Stovall, a 3rd round selection out of Notre Dame in the draft, offers the most promise. At 6'4" he could be a red zone factor in We hope to see more of these guys tonight against the Texans. WR Terry Glenn expected to practice on Saturday. The Dallas Morning News reports: "The plan is for receiver Terry Glenn to practice Saturday for the first time since having arthroscopic knee surgery Aug. Glenn said he wasn't certain that he'd be ready for the season opener, but "with the grace of God," he'll play against the Giants.
He didn't sound optimistic he'd be percent in less than two weeks. I've always been a fan of Terry Glenn, however this is the first year that I'm been less than optimistic on his potential. He started the preseason talking about retirement and ended it with knee surgery. At 33, you have to wonder how much heart is left. The Cowboy passing game faces a fierce schedule this year D- Grade. Our Match-up Matrix shows 8 difficult, 5 neutral, and 3 easy games this year.
WR DJ Hackett still vying for starting role. Hackett or Nate Burleson, or perhaps a job-sharing situation, at split end; and Ben Obomanu as the fifth. If the coaches decide to carry a sixth receiver, it should be sixth-round draft choice Courtney Taylor.
Hackett is one of our undervalued sleepers. Did I mention he had good speed too? In he caught just 28 passes for yards and two TDs. In he caught 45 passes for yards and four TDs. Do you think that factor will help him in his training camp battle against Burleson? Negatives: In 2 years of consistent playing time, Hackett has only started 8 games. Granted he was raw coming out of the University of Colorado in , but he needs to prove he can handle the travails of being an elite NFL receiver.
He had just 1 yard receiving game last year and that was against a horrible Arizona defense in Week Final Say: Hackett is a gamble, even as a 3 WR in most leagues, but his upside and having a healthy Hasselbeck throw to him tip the odds in his favor.
K Aaron Elling signs with Bengals. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: "The Bengals have a new kicker, for the time being. But Aaron Elling is the first to know that as soon as Shayne Graham heals from his bruised right hip, Elling will be back on the road. Elling, picked up off waivers Tuesday from Jacksonville, will kick in the preseason finale Friday night at home against Indianapolis. Graham will not be in uniform. Should be a short term situation, as Graham is expected back for the opening of the season.
Graham is one of the top 3 kickers in the NFL and for fantasy purposes. Floyd has had an excellent preseason, with 10 catches for and a TD. Davis only has 3 catches for 20 yards. Despite the early preseason speculation, Floyd appears to have won the 2 slot for the Chargers. Notable Cuts. Was WR Todd Pinkston. Hou RB Patrick Pass. RB Brandon Jackson watches practice from sidelines. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Running back Brandon Jackson, who suffered a mild concussion Sunday, was back observing practice Tuesday and said he anticipated being ready for the opener in 11 days.
The results are compared to scans taken of Jackson earlier in the year under a league-mandated program designed for improved player safety and medical decision-making. I'd be surprised if Jackson is not ready to go by the opening bell. In the past, very few concussions have led to more than a week layoff. However, no one outside of the NFL medical circle fully understands the guidelines of the new mandate. Mainly because it will partially be subjective rather than objective in nature.
RB Vernand Morency making his way back to the field. According to the Green Bay Gazette,Running back Vernand Morency, who injured his knee during the first training camp practice on July 28 and never again took part in a full practice, was more active on Tuesday than he has been since the injury. Morency took part in the ball security drill and caught some short passes from Brett Favre during a quarterback-center exchange period.
Rookie Brandon Jackson is expected to open the season as the starting RB. However as I've said in previous editions, don't discount the impact a healthy Morency is expected to have on the running game. If Morency is healthy, he will split time with Jackson Morency makes for a solid late round selection as he's a very forgotten running back this pre season. Part of the Fantistics Season Package. RB Marion Barber to assume a familiar role this year.
That's the situation I've walked into and I think it's a good situation. Barber, more of a grinder, primarily came in on third downs and near the goal line The Cowboys had shown interest earlier this preseason in giving Jones more opportunities near the goal line and feeding Barber more carries in between the yard lines.
See us Fantasy Geeks do know better! As we have alluded to this preseason, the Cowboys press releases regarding a 1 back system were in fact hogwash. Julius Jones has received a coverage this preseason as the feature back in Dallas, however Barber is too good of a backup to be limited to occasional carries.
The better back in Dallas is Barber, and we're bumping him up this morning. The running back competition that no one knew existed a couple of weeks ago is supposed to end by Monday, when coach Cam Cameron announces that either Ronnie Brown or Jesse Chatman will carry the ball and the Dolphins' running game this season.
But all the hype surrounding who the mystery starter will be -- the guess here is Brown, by the way -- misses bigger issues surrounding the position. So if I can come out and make him better by competing, and he does the same for me, I think it will help the team throughout the season. They've both done some good things. We really don't believe that Cam Cameron would make Chatman the starter.
