Anyway, regarding Myers – maybe I did have him too low in my rankings. He was unlucky the first half last year, and he was legit afterward. I do think he’ll remain homer-prone, and his dip in velocity is of some concern, but he’s entering a contract year and showed up in terrific shape (make of that what you will).

Here’s a good article stating his case:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/fantasy/article/the-double-unlucky-pitching-staff/

Bottom line – I had him too low. Maybe it was bias b/c he burnt me last year. I was high on him entering 2008.

I’m still rolling with The King in both my keeper leagues. I did feel better about him prior to some of the supporting stats taking a turn for the worse, but I just think back to some of the games I’ve seen him pitch against the A’s and how unhittable he looks, or the game against the Red Sox where he struck out 12 and let all of two balls out of the infield or something obscene like that. I’m holding the faith.

I’m pretty high on Brett Myers for this year, but your SP rankings aren’t. I’m just curious why that is.

Kurt Warner was bagging groceries until the age 27 (I exaggettae the tale) and now is a “potential” HOFer after 2 MVPs, 3 SB appearances and one SB victory.

Potential. And people argue that to no end.

Cutler is good, but potentila HOFer is crazy hyperbole. Just surprised me is all.

And I have to say Anderson & Rogers is a lot for Cutler. I’d give Anderson and a 2 or a 3. That’s it.

Talk to me in five to ten years, let’s see what the Cutler kid has done by then. Until then, he is as much a potential bust as he is a potential HOFer.

Well said about Cutler. Ryan is a definite option, although it will be interesting to see how he reacts once more game film is on him. Romo and Rivers too – but they are older.

I understand the argument as far as “plus replacement player”. It’s smart for building a team (e.g. better to have 4 mos. of Wieters and 2 of, say, AJ Pierzynski than 6 mos. of Posada) but I can’t see it working for bets as to individual player performance. How long does an injury have to be before the fill-in guy’s stats counted? Is a DL stint required? Who was the replacement player? What sort of league would this theoretic replacement guy be in? A 10-team league with 3 OF positions? A 14-team with 5? What is the standard? Would you simply be playing “my OF1 position, assuming Beltran is the top option, vs. yours, assuming Holliday is the lead”? It just doesn’t seem workable, and kind of defeats the spirit of the wager.

Anyway, on another subject Cutler is a great young QB and I think it’s far more acceptable to project him as a future HoFer than it is to project Brady Quinn as being some kind of franchise cornerstone, as the paper apparently suggested. Several QBs from every generation make the Hall. It’s just the way it is, it’s the highest profile position and is accorded a disproportionate amount of attention. Dawson, Griese, Jurgensen, Namath, Starr, Staubach, Tarkenton and Unitas were all in the league together at the same time, they’re all in. Marino, Montana, Moon, Young, Elway, Aikman and Kelly are all in together. Favre’s on the way. Aikman and Kelly? Cutler’s probably already a better pro QB than either of those guys ever were. Both were system products who benefited greatly from awesome teammates. The signature Bills’ QB performance of the Kelly era was put up by Frank freakin’ Reich. Christ, Aikman debuted at 1-15. Cutler’s resume so far is looking just fine by comparison. Inevitably, several guys now playing are going to make it, and it’s going to have to be more than just Brady and Manning (and possibly Brees). Don’t see anyone from the 25-and-under class with a better shot than Cutler, provided he keeps on his current trajectory, unless it’s possibly Ryan, whose track record makes Cutler’s look monumental. There’ll be others, who knows who, but I really doubt one of them is Quinn, which is kind of the point.

Cutler’s first 37 starts: 54:37 TD:INT ratio, 7.4 YPA, 51 sacks.

Cutler has also ran for more than 100 more yards and fumbled three fewer times.

Montana was just the first person I looked up – I’m too lazy to do more, and he’s widely considered one of the best QBs (if not the best) ever so I just wanted to compare them at similar stages of their careers.

Obviously, Cutler may not make the Hall of Fame, but he’s clearly had one of the most impressive starts to a career ever. No, I was not joking. In fact, I stand by that comment more than any I made in this article. The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s comment was an absolute joke.

Never thought that before, which says a lot as I have been reading this column for a long, long time, but no 25-year old kid with a 37-37 record after 3 NFL seasons that has never played a playof game is ‘a potential HOFer.’

Were you joking? Please tell me you were. Make fun of the Cleveland Plain Dealer all you want, but, dude, you are bette than this.

Just saying.