from the cubicle of foge fazio:
here is my forecast for what should prove to be a most memorable season of
RFL action. not only has an overseas assignment forced commissioner #2 wang
to acknowledge the stat-tracking capabilities of online conglomerate
yahoo.com... wang's parting shot as he boarded the plane to heathrow was to
bring in 3 young, hotshot GMs - mike, zach and drew. "as we exit the 'mom
and pop' age of RFL, i knew the timing was right to capitalize on the
revised set of rules by injecting RFL with 3 dues-paying suckers," explained
wang.
the power ratings below were derived from player projections at the time of
the draft. subsequent changes to player status (kordell stewart's whistling
birdies flying around his head, edgerrin james' inevitable season-ending
injury, t.j. Houshmandzadeh's bum ankle, etc.) and your post-draft roster
gyrations (what's the big deal about having gus frerotte or d driver or j
wells or dez white on your team?!?) will only be reflected in the growing
number in your record's loss column.
1 Vesh - 100
projected starters: kordell, ladainian, t jones, rod and j smith, sharpe,
longwell
for the 2nd time in 6 years, vesh flaked on the Draft. unlike ‘97 (when vesh
was forced to field a team of ragtag romanians), joebob and #2 devised a
draft plan for vesh based upon the ESPN cheat sheet and a set order of
positions to be filled during each round of the Draft. getting ladainian and
rod smith in the 1st 2 rounds is about as solid a starting pair as any
team's coming out of the Draft. thomas jones has tremendous bust-of-the-year
potential as a 3rd rounder (at 1.7 ypc, jones would need 10 carries just to
get 1 pt in the revised kinder and gentler pt scoring system).
the keys for [team name TBD]: having t jones blossom into the RB he showed
he could be at UVA, and/or having bears reject d'wayne bates step into the
cris carter role (not the jake reed one) opposite r moss.
strong point: kordell (if wooziness goes away), l tomlinson, rod and jimmy
smith, sharpe and longwell are a very formidable starting 6 - especially if
j smith isn't too rusty from his holdout.
weak points: starting t jones or d bates in the 7th slot is one. also, all 7
of vesh's starting lineup have been injured recently, so the potential to
have 2 or more drop off during the season is high. if t jones indeed busts,
t wheatley could step in with some decent yardage and TD numbers this
season. fiedler is also an ok backup QB. b finneran has gotten some decent
pub regarding being a favored target of vick's. WA's offense could generate
plenty of pt-scoring opportunities for b conway.
2 Stan - 98.33
projected starters: culpepper, dillon, j stewart, kev johnson, c conway, t
gonzalez, feely
stan was unanimously recognized in Draft HQs as the slowest drafter this
year, but perhaps this slowness helped him draft a stronger team. #2 hopes
the implied correlation turns out to be false - for length of the Draft
reasons.
the primary key for Las Ranas De Mayan would appear to be kevin johnson.
after an abysmal y2k season, kj2 performed splendidly in 2k1. browns coach
davis made no secret during the offseason that kj2 didn't fit in his
long-term plans for couch's receiving corps, but he then
gave kj2 the big $ anyway. if kj2 gets fat on his ill-gotten $, a WR pairing
of fat-kj2 and c conway won't scare any RFL opponent. the other key to
stan's team is RB#2. if j stewart or w dunn can put up good numbers, the
steamroller and ags bowl should be well within stan's grasp. but j stewart's
2 years of fame are clearly 2 years behind him - and tj duckett will get all
of ATL's goalline carries.
strong points: culpepper-gonzalez combo, overall draft value - getting
gonzalez in round 4, j stewart in 5, and w dunn in 7 could turn out great.
waiting until round 12 to finally pick a PK (feely) could work out well - as
feely could score big this year. but some of the picks
before feely were a little questionable anyway (l centers, t wilkins, r
ferguson).
weak points: feely could also prove to be unworthy of a 12th round pick, but
PKs are mostly 10 pence a dozen. getting solid production at 2 WR spots out
of kj2, conway, ferguson, jj stokes and t wilkins could be a stretch.
3 Mike - 97.22
projected starters: mcnabb, bettis, hearst, r moss, burress, f jones, cahney
getting ranked #3 in my preseason poll is quite a feat for a rookie GM -
especially considering how little mike *claimed* to prepare.
the primary keys for mike's club are his 2 steelers - j bettis and p
burress. if bettis stays healthy (and keeps amos and fu away from his
touches) and if plaxico takes his game to the next level, mike should be in
serious contention for the steamroller and ags bowl. if bettis falters, mike
only has g hearst (who has is own touch-protection issues) on the payroll to
tote the rock. if burress regresses this year, mike might struggle to find
some production from darnay, gaffney or d terrell.
strong points: mcnabb-moss hookup, overall balance - lots of people are
talking about how mcnabb should make the jump to #3 among RFL QBs this
season (behind warner and garcia). and who can argue with a r moss who is
promised 15-20 touches per game? if the rest of mike's projected starters
stay healthy (and fight off their competition), this team should have a
solid weekly scoring base - with the potential to explode from time to time
depending on moss.
weak points: mike attempted to take advantage of the new starting lineup
quota rule (3rd WR ok over 2nd RB) and only drafted 2 RBs in the entire
draft. both bettis and hearst have health and PT question marks - and both
have big-time TD-scoring issues. will f jones return
to all-RFL form with the cardinals? will mike need production from a 3rd WR
(darnay, gaffney, or d terrell)?
4 Cals - 97.16
projected starters: b johnson, m faulk, emmitt, tim brown, i bruce, walls,
mort
is it possible to screw up a marshall faulk supporting cast? my projections
indicate cals has not, but things could get very interesting as the season
progresses!
the primary key for golden years is getting production from the QB position.
picking brad johnson to cap the 4th round raised eyebrows throughout
RFL-land, but one only needs to understand the "bj was a viking" connection
to re-lower those brows. yes, bj should benefit
from the addition of a "west coast" offense - and some additional receiving
targets. but new coach gruden has gone on record to state his preference of
rj over bj. t couch is currently the #2 QB for golden years. with the
browns' new emphasis on the running game this year and
no real receiving target for couch other than kj2 - it's hard to imagine
couch putting up any #s this season. the other key to cals' squad is
brittleness. true to the name of the team, cals went heavy on the oldies -
emmitt, tim brown, walls and morten in particular. one
could easily expect multiple falling-off of limbs and bending-the-wrong-way
of joints from this crew.
strong point: WR pairing of tim brown and i bruce - despite brown's age,
this pairing should easily place in the top half of the league's WR tandems.
all cals needs is average production from QB, RB2, TE and PK for
faulk/brown/bruce to lead this club to victory every sunday.
weak point: QBs (b johnson and t couch), backup WRs - we've already covered
the QB issues. heading into the season with t taylor and g crowell backing
up the WRs leaves cals' team perilously thin (top-heavy). a few injuries to
those graybeards, and faulk could be headed
for the scrub bowl come december.
5 Wang - 96.68
projected starters: vick, a and w green, keyshawn, moulds, e johnson, elam
wang was quite unhappy to get the 2nd pick in the Draft. the dropoff from
faulk to ahman/shaun is huge, and plans to get a decent QB in round 2
(gannon or brooks would have done nicely) fell by the wayside. wang was
forced to adjust his draft strategy on the fly. and though the potential
exists for an outstanding squad, RFL has had a way of punishing GMs who take
on too much risk.
the key for chinks in the armor is RB#2. will willie green fight his way
into the browns' starting lineup? or will wang need d levens to steal duce's
job? or will wang need trung to fill in for a fallen faulk? if wang needs to
go with a 3rd WR (p warrick or a lelie), chinks
could be in for a dreary season.
strong point: wang seems to have put together a team with a very high
ceiling. vick could really dazzle this season, the 2 green RBs could emerge
as one of the better RFL RB duos this year, keyshawn and moulds shouldn't be
any worse (pts-wise) than last year, e johnson should get
some red zone looks (when teams triple-team TO and garcia freezes out JJ),
and elam should get a decent # of FGAs this season.
weak point: there could very easily be too little substance to fulfill
wang's projected potential. vick could take another year or 2 to get it
going. j miller is hardly a reliable backup QB. a 2nd RB could potentially
never establish himself. keenan and peerless provide
plenty of TD competition for keyshawn and moulds. e johnson could sink back
into the depths of anonymity. and elam was injured in y2k.
