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		<title>BSN Nitrix for Your Physical Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.crookednecks.org/2010/05/30/bsn-nitrix-for-your-physical-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 01:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are on diet you have to follow a tough schedule to reduce weight that can hamper your health at large because you will become weak. That weakness will infuse lethargy to do anything in your physique. Therefore, in cases like these such as if you have to look like a model or you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are on diet you have to follow a tough schedule to reduce weight that can hamper your health at large because you will become weak. That weakness will infuse lethargy to do anything in your physique. Therefore, in cases like these such as if you have to look like a model or you have to become muscular man, muscle growth products are available in the market. These products will spare you efforts to go through strenuous physical exercises. Similarly, if you are of the thought to lose weight and acquire modeling fitness you can get the products to lose weight. The products are <a href="http://www.strongernutrition.com/Products/Nitrix-Advanced-Vaso-Muscular-Volumizer-2760006.aspx">BSN Nitrix</a> or BSN SYNTHA-6, and you can get it at strongernutrition.com online. With these products you can perform other important tasks of life and enjoy the best health as well.</p>
<p>Products such as bsn nitrix and bsn syntha 6 are available to help you realize your dreams. These products are produced by prolific pharmacists and specialists to provide you fitness. Either you have to pop up your muscles or to lose weight without physical pains; buy products available online.</p>
<p>These products will level your physique according to your wishes. You don’t need physical efforts or tough schedule to consume them. Bsn Nitrix and Bsn syntha 6 are far more effective than mere products available in the market. These products are made online now. You can buy BSN Nitrix or BSN SYNTHA-6 with concentrated health in them because these products have been produced according to basic needs of your physical structure.</p>
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		<title>Completeness for Motorcycle Riding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For motorist is required when there are special safeguards on the way. Because the risk of using the motor on the way higher when compared with vehicles using the car. One of security for the motor vehicle is a helmet, with helmet means you protect yourself from accidents inside. Besides being a patron in your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-315" title="helmets" src="http://www.crookednecks.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/helmets.jpeg" alt="" width="167" height="182" />For motorist is required when there are special safeguards on the way. Because the risk of using the motor on the way higher when compared with vehicles using the car. One of security for the motor vehicle is a helmet, with helmet means you protect yourself from accidents inside. Besides being a patron in your Motorcycle, using a helmet while driving will shape one&#8217;s personality because of the helmet is one of the more important factors to consider in personality description.</p>
<p>Deciding which helmet is best for your motor vehicle can be a difficult decision especially when you realize how many different variations of motorcycle helmets. To determine which the best motorcycle helmet for you, you really have to decide on the type best fits your personality, needs security, as well as your budget. Now you do not need to be confused if you want a <a href="http://www.leatherup.com/">Motorcycle Helmets</a> is safe and suitable for use, please visit the site leatherup.com. These sites provide a wide variety of motorcycle helmets fit your tastes, such as the THH helmets, Bell helmets, HJC helmets, Shoei helmets, and others.</p>
<p>Many things to complement your needs other than riding a motorcycle helmet in like <a href="http://www.leatherup.com/c/Motorcycle-Saddlebags/2/151.html">Motorcycle saddlebags</a>, Motorcycle boots, Motorcycle Jackets, Motorcycle Rain Gear, <a href="http://www.leatherup.com/l/Leather-Vests/17.html">Leather vests</a>, Motorcycle Gloves and many more. This all can be found on these sites. You can choose according to size, design and shape. This site offers low prices and can be affordable to all motorcycle enthusiasts.</p>
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		<title>Hid Kits Make Your Vehicle Look More Stylish and More Secure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vehicles are one means of transportation to support all types of everyday activities. There are different vehicle that becomes an option for us, starting a bicycle to support the “Go Green” activity, motorcycle for those who need speed and fast, and cars for those who love convenient.  One thing that you have to be considering [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vehicles are one means of transportation to support all types of everyday activities. There are different vehicle that becomes an option for us, starting a bicycle to support the “Go Green” activity, motorcycle for those who need speed and fast, and cars for those who love convenient.  One thing that you have to be considering when you have a vehicle is that you have to allocate some of your money to make you vehicle more comfortable for you and for other people. The comfort of vehicles, will bring you in life satisfaction.</p>
