Defense Rankings and other news

I debated whether or not I'd put up a defense rankings list or not. Truth be told I'm not. I'm just going to list the top 5 defenses for this upcoming season. 

1. Seattle Seahawks
2. San Francisco 49ers
3. Denver Broncos
4. Houston Texans
5. Cincinatti Bengals

Can't go wrong with either of those defenses. Now, some people speculate the Rams will have a powerful defense this year. I don't doubt that. It's just when I look at defenses, I look at teams that will win games. Rams offense, I just don't see it being that great. They have a new string of receivers and running backs, and even the tight end is new. Their is little chemistry with that team right now. But we'll see. In fantasy football, for defenses I look at winning teams. That way I know my defense won't be destroyed in the points and yardage category. That's just me though. Side note: It never hurts to pick up the Colts defense when they play the Jaguars. Picked them up last season because my defense was on bye, Colts played the Jags on Thursday night, got me around 40 points. Good deal there :D

So now for other news. Of course, training camp has gotten underway for all 32 teams. Heck, the Hall of Fame game between the Cowboys and Dolphins takes place this Sunday! But with the start of training camp, always comes injury. Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dennis Pitta of the Baltimore Ravens, and Dan Koppen of the Denver Broncos are already done for the season. So mark Maclin off your draft boards, Pitta I don't even think I included in my Tight End rankings and had Ed Dickson instead, and Koppen hurts Mannings stock oh so slightly, but not by much at all. Ravens signed Visanthe Shiancoe in Pitta's absence, and I've always liked Shiancoe, so put him in Dickson's place on my rankings board. 

Now, on Wednesday, July 31st the trade deadline for baseball will be up. I will follow along with all those moves and see what happens. Always one of my favorite days of the year. Especially after last year, watching the Cubs play a night game and seeing 3 players having to leave the game because they were traded. Now the Cubs have already traded Feldman, Garza, and Soriano this season. Schierholtz would be my next guess, but Cubs look like they might be done. And surprisingly, have gotten better. Now only 7 games back of .500 ball.

Lastly here, before I forget, the Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns have had a trade that sends Luis Scola to the Pacers, and Miles Plumlee, Gerald Green, and a draft pick to the Suns. Suns lucked out there, because I don't believe Scola is as good anymore, and certainly not worth all that they gave up for him. That's it for today folks! Probably post again Thursday headlining the trades in the MLB.