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  Brandon 9:38 pm on August 11, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: card counter, facebook ( 3 ), league, sports illustrated   

  Facebook and famous card-counter enter the fantasy football league market 

  Watch out Yahoo and ESPN (and even FleaFlicker!), there’s another fantasy football league website in town, this one having the unique concept of being built into Facebook. Jeff Ma, one of the MIT card counters that inspired the book Bringing Down the House (which is a great book by the way) and the movie “21”, along with business partner Mike Kerns, have created the company Citizen Sports, Inc., and convinced Sports Illustrated to put its name on the product. The fact that it is a downloadable application on the new Facebook means it will automatically have a potential audience of millions, so there is a big chance that this could succeed…but we’ll have to wait and see if it really challenges the big boys any time soon. (More, including a couple screenshots, after the jump…) (More …)

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  Brandon 8:31 pm on August 11, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: aaron rodgers ( 31 ), bobby engram ( 3 ), injuries ( 8 ), nate burleson ( 5 ), willis mcgahee ( 15 )   

  Willis McGahee and Bobby Engram out for a while with injuries 

  I had originally buried this news in my latest update on the preseason games over the weekend, but I figured it was important enough to break out into it’s own post, so here you go…

  • Willis McGahee has decided to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee, with the hope that he can return for the start of the season. The fact that he’ll miss nearly an entire month of practice and preseason games is a bit worrisome and is reason enough for us to drop him down a few slots on the power rankings. It also makes backup Ray Rice all that more important as a handcuff for McGahee owners.
  • For all of you who were targeting Bobby Engram in your draft, think again. Engram left Friday’s preseason game with a shoulder injury and it turns out that he has a broken bone in his shoulder and will miss six to eight weeks. He’s no spring chicken, so there’s no guarantee that he’ll even be back and ready to go that early. Even if he does though, that means he’ll still miss the first two to four games of the season, moving him down quite a bit on our wide receiver power rankings, while Nate Burleson moves up a bit (just like when we found out that his other teammate Deion Branch would be out for some extended time).
  • In other news, tonight we will see the beginning of the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay, as the Packers take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the final game of week 1 in the preseason. What better way to prove yourself to all the doubters than to go up against what was one of the worst pass defenses in the league last year?

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  Brandon 2:40 pm on August 11, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: aaron rodgers ( 31 ), bobby engram ( 3 ), chris chambers ( 10 ), chris johnson ( 35 ), jacob hester ( 3 ), jay cutler ( 35 ), matt ryan ( 20 ), preseason ( 8 ), willis mcgahee ( 15 )   

  Fantasy football notes from the weekend 

  Here are some fantasy football thoughts regarding the preseason games that took place on Saturday…

  • San Diego 31, Dallas 17: Both starting quarterbacks looked sharp in this one, with Tony Romo completing 3/3 passes for 33 yards, and Philip Rivers completing 5/6 passes for 54 yards. As usual, LT sat out in a preseason game, but the search for his new backup didn’t seem to clear up all that much. However, Jacob Hester, who is projected to be the fullback for LT, played well as a tailback, rushing for 49 yards and two TD’s.  At receiver, Chargers receiver Chris Chambers seems to be playing well also, catching three passes for 34 yards in about one quarter of action. (More …)

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