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Hurricane Harvey Causes Problems for the Texans Hurricane Harvey has caused a lot of flooding over the past couple of days, especially in the Greater Houston area. The devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey are still being felt in the city of Houston, and local athletes are rallying and inspiring others to raise money to aid in recovery. J.J. Watt has raised $500,000 in 24 hours. Chris Paul, the point guard of the Houston Rockets, donated $50,000 to the cause. Team owners and managers of several football teams are donating as much as $1 million to help in the relief effort. It will take a while for the city to get back up on its feet, and it could affect the home games for the Texans. This Thursday, a game scheduled to be played in Houston between the Texans and Cowboys was moved to Arlington, Texas, where the Cowboys play. There are chances that a game scheduled to be played in Houston in Week 1 of the regular season will not be played at NRG Stadium. In the meantime, the ...

Who is Going to be the Leader? Based on what we have seen in the preseason, there will be tough quarterback battles to become top dog for several teams. Many rookies have played well, and have the potential to take away the starting job from the expected starters. Here is my take on some of the situations: Chicago Bears - Mike Glennon was set up for success, before the Bears decided to draft Trubisky with the 2nd pick in the draft. He has faltered terribly during the preseason, and it seems as though it is only a matter of time until Trubisky becomes the starter. Jacksonville Jaguars - Blake Bortles has continued to struggle, and the head coach, Doug Marrone, has decided to start Chad Henne in his place. I think Bortles will start this season, but he has not played well at all since he came into the league. Los Angeles Rams - Jared Goff will be the starter. Cleveland Browns - Cody Kessler was the starter last season, but Brock Osweiler and DeShone Kizer have both play...

Power Rankings There will not be many changes in the power rankings for this week, because most teams have played second and third string players ahead of the roster cuts. At the same time, there have been many standouts for numerous teams, and these players have helped their teams improve on offense, defense, and/or special teams. New England Patriots Atlanta Falcons Pittsburgh Steelers (+3) Green Bay Packers (+1) Oakland Raiders (-2) Seattle Seahawks (+1) Kansas City Chiefs (+1) Arizona Cardinals (+4) Tennessee Titans (+5) New York Giants (-6) Dallas Cowboys (-2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-2) Houston Texans (-2) Carolina Panthers (-1) Denver Broncos (+1) Philadelphia Eagles (-1) Washington Redskins (+1) Los Angeles Chargers (+3) Detroit Lions  Minnesota Vikings Indianapolis Colts (+1) Miami Dolphins (-5) Baltimore Ravens New Orleans Saints Cincinnati Bengals Jacksonville Jaguars Los Angeles Rams Chicago Bears Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills San Fra...

Ranking Fantasy Options Many fantasy football drafts will take place over the next couple of weeks, and I will list my opinion for the top seven players of each position in a Standard Draft. Most of these players were top players last year, but there will be some surprises. Quarterback: Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers Matt Ryan - Atlanta Falcons Philip Rivers - Los Angeles Chargers Andrew Luck - Indianapolis Colts Drew Brees - New Orleans Saints Tom Brady - New England Patriots Marcus Mariota - Tennessee Titans Running Backs: David Johnson - Arizona Cardinals Jordan Howard - Chicago Bears Todd Gurley - Los Angeles Rams Le'Veon Bell - Pittsburgh Steelers LeSean McCoy - Buffalo Bills Melvin Gordon - Los Angeles Chargers Marshawn Lynch - Oakland Raiders Wide Receivers: Mike Evans - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Antonio Brown - Pittsburgh Steelers Julio Jones - Atlanta Falcons Amari Cooper - Oakland Raiders Odell Beckham Jr. - New York Giants Michael Thom...

Sammy Watkins is a Ram Three years ago, the Buffalo Bills gave up a king’s ransom in order to draft Sammy Watkins. Then-general manager Doug Whaley traded an additional first-round pick and a fourth-rounder to move up five slots to secure the receiver.  Now, after just 37 games in a Bills uniform, Watkins’ run in Buffalo is over. In a pair of surprising trades on Friday, the Bills sent Watkins and a 2018 sixth-rounder to the Rams in exchange for cornerback E.J. Gaines and a 2018 second-rounder; they also traded cornerback Ronald Darby to the Eagles in exchange for receiver Jordan Matthews and a 2018 third-rounder. The teams and players are all affected by this trade. In terms of fantasy football, Jared Goff has another target, while Tyrod Taylor will probably have a tough time. The Eagles defense got a lot better, while the Bills' defense got worse. On the other hand, the Bills will have six picks in the first three rounds of the 2018 draft, which could be very beneficial...

Trubisky, Watson, Kizer All Play Well Friday was a mostly uneventful night of preseason football in the NFL. Patrick Mahomes,  C.J. Beathard ,   Joshua Dobbs   and   Davis Webb   all made their preseason debuts, but none had   the eye-opening performance that Mitchell Trubisky did   Thursday night. Instead, it was a night of mostly good and OK performances. Trubisky, Watson, and Kizer all played well in their debuts and had good statistics. In Houston, Watson will definitely be the starting quarterback. However, in Chicago and Cleveland, there are discussions if Trubisky and Kizer, respectively, should start this season instead of sitting out because they are playing very well.  Besides the quarterbacks, there have been a lot of other players picked in the first and second rounds of the draft who are displaying great potential. T.J. Watt racked up 2 sacks in his first game, Joe Mixon and Christian McCaffrey ran well, and there ha...

Preseason Power Rankings The Patriots defeated the Falcons in Super Bowl 51 (yes, that was already more than six months ago), and many changes were made by every team in the NFL Draft and NFL Free Agency. Numerous teams also have new coaches, who will attempt to change the culture of their football teams going into next year. The preseason has just begun, and I am going to publish my preseason power rankings based on how the teams look in terms of players, coaches, etc. Here are my rankings: New England Patriots Atlanta Falcons Oakland Raiders New York Giants Green Bay Packers Pittsburgh Steelers Seattle Seahawks Kansas City Chiefs Dallas Cowboys Tampa Bay Buccaneers Houston Texans Arizona Cardinals Carolina Panthers Tennessee Titans Philadelphia Eagles Denver Broncos Miami Dolphins Washington Redskins Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Chargers Indianapolis Colts Baltimore Ravens New Orleans Saints Cincinnati Bengals Jacksonville Jaguars ...