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| Drafting With Intelligence…Picks 10-12 | | 2008-08-17 23:50:36 | | In our previous editions of DWI, we broke down the top three-fourths of a 12-round draft. Now we turn to the bottom, picks ten through twelve. Some people hate these spots. Some people love...
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| | Drafting With Intelligence…Draft Picks Seven through Nine | | 2008-08-03 23:15:29 | | They’re the toughest spots to draft from…picks seven through nine in your fantasy football draft.
The top-tier running backs are gone. Tom Brady is probably gone. In some leagues, Randy...
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| | Drafting With Intelligence...The Number One Pick | | 2008-07-06 14:00:01 | | Welcome to TJI's newest feature, "Drafting With Intelligence" (DWI for short). The goal of DWI is to help you make smart fantasy football drafting decisions.
Poor choices on draft day can sink your...
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| | Raiders Say So Long to Rhodes Two Days After Drafting McFadden | | 2008-04-28 19:06:25 | | Two years ago Dominic Rhodes rushed for over 100 yards vs the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl for the eventual champion Colts. Now, he’s out of a job. After just one lackluster season in Oakland, the Raiders dumped Rhodes just two days after drafting Arkansas stud back Darren McFadden.
The Raiders are more than stacked [...] | | By: NFL GridIron Gab | | |
| | ESPN Analyzing The Jets Drafting Needs | | 2008-04-13 22:17:06 | | In his latest post on ESPN, Doug Kretz breaks down the Jets key additions, key losses and needs in the offseason. Kretz pegs the Jets needs at the WR, CB and QB positions.
The top needs for the Jets going into the draft are a wide receiver (preferably one with big-time speed or red-zone presence), [...] | | By: JetsCentral.com | | |
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| | DWI--Drafting With Intelligence | | 2007-07-15 06:35:06 | | Just as the editors at TJI were putting the final touches on a feature article about Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chris Chambers, a shocking headline came across the TJI ticker...Chris Chambers has been booked in Charlotte, NC for Driving While Impaired. According to the AP, in addition to DWI, Chambers was charged with speeding and reckless driving. According to some TJI staffers, several profanity-laced tirades were immediately spewed forth by a number of editors.The article, you see, was a finely crafted piece singing the praises of Chambers and encouraging all our readers to draft him. We were expecting him to put up big numbers in 2007 and we devoted 13 paragraphs to extolling his many virtues. We can't confirm this yet, but Chambers just might have been tipping a few back last night in celebration of the publication of this terrific article.Now, were this the old NFL, our first reaction would be "Who cares?" Getting arrested and having charges pressed were ho-hum, rites of passa | | By: This Just In | | |
| | Drafting My Will, Financial Power of Attorney, and More | | 2007-07-03 08:00:42 | | The first time I recall my parents mentioning their Will was in advance of a trip to Alaska to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. My Dad had written up a list of instructions for what to do if their plane were to go down. I remember trying to play it off, and not think about the possibility. Luckily, the trip went like clockwork, though they’ve reminded me of the list ever since.
I am now in uncharted territory, having very little debt, and a lot of savings. As a result, and in the event I am knocked off by narco-terrorists or a gonzo sting ray, I decided it would be prudent to draft a Will before leaving the country. In addition, I wanted to give my Mom Financial Power of Attorney so she could act on my behalf (such as being able to deposit money to my accounts, cash checks, help me with my taxes, etc.). Rounding out the legal trifecta would be an Advance Medical Directive in case I end up in a vegetative state someday.
Initially, I expected to have to hire a lawyer | | By: GoBackpacking | | |
| | Drafting an idea | Carnival of Islam in the East | | 2007-06-12 12:16:00 | | Inspired by Hakim Abdullah's 'Carnival of Islam in the West' yesterday it came to me that there is a necessity also to have a focus and brain-storming about the status of Islam in East. In recent time islam has grown considerably in the west, mostly due to migration of muslims and also from the significant number of reverts or converts to Islam. There are a number of great scholars and experts on Islam who being westerners, are interpreting and researching on a very progressive manner, just as the religion deserved. This is a real positive sign.Now given the intellectual environment, education, progressive western outlook - Islam and Muslims in general are benefitting a lot from west. There is a much greater level of tolerance and a genuine interest in the core teaching of islam. Also the open accomodating nature of western society is becoming instrumental to the harmonization. So in broader sense, there is no extremism coming out from the west. What is lacking is awareness, lack of | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Avalanche Drafting | | 2007-05-11 23:23:00 | | It's no secret that the Avalanche will be looking for a solid defenseman in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in a couple of months. The team drew the 14th pick in the lottery and are poised to claim a talented player in a relatively talented field. While this year's draft isn't quite as stacked with phenoms as the past few have been (think Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, Stastny, Kopitar, Phaneuf, etc.), it's not terrible, either.As far as defensemen go, however, the field is limited. Only three blueliners can be found in the final top 15 of the ISS prospect rankings.One of them, coincidentally ranked 14th and therefore likely still available when the Avalanche get their pick in the first round, is Nick Petrecki. A 6-3, 213-pounder from New York, Petrecki plays with the USHL junior team Omaha Lancers. He plays a big, physical game and throws his weight around. His scoring is in the 20-30 point range, but his real strengths are his super-hard slap shot and his super-hard body checks. Consi | | By: Dear Lord Stanley | | |
| | The case against drafting a QB | | 2007-04-27 22:36:00 | | As I've said before, I hope that the Browns don't draft a quarterback in the first round, for a couple of reasons.First, taking a QB is risky, as they tend to have a high probability of being a bust regardless of their college resume. Taking one early in the first round only means that a team must spend millions in guaranteed money before they know if they have a bust. An analysis on ESPN.com's Page 2 shows that since 1989, QBs drafted in the first round have been busts 53% of the time. I don't like those odds, and the Browns have been anything but lucky lately. This team cannot take the risk of wasting millions of dollars and several more years of mediocrity with so many other glaring needs.Second, Charlie Frye (or possibly Derek Anderson) has not been given time to establish himself. The team committed to Frye as their QB of the future just 2 years ago, and it is too early to give up on that. True, he has won only 5 of his 18 starts, but Peyton Manning only won 4 of his first 18. In order for a young QB to be successful he needs time, a healthy, semi-talented offensive line, and a stable offensive system in place. Frye hasn't had any of these. I don't love Frye, but he's not the worst QB I've seen either. | | By: Dawg Pound South | | |
| | The case for drafting a Tackle | | 2007-04-24 08:59:00 | | The Kansas City Chiefs website has a great article which makes a strong case for drafting a tackle in the first round.Highlights:39 players started five games or more at left tackle during the 2006 season. Of that group 20 were selected in the first round of the NFL draft (51%), including 15 in the top half of the round.among the 12 teams that made the playoffs in the 2006 season, 11 had left tackles that’s were selected among the top 50 players in the NFL Draft.Only five of the 39 players (13%) entered the NFL as undrafted college free agents. That’s fewer undrafted starters than any other positions in the league.Bottom line: You need a good left tackle to be successful in the NFL. Left tackles are hard to come by and the good ones are gone early in the draft. | | By: Dawg Pound South | | |
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