Fantasy Football: On DeMarco Murray, and why trying to sell high on him right now might not be a bad idea

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Here is a side of the DeMarco Murray fury that is sure to be overlooked: if you already have Murray, or if you are awarded him on waivers come Wednesday morning, you may be best served by selling high on him immediately. It’s possible his value it at its absolute highest right now.

NFL “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings: Week 8

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After a quick review of the stakes, let’s take our weekly look at how the suckiest of the sucky stack up in the race to suck to the lucky bottom of this year’s NFL standings.

NFL “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings: Week 7

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Even though this post series’ namesake likely thinks we’re idiots for continuing to post it, post we will. Here are the top contenders for Andrew Luck with Week 6 nearly in the books.

A.J. Hawk gets caught flipping own bench the bird on live TV

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During the 2nd quarter of today’s Packers-Rams game A.J. Hawk flipped the bird in the general direction of his own bench and in plain view of Fox’s TV cameras. (It’s apparently a “running joke”.)

NFL “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings: Week 6

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Week 5 is almost in the books, with just the highly anticipated Lions-Bears Monday night matchup left to play. Since neither of those teams will be bad enough this season to even come close to the #1 pick, there is no need to wait on tonight’s result to post the latest edition of the “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings.

NFL Power Rankings Week 5 – “Drunk Girls Alone At The Bar” Edition

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In this week’s NFL Power Rankings, Drew Lange ranks every team from 1-32, explains his reasoning for not liking teams adding pink to their uniforms during October, and provides useful advice about drunk girls alone at bars.

NFL “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings: Week 5

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Another week of football players on football teams playing National Football League football games is in the books*, which means that it’s time to assess the carnage and see which teams are now best positioned in the yearlong “Suck 4 Luck” Sweepstakes.

NFL “Suck 4 Luck” Power Rankings: Week 4

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Come April of 2012, some craptastic, moribund franchise will draft Andrew Luck and immediately increase its likelihood of becoming relevant on an annual basis for the next decade. Here are the current contenders in the race to suck for Luck, or as we call them: the Suck 4 Luck Power Rankings.

St. Louis Rams v New York Giants: Monday Night Football Preview and Prediction

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In tonight’s Giants-Rams MNF battle, two of the biggest Week 1 disappointments square off in a huge early-season game for both. Jerod offers his preview and prediction, along with a funny picture of the Giants’ INT-machine QB.

Video: Sam Bradford makes young, adoring female fan cry

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And they were tears of joy, as opposed to the tears of fear and regret that he causes from opposing defensive backs.Watch as the young Rams’ star makes a young lady get all verklempt.

6 Bold NFL Predictions For 2011 (Including Playoff Picks)

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Feeling rather emboldened by how his bold predictions for 2010 turned out, Jerod is back at it with six bold predictions for the 2011 NFL season, which includes his playoff picks (which include, yes, the Lions).

Cleveland Browns hire relative unknown Pat Shurmur to be next head coach – how should fans react?

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The Cleveland Browns new head coach is a relative unknown in Pat Shurmur, who spent last season as the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, but Browns fan Nick Gerlach says that doesn’t really matter.

5 Ways NFL Teams are Leveraging Social Media

The 2011 NFL Playoffs are just about to kickoff, and we want to highlight some of the best plays NFL teams are making inside the social arena. Hut..Hut..Tweet!

How the 20 NFL fan bases that missed the playoffs should feel heading into the offseason

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In this post, Jerod goes over each non-playoff team and tell its fan base his opinion for how optimistic or pessimistic it should feel heading into the offseason.

Sam Bradford gives Rams fans legitimate reason to cheer up

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The St. Louis Rams are 0-2, but rookie QB Sam Bradford is giving the team’s fans reason to cheer up and be optimistic for the future. Just look at how Bradford’s numbers through two games compare with a couple of other notable QBs who started as rookies.