<p>Main points you should consider the comfort of the vehicle is light, because when we travel long distance by car, of course lighting is very important. When night comes, we need to see the street lighting becomes clearer. In this case, indeed we need a good light and bright enough to illuminate the journey when night. Nowadays there is a light called <a href="http://www.carid.com/xenon-hid.html">Hid</a> Kits.  Hid kits are basically the car and the bike lights which are mostly preferred nowadays.  These lights and headlights are extremely favored nowadays owing to its wide variety of advantages for the users.  The different between the hid kits and other halogen bulbs is that the brightness and the radiance which is offered by these lights are not found in any other lights.  This is importance so the drivers can feel save when they drive their cars or bike in a dark place or in daily light when the sun light is very strong.</p>
<p>If you want to have one of the hid kits, you can ask to your garage man.  Or you can visit carid.com to found one.  This site is a site that offers a lot of hid kits for your bike or cars.  They are providing cheap hid kits for any brand of the cars or bike, such as KIA Hid Kit, Lincoln Hid kit, Honda Hid kit and other famous brands.  But it is advisable for you to ask the professional mechanics also to put this hid kits on your vehicle.  This is because once you installed these lights; it will make your vehicles changes.  It will looks like your vehicle stand apart from the rest. With Hid kits, your vehicle will look more stylish and more secure.</p>
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		<title>2010 Fantasy Baseball Rankings &#8211; Third Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth report in the series of our 2010 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of third base. Third base appears to have the shallowest depth of all the positions this season with a solid top tier of players and few players with any upside later in the draft.
The following players offer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the fifth report in the series of our 2010 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of third base. Third base appears to have the shallowest depth of all the positions this season with a solid top tier of players and few players with any upside later in the draft.</p>
<p>The following players offer additional flexibility by qualifying at two or more positions. Guys like Pablo Sandoval, Jorge Cantu, Mark DeRosa, Chase Headley, Jhonny Peralta, Mark Teahen, Garrett Atkins and Jake Fox are worth considering if you have them ranked closely with another player on your draft board. If I have two players that are rated close together, I will usually give the nod to the player that qualifies at two positions to make it easier to manage my lineup during the season.</p>
<p>The one player who is the biggest question mark heading into the 2010 season is David Wright of the New York Mets. Some owners are still drafting him ahead of Evan Longoria in fantasy baseball mock drafts this year which I think is a mistake. He had a huge drop in power in 2009 falling from 33 home runs to a paltry 10. He was fortunate to bat over.300 with a huge 40% hit rate which was four percentage points higher than his career best. Was never able to find his swing, recording a seven percentage point increase in his strikeout rate. Perhaps it was due to the New York Mets new ballpark and he changed his batting approach to accommodate. It could also have been all of the injuries the Mets faced coupled with the disappointing season that affected him as well. In either case, I think it is wise not to assume an automatic return to his 2008 numbers.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the 2010 fantasy baseball rankings to see where the value is.</p>
<p>1) Alex Rodriguez<br />
2) Evan Longoria<br />
3) David Wright<br />
4) Mark Reynolds<br />
5) Ryan Zimmerman<br />
6) Pablo Sandoval &#8211; qualifies at first base or third base.<br />
7) Aramis Ramirez<br />
 <img src='http://www.crookednecks.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Chone Figgins<br />
9) Michael Young<br />
10) Gordon Beckham &#8211; will provide extra flexibility the second or fourth week in the season with his move to second base this year.<br />
11) Ian Stewart<br />
12) Adrian Beltre<br />
13) Alex Gordon<br />
14) Jorge Cantu &#8211; qualifies at first base or third base.<br />
15) Chipper Jones<br />
16) Kevin Kouzmanoff<br />
17) Casey McGehee &#8211; qualifies at second base or third base.<br />
18) Casey Blake<br />
19) Jhonny Peralta &#8211; qualifies at shortstop or third base.<br />
