Fantasy Sports Outlook

Sunday Reading…NFL Draft, Talladega, SF Giants

Matt Loede from Panthers Gab gives his take on Jonathan Stewart, with Panthers go Running Back; Grab Stewart with 13th Pick. Oregon fans if you want to track J-Stew make sure you bookmark Panthers Gab because I’m sure we’ll get straight talk from the site.

Pro Football Weekly already has a Who will win the 2008 Rookie of the Year award? In the Ask the Experts column, Associate editor Dan Parr is the one who picked Jonathan Stewart.

The best is yet to come for Stewart, who didn’t get the chance to start at Oregon until the middle of his junior year, and he’ll get plenty of opportunities to tote the rock in Carolina. He has the size and speed to be an instant impact player in an offense that is firmly committed to the ground game. Panthers GM Marty Hurney opened the offseason by saying he wanted the Panthers to restore their power running attack, which fueled the squad’s run to the Super Bowl in 2003. Carolina drafted Stewart, 5-10¼, 235 pounds, to become the workhorse in the backfield, and history is on his side, as running backs have dominated the top rookie award in recent years. It will be extraordinarily difficult to be the difference maker that Adrian Peterson was as a rookie in ’07, but it’s Stewart, not Raiders RB Darren McFadden, who is in the best situation to become Peterson’s heir apparent as Rookie of the Year. Stewart has a better offensive line in front of him and won’t have to compete for playing time in a crowded backfield as McFadden will in Oakland.

The Giants lost last night 10-9 to the Cincinnati Reds, but not before trying to pull off a comeback.

The Giants rallied with four runs in the ninth. Backup catcher Steve Holm doubled off Todd Coffey to start things off, then scored on Jose Castillo’s RBI double moments later. Fred Lewis walked and closer Francisco Cordero entered and immediately gave up a two-run triple to Eugenio Velez and Randy Winn’s RBI groundout.

Cordero then recorded the final two outs for his third save in as many chances.

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 10 15 1 San Francisco 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 10 1

W: Belisle (1-1) L: Hennessey (1-1) S: Cordero (3)

Just a update on my Talladega picks for the Yahoo! game.

Group A
* Jeff Gordon qualified 20th
* Tony Stewart qualified 2nd
* Jimmie Johnson qualified 10th
Group B
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified 9th
* