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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Playoff Week 2 Fantasy Injury Report

The Counselor is IN:

Here are the Playoff Week 2 fantasy injuries and my commentary. This may be helpful for anyone playing a NFL Playoff Fantasy League. We are down to 8 teams left.


Cowboys:
WR Terrell Owens is questionable with a left ankle sprain. He practiced on Thursday.


Packers:
WR Greg Jennings
has a groin injury and is probable. He was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday.

Colts:
WR Anthony Gonzalez
is questionable with a foot injury. He fully practiced on Wednesday.

TE Ben Utecht is probable with a shoulder injury. He practiced on Wednesday.

WR Marvin Harrison has a knee injury. He will start this weekend.


Jaguars:
No significant fantasy injuries.



Patriots:
No significant fantasy injuries.


Giants:
WR Plaxico Burress
is probable with an ankle injury. He is expected to play. He did not practice on Wednesday and was limited on Thursday.


Chargers:
TE Antonio Gates
is questionable dislocated left big toe. He did not practice on Thursday.



Seahawks:
RB Shaun Alexander
is probable with a wrist injury. He is expected to play. He practiced on Wednesday.

WR Deion Branch is questionable with a calf injury. He was limited in practice on Thursday. He stated that he will play on Saturday.

QB Matt Hasselbeck has a wrist injury and is probable. He has fully practiced all week.

WR D.J. Hackett is probable with a sprained right ankle. He is a game time decision for Saturday's game.


That is all the fantasy injuries for this week.

The Counselor is OUT:

Sunday, January 06, 2008

The Romo Conspiracy Part II

The following story is pure fan-fiction, not to be taken as factual. It is a spoof comedy piece. This is not an attack on any of the individuals in the story. This was spurred on by Tony Romo going to Mexico with the Simpson family during the Bye Week.

On the Monday before the 2008 Playoffs began, in their evil headquarters somewhere in a swap meets a rogue band of NFL Owners once again. As Daniel Snyder, owner of the vile Redskins, call their sinister meeting to order. “Fellow evil NFC East Owners, I come before you in our mission to find Tony Romo’s weakness. We have tried several things to stop him including the Britney-Bot but yet we have continued to fail. I have been contacted by the mysterious Mister X who thinks he can help us with our mission.”

The dastardly Twin owners of the Giants, John Mara and Steve Tisch, agreed that they would like to hear from Mister X. Eagles' owner, Jeffrey Lurie, remained skeptical of this unknown entity. He hissed “How can we trust this Mister X and why would he want to help us?”

With utmost cockiness, Snyder venomously responded, “Because I said so! Trust me; he wants to see the Cowboys knocked out of the playoffs as bad as we do. He has a plan to do it.” This appeared to convince this group of Legion of Doom want-to-bes.

Snyder activated the view monitor to reveal the mysterious Mister X. Initially it appeared that his identity was covered by his cloak. On further examination, the evil owners realized that Mister X’s identity was being masked by the blue hooded sweat shirt.

Speaking through a voice scrambler, Mister X spoke “I understand your evil group is seeking a way to stop the nauseously happy Tony Romo. I believe I have a plan to take him down. Since Jessica is a known weakness, I suggest you use her to take him down.”

In unison, the twin owners of the Giants quickly responded, “How can we use her to take Romo down other than having her show up at their next game? She has already learned not to do that any more.”

Mister X slowly spoke, “I suggest you enlist the service of Jessica’s sister. She has a motive to pay her older sister back for her lack of success. I have already set it up. If you allow her to sing during half time at each of your stadiums next season, then she will help you. She is willing to convince Jessica to take Romo to Mexico during his off week. She will manipulate Jessica into giving Romo a lot of authentic Mexican water to drink. He will be sick as a dog for the entire week. He will not be up to winning their playoff game.”

Lurie turned pail white and exclaimed “If we let Ashley Simpson sing at our half times, there will be riots from our fans! We will probably lose season ticket holders. That price is very high. I don’t know”

Snyder calmly responded, “I am willing to pay that price to see Romo crash again in the play offs. But what will you get from this arrangement, Mr. X. Why help us take down Romo.”

Mister X slowly said, “I have my reasons. I guess you could say I feel it is my Patriotic Duty.”

