Yes, this blog still covers fantasy football, and yes, the National Football League is having a busy offseason. From the fantasy perspective, some of the recent football headlines don't really carry a lot of long-term weight ("Coin Flip Irks Jets Owner," for instance). Some of them, of course, may have profound consequences for your next fantasy draft, which is only ... wow, four and a half months away.
Here are a few of the developments that deserve your attention as fantasy fans.
The Big Brown Quarterback Purge. It's been quite a week for Mike Holmgren and Company. First the Cleveland Browns acquired Seneca Wallace from the Seattle Seahawks. Then the Browns showed Derek Anderson the door. Then the Browns picked up Jake Delhomme from the scrap heap (that is, if anyone still getting millions from the Carolina Panthers can be considered a "scrap heap" candidate). Then the Browns dealt Brady Quinn to the Denver Broncos for, among other things, Peyton Hillis.
Who's the winner here? Right now it looks like Quinn, whose competition for starting status just went from Derek Anderson to Kyle Orton. It's certainly not the Browns, whose new starter has to prove that he still knows how to complete a pass to someone other than the other team's safety.
L-D-T-Is a JET! JET! JET! Just a couple of years ago, LaDainian Tomlinson was the clear-cut, no-brainer first choice in every fantasy draft in America. This spring he got a new title: salary-cap casualty. After a visit with the Minnesota Vikings went nowhere, Tomlinson found a new home with the New York Jets. The Jets can use whatever he has left in the tank, and Tomlinson has to be happy that his primary competition for playing time (for the moment) is Shonn Greene.
So, About That Tim Guy... If you buy the thesis that Tim Tebow was the greatest college football player of all time, then it had to hurt to hear that the former Florida Gators quarterback has throwing issues that could affect his professional future. However, if you thought that college football had produced better players (Herschel Walker, anyone?), then the news that Tebow may not be an instant Canton candidate was less earth-shattering. Either way, Tebow's supposed to unveil a new-and-improved motion at Florida's pro day Wednesday. It better be good; the NFL draft is only a month away.
We'll be back tomorrow with some more thoughts on racing.
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