http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/2976 Recent articles about Jerious Norwood en-us This in depth analysis of the offensive line includes the projected starters for the upcoming season, statistics and injuries from the past season, an overview of players on the line and an outlook for the 2008 season. Tue, 13 May 2008 09:37:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266387 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266387 The writing was on the wall...but I didn't want to read what had been written. On Sunday, with the Atlanta Falcons' signing of Michael Turner, it became painstakingly evident. On Monday, it became official -- next season Warrick Dunn will not be in a Falcons' uniform. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:06:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/179827 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/179827 We take a look at Michael Turner's fantasy value in Atlanta and the subsequent impact on Jerious Norwood. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:18:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/178417 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/178417 Free agency has begun in the NFL, which means personnel moves all over the league. FantasyFanatics.com will update you on the latest movements and provide our take. It promises to be an exciting off-season and, with the NFL Draft rapidly approaching, business is about to pick up. Michael Turner, Isaac Bruce, Asante Samuel, Derek Anderson, and Bernard Berrian highlight this week's news roundup. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:23:15 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/176674 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/176674 Glen Dorsey says he'd love to be a bird. No sorry my fellow Eagles fans I'm talking about the other birds down south. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Indianapolis â€" A twinkle flickers in Falcons coach Mike Smith's eyes when he talks about the middle of a defense. As Jacksonville defensive coordinator he had Marcus Stroud and John Henderson anchoring his defense. When those behemoths needed a break, Smith sent in former Falcons tackle Grady Jackson for part of last season and in the playoffs. With the No. 3 pick in the NFL's 2008 draft, the Falcons may have a chance to fortify the middle of their defense. Louisiana State University's Glenn Dorsey could be available. The Falcons must examine extensive medical reports on the tackle. Indianapolis president Bill Polian has a long history of picking top talent. Polian scouted Dorsey when the Tigers played Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl following the 2006 season. "He was a force," Polian said. "He can do it all. He can stop the run. He can rush the passer. He can beat you one-on-one." While part of the defensive tackles' job is to take up blockers, Dorsey has shown that he's more than just a space-eater. His unit helped LSU to its BCS national championship title last season. "I'm not sure that many people can win a battle one-on-one against him in pass protection," Polian said. "To have a player that's inside like that, that is a force, that's good, a real positive." Miami has the first pick in the draft, followed by St. Louis. Both could snap up Dorsey before the Falcons get a chance on April 26th in New York. "He's an impact guy, he's an every-down guy, first, second and third," said Billy Devaney, St. Louis' vice president of player personnel after leaving his assistant general manager's position with the Falcons this year. "He elevates people around him, makes them better. ... The guy's going to be a great pro." A possible draft scenario would be Miami drafting quarterback Matt Ryan and St. Louis taking defensive lineman Chris Long. That would set up the Dorsey to Atlanta move at No. 3. "I'd love to go to the Falcons," Dorsey said. "I'd love to be a Bird." Dorsey did not to workout at the NFL scouting combine. He measured 6-feet-1 1/4 and weighed 297 pounds. However, his assortment of injuries at LSU, including a stress fracture in the right tibia, sent off a medical alert. Dorsey was at the hospital from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, getting tests. "MRI's, CAT scans, everything," Dorsey said. "(There were) things from high school that they wanted to check out. It was quite interesting." Dorsey, who plans to workout for the scouts on LSU's pro day on March 26, noted that he played in all games last season with the injury. "I know I had a hairline fracture my junior year on my right tibia," Dorsey said. "I'm not sure how the test came out." He remembers how the injury happened. "I bumped it up against something in the weight room," Dorsey said. On the field, a lot of teams have tried to block into Dorsey's knees with chop blocks. "I've seen quite a few," Dorsey said. "Most of the time you are able to slide your foot with it. But a couple of times, I just got caught in it at the wrong time." He's seen an assortment of block attempts designed to slow him down. One, against Auburn last season, resulted in an injured right knee. "It just happened in a play where a guy accidentally went high on me and a guy hit me low," Dorsey said. "It kind of twisted my knee up a little bit." The Auburn block drew the ire of LSU head coach Les Miles. But Dorsey has moved on. "I'm not concerned about it," Dorsey said. "I let it go." Dorsey seemed to take the extra medical scrutiny in stride. "I'm not surprised by it at all, there's a lot of money they put in," Dorsey said. "Even if you were not hurt you are going to be sore after all these examinations Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:08:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/170099 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/170099 The 2007 fantasy football season may be over, but it's already time to be thinking about 2008. The Fantasy Football Experts are already hard at work completing a 2008 Fantasy Football Mock Draft. Here are the contestants: 1. Rob Shaw, Lead Expert for FantasyFanatics.com 2. Dan Cypra, Marketing Director for FantasyFanatics.com 3. Phil Jean, Fantasy Football Expert for FantasyFanatics.com The rules are simple: 1. This is a standard Yahoo scoring league. 2. Each Expert is responsible for four teams, so there are 12 total teams in the league. 3. Rookies were not eligible to be drafted since their NFL teams and use are unknown. 4. Each roster consists of one quarterback, three wide receivers, two running backs, one tight end, one kicker, and one defense. 