The vile conspiracy agreed to the terms and set the evil plan in motion.

Will Tony fall victim to a blonder from his ditsy blond bombshell of a girlfriend or will he once again outwit the foulest of plans from this wicked organization? Tune in next Sunday for the results.

(This story is strictly copyrighted. Please do not use without the consent of the author. This story is an original story by the author.)

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Things I Have Learned... from Jaguars vs. Steelers

Things I Have Learned... from Jaguars vs. Steelers.

The Counselor is IN:

1) Dreadlocks can make you out of bounce according to Al Michaels. It is a part of your body.

2) Jacksonville's Maurice Jones Drew and Fred "Used to have Glass Legs" Taylor are a great running back combination. They can run the ball, inside, outside, run kicks back, and catch passes for scores. But they did not run well the ball in the 4th quarter.

3) QB Ben Roethlisberger is missing the threat of "Fast" Willie Parker. Ben has been gunslinging much more often this year but now he does not have effective use of the play action passes with Davenport which he did with Parker. Without effective play action, the Jaguars have been effectively blitzing the QB and sacking him and causing interceptions.

4) Both Defenses can get after the QB. They bring various looks and blitzes that cause havoc in the backfield. Both would give Tom Brady, who does not like to be hit, some problems in the playoffs.

5) The Steelers’ Receivers are a very good group. TE Health Miller is a solid short yardage guy. Former Super Bowl MVP WR Hines Ward is a great slot receiver that runs like a WR and hits lit a Fullback. WR Santonio Holmes is a fast young receiver that is coming into his own. WR Cedrick Wilson is a fine 3rd Wideout.

6) A wide receiver grabbing someone's face mask constitutes defensive pass interference. Is that new this season?

7) The Steelers has displayed a lot of heart coming back from a big deficit of 18 points. The Jags displayed a lot of heart to come back and win after the Steelers’ surge.

8) Jaguars QB David Garrard can scramble with the best of QBs in the league. He made some amazing runs tonight. No scramble was bigger than the 4 and 2 run for 32 yards.

9) The swamp land from several weeks ago dried up in Pittsburgh. It no longer looks like Florida on Hines Field.

Those are a few things I learned from the Jaguars vs. the Steelers game.

Congratulations Jaguars on your victory.


The Counselor is OUT:

Friday, January 04, 2008

2008 Mock NFL Draft at CP

The Counselor is IN:

It is mock draft season! The fine folks over at CP have a fine 2008 mock NFL draft on their board. This is the first of many updates to the mock draft at CP. Redadmin is leading the charge on the mock draft. Check it out.

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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Playoff Week 1 Fantasy Injury Report

The Counselor is IN:

Here are the Playoff Week 1 fantasy injuries and my commentary. This may be helpful for anyone playing a NFL Playoff Fantasy League.


Jaguars:
No significant fantasy injuries.


Giants:
WR Plaxico Burress
is probable with an ankle injury. He is expected to play. He was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday. He will tough it out again this weekend.

WR Sinorice Moss has a back jury and is probable. He fully practiced on Thursday.



Steelers:
QB Ben Rothlisberger
has an ankle injury and is probable. He will play this weekend.

WR Hines Ward is probable with knee injury. He fully practiced on Thursday.


Chargers:
K Nate Kaeding
is probable with a Fibula injury. He did not practice on Thursday.



Seahawks:
RB Shaun Alexander is probable with a wrist injury. He is expected to play.

WR Deion Branch is questionable with a calf injury. He did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday.

QB Matt Hasselbeck has a wrist injury and is probable. He has fully practiced all week.


Buccaneers:
No significant fantasy injuries.


Titans:
RB Lendale White is probable with a knee injury. He did not practice on Thursday.

WR Roydell Williams has a broken ankle and is out.

RB Chris Brown is questionable with a back injury. He missed practice on Wednesday but fully practiced on Thursday.

QB Vince Young is questionable with a quad injury. He was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday.


Redskins:
QB Jason Campbell
is out with a knee injury.

WR James Thrash is questionable with an ankle injury. He is in a walking cast. He should not be on your playoff roster anyway.


That is all the fantasy injuries for this week.

The Counselor is OUT: