Jay-Mo, who provided Sloppy Potatoes with an excellent post about a playoff system in NCAA football last week, has done it again. This time he takes a look at some of the skill players that will be available in the 2009 NFL draft over at Chinstrap Ninjas.
Here’s an excerpt:
I’m starting to like Pat White, of West Virginia, and Josh Freeman, of Kansas State. White’s recent performance in the Senior Bowl opened a lot of NFL eyes, as it should for fantasy owners watching who takes a chance on him. Just the potential for touchdowns makes him worth a late fantasy pick. I foresee Wildcats quarterbacks overtaking the old goal line hogs of former days, Jerome Bettis, Marion Butts and Mike Alstott.
My take: White has the biggest fantasy impact.
Click this link to read the full post.
This is part of a series of posts about the closing of Electronic Gaming Monthly, the state of magazines, newspapers and the recession.
For a couple weeks, I’ve been sitting her contemplating just how to write this post.
As I’m sure many of my readers have heard, Electronic Gaming Monthly — as close to a video game Bible as they come — is done. I’ve read the magazine for as long as I can remember, and been a subscriber for years. I’ve purchased other mags at the newsstand, but EGM is the only one I subscribed to.
I eagerly awaited the arrival of each month’s magazine in my mailbox. I used to be a ravenous videogamer. I purchased and rented all kinds of games — except RPGS, but that’s a different post for a different time — and based a lot of my decisions based on what the experts over at EGM had to say. I purchased and rented less in the last couple of years as my free time has slowly dwindled into nothing.(www.sloppypotatoes.com and www.chinstrapninjas.com and life in general have something to do with it) But, I still loved reading the mag, and I still read just about every article, even the ones about RPGs. (I really need to write a post about my RPG complaints). I loved the in-jokes, movie references, the words that were at times poetic, at others snarky, but in every case entertaining.
I had seen the rumors on the Internet — EGM owner struggling, mag may close — but never believed any of it. Here was this iconic piece of the videogame universe, beloved by hundreds of thousands around the world. It was thee game news source for so long, there was no way it was closing.
Sure, Next-Gen shut down several years ago. GMR didn’t make it either. I subscribed to both of those mags back in the day, and really enjoyed them. The entire print media industry, from magazines to newspapers, is trying to evolve into something the general public will devote just a small bit of their Internetin’, TVin’ time to. And while this recession will likely shutter the small newspaper I work for and countless others, like it already has, I never believed EGM would be gone.
As a newspaper guy, one of my favorite parts of the magazine was the editor’s column in the front. I loved reading what Dan “Shoe” Hsu and, over the last several months, James Mielke had to say every month. At times they talked about the business — a business I contemplated joining at some point — at times they talked about the magazine design and at times they just opined. It was always the first thing I read. Every month.
I’ll probably miss that most. I’ll also miss the editor’s bios in the Review Crew section. The editor’s used this space to tell what they were playing and included a quick creative paragraph that talked about something going on in the office, or in their personal lives. There was something I could almost feel oozing through the words in those two small parts of the magazine. That environment, those people had what we had at our small paper a year ago. Things have changed for us, too.
I’d like to put a tease here telling you what the next post will be about, but I just sat down and this one poured out. That’s probably what I’ll do next time, so check back in a day or two, or monitor my Twitter feed. I’ll post a tease to it there.
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Yep, crazy talk. Or is it?
Over at www.chinstrapninjas.com I’ve outlined a handful of reasons why you may want to avoid the player that has vaulted himself into Best WR in the Universe conversation with his postseason performance.
An excerpt:
However, he’s going to be the first WR taken in about every draft, and he’s going to be taken way higher than he probably should simply because of his amazing postseason performance.
We also have to consider that in some drafts, the chips will fall exactly as they need to and you’ll have to take Fitzgerald. However, I’m about to tell you that your best bet might be to avoid Fitzgerald in 2009 fantasy drafts.
For those of you who just snorted beer or soda or coffee up your nose, let’s not laugh too hard. Here are my reasons not to pick Larry Fitzgerald in 2009:
- First, to think he’ll replicate this ridiculous level of focus and strength — really it’s been superhuman — throughout an entire season, is asking a lot. Seriously, think about it.
Click here to read the entire post at Chinstrap Ninjas.
Tags: Fantasy Football
In the inaugural edition of the Ninja Mailbag over at www.chinstrapninjas.com, I’ve answered three questions from one of our readers, Jay-Mo.
Here’s an excerpt:
If I had to choose the top rookie that will be picked in 2009 fantasy drafts right now, and I do, I’d go with Chris Wells, Ohio State. The dude only played in nine games but went over 1,000 yards and scored eight TDs. But, I think Iowa’s Shonn Greene will be the best running back to come out of the 2009 class.
To read the whole story go here.
Digesting food and pooping it out
I’ve compiled a Guide to Understanding the Food Pyramid and I’m offering it free to anyone who reads my blog.
Now, being that you’re at Sloppy Potatoes, you probably think this is a joke. You think you’ll find a list that includes all variety of potatoes: Au gratin, scalloped, baked, fried, french fried, cheesy, boiled, mashed and smashed. (Yes they are different, it’s based on the level of violence used in the process. And clearly if there was a Potato Pyramid, you would need at least 10 servings of cheesy potatoes and 8 servings of french fries per day.) While it’s not an all-potato list, the real food pyramid does in fact include potatoes. There is pure scientific fact that humans cannot survive without french fries, so to ignore them would be bad. It’s about moderation.
Continue reading ‘Surviving the Food Pyramid’
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I’m no college football expert, but Jay-Mo is one of the most knowledgeable fans I know. I asked him to craft an opinion piece regarding Utah’s win and what it means for the BCS, playoffs, etc., and he penned this gem of a guest post. Enjoy. — EP
It took less than 12 minutes into the Sugar Bowl for the Utah Utes to prove a point, a message most of Division I college football insiders refuse to acknowledge.
Three touchdowns against one of the statistically best defenses in the country, not just in the so-called defense dominant Southeastern Conference, but the entire nation. A nation of 117 Division I teams the Alabama Crimson Tide once stood atop of for several weeks.
Utah played just as fast as Alabama , and in the end, physically outplayed the Nick $aban-led Tide. Nearly 350 total yards of offense proves that. The Utes also held Bama’s vaunted running game to just 31 yards.
So why not let Utah have a chance at the Texas Longhorns, which looked very vulnerable against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl? Or, how about a Utah versus USC Trojans match up?
Continue reading ‘Playoffs? Yes, we need playoffs’
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