5. There are 13 rounds total. Here are Rounds 7-9! Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:43:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/78666 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/78666 This was not a good year for the Dirty Birds. The misfortunate commenced with the Michael Vick, and his eventual plea bargain leading to jail time, rather than game time. Having watched football for many years, I have heard of players quitting on teams, but never a coach quitting mid-season, but that's exactly what first year head-man Bobby Petrino did with 3 games remaining. The 2007 edition of the Atlanta Falcons will go down as one of the ugliest teams on the field, off the field, and also in the stats sheets. There were a few exceptions, of course, such as WR Roddy White. However, the majority of the Falcons helped make the 2007 season one to forget for Falcons fans and their fantasy owners. Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:50:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/77947 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/77947 Every season it happens â€" a key player gets injured or one of your fantasy studs underperforms. As a result, there are many long faces and many championships lost around the world of fantasy football. Often times, these are unforeseeable factors that directly affect our dreams of fantasy glory. With the 2007 regular season all wrapped up, FIO co-founder & editor Matt Hinzpeter takes a look back at Ten of the Biggest Fantasy Letdowns from the '07 Season. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:32:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/58220 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/58220 Come and get your week fourteen fantasy football start'em sit'em picks. Prepare for your upcoming leagues playoffs with some solid insight Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:11:24 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/40986 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/40986 I think that this is a very interesting list, but we all know who is number one. 1.Devin Hester 2.Josh Cribbs 3.Pacman Jones 4.Leon Washington 5.Darren Sproles 6.Roscoe Parrish 7.Jacoby Jones 8.Maurice Jones-Drew 9.Jerious Norwood 10.Nate Burleson 11.Allen Rossum 12.Yamon Figurs 13.Ted Ginn Jr. 14.Dante Hall 15.Steve Breaston Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:38:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/39277 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/39277 Another one of FIO's weekly fantasy football columns, co-founder & NFL head Adam Allen clues you in on some possible fantasy free agents to lookout for in Week 9, including "Plug and Play," the Rookie Radar and some long stretches that could pan out. Check this article each and every week on Wednesdays. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:30:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/33880 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/33880 Waaaay back in June, I sat down and made some predictions in an article called Sleepers & Busters: 2007 Edition. One of my favorite comments I received on this article was glaringly posted on the front page of my site. It simply read: "I disagree with just about everything in this article. Pull your head out of your ass". Awesome. Now that we're smack in the middle of the season, we can get a pretty good early idea how I did. The whole point of the article was to see what players were being overvalued and undervalued. So, I will gauge correct/incorrect on fantasy points accumulated in a standard scoring league. Now, let's take a look and see if I can stop sniffing my prostate yet. Read more at ArmchairAssociation.com... Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:38:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/33613 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/33613 Listen as T- Money reviews Week 6 of the NFL Season, including Monday Night Match Up between the New York Giants and the Atlanta Falcons. He also previews Week 7 in the NFL, and welcomes FIO contributor Rob Edwards to talk some Fantasy Hockey. Topics Covered: 1)NFL Week 6 Review 2)Monday Night Match Up- Giants vs. Falcons- Plaxico, who needs practice? 3)Week 6 Preview- Defense vs. Offense-- Jaguars vs. Colts 4)Studs in Fantasy Hockey... Peter Forsberg 5)The All Away Arena? NHL in Vegas? 6)BoSox - Indians Game 7- Matsauzaka vs. Westbrook Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:37:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32172 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32172 I have a decision to make on who to make my third RB this Sunday. My decision is between Derrick Ward of the Giants and Warrick Dunn of the Falcons. Ward looked incredible in his first action in the NFL. I really think he has the potential to far surpass whatever Brandon Jacobs is capable of. His downside is that he's going to be going up against a decent running defense and this will be his first stint as the primary back in the NFL. Dunn, if he gets the carries, might put up huge numbers at Jacksonville. The Jags gave up 280 rushing yards last week against the Titans! The downside with him is that this might be the official welcome-to-the-league game for Jerious Norwood. If Norwood gets a bulk of the carriers, the Dunn's outing will be worthless. Who should I go with? You guys decide. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:05:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/27074 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/27074 Word out of Atlanta, Warrick Dunn is not progressing as originally hoped by team doctor's. Talk of missing 2 or 3 games has been mentioned. Jerious Norwood has prepared for this possibility all during camp, and team brass report they would much rather have Dunn 100% for later on in season......keep up on this info. (Dont forget, last year when used, Norwood avg'd 50 yds a game, which isnt much, unless you consider he only avg'd 7 touches during them games. He didnt have many touchdowns either, but then again, Dunn got all the goallines and was there stealing them. Thats no longer an issue now. If Dunn goes out and Norwood is a 25 touch starter, with the goalines to go with it, and also the fact that the rush its the only quality option Atlanta has on Offense, Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:37:24 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/25877 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/25877