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DeAngelo Williams

Now you would think with an 8 point lead going into the last game of the Fantasy Football playoffs and Steve Smith of Carolina on my team that victory is in the bag.

But my stinking opponent had DeAngelo Williams in the Carolina vs. Giants game.

Should be no problem, the Giants don’t give up a lot of rushing TDs.

And DeAngelo Williams has no history of scoring tons of TDs. Except this year he went from 4 touchdowns to 18 touchdowns. He is awesome.

Now to be fair to my player, Steve Smith, a perennial All Pro, if the game was this week instead of last week then victory would have been mine, but that is not what happened. Smith does have 43 receiving touchdowns in his career.

Williams had 4 touchdowns and over 100 yards against the Giants and 34 fantasy points and the Squibster lost and upset bid at first place.

Here are their report cards from Charles Chandler of the Charlotte Observer.

RUNNING BACKS – A
DeAngelo Williams continued his late-season roll, making some amazing cuts. His 178 yards tied him for the second best single-game rushing performance in team history, and he also set a new single-season team record (1,515). Jonathan Stewart (56 yards) ran hard, too, getting away from four tacklers on a 16-yard gain. He also scored a TD. Kudos to fullback Brad Hoover for another good game blocking.

RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS – A
Steve Smith saved the day again with his acrobatic catch of a 39-yard pass to set up John Kasay’s game-winning field goal. Muhsin Muhammad had his third consecutive game with 70 or more receiving yards, and D.J. Hackett pitched in with two key catches after being inactive the previous three games.

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New York Giants drive the old Carr home

Still traveling around the league is David Carr.

Now by good fortune he arrives at the doorstep of Eli Manning and the New York Giants.

Come in, they say. It is a lot nicer here than where you have been. We will take care of you.

David is tired and decides that is an excellent idea.

“I have a lot of calluses,” Carr said. “I’m like an old carpenter I’ve been through it. If you let that stuff affect you, you’re not going to be able to do your job. One of the reasons I’m excited about coming here is they protect the quarterback well and they have playmakers on the outside.”

Taken first by Houston in the 2002 draft, Carr’s career has faltered in recent seasons. He was released by the Texans after the 2006 season and signed a two-year, $6 million deal last year with the Carolina Panthers. source

Last year, David Carr was beat out by Vinny Testeverde, all 44 years of him. Ouch!

What promise David Carr had at one time coming out of Fresno State the same year as another huge failure, Joey Harrington.

David did put up some cool stats during his time.

Carr had career-high totals of 54 passes and 39 completions in Giants Stadium against the Jets on Nov. 26, 2006. He tied the NFL single-game record with 22 consecutive completions vs. Buffalo on Nov. 19. 2006. Carr has passed for more than 300 yards four times, including a career-high 372 against Minnesota on Oct. 10, 2004. He has directed 11 career game-winning drives in which the decisive points were scored in the fourth quarter or overtime, including one last Oct. 7 in New Orleans

Joey Harrington

Oh, and that other QB, Joey Harrington? He somehow resigned with the team that let him go, Atlanta. You know how those QB relationships are. Very hard to break.

The Atlanta Falcons re-signed Joey Harrington on Wednesday, one week after cutting the six-year veteran quarterback.

General manager Thomas Dimitroff, who also has re-signed Chris Redman to a two-year deal, has said the team will take a quarterback in next month’s NFL draft.

The 29-year-old Harrington started 10 games last season, but he returns as a probable backup—the role he would have played before Michael Vick’s legal troubles.

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So a bright year for QB’s turned out a couple of career backups. Makes you think twice about wasting a high draft pick doesn’t it.

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Ok, where is the Top Ten?

Sorry, Squibster is a little under the weather and in danger of being fired by the wife after a tough Valentines evening.

She took it well, but who knows.

Anyway, the USA Today Sports Staff in their Sports Scope article highlighted 6 coaches on the hot seat.

Ok, where is the Top Seven?

Your gallivanting author added the seventh. My comments will be in italics.

1. Brad Childress:

A five-game winning streak down the stretch may have saved him from the ax this offseason. But Childress must hope that stud RB Adrian Peterson can propel this team to the postseason or that his investment in Tarvaris Jackson as the starting QB doesn’t becoming his undoing. source

Jackson has a lot to show to become a good enough QB to take the Vikings to victory. Peterson is awesome, but so was Barry Sanders. Can a running back carry a team to anything more than a .500 record in today’s pass happy league?

2. Jon Gruden:

The win in Super Bowl XXXVII seems like so long ago. Gruden led the Bucs through the weak NFC South this season, but their playoff flop to the Giants exposed the team as a pretender. The heat will turn up significantly if this team doesn’t look like a Super Bowl contender next season.

Gruden’s job seems a little safer, because they did reach the playoffs with a weak team in a weak division, but so much more was expected out of Gruden when he came to Tampa Bay.

3. John Fox

The USA Today writers mention a weakening team needing a good draft and maybe a replacement for Delhomme at QB.

Fox is in big trouble, with only a very weak division to save him. North Carolina competes with the Saints, Bucs, and Falcons.

4. Mike Nolan

The USA Today writers mention that Nolan lost control of the team and the respect of his QB, Alex Smith.

This one seems so impossible a year ago Read more