By: Brian Burke
Well, my mind is on football, so what better way to get those football juices out than a new blog post. In this installment of “The Commish’s Corner,” I will analyze a few situations around The League and give my take on some ballsy moves that could be made. Enjoy.
Team: Floundizzle
Owner: Jon Provost
Keepers: Tony Romo, Chris Johnson, Deangelo Williams, Anthony Gonzalez (Dev)
Situation: I’ve set Jon’s team up pretty nicely. You’re welcome Jon. Romo, Johnson and Williams have all been acquired from the SBSR within the last two seasons. Jon has great keepers but really screwed himself in his poorly calculated last ditch effort to make the playoffs. Zero picks in the 2nd and 3rd round are going to kill the depth on his awesomely named team. Ballsy Burke Move: Deal one of the stud RBs for some help in the draft. Flounder has the luxury of having another keeper worthy player riding the Floundizzle pine in the young stud WR Roddy White. Keep Roddy, Romo and Cjohnson, while shipping DWill to Lloyd for a first rounder and a later pick. With two first rounders, Flounder could snag the top two RBs on the board at his picks. He’d end up with a team that starts out with Romo, Cjohnson, J.Addai, R.Bush, and Roddy White. Not as sexy as the Dwill Cjohnson RB combo, but depth will get you far in The League. High risk. High reward.
What he will most likely do: He’ll forget about the draft until I call him ten minutes before to set him up live via satellite. He’ll proceed to have his dog pick the best WR on the board with 1.3.
Team: BwettWuvsWittleBoys
Owner: Lloyd Kraus
Keepers: P.Rivers, K.Smith, M.Lynch, R.Mendenhall (Dev)
Situation: Well, I don’t have the time to write down everything Lloyd has done this off-season, but he recently helped his situation drastically by snagging Kevin Smith. Lloyd was stranded on bad RB Island. Now he has a young up and coming RB to pair with a great QB and a head case in Lynch.
Ballsy Burke Move: Deal Mendenhall to Mike for Fred Jackson. I don’t trust Lynch at all. You have to cover yourself for those 3 games Lynch is out for. Not to mention I was more impressed with Fred Jackson last year in his time movin and grovin all over the tundra that is Buffalo. Also, snag Dwill from Jon for a first. End up with Rivers, K.Smith, Dwill, Lynch, F.Jackson and most likely B.Marshall after the first round. Lloyd won’t like this because it hurts his depth in other places. But aren’t those RBs making your fantasy pants go crazy?
What he will most likely do: His head explodes from his bar preparation, and we have to find a new member of The League. Jon’s dog wants to branch out from the Floundizzle umbrella. Maybe he can be our twelfth. Lloyd goes Roddy, Bmarsh and W.Parker with his unprecedented three picks in the first round. He creates a deep but lackluster squad. I can speculate Lloyd’s picks since no one can really affect his draft. He owns 60% of the first five picks.
Team: Turd Burglers
Owner: Kral Augspurger
Keepers: A.Rodgers, T.Jones, A.Johnson, Dev?
Situation: Kral has been pretty quiet this off-season. As a matter of fact, he is only on record to have made one trade the entire 2008 season. Coming off of a strong 2008 showing, his team has some bright spots in Rodgers and A.Johnson, but his RBs will ultimately be weak this year with T.Jones and a RB picked in the late first round. T.Jones was great last year but, at 31, the cards are stacked against him. As a Jets fan, it will be heartbreaking to watch Thomas Jones and his beast arms slide back down the fantasy ladder. There won’t be much there at 1.11 in regards to a RB. Trust me. I’ve mocked.
Ballsy Burke Move: Move Andre Johnson. One of the top WRs comes with a big price tag, so Kral would need to look for another owner with some studs at the RB spot. It would be tough to pull off at this stage in the off-season. He probably could have been done it earlier in the summer before everyone’s pieces were in place. Maybe a Marion Barber for AJ trade makes sense. Findley can move Dmac into the starting spot and have a stud WR to go with that stacked set of keepers. Barber makes Kral’s RB core much more formidable and allows him to use his first round pick for a position with much better value at 1.11.
What he will most likely do: At this point, I think his hands are tied, but he’s probably into that sort of thing. You sicko. He’ll play it safe and won’t rock the boat.
Team: Tron Special 63
Owner: David Radcliffe
Keepers: A.Peterson, B.Westbrook, A.Boldin, S.Breaston (Dev)
Situation: The champ snuggles with his championship bobble head in one arm and The League trophy in the other, but he should not rest so soundly. A cloud of impending doom is about to swallow the blue skies over his precious pergola. Westbrook equals Shawn Alexander. ‘Nough said. Make some moves already. Do you really want to own the horse when they have to shoot him on the field? Your lack of wheeling and dealing this off-season has sickened me. You deal S.Smith to Lloyd, but Lloyd’s like the village bicycle. Everyone has had a turn this summer. Ballsy Burke move: Not really sure. Hopefully Peterson can play in both Minn and Philly. He can wear Westy’s jersey. I really got nothing here. I just wanted to put doubt in the Champ’s head.
What he’ll most likely do: Draft 14 rookie WRs.
