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Not sure what other St. Louis homers have posted in this thread, but here's my thoughts...John Hadley is the ultimate "Look At Me!! Look At Me!!" guy in town. He just throws stuff against the wall and when something sticks, he dislocates his shoulder to pat himself on the back.Unless I hear it from Bernie Miklasz, Howard Balzer or Jim Thomas I would be VERY skeptical. Of course, the end is coming sooner than later for Marshall, but I wouldn't alter any opinion greatly based on a report by that guy.But, if Hadley ends up right, the words of Bill "The Spaceman" Lee concerning Don Zimmer will have rung true. "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then."Cheers! :pickle: :pickle: :pickle:

 
Faulk's ADP is already starting to slip.

Steven Jackson's ADP is down a little as well.

Lamar Gordon's ADP is going through the ROOF!

Hmm, I would think Jackon would have the most to benefit from this, seems like others think otherwise.

http://www.ourlads.com/secure/depthchart.cfm?index1=SL

Ourlads lists the pecking order:

1) Marshall

2) Lamar

3) Harris

4) Jackson

That does not seem right either?!?

 
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Not sure what other St. Louis homers have posted in this thread, but here's my thoughts...John Hadley is the ultimate "Look At Me!!  Look At Me!!" guy in town.  He just throws stuff against the wall and when something sticks, he dislocates his shoulder to pat himself on the back.Unless I hear it from Bernie Miklasz, Howard Balzer or Jim Thomas I would be VERY skeptical.
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Bernie Miklasz (St. Luois Post-Dispatch sports columnist since 1989) on John Hadley's Faulk "story":
BernieM wrote: I spoke with Hadley. I understand what he reported. I also know who he talked to at Rams Park. What Hadley says has merit. BUT: you have to understand what he's saying here. Don't misrepresent or misunderstand what he's saying. Hadley's take: Faulk and the Rams are privately concerned about Faulk's knee. Martz is positive about Faulk; the last time I spoke to Martz he was upbeat and thinks Marshall will be fine. But others in the organization aren't so sure. Hadley isn't saying Faulk will retire. He's saying Faulk could be limited by the knee more now than in the past, and he is saying that there is at least a possibility that a frustrated Marshall will say, "enough." And I don't shoot that down at all. I think Marshall will try to play and he'll go from there. But there's some anxiety in the organization -- which is understandable given Faulk's knee problems and age -- and Hadley was right to tap into that. Cheers, Bernie
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Unlike 75 percent of the sports media in this town, Hadley works the phones and has good sources within each organization and he's constantly digging for info that he can relay to the fans. I for one appreciate his hustle. Do I agree with him all of the time? Heck, no. I am much harder on the Blues than he is. That is one example of our differences. And so what? I respect him for trying to dig for stuff. And usually what he says has merit; much of the time people misrepresent what he reports. For example, when he wrotr that the Cardinals were interested in signing Greg Maddux, he wasn't reporting that they WOULD sign Maddux. He merely relayed their interest, which was legit. But people bang him because the Cardinals didn't sign Maddux -- as if he got it wrong. And he didn't. This happens to Hadley all the time. I'd think more fans would appreciate his effort rather than dumping on him. Cheers, Bernie
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[Lombardi]

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON IN HERE?

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Seriously
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Faulk is possibly retiring due to his knee, that is what is going on in here.
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How you doin? :brush:
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Why can't I be treated as a woman who loves FF instead of a piece of meat? :thumbdown: I'm here to talk about Marshall Faulk, if your looking for some booty you might want to try elsewhere.
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:JAA: :goodposting:
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So is she your mistress or not? Faulk owners need to know.
 
Torry Holt is now a 1st rounder on my board.
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I certainly will move him up a bit, first round is waaay too optimistic. Early second = after Moss, Harrison and the top 12RB's = :thumbup: JAA, any word from the Mrs. on this?
 
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By the way Shick, the rest of us Maggots would love it if you'd make your first pick.  :lol:
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Huh? My pick in a league? Yanking my chain?
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Draft Board for MaggotsMaybe it hasn't officially started, but I thought we were ready for this No Mercy draft. I don't know what's holding us up then. :(
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Whoever set up the league on the MFL site messed up my email address. I haven't received anything because of it. Notified the commissioner. Can't draft until its fixed.
 
So a guy in my league found this board this offseason. Blackjacks sees the Faulk thread and reads the Ball cancer comment and has no idea what it means. HE thinks there's some validity to the cancer comment. He calls the All sports radio station in St. Louis today and asks what's up with Faulk. He says on the air, "I heard it was the knee but I also heard cancer!!!" :excited:

He didn't mention Testicular cancer, but he asked about cancer on the air!!!!

FBG BS rumors on the air in St. Louis!! CLASSIC!!!

