HarleyQuinn

Well, the 3-4 was "the" defense of the 70's and into the 80's, much like the 4-3 is "the" defense in the 90's and 2000's. Most 3-4 LBs seem to be around 6'2" - 6'4" thanks to the Parcells/Belichick mold of a solid size ratio.

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Back in this as Boston College... Now to try and impersonate Matt Ryan's winning ways.

It's never too early for Heisman Hype... QB Tim Tebow (Florida) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn30J3KePDg QB Matt Grothe (South Florida) QB Pat White (West Virginia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaLkqrPcOcw QB Colt McCoy (Texas) QB Chase Daniel (Missouri) RB Noel Devine (West Virginia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XKj68ja4Q RB Ian Johnson (Boise State) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D0aoqRIOwA WR Michael Crabtree (Texas Tech)

Sam Hollenbach was cut by Washington on 7/10. Was most notable for playing poorly at Maryland (Final 2 years saw 28 TD vs. 26 INT). Washington now has Campbell, Collins, Brennan, and Derek Divine at QB. Divine was strictly a backup at Marshall.

I was eyeing him with my upcoming pick too... so your taking him hurt.

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LILB Bill Romanowski The Glory - 2x Pro Bowl - 2x All Pro - 4 Super Bowl Rings The Stats - 1,116 tackles - 39.5 Sacks - 18 INT A steroid freak badass who ain't opposed to spitting on the opposition or breaking a teammate's neck in practice. Nasty as hell, hard hitter but also intelligent and a guy who will team with Rickey Jackson to make the left side of the field even more dangerous.

The Sports Network listed their top I-AA quarterbacks for the season... Along with Top Transfers http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.../AGN4160453.htm 1: Armanti Edwards (App State) Jr. 2: Nathan Brown (Central Arkansas) Sr. 3: Dominic Randolph (Holy Cross) Sr. 4: Matt Nichols (Eastern Washington) Jr. 5: Jonathan Dally (Cal Poly) Sr. 6: Rodney Landers (James Madison) Sr. 7: Scott Riddle (Elon) Soph. 8: Rhett Bomar (Sam Houston State) Sr. 9: Jake Phillips (William & Mary) Sr. 10: Liam Coen (UMass) Sr. Top Transfers 1: Ryan Perriloux (Jacksonville State) Jr. 2: Bobby Reid (Texas Southern) Sr. 3: Dennis Brown (Norfolk State) Jr. 4: Antonio Henton (Georgia Southern) Soph. 5: Rob Schoenhoft (Delaware) Jr.

LG Mike Michalski Small at 6'0" and 210 lbs. but a bad ass who will definitely play through injury. The Glory - Played from 1926-1937 for the New York Yankees and Green Bay Packers in 122 games. - First guard inducted into the HOF (1964) - 1920's All Decade Team - 6x All Pro - "Moreover, throughout his football career he played with an unrepaired congenital abdominal hernia."... Who doesn't love these old school players?

As much as I love Thorpe... he was a little overrated in the NFL in terms of ability in comparison to other players from that era I've looked at.

FS Darren Sharper The Glory - 4x Pro Bowl - 4x All Pro The Stats - 53 INT - 8 TD - 19.32 YPINT A true playmaker at the FS position who is equally adept at being a straight ball hawk. Should finish his career north of 60 INT easily and make a run at 70 depending on how long he plays. Can help with tackling in the secondary while tag teaming with Deion to swipe balls out of the air.

Updated my post. Sorry...

C Mick Tingelhoff The Glory - 6x Pro Bowl - 6x All Pro - Undrafted The Stats - 240 Games - 4 Super Bowls Wicked small at 6'2" and 237 lbs. but he can get help on double teaming DT on the inside. He was a mainstay for Minnesota and helped block for scrambling QB Fran Tarkenton for quite a few years. Also durable as he played through the age of 38, starting 16 games in his final season.

Also not interested. I can find a dozen money leagues but the fun of the TSM leagues is the bragging rights of beating other posters and getting to boast on their monitors... Not that it happens to me often.

In as the Gotham Harlequins.

Coach: Bill Belichick The Glory - 5 Super Bowl Rings (2 as DC for the Giants) - Coach in the NFL since the late 70's The Stats - 3 Super Bowls in 4 Seasons - 91-37 with the Patriots. 14-3 in the playoffs - 36-44 with the Browns. 1-1 in the playoffs. Went 11-5 in his 4th season and went 7-9 for two straight years prior. Regardless of "Spygate" he was a mainstay as a coach. He's most known for tag teaming with Bill Parcells but he's a genius at making adjustments in game and figuring out the little things opposing teams do, thus being able to win games. He's a pass happy head coach who's unafraid to make the tough decisions and is a perfect fit for my 3-4 defense. And he's also had his team win 18 and 21 straight games... that's not easy.

Gotham Harlequins Squad. May as well go all out and make it interesting... Head Coach: Offensive Style: Run and Shoot QB: Steve Young RB: Billy Sims WR: Paul Warfield WR: Don Maynard WR: Sterling Sharpe WR: LT: LG: C: RG: RT: Forrest Gregg Defensive Style: 3-4 LDE: NT: RDE: Chris Doleman LOLB: Rickey Jackson LILB: RILB: ROLB: LCB: FS: SS: RCB: Deion Sanders

Geez... what's with the Packer run this round? That's like the 4th or 5th Packer taken.

