http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/1453 Recent articles about Plaxico Burress en-us Tiered wide receiver rankings for the 2008 fantasy football season. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:36:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301872 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301872 THe title says all......Its ok to say your team is going to be better this year than last year, but to make bold predictions like they are going to win the super bowl, i dont kknow man/woman especially after last years display of mediocrity at best....I know I didnt say Giants were going to win the Super Bowl until the playoffs started...THat being said I have nothing against the fans, its just funny how optimistic these fans are, like honestly relax till the season starts...geez St Louis I thought Cowboys fans were addicted to their team, Im starting to think Eagles are up their. So as wild as it maybe underneath sorry, I numbered 6 or 7 topics in which I copy and pasted Eagles fans quotes....I commented on as well..So feel free to say what you want.....keep it peaceful and respectful which really is hard for a lot of people..... 1)Some People Saying McNabb best QB in NFC....Until that old Fart Favre leaves, Your Number 2 graduate of Syracuse.....Eli is 3 and Romo is 4....Hasselwack is 5 cuz hes sister in law is a dumbass.... 2) Steve Smith coming to Eagles-->"Steve Smith is one of the best receivers in the game and if we landed him we would have another weapon for McNabb and someone who can take the pressure off of Westbrook. The Eagles have been trying to land a big name receiver all off season and now is there time. If we really want to go for it we need to get Steve Smith. We could try trading Lito and a first. Although that probably wouldn't work we could try another offer for Smith. I would give Lito and both first round picks for Smith." (STEVE SMITH ISNT GOING ANYWHERE RELAX) 3) EAGLES DBS--->FIrst Ill start with saying they were 19th ranked in pass defense last year....my Giants were 11th and thats saying something because I felt that was the weakest part of our Defense but that was all attributed to Sam Madison getting burned....we held our ground though in playoffs....so here are optimist and bias quotes from Eagles fans on their DBS being number 1... "Brian Dawkins, Asante Samuel, Lito Sheppard, Sheldon Brown, Quentin Mikell, Sean Considine..... need I say anymore?"--->gr8 on paper like most teams but when its time to play, whole different story.... "Plaxico Burress and TO twice a year for the Eagles shows how the Eagles secondary isnt amazing and at best average if not for Brian Dawkins....Asante Samuel should have stayed in NE where there were no recievers in his division or QBS from the teams in AFC east."-->I SAID THIS AND SOME DUDE REPLIED Underneath!!!! "Booker are u crazy quit hatin on the eagles Plax ill admit has been a problem but TO doesnt do much with Lito on him except drop passes and get mad at the qb. i think after the first 10 posts most of us lose focus on wht the actual topic was except booker hes just a hater that needs to go be vick's celly"-->Phillyfannaz---> (Im a hater on a 19th ranked passs defense? Maybe if you stop the Giants WR then Ill give them respect, untill then only bright spot in your secondary is Brian Dawkins) "oh and my reasons.....sheppard is a pro bowl player...brown is a great hitter and evryone knows he is good enough to go to the pro bowl samuel is a pro bowl player dawkins is one of the best of all time and still has gas in the tank to flourish with the big 3 around him (u heard of the celtics KG pierce and allen, well this is asante lito and sheldon) and then quintin mikell knows how to play in this defense and is a solid safety to have with all the other stars"----> PRO BOWLS DONT GET YOU TO SUPER BOWL,,,Case in Point NYG last year, Pittsburgh Steelers years back and the Bucs a couple years prior..... 4) WHEN AN EAGLE FAN STRIKES HE STRIKES WITH GR8 Language---> "I Am A Top Contributor On Yardbarker And Other Eagles Fans Do Like Me. You Guys Suck And Annt74 Suck To" (HAHAHAH) "how are the eagles worse? their linebacking core is 2 times better than last year, their secondary is the best in the league they have a really good returner in deshawn jackson. You cant just say something and not back it up. How does the O-line for the redskins get better when they get a year older? Just because they got jason taylor doesnt make their defense that much better, its one player who would rather dance they play football (little bit gay if you ask me)" ---> NOBLE ARGUMENT BUT MATHETMATICALLY HOW IS A LB CORE 2 TIMES BETTER, I DONT KNOW MAN, DOUBLE THE TACKLES, DOUBLE THE SACKS?? But The argument against Redskins I give him that...