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Email Update 8/2/02 Volume 3 Issue # 49
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Week Ahead for Footballguys.com
2. Tomlinson sprains ankle - Out a few days
3. Quote of the Day - Ray Lewis
4. Interesting Stat of the Day - QB stats in the 4th Quarter
5. Stat of the Day II - Passes caught behind the line of scrimmage
6. Butch Davis on Rickey Dudley
7. Jenkins conversion to receiver
8. Stevens shining in Seattle
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1. Week Ahead for Footballguys.com
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- David Shick looks at Average Draft Position
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- Mark Wimer on Gamesmanship II
- Mark St. Amant with more Fake stories
- Tom and Mark looking at the rookies
- More Survivor II coverage
- Daily Player of the Day threads
- Dodds on Auction Drafting
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2. Tomlinson sprains ankle - Out a few days
Clipped from ESPN story:
San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, already slowed
in training camp by a blister, sprained his left ankle Friday and was
driven off the field on a cart.
Tomlinson, who was to be examined by a doctor, was hurt during a team
drill in which he was to hit the hole between the right guard and
tackle during the morning practice. He said he thinks another player
fell on his ankle from the inside.
''I don't think it is too bad; hopefully it will just be a day-to-day
thing but we've just got to be careful with it,'' Tomlinson
said. ''It's not something that is going to keep me out for a while.''
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Following up on our earlier breaking updates regarding this.
Interesting in that this started as LT gets carted off the field to
now it's just a 2 day sprained ankle. I am cerain that the Chargers
let ought a huge ...whew... in that they have minimal depth after
LT. Terrell Fletcher as the backup? Wow, now that is lacking depth.
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3. Quote of the Day
"I got what I wanted"
Ray Lewis after getting a 19 miliion dollar bonus and a 50 million
dollar deal.
Full Story:
The Ravens' All-Pro linebacker delivered the finishing blow to five
months of negotiations, calling his agent at 12:30 yesterday morning
and ordering him to seal the deal. Less than 12 hours later, Lewis
was signing a seven-year contract worth about $50 million and
includes an NFL-record signing bonus of $19 million.
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This will help the team by about 1 million to 1.5 million of cap
space. Once Boulware is signed (the next priority) the team should
have enough cap relief to upgrade some positions. Only one problem
though....all the good free agents are gone.
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4. Interesting Stat of the Day:
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4th quarter
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|----- Passing ----------||-- Rushing ----|
Name CMP ATT YD TD INT ATT YD TD FPT
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1. J Fiedler | 78 123 958 11 7 | 32 134 2 | 117
2. J Plummer | 96 177 1277 10 6 | 8 1 0 | 104
3. A Brooks | 85 166 1123 8 5 | 27 113 0 | 99
4. J Garcia | 69 129 807 10 4 | 25 86 1 | 95
5. T Green | 89 165 1204 7 12 | 11 65 0 | 95
6. K Collins | 97 159 1110 8 6 | 18 44 0 | 92
7. D McNabb | 70 116 803 6 2 | 35 198 1 | 90
8. B Favre | 72 113 975 7 2 | 18 9 1 | 84
9. R Gannon | 81 139 854 8 3 | 22 67 0 | 81
10. B Johnson | 92 156 880 5 6 | 18 26 2 | 79
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In a testament of how good Kurt Warner is, he does not even appear on
this list. The Rams typically grind out the game in the end and Kurt
has already banked his stats for the day. Of the people that appear
on this list, Jay Fiedler is a surprise with 13 combined TDs in the
4th quarter. Plummer shows that average QBs on bad teams can put up
good fantasy numbers as they are forced to throw often.
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5. Interesting Stat of the Day II
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Passes caught behind the line of scrimmage
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|--- Rushing ----| |-- Receiving ---|
Name ATT YD TD REC YD TD FPT
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1. Priest Holmes | 0 0 0 | 46 450 1 | 51
2. Warrick Dunn | 0 0 0 | 36 250 3 | 43
3. Duce Staley | 0 0 0 | 36 358 1 | 42
4. Marshall Faulk | 0 0 0 | 37 263 2 | 38
5. Ahman Green | 1 2 0 | 30 302 1 | 36
6. Shaun Alexander | 0 0 0 | 30 219 2 | 34
7. Ricky Williams | 0 0 0 | 35 266 1 | 33
8. Lamar Smith | 0 0 0 | 25 206 2 | 33
9. Curtis Martin | 2 20 0 | 40 237 0 | 26
10. Charlie Garner | 0 0 0 | 30 195 1 | 26
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This stat tells you how much the Chiefs believe in Priest Holmes
running after the catch. He was given 46 such opportunities and made
the most of it by a wide margin. Curtis Martin also got a lot of
these dump off looks, but his week ypc may change the plan for this
season.
