Re: [Ignore The Chalk] Dunkaholic

If I'm Jordan Crawford, I also make sure my grandkids never see this "lost footage." Talk about much ado about nothing. With the kind of hype that was surrounding this video, I was (justifiably) expecting crotch-in-face action. Instead, we get something that, yes, is LeBron getting dunked on, but he's defending from the side rather than one-on-one, and there isn't a whole lot of contact, if any. As annoying people like to say, there is no there there.

Yes, it is still July.

Dunkaholic

Well finally we have a clear picture of LeBron getting dunked on. I'm not sure how he'll get over this.

Anyway, I'd like to say I'm somewhat disappointed in the media.  Surely it didn't take over a week to get this footage?  No one else had a camera phone there? C'mon.  Yes, Nike "confiscated" the main video, but I was deeply afraid this was going to turn into the latest grassy knoll.

"Did Jordan Crawford really dunk on him, or was there a second person involved?"

If I'm Jordan Crawford, I'm telling my grandchildren I dunked on LeBron.  But if I'm in the media, I just admit that July is the slowest sports month of the year and move on.

Also, one more request of the media--please stop with the hokey puns--if I see one more "Le-" prefix like "LePosterized," I'm going to flip.

It's just frustrating

The lack of a clear #1.  If MJD can be a #1 pick--even in leagues with high PPR--there's something wrong with the running back system in the NFL (at least from a fantasy perspective).  I like Peterson as a #1 but he absolutely killed me when I drafted him in the 7th round as a rookie two years ago when he failed to put up any points down the stretch--I would have been as well off starting Barry Sanders.

 

I like Brady as well.  The problem is even if Belichick has faith in him, we don't know how Brady will do coming back from injury.  How much will it take for his knee to pop again?  He's not a mobile guy so you're not looking for Donovan McNabb rushing numbers out of him (before McNabb morphed into Byron Leftwich in his 30s) but he does need to be able to stand and drop back to throw.  Additionally, because Cassel's gone, I don't know if you can trust anyone in the Patriots' offense (because really, if Brady is done, can whoever's backing him up now perform as well as Cassel did down the stretch? if he can, every team in the NFL should look to pay Belichick $20 million/year for him to coach their franchise. it's ridiculous.).

 

I'd like to remind you that you Stole Drew Brees From Me.  I was there a few years back for Brees' first season in NO, when I bet on him as the Great White Hope.  I'm fine without Brees although I will take him if he's available.  There's another guy I have in mind as my Great White Hope this season.

 

I agree on IDPs.  By the way, if we're going to have IDPs, why not add punters to the mix?  What about dedicated kick returners and punt returners?  And what about coaches (gauging them on challenges won--would be a neat kicker)?  How can we make this game as authentic as possible?  If you're playing fantasy football, it should be fantasy football--not fantasy offense.