(FROM THE JV Artricle on who winnign SUperbowl) BROUSE 310 (IS A FUNNY GUY)-->Todd Pinkston Greatest reciver for the eagles of all time, Donovan McNabb Good QB for Eagles, dude look at how good mcnabb as almost as good as aaron brooks SOME H8rs of Brouse (Primarily eagles Fans) "by the way brouse nice way to spell consideration...conciteration wtf is that. no wonder why you spelt LILEagle's name wrong u moron" "no i dont like you...just my oppinon theres being optimistic...then theres being brouse310 ....if u really wanna talk about how good the raiders are...do it somewhere else or in like 20 years...plus i cant understand half of what u say" "I can't believe this weak ass post has made it to Most Comments This Week. Some funny looking dude with a statement backed up with no stats. WOW!" 5) SUPERBOWL--> "eagles 6-10? have u saw their schedule? easy 11-5 12-4 season no doubt..this is the year philly fans...i heard tampa is nice in feburary...and mcnabb is gonna enjoy the win in florida...then enjoy hawaii in the probowl" (recent Superbowl Article JV) "The Philadelphia Eagles Will Have A Big Year And Will Win-- or 15 Games This Year With The Cowboys Doing Alright Winning 11 Games And Lose To The Eagles Twice This Year. I Have The Giants Winning 9 Games And Losing To Us 2 Times And The Redskins Will Be The Last In The Nfc East with 7 Wins. They Will Lose To The Eagles,Cowboys,Giants Twice This Year And Finish Up Losing More Than Winning And Not Make The Playoffs. The Philadelphia Eagles Win The Division And Clinch A First Round Bye And Win In The Divisional Game And Then The Championship Game And Win Big In The Super Bowl.Go Eagles!!!" ---EAgLES Fans always say they going to the SuperBowl, Just Ludicrous Statements--- 6) WHEN OTHER FANS BASH EAGLES FANS WhiteJordan Bashing the eagles fans is priceless---> "ATTENTION Philadelphia Eagles fans.... this is what you have sounded like ever since you came here. I can't wait until week 12 when you guys are saying your gonna go undefeated next year and win it all. Stop. You are decent, not great, decent. Maybe playoffs, maybe not. If we could, I'm sure 90% of Yardbarkers would get all you Eagles fans off the site if we could, not saying I don't enjoy a few of your thoughts and analysis, but if you include everyone, the people that say things like "BRETT FAVRE TO PHILLY???" or "Eagles are going undefeated!" or any other idiotic post ruin it and sometimes a few rotten apples can spoil the barrel" 7) EaGLE Fan Keeping it Realistic--->THIS Eagles FAN here has a good and unbias reflection on the Eagles, PLEASE READ IT-->(http://melnickandgrecofantasysports.com/PHILADELPHIA-EAGLES-2008-Preview-Report.html) Concluding this long article...you should get a couple points.....Eagles Fans are way optmistic and bias....Not all of course....and Please Everyone w8 till season starts, enough with the predictions, i'll just do my job and poke fun at it.....nothing personal as well....If I had any prediction about the Eagles, Plaxico Burress and Co. will embarrass the Eagles as usual and they wont make the playoffs.,...So if Im wrong, Im wrong.....Enjoy..... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:30:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301622 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301622 As a diehard Giants fan I am going to break down the fantasy impact from the defending Super Bowl Champions for 2008-09. Quarterback: Eli Manning emerged late last season, going on a run of epic proportions. Manning led the Giants on the road to Tampa Bay, Dallas, Green Bay and Phoenix for the Super Bowl to beat the Bucs, Cowboys, Packers and Patriots. His leadership skills are not questioned, what is questioned is his on field decision making. He threw only one interception in the postseason, but he threw 20 in the regular season. Eli is coming along but he is not a top tier guy, yet. He will be around in the middle rounds of your draft, but don't take him ahead of David Garrard, Ben Roethlisberger, Donovan McNabb or the equivilant. Backing up Manning this season will be either David Carr or Anthony Wright, avoid at all costs. Running Back: Brandon Jacobs just barely eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark last season, battling injuries along the way. This moves Jacobs, a bigtime touchdown threat, out of the first 10 or so running backs and into that second round, early third round area. He is a great pick though as the Giants are a run-heavy team and will give the big man lots of carries. The area that still needs to be decided in who backs up Jacobs. Both Derrick Ward and Ahmad Bradshaw