He's a new coach looking to make a statement Without Brown in the starting lineup, Cameron would surely be on the unemployment line by next preseason. WR Plaxico Burress has no structural damage in his back, however return in question. According to the New York Post, "Examinations of WR Plaxico Burress ' back revealed no structural damage, but he remains out of action recovering from spasms. Burress, who received treatment at Giants Stadium, will not play vs.
Burress missed the last three weeks of training camp and will not have played in any of the four preseason games. Plaxico's value takes a slight hit as his return date is vague. Buress has been going in the mid to late 4th rounds. We're going to tweak down his projection this morning and assume he'll miss 1 game.
On Monday, in a points per reception league, I was able to draft Plax in the 8th round WR Charles Sharon no longer 2 on the Jags depth chart. According to the Jags official website, Charles Sharon is another wide receiver who might be on the bubble.
In fact, the final wide receiver roster spot could come down to a decision between Sharon and Broussard. Dennis Northcutt has moved up in the starting 2 slot opposite Ernest Wilford. In all likelihood Matt Jones will be Northcutt should see plenty of short yardage passes this season.
Over the last few years, he unfortunately has dropped more than a fair share of passes, which really isn't different than most of the Jag receivers. Droughns began practicing at FB after Robert Douglas, the only FB on the roster, suffered a torn meniscus that will require arthroscopic surgery. This is actually good news for Reuben Droughns fantasy owners. Anytime you have a player on the field, there is a chance to score fantasy points.
This also signifies that unheralded rookie Ahmad Bradshaw could see an increase in playing time, especially in 3rd down passing situations. Here's what we said about Bradshaw last week: His Bradshaw 5. Brandon Jacobs had a decent outing with 42 yards on 8 carries 3. Bradshaw could be an option for the Giants in 3rd down passing situations.
Here's a synopsis of Bradford's last collegiate season courtesy of Wikipedia, Bradshaw's best season of his college career came as a junior in , when he totaled 1, yards rushing for 19 touchdowns and receiving yards for two scores. Bradshaw was eight in the nation with his rushing yardage and tied for third with his rushing touchdowns. In the Herd's second game of the season against Hofstra, Bradshaw ran for yards and four touchdowns.
Against UCF, he ran for yards and a score. Bradshaw's first out of two yard games of the season came two weeks later against UAB, when he rushed for yards and two touchdowns. Bradshaw's best game of the season and his career came against UTEP, when he rushed for career-highs of yards and 5 touchdowns. RB Kevin Jones decision nearing. Jones, who is on the physically unable to perform list, has an appointment Thursday with Bob Anderson, the doctor who performed surgery on his injured left foot.
Jones suffered a Lisfranc injury, a tearing of the tissues that connect the bones in the middle of the foot, and had surgery in December. Rehabilitation typically takes a year or more because of the tissues involved. Jones is attempting to return in nine months. He has been running and cutting at full speed most of training camp and Jones said he feels well enough to play.
Lions coach Rod Marinelli said Anderson will meet with team doctors after the examination Thursday. A decision will then be made. RB Tatum Bell will open the season as the starter. Jones has been disappointing since his rookie season of Over the last 2 years he has only averaged 3. The Lion running backs have a favorable schedule this year B-. WR Hines Ward suffers broken nose. As the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports, "Hines Ward has a broken nose and was scheduled for minor surgery yesterday afternoon to repair it.
He did not practice yesterday, watching with a bag of ice on a sore thigh muscle. Coach Mike Tomlin downplayed the injury during his press conference to the extent that he said Ward could play tomorrow against the Carolina Panthers in the final preseason game.
Tight ends Heath Miller shoulder and Jerame Tuman back and defensive end Travis Kirschke unknown also did not practice. Broken Nose I know there has been a big wave of enthusiasm with Santonio Holmes , however Ward is still the go-to receiver for the Steelers. Consider that Ward missed the better part of 3 games last year due to injury and still ended up with receiving yards. RB Clinton Portis returns to team practice. According to the Washington Post, "tailback Clinton Portis, who has missed nearly all of training camp with tendinitis in his right knee, returned for yesterday's practice and could play, Coach Joe Gibbs said.
Portis practiced for the first time all month. He experienced pain in his knee in May but was cleared to return to contact drills at the opening of training camp in July, then aggravated the injury July The team believes the prolonged layoff will keep the tendinitis from recurring in the regular season, but Portis will have only three full practices next week before the season opener. Gibbs said that Portis ideally would be able to get four or five carries tomorrow but admitted that "sometimes that gets taken away from you.
Given his druthers, Portis said he would not take part in preseason games, but he participated in almost every drill yesterday and conceded that it will take time to get his legs back.
