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BFTB Scouting: College Football Week 1
by Wonko on Sep 3, 2010 6:00 PM PDT
in NFL Draft
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The NFL regular season is still a week away, but college football kicked off yesterday while the Chargers were taking on the 49ers. As we are all truly passionate Charger fans we should know that we need to start looking at the amateur ranks to find those future Chargers. I'd love to tell you that if I was writing this series last year I would have been turning you on to Ryan Mathews, Donald Butler, Darrell Stuckey and Cam Thomas, but in reality that would not have been the case. A lot of players will need the majority of the college season to get themselves on the NFL radar. Mathews needed 2009 to prove he could be healthy and keep his explosiveness through the entire season. Donald Butler not only needed to be a leader on rebounding Washington team, but also his postseason workouts. Darrell Stuckey needed to solidify his role as a leader and a playmaker. And Cam Thomas really didn't come on until he went to the All Star Bowl games for Seniors. However, a lot of the players that were on the tips of our tongues on draft day were well known preseason prospects like C.J. Spiller, Terrence Cody, Rolando McClain and Derrick Morgan among others.
Here's how its going to work. The games I'm interested in are the high profile matchups of the season plus some games that I have a personal or vested interest in (i.e. Purdue or San Diego State games). In those games I'm looking for NFL prospects and I use some established NFL draft sites to find these prospects and get info on them. The kind of prospects I will try to focus on are the ones that the Chargers would consider. This means that guys ticketed for the top half of the 1st round probably aren't that interesting to us, although I may talk about these players from time to time because they will probably have an impact on the NFL. I also will tend to ignore certain positions because, let's face it, the Chargers will not be using a high draft on a Tight End or a Quarterback anytime soon.
Here's the matchups I'm focusing on for week 1:
Purdue (0-0) vs Notre Dame (0-0) - Saturday 9/4 12:30 PT (NBC)
LSU (0-0) vs North Carolina (0-0) - Saturday 9/4 5:00 PT (ABC)
Oregon St. (0-0) vs TCU (0-0) - Saturday 9/4 4:45 PT (ESPN)
Boise St. (0-0) vs Virginia Tech (0-0) - Monday 9/6 5:00 PT (ESPN)
Every week I'll also ask all of you to please share what games you'll be watching and what players you'd think would look good in blue and gold or just generally impressed/disappointed you.
San Diego Chargers trade for Dallas Cowboys WR Patrick Crayton
by creanium on Sep 3, 2010 1:09 PM PDT
in San Diego Chargers News
107 comments
News is coming out now that the Chargers have picked up Wide Receiver Patrick Crayton from the Dallas Cowboys for a conditional 7th-round draft pick; should Crayton catch 40 passes this year for the Chargers the pick becomes a 6th-rounder. Crayton is a solid, if not good, veteran receiver that was just pushed out by big-money guys like Roy Williams and rookie Dez Bryant.
This move seems to be to build depth at Wide Receiver, either in preparation for Vincent Jackson to be dealt, or to build some more veteran presence in a corps of young receivers. This isn't necessarily saying that the team wasn't happy with Jeremy Williams and Seyi Ajirotutu, but getting a quality veteran for a 7th round pick is difficult to pass up when it's at a position of need.
Crayton's current contract has him due to make $2-million this season, and $2.5-million in 2011. This coupled with the low draft-pick gives the team a good veteran receiver at a relative bargain. It was pretty much a given that Patrick Crayton would be cut from the Cowboys by Saturday, so they were more than willing to deal him.
