By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer
You hear it every year; one pundit will say it’s great news for so and so’s stats because he’s the only WR in town, while the next guy will tell you Roy Williams should benefit from a new stud WR starting opposite him because there will be fewer double teams. It’s the chicken and the egg theory. Not competing for looks is better in my book, unless you have a secondary receiver such as last year with Mike Furrey, who no doubt benefited from Roy Williams lining up outside of him. But when deciding between two stud WRs, always go with the one who is the only show in town. More looks outweighs the hypothetical of fewer double teams.
More and more rankings will soon be unveiled here, but I recommend everyone goes out and picks up RotoWire’s fantasy football magazine. It’s very good – in no small part because I did the entire running backs section. Seriously, I give it my full endorsement as a whole as well.
What in the world has happened to Michael Clayton? After an 80-catch, 1,193-yard rookie campaign – one of the best first year WR seasons in the history of the NFL – Clayton has constantly been battling injuries and inconsistency. During his last 26 games, he’s scored a total of one touchdown and now sits behind Maurice Stovall on the Bucs’ depth chart. In fact, there’s a decent chance he doesn’t even make the team this season.
Willie Parker’s vague injury status has me officially worried. Whereas a few weeks ago I was advocating him going as high as No. 5, now I’m stressing caution and probably wouldn’t recommend taking him until the end of the first round. There’s still a lot of upside here, but when a back talks about how he probably won’t need surgery after the season for an injury he has now, it’s not good news.
The story of Chris Cooley taking 21 shots to celebrate his fiancé’s birthday is pretty cool, but Wade Boggs has spilt more liquor than that in one night.
When Tim Hudson has been given a three-run lead during his career, he’s 93-1.
It’s hard if not impossible not to root for Rick Ankiel at this point. His propensity to strike out and inability to take a walk means he probably should only be owned in really deep fantasy leagues right now, but he does possess 30-homer power. And you know Tony LaRussa will give him as many at-bats as he can handle as long as he remains relatively productive.
Ryan Spilborghs has a .455/.500/.800 line versus lefties this season. When at home and a southpaw on the mound, he’s basically been baseball’s best hitter in 2007.
Top-5 Documentaries
1. Grizzly Man
2. Capturing the Friedmans
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
4. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
5. The Fog of War
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