David Boston found intoxicated

After all this good news - John Clayton reported that David Boston was now in the starting lineup....Boston goes and messes it all up.

There is word from this Tampa Bay Buccaneers blog that Boston was found asleep at the wheel.

Apparently he blew triple zeroes in the breathalyzer - so who knows what he was intoxicated with.

Given past sanctions Roger Goodell has levied against players...this can't be good.

He was so close to making a comeback. Another sad story for a great athlete who is obviously a very troubled person.

The confounding case of having a 16 team league

I have a league that I do every year with a bunch of work people.

Most of the owners are quite competitive and know their NFL stuff. However, there are a couple (as I suppose there always are) that typically mess up their season quite early - with the draft.

But the last couple of years - there has been an interesting trend.

We had expanded to 16 teams in the league two years ago. Last year was the first "keeper" year.

Owners that did not draft well the last couple of years have found themselves in a quandry.

They can either keep a lower ceiling player that is unlikely to score a lot but won't cost them anything. OR they can try and trade for a player that is on another team that has a lot of talent.

Typically this may mean trading for a valuable keeper by giving up a draft pick (via swap of rounds and places within a round).

Even though we try and "penalize" the owners that finish at the top of our league in total points - these 4 owners draft at the bottom of each round. Meaning that the 4th place finisher drafts 13th, 3rd place drafts 14th, 2nd place drafts 15th, and 1st place drafts 16th. These owners have drafted well. One owner had Brian Westbrook, Ronnie Brown, Travis Henry, and Reggie Bush as his top backs. He traded Westbrook and Brown.

Brown gained him the most value - a swap of his 5th and 7th round for the other guys 2nd and 5th.

Westbrook only went for a 2nd round swap (2.02 for 2.14) and 6th round swap (6.02 for 6.14).

I traded Terrell Owens for a swap of the 10th pick in the 2nd round for my 4th pick in the 3rd round. One could argue that TO came on the cheap.

Other owners have seen these higher prices and have decided that they want no part of that.

As a result, we have owners keeping a low ceiling player - including positions that do not have that much difference between available and late drafted players.

Jay Cutler, QB Broncos
Matt Leinart, QB Cardinals
Matt Hasselbeck, QB Seahawks
Eli Manning, QB Giants

Other questionable choices:

Ravens Defense
Bears Defense
Chris Chambers, WR Dolphins
Jamal Lewis, RB Browns

I had not voted to go to 16 teams (under a previous administration) - which has raised a number of issues. Not only do we have this keeper issue above, finding a free agent during the regular season that will make an impact is near impossible.

So just with the couple of issues above, it seems that a 16 team league will only work if every member of the league is quite active and well informed.

Why I like David Boston. As my last pick.

David Boston. The guy that currently lives on my fantasy roster hall of fame for the 2001 season. 98 catches, 1598 yds, 8 TDs, 9 100 yard games. He was a monster.

Then he had one OK season in San Diego before he burned his bridges there.

The short stint with Miami. The preseason cut with Tampa Bay last year.

This year...Gruden has him back again. He's reportedly in the best shape he's been in since...well...since he stopped taking HGH.

Looks like there's progress this year. Boston started the 2nd
preseason game, caught a TD from Garcia.

Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com has an interesting article about Boston's comeback.

Gruden recently said that he might be the best receiver out there.

One of the many reasons why....he's at the top of my list for a sleeper pick.

And guaranteed to slip by all the owners in my pay league.

Now he just needs to make the team.

ALL day....

I've heard that Adrian Peterson or All Day (AD) is undervalued in drafts.

After reading a recent article by Andy Behrens - I think he's on to something.

Have you seen this play against the Jets?

If this guy is around in the 1st round of my keeper league (even though I'm already keeping Cedric Benson, Laurence Maroney, and Antonio Gates), I'm likely drafting him.

He could be a 300+ point guy in my pay league. He's a difference maker.

Maybe in time for the fantasy playoffs or at worst next season. However, I could draft a WR that will be available such as Colston, Wayne, or Evans....which any one of these guys at best would get me 200+ points.

Other guys I'm targeting at WR:

1) Deion Branch
2) Hines Ward
3) Braylon Edwards

With the WR position being as volatile as it is, any number of these guys can be my #2.

I'm banking on Gates being my #1 WR. The news continues to improve as there is word that Norv Turner has him running WR routes.

Adrian Peterson, I just hope you've fooled the other three guys that have the picks before me.

Introducing...

Here we go. The initial kick off post of my blog.

Lots of topics interest me, but I think we'll start with fantasy baseball, football, pets, whatever.

In some cases, I'd like to get some opinions or input on different things I'll plop up here.

And thanks for reading.