6 Drew - 95.48
projected starters: peyton, m bennett, duce, boston, chambers, algae, mare
the main keys for drew's team: will m bennett turn into another badger
pumpkin of a RB? will the young and potentially studly WRs pan out? if
bennett fails to show dramatic improvement over last season (846 combined
yds and 3 TDs), drew could be in big trouble RB-wise. Drew
has 3 incredibly gifted young WRs in chambers (again with the badgers),
freddie mitchell and donte stallworth. but recent history has shown that
rookie WRs (stallworth) rarely contribute, and 2nd-year WRs (mitchell) still
need another year of seasoning. chambers should prove to be the exception -
unless the dolphins' passing game shrivels up with the arrival of ricky "3
yds, a cloud of dust and a fumble" williams.
strong points: passing game (manning-boston-chambers), potential RB value -
i personally like chambers and therefore project drew to battle brodz
(greasy-TO-holt) for top-ranked passing game honors. boston was huge last
year, and is even bigger this year. there's a little concern about the
dungy-effect on manning's numbers, but with the colts' running game on the
verge of collapse... manning could be putting up 60 passes per game - and
INTs don't count in RFL. shrewdly waiting until round 12 for a TE (a
crumpler) - knowing that all 15 other teams already had a TE by the 9th
round - was quite wise for a rookie GM (though drew should credit wang's
draft sheet for this info). some people might be down on drew's RB trio of
bennett-duce-duckett, but getting these 3 in rounds 3, 5 and 7 could prove
to be a nice bargain. duce won't be too loose on running plays, but he can
certainly take 1 screen pass the distance per game. and tj will be getting
all the non-vick goalline carries for the falcons.
weak point: backups - dilfer? no. galloway? not really. duckett? maybe.
7 JoePa - 94.97
projected starters: garcia, s davis, t henry, j morton, r gardner, t heap,
wilkins
i can't help but feel that this is a "strange" lineup for joepa and
thefreakinblackhawks. where're the RBs with the long injury rap sheets?
where's the "athletic" QB-of-the-future? well, i guess the normalcy is the
WR corps with a high potential for floppage - and a top-notch kicking game.
the key for thefreakinblackhawks clearly is the set of WRs. if joepa cannot
get top-flight production from morton-gardner-w jackson-pathon-pinkston,
this team should be in for a rather uneventful season. yes, morton and
gardner are in potentially potent passing games. but neither has really
shown the potential to be go-to RFL WRs. what team does w jackson play for
now? is pathon still on the colts? and we all know of commish cals' travails
with t pinky last year.
strong points: garcia, s davis and wilkins - garcia certainly doesn't look
like an RFL QB, but i guess just about anyone (except r mirer) could put up
humongous numbers throwing to TO and co. getting s davis at pick #23 should
prove to be quite the steal. this is the same davis that was drafted (#2)
ahead of m faulk (#3) 2 years ago. a secret key to RFL success in the past
was a big-time PK. but with the liberalizing of RFL's scoring rules over the
past few years, grabbing a top-tier PK too early in the draft could be
counterproductive. but i like joepa's grabbing of wilkins in round 6.
weak points: WRs and RB#2 - we've already gone over the WR situation. at
RB#2, joepa has a choice between t henry and r dayne. dayne's not worth
talking about. henry has some potential, but not much.
8 Joebob - 94.96
projected starters: k collins, c martin, deuce, d jackson, t glenn, bubba,
edinger
in a striking departure from years past, joebob did not draft 7 starters
with a cumulative age just shy of 280 - as joebob is clearly attempting to
shed his growing reputation as "the buffalo bills of RFL." with the new
league rule regarding being able to start a 3rd WR over a 2nd RB, only 2
teams drafted 2 RBs in the first 2 rounds. joebob was the first (ali was the
other). so... the pressure is on joebob to press this RB advantage into an
aglione bowl title.
the keys for junior mints are deuce and kerry. considering how little deuce
produced in r williams' shadow last season (257 yds and 2 TDs), he was
incredibly hyped coming into this Draft. yes, r williams was dealt to MIA.
but williams had turned into a fumbling, stumbling
and bumbling machine at the end of 2k1. k collins has a decent set of
receivers to catch some TD tosses, but she's not an RFL championship caliber
QB.
strong points: RB and WR duos - clearly junior mints will be strong at RB -
having gone there in rounds 1 and 2. the weakness at QB is due to joebob
nabbing quite a talented WR tandem in rounds 3 and 4 - darrell jackson and
terry glenn.
weak points: QB and TE - having addressed RB and WR in rounds 1-4, joebob
went to TE (b franks) and QB (kerry) in rounds 5 and 6. bubba has gotten
quite a bad rap in many preseason writeups - seems bubba scored all those
TDs last season in spite of having hands of stone
and little respect from fav-ruh. in order for joebob not to be choking down
junior's junior mints, j harrington might need to step in for kerry by the
time the postseason comes around.
