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I'm officially ready for spring. Now that Colorado got a massive snowstorm out of the way last week I'm content to let winter slide on out - bring on the blooming trees, flower buds and oh yes, the NFL Draft. As expected the number of draft articles is starting to ramp up so soak it all up, I say. And if there's any specific fantasy football info that you're looking for this offseason , send me an e-mail and I'll see if I can find it. By the way, my favorite commercial this weekend during the tourney? A 60 Minutes blurb where we saw LeBron James hit an underhanded toss dead-on from well past the half court mark. Every time that commercial aired I think I giggled and felt a little more wowed by LeBron . FantasySharks bring on part 1 of their Mocking the 2009 NFL Draft - check back soon for part 2 with the next 16 picks of the first round. Fantasyfootball .com is keeping an updated ranking by position of all the incoming rooks ; take a look to see the latest on

Well Denver finally got the major snowstorm it has been hankering for all season - over 16 inches fell here at my house in Boulder, with drifts of 2+ plus feet thanks to the crazy blizzard winds. Now it's a race to see how quickly it will melt as the temps get close to 60 again this weekend. The weather here is just wacky enough for me to absolutely love it... Today's links have a delightfully high percentage of offensive line articles, which longtime readers know I love: For an analysis of some of the top 2009 offensive line prospects for this year's draft, see what CBS Sports' Offensive line prospects: Not 2008, but not lacking, either . NFL.com goes beyond just the o-line though and takes a look at the top 20 prospects across all positions for the NFL Draft in Top 20 prospects: Despite foot injury, WR Crabtree atop list . But back to the o-line goodness: Jets fans you'll be happy to read about the very capable 2008 Jets o-line in the Fifth Down's Reviewing

It's Spring Break here in Boulder - the campus is deserted, my bus driver seemed uncertain that I truly needed to get off at the university during Spring Break, and there's a heavy quiet throughout the library since even the biggest of study nerds here has taken a break. I love it like this: the quiet before the storm. Much like football season; with the NFL Draft really just a few weeks away, most analysts seem to be soaking up the NCAA tournament and holding off on the flood of pre -draft analysis. That said, there are still some experts (aka the biggest fantasy nerds - and I mean that in an endearing, grateful way) out there cranking out their NFL draft and FF thoughts... This is going to be a bit of a Bills fest here but by acquiring T.O., the Bills have made themselves far more newsworthy. Gregg Rosenthal takes a look at the T.O. impact on Lee Evans' fantasy value and in the end calls it a push for Evans. The other piece that dissects the Bills comes from CBS Sports&#

I have thus far resisted the temptation to create a "25 Random Things About Me" kind of list on Facebook - in part due to a lack of time and energy but also I'm sure that other than a few random nuggets (i.e., I was kicked out of the Girl Scouts), most of my items wouldn't be a surprise to the majority of my Facebook friends - mostly though it's the pressure of summing myself up in 25 finite items that seems like a bit much. That said, I eagerly read my friends' "25 Things" lists and always feel like I learned something new (even one friend's "being married to my husband is very difficult" comment, which I really don't think is appropriate for the "25 Things" list) - but I officially enjoy me some "25 Things" lists. So you can imagine that I delighted in reading Matthew Berry's latest column , which interspersed some baseball facts with Berry's 25 Things. Also on a baseball note, a press release went o

I'm using a friend's mac to get this post up and it's the first time I've used a mac in about 9 years - it's awesome and the "once you go mac, you never go back" phrase is making sense. This laptop loan could end up being an unfortunate move for the ol' wallet down the line... So I hope everyone is enjoying the tourney so far; may your brackets be demonstrating what great sports acumen you have. I have two different brackets going and I think I'm doing pretty well in both - I've never been known for my awesome March Madness skills; I often select teams using the all-powerful "well my sister's neighbor went to college there and my best friend's brother's wife went to college there " technique, also known as my mom's technique (oh yeah, my mom has a bracket - she rocks) so I'm sure it might prove to be a less than surefire selection process by next weekend. Anyway, back to the subject at hand: football. For the late

I can't escape the McJayGate talk - it's too much even for this NFL headlines- lovin ', Broncos- lovin ' fan. Enough already - make the trade happen if it's going to happen. So I'll leave you with just one Jay Cutler link from the Denver Post with some speculations about other QBs we could acquire. I'm far from convinced that L.J. Smith is an upgrade from perennially injured Todd Heap, but hey, why not pile on the questionably productive TEs in Baltimore? As Rosenthal points out , this move essentially cancels out any fantasy value for either player. Fantasyfootball .com has finished up their mock draft for the 2009 fantasy football season going all the way through the 14 th round for a 12-team league. The Bruno Boys have some Dwayne Bowe lovin ' for the 2009 season - read Bowe in for Big Year in 2009? for reasons why you're going to want to turn to him come draft day. I'd be pretty pleased with Bowe as my WR 2, though I would like to

It's bracket time, my friends. This is one of those rare times of year when a sport other than football falls to the forefront of my mind. Though there are clever sites out there like The Hazean that have managed to seamlessly mesh together the beloved ritual of bracketology with fantasy football, for the most part I think many of us are just thinking about NCAA basketball. But never fear, I won't leaving you hanging on a Monday without the now requisite Cutler- McDaniels update and other FF links. Will Jay Cutler and I both be moving to New York for the 2009 season? For details on Cutler's weekend talks and trade options, see the Fifth Down's Cutler Asks for a Trade. Jets Need a QB . Though not all experts are convinced that Cutler is going anywhere - check out Gregg Rosenthal's thoughts and concern for what this means for Cutler's fantasy value. Maybe I should start a Cutler's future bracket and start making bets with friends on the outcome. As for d

