Victor Martinez managed to tear his ACL yesterday during agility drills. If he is out for the season, as is expected, he leaves a huge hole behind for Tigers, their fans and fantasy players. Let’s get into this a little more in depth, shall we? He played great for the Tigers last year. In 145 …
Monthly Archive: January 2012
Jan
18
Draft Day: Kansas City Chiefs
Moving right along, we have the Kansas City Chiefs now up. Injuries really hurt this team this year losing both Eric Berry and Jamaal Charles early to season ending ACL injuries after Tony Moeaki went down with the same injury before the start of the season. Then they lost Matt Cassell in the middle of …
Jan
17
Link update 1/17/12
Got in a few posts this week, mostly on the football side. So I’m not going to waste any time and let you know what they are. Football: Got Draft Days for Tampa Bay, Carolina, Washington, Jacksonville, Miami, Cincinnati and Buffalo. Got our Divisional round picks, see how we did. Updated our Mock Database. As …
Jan
17
Draft Day: Buffalo Bills
For the next in the series, we have the Buffalo Bills. After also having a very fast, hot start, they cooled off shortly after the Ryan Fitzpatrick contract extension. But he wasn’t really the cause of their downfall. That would be the defense. And because of that, my mock for them is very heavy on …
Jan
16
Mock draft — rounds 1-3
For those that don’t want to read the entire three rounds in on posting, here are posts for round 1, round 2 and round 3. Note: We have got the draft order from Walter Football and our picks could change at any time. * means the spot is not set as these teams are in …
Jan
16
Why the Seth Smith trade doesn’t matter to you
Seth Smith was finally traded today when Oakland acquired him for Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman. By no means a huge trade, but Seth Smith has been rumored of many different trades this offseason. Here’s some of those teams: Cincinnati Seattle Oakland Atlanta Tampa Bay New York Mets I imagine there were also more. But …
Jan
16
Draft Day: Cincinnati Bengals
Here’s the next up for my Draft Day series, the Cincinnati Bengals. They surprised a lot of people with their 9-7 record and a playoff berth thanks to some great play from their rookie QB Andy Dalton and phenomenal play from their rookie WR, A.J. Green. Assuming they make all the right decisions (and I …
Jan
15
Mock Draft Databases
We’ve recently joined the Walter Football mock draft database (thanks Walter Football!). So here’s our very own database. If you’d like to join, feel free to give us a shoutout on Twitter @sidelinescholar, @pat_the_scholar, and @JerryTheScholar or via e-mail at [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] Enjoy! Walter Football — Updated 1/11/12. With four rounds. FF Toolbox …
Jan
13
A blockbuster trade if there was one
The quiet offseason of the Yankees has suddenly changed as they sent Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos. That’s one way to make an impact on your pitching staff — both ways. But I have to be totally honest… I don’t really like this trade. And …
Jan
13
Divisional round picks
Just curious — could last week have gone worse for me? I went an amazing 0-4 in my picks last week as Tyler goes 1-3. So a safe bet coming into this is to pick against me and you’ll probably win. Ugh… I don’t even want to talk about it anymore. Here’s our picks for …