9 Shivan - 94.38
projected starters: gannon, sh alexander, jamal lewis, d mason, m booker, c
lewis, vinatieri
wang's misfortune at getting pick #2 meant cals secured #1 - and shiv got
#3. and the young desai didn't disappoint - quickly building a credible
franchise with shaun alexander and gannon in the 1st 2 rounds.
the keys for ghetto fab bindys should be derrick mason and chad lewis. what
the hell are bindys anyway?!? an STD? a drug? little man shiv's too hip for
me. anyway... will mason repeat his stellar numbers from last year? or will
he return to his unimpressive numbers from the 4 seasons prior? and even
though c lewis hit paydirt 6 times last season, his yardage total was nearly
cut in half. which lewis will show up this season?
strong points: as stated previously, shaun alexander and gannon should give
ghetto fab bindys a solid 1-2 punch every week. *if* the ravens can get
their O going and *if* he can stay healthy, jamal lewis could prove to be a
steal in the 4th round - as shiv's gannon and jamal lewis picks both sent
shock waves through wang's draft war room.
weak points: shiv's WRs are clearly the weak point. d mason should be ok,
but m booker is a question mark on top of a 4 WR scramble for touches in
CHI. az-zahir hakim and ike are sub par backups. shiv's weak bench is
further illustrated by a WA QB (neither matthews nor shiv's wuerffel should
be able to hold onto the job for than a couple games at a time), HOU RB j
allen and SEA PK lindell. at least shiv has a vinatieri of the SUPER BOWL
CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS on his team. that's gotta be worth something -
aside from the fact that a cousin of his showed up at wang's for a bbq
wearing a vinatieri jersey and couldn't stop blabbing about being adam's
cousin.
10 Gary - 93.31
projected starters: bledsoe, a train, m harrison, troy brown, l coles,
byron, stover
gary's [team name TBD] should be the 1st team in this preview who really
should look to a 3rd WR (laveranues) over a 2nd RB (lamar smith). even with
deshaun foster out for a few weeks to start the season, lamar smith is t
jones' poor ypc without the pass-catching
ability.
so clearly one key for gary is getting production from that WR/RB starting
slot. gary's other RB is s mack - who can step in nicely when f taylor goes
down again. gary's other potential WR#3 is j mcknight. no. a 2nd key for
gary is starting QB bledsoe - who bled so profusely (internally) from that
love tap from some jet LB. brady isn't a bad backup QB, but he's more along
the lines of a dilfer - instead of a bouman. gary used a 3rd round pick on
bledsoe, so clearly he feels that the bills' O-line has improved since r
johnson's days of getting sacked every other pass play.
strong points: as long as bledsoe stays alive, gary has quality performers
at every position (bledsoe, a thomas, m harrison, b chamberlain, m stover).
a train's 2k1 numbers (1361 yds, 7 TDs) were attained in only 14 games (10
starts). harrison (despite his hot-and-cold-ness) will have big numbers at
the end of the season. chamberlain is ready to grow into some of the
departed c carter's numbers. and the ravens' scoring chances will all be
FGAs this year.
weak points: i have already covered the lack of a 2nd RB issue. i also do
not particularly like troy brown (4th round) this year. we'll keep an eye on
him. and what's with drafting a 2nd TE (becht). gary was the only GM to pull
this maneuver - in the 11th round no less. will this turn out to be the key
moment of gary's season?
11 Richard - 90.02
projected starters: warner, f taylor, c portis, koren, hines, pollard,
hanson
why would richard dump schroeder for chrebet? why would richard trade muhsin
for hines? true... schroeder might not have a decent QB to get the ball to
him for part of the season, and muhsin *definitely* won't have a QB to get
him the damn ball all season long. but these are quite the curious WR moves
between draft day and opening day. i project both moves to cost richard
points in the end - and in fact should drop the repulsive punk asses to 12th
in this poll.
