MIke Vick Signs 2 Year Deal With Eagles

Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that Michael Vick has signed a two year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Looks like Donovan Mcnabb and Vick might be in a dog fight for snaps behind center. (Too soon?)

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Every year before fantasy football starts, experts everywhere develop their own list of the players they feel are being under-hyped or over-hyped. This is usually believed to be great advice to follow because, let's face it, they are experts and you are an inpert (opposite of expert).

Let us go back and look at some of those great predictions made by these experts. Matthew Greber from RotoExperts.com for Sports Illustrated in an article entitled "Potential fantasy sleepers in 2008". He then singled out 3 players who he did not consider good bets to produce. 2 of the 3 were:

Aaron Rodgers QB - 32 total TD's, 4038 Yds passing

DeAngelo Williams - 20 total TD's, 1515 Yds rushing

(note: the third player to be singled out was Donte Stallworth and unless your league count's DUI's, he was pretty much correct on that one)

Gregg Rosenthal from Rotoworld.com in a column called "Post-Hype All Stars" in which he names people who were once hyped up, failed to live up to said hype, and will now match their hype-ness.

Quarterbacks:

Vince Young - 219 Yds passing, 1 TD, 2 Int's, 2 fumbles

Matt Leinart - 264 Yds passing, 1 TD, 1 Int, 2 fumbles

Runningbacks:

Brandon Jackson - 248 Yds rushing, 1 TD, 1 fumble

Wide Receivers:

Reggie Brown - 18 Rec, 252 Yds receiving, 1 TD

Finally, here are some excerpts from Matthew Berry (aka The Talented Mr. Roto) from an ESPN.com article called "You Heard Me":

Leonard Pope will catch seven touchdowns. (He finished the season with a grand total of 0)

Michael Turner will finish the season with less than 1,000 yards rushing and seven touchdowns. (Turner amassed 1699 yards rushing to go along with 17 touchdowns)

Troy Smith will net 24 total touchdowns. (Smith fared better than Pope but still fell 23 touchdowns short of this prediction)

What this goes to show is that predictions made prior to the start of the season often fall flat and that you shouldn't necessarily listen to experts when constructing your fantasy team because the experts predict just as well as any person with general knowledge of the NFL.

(Note: Obviously there were some predictions that actually turned out to be startlingly accurate but we decided to exclude those on the basis that they would make us look stupid)

Patriots acquire DE Burgess From Raiders

The New England Patriots have acquired DE Derrick Burgess from the Oakland Raiders.

Burgess had been a no show at Raiders training camp and made it publicly known that he wanted to be traded. In exchange for Burgess, the Raiders obtained undisclosed draft considerations.

Everyone remembers how well it turned out for Oakland the last time they traded an established player for a draft pick with New England. For those of you who don't, see Moss, Randy

Fat With No "Ph"

Step aside Ray Lewis/Donte Stallworth/Leonard Little, there's a new killer in town.

With the growing demand for growing waistbands, some football players have turned their attention away from steroids and onto food. However, with each bite their chances of athletic success lessen.

It has become increasingly popular these players to overindulge (See Mike Williams) in their favorite foods, leaving them in no position to do their jobs competently. Or, in the case of Mr. Williams, incompetently.

The latest victim is Glenn Dorsey.

Recently it was announced that Chiefs second year DT Glenn Dorsey was cleared to resume football activities, after missing approximately ten practices due to weight issues. Dorsey had been restricted to the stationary bike since camp opened, causing him to lose time learning the Chiefs new 3-4 defense. A wide frame is certainly a necessity for a defensive tackle in the NFL, however, Big Glenn better lay off whatever it is they have in Kansas City (corn?) before he no longer fits, literally and figuratively, in the Chiefs plans.

Solution: Incentive based contracts and less guaranteed money---Look at most overweight and out of shape busts---they took the guaranteed money, gave up on their bodies (Charles Rogers smoked every day during his NFL career), and bolted.

Other Victims:

Tony Stewart (Nascar): Many people wonder how a person who does very little physical activity other than sitting in a car for hours every day manages to gain weight....wait nope, nobody wonders that.

Mark Mangino (Head Coaches, Kansas Jayhawks football): Mangino has been synonymous with the Big 12 for his entire life. Only recently has it not had anything to do with his chins.

Phil Mickelson (PGA) : Man-boobs. Nuff said.