I have to say I was pretty sad, when I heard the news that Stats Inc, would no longer be running it's stats fantasy football leagues. I myself have had a stats inc team for 15 years, so for me it is the end of an era. Stats Inc was really what started me in this business, my friends and I shared our first fantasy baseball team some 15+ years ago. That team the Twin Peaks Mojo Bones was dominant winning a championship with the monster rookie year of Pat Listach.

Where stats go it right, was the playoffs. I will miss the re-draft, because in this league we actually did a redraft over the weeks of the actual NFL playoffs. All teams are assigned Yepremians, those Yepremians were based on your finish during the year and the top teams got about 15% more to spend on their playoff team.

Anyway while Stats has dominated the marketplace selling their stats, they seem to have put their own game out of business.

Well Brett Favre played in his first game with the Vikes over the weekend, as a Packer fan, it gives me a feeling of traitor. In reality the only other team that he could have played for that you would hate more is the Bears.

How is this going to work out for Favre, tought to tell, but don't be shocked if he underwhelms. As a long time Packers fan, I noticed something over the last few years he was with the Packers. Favre didn't want to get hit anymore. Watch his throws, when he is under pressure, he will early and often bailout with a garbage heave down the field. He will help the Vikes no doubt, but you can bank on 20 Int's to go with the 20 TD's he is going to throw.

Well finally the Favre saga comes to an end. After a great career Favre has called it a day and will hang up his cleats. Like most athletes who played the majority of his career in one place, Favre will no doubt regret that final year in NY and how he left the Packers.

But lets be certain of one thing, now that the Packers know that Favre has called it quits, they are going to do everything in their power to reunite mend the fences and prepare for all of the retirement grandeur that Favre deserves. Contracts are probably already under way.

Just heard Jaworski talking about Favre playing with the Vikings saying that this Vikings team would be the most talented team he has played with, Jaworski is out of his mind if he really believes that. What about the Super Bowl team the Packers put together, Robinson, Butler and White on D and Freeman Rison, Chmura and Levens on offense are miles better than what the Vikings have right now.





I will tell you, it doesn't take much to get on ESPN, another of their commentators said that Favre has never played with a back the caliber of AP. Sorry for your foggy memory but in Ahman Green's prime, nobody was more dominant, and Green was a complete back. AP has already shown that he can and will get injured. The hyperbole on Favre is simply ridiculous. If he plays 20TD's and 20 INT's that will absolutely kill his team when they need it most.

The St. Louis Rams acquired veteran Ronald Curry from the Detroit Lions in exchange for defensive end Orien Harris.

Curry had no value in Detroit as the Lions have plenty of young talent at WR, St. Louis a team that is rebuilding after being spoiled by the Holt/Bruce years was very thin at WR and Curry who has a good deal of experience should be a factor for them. However, fantasy wise keep expectations low 40-50 grabs here would be a great year for Curry.

Here is a look at the first 5 picks in most mocks.

1. QB Matt Stafford, Georgia (JR) - Detroit going for a QB, poor kid the Lions will ruin him, you can be sure. They should focus on their lines and build a run game first.

2 OT, Jason Smith, Baylor Smith - The Rams can build their future around a guy like Smith, he can protect the QB and will help out on the run for RB Stephen Jackson. Will help right away.

3 LB, Aaron Curry, Wake Forest - KC has a ton of voids on D and Curry can help right away, has good ability against the pass.
4 DE/OLB, Brian Orakpo - A pass rush guy, seems like a position that has been a bust more often than not in the NFL. The Seahawks need some attitude on D, could help immediately.
5 WR, Michael Crabtree - The Browns need to replace some talent at the receiver position.