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Playcalling was the problem. I guess the fact the DeAngelo was the best RB in football last year wasn't enough. I guess he did only average 5.8 YPC last night. Not good enough. Carolina gets behind by 3 and they go into desperation mode and start lobbing Hail Marys. I turned the game off when Carolina fell behind 10-7 and their first play was a Hail Mary to Smith in quadruple coverage. Carolina threw the ball 3 times more than they ran it. That's why they lost.

Drafts are bonehead. Auctions rule.

I took Tyrell Sutton.

On top of Barber's injury and Romo's injury, Dallas had a BEASTLY schedule last year. I think Barber had a terrible rushing matchup every single week.

Bruce, no question.

I'm glad I trade his third-down RB ass away when his stock was high.

Amen. They should be 5-0 right now. 14-2 ain't bad though.

I lost last week on Ladanian Garbagetimelinson's 40 yd TD after the game was over.

I've been on Protrade for about two years. Check it out.

I hope Linehan is so mad at Jackson that he tries to get him hurt by giving him 50 touches this week.

If you were to allow such a deal, at least make it clear that neither owner is obligated to follow through with any future terms.

Collusion. No team can control the future considerations of another.

Ah, you must be a youngster. I got that immediately.

Agreed, and I like Bobby. Give Evans more time - particularly with the direction the Bills are headed. The popcorn is just ready to pop. Wait to see if it does or not.

I'm a Bears fan and am happy with what I see in Forte, but I believe Slaton will be something special.

I think Sam Hurd is going to take his job. I picked him up for $1 late in the auction, but cut him when he got hurt. I'll pick him back up this week or next.

I learned one thing watching that game last night. Sproles should be the starter.

The Dolphins, LoL. Awesome. I'd say I hope the Pats' plane crashes into a mountain when fat Belichick's sweatshirt gets caught on the throttle control, but I'll save that wish for when Brady is on board.

I don't get the problem with team management questions. Who cares? Isn't everyone here because they have a fantasy football team to manage? Is there a single person here who dosn't play fantasy and just wants to pontificate their fantasy football knowledge? Here's a tip. If you see a thread called "Should I start AP this week?" - pretend it reads "How do you think AP will do this week?"

I have Roy and have been dissapointed so far, but there are two things I like: A. The Lions defense SUCKS the hog and they will likely be playing catchup all year long. I like WRs with crappy defenses. B. Calvin is turning into a beast but Roy is still an outstanding WR. I didn't mind having the #2 WR in Cincinnati a couple years ago when I won the title.

This is actually a perfect time to use the theory. Your team is far superior unless RMoss goes nuts and you didn't start Cassel. It's worth giving up the upside on your QB to cancel out Moss.

If you understand stock market "hedging," then the "cancel out" theory should make sense. It's a valid theory, but it's VERY limited in its actual application. The odds of having the opportunity to employ it are small. I see stupid comments like "my opponent is starting Culter so if I start Royal over Owens I'll cancel out and win - that's dumb." You're right, that is dumb. It's a dumb comment. The cancel out doesn't work in a vacuum. Basically a stock market "hedge" is a bet you don't care if you win or not. For example, an airline might buy oil futures contracts with a strike price of $100/bbl - meaning they have the right to buy oil at a future date for $100/bbl no matter what the price is at that time. They pay a price for this right, obviously. They just locked in $100/bbl oil and paid a lesser price than if oil spiked to $150/bbl and ruined their profitability. With the futures contract, they don't care anymore what happens to the price of oil. Let's say I have TRomo, MBarber, SJackson, LFitz, and AGates. My opponent is weak compared to me, but has CalJohnson at WR with a great matchup. There's a chance that TRomo and MBarber could get shut down or my other players have weak outings - and CalJohnson could potentially EXPLODE for 200+3TDs and I'd lose based on his one outstanding outing. On an average day, my team should win 9 times out of 10, but he has this one wildcard. I might start JKitna instead of TRomo even though, by itself, it's a weaker play. Essentially I don't care what Kitna does now because he's going to cancel out CalJohnson and my generally stronger team should out-average the rest of his team. Note that the cancel out theory doesn't apply when you have a weaker team than your opponent. You want as many wildcards in the game as possible. If my team is significantly weaker and my opponent has JKitna and I have CalJohnson, I might start DHenderson over CalJohnson and hope Kitna has a bad outing and gets shut down. DHenderson is obviously a much weaker play, but he's a huge wildcard. He might catch two long TD passes and give me a chance to win over his better squad. If I start CalJohnson and he goes off, most likely I'm going to lose anyway because he's getting the same points for JKitna.

They didn't even run LJ on 1st and Goal from the 1, so something's up. The Chiefs and Bengals look like they're both going to implode this year because of OL trouble.

I picked him up along with Fred Jackson last week. Not only do I like they way they look (particularly Sproles), but both are FAs next year.

The Daryl Sproles Era has begun.