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Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 10:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

There was a school of thought that Brandon Marshall's return would render Eddie Royal useless in fantasy leagues. It's safe to drop out of that school. Royal is seventh among wideouts in targets on the season; he's getting chances like a number one receiver. Even if you take out Week 1, Royal remains in the top ten. (Marshall, of course, is first over the last three weeks).

The Broncos throw like crazy and Royal has Jay Cutler's attention. I think he'll be a solid WR2/3 moving forward as the Broncos try to keep up with their terrible defense.

I'd worry more about Tony Scheffler. While he's produced like an every week starter, he has four targets or less in three games this season. That will catch up to him eventually.

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

I'm getting a lot of emails that ask about trade offers for Chad Ocho Cinco and Andre Johnson. A.J. is one of the slow starters that I'm absolutely confident will bounce back. I was preaching patience before with Ocho, but he's toxic now. Unless you are in a 0-4 hole or have an ugly roster in need of a gamble, I can't imagine taking the plunge on Johnson. And it's all about Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Despite some optimistic quotes, I get bad vibes coming out of Cincy regarding Carson Palmer's elbow. Maybe I'm wrong, and Palmer will return this week looking good as new. But he's not even throwing in practice yet, and any long-term injury sinks Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh, not to mention Chris Perry. I like calculated risks, but not this one.

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 02:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (22)

I've watched a lot of press conferences, but Al Davis' anti-Kiffin Tuesday jaw-dropper was easily my favorite. I was wrapping up our Season Pass rankings and just couldn't take my attention away. Al Davis is perhaps the important living member of football's history: A Hall of Famer, former AFL commisioner, coach of the year, and longtime owner/GM. He's become a punchline in recent years, but I echo Mike Florio's thoughts: Davis certainly hasn't lost his fastball, and he still deserves respect.

A few thoughts:

1. Tom Cable is a commanding presence. He is going to join Joe Vitt in the interim head coach presser Hall of Fame.

2. Davis made fun of Kiffin for treating JaMarcus Russell with kid gloves, accusing him of running a Woody Hayes offense. Davis hinted that the team threw more against the Chargers because Greg Knapp was calling half the plays. Knapp ran a run-heavy offense in Atlanta and it was balanced, but also run-heavy, in San Francisco. Still, it doesn't seem like a bad thing for Russell to get rid of a head coach that never wanted him in the first place.

3. Kiffin did well throughout this whole fiasco, but his lying about wanting the Arkansas job and suspending a coach earlier this year, then telling him to go to a doctor to lie about the reason for his absence, hurts his image. I also wonder how the Bucs feel that Monte Kiffin tried to leave this offseason.

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Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 09:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (28)