 
Torry Holt is now a 1st rounder on my board.
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I certainly will move him up a bit, first round is waaay too optimistic. Early second = after Moss, Harrison and the top 12RB's = :thumbup: JAA, any word from the Mrs. on this?
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JAAs wife season doesnt start until she receives her stat book and CD ;) ... :msgboardheldhostage:
 
So a guy in my league found this board this offseason. Blackjacks sees the Faulk thread and reads the Ball cancer comment and has no idea what it means. HE thinks there's some validity to the cancer comment. He calls the All sports radio station in St. Louis today and asks what's up with Faulk. He says on the air, "I heard it was the knee but I also heard cancer!!!" :excited:

He didn't mention Testicular cancer, but he asked about cancer on the air!!!!

FBG BS rumors on the air in St. Louis!! CLASSIC!!!
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That is awesome.
 
It was a joke, sweetcheeks.
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Thank you for disrespecting me once again.In the future please don't refer to random woman as sweetcheeks.

Let's get back to the topic of Marshall Faulk, as he is the only man that I am interested in hearing about. Go to a strip club if your in the mood to degrade woman.
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Take it easy on Tony. He's one of our sex-starved, bar carousing, golf playing dudes that just likes to have a good time. No harm intended, I'm sure. Then again, I have no idea who you are and you're just as likely to pull a "Crying Game" on everyone here. ;)
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:D Hit the nail on the head, Rad. You da man!

;)

 
If Faulk is out, Holt and Bruce both get a major bump.
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And not Bulger??
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I already have Bulger ranked pretty high. :thumbup: I also think Faulks receiving totals would be distributed among Holt, Bruce and Jackson/Gordon. If there was a downgrade in the running game, I am not sure if that is great for Bulger. Only a healthy Faulk could move Bulger any further up my list.
 
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This probably doesnt mean anything.. But I was walking to lunch down on Laclede's Landing the other day (Sundecker's has great burgers).. and I saw Marshall jogging around the Arch fairgrounds. He was running quite fast and looked to be in tremendous shape. That man sure has some HUGE legs... We called out his name as he ran by and he gave us a little wave, so I'm pretty sure its him. If he's out jogging in the hot summer St. Louis heat, maybe his knee isn't as bad as you all are worrying..
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I spotted Marshall at the Mets-Yankees series. Maybe he picked up the intestinal parasite.Although I think that the intestinal parasite was always in Giambi - he just stopped feeding it the roids this year and now it is just eating at him.

 
From KFFL.... (More of what has already been said)Rams | Faulk's Knee Still Causing Concerns? - from www.KFFL.comFri, 9 Jul 2004 11:28:45 -0700HadleyOnSports.com reports sources out of St. Louis are indicating St. Louis Rams RB Marshall Faulk (knee) may remain a question mark entering training camp. According to one source, there are reasons to believe Faulk may not be able to play in 2004 and Faulk has indicated to some acquaintances that he's still concerned over whether or not his knee will be 100 percent when training camp begins. The general consensus appears to be that Faulk will play this year, but he may be used in a less-than-advertised role.

 
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HC Mike Martz is positive about Faulk, and the last time Miklasz spoke to Martz he was upbeat and thinks Marshall will be fine.
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Not sure if this is a Honda or not, but what else is Martz going to say? If he has concerns then Jackson's agent is going to ask for more money. He will not publicly show weakness until he has to. Now we may not know that Mike called a bunch of defensive players and the O-Line in so that Jackson can work on picking up the blitz 24-7. If that were the case then I would have a more solid feeling as to the situation. As for right now, if Faulk is healthy Martz will say he's fine. And if Faulk isn't healthy, Martz will say he's fine. What really sucks is that Faulk isn't a heavy participant in training camp. Hasn't been for a few years. He knows his roll and what he needs to do to get ready for the season. So Training Camp isn't going to tell us anything unless it's REALLY bad and Marshall hangs them up early on....
 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.

 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
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I agree. If you had already downgraded him because of the injury risk and Jackson, then you probably had him lower than 2.2. I'd still take him mid to late second, though. He's a talented back in a great system with a first round pick as a handcuff. The only reason I wouldn't take him higher is you'll have to overpay for Jackson.
 
I just made a trade offer to the guy who planned on Keeping Faulk as one of his two keepers. I've got Taylor as a player I have to throw back to the drafting pool, and am hoping for a third round pick for him = let's fuel this rumor for all that it is worth!!

 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
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I agree. If you had already downgraded him because of the injury risk and Jackson, then you probably had him lower than 2.2. I'd still take him mid to late second, though. He's a talented back in a great system with a first round pick as a handcuff. The only reason I wouldn't take him higher is you'll have to overpay for Jackson.
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You'd still take him that high BFred? I don't know, I'd be gunshy on him right now. I think I'd rather go with a Tiki Barber, Travis Henry and DD.If you get to the Rudi Johnson's, Curtis Martins, Corey Dillons and Duce Stayley's it becomes confusing. You either draft one of these lower tier RB2's and stay away from the entire situation or you can gamble on Faulk.Where would you feel comfortable drafting Steven Jackson tonight? Middle 5th?
 
This probably doesnt mean anything.. But I was getting my balls removed this past weekend (Emory does great ball sugery).. and I saw Marshall in the room next to me.. He was moaning quite loadly about his ball. He looked to be in tremendous shape. That man sure has some HUGE balls... I called out his name I wheeled by and he gave us a little wave, so I'm pretty sure its him. If he's out getting his balls removed in the hot summer Atlanta heat, maybe his ball isn't as bad as you all are worrying..WTYM. :hophead:

 
OK, holt, and bruce get a bump up, but where would you gauge S. Jackson being drafted? My 5th round draft choice is comming up shortly and I was wondering if I should take a chance on him there. (5.03)

 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
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I agree. If you had already downgraded him because of the injury risk and Jackson, then you probably had him lower than 2.2. I'd still take him mid to late second, though. He's a talented back in a great system with a first round pick as a handcuff. The only reason I wouldn't take him higher is you'll have to overpay for Jackson.
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If you were drafting today, you would have to overpay A LOT for Jackson. Seriously, his ADP was 9.01 as of a couple weeks ago. You just know that somebody is going to step up and take him in the 7th or 6th(!). So if you draft Faulk and manage to land Jackson, you are pretty much guaranteed to be wasting a 2nd (Faulk busts) or a 6th (Faulk stays healthy). No thanks.Edit: I just finished reading the last few posts, and it's sounding like Jackson is likely to come off the board in the 5th. :eek: Heidi Fleiss didn't have handcuffs THAT expensive.
 
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So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
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I agree. If you had already downgraded him because of the injury risk and Jackson, then you probably had him lower than 2.2. I'd still take him mid to late second, though. He's a talented back in a great system with a first round pick as a handcuff. The only reason I wouldn't take him higher is you'll have to overpay for Jackson.
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If you were drafting today, you would have to overpay A LOT for Jackson. Seriously, his ADP was 9.01 as of a couple weeks ago. You just know that somebody is going to step up and take him in the 7th or 6th(!). So if you draft Faulk and manage to land Jackson, you are pretty much guaranteed to be wasting a 2nd (Faulk busts) or a 6th (Faulk stays healthy). No thanks.Edit: I just finished reading the last few posts, and it's sounding like Jackson is likely to come off the board in the 5th. :eek: Heidi Fleiss didn't have handcuffs THAT expensive.
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:rotflmao:
 
So far we have one news guy who has supposedly made a name for himself by making big statements based on apparent speculation, and a whole bunch of fantasy football resources that have picked it up as if it were truth.For people that had already downgraded Faulk for his injury risk and the drafting of Jackson, I see no real news yet.
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If you were drafting tonight, and you picked at 2.02 or 2.03 would you take Marshall Faulk? I wouldn't either, you have to downgrade him. I have a bad feeling that this rumor is at least partly true. He's been missing games because of that knee that past couple seasons.
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I agree. If you had already downgraded him because of the injury risk and Jackson, then you probably had him lower than 2.2. I'd still take him mid to late second, though. He's a talented back in a great system with a first round pick as a handcuff. The only reason I wouldn't take him higher is you'll have to overpay for Jackson.
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If you were drafting today, you would have to overpay A LOT for Jackson. Seriously, his ADP was 9.01 as of a couple weeks ago. You just know that somebody is going to step up and take him in the 7th or 6th(!). So if you draft Faulk and manage to land Jackson, you are pretty much guaranteed to be wasting a 2nd (Faulk busts) or a 6th (Faulk stays healthy). No thanks.Edit: I just finished reading the last few posts, and it's sounding like Jackson is likely to come off the board in the 5th. :eek: Heidi Fleiss didn't have handcuffs THAT expensive.
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I agree with this. If you're drafting right now and take Faulk in the second or Jackson in the 5th, good luck. I don't like either pick. By draft day, I expect things to be more sane. Faulk will have dipped down, but not past the bottom of the second IMO, and Jackson will have picked up, but not before the 6th IMO. So you'd be trading a second and a sixth for the performance of a late first. You're effectively trading a sixth to get a player whose better than the rest of what's available, and getting his handcuff to boot.
 
The hype will REALLY start to fly when Steve Jackson and Gordon get the majority of the carries in the preseason - which would happoen regardless of Marshal's "retirement" status.

