Fantasy Football Dissection: QB

I was considering working on a very long post, but knowing that no one will read the whole thing, and also that I don't have the patience to break down each position, I want decided to start a little mini-series of the lessons learned from the 2009 football season for future fantasy draft picks.

First up - the Quarterback postion.

In one of my leagues (that I am currently in first place by two games, and headed towards another win and  a week high in points for my league) I decided to go into the draft and not draft a quarterback in the high rounds.  I wanted to wait until the 5th or 6th round for Aaron Rodgers, or wait until the 7th or 8th for someone else.  I didn't get Rodgers, but dammit, that would have made me look like a fucking genius.  I ended up with Matt Ryan and Carson Palmer as my two quarterbacks in a 10 team league.  My belief was that the difference between the No.1 quarterback and the No.10 or even No.15 quarterback wouldn't be worth the draft pick.  Let's break down the current fantasy points earned, and I will follow up following Week 16.

Post #100

Thought/knew I'd make it a good one right?  Wrong.

If Ya Smell What The Scott Is Cookin'!

I doubt it's just me, because it just can't be only me that sees this, but ESPN's Stuart Scott looks as though he is perpetually Smelling What the Rock is Cooking.  Let's compare and contrast shall we?

REVIEW: Assassin's Creed II (Xbox 360)

Ubisoft Montreal is back with their second installment of the video game that created some buzz back in 2007.  Assassin's Creed II hit stores last week, and the fact that I'm reviewing it so soon will either tell you it royally sucked, or royally kicked some assassin ass.

Care to take a guess?

Seriously.  Take a guess.

I'm not telling you until you guess.

These Little Piggies - Part 1 of ??

This is my first crack at a comic strip for the BuDa-BLoG, and I'm currently at a computer that doesn't allow me much graphical flexibility.  Please leave some comments about the pigs and let me know if you'd like more of them.  If you do, they'll look a LITTLE different.

Unfortunate Formatting Incidents

I don't know why, but the default options have altered past post options.  Just so you know, I hate it.  I prefer sans serif fonts such as Arial, and I prefer a font size around 10 point.  I apologize for this inconvenience while I figure this out.

Lions Not At Full Strength For Turkey Day?!

Don't over-gasp yourself, the hapless Detroit Lions may not have a completely healthy squad going into the Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers.

Now See Here!

There is the age old argument that the Lions shouldn't play on Turkey Day because the NFL should put forth their best for the holiday.  Should they remove the Lions as a default team to host the Turkey Bowls?

REVIEW: Jersey Boys

It's been a while my friends.  My bad.  Let me hit you with this review, check it.

Jersey Boys is labeled as being "The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons".  There are a few things you KNOW going into this thing.

1. Everybody says you will love it
2. The music will be very good

Those are givens, but those don't necessarily mean that the musical will be good.  So was it?

NFL Week 10 BuDa Pick'Em!

I have 4 minutes to post my picks.  Not happening...

Maybe next week?

23-to-Shut the Fuck Up

Check this shit out.

First of all, unnecessary.  Simply unnecessary.  Second, if Michael Jorden was grateful for anything then maybe I would agree with this.  Who does LeBron think he is?!  Honestly, where does he get off?

My suggestion is to have every good player in the NBA make an attempt to switch to the Number 23.  No, not like the movie that James Carrey is in (spoiler alert, 2 divided by 3 equals .666, and it's in everything...), but it would also be hilarious if really shitty people wore the number.

BuDaChick suggested that it would also be appropriate if Michael Jordan were dead.  I agree.  He's not.  Dead or grateful.  He's neither.  LeBron, he can go fuck himself (Jordan), you keep that number of yours...

What are the chances that this is so he can sell more jerseys?  Probably pretty good.

Really? That's it?!

EXTRA EXTRA - NEW JIHAD CODE

Eh, I guess something is better than nothing.

Stumbled on this Little Gem...

Apparently All Day Adrian Peterson has himself a webpage, nay, a MySpace page.

Look how he's adorned it.

Just gorgeous.

