2012 TE CLASS

1) Coby Fleener -- round one
2) Orson Charles -- looks more explosive on field than he really is
3 Michael Egnew
4) Dwayne Allen -- overrated
5) James Hanna
6) Ladarius Green *FST , get his ass in the gym tho
7) Drake Dunsmore
8) Deangelo Peterson

Key: *FST, means underrated, love this guy

Top Tier: B
Overall Class: C+

2012 RB CLASS

Tier 1 -- think '08 RB class talent, also "cant miss" players, not necessarily ***

1) Trent Richardson -- love this kid, takes a big ole dump on Mark Ingram
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Tier 2 -- -- think Shady Mccoy, Shonn Greene level talent

2) Lamar Miller
3) David Wilson -- borderline tier 2, hit or miss no doubt, probably dont like his value where he'll be drafted either

---not good enough value for either, tier 3 will suffice
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Tier 3 -- share the load types, skat backs, sleepers/underrated, depth RBs

4) Doug Martin -- if you want Mark Ingram here ya go, i hate when people spend so much $$$ on a name, i guess Trent Richardson is kind of like that bc he's a top 5 pick but i like his name ha and FST measurables
5) LaMichael James -- i love this kid, skat back, way better than J. Best (whom he should be compared) size bit of concern, explosive, fast, id take him over Doug Martin, tier 2 type really but question ability to carry full load
6) Isaiah Pead *FST
7) Bernard Pierce *FST ---PHYSICAL RUNNER, wit sufficient speed
8) Chris Rainey (fourth round) -- skat back
9) Robert Turbin *FST
10) Cyrus Gray -- fast, question agillity/explosiveness
11) Chris Polk -- a glorified Baron Batch
12) Edwin Baker
13) Brandon Bolden
14) Dan Herron
15) Tauren Poole

Key: *FST means UNDERRATED, love this guy

Overall Class: B-
Top Tier: D

Tigers Sometimes Change Their Stripes

After some deliberation i have decided to give my final decision on this years draft class. I like RGIII more than Andrew Luck and those two are the only franchise caliber type quarterbacks of this class. Sprinkled in are some potential gems but they need some serious shoe shine. I rank each class assuming each qb i have ever seen somehow found himself in the same draft with all of his peers.

1) John Elway
2) Dan Marino
3) Joe Montana
4) Peyton Manning
5) Cam Newton
6) Steve Young
7) Michael Vick
8) Aaron Rodgers
9) Brett Favre
10) RG III
11) Tom Brady
12) Jim Kelly
13) Ben Roethlisberger
14) Andrew Luck
15) Johnny Unitas
16) Eli Manning
17) Terry Bradshaw
18) Drew Brees
19) Joe Namath
20) Troy Aikman


Michael Vick we will never know about and it is hard to argue but he is FST with his electrifying nature and in his prime was unstoppable. I remember the game he tied against the Steelers he converted four 3rd & 20's and two of which happened on the same drive. It was like phew 3rd & 20 again and the guy converts again and again. He keeps hanging around, hanging around ..

FST Big Board

I was thinking about how many prospects for my big board and this just made too much sense.  Darche McShay uses 32. That kinda makes sense because there are 32 teams. My man Mel uses 25 and i like that and all but i feel the magic number should be more like 20.  These teams are not playoff teams and shrinking the talent pool per se is kinda like the reason we use a *** system of ranking players instead of 5.  More consistency a la more precision.  And if you're picking top 10 and you're busting every year left and right a top 20 list gives teams a better guide on what the true talent is.  As usual, we will release the top 100 prospects in April.

1) Andrew Luck QB ***
2) Robert Griffin III QB ***
3) Justin Blackmon WR ***
4) Matt Kalil OT
5) Trent Richardson
6) Quinton Coples (HYBRID) -- DE in lehman terms and for everyone else ( 4-3 DE) but in my created defense a HYBRID .. these type of players rush the QB ALMOST every play. Hybrid II are like the Demarcus Ware types.
7) Dre Kirkpatrick CB
8) Morris Claiborne CB
9) Jonathan Martin OT
10) Devon Still DL
11) David DeCastro OG
12) Vontaze Burfict LB
13) Mark Barron S
14) Fletcher Cox DL
15) Riley Reiff OT
16) Courtney Upshaw LB
17) Jerel Worthy DL
18) Luke Kuechly LB
19) Melvin Ingram DL
20) Whitney Mercilus NFL Hybrid DE/OLB (HYBRID II)

Just Missed
25-35 Michael Floyd WR
25-35 LaMichael James RB
25-35 Alfonzo Dennard CB

.. this means these players are late 1st/early 2nd round picks and FST ranking does not merit a top 20 pick

NCAAF 16 Team Playoff

1 LSU
16 UGA

8 Stanford
9 Arkansas

4 Boise St
13 Baylor

5Wisconsin
12VT
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2 OK ST
15 Oklahoma

7 Alabama
10 Kansas St

3 Oregon
14 Michigan

6 Clemson
11 South Carolina


Six Conference winners seeded 1-6 based off BCS final rankings. Start with #1 team in country and count next ten non-conference winning teams.

15 Bowl Games for Playoff
1) Rose
2) Sugar
3) Fiesta
4) Orange
5) Google Bowl
6) Coca Cola Bowl
7) Under Armour Bowl
8) Facebook Bowl
9) Walt Disney Bowl
10) Intel Bowl
11) Apple Bowl
12) Target Bowl
13) McDonalds Bowl
14) Pepsi Bowl
15) Nike Bowl

Pick of the Day: Princess Ameerah

Long time. No see. I had planned on putting Ameerah Altaweel up as the pick of the day last week in the absolute lock that was the Pats/Jets game but it's no biggie cuz she's right here.  Although I am not as confident and she doesn't accurately portray my confidence in the game b/c I think she is drop dead gorgeous.  Anywho, we will be going back to the Jets this week as they are playing the lowly Broncos.  Not a whole lot going right over there. I could even argue McDaniels put that franchise a few years back with his terrible combo of Thomas//Tebow instead of DEZ BRYANT (***) and say Devin Mccourty or some other defensive help. Still hate the Sanchise, the only reason he was #6 overall was b/c he was throwing to guys 20 yards open against Penn State in the Rose Bowl.

Pick of the Day: Jets (-6.5) @ Broncos...........................J......E.....T.....S
.......lines via sportsbook.com

I am just a sucker for those middle eastern women with those big almond shaped eyes. She reminds me of Princess Jasmine because of her beauty and altruistic nature.

Pick of the Day confidence: 8/10

Pick of the Day record: 23-16-1

Week 9 Power Rankings

1 Green Bay
2 Pittsburgh
3 New England
4 Baltimore
5 New Orleans

6 Philadelphia
7 San Diego
8 Detroit
9 Atlanta
10 San Francisco
11 Buffalo
12 New York Jets
13 Dallas
14 New York Giants
15 Oakland
16 Houston
17 Chicago
18 Tampa Bay
19 Cincinnati
20 Tennessee
21 Minnesota
22 Washington
23 Kansas City
24 Cleveland
25 Carolina
26 Jacksonville
27 Arizona
28 St Louis
29 Denver
30 Miami
31 Seattle
32 Indianapolis