Yup, it’s that time of year again! NFL teams have begun preseason games. Fans are gearing up for the games, buying tickets and gear, and cheering/booing players. And thousands are getting into Fantasy Football. Including yours truly! I’ve been playing a variety of NFL-related games for 8 years now, and playing Fantasy Football for 3 or 4. Yahoo! offers one of the best free fantasy football systems out there. I’ve got one set up that still has some openings. If you’re interested in playing fantasy football this year, or even trying it out if you’ve never done it before, I’ve got a good group of people together who have fun without being overly competitive or talking smack too much. Just let me know if you want to join and I’ll give you the free signup information.

In the news, Brett Favre is looking as good as ever. He actually spent time in the off season with a strength-and-conditioning coach for the first time. He’s getting older, but he’s hanging tough (as always) and is still increasing his consecutive games started record, which is an amazing 189 games! (208 if you count playoff games) Plus, just last year he had over 4,000 passing yards and has had 30+ touchdown passes each season the last two years. He sure isn’t slowing down as he gets older! And he’s still representative of the life-blood of football for the entire state of Wisconsin.

On the opposite side of the fence is Terrell Owens. He’s good, no doubt, but I don’t think he’s good for a team, even if it is the Eagles. In and out of training camp, and more because of attitude than injury, with the capstone being sent home from the training camp this week for arguing with the coach. Plus he didn’t show up with his teammates to sign autographs this week “because of his injury” (which was to his GROIN! — THAT will certainly making signing your name difficult!). He’s gotten so full of himself that the good of the team comes second to his own good, as he perceives it. He just signed a deal last year when he moved to Philadelphia for about $49 million for 7 years. So he gets picked up by a really good team, gets to go to the Super Bowl, shows long term potential for contributing to the team’s success, and gets $7 million a year…. But that’s not good enough for T-O! He’s got to try to renegotiate his contract after one year there. Talk about ungrateful and unsportsmanlike!

A good site for NFL Sports News is Yahoo!’s NFL Site. Lots of great info, articles, schedules, stats, and help for fantasy players. :-)
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