Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• Free agency has been good for some players, but not so good for others. [RotoWorld]
• Shaun Alexander may be out of Seattle sooner rather than later. [FanHouse]
• The Jets have done very well in free agency. [Every Morning Quarterback]
• Taking a deeper look as some of the moves so far this offseason. [Fantasy Football Librarian]
• An early prediction for the AFC East. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• Replacing a legend: It might not be so easy for Aaron Rodgers. [Football Jabber]
• Chris Long appears to be the consensus No. 1 pick according to mock drafters. [The Big Lead]

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Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• Free agency is just around the corner, which means it is time to brush up on your knowledge of the available players and, more importantly, the free agents with the most fantasy impact. [RotoWorld]
• When the Oscars and NFL Scouting Combine collide. [Chicks in the Huddle]
• Ten small-school guys who should taken in April’s NFL Draft. [My Mock Draft]
• I seriously doubt Terrell Owens would be OK with this. But, man, would Tony Romo and his owners salivate. [The Big Lead]
• One small-school cornerback is making a name for himself, even if he does share part of it with his now-famous cousin. [NFL FanHouse]
• This is almost old news now, but Shaun Alexander may be on the chopping block in Seattle. [EndZoneView]
• A good friend of TH is blogging for the New York Times this week. [Fantasy Football Librarian]
• THE best fantasy football player … EVER! [Bruno Boys]
• If feed readers and subscription options boggle the mind, read this and then come back here and subscribe to The Hazean. [Football Jabber]

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Pro Bowl afterthoughts

OK, I lied. I know I said how much I hate dislike the Pro Bowl, but I ended up watching most of it. But only because I was bored, I swear!

The thing that bugs me about this game is that you have all these great NFL players banging heads in a game that means nothing. I know it comes after the season finale, but most of these players are too valuable to risk losing to injury in a meaningless game.

I personally know that many New Orleans Saints’ fans were relieved this year when no Saints were selected to the Pro Bowl (even though Marques Colston got robbed). That is because we watched in horror last year when Drew Brees went down awkwardly by way of an unnecessarily vicious hit. Luckily, Brees’ injury was to his non-throwing arm and not very serious, but the risks far outweigh the gains in such a game.

For the life of me, I will never understand why impeding free agents — like Marion Barber, Asante Samuel and Marcus Trufant — even bother to play in the game. These guys are set to cash in on multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts in a month when free agency begins. But a serious or even semi-serious injury could compromise the big pay day and/or cripple the teams paying for these players’ services.

Alas, the game was played and some things did happen in it. Overall, it was a healthy Pro Bowl with lots of scoring and excitement. Hit the jump for some things I thought about while watching the game:

Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• So what are you going to do now that football season is over? I need to catch up on my DVR and spend more time with the misses. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• Between now and the NFL free agency period, football action slows to a trickle. That gives football fans plenty of time to anticipate the potential destinations of these players. [Football Jabber]
• It appears as if Saints’ defensive end Charles Grant was in the wrong place at the wrong time. [NFL FanHouse]
• In my opinion, the Super Bowl commercials were fairly terrible this year. Especially this commercial. [Awful Announcing]

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