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QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) I really like Ellington this year, actually took him in the 3R, and I'm real interested in seeing what Chip Kelly does with Sproles. Going RB back to back to back did somewhat hurt my WR position, but I wouldn't call it very weak. Not flashy, but not bad. Had debated between Hunter and Jones in the last round. With 2 WRs and 2 RBs also on the bench why not snag a guy like Ebron who has huge upside IMO. I like Ellington too but I worry about how he will hold up in that division. Hes not a typically sized back, but he can make plays. The problem with your WRs are Vincent Jackson and Torrey Smith, in terms of fantasy, dont have the upside to be top 10-12. They are more like 15-20 guys at their best. They are also guys that will give you a 30 point weak and then put up 5-8 points for 4 weeks in a row. Shorts and Jones are nothing special, that's the only reason why as a whole group I would consider it weak. Aside from the fact that Marvin Jones will be out until at least week 5 with an injury, Justin Hunter looks primed for a breakout and has freakish skills. I like your two TEs better than Ebron already, maybe a lottery ticket on a WR or RB would have been better served for your squad over a 3rd TE. Its your team though, I just like to give my opinion on fantasy stuff.

This was my 12 team PPR mock from the other night, I was going with the zero RB strategy but had to change it a little bit due to a player falling to me I didnt expect to be available.. QB: Tony Romo RB: Montee Ball RB: Rashad Jennings WR: Demaryius Thomas WR: Dez Bryant TE: Kyle Rudolph Flex: Randall Cobb K: Mason Crosby Def: Pittsburgh BN: Josh Gordon BN: Robert Griffin III BN: Danny Woodhead BN: Jeremy Hill BN: Devonta Freeman Well know before the season whether or not Gordon will be playing this year, so thats an easy drop and replace if hes out for the year. I like Pittsburgh matchup hosting Cleveland week 1 and will be streaming defenses. Montee Ball slipped to the end of round 3 and I had to take him. He has a chance to be a top 5-7 back.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 06:10 PM) Just finished up a PPR draft that I'm real happy with. QB- Stafford/RGIII WR- VJax WR- T. Smith RB- AP RB- Gio TE- Davis Flex- Ellington Flex- Reed D- Seattle K- Gostlowski Sproles, Ingram, Shorts, Ebron, Marvin Jones. Only whoopsies I made was Ellington and Gio both have week 4 byes WRs are very weak, RBs outside of AP and Gio are questionable. I would suggest looking into Jeremy Hill, Carlos Hyde, Devonta Freeman, Andre Williams at RB and then Justin Hunter at WR if they are out there. Ebron has been very iffy from early reports and you already have 2 TEs so why have him?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 24, 2014 -> 05:56 PM) Forgot you traded for him, I'm just giving you s*** cause you know what he did to my team last year. Anywho, just got done drafting my main league. 10 team, .5 ppr and 6 points per throwing td. Everything else is pretty standard: QB: Brees RB: AP RB: Lynch WR: Jordy Nelson WR: Victor Cruz TE: Dennis Pitta Flex: Colston DEF: TB(this will be matchup by committee, they have Carolina week 1 and the Rams week 2) K: Prater Bench: Steven Jackson, Stevan Ridley, Marqise Lee, Ahmad Bradshaw, Martellus Bennett, Kaepernik, Teddy Bridgerwater just because I like him. I love my starters, hate my bench. If everyone stays healthy I think I have a chance to be really good. Let me know what you guys think. Prater is suspended the first four games FYI

And yet, no one can back up any reason as to why Davidson wasn't ready. Based on what he did in Arizona last season, and then his .308/.341/.564/.906 slash line from spring training, I am suppose to buy into him not being ready? Sorry, that's not good enough. Now I will wait patiently for the next textbook soxtalk poster to tell me that on a board that has greg constantly posting, I am posting some of the most illogical stuff you've seen.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 08:31 PM) You can't be serious. This is jokes, right? Yes, totally joking. I forgot that at communist soxtalk people don't discuss when they don't agree with you they just make wise ass one liners and try to be cute.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 02:24 PM) Holy s*** that was awesome

lol, Gillaspie is not a starting position player at the MLB level. Get his two month hot streak out of your head, jesus. No one knows how Davidson would have played had he started in Chicago, so your argument that he wouldn't have been ready is just as "illogical" as me thinking getting sent back to AAA didn't have something to do with him struggling, even if its not the only reason.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:49 PM) This is perhaps the most illogical post I have ever read on this site. Davidson has proven he clearly isn't ready. Gillaspie has proven he has taken a step up. If you really think the reason Davidson is one of the worst hitters on the Charlotte Knights is because he feels sorry for himself, i want whatever you have been taking. If his psyche is that fragile, there is no way he could be successful in the major leagues. THAT was the most illogical post you've ever read on this site? Now I know your full of s***. Gillaspie hit .330 for a couple months, hes got a .671 OPS since the all star break. Hes just not that good, and the future of this club would have been better served getting Davidson MLB playing time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) If any move that the Sox made to start this season has been proven to be 100% correct it was having Conor Gillaspie at the starting 3B and sending Davidson to Charotte. Nope. This was a 99 loss team, there was no reason for a guy like Gillaspie to be starting at 3B for this team. Davidson was ready and played well in his call up with Arizona the season before. Just because it "worked out" doesn't make it the right move. Gillaspie is worthless to this team, and he will never be on a Sox playoff team. Davidson should have been up here from the get go. Instead, they shipped him to AAA when he shouldnt have been and that to me seems like the biggest reason for his struggles as most of his stats line up with what he did in the minors before.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) Davidson has had just a nightmare of a season. Outside of a week or two, he has been consistently terrible. To me, he's a long shot to become a MLB starter He should have been the starting 3B entering the year but instead the Sox dicked around with him and sent him to AAA when he had no business being there anymore

