By JIMMY D / Coach Singetary will kick some ass by the Bay | Jimmy's archive

Vernon Davis, you took a selfish penalty and you’re mouthy, go take a shower.

J.T. O’Sullivan, you made a stupid pass and you don’t learn, you’re benched.
Anyone with San Francisco 49ers on their fantasy football roster should take heed – a new sheriff is in town. His name is Mike Singletary, he’s a Hall of Famer and he means business.

Jimmy’s NFL Gremlins picked up Davis a week ago. He is hugely talented with an ego to match. Jimmy will be dropping him pronto after he got in Coach Sing’s face Sunday in that humiliating home loss to a team quarterbacked by that stud Seneca Wallace.

If you’re desperate for depth at QB, don’t look at O’ Sullivan. Shawn Hill was at least serviceable in garbage time. How bad was the 49er defense? Lumbering Leonard Wallace caught passes out of the backfield for 43 and 62-yard scores.
San Fran gets two weeks of practice with Singletary so expect them to be a different team after the bye. In fact, keep tabs on roster moves and watch out that Monday in Arizona.

The NFC Worst, er, West is a cluster-you-know-what with the 4-3 Cardinals leading the way. As usual, 8-8 could earn you the division title and the right to get pummeled on Wild Card Weekend.

NBA season tips off Wednesday

So if LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are the consensus best players in the NBA, why on earth would you pick Chris Paul or Amare Stoudemire with the first and second picks in your fantasy hoops draft?
Because they are the best fantasy producers, silly.

Hornet PG Paul can light up the scoreboard while dominating in assists and steals. At 21 PPG, nearly 12 APG and a league-leading total in swipes, Paul tops most fantasy draft lists.

Behind him is the hulking Sun Stoudemire, whose return two seasons from a serious knee injury was impressive. And it got better last year with a 25.6 PPG average and 2.1 blocks per game to go with nearly 10 boards.

He only member of the Top 10 to wear a new jersey this year is Philly’s Elton Brand. He missed most of last year with a torn up Achilles tendon, but will he really generate fantasy gold with so many other options? Andre Miller is a pass-first point guard, but Andre Iguodala needs his shots and Samuel Dalembert needs touches.

Brand’s performance on a brand new team is worth watching in the early going. Regardless, he’s a Top 10 selection – you just need to decide if it’s closer to one than 10.

Heed the status of Wizard Gilbert Arenas and Warrior guard Monta Ellis, both of whom are on the shelf.

While there is no commissioner NBA leagues here, there are PowerStat Challenges and other fun fantasy games upcoming at FanJack.com. It’s worth a look and you’ll encounter Jimmy D playing some of the tournaments there.

Deuce could be cut loose

With Reggie Bush out and with Deuce McAllister under investigation for possible steroid infractions, the New Orleans backfield could look like Pierre Thomas and Aaron Stecker in the weeks ahead. That’s either good news for anyone clever enough to pick up those players or really bad news for the passing game since defences will be able to key on it exclusively.

Watch for the NFL rulings on as many as eight players in the next while. It might have an impact on your roster or open a slot for someone else to harvest some fantasy booty.

Malkin Schmalkin

You can all stop emailing Jimmy about Evgeni Malkin and how my predictions of doom are foolishness. Sure he’s tied with Alexander Semin atop the leader board, but Jimmy is convinced he won’t remain there.

The musings of wise men sometimes take a while to reveal themselves as truth.

Jimmy D

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