20) Chase Headley &#8211; qualifies at outfield or third base.</p>
<p>Next up in the series for the 2010 fantasy baseball rankings will be the top 20 outfielders.</p>
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		<title>A Look Ahead &#8211; Fantasy Basketball For February</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fantasy basketball continues, and the All-Star Game is nearing, which means we&#8217;re at the halfway point of the NBA season. It also means you should have a good gauge on the players you believe in as you attempt to win your fantasy basketball league. But if you&#8217;re still looking for further analysis, we&#8217;re here with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantasy basketball continues, and the All-Star Game is nearing, which means we&#8217;re at the halfway point of the NBA season. It also means you should have a good gauge on the players you believe in as you attempt to win your fantasy basketball league. But if you&#8217;re still looking for further analysis, we&#8217;re here with our forecast to help guide you to the top.</p>
<p>(Note: All stats through 1/28)</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 1 (5 Games) </span><br />
<em>Monta Ellis, LeBron James, Antawn Jamison, Dirk Nowitzki, Zach Randolph</em></p>
<p>James is the do-everything player in this group, obviously, but he is second to last in the group in rebounds per contest, and every player in it averages at least 21.0 points per game. Ellis is one of just three NBA players averaging at least 2.0 steals per game. Randolph leads the league in offensive boards per game and is one of just three players averaging at least 4.0 per contest.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 2 (6 Games) </span><br />
<em>Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Joe Johnson, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade</em></p>
<p>This group features three of the league&#8217;s top scorers in terms of points per game, with Anthony, Bryant and Wade each averaging at least 27 points per game. Paul currently leads the league in assists per game with more than 11 per outing, and is one of only two players averaging double figures in that statistic.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 3 (4 Games) </span><br />
<em>Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, Danny Granger, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire</em></p>
<p>As of this writing, Durant had scored 25 or more points in a remarkable 19 consecutive games, which, to put in perspective, is a streak that started before Christmas. Nash is second in the league in assists per contest, barely trailing the aforementioned Chris Paul. Granger is the NBA leader in three-pointers made per game at 2.8. Bosh is easily the group leader in rebounds with an average of over 11 per game, and he&#8217;s the only one in the group averaging at least 1.0 block per contest, though Stoudemire is very close.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 4 (6 Games) </span><br />
<em>Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, Brandon Jennings, Kevin Martin, Derrick Rose</em></p>
<p>Howard leads the NBA in rebounds per game at just over 13 per contest, and is also first in the league in blocks, averaging more than two and a half per game. Rose has seen his scoring average increase over the season, and he&#8217;s nearing an average of 20 points per game, and has hit that mark in five straight contests. Gasol is hot as well, and is averaging more than 20 points per contest over his last five. And while Martin has started off slowly in his return from injury, he&#8217;s capable of filling it up on a nightly basis, especially from beyond the arc.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 5 (5 Games) </span><br />
<em>Carlos Boozer, Tim Duncan, Chris Kaman, Gerald Wallace, Deron Williams</em></p>
<p>Kaman leads this group in scoring average, and he&#8217;s the only one putting in at least 20 points a night, but everyone here averages at least 18.5. And all but Williams pull down at least 9.0 rebounds per game, with Wallace the leader at 11.0, though Williams makes up for it with an average of 9.5 assists per contest. Something else to keep in mind is that Williams also has the ability to hit the three-point shot, something only Wallace also does, though not with the frequency of the Jazz point guard.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 6 (5 Games) </span><br />
<em>Rudy Gay, Andre Iguodala, Corey Maggette, Paul Pierce, Rodney Stuckey</em></p>
<p>Gay and Maggette each average over 20 points per game, and though Iguodala is the lowest in terms of scoring average among this group at 17.4 points a night, he leads it in rebounds, steals and assists per game. However, his 6.8 rebounds per contest are just a bit more than Gay and Maggette, and Maggette is also the only player in the group not averaging at least 1.2 steals per game.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 7 (4 Games) </span><br />
<em>Andrea Bargnani, Al Jefferson, David Lee, Kevin Love, Troy Murphy</em></p>