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) yeah, totally. Nobody has ever tried to get this name changed before. Certainly the first I've heard of it. As big of an issue as it is now? No. I wasn't saying that no one ever in the history of the world had a problem with it before recently. The size of the fight against it is what I was referring to.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) Because it's an insult, so most people don't. If you've heard the N word, it's because of two key differences. One is, as I noted earlier, there is a lot more current population AND more current tension between blacks and whites (and Hispanics) where such adversity can make that language come out of the woodwork. The other is that, for reasons I still don't really understand, some African Americans have co-opted the term into their own speech. I mean, how often do your friends have a reason to even be angry at an American Indian person? How often does that come up? A lot of words are insults, and people still use them. And I am not even talking about saying "Some redskin cut me off in the parking lot today" just typing that out sounds ridiculous as to why someone would use that as an insult or racist saying. That being said, for a football team that's been around since 1932 I find it a little "eye roll" if you will that its just NOW that people want to wage some big fight against it.

Ive still never heard anyone use the term Redskin when referring to an Indian outside of the Washington Redskins. And I am a pretty offensive and incentive person and hang out with such.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) I think the Central is going to be pretty up for grabs starting next season, Shields & Butler will likely be gone from the Royals, Scherzer will more than likely be leaving the Tigers, and I dont think Cleveland or Minnesota are anywhere close to playoff ready. That brings me to the Sox, who with a couple of tweeks, are very close to a playoff team. Would something along the lines of this lineup be a playoff team: CF Eaton 2B Semien/Johnson 3B Gillaspie 1B Abreu LF Garcia/Tomas RF Markakis/Tomas/Garcia SS Alexei DH Viciedo? C Flowers P Sale P Quintana P RHP P Rodon P Danks RP Petricka RP Gregerson RP Adams RP Janssen RP Webb RP LHP? Considering how the AL Central will most likely look, I would say that team would have a pretty decent shot at making the playoffs. The pitching is nice, lineup is a concern.

Disappointing new title reveal

WWE just trolled my kid so hard.. Daniel Bryans music hits and his eyes light up and hes going "Daniel Bryan! Daniel Bryan!" and then Steph comes out and he just sadly keeps saying "wheres Daniel Bryan?" On a side note, Steph is so damn hott

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 05:45 PM) So they have him win the WM battle royal than break him down? That's bad business. Was that WM battle royal suppose to mean anything? I kind of looked at it like a non important time filler

I think we can all agree if Reigns wins the belt at mania, it will prolly be about 2 months before its back on Cena and Reigns disappears into mid-card oblivion..

Literally shocked Cena didnt magically win after getting destroyed all match.. well done WWE.. now the real question is, how does this title reign go? Surely he wont be defending every PPV right?

QUOTE (Tmar @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 11:34 AM) Oh great now we get to hear bears fans talk about how Holmes is best 3rd receiver in the history of the nfl, amirite tru and witesoxfan Lolol Oh you mean like you and Dez Bryant lololol amirite FOP and witesoxfan

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) Someone slowed down and zoomed in on the race footage, and claims that Ward actually grabbed the wing of Stewart' car. Again, I can't tell what the heck is going on from the grainy video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAe9-JVCmek...eature=youtu.be It is hard to tell, but it sure looks like he is grabbing onto the wing..

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 02:27 AM) Since we have like 4 threads about Rodon, I guess I'll just reiterate here.... I hope Rodon does NOT make any appearances with the Sox this season. I want him in a Sox uni no earlier than April of next year, but I PREFER he get his chance in June of next year when Super 2 passes. He should finish the year in AA, and then start next year in either AA or AAA until June. If hes ready to start, I want to see him up. Ill worry about 2020 when its 2020. Flip side of that, if they are just going to have him throw 20 innings out of the bullpen then no id rather him continue to pitch in the minors. Hes most likely already our third, if not second best starter, in the organization so he needs to be in the rotation on opening day next year if the team is serious about competing. I think they are going to spend some money in the off season, and wouldn't be shocked to see this team compete for at least a wild card.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2014 -> 03:43 PM) Uh, not really. Just asking, better to be safe than sorry