A very good sign, and what we've been counting on since the tendintis first appeared. If Portis does play in the preseason finale, we could start to see his value begin to elevate in most draft rooms. K Martin Gramatica's fate could be determined on Thursday. Gramatica is not expected to play at Minnesota on Thursday because of a slightly pulled hamstring suffered Saturday against Houston.
The timing couldn't be worse for Gramatica, who is trying to beat out rookie sixth-round draft pick Nick Folk. Final cuts are Saturday. Folk has made all three of his field-goal attempts in the preseason and all four extra points. Cowboys coach Wade Phillips seems confident in Folk and will get to see how he handles all kicking duties against the Vikings.
Folk is hoping to show how he can kick an entire game and make the intermediate field goals. His field goals are from 25, 52 and 23 yards. Gramatica did not practice Tuesday and said he suffered the injury on his kickoff against Houston, which followed a missed extra-point attempt. He has made 2 of 3 field-goal attempts in the preseason. During warmups, Gramatica said the hamstring tightened up. Gramatica seemed confident in his status, saying he should be OK by next week for the start of the regular season.
Gramatica first signed with the Cowboys on Nov. He made 6 of 8 field-goal attempts and all 14 extra points. He signed a two-year deal in March. Dramatica hasn't played a full season since His lack of consistency outside of the 40 has been well documented. On Thursday, Folk just needs to connect on all of his FG under 40, which in turn could send Martin packing. RB Thomas Jones: Calf injury improving. The New York Post reports that "Thomas Jones continues to improve from his calf strain and did some light drills yesterday, but he won't be in a game again until the start of the regular season.
Eric Mangini said he doesn't know exactly how the lack of preseason plays will impact the Jets running back, but the coach doesn't seem concerned. Because Jones is coming off two straight seasons in which he gained more than 1, yards in each, Mangini said he doesn't expect the year-old to be hurt by the inactivity when the Jets open against the Patriots on Sept.
TE LJ Smith back practicing. Smith would see any playing time against the Jets, but the Eagles' starting tight end was back on the practice field yesterday and the progress report on his groin injury was encouraging. Reid, in fact, said he had already seen what he needed to see from Smith for him to be ready for the opener. Reid said he also would give Greg Lewis another look as the punt returner, but he does not plan to use running back Correll Buckhalter as a kick returner against the Jets.
Jeremy Bloom also will handle punt- and kickoff-return duties during the game. It still seems likely that Bloom will handle both jobs, but the Eagles probably would like to see him have a good preseason finale. League spokesman Greg Aiello said the conduct policy, in general, covers criminal violations of the law.
Child support is considered a civil matter, not criminal, by the courts. But the league would take a longer look at Henry's case, including a possible suspension, if it becomes a matter where a warrant is issued and Henry is arrested for violating the order at some point. Henry repeatedly has said he would take only "football questions" in recent days and has not commented on the case.
According to a report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, court records in the case showed Henry has fathered nine children by nine women. This is a non issue unless Henry breaks the court order.
Did anyone see the light go on at the HBO headquarters when this news broke?! If you draft players based on their moral or ethical character, you can officially strike Henry from your cheat sheet. WR Randy Moss: Still not practicing. The explosive wide receiver sat out again with a left hamstring injury. Belichick had said on the radio Monday that Moss was close. When asked yesterday what that means -- close to practicing or close to being ready for Week 1 -- Belichick said Moss is "day to day.
It's too bad he wasn't active this preseason as you would have likely seen Moss go in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Stay far away from this selection, unless he falls to the middle our your draft. Some upside remains, but if you assess the risk QB Jon Kitna feeling healthy again. As the Detroit News reports, "Lions quarterback Jon Kitna practiced Tuesday and said his back is feeling healthy enough to play. But he still might sit out Thursday's final exhibition game against Buffalo at Ford Field.
Kitna said he wants to play but he does not need to in order to be ready for the season opener. Kitna missed Saturday's loss to Indianapolis. O'Sullivan played the entire game and is battling injured Dan Orlovsky turf toe for the backup job.
If Kitna plays, it likely will be for one or two series. LB Joey Porter back to full contact. The Palm Beach Post reports that "Linebacker Joey Porter, three weeks removed from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, participated in full-contact drills Tuesday, Cameron said.
DL Michael Strahan hopes to make decision by weekend. The dialogue ended with Strahan saying he expects to arrive at a decision in the next day or two about whether he wants to resume his career or retire. Incredibly, this was the first contact between Strahan and Reese in more than two weeks. This ongoing and tedious situation has lasted more than a month, with yesterday day No. Updates have come and gone predicting Strahan's arrival and none has panned out.