<p>Love leads this group in boards, pulling down nearly 12 per game, but Lee is right behind him and both Jefferson and Murphy average more than 9.5 per contest. Bargnani lags in rebounds, but he&#8217;s in the middle of the group with an average of over 17 points per game, has hit the most three-point shots, and is the only one who swats an average of over 1.0 shots per game, which is surprising considering this is a group of big men.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 8 (6 Games) </span><br />
<em>LaMarcus Aldridge, Andrew Bogut, Brook Lopez, Josh Smith, David West</em></p>
<p>One of the few things a miserable New Jersey team has going for it is the play of Lopez, who leads this group in scoring at 19.0 points per game, is second at 9.4 rebounds per contest, and averages 2.0 blocks per game, something Bogut and Smith also do. Smith leads the group in steals, picking his opponents&#8217; pockets 1.5 times per game, and assists, as he dishes nearly 4.0 dimes per contest.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 9 (5 Games) </span><br />
<em>Baron Davis, Raymond Felton, Jason Kidd, Tony Parker, Rajon Rondo</em></p>
<p>Parker leads this group of point guards in scoring at nearly 17.0 points per game, but he also sprained his ankle recently, so keep that in mind. Rondo is the league leader in steals per game and is the only NBA player averaging at least 2.5 per contest. He also leads this group in assists with 9.7 per game, followed closely by Kidd, who also dishes over 9.0 per contest. But Kidd has a huge edge over Rondo in three-pointers, and is also the only player in this group pulling down at least 5.0 rebounds per game.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 10 (6 Games) </span><br />
<em>Michael Beasley, Chauncey Billups, Jamal Crawford, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis</em></p>
<p>This is a diverse group led in scoring by Billups, who pours in over 19.0 points per contest. Naturally, Billups also leads the group in assists and steals, but he lags in rebounds. Deng averages over 7.0 rebounds per contest to lead the group, and his blocks per game average of 1.05 is nearly double any other player here. Lewis is third in the league in three-pointers made per contest at 2.5.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 11 (5 Games) </span><br />
<em>Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Allen Iverson, O.J. Mayo, Lou Williams</em></p>
<p>Mayo leads this group in scoring average with just over 18.0 points per game, followed by Butler at nearly 17.0 points per contest. Butler also leads in rebounding by a hefty margin, collecting 6.7 boards per game, but he&#8217;s made fewer three-point shots than any other player in this group with the exception of Iverson, who&#8217;s played nearly 20 fewer games than Butler.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 12 (4 Games)</span><br />
<em>Trevor Ariza, Jonny Flynn, Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu, Russell Westbrook</em></p>
<p>Westbrook&#8217;s 7.3 assists per contest are easily the best in this group, well more than Turkoglu&#8217;s 4.5 per game. However, Westbrook is by far the worst at hitting three-point shots, with half of the total of Flynn, who is fourth in this group in threes made. Westbrook also leads in scoring at 15.8 points per game, but not by much, as only Turkoglu doesn&#8217;t average at least 14.0 points per contest. Don&#8217;t overlook Ariza, who leads this group in both steals and rebounds.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 13 (6 Games)</span><br />
<em>Nene Hilario, Al Horford, Lamar Odom, Emeka Okafor, Jason Thompson</em></p>
<p>Okafor is sixth in the league in offensive boards per game with 3.4, but he&#8217;s third in this group in rebounding average at 9.7. Then again, that could change overnight considering that Horford leads with an average of 9.9 boards per game and Odom is next at 9.8. Okafor also leads this group in blocks with 1.7 per contest, though only Odom doesn&#8217;t average at least.95 swats per game. Odom also averages the most assists per game at over 3.5 per contest, but he&#8217;s last with a scoring average below 10.0, a category that Hilario leads by putting home over 14.0 points a night.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 14 (5 Games)</span><br />
<em>Stephen Curry, Manu Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Andrei Kirilenko, Shawn Marion</em></p>
<p>Curry is among the league leaders in steals with nearly 2.0 per game, and he also leads this group in scoring with about 14.0 points per contest. Ginobili and Kirilenko also average over 1.0 steal per game, but AK-47 is the only one averaging at least 1.0 block per game, and his average of over 4.5 boards a night is second in the group to Marion&#8217;s average of 6.5 rebounds per game.</p>
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		<title>How to Determine Your Fantasy Football Auction Day Strategy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come up with a few theories regarding auction strategies that I think might make sense. In general, it&#8217;s obviously a good thing to have a plan(s) going into an auction; are you going to go Studs &#38; Duds or a more balanced approach?
