page’s secondary teammate, Bernard Pollard, might be worthy of such a demotion.

Pollard didn’t make any particularly outstanding plays against the Seahawks. There were no massive hits or interceptions. But he definitely didn’t disappear from the game. He had five tackles.

The only problem? Pollard should have had 10.

That’s right. In just over two quarters of play, Bernard Pollard missed five tackles. And these weren’t gallant, last-ditch, diving attempts at a player running full speed, zipping just out of mortal reach. No, Pollard had five football players dead to rights, almost directly in front of him. Each time, they slipped past as if he was a fan who had just walked out of the stands and put on a pair of shoulder pads and a helmet.

It started with about 11 minutes left in the first quarter on a kickoff return. Seattle’s Devin Moore encountered Pollard up the right sideline and, as the safety went low, skipped over his tackle attempt, stayed on his feet with some help from a teammate and gained six more yards.

A few minutes later the Seahawks faced 2nd-and-10 from their own 36. After Matt Hasselbeck sliced a pass through Kansas City’s zone to Nate Burleson, Pollard had an opportunity to blast him as he stumbled after making the catch. Instead, he weakly stuck out one arm. Burleson shrugged it off and gained another nine yards as Pollard slid to the ground.

After a quarter had passed, Seattle found itself in a third-down situation. On a busted play, Hasselbeck ad-libbed a pass to TJ Houshmandzadeh, who easily picked up the first down, but he wasn’t done. As Pollard drifted over to bring the receiver down, Houshmandzadeh made the slightest of cuts, but it was more than enough to send Pollard crashing to the ground. He stuck out an arm in a last-ditch effort to make a tackle, and could only watch as Houshmandzadeh gained 10 more yards.

Then, just before halftime, the Seahawks handed the ball to Julius Jones, who burst through a big hole off the right side. Pollard flew up from his safety position and was all squared up, ready to make the tackle. But instead of bringing down the ball carrier, he just fell to his knees and grasped at air as Jones stopped on a dime, sidestepped and continued up the field, picking up five more yards.

Finally, Seattle exploited Pollard one last time. About five minutes into the third quarter, Hasselbeck hit John Carlson over the middle for a big gain. The tight end caught the ball at the 12-yard line, turned up the field and ran right through Pollard like he was made of paper. Pollard grabbed at his jersey, slid off and hit the grass as the Seahawks took the lead on a 28-yard touchdown pass.

That was five missed tackles, about 40 extra yards gained by the Seahawks, and one touchdown. Five missed tackles in seven possessions, and not a single big play to make up for any of it. Five missed tackles that could have been turned into a big hit, a forced fumble or something to prevent Seattle’s offense from marching up and down the field all night, gaining 278 yards in just over two quarters.

After that, Pollard left the game. A young safety the Chiefs drafted in the third round a year ago, DaJuan Morgan, entered. He may have missed a tackle in the fourth quarter – it was difficult to tell from the replay. Morgan, like Pollard, also made five tackles. Unlike Pollard, Morgan did not appear to be a huge liability when he got a chance to bring down the ball carrier.

That’s not to say Morgan should replace Pollard in the starting lineup Thursday against the St. Louis Rams. Heck, maybe Pollard will destroy every ball carrier in his path and make up for his poor game against the Seahawks.

But this is now Pollard’s fourth NFL season. The game against Seattle was not an aberration - he has always had problems being a consistent tackler. A year ago, according to Football Outsiders, he was the Chiefs’ lowest-ranked starter in stop rate against the run. He had just six defeats (defined as a play which prevents the offense from gaining a first down on third or fourth down, stops the offense behind the line of scrimmage, or results in a fumble or interception). Only Jon McGraw, a backup, was inferior in these categories among the members of Kansas City’s secondary.

But you don’t need a bunch of fancy statistics to tell you this stuff. All you have to do is watch the games. Pollard keeps missing tackles. Until someone starts making

[ChrisCooleyFunkFactory]

Have any of you read about this guy Olson. Sounds like a beast! All his QBs have career years under him.

http://www.buccaneers.com/team/staff...px?coachid=209

Greg Olson
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
NFL Experience: 8
Years with Buccaneers: 2


Greg Olson was promoted to the the position of offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on September 3, 2009. He is in his second season with the Buccaneers, having been hired as the quarterbacks coach in 2008.
Olson spent the previous two seasons (2006-2007) as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. Olson is a veteran of seven years in the NFL and 15 years in the college ranks.

In first season in Tampa Bay in 2008, Olson was part of an offense that ranked 14th in the NFL and ninth in the NFC in total offense. In addition, the Buccaneers featured the 11th-ranked passing offense in the NFL in 2008 as Tampa Bay signal callers passed for 3,788 yards. It marked the second-highest passing yardage total in team history while the 63.2 completion percentage in 2008 ranked third in team history and the 83.8 passer rating by Olson’s unit was the fourth best in team annals. The Buccaneers offense finished the season amassing 5,456 total yards, the highest total in team history, while scoring 361 points, the second-highest total in team annals. Under Olson’s tutelage, QB Jeff Garcia ranked tied for second in the NFL for fewest interceptions (6), ninth in the league and third in the NFC in completion percentage (64.9) and ninth in the NFL and fifth in the NFC in quarterback rating (90.2).

In Olson’s first year with the Rams in 2006, he helped guide a high-powered offense that ranked sixth in the NFL in total offense (360.4 yards per game) and a passing offense that ranked third (247.6 ypg) in the NFC. The Rams ranked second in the NFC and third in the NFL in first downs (332), and scored 273 points in the red zone, second-most in the NFC.