 
It was a joke, sweetcheeks.
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Thank you for disrespecting me once again.In the future please don't refer to random woman as sweetcheeks.

Let's get back to the topic of Marshall Faulk, as he is the only man that I am interested in hearing about. Go to a strip club if your in the mood to degrade woman.
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You might be a woman, but you have definitely exhibited poor word choice (i.e. use of your instead of you're and woman instead of women).By the way, can I have your phone number? :D

 
By draft day, I expect things to be more sane. Faulk will have dipped down, but not past the bottom of the second IMO, and Jackson will have picked up, but not before the 6th IMO. So you'd be trading a second and a sixth for the performance of a late first. You're effectively trading a sixth to get a player whose better than the rest of what's available, and getting his handcuff to boot.
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And that's assuming that one of them is the clear cut starter. If they split carries then those picks are even worse.
 
It was a joke, sweetcheeks.
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Thank you for disrespecting me once again.In the future please don't refer to random woman as sweetcheeks.

Let's get back to the topic of Marshall Faulk, as he is the only man that I am interested in hearing about. Go to a strip club if your in the mood to degrade woman.
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You might be a woman, but you have definitely exhibited poor word choice (i.e. use of your instead of you're and woman instead of women).By the way, can I have your phone number? :D
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Trust me. You don't want it. Bob is not your type.Edit: Not St. Louis Bob

 
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It was a joke, sweetcheeks.
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Thank you for disrespecting me once again.In the future please don't refer to random woman as sweetcheeks.

Let's get back to the topic of Marshall Faulk, as he is the only man that I am interested in hearing about. Go to a strip club if your in the mood to degrade woman.
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You might be a woman, but you have definitely exhibited poor word choice (i.e. use of your instead of you're and woman instead of women).By the way, can I have your phone number? :D
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Trust me. You don't want it. Bob is not your type.
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Alright, I'll take your word for it.
 
It was a joke, sweetcheeks.
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Thank you for disrespecting me once again.In the future please don't refer to random woman as sweetcheeks.

Let's get back to the topic of Marshall Faulk, as he is the only man that I am interested in hearing about. Go to a strip club if your in the mood to degrade woman.
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You might be a woman, but you have definitely exhibited poor word choice (i.e. use of your instead of you're and woman instead of women).By the way, can I have your phone number? :D
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Trust me. You don't want it. Bob is not your type.
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So that leaves me two options...1) JAA swings both ways and Bob/FFGal is his mistress, hence Faulk is done for the year.

2) FFGal and JAA have no relationship, hence Faulk will be studly this year.

 
So that leaves me two options...1) JAA swings both ways and Bob/FFGal is his mistress, hence Faulk is done for the year.2) FFGal and JAA have no relationship, hence Faulk will be studly this year.
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No offense JAA, but strictly from an FFL perpective I hope you and Bob are real happy together. :excited: I have the first overall pick in my dynasty rookie draft and would prefer SJ over the Jones long term. If MF is done or severly limited this year, it would be hard not to take him #1.
 
Who would draft SJ #1.01 when you got KJ JJ KW GJ TJ TB PR DH RW RW LE RW LF CP BT NK and especially EM w/ all that TLC in NYCI HATE WHEN PEOPLE USE INITIALS. It takes too long to figure out what someone is saying. how hard is it to type last names. At least then the sentence flows a little better.Sorry, had to rant a little.

 
Who would draft SJ #1.01 when you got KJ JJ KW GJ TJ TB PR DH RW RW LE RW LF CP BT NK and especially EM w/ all that TLC in NYCI HATE WHEN PEOPLE USE INITIALS. It takes too long to figure out what someone is saying. how hard is it to type last names. At least then the sentence flows a little better.Sorry, had to rant a little.
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Sorry to ruffle feathers there Zerodawg. But in a discussion about *M*arshall *F*aulk and the Rams running game I would think MF and SJ wouldn't require too much thinking :rolleyes: Maybe by the start of the season you'll know who SJ is.
 
Who would draft SJ #1.01 when you got KJ JJ KW GJ TJ TB PR DH RW RW LE RW LF CP BT NK and especially EM w/ all that TLC in NYCI HATE WHEN PEOPLE USE INITIALS. It takes too long to figure out what someone is saying.  how hard is it to type last names.  At least then the sentence flows a little better.Sorry, had to rant a little.
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Sorry to ruffle feathers there Zerodawg. But in a discussion about *M*arshall *F*aulk and the Rams running game I would think MF and SJ wouldn't require too much thinking :rolleyes: Maybe by the start of the season you'll know who SJ is.
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suchislife, it's not that I didn't know who they were, I'm just getting tired of the initials thing. Our radio sportscasters in cleveland are even using the initials over the air! It is just starting to get on my nerves...
 
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