At bowling this week I had a junior league/kids' coach give me tips on how to bowl - kind of sad when your bowling is clearly calling out for some basic help, no? I think at this point I've embraced the fact that bowling is not going to be my strong point and perhaps I need to become a weekly bar shuffleboard player. I think I could rock at that activity though I can't really imagine a league of bar shuffleboard players. Does such a thing exist? So if you live in the Boulder/Denver area and would like to make a little money and help out a fantasy football website, think about stopping by Sports Data Hub's usability testing on Wednesday, March 18 on the CU-Boulder campus. Contact Matt Duncan to sign up or you can e-mail me and I'll send the details your way. If you don't live in Colorado, well then I just have links to offer you... I have T.O. in my keeper league so I am of course interested in what the FFManiaxs have to say in Terrell Owens' Fantasy Footb

Man, the drama in Denver continues. I don't care for this at all back-and-forth hoopla one tiny bit but to catch up on the latest (though really who knows what the latest is since all these reports seem to be contradictory) see Source: Cutler, Broncos Further Apart . In the meantime, if you'd like some non-Broncos news, read on: With some big names switching teams there are lots of "well who will be his replacement now?" kinds of questions as there would be with well pretty much every job out there. CBS Sports has taken a stab at assessing the changing of the guard in The replacements: Newer wave facing big gaps . SportingNews .com has posted their NFL free-agency awards to summarize some of the best and worst moves that we've seen so far. Wondering who the best bargain, re-signing, franchise tag players, etc are? Read on. With most of the big free agency moves out of the way, Gregg Rosenthal takes a look at what's to come in The Next Movement . And yes, th

I love daylight savings - yesterday around 4:30 or so I went out for a run with the full comfort of knowing the sun would still be brightly shining when I got home. Love it. However, much to my dismay, my I-rarely-run-outside-during-the-winter muscles are reminding me of the difference between a trail and a treadmill this morning. In other news, I still don't know where I'm moving this summer quite yet but New York City is currently the front runner - New Yorkers, I'll be full of questions about the best sports bars (best Broncos bar anyone??) so get your football advice ready. To today's links... In case you missed the big news, T.O. is now a Bill. I'm surprised to be honest - see what different perspectives two experts from CBS Sports have in Owens, Buffalo wrong for each other in so many ways and T.O. to Buffalo a low-risk, big reward move for all . And then there's Gregg Rosenthal who falls somewhere in between with Owens lands in Buffalo . FantasyHulks .

On Wednesday I bowled both one of my worst and one of my best bowling games of my adult life. I stepped up to the lane and proceeded to bowl at least three gutter balls in the first 6 or 7 frames. It was rough but turned into a bit of a roller coaster as I proceeded to find my groove and rock the next game. My bowling ups and downs of course reminded me of the Broncos roller coaster week - bad news on Cutler and BMarsh , but good news on some interesting free agency grabs. So everywhere I turn today I'm seeing T.O. news and commentary. Where will the man go? Is he still a viable contributor to a team? I say yes but to get some expert opinions and other fantasy links, read on... Where will the T.O. show go? from CBS Sports lists five teams that might be willing to take a chance on the T.O. gamble. Or take a bigger picture look at T.O.'s career in Cold, Hard Football Facts' The Terrell Owens Experience . Chris Cooley and I agree - it would be awesome to be paid $2300 per wo

I am officially slacking on pretty much every project I have noted I'd be working on here on the blog over the past few weeks - I can't even remember to upload Olympic Curling Trials photos off of my camera to get you all some evidence of the game I now refer to as a sweet marriage between bar shuffleboard and bocce . I'll blame this on a relatively busy month at work (doesn't the library understand I need to focus on football in March?!) coupled with fun times with visiting family members - and probably just some lack of motivation. I am working on an update to my ranking of the rankings (for real) but if I've promised you any other projects or links or haven't gotten back to you about something, e-mail me all you want to remind me to get my act together. Onto today's links... Take a look back at some of the biggest free agency contracts over the past four years with CBS Sports' Free-agent spenders: Who chose wisely? and see which players were really

Oh my Broncos. Such drama this weekend! I don't even know where to start but I guess Cutler as potential trade bait is probably the biggest story followed by Brandon Marshall's latest arrest and of course free agent pickups like Brian Dawkins and Correll Buckhalter . So let's just get right to it - I love my Broncos, I love Cutler and yes, he can come off as a bit of a whiner...but is there any possible way Cassel was worth that trade for the Broncos? Negatory, good buddy , so I just don't buy that the Broncos were really giving it much consideration at all. I'm siding with Gregg Rosenthal on this one and assuming that it will blow over fairly soon, but now there's the Marshall news, too; how will this affect Marshall, Cutler and/or Royal's fantasy value for 2009? It's like deja vu here... The Olympic Curling Trials were awesome - I'll get some photos and such up tomorrow, I hope, but I've gotta say that it was actually one of the more d