In case you were wondering, you can find this page at the following location:

http://www.myspace.com/too_fast_too_fine

That's right, MySpace plus the custom domain of "Too Fast Too Fine".  I guess I shouldn't have expected anything less from this guy.

With such fame early in his career I wouldn't be surprised to see a Michael Jackson-esque transformation in ADP similar to the recent one of ex-roider and alleged Baseball player Sammy Sosa.

Boeheim Edges A Nail Biter Versus Albany

That's right.  He did it.  He won his 800th career win.  I'm surprised they were able to make the signs quickly enough, as this was a win no one expected Syracuse to emerge with.

Although heavily favored, the University of Albany Great Danes fell to The [Always PC] Orange in "The Dome".  "The 'Cuse" took an early lead, but then, with 14:08 remaining the first half it looked as though the Great Danes had the Orange cooked - the score was 7 to 9 in favor of the Orange.  The positive mojo was short lived unfortunately for the Great Danes (and unluckily) it never stayed that close.

Unbelievably the Orange almost surrendered a 33 point lead (not really), but ended up holding out to win by that amount anyway.  Close game.  Whew!  Just when you thought he wouldn't get his 800th, he did.  Great.  Just great.  Hey, I think I know that cheerleader (on the left, with the "S", the one on the right I'm sure I trained my brain to forget...) from Chuck's, HoLLa.

Dropping a Work-Day Deuce

By far and away the favorite part of my day is going to that bathroom, entering that stall, unbuckling my belt, and stealing a few relaxing moments at the office.

No one bothers you for the 2... 3... 20 minutes you might be spending in there.

Don't waste your time stressing to get back to work.  This is a place of relaxation.

Never was a fan of the term BATHROOM, and now I definitely know why someone came up with the term RESTROOM.

I Just Don't Get It

I don't.

Affordable health care for everyone - that something I want to buy into.  Or take advantage of.  Either-or.

Not all Democrats are for this health care bill, and not all Republicans are against it.  This is getting confusing.  How am I supposed to know which pole to gravitate towards if the politcal bodies are not aligned with themselves.

I'm not so sure I'm a fan of this "bi-partisan-ship-ness govermenting" that I'm hearing is all the rave...

Man-Genius No More?

Eric Mangini went from being the Man-Genius a few years back, to being a head coach who has every move he makes questioned.

Mangini was fired last season by the New York Jets, and was almost immediately hired by the Cleveland Browns.  Everyone was so happy about this move, and so happy that Mangini could be there.  For a guy who wasn't wanted by another organization, the media seemed to believe this was a match made in heaven.

LAME Products: Thundersticks

If you can't be bothered to cheer for your team or political affiliation by smacking your hands together, you're lame.

That's what these thundersticks are - they're for lame fake fans of things that can't be bothered to clap, or cheer.  I'll make noise by smacking these things together... THIS IS AMERICA!  USE YOUR HANDS!

2009-2010 Offseason Interests

Well the baseball season is over - let's take a look at the teams in baseball, who is becoming a free agent, and what those teams might need to do become a little bit more successful (or remain successful) in 2010.

I will be listing the teams in order of their finish:

New York Yankees

Johnny Damon (36) & Hideki Matsui (36)
There is a big difference between Damon's age of 36 and Matsui's age of 36.  As you could see from the 2009 World Series, both were effective, but Game 4 really highlighted Damon's abilities.  He is a decent fielder with a terrible arm, a very good hitter, and a very intelligent baserunner.  Matsui can't play the field or run the bases.  I would expect the Yankees to offer Damon a decent deal and retaining him for 2 years, but Matsui will probably be offered a low-ball one year deal and he'll go to free agency.  Damon is represented by Scott Boras, so he won't be cheap, but you can't have two left handed DH types.  One stays, not both.  Money's on Damon.

BRUUCE!!! Nov 7 @ MSG Review

First Tri-State area performance for Bruce and the E Street Band since Giants Stadium, and this one was at Madison Square Garden.

I wasn't sure what to expect from the venue, because Bruce rocked Giants Stadium to the ground, I just wasn't sure that Madison Square Garden would be able to handle it.

