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(So far off the board… Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, and Tony Romo)
With the fifth pick in the SG Top 50 Draft, AD Adkins selects…
Carson Palmer, Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals
I could not compel myself to take anyone else.  Sure, LaDainian Tomlinson is good, very good.  But a great quarterback–and Palmer is still a very good […]

The SG 50 is a beautiful thing. Unlike silly fantasy football leagues, where running backs who are merely average, or even way below average (I’m looking at you, Frank Gore and Shaun Alexander), are drafted ahead of elite quarterbacks (which, last I checked, is only the most important position on the freaking field), SG 50 […]

The List So Far:
1. Tom Brady, QB Patriots
2. Peyton Manning, QB Colts
With the #3 Pick in the SG 50, I hereby select Ben Roethlisberger, QB Steelers.
Ben Roethlisberger is dramatically underrated because he’s different. He plays quarterback drastically differently from anybody else in the NFL, and not only that, he’s wildly successful playing a style that’s […]

(Just to keep things clear, the first pick went to Bryan Alsworth, and he selected Tom Brady, Quarterback from the New England Patriots.)
With the second pick in the SportingGurus 50 Draft, Adam Adkins selects
Peyton Manning, Quarterback from the Indianapolis Colts
It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pretty, but I went with Peyton.  Sure, he collapses under pressure.  […]

(Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new gimmick: The SportingGurus 50. Bryan, Adam and myself will be taking turns, going down the list and ranking the best players in the NFL, starting with number one. Basically the question in play is: If you could have any player in the NFL for the next five years, besides […]

Late start today, folks. I apologize. I was following all four of my starters through their games. I’ve got one piece of great news, two pieces of good news and one piece of bad news. The great news: all four guys got a win. That puts me within striking distance. Good news number one: thus […]

After a bit of deliberation, I decided that the whole “pick up the pitchers who are playing teams that can’t hit” strategy is working well… a bit too well. Therefore, I’m not sending any starters out today. I considered Jose Contreras, but he lasted 3 1/3 innings and gave up 9 runs on 10 hits. […]

OK, I was half right. Lance Berkman and Hunter Pence did do some damage early — Berkman was 3 for 5, with an RBI in the top of the first, and Pence homered in the second — but ultimately having Shawn Chacon pitch for you is just too much of a handicap to overcome. The […]