You want to have a plan laid out of certain guys you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve come up with a few theories regarding auction strategies that I think might make sense. In general, it&#8217;s obviously a good thing to have a plan(s) going into an auction; are you going to go Studs &amp; Duds or a more balanced approach?</p>
<p>You want to have a plan laid out of certain guys you like and dislike and try to generally stick to your plan. I&#8217;m not suggesting that you&#8217;re so rigid you don&#8217;t make adjustments on the fly and react to the market, but a general outline of how you want your auction to go is huge. If you have the time, it is probably wise to have some sort of plan for both strategies so that if you know you need to go Studs &amp; Duds or Balanced, you can be flexible. I think early on in an auction you can get a feel for how it is going to flow; are people holding their cash or splurging? Normally I would say, &#8220;Do the opposite of what you think people are doing&#8221;. If people are coming in hot, blowing all their cash on the top tier guys, there are going to be good deals to be had later in the auction and you might be able to clean up if there are guys that you like still left. On the other hand, and this is the trickier one because you might not realize it until too late, if people are holding their money, you should be spending your money on the big name players and let people who hold their cash and get into bidding wars on 3rd and 4th tier players because they have the money to do so.</p>
<p>The key is to know the market and where it stands at each leg of the auction, beginning, middle and end. I think in auction leagues that are still young, the trend will be to over correct the first few years until the league gets into a groove. So, say in year one everyone comes hot and blows all their cash, look for year two to reverse and so on and so on with mini corrections each year until everyone gradually figures it out and settles in. Being on the opposite end of the masses each step of the way is where the value lies; getting big name players on the cheap or scooping up deals at the end.</p>
<p>You should always monitor where you stand during the auction in terms of cash left and roster spots left to fill. If your average $/player you have showing exceeds what the current players up for bid are going for you probably need to start spending some more cash to get who you want. If that is reversed, you&#8217;ll probably be forced to hang back as the excess cash gets spent up. Try not to ever be left with cash at the end, you&#8217;ll only be kicking yourself when it&#8217;s over, saying things like, &#8220;For the $5 bucks I didn&#8217;t use, I could have upgraded Steve Slaton to Chris Johnson&#8221;, which would have worked pretty well this year.</p>
<p>Like I mentioned, normally I would try to take the opposite approach of how the majority of the league is spending their money. The exception to that lies in knowing what kind of manager you are through the course of the season. Are you an active manager that goes out and scours the free agent market and makes a lot of pickups? Do you know when you need to trade 2 for 1 or 3 for 1, when you need to pick up depth and vice versa, knowing when its time to consolidate some depth into better talent at a certain spot? How successful are you at it through the course of the year? These are all questions you should ask yourself leading up to the auction.</p>
<p>If you are successful at those items mentioned above, I advocate going after the best top tier players you can get regardless of the market tendencies. On the other hand, if you know you have five kids to feed, a dog to walk, a needy girlfriend and work 80 hours a week, you probably don&#8217;t have as much time to manage your roster. I would then suggest going with a balanced draft approach so as you take injuries and need to make bye week moves you&#8217;re covered. The last thing to mention regarding filling out your roster, which I believe applies to either end of the equation (active or non-active manager), is leave at least one, if not two, roster spots where you&#8217;re not married to the guy. What I mean is, pick someone kind of irrelevant so that when a hot WR or key RB injury happens early in the season you can jump on it and have an easy cut. This also allows you to make an easy cut around bye weeks so you can fill you&#8217;re needs with out giving up a player you paid good money for and that you like. That said, I really kind of think that paying for the big name, best players is usually the way to go, unless you are not an active manager or people are really overspending at the top end of the auction. Don&#8217;t take this as gospel, it&#8217;s only an opinion of some things that I have found to work and some trends I&#8217;ve personally noticed&#8230;..of course every league is different, but hopefully some of the general principals remain the same and you can apply them to your next auction.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the football season has arrived, and with it, one final chance to bask in the glory of a fantasy football championship. To help you navigate your team to the title, here is a look at the players involved.