played well last season backing up Jacobs. Ward ran for over 600 yards in his time and Bradshaw came on late to provide some speed when Ward went down. Problem is they will probably split the backup carries, making neither of them a strong fantasy play. Wide Receiver: Plaxico Burress is an elite receiver. He is the big man on the Giants roster and is numero uno in the red zone, see Super Bowl winning TD. Burress is a strong pick in the second or third rounds. After him there will be a big fall off to Amani Toomer, Steve Smith, David Tyree, Sinorice Moss and rookie Mario Manningham. Smith emerged late and Toomer was hurt last season. They will both see probably 30-35 catches this year, but not many touchdowns, maybe five between them. Tyree and Manningham will be non-factors. Tight End: Kevin Boss has become a very important late-round draftpick with the trade of Jeremy Shockey. Manning likes to use his tight ends and Boss proved last season he can make the big play when necessary. Boss isn't worth drafting ahead of more proven veterans but if he is on the board in one of the final rounds, he is worth grabbing and stashing if you have space. Kicker: Lawrence Tynes is good, but not great. It's fantasy football and kickers are not important, if he's there you can get him, he will get a lot of chances to score, but he didn't have a great FG percentage last season. Defense: The Giants defense is one of the five best in the game. They will get you a ton of sacks, even without Michael Strahan, and will cause a lot of fumbles. They are prone to giving up some big points but will make plays all over the field. Their defensive backs should have decent INT numbers this season with Aaron Ross, Corey Webster, Sam Madison and Kenny Phillips out there. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:16:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300761 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300761 The most in-depth look at the New York Giants anywhere on the web. The Super Bowl Champs are covered from Eli to the ball boy. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:56:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300099 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300099 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RocbkSz3c For people who happen to read Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk, you should already know that he thinks the Colts are going to be passed by the Jaguars.  He backs up this ridiculous thought with bad information and the twisting of facts.  On the link posted above, you can see Mike Florio spouting off his usual "The Colts are doomed.  There time is up." crap that he has been saying since the offseason started.  He pretty much gives us three reasons on why the Colts are doomed: There are a bunch of injuries, the Colts give out big contracts which causes a lack of depth, and the Jaguars spent a lot of money this offseason. True, the Colts do have a lot of injuries.  They also have said and shown that everything is fine.  Bob Sanders has said that he is almost at 100%.  Dwight Freeney has been running in practice, which gives me the right to assume that he is around 90 to 100%.  Peyton Manning had an infected bursa sac which is not a big deal at all.  Marvin Harrison is 110% and is only missing tomorrow night's game just to be careful that he wouldn't reinjure them. The contract comment was ignorant and stupid.  If the Colts have bad depth, then teams with good depth should have multiple Pro Bowlers on the bench.  Here are all of the players that were projected starters or contributors going into training camp that missed multiple games: Marvin Harrison Anthony Gonzalez Tony Ugoh Ryan Diem Dwight Freeney Anthony McFarland Raheem Brock Robert Mathis Rob Morris Freddy Keiaho So we didn't have 9 starters and our first round draft pick for multiple games, and still went 13-3 losing to the 2 teams who played in the AFC Championship Game by a combined score of I think it was 7 and a game where we rested the starters. That comment was made out of pure ignorance to what happened last year.  He chose a little fact, and he ignored the other facts to make it seem like it was a problem.  Jeff Saturday will get a big contract this offseason or at least the franchise tag.  It won't hurt the team.  Sure, Tyjuan Hagler might have to leave, and some players might be cut, but it won't affect the team. Throw in Cato June, Nick Harper, Jason David, and Dominic Rhodes, all of whom started in the Super Bowl season left, and we had a better playoff seed this time around. Also, his comment about the Jags spending money was another dumb one.  In that case, I guess the Redskins should win the Super Bowl, the Knicks should win the NBA Championship, the Yankees should win the World Series, and USC should win the BCS National Championship Game.  The teams that spend the most money don't always win the most games.  It's not how much money you spend.  It's how wisely you spend it.  The Colts signing Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, Dwight Freeney, and Bob Sanders to big contracts is better than giving players like Jerry Porter big contracts.  These players are proven stars.  Jerry Porter hasn't done anything recently to deserve that contract. Good teams don't spend money in the offseason on big name free agents.  Look at the Patriots.  They have drafted well over the past 8 years and made smart trades to get Welker and Moss, and they did great last year.  The Chargers did well drafting LT, Luis Castillo, Shawne Merriman, Antonio Cromartie, and signing Antonio Gates as an undrafted free agent.  The Giants drafted Corey Webster, Justin Tuck, Brandon Jacobs, Gibril Wilson, Osi Umenyiora, Michael Strahan, Ahmad Bradshaw, and made a draft day trade for Eli Manning.  All of these guys were key to the Super Bowl victory. My point is, signing big name players in free agency does not make a winner.  Sure, the good teams all have some players that were acquired through free agency.  The Colts have Adam Vinatieri.  The Patriots have Rodney Harrison.  The Giants have Plaxico Burress.  However, none of these teams have been out signing every big name free agent that comes their way.  That's what the Raiders do.  They get players like Javon Walker and suck.  Free agency is not the way to build a team.  Drafting well and making smart personnel moves is. So to sum it up, Mike Florio is as knowledgable as a five year old in Pakistan about the NFL and the game of football in general. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:56:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299955 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299955 Fantasy Sports Girl Katie checks out how the Super Bowl Champion New York giants are looking going into training camp this year. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:11:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299580 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299580 Sources say that talks between Giants WR Plaxico Burress and the team are going nowhere, and the situation is not going to get resolved anytime soon. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that while talks are ongoing, the sides may soon break off talks becuase of the lack of progress between Burress' agent Drew Rosenhaus and the team. The sides are still far apart according to the report today. Burress still has three seasons left on his deal, but wants a hefty upgrade to about $9 mil per season. Right now he is not practicing with the team, but says that is due to an ankle injury, not the fact he's not happy with the money he's making. "I'm going to move on from that," he said on Monday about having a new deal by now. "I'm just going to go out and keep being consistent and take my game to the next level, try to be great week-in and week-out." It will be interesting to see if the Burress saga continues into the season, or if the sides quickly come to common ground as the season nears and Burress' ankle quickly heals. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299264 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299264 Sources say that talks between Giants WR Plaxico Burress and the team are going nowhere, and the situation is not going to get resolved anytime soon. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that while talks are ongoing, the sides may soon break off talks becuase of the lack of progress between Burress' agent Drew Rosenhaus and the team. The sides are still far apart according to the report today. Burress still has three seasons left on his deal, but wants a hefty upgrade to about $9 mil per season. Right now he is not practicing with the team, but says that is due to an ankle injury, not the fact he's not happy with the money he's making. "I'm going to move on from that," he said on Monday about having a new deal by now. "I'm just going to go out and keep being consistent and take my game to the next level, try to be great week-in and week-out." It will be interesting to see if the Burress saga continues into the season, or if the sides quickly come to common ground as the season nears and Burress' ankle quickly heals. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299264 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299264 It?s late July and that means fantasy football is getting ready to kick off.. Some players are going to come out of nowhere and flat out dominate. Some older players who used to be studs will fall off and some players will be affected by a coaching staff change or a quarterback that leaves town. It is all ways wise to do some research before walking into a draft. The NFL is a copy cat league and there are some trends popping up fantasy owners should keep their eyes on. First running back by committee a lot have teams have made the switch. Darren McFadden or Justin Fargas would be fine backs to have but both players will split time at least early on and they will take carries away from each other. The only team that can pull that off is Jacksonville Fred Taylor and MJD are both worthy of consideration. When looking for a back stay away from Denver, Miami, Tampa Bay, Tennessee and Detroit. The fullback is dead and has given birth to the slot receiver. Wes Welker redefined the position last year and put up crazy fantasy numbers. Expect more teams to follow the trend. If you have a receiver go down to injury or some of them end up on the same bye week you can find value on the waiver wire. The third wide out on a pass happy team won?t be a long term solution but can get you by in a stop gap situation. Last but not least teams that have classified their quarterbacks as game managers are teams that don?t have a fantasy worthy quarterback. Game Manager means 10 of 17 passing 123 yards and no touchdowns. When you think game manager think Damon Huard. Be aware of the unstable quarterback situations in Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Baltimore and San Francisco. Quarterback 1.Tom Brady- New England Patriots 2.Peyton Manning- Indianapolis Colts 3.Tony Romo- Dallas Cowboys 4.Carson Palmer- Cincinnati Bengals 5.Drew Brees- New Orleans Saints 6. Derek Anderson- Cleveland Browns 7.Eli Manning- New York Giants 8.Ben Roethisberger - Pittsburgh Steelers 9.Phillip Rivers- San Diego Chargers 10.Marc Bulger- St. Louis Rams 11.Donavon McNabb- Philadelphia Eagles 12. Matt Hasselbeck- Seattle Seahawks 13.Jake Delhomme- Carolina Panthers 14.Jeff Garcia- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15. Matt Lienart - Arizona Cardinals Running back 1.Ladanian Tomlinson- San Diego Chargers 2.Adrian Peterson- Minnesota Vikings 3.Brian Westbrook- Philadelphia Eagles 4. Marion Barber- Dallas Cowboys 5.Steven Jackson- St. Louis Rams 6.Larry Johnson- Kansas City Chiefs 7.Frank Gore- San Francisco 49ers 8.Joesph Addai- Indianapolis Colts 9.Clinton Portis- Washington Redskins 10.Marshawn Lynch- Buffalo Bills 11.Ryan Grant- Green Bay Packers 12.Willie Parker- Pittsburgh Steelers 13.Willis McGahee- Baltimore Ravens 14.Jamal Lewis- Cleveland Browns 15.Michael Turner- Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver 1.Randy Moss- New England Patriots 2.Terrell Owens- Dallas Cowboys 3.Andre Johnson- Houston Texans 4.Reggie Wayne- Indianapolis Colts 5.Braylon Edwards- Cleveland Browns 6.Chad Johnson- Cincinnati Bengals 7.Marques Colston- New Orleans Saints 8.Steve Smith- Carolina Panthers 9.Larry Fitzgerald- Arizona Cardinals 10.Plaxico Burress- New York Giants 11.Torry Holt- St. Louis Rams 12.Wes Welker- New England Patriots 13. T.J. Houshmandzadeh- Cincinnati Bengals 14.Roy Williams- Detroit Lions 15.Dwayne Bowe- Kansas City Chiefs Tight end 1.Antonio Gates- San Diego Chargers 2.Jason Witten- Dallas Cowboys 3.Tony Gonzalez- Kansas City Chiefs 4.Todd Heap- Baltimore Ravens 5.Jeremy Shockey- New Orleans Saints 6.Kellen Winslow- Cleveland Browns 7.Chris Cooley- Washington Redskins 8.Heath Miller- Pittsburgh Steelers 9. Ben Watson- New England Patriots 10.Dallas Clark- Indianapolis Colts 11Vernon Davis- San Francisco 49ers 12.Kevin Boss- New York Giants 13.Greg Olsen- Chicago Bears 14.Tony Scheffler- Denver Broncos 15.Alge Crumpler- Tennessee Titans Defense 1.New England Patriots 2.San Diego Chargers 3.Minnesota Vikings 4.Pittsburgh Steelers 5.Dallas Cowboys 6..Jacksonville Jaguars 7.Baltimore Ravens 8.Chicago Bears 9.Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10.Washington Redskins 11.New York Giants 12.Green Bay Packers 13.Philadelphia Eagles 14.Indianapolis Colts 15.Seattle Seahawks Kicker 1.Stephen Gostkowski- New England Patriots 2.Adam Vinateri- Indianapolis Colts 3.Nick Folk- Dallas Cowboys 4.Nate Kaeding- San Diego Chargers 5.Mason Crosby- Green Bay Packers 6.Shayne Graham- Cincinnati Bengals 7.Rob Bironas- Tennessee Titans 8.Phil Dawson- Cleveland Browns 9.Neil Rackers- Arizona Cardinals 10.Jason Hanson- Detroit Lions 11.Josh Brown- St.Louis Rams 12.Jason Elam- Atlanta Falcons 13.Josh Scobee- Jacksonville Jaguars 14.Jeff Reed- Pittsburgh Steelers 15.Matt Stover- Baltimore Ravens Top 25 Overall 1.Ladanian Tomlinson- San Diego Chargers 2.Adrian Peterson- Minnesota Vikings 3.Tom Brady- New England Patriots 4.Brian Westbrook- Philadelphia Eagles 5.Peyton Manning- Indianapolis Colts 6.Randy Moss- New England Patriots 7.Steven Jackson- St. Louis Rams 8.Marion Barber- Dallas Cowboys 9.Tony Romo- Dallas Cowboys 10.Larry Johnson- Kansas City Chiefs 11.Terrell Owens- Dallas Cowboys 12.Frank Gore- San Francisco 49ers 13..Joesph Addai- Indianapolis Colts 14.Andre Johnson- Houston Texans 15.Reggie Wayne- Indianapolis Colts 16.Clinton Portis- Washington Redskins 17.Marshawn Lynch- Buffalo Bills 18.Ryan Grant- Green Bay Packers 19.Braylon Edwards- Cleveland Browns 20.Carson Palmer- Cincinnati Bengals 21.Willie Parker- Pittsburgh Steelers 22.Willis McGahee- Baltimore Ravens 23.Chad Johnson- Cincinnati Bengals 24.Marques Colston- New Orleans Saints 25.Drew Brees- New Orleans Saints Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:35:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298770 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298770 In the next installment of fantasy football strategy, Foxsports.com fantasy writer John Juhasz examines multiple scenarios for whether it's best to draft a running back or wide receiver in the third round. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:11:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298384 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298384 Scan the latest fantasy football articles from The Fantasy Sports Forum Experts' Blog and check out today's "Hot Chick of the Day" photo. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:15:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298339 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298339 David Tyree made a catch in high school, above, that hinted at a certain something to come. After their Super Bowl season, many Giants worked on book projects, including Tyree. His book will be called "More Than Just The Catch" (with Kim Daniels). We're hoping to run first chapters of some of the books on the blog, as we did with Plaxico Burress's book, "Giant: The Road to the Super Bowl" (with Jason Cole). Also coming soon are Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:56:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298051 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298051 Wide receivers, more than any other position, have the most trouble adjusting to the NFL game. Cornerbacks at the pro level are just quicker, stronger, and smarter than at the college level. Still, every year one or two rookie wide receivers emerge and have an immediate impact in fantasy football circles (ala Dwayne Bowe). To help you identify the rookies with the greatest potential for success in 2008, Bruno Boys staff writer Cory Steger has done his homework and presents to you the 2008 Wide Receiver Rookie Report. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:56:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297839 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297839 The Giants have another wide out on the sidelines, as veteran Amani Toomer missed practice today with swelling in his left leg. The team is already without Plaxico Burress, who is still trying to get his ankle back up to speed. Also missing the workout today was WR Steve Smith, who had general soreness. Domenik Hixon and Sinorice Moss lined up with the first team today while Burress, Toomer and Smith watched practice. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:38:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297770 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297770 After grabbing New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the first round (6th overall) and New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs in the second round (19th overall) it's time to stick to our plan and grab the best available player when the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football staff is on the clock. With the depth at wide receiver outweighing the depth at the running back position, in all likelihood when we draft in the third round (30th overall) we will be choosing from the likes of proven wide receivers. Some of the big name targets that are still available heading into round three are; Steve Smith, Marques Colston, Chad Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Brandon Marshall, Torry Holt and Plaxico Burress. To find out who Bruno Boys Fantasy Football took in the 3rd round, click the link below... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:41:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297303 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/297303