Very true. I think the change over to the "West Coast Offense" was completely moronic given the fact that everybody knew Vick had an absolute rifle of an arm. I think an offense similar to the Vikings of the late 90's (deep throws) would've been more beneficial to Vick even if they didn't quite have the wide receiver talent. I also think that at times, Vick was his own worst enemy though because he scrambled so much rather than keeping his eyes downfield and throwing instead. 2004 he had 321 pass attempts and 120 rushing attempts. If he cut that down to even 85 attempts (Still 638 yards) he would've had 356 pass attempts (+35). Given his YPA, that would've been 2,563 passing yards. 2005 he had 387 pass attempts and 102 rushing attempts. If he cut that down to 85 attempts (Still 502 yards) he would've had 404 pass attempts (+17). Given his YPA, that would've been 2,505 passing yards. 2006 he had 388 pass attempts and 123 rushing attempts. If he cut that down to 85 attempts (Still 714 yards) he would've had 426 pass attempts (+38). Given his YPA, that would've been 2,726 passing yards. 3 Seasons: 7,794 passing yards and 1,854 rushing yards. Again, his receivers weren't the greatest but I think part of that issue was that Vick had a laser for an arm and expecting anybody to catch a rifle shot from a lefty 8-10 yards away was questionable, at best.

Interesting that you pointed this out because scrambling quarterbacks also have a higher tendency to get sacked more, whether that be because they are trying to elude the rush and then throw rather than throwing first or just holding onto the ball too long with the belief that they can escape after a couple more seconds. It's also interesting that VX pointed out the growth and then "decline" of scrambling quarterbacks. 1999-2001: Rich Gannon topped 200+ yards including 529 in 2000 at age 35(!) 1999-2002: Mark Brunell was hitting 200+ yards with ease. 2000-2002: Steve McNair had 3 straight seasons of 400+ yards rushing. In 2003, he only had 138 yards and stayed there afterwards. 2000-2002: Donovan McNabb ran for at least 460+ yards every season. Since then, he's run for about 200+ including 236 last year. 2000-2004: Daunte Culpepper topped 400+ yards and has thus faded in part due to lingering knee injuries. 2002-2004: Jake Plummer topped 200+ yards all three seasons. Even David Carr had 3 seasons of around 300 yards rushing. I think the "ideal" quarterback is somebody like John Elway (230-260 yards rushing) or Brett Favre (Peak was 180-210 yards). Pass first quarterbacks who throw first but aren't afraid to scramble when it helps them. IMO, what's hurt scrambling quarterbacks is their own desire and belief that they can throw the ball just as well as they can run as evidenced by Michael Vick's continued assertions that because he threw the ball well one year, he could "pass" just as good as he could run. I think Vince Young is kind of in that same mode right now, trying to show that he can throw the ball too and isn't "just" a running quarterback. What people forget about Cunningham is that in his first 3 seasons as a starter he had 406, 560, and 532 passing attempts. Now compare that to: Michael Vick: 421, 321, and 387. Vince Young: 357, 382, and ??? Kordell Stewart: 440, 458, 275 (12 starts) Players like Culpepper and McNabb had similar attempts to Cunningham.

Yeah, Wehrli was already taken IIRC. WR Sterling Sharpe The Glory - 5x Pro Bowl - 5x All Pro - Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame - In the 1993 season Sharpe subsequently broke his own record, with 112 receptions; this also made him the first player to have consecutive seasons catching more than 100 passes. In 1994, his 18 touchdown receptions were the second most in league history at the time, behind only Jerry Rice's 22 in 1987. The Stats - 8,134 yards receiving - 65 TD - 73 RYPG - 4 seasons with at least 11 TD - 4 seasons with at least 90 catches - Only played 7 seasons. At least 5 more seasons of 1,000 yards would've had him at 13,000+ career yards. Played in the run & shoot at South Carolina and in the NFL was a flat out beast. He easily could've been among Jerry Rice/Tim Brown territory in overall stats when all was said and done. Gives me great size at 6'0" 207 lbs. to balance out the other two burners in Warfield and Maynard. He also really helped make Brett Favre into a superstar (33 TD in 1994).

Since I was bored... In 2005, Kyle Orton had 4 games with fewer than 20 attempts so I chucked them and re-did his QB Rating: 63.69 with 9 TD vs. 11 INT and a YPA of 5.30. His comp % was also 53.5 so yeah, he sucked. He did have 1 game with 5 INT though... For comparison, Grossman scored a 73.9 QB rating in 2006 for the season. Maybe they could sign Daunte Culpepper already. The guy had QB ratings of 77 and 78 the past 2 seasons going a combined 189/320 (59.1%) for 2,260 yards (7.06 YPA) and 7 TD vs. 8 INT.

you bastard, 909! Well, at least it makes my pick a little easier to figure out.

damn it... I have 3 guys I want for my next 2 picks and I'm worried that the one I don't pick won't fall back to me.