Player 1
- Drew Brees: Brees has thrown six touchdowns without an interception in the postseason, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The end of the football season has arrived, and with it, one final chance to bask in the glory of a fantasy football championship. To help you navigate your team to the title, here is a look at the players involved.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 1</span><br />
<em>- Drew Brees:</em> Brees has thrown six touchdowns without an interception in the postseason, and has averaged 222 passing yards per game. He faces a Colts defense that was 14th in the league against the pass, and 10th in passing scores allowed.</p>
<p><em>- Peyton Manning:</em> Manning has been his usual highly impressive self in the playoffs, throwing for an average of 311.5 yards per game, with five touchdowns and one interception, numbers that are even more remarkable when you consider the fact that he faced the Jets and Ravens, who were first and seventh, respectively, in the league in pass defense this season. During the regular season, New Orleans was just 26th in the NFL in pass defense, though it should be noted they were third in the league in interceptions.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 2</span><br />
<em>- Joseph Addai:</em> Addai hasn&#8217;t been a big part of the Colts&#8217; offense during the team&#8217;s playoff run, but that&#8217;s mostly because he hasn&#8217;t needed to be. He&#8217;s rushed for only 107 yards on 27 carries in two games, and caught just four passes for 27 yards and hasn&#8217;t scored a touchdown. The Saints were just 19th in the league against the run in the regular season, and allowed more touchdowns on the ground than all but three other squads.</p>
<p><em>- Pierre Thomas:</em> Thomas has run the ball 27 times in New Orleans&#8217; two postseason victories, and racked up 113 yards and one touchdown. He&#8217;s also caught six passes for 56 yards and one score, and though the Colts were 24th in run defense in the regular season, they also allowed fewer rushing scores than all but six other teams.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 3</span><br />
<em>- Marques Colston:</em> Colston was New Orleans&#8217; leading receiver in the regular season, and he is tied with Devery Henderson for the team lead in receptions in the playoffs with eight. His 105 receiving yards are just under Henderson&#8217;s total for the postseason, however, and his one touchdown also trails Henderson&#8217;s two.</p>
<p><em>- Reggie Wayne:</em> Wayne was magnificent most of the regular season, but he tailed off in the latter part of the year, and that has carried over to the postseason. Wayne&#8217;s 11 catches and one touchdown are tied for second on the team, but his 118 receiving yards are third.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 4</span><br />
<em>- Reggie Bush:</em> Bush has scored twice in the playoffs, once on a dazzling run against the Vikings, and one on a reception. For the postseason, he&#8217;s run the ball 12 times for 92 yards, and caught six passes for 57 yards.</p>
<p><em>- Dallas Clark:</em> Clark has 11 receptions in the postseason after snaring 100 in the regular season, and though he was second on the team with over 1,100 receiving yards during the regular season, his 94 so far in the playoffs is fourth on the team. He does have one touchdown catch, however.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 5</span><br />
<em>- Austin Collie:</em> Collie leads the Colts with two touchdown grabs in the playoffs, and is second on the team in both catches with 11, and receiving yards, with 175. And despite the great play of Pierre Garcon during the playoffs, don&#8217;t forget that Collie was third on the Colts in both receptions and touchdown catches in the regular season.</p>
<p><em>- Pierre Garcon:</em> Garcon is having a fabulous postseason, leading Indianapolis in receptions, with 16, and receiving yards, with 185, while also scoring a touchdown. He may be having the best postseason of any individual player on either squad.</p>
<p><em>- Robert Meachem:</em> Meachem has done little to establish himself in either of New Orleans&#8217; two playoff games, and has only two catches for 19 yards in the postseason. However, his nine touchdown catches in the regular season were good enough to tie him for the team lead with Marques Colston, and he&#8217;s clearly a boom-or-bust player for this particular fantasy football contest.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 6</span><br />
<em>- Devery Henderson:</em> Henderson has been the most productive Saints receiver so far in the playoffs, and is tied with Marques Colston for the team lead in receptions with eight. However, he leads New Orleans in receiving yards with 119, and touchdown catches, with two.</p>
<p><em>- Jeremy Shockey:</em> Shockey is battling an injury &#8211; as usual &#8211; though he has been productive in the playoffs, catching four passes for 45 yards, and one touchdown reception. He will suit up for this game, but his health will likely have a big impact on how productive he will be.</p>
<p><em>- David Thomas:</em> Thomas had taken advantage of his opportunity to play when Jeremy Shockey was injured in the regular season, and he has a chance to do that again in the Super Bowl. Thomas has caught three passes for 32 yards in New Orleans&#8217; two postseason contests, but if Shockey is not able to go all-out, Thomas could be in line for a good day.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 7</span><br />