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6. Butch Davis on Rickey Dudley
Clipped from the Plain Dealer article:
Browns coach Butch Davis issued a challenge to his tight ends heading
into two days of work against the Buffalo Bills at St. John Fisher
College.
"We need continued improvement from the tight ends," Davis said after
yesterday morning's practice in Berea. "We need Rickey Dudley, Mark
Campbell, Aaron Shea and those guys - they've got to step up. They've
got to start delivering performances and they've got to be a big part
of this passing attack."
Davis' challenge came one day after he sent up a flare to Dudley, who
underwent surgery last season to repair a ligament in his foot.
Asked if Dudley can reach his potential, Davis said, "I think it's
conceivable that he can, but Rickey Dudley is the guy that has to
motivate himself. He's been in the league long enough and he knows
how valuable he is and what a great opportunity he has, and he's got
to reach out there and seize it."
On the other hand, Davis said he's been pleased with some of the
things he's seen from Dudley considering he's coming off a serious
injury.
"[The injury] was real disappointing," Davis said. "We needed Rickey
to be a major factor in our offense last year. But the foot seems to
be holding up. If there was a blessing to him being hurt, he spent a
ton of time in the weight room, which will help as far as run-
blocking on the strong side."
Dudley, who caught three passes in team drills yesterday, agreed with
Davis that he has to push himself, "but at the same, I have to be
helped. I can't do it by myself."
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Here is a player who is completely being overlooked in drafts. Now
don't get us wrong, there is lots of downside, but he has averaged 14
ypc in his career. He also scored 29 TDs in his first five years
with Oakland. This certainly sounds like a tight end that should get
drafted at least in the last round. The Browns paid him huge dollars
a year ago and the fact he is expected to be the starter this season
warrants that alone.
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7. Jenkins conversion to receiver
Clipped from the North County Times article:
Ronney Jenkins smacked his hands together and buried his head in them
moments after the precision pass bounced off them and through the
back of the end zone at the Chargers' summer practice facility at UC
San Diego.
Reactions like these are more reflex than frustration, said Jenkins
on Thursday. The Chargers are hoping the third-year pro can make the
conversion from running back to wide receiver, and this is all part
of his learning curve.
The plan is to get Jenkins more involved in the offense. Head coach
Marty Schottenheimer referred to Jenkins as an "explosive" player on
several occasions and marveled at his kick-returning prowess.
"I'm watching him return those kickoffs today, and it's a blur going
up through there," Schottenheimer said. "I'm looking to try to get
Ronney Jenkins some playing time, because I know if he gets his hands
on the ball he is explosive."
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We think this move makes a lot of sense. He isn't likely going to
get any playing time at RB and watching him return kicks shows he is
awesoem in the open field. It's doubtful that he will have any real
fantasy value, but with the injury histories of Crtis Conway and Tim
Dwight, one never knows.
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8. Stevens shining in Seattle
Clipped from the Seattle Times article:
"I'm going to be real cautious on a lot of compliments early," Coach
Mike Holmgren said yesterday, "but he looks real smooth to me. It's
pretty clear he knows how to move in a secondary and he's a good
receiver. He's off to a good start."
Pssst! Two days into his first NFL camp, Stevens is looking good.
Real good. Tony Gonzalez good. Shannon Sharpe good. Tight-end-of-the-
future good.
He beat Shawn Springs along the sideline. He outran Isaiah Kacyvenski
across the middle. This was Cheney on the first day of August, but it
was easy to see Stevens doing this in Oakland on Opening Day and
against San Francisco on Monday night.
He looks born to this manor. He isn't awed by these surroundings. The
game isn't too fast for him. The playbook isn't too thick. The
cornerbacks and safeties and linebackers don't intimidate him.
Stevens, the 28th pick of April's first round, looks as if every game
of his life merely was prologue to these days. He seems at home.
"This is definitely where I expected to be," Stevens said. "I feel
like the guys play at the same speed I do, so that makes it easier to
run routes and get off blocks. I feel comfortable and I get more
comfortable every practice, every day."
He is a quarterback's dream receiver. Tall as a power forward. Quick
as a running back. Sure-handed as a shortstop. Already he is running
with the first team.
"He's so smart," Dilfer said. "And he has something to prove to all
those teams who passed on him. He has a little bit of a chip on his
shoulder, and I like guys with chips on their shoulders and a bunker
mentality."
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We liked this pick in the offseason and now like it even better. He
will be moving up in our projections that will be released late
today/early Sunday. He has surpassed Mili and already working with
the first team. Tight Ends usually take a year to get going, but
Jerramy Stevens may be the exception.
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That is going to do it here folks.
David Dodds
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