Under Olson’s direction, the 2006 Rams became just the fourth team in NFL history to produce a passer with more than 4,000 yards (QB Marc Bulger), a rusher with more than 1,500 yards (RB Steven Jackson) and two receivers with more than 1,000 yards (Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce). Bulger, Jackson, and Holt were all selected to the Pro Bowl. Bulger also posted career-highs in passing yards (4,301), passing touchdowns (24), passing attempts (588) and completions (370) while ranking second in the NFL in interception percentage (1.4%). He also finished second in the NFL in completions, third in passing yards and fourth in touchdown passes. Jackson also had a career-year in 2006, leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 2,334 and he led all NFL running backs with 90 receptions and was fifth in the NFL in rushing yards with 1,528.

Prior to his time with the Rams, Olson spent two seasons as quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions (2004-2005). In 2004, Olson took over play the calling duties for the Detroit Lions with three games remaining in the season as the Lions offense went on to average 403.6 total yards per game. He also spent one season each as quarterbacks coach of the Chicago Bears (2003) and tight ends/recruiting coordinator at Purdue University (2002). During his second stint with Purdue, Olson recruited future NFL QB Kyle Orton.

Olson originally entered the league in 2001 with the San Francisco 49ers as quarterbacks coach and helped guide QB Jeff Garcia to one of the best seasons in his career. Garcia posted a career-high 32 touchdown passes, his second-best career number in passing yardage (3,538) and his third-best career numbers in passer rating (94.8) and completion percentage (62.7) as he was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl.

Olson was quarterbacks coach at Purdue from 1997-2000, and played a key role in the development of Pro Bowl QB Drew Brees. Under Olson, Brees was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1999 and 2000, while winning the Maxwell Award as the nation’s outstanding player in 2000. He was also a finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback in 1999 and 2000. Brees ended his collegiate career as the Big Ten and Purdue’s all-time leader in passing yardage (11,792), touchdowns passes (90), total yards (12,693), completion percentage (61.1%), completions (1,026) and attempts (1,678). He also ranked fourth in NCAA Division I-A history for total offense, completions and attempts upon his departure from Purdue. In addition, Brees led Purdue to the 2000 Rose Bowl, the school's first appearance in Pasadena since 1967. Under Olson, Brees had seven 400-yard passing games and 16 300-yard passing games. Brees earned Big Ten player of Year honors in 1998 and 2000 and All-Conference accolades for three straight years (1998-2000). As a senior he was named Academic All-America Player of the Year and was the first recipient of Socrates Award, recognizing the nation's finest athlete in terms of academics, athletics, and community service.

From 1994-1996, Olson was quarterbacks coach at Idaho. The team’s passing attack in 1996 ranked fourth in the country, fifth in total offense, and 15th in scoring. The Vandals were second in the nation in total offense and scoring, and seventh in passing in 1994. Olson tutored QB Ryan Fien at Idaho, who earned All-Conference honors and finished second in the nation in total offense for the 1996 season.

Before his time at Idaho, Olson was the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Central Washington, from 1990-1993. The school was the top-ranked National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school in total offense in 1991 and 1993. Olson developed first team All-American QB Jon Kitna in his rise from NAIA starter to 1997 World Bowl MVP to NFL starter in Seattle, Cincinnati and Detroit. Also during Olson’s stint at Central Washington, he served as a wrestling coach for four seasons, including the last two as head coach, helping lead the program to a sixth-place finish at his final NAIA National Tournament.

Olson got his coaching start as a graduate assistant in 1987 at Washington State under the tutelage of Head Coaches Dennis Erickson (1987-1988) and Mike Price (1989), where he earned his master’s degree in athletic administration.

Olson attended Spokane Falls Junior College from 1981-1982, and played quarterback at Central Washington from 1983-1984, earning his bachelor’s degree in education in 1986. The Richland, Washington, native is married to Lissa with twins, Kenneth and Grayce. Lissa was the first female to be named a Head Coach of a Division I Track and Field Men’s track team when she was named the Head Coach at Purdue University in March of 2001. She is currently an assistant track coach at the University of South Florida.

OLSON AT A GLANCE

1987-89...Washington State, Graduate Assistant
1990-93...Central Washington University, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
1994-96...University of Idaho, Quarterbacks Coach
1997-2000...Purdue University, Quarterbacks Coach
2001...San Francisco 49ers, Quarterbacks Coach
2002...Purdue University, Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator
2003...Chicago Bears, Quarterbacks Coach
2004...Detroit Lions, Quarterbacks Coach
2005...Detroit Lions, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2006-07...St. Louis Rams, Offensive Coordinator
2008...Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Quarterbacks Coach
2009...Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

[ChrisCooleyFunkFactory]

Bradon Tate to IR

[MattFancy]

I just picked up Pollard for the hell of it. Prolly won't keep him.

[stoshuaj]

what's up homos?

good to see everybody, hope all is well, blah, blah, blah......

quick question

I haven't looked at next yr's draft potential yet but we're working on a fairly big trade (AP, MJD, CP, Cooley, Royal, '10 draft picks, and more fodder, all potentially involved) in our $$ dynasty. I know some of you actually pay attn to the college game, so how does the depth in next yr's draft class look? Specifically, WRs, but as always, RBs as well.

I know this is a dynasty thread so respond in PM fi you prefer.