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Around the NFL: Week One Quick Hits

September 5, 2007

Can Russ Grimm save this dirty, drowning man?

- KC Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards recently had this to say about Larry Johnson’s early-season workload: “He’s going to be on a little bit of a leash early. We feel very comfortable with the runners we have. It’s not all on LJ. It’s tough on one guy and he did a yeoman’s job last year. Michael Bennett is healthy and that’s good; it gives us another runner.” There’s not much fantasy owners can do about it other than sit tight and hope Andrew’s Larry Johnson prediction doth not prove true.

- The Ghosts of Wayne Fontes invested their 12th-overall pick in a recent fantasy draft on Cardinals RB Edgerrin James, he of the 3.4 YPC and 6 TDs in ‘06. Why? Because a big man who rocked a healthy Magnum ’stache back in the day named Russ Grimm has arrived.

- Fantasy-football king LaDainian Tomlinson has given the Bears a little (weak) bulletin-board material for their opening week clash in San Diego. When given the choice between running clips of him slicing up New England or Chicago in his Nike commercial, LT nixed a possible provocation of the Pats and insisted on using the Bears footage.

- A rookie wide receiver you made have heard a thing or two about has set lofty personal goals for himself: being named Offensive Rookie of the Year and getting invited to the Pro Bowl.

- Your ETB compatriots have already been suspicious of new Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino and his plans for the backfield. Namely, is he going to rob us of a potential stud in second-year back Jerious Norwood in the name of mindless loyalty to the incumbent vet Warrick Dunn? Well, here’s another Petrino red flag: Artose Pinner getting goal line carries? We have our doubts about it actually happening, but geez…

- It’s a timeless tale: Father and son love football. Son can’t make a tackle, catch a pass, or run the ball… but he can punt the shit out of the ball, just like his father used to at Syracuse. Father pushes son too hard. Each night, father won’t let son go to sleep until he punts further than father. Son follows in father’s footsteps and breaks punting records at Arizona. He’s invited to New England Patriots training camp to compete for the vacant punting job, loses out to a vet, gets cut… then takes out his frustration on dear old dad.

- In case you haven’t had a chance to check out Madden ‘08 just yet, The Sports Hernia has a very helpful rundown of some of the newest features, which include “the ability to dress Bill Belichick in any sweat-suit you like, including Juicy Couture” and “ultra-realistic action that features all of Fred Taylor’s limbs flying off every 10 carries.”

- Normally we wouldn’t point you towards anything Peter King related, but in this edition of his Monday Morning QB column, he hands over the reigns to six-year NFL veteran Ross Tucker, who writes about what it’s like to get cut. Now if we can only get King to limit himself to a few paragraphs every week…

- Terrell Owens’ open letter to fantasy owners, assuring them he’ll be a top performer and was well worth a high draft pick.

- Peyton Manning, control freak.

Posted by Brian Spencer on Sep. 5, 2007 at 3:14 pm in NFL, NFL Fantasy News

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