Names

I love me a football name conversation. There are some great names out there in football land, whether you're a Craphonso Thorpe, a D'Brickashaw Montgomery Ladarius Fantana 'The Pain Train' Ferguson, a Nu'Keese Richardson or a Barkevious Mingo, you're an exciting guy, and destined for football greatness (or a name change and a career in landscape maintenance).

It's not just in football where you find names where there seems to be a weight of expectation - you have to hope when you name your kid Bismark or Tank that they'll not end up 90 pound weaklings.

And what about when the name given to a child is gender neutral. England stalwart Dorian West was a tough man, but would he have been so tough if his name was Dave?

All this leads to my point - Marion Barber the Third. The Third! His father played in the NFL. His Granddad, one assumes, was a tough guy too. There's some expectation.

Shame he's out for the week when I have to play Bjorn in the fantasy league... oh, and I have Felix Jones.

Crabtree

Who knows who is giving this guy advice, but if he doesn't sign before November 12th then he is going to miss out on the whole 2009 season. Also, he hasn't played any preseason, and he hasn't gotten any practice reps, so the season is basically a wash at this point anyway. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

I'm waiting for Danny Pass to draft him in our NFL fantasy draft on Saturday, as a handcuff for Vernon Davis.

Solid Verbal College Fantasy Draft

So I'm in the solid verbal podcast fantasy league.

Last night's draft has left me a bit heavy in the players from UCLA category, a bit light in receivers, and having earnt the emnity of Ty, one of the hosts, who said "Fuck whoever drafted Jimmy Clausen" and "I needed this".

I had warned that I would piss on chips, but perhaps they didn't realise I meant it.

I'm going to need to do some in year wrangling of the roster I think - more to follow