It's That Time Again...

As the Sox playoff hopes dwindle, the scar from the LeBron debacle heals (not really in Cleveland), and the kids head back to school it leads us to one conclusion...It's Football Season.

College players are reporting for the beginning of summer/fall practice and the season is a mere month away from beginning. Not to mention the super-exciting Brett Favre retirement party that has lasted three seasons is back in full swing on ESPN and the preseason starts this Sunday.

My favorite part of football season is going to be watching the 'Canes return to glory this year. But since I really have no more favorite NFL team (thanks Tebow and McDaniels) I turn my attention to fantasy football.

The debate is whether to take Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson number one in your fantasy draft, well, I'm going to go outside of the box and tell you to take NEITHER.

Instead, select Frank Gore with your #1 overall pick. Mr. Gore is from the U, so I can't officially report that I have no bias in the matter but let's take a look at history. The last two runners to go over 2,000 yards (Terrell Davis and Jamal Lewis) both came back the next season and had injuries plague them and they were never the same...why? Oh, I don't know, 392 and 387 carries in those seasons respectively for those guys wore them down. They were never the same. Beware fantasy owners, 358 carries like Johnson had last season can really break a back down--and CJ aint the biggest cat in the world, although he does have a ride that I'm jealous of.

Now why do you avoid Adrian Peterson? Well,  honestly I got nothin' there. Peterson is a beast, plain and simple. If you can stand that he's going to lose you about 2-4 points every week because of his NFL leading fumbled than by all means take him. In the last few weeks of last season it almost seemed that HE wore down, not posting double-digit fantasy points in 4 of the last 5 Vikings games. That guy might be coming back at QB, he might not, but if he does you can bet he will be taking more and more carries away from Peterson; plus Chester Taylor is no longer there to spell Peterson.

Why Frank Gore?

Well, for one he missed 4 games last season and still posted top 5 fantasy running back statistics in an offense that had a terrible offensive live and Shaun Hill and Alex Smith at QB. I'll repeat again...SHAUN HILL AND ALEX SMITH at QB. So what did the niners do this offseason? They drafted Anthony Davis and Mike Iupati to solidfy the O-line and you know Mike Singletary is going to pound the ball. The emergence of Crabtree, Vernon Davis, and Josh Morgan catching passes will open it up even more for SF. And who had the best defense in fantasy sports last season? Shockingly, the San Francisco 49ers.

Next point...take a look at that division...Seattle...St. Louis...Arizona. What do all those teams have in common? A) They suck  B) They can't stop the run C) They have all changed their logo in the last ten years or D) All the Above. D is correct. Gore gets to run on these crap defense, none of which having an offense to threaten the niners defense, meaning run run run run. That's 6 games ALONE within division that Gore should tear it up. Then look behind him, does Glen Coffee really make you worry about losing carries or goal line chances? Didn't think so. Combine the weak division, improved O-line, and Gore's ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and it's a slam dunk.

Last year people feared LenDale White would take carriest from CJ in Tennessee so much so that I was able to land him in the 2nd round (pshh haha dumbasses) and every year someone seems to emerge. What I'm telling you this year is that it is Mr. Frank Gore, take it to the bank.