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So I’ve made it into the fantasy Football Super Bowl in both of my money leagues, hooray for guaranteed cash! Do you have a little bit more trust in my weekly football blogs now?

Drew Brees, with 2 games left to play, is a meager 300 yards from breaking Dan Marino’s record. The good news is, he’s averaging 340 yards per game. The bad news is, Brees owners need to find a backup, as the Saints not only have a playoff spot locked up, but still have a chance at taking a first-round bye as well. Any game they have a blowout locked victory, you can expect Drew to be eating hotdogs on the sidelines.

Weeks 16 and 17 will be practically here and gone before you can say “Merry Christmas”, so let’s get excited about our upcoming conclusion!  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL players week 15

So after a couple of power failures and cringing every time Ben Roethlisberger thought he could play football, the question begs to be asked…

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Interceptions were made by Dashon Goldson, Carlos Rogers, and Tarell Brown. Ray McDonald also forced a fumble on a Big Ben sack, which speaking of sacks, Aldon Smith had 2.5 of them, giving him a total of 13 sacks for the year, a 49er rookie record. Pro Bowl? Definitely. Best rookie of the year? You’re damn right.  Read the rest of this entry » 49ers play Lights OUT foo...

I’ve been dominant in my first week of my 2 money fantasy football leagues. It’s all about paying attention to your players and their matchups.

Do you take that average quarterback going up against the Minnesota Vikings or the New York Giants, who have the worst 2 pass defenses in the league? Of course you do!

Should I pick up a Toby Gerhart who has barely touched the ball all season, just because Adrian Peterson is injured? Heck yeah!

If you stay active in your leagues, you win games. If your team consists of players who are outside of the top 20, you can still achieve success. Watch the waiver wire, stay in-tune to player news and injuries, and grab those backups!

Three weeks of regular season football remain, good luck out there.  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL players week 14

And better yet, it’s on sale! Again!

Apple’s manufacturing partners are expected to build 2 million iPhone 3GS handsets in the fourth quarter this year. Last week marked exactly two and a half years since Apple unveiled the iPhone 3GS during its Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2009. Citing industry sources within Apple’s supply chain, DigiTimes on Friday reported that production of Apple’s iPhone 3GS has continued at high volumes that should hit 2 million units in the December quarter. In the first quarter of 2012, production of the iPhone 3GS will reportedly slow to between 1.4 million and 1.6 million units. The same report also suggests that production of Apple’s CDMA iPhone 4 could top 1 million units in the fourth quarter this year, slowing to between 500,000 and 600,000 units in the first quarter next year. In the United States, Apple’s iPhone 3GS is available for free on contract from AT&T while the CDMA iPhone 4 is sold by both Verizon Wireless and Sprint.

I still have my iPhone 3GS, and upgrading to a new phone leaves me with the feeling of “Oh look, I no longer have the latest and greatest” 3-6 months after doing so.  At least when i purchased this iPhone, that feeling stayed for over a year.  Read the rest of this entry » Two and a half year iPhon...

The Golden State Warriors met last week with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Giants CEO Larry Baer to discuss the feasibility of building a new, state-of-the-art arena near AT&T Park that would open before the 2017-18 season. The rumor that the Golden State Warriors might move to San Francisco is recycled every few years. But this time, it has a chance to happen. Potential buyers of the team have asked the San Francisco Giants about building in Mission Bay, south of AT&T Park.

Would Oakland be willing to lose their basketball team? It seems as though the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Raiders are trying to move where the grass is greener. The A’s want a share of San Jose, and the Raiders want to be wherever the 49ers are.

What is San Francisco going to do, when they realize they just traded the 49ers for the Warriors? And while you’re at it, go ahead and Occupy Oakland. There’s about to be plenty of open room.

Speculation of Brett Favre signing with the Chicago Bears seemed to be a real possibility. Besides, doesn’t Favre want to play for all of the NFC-North teams? He’d only have the Detroit Lions to go!

Jay Cutler contends the retired quarterback might have agreed to an NFL return, at the right price. Cutler’s agent is Bus Cook, who just so happens to be Favre’s longtime rep. Cutler, who’s sidelined indefinitely after having thumb surgery, spoke with Cook about the situation earlier in the week. ”He didn’t really expect Brett to come back,” Cutler told ESPN Radio on Wednesday. “Brett probably would have came back, but I’m sure it would have to be a very, very high number money-wise, and it would have been interesting.”  Read the rest of this entry » Chicago without a Favre F...

Most fantasy football leagues are over for their regular season, and it’s off to the playoffs. Some have a week to go, depending on how your league manager configured things. Either way, it’s been fun to review the top 5 this year, and I’ll continue to do so while the NFL season is still going on.

8 months ago, would we have seen the #1 overall pick go completely crazy like he has all year long? If it wasn’t starting off the first 2 weeks throwing for 900 yards, then it was running in touchdowns to make Michael Vick look more like Tim Tebow. Cam has done it, despite what we all thought before. He’s shown up in 9 out of the past 12 top-10 blog posts. Woah.

I’m proud that my San Francisco 49ers clinched the first division title of 2011, and just hours later my Green Bay Packers followed Suit, when my New Orleans Saints defeated the Detroit Lions who were close enough to keep the Packers from locking it up. At this point, it seems as if the Packers and 49ers will have first round byes in the playoffs, but the road to the Super Bowl still goes through Green Bay. In January. Yeoch!

On to the guys who have done it all year long…  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL Players week 13

Most fantasy football leagues are down to the last week, and your favorite NFL team has  just 4 more games to play this season.

Will the Saints QB break Dan Marino’s record?

Will the Packers go undefeated?

Will the 49ers not blow it at the end?

Will the Colts win the Suck for Andrew Luck contest?

You’re less than a month away from all the answers, my friends.  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL players week 12

The San Francisco 49ers have their first winning season since 2002, and they’re not done yet. The Green Bay Packers remain undefeated, and both teams play on Thanksgiving. It’s like a feat of my favorite teams who are both atop the entire NFL.

My Packers this week play a team who used to be a dangerous 5-0 until the 49ers exposed them, gave them their first of 3 losses, but this past weekend produced the #1 QB and #1 RB of the week. Will the Harbaugh brothers (Jim Harbaugh, 49ers coach, and John Harbaugh, Ravens coach) have a strong defensive game on Thanksgiving when they face each other? This will be the first time in NFL history two brothers square off as head coaches of their respective teams.

Thanks to Adrian Peterson, Ryan Mathews, and Fred Jackson (IR now) all having crappy games, I lost my 3rd game of the season in one of my money leagues. Ugh! Thanks a lot, guys. But on to the guys who gave their teams big points:  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL players week 11

A little late, but it’s not as if people read these posts, right? ;)

In a year in which I thought the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons would dominate to challenge the Green Bay Packers for the Super Bowl, both teams lose while the 6-10 San Francisco 49ers of last year are now 8-1, and are looking at their 8th straight victory against a crappy Arizona Cardinal team this weekend.

The Packers future Hall of Fame quarterback is on track to break some records, as is the New Orleans Saints quarterback, looking back to the explosiveness he had in 2008. And while Alex Smith of the 49ers is throwing up average numbers, they’re safe numbers that are good enough to win games; 5 games up in the division, and second place overall in the entire NFL. SF is looking at a first-round playoff bye, if you can imagine that.

I’m wearing my throwback Steve Young jersey today at work to celebrate the awesomeness that has become this season.  Read the rest of this entry » Top NFL players week 10