the primary key for repulsive punk asses is clearly k warner. if warner
shakes off his ouchied thumb, and richard keeps his other 6 starters
reasonably productive... RPA should have a good shot at winning any given
sunday. but picking a QB in round 1 (4th overall) has clearly impacted
richard's club at RB, WR and PK. the 2nd key for richard is RB. will fred
taylor play more games than not? will the rookie clinton portis be able to
overcome his bad case of fumble-itis to hold off o gary and m anderson for
the bulk of bronco carries?
strong points: i was going to write that i liked his WR value in rounds 6
(schroeder) and 7 (muhammad), but those 2 guys have been replaced by a 10th
rounder (chrebet) and a 6th (h ward). especially considering chrebet just
got his big $ contract... how are you going to get RFL production out of a
short, slow and fat white guy?!? at least RPA has marvcus pollard. with
dilger gone somewhere else, pollard only has to contend with m harrison for
TD catches.
weak points: f taylor (injury) and c portis (fumbles). backup RB alstott
also fumbles a ton, but he might actually be productive enough to step in in
case of emergencies.
12 Clark - 89.77
projected starters: t green, priest, tiki, horn, price, dilger, gramatica
commish #2i hemmed and hawwed for close to an hour about his pick at #7 - as
apparently edgerrin (taken by brad at #6) was his intended target. clark
ended up with priest - as he was not inclined to start the WR grab, and he
had no intention of bringing e george back into the fold.
the keys for ac milan (why ac milan? real madrid is clearly the superior
side!) will be tiki and dilger. even though i like tiki with the more
liberalized yardage bonus point rule, many thought that the 3rd round was a
little too early to take him - particularly with talent
such as bettis, t henry and m bennett among the next 4 picks. clearly clark
has disdain for joepa's 7th rounder dayne. and many of ac milan's rabid
supporters were quite puzzled by dilger's selection in round 9. dilger was
essentially the lowest rated player taken in the Draft - and clearly would
still have been available in round 12. apparently clark sees bigger numbers
coming from tiki and dilger than most so-called experts/gurus.
strong points: but like i said, i think tiki will do quite well this season.
and with a RB duo of priest and tiki, clark should really capitalize on the
revised yardage bonus pt rules. and i also must state for the record that i
really like m gramatica this year. it's like
having an all-RFL PK with the raiders' O - instead of a fat, loose (polish)
cannon with the threat of impending deportation hanging over his head.
weak points: i'm not a big fan of t green. he should be a little better this
season, but is the addition of j morton enough to improve an *atrocious* WR
corps in KC? and i look for p price to take a backseat to moulds this
season.
13 Zach - 86.84
projected starters: favre, e george, garner, rice, keenan, shockey, j-kow
3 raider starters... i wonder which team zach likes! i really like how fat
bastards started out the draft - with an apparently fully healthy e george
and b favre. but then i think zach's dive into the black hole (rice in 3,
garner in 4, j-kow in 7) might have hurt his shot at making
the playoffs in his inaugural season. rice will score as many TDs as tim
brown says he can. garner is fighting a recovering wheatley this season, and
j-kow has been putrid this preseason.
i feel that seabass and shockey will be the primary keys for fat bastards
this season. the raider O should provide janikowski with plenty of scoring
opportunities. the question is whether he will hang onto his job or not. as
for shockey... few TEs have ever gotten this
much hype during their rookie preseason. as the 4th TE picked (in the 5th
round, no less), will shockey prove to be another m bavaro? or will he be
another howard cross?
strong points: favre and george should be right up there with the league's
top QB-RB pairs. zach will need them to be - as depth on this team is
non-existent. carr at QB... think t couch in '99. t minor at RB. not even if
ricky gets hurt. i do think d alexander has a shot at #s with the vikes, but
i'm not big on s moss or oronde.
weak points: if you're going to have a rough rookie RFL season, you might as
well have 3 players from your favorite NFL team on your roster. and even
though i think garner, rice and j-kow will have decent seasons... i think
zack would have been better off with j lewis, j smith and m gramatica.