Marty Caswell spoke with Crayton shortly after news of the move broke, and he seems quite excited to come to San Diego:
I'm looking forward to being there. Oh my. Oh my. Big things. I'm going to a contender. A pro bowl QB. Much respect for Norv Turner, who did great things in Dallas. I'm coming in to compete & do whatever they ask me to do
BFTB Fantasy Football: Final Spot Competition
by John Gennaro on Sep 3, 2010 9:25 AM PDT
in Site News
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BFTB's 12-team, 2-division CBS Fantasy Football league is just days away from drafting (Monday at 7pm) and is ready to accept it's final team owner. It should be fun not only because of the guys that you'll be competing against, but we have ACTUAL PRIZES (kindof!). Should you win the league championship, you will receive:
- One full year of being un-bannable from BFTB. Say whatever you want. Kick a baby. Make my blood boil and I will count down the days until I will once again be able to wield the power of the ban over your head, but for 365 days from the date of your championship victory I will be utterly powerless against you.
- One "bragging rights" front-page post on BFTB, where you can either reveal how you won or simply mock those that you beat.
- One "BFTB Fantasy Football Champion" t-shirt. Seriously. You know you want one.
So there you have it, reasons to try and be in the league! Of the 4 spots that were open, 3 of them have been filled by gman87, BleedsBlueNgold and bteribery. Congrats fellas. If you haven't already claimed your team, check your e-mail.
The rest of you know the drill. Use the comments below to win my favor and you could be invited to join the BFTB Fantasy Football league. If you'd rather not compete for this spot or against the BFTB staff/community, feel free to sign up for your own CBSSports.com's Fantasy Football Commissioner League and get 50% off (and a free 14-day trial!) by clicking here. What you'll be getting is not just the best Fantasy Football system on the internet (Most awarded League Manager by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association), but weekly scouting reports, advice, live score-tracking and the ability to get all of your fantasy football questions answered by experts.
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Offensive Versatility, Defensive Specialization
by Orz on Sep 2, 2010 11:55 PM PDT
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With all of the excitement about the newfound versatility of our offensive skill players, a fundamental shift in our defensive philosphy has flown under the radar. Our offense is now able to run a wide variety of plays out of many formations without substituting very much. The hope is that we can keep opposing defenses from substituting situationally. This is the very thing we're hoping our defense will be able to do. Norv Turner and Ron Rivera will be regularly and dliberately shuffling as many as 19 players in and out of the 11 spots in the lineup on defense. Being the starter in many cases means you get to play first down and then run gleefully off the field to Ron's side. The heaviest rotation will be along the D-line where fierce competition has bred... equality?
Here's Norv discussing his defensive-line-by-comittee:
"We’re not going have a situation where … last year Luis and Jacques (Cesaire) played two-thirds of the time and got 40 plays," Turner said. "I don’t think we’ll be in that situation. We’ll roll more guys in, and I think sometimes on first down you’ll see bigger guys. We have some big guys. Vaughn Martin is 325. Cam is 335. We have some bigger guys that I think will help us defend the run, particularly some of those teams we’ve had a tough time with who’ve come in and overpowered you.
"We’ll see the bigger guys early, then use the guys who aren’t as big in second-and-long and third – down situations. But I do believe, as I said in training camp, you want to get to situation where you understand what your guys do best. I think we’re getting a better understanding of that."
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Chargers Preseason: Week 4 - Chargers 14 - 49ers 17
by Wonko on Sep 2, 2010 10:27 PM PDT
in San Diego Chargers Training Camp/Preseason
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The final preseason game is always introduced by who is not playing rather than who is playing. Philip Rivers, Ryan Mathews, Darren Sproles, Malcom Floyd, Antonio Gates, Brandyn Dombrowski, Luis Castillo and Quentin Jammer did not take a snap in this game. Billy Volek started at QB, Mike Tolbert started at RB and a host of other backups were thrust into starting roles.
The 1st quarter started with a Chargers possession and was the Mike Tolbert Show as he got the ball on the first 7 plays (5 runs and 2 passes). The strategy only worked for a bit and a punt gave it to the 49ers who began their take over of the first After a so-so drive by the San Francisco team a long run by rookie RB Anthony Dixon put the Chargers down 7-0. The Chargers tried to go to the air later in the quarter, but Billy Volek looked shaky. Some of it was his own trouble throwing, but a lot of it was an inordinate amount of pressure from Mike Singletary's defense. Volek would be under attack the entire 1st half.