<em>- Dwight Freeney:</em> Freeney has torn ligaments in his ankle, and he&#8217;s officially listed as questionable for the game. However, most believe he will attempt to play, though not nearly as much as usual, and maybe only on obvious passing downs.</p>
<p><em>- Robert Mathis:</em> Mathis has not registered a sack in the postseason, but he was second on the Colts in the regular season with 9.5, and he also led the team with five forced fumbles to go with 37 tackles. However, keep in mind that if Freeney is limited, as expected, New Orleans may concentrate more on stopping Mathis with chip blocks and occasional double teams.</p>
<p><em>- Will Smith:</em> Smith&#8217;s 13.0 sacks during the regular season led all Saints players, and he also forced three fumbles and intercepted a pass to go with 49 tackles. He hasn&#8217;t registered a sack so far in the playoffs, but he does have a forced fumble and interception, along with seven tackles.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 8</span><br />
<em>- Gary Brackett:</em> In the regular season, Brackett was second in tackles for the Colts with 99 stops. He also had one sack and one interception during the year. He leads all Colts defenders in the postseason with 13 tackles, and also has the team&#8217;s only sack.</p>
<p><em>- Clint Session:</em> Session was Indianapolis&#8217; leading tackler in the regular season, taking down ball carries 103 times. He was productive in other areas as well, picking off two passes, and scoring one of the Colts&#8217; two defensive touchdowns. In the playoffs, he is fourth on the team in tackles with 11, but has not done anything else noteworthy.</p>
<p><em>- Jonathan Vilma:</em> Vilma&#8217;s 110 tackles in the regular season was tops among Saints players, but he did more than just hit people. The Pro Bowler also intercepted three passes and amassed two sacks. He has amassed just six tackles in the postseason, but he also has a forced fumble and interception.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 9</span><br />
<em>- Antoine Bethea:</em> Bethea was all over the field in the regular season. He was third on the Colts with 95 tackles, but led them with four interceptions and also forced two fumbles. In the Colts&#8217; two playoff games, he&#8217;s made just eight tackles, but also has one of the three interceptions Indy has managed.</p>
<p><em>- Roman Harper:</em> Harper was second on the Saints in tackles during the regular season with 102, but led them with 10 tackles for loss. He also forced two fumbles and managed 1.5 sacks, though he didn&#8217;t intercept any passes. So far this postseason, Harper has nine tackles and one forced fumble.</p>
<p><em>- Darren Sharper:</em> Sharper&#8217;s 70 tackles in the regular season placed him third on New Orleans&#8217; squad, but his contributions to the team&#8217;s defense went far beyond that. He picked off nine passes, and more remarkably, scored three defensive touchdowns, which was one more than the entire Colts team had. He has 13 tackles so far in the playoffs, which is tied for second on the Saints, but hasn&#8217;t gathered an interception.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Player 10</span><br />
<em>- Jabari Greer:</em> Greer made 44 tackles in the regular season, and amassed the second-highest total of passes defended with 13. He also picked off two passes, and scored one defensive touchdown. So far in the playoffs, Greer has made 10 tackles and leads the team with three passes defended.</p>
<p><em>- Jacob Lacey:</em> Lacey was fourth on Indianapolis&#8217; team with 85 tackles during the regular season, which is impressive considering he&#8217;s a cornerback. He also led the team with 13 passes defended, and was second with three interceptions and scored one of their two defensive touchdowns. Lacey&#8217;s 11 postseason tackles are tied for fourth on the Colts, and 10 of them have been solo stops, which is tied for second-most.</p>
<p><em>- Tracy Porter:</em> Porter made 57 tackles in the regular season, but was around the ball a lot, forcing two fumbles, and snatching four interceptions, which was second on the team. He also scored a defensive touchdown. Porter also made the interception of Brett Favre in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship game, and is tied for second on the team with 13 tackles, not to mention one forced fumble.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kicker</span><br />
<em>- Garrett Hartley:</em> Hartley has only hit two field goals in the postseason, but both were between 40-49 yards, including the game-winning 40-yarder in overtime of the NFC Championship game. He&#8217;s also hit all 10 of his extra-point tries.</p>
<p><em>- Matt Stover:</em> Stover has nailed each of the five field goals he&#8217;s attempted this postseason, and they&#8217;ve come from varying distances. His boots have come from 19, 21, 25, 33 and 44 yards. Stover has also connected on each of his five extra-point attempts.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Teams</span><br />
<em>- Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints:</em> Picking the winner will net you 20 points in the contest, so go with your instincts. If it&#8217;s any help, the Colts are favored by a decent margin, between five and six points depending on where you look. But, if you&#8217;re playing a Super Bowl fantasy football contest, you undoubtedly already knew that, didn&#8217;t you?</p>
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