MSG held up, and so did Bruce and the Legendary E Street Band.

Let's check out the set list...

NFL Week 9 BuDa Pick'Em!

So yeah, never did my Week 9 Pick'Em... that means I have 55 minutes on a Sunday to complete this post... can I do it?!

No.

No I can't.

Look for my Week 10 Pick'Em, because it'll be a doozy!

Interesting notes:  Calvin Johnson will play, Brian Westbrook won't, Ryan Moats is getting the start over Steve Slaton, Anquan Boldin is inactive - get Breaston in your starting lineups!

Look for my post later today about MLB Free Agents in the 09-10 Offseason, and my REVIEW of Bruce @ Madison Square Garden last night - SPOILER ALERT - it was awesome!

Yankees Buy Themselves Another Championship...

...But did they really?

As a Yankee fan I've heard, pretty much all my life, that the Yankees buy their way to the Championship.  A few facts, before looking into any research, is that the Yankees have topped the payroll charts in the past few years - yes, they've spent a lot of money.  The Yankees during this decade won in the year 2000, and now, 2009.  In ten years of topping the payroll list the Yankees have won 2 World Series.  This is, arguably, not a very nice statistic seeing as I'm sure the Yankee organization would have liked to have the highest salaries for 10 years while winning the World Series each of those years.

So I began to think about the impact of money on the game of baseball.  The Yankees have not won every championship this decade, but they were among the teams with the most playoff appearances and highest winning percentages.  Is this a given for all teams of the highest payrolls?  I wanted to find out, so I did some research.  I have compiled information and am going to go over my findings with you.  I hope you enjoy.

Seat Discrimination at the FOX Network

Not sure if you guys watch FOX's NFL Sunday Countdown, because I try not to.  Somehow, someway, I always manage to end up seeing some portion of this program, and I'm fairly disturbed by the seating arrangement.

You have Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson all sitting tight elbowed on the right side of the screen, Terry Bradshaw has his own mini island, and Curt Menefee, who was terrible for the local FOX5 Sports Broadcasting at 11pm and has somehow made his way onto the nationally broadcast show, is stuck all the way on the left side of the screen like a leper.

ARod AHomo

Not sure if you saw what I saw in the pregame introductions, but Alex Rodriguez seems to have a "thing" for his teammate Melky Cabrera in particular.

As you can see from this picture, ARod's high-five hand is angled awkwardly; that is because he was flailing it around like a queen on Fire Island.

Seriously, what was that?  This picture looks like a potentially shower scene for a 1970's YMCA.  And Mark Teixeira's left hand, where's that headed?!

Let me know if you can find any video of this, because it's very weird looking and deserves a BuDa-Post about it.

Phillie Phanatic a Commie!!

Listen up you green sack of shit... THIS IS AMERICA!  You take your god dammed hat off when our nations anthem is sung.  I don't care if the singer is ugly, if she's fat, or even if she's tone deaf.  You remove that hat from the top of your head.

Who do you think you are?  Mr. Met?!

I subscribe to the America where you take your hat off and show some freaking respect!  When an officer from our military (flight attendants for the Air Force are still considered to be "working for our military", right?) you get that stupid look off your green face, and put that hat over your heart.  At least turn the hat around and wear it properly man!  This is national television, pull those pants up homeboy!

Quick Reactions

World Series Game 4 ended tonight in a Yankees victory to go up 3-1 in the series.  See some post-game notes and reactions from ESPN.com's writer Rob Neyer here.

In this article, Bill Simmons says the following:

Crap, since I picked the Giants, that means I'm picking the Yankees in Game 4.

May the 2009 World Series never go back to Yankee Stadium.

Bullshit (B.S.) was obviously going for the scenario where the Phillies sweep at home - sorry brah, not going to happen.  In a classic Simmons jinx, there is now a chance that the World Series may actually never go back to Yankee Stadium, but that the Yankees would be the winners of the series.  Does it happen Monday night?  Cliff Lee versus A.J. Burnett - we'll find out in just about 24 hours...