14 Brodz - 86.60
projected starters: greasy, k barlow, TO, holt, mccaffrey, sloan, vanderjagt
by waiting until round 5 to pick his 1st RB (kevan), brodz totally backed
himself into starting 3 WRs. it's clear baby brodz brought his "new RFL"
ways to brodz' maine draft war room this year - bullying daddy brodz into
greasy-TO-holt-mccaffrey in the 1st 4 rounds. the old
guard *knows* that a strong running game wins Aglione Bowl glory. but baby
brodz obviously feels that 2k2 is the season to bring ranged weapons to the
forefront.
the keys to the tards of bas' season are 2 draft day decisions. in round 3,
brodz took greasy over bettis, t henry and m bennett. and in round 4, brodz
took mccaffrey over jamal lewis, emmitt and willie green - the same willie
green that brodz initially picked in round 3. what gives? instead of going
into the season with kevan barlow, amos zereoue and troy hambrick as your 3
primary RBs (YIKES!)... brodz could have had bettis/bennett, jlewis/wgreen
and kordell instead of greasy, mccaffrey and barlow.
strong points: the tards of bas will be the fun-and-gun squad of RFL2k2.
brodz has already gone on record disclaiming any running up of the score -
saying simply, "if your scrubs can't hang with mine, you should get better
scrubs."
weak points: non-existent running game. it's been 10 seasons since brodz' 1
and only RFL championship ('92). after aglione bowl losses in '96 and '97,
brodz has vanished from the "scene." bringing in steve spurrier to consult
the offense was a transparent move to put fannies back in the seats. it
remains to be seen if such a drastic measure will pay off in the W-L column.
15 Brad - 86.10
projected starters: a brooks, edgerrin, pittman, qadry, muhsin, conwell,
peterson
after guiding his team of draft leftovers to a praise-worthy 3-11 record
last year (and 4 games out of playoff contention), brad had been shooting
his mouth off all offseason about getting his first shot at his RFL brethren
with a team of actual *drafted* talent. well, the
early verdict is that brad might as well have built another team from
scratch again. taking edgerrin and a brooks in the 1st 2 rounds was quite
the high-risk move. edgerrin's situation has been well-documented. but what
of a brooks? yes, he put up some good numbers last
year... but to hold out this offseason - based upon one season of
above-average stats? not a good move. he'll have horn to throw to again, but
no cam cleeland this year! this season could get ugly quickly for the
ain'ts. aside from the obvious RB keys of edgerrin and deshaun foster, m
pittman might prove to be the more crucial key. coach gruden clearly liked
what he saw when pittman and the cards carved up the raider D last season -
bringing in pittman to take over for dunn and alstott.
but pittman's history of injuries is even longer than edgerrin's and
foster's put together. if 2 of brad's RBs can stay healthy, the terrible
towels will have a formidable running game.
strong points: all the negative things said about brooks and the RBs aside,
these 4 guys are tremendously talented - and could come together to perhaps
get brad into the playoffs.
weak points: the terrible towels' distinct weakness is at WR. picking a 3rd
RB (foster) over the 1st WR has left brad with a WR quandary: qadry, muhsin,
randle-el and dez white. can you say, "wang actually won't finish last in WR
pts this year!"?
16 Ali - 85.24
projected starters: mcnair, r williams, antowain, thrash, toomer, wycheck,
akers
what has happened to ali?!? after striking gold in y2k (well... actually
gold [m faulk] fell into ali's lap when edgerrin and s davis went 1-2 in the
y2k draft) with the steamroller and aglione bowl double dip, ali's franchise
has sunk back to its mediocre pre-y2k years' level. although it's unfair
that *someone* has to get placed last in my preseason poll, ali's team is
the only one to place in the bottom 5 of my poll and #2i's poll.
the big key for ali to get into postseason contention is his WR group.
getting mcnair, r williams and antowain in the 1st 3 rounds makes for a
solid running game. but picking thrash and toomer in rounds 4 and 5 could
easily prove to be ali's undoing this year. thrash is probably the most
streaky player in RFL history, but good game vs bad game streaks for thrash
usually run in the 1-to-3 ratio. toomer is not impressive. ali's own man
laveranues was available at the time! how could he leave coles hanging out
to dry like that?!? marvcus robinson could be a good 3rd WR - as long as his
spine doesn't give out. jeff graham? what team was that...?
strong points: if you go RB in rounds 1 and 2 - and then QB in the 3rd, you
shouldn't have 3 question marks after 3 rounds. the stats from last season
won't lie, but what will these guys do this year? your first 3 picks have
got to be your strongest points, but r williams did not look good during the
dolphins' preseason. i'm not a fan of antowain's going into this season. and
mcnair has performed poorly in the 3 previous even-numbered calendar years
of his career.
weak points: i simply think this club is not as talented across the board as
it should be. i've been proven wrong quite frequently in the past. perhaps
it's ali's turn this year.