It appears Strahan is adamant about missing the entire preseason and arriving no sooner than Monday. Snelling 8 26 yards 3. Norwood 9 25 yards 2. Dunn 6 8 yards 1. Johnson 13 69 yards 5.
Jenkins 4 45 yards R. White 4 43 yards C. Johnson 5 83 yards 1 TD T. Houshmandzadeh 4 25 yards Notable Cuts on Monday. RB Thomas Jones improving, expected to be back by opening game. According to the Newark Star-Ledger, "Jets running back Thomas Jones has stepped up his rehab of the strained right calf he suffered in practice on Aug. He had been expected to miss two to three weeks. After spending nearly two weeks mostly riding the stationary bike, Jones did a series of drills on the side with assistant strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi in which he put his full weight on his right leg.
He did several agility drills, balanced himself on one leg, high-stepped down the field and jogged lightly while the media was allowed to watch the first 30 minutes of practice.
Jones, who missed just one game the past two seasons while rushing for more than 2, yards, won't play in Thursday's preseason finale at Philadelphia, but he'll almost certainly be ready for the opener vs. Jones has a tough schedule of difficulty this year.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports "It's becoming increasingly evident that wide receiver Torry Holt won't be completely healthy Sept. He might not be all year. Holt had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee. Six months later, he says the joint is "about 70, 80 percent. Holt, a six-time Pro Bowler, has piled up catches and 10, yards in eight seasons.
His knee bothered him last season, when he dipped below 1, receiving yards for the first time since his rookie season, and he skipped the Pro Bowl before having the operation. Although limited at times, Holt has been on the field throughout training camp and played in the first two exhibition games, in which he had six catches for 52 yards. He still is experiencing some swelling and soreness, and he didn't play Friday in Oakland.
As we mentioned earlier in the preseason, although Bulger is a QB on the rise, Holt's yardage numbers have declined for 4 straight years to Additionally his YPC average has declined from Last year Holt had a career worse 6 Quality Games. On average Holt is being drafted as the 4th best receiver, which is much too high of a price to pay for a down trending player. WR Plaxico Burress has back evaluated. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that "Plaxico Burress was out with back spasms and was being evaluated in New York while the rest of the team practiced.
Coughlin said Burress experienced some discomfort in his back last week when he returned to practice after more than two weeks of being sidelined with a sprained ankle. Burress missed Saturday night's game with the flu. Burress has battled back spasms in the past and missed last year's win over the Texans with the same ailment.
Is there any doubt who'll be the number one target in New Jersey this year. Plaxico who was targeted with passes in , saw the number of passes sent drop to last year.
It's fair to assume that we'll see something in-between this year passes a game. A team-issued hotel reservation for the season-opener in Dallas sat on his chair, but it is still a question whether he'll need it. The Giants defense is not nearly what it was several years ago. Although Strahan is an aging veteran, his presence on the field as the defensive leader is a void that can't be filled with the current personnel. Consider that with Strahan active during the first half of , the team was allowing an average of offensive yards, and With Strahan out of the lineup, they allowed an average of yards, and Their sacks fell from 21 in the first half to only 10 in the second.
RB Jerious Norwood looks impressive. As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, "Veteran tailback Warrick Dunn started in his first preseason action and played into the second quarter before being replaced by Jerious Norwood. Dunn carried six times for 8 yards. Norwood, who did not play in the second preseason game and missed nearly a week of practice because of a stomach virus, caught a yard touchdown pass on his third play. I am speculating that with Vick no longer in the backfield, the Falcons offense might see one less defender in the box.
A situation which could greatly benefit a player like Norwood. My only concern with Norwood is his durability. He's not very thick, and he doesn't run with his shoulders down We're higher than most with our projections on Norwood, our expectation is a double digit TD season. ADP, before last night's game, had him going in the 10th round RB Kevin Jones to have foot examined by specialist.
Jones is on the physically-unable-to-perform list. If he remains on it when the final cut is made Saturday, he will have to miss the first six weeks. Marinelli would not speculate on Jones' condition. There is a strong chance he will remain on PUP. If the consensus opinion, however, is he could be available sooner, the Lions could put Jones on the active roster. Jones is obviously still ailing and and this point, Tatum Bell is the unquestioned starter to open the season.
It's well documented: The Lions O-line is not a very good front. Tatum Bell on the other hand, was only tackled for a loss 6.
Clearly Tatum was the more talented of the two Bells. Tatum's lack of health was the only factor that diminished his year end totals. How that translates in Detroit remains to be seen, however I would expect his YPC average to diminish from last year's 4.
In 3 preseason games, which is not much of a sample size, Bell has averaged a decent 4. According to the Detroit News, "Four veterans took part in at least part of practice Monday. Quarterback Jon Kitna , guard Damien Woody and defensive tackle Shaun Rogers all missed last weekend's exhibition but practiced.
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