Billy Volek threw an interception shortly after the 2nd quarter started. It was a ridiculous play where LB Manny Lawson came through basically untouched, tipped the pass from Volek and caught it himself. Curtis Brinkley made his first effort to make the team by chasing down and tackling Lawson who didn't have much between him and the end zone. Soon after, the 49ers got a supposed touchdown as David Carr threw to the sideline on a pass intended for Dominique Zeigler. The WR only got one foot down in play and so Norv had to challenge the call. The drive ended in a field goal. That was the end of the scoring for the first half. After that, Volek threw another interception on a weird deep pass intended for no one and the defense had some issues getting of the field, but did so without giving up points. Buster Davis had some really nice catches in the half. One on a slant route where he took some punishment. One leaping catch near the sideline. The last was a deep pass that was almost overthrown but he reeled it in.
For the second half recap and some thoughts on who makes this team please click the link to continue.
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OT: Chargers at 49ers, Most Important Game Ever
by John Gennaro on Sep 2, 2010 6:45 PM PDT
in San Diego Chargers Game Day Open Threads
631 comments
Okay, maybe not, but for the guys on the 53-man bubble it just might be. Guys like Brandon Lang, James Holts, Josh Reed, Jeremy Williams, Nathan Vasher, Shawnbrey McNeary and about 30 others are hoping to have the game of their lives tonight to make the coaches think it would be worth the very valuable roster spot to keep them around.
Let's hope for a couple of good series (or maybe just one) for the starters, some great performances by guys on the bubble, and....most importantly....no injuries.
GO CHARGERS
Should the Vikings Trade for Vincent Jackson?
by John Gennaro on Sep 2, 2010 11:13 AM PDT
in San Diego Chargers Media Coverage
54 comments
Michael Silver from Yahoo! Sports wrote an interesting article today about why the Vikings should do everything in their power to trade for Vincent Jackson immediately. He makes a lot of valid points, his main one being that if you're going to bend over backwards for Brett Favre and push in all the chips for 2010 you can't leave Brett hanging with an injured Sidney Rice (out for at least half of the season) and Percy Harvin (who probably shouldn't be near a football field with his constant migraines).
What's mentioned in the article is that whatever team trades for Vincent Jackson will first want a long-term deal worked out to make sure that they're not giving up something valuable (like a high draft pick) for a rental that wouldn't even play 16 games for them. What isn't mentioned is that 2010 is also the last year of Sidney Rice's contract, and there's no team in the league that can really afford hanging out two deals for #1 WR money if they expect to keep any of their other star players.
Basically, if the Vikings were to get Jackson they would have to give up a high draft pick, give him a ton of money (Trusting that his off-the-field issues are behind him...remember the Vikings love boat scandal? They're still trying to get away from that) and probably say goodbye to Sidney Rice. That last part is especially important when considering long-term contracts, with Sidney Rice having a better 2009 season than VJax and being 3 years younger than him he would seem to be the safer long-term investment.
Granted, Silver's suggestion to Minnesota is to offer Jackson a one-year deal for $6 million dollars and figure out the long-term deal later on, but the problem will still be there during and after the 2010 season.
So, should the Vikings give up on their long-term plans and once again go "all in" on winning the Super Bowl in 2010 with Favre and Jackson? Every GM in the league would tell you that's the quickest way to get yourself fired, but a lot of owners around the league are willing to take the risk to get the Lombardi Trophy in the lobby of team headquarters. What do you think?
Chargers Season Preview: How Many Wins?
by John Gennaro on Sep 2, 2010 10:15 AM PDT
52 comments
I'm actually surprised that nobody has yet taken it upon themselves to go through the San Diego Chargers' 2010 regular season schedule and predict wins and losses. I guess that leaves it up to me.
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