Mike Loyko: Stevan Ridley Will Lead The Way For The Patriots

The Answer Is Clear In The Patriots Backfield Mike Loyko, Rosterwatch Director of Pro Scouting One of the biggest fantasy question marks leading up to drafts in 2012 is what to make of the Patriots running back position. Should the position as a whole be avoided? Will someone emerge from the mix and breakout? How

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Saints Friday Training Camp RB Distribution Breakdown

Pierre Thomas Poised For Feature Role Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com Here is the snap breakdown for the Saints running backs on day 2 of training camp. We charted 45 first team snaps. Pierre Thomas – 42% He took 19/45 first team snaps from five different formations. The Saints showed several looks with Thomas. He came out

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Joe Owens: Buying or Selling on Ahmad Bradshaw

Ahmad Bradshaw- Buy, Sell, Hold Joe Owens, Rosterwatch.com Featured Analyst Ahmad Bradshaw’s history of foot injuries is not exactly clandestine knowledge. Over an 80-game, five season career, the New York Giants running back has played in 70 of those 80 games, starting in 21 total. In 12 of those 70 games, Bradshaw merely appeared as

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Can’t Tell if Jimmy Clausen is Excited or Nervous…

Clausen Notices Panther Trade Activity on Twitter Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com A flurry of trade activity that has occurred within the Panthers organization today. They traded for Raiders WR Louis Murphy and sent former first round pick, OT Jeff Otah to the Jets. Louis Murphy was buried on the depth chart in Oakland like Clausen is

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The NFL Beat: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Teams

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Joe Owens: Larry Fitzgerald Thinks You Should Draft Megatron Before Him

Larry Fitzgerald Keeping It Real Joe Owens, Rosterwatch.com Featured Analyst (Follow on Twitter) Yesterday, during ESPN’s SportsCenter segment, Arizona Cardinals wide WR Larry Fitzgerald was asked who would be the logical choice, between himself and Detroit Lions wide out Calvin Johnson, when stocking a fantasy football squad for the upcoming 2012 fantasy football season. Fitzgerald’s

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RWi Joe Owens: Knocking The 8th Pick Out Of This Universe

Mathews and McFadden Represent High Risk/High Reward Options Joe Owens, Rosterwatch.com Featured Analyst (Follow On Twitter) A dynamic duo that fantasy managers may want to consider, especially if drafting toward the tail end of fantasy drafts, is the tandem of Ryan Mathews and Darren McFadden. Jaws will drop and minds will begin to toil with

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Please Welcome Mike Loyko and Brian Quinlan to the RW Cubicle

Please Welcome Mike Loyko and Brian Quinlan to the RW Cubicle Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com With RosterWatch’s expansion to San Antonio, and other ESPN Radio markets leading into (now) both Cowboys and Texans official pre-game, we had to turn things up a notch and install a few new cubes in this leaky basement we call corporate

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MJD and The Little Things in Life

Little People, Big Hits, Little Career Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com Running backs have the shortest average careers of any position in the NFL at 2.57 years. They get hit the most by the most physical, meanest players on the field: The defensive line and the linebacking corps. Popular Mechanics says that hits dealt out by these

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From There to Here – Drew Brees to Make $2.5 Million Per Game in 2012

Drew Gets Paid Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com Drew Brees with a young, care-free, fat me (79) (1996)   Drew Brees will make $2.5 Million dollars per game in 2012. The reason he won his contract negotiations, the reason he knows more about the CBA than most NFL front office staff, it’s the same reason he wins

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