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(Message started by: ugley on Sep 24^th, 2002, 9:33am)

Title: Lamar Gordon starting?
Post by ugley on Sep 24^th, 2002, 9:33am

I have seen several news items saying he will start against Dallas. Any inside opinions or info? [smiley=dancin.gif] [smiley=dancin.gif]

Title: Re: Lamar Gordon starting?
Post by StegRock on Sep 24^th, 2002, 10:02am

Well, first off, here is a link to what the local daily covering the Rams has to offer up (not much yet, actually, but I would suggest following the root link in the days to come) straight off "the Gridiron Newsstand":

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Rams/0A342FE81473325186256C3E00242290?OpenDocument&Headline=Neck%20injury%20ends%20Faulk's%20night%20in%202nd%20quarter

Now, here is Fanball.com's take on the sitch... it is worth reading:

"Trung Canidate replaced Faulk, but was ineffective. Lamar Gordon took over in the fourth quarter and got the Rams on the board with a TD run on a fourth-down play. Gordon looked great; Canidate looked ordinary. If Faulk's injury is serious, Gordon is the player to get for insurance."

Personally, with all the pejorative talk that surrounded Trung all offseason and preseason, I more than lean toward Gordon if Faulk is out for an extended period.

Title: Re: Lamar Gordon starting?
Post by ugley on Sep 24^th, 2002, 10:54am

Just read a post that said Faulk is out 4-6 wks. There was no link or other documentation. [smiley=dancin.gif]Would you believe I got Gordon in the 4th rd. of a 5 rd rook/fa. draft in my dynasty league?

Title: Re: Lamar Gordon starting?
Post by StegRock on Sep 25^th, 2002, 12:00am

on 09/24/02 at 10:54:59, ugley wrote:

Just read a post that said Faulk is out 4-6 wks. There was no link or other documentation. [smiley=dancin.gif] Would you believe I got Gordon in the 4th rd. of a 5 rd rook/fa. draft in my dynasty league?

Wonder where you got that info!? ??? No reason to be revisiting that graveyard. Simply stick with the big boys, CNN/SI, ESPN, perhaps NFL.com and USA Today; check out Fanball and KFFL on a daily basis, and check out those local dailies from "the Gridiron Newsstand" when you have the time, and then discuss IT ALL HERE at "the Gridiron" with other like-minded fantasy football intellectuals. ;) Anyway, great deal on the pick-up, ugley. [smiley=smileythumbsup.gif] I am proud to have guys like you making moves like that hangin' around here. But, with regards to the aforementioned info you found, here is the latest out of CNN/SI and Stltoday.com, which was brought to you straight off "the Gridiron Newsstand":

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/09/24/faulk_update_ap/

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Rams/98E8AC23ECB9D77B86256C3E00775E4C?OpenDocument&Headline=Martz%20says%20Faulk%20is%20%22much%20improved%22

Quite to the contrary of that post you found! [smiley=hmmmm.gif]

Title: Re: Lamar Gordon starting?
Post by StegRock on Sep 26^th, 2002, 10:20am

Take a look at these three "pieces of work!" Same primary source material, all somewhat different, implicitly:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Rams/5FEF1A5BADD7CA8A86256C400014187D?OpenDocument&Headline=Faulk%20improves%20but%20still%20may%20not%20play%20Sunday

http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/0925/1436789.html

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/09/25/faulk_update_ap/

One basically says that he is probably out; another, probably playing; yet another, objectively hands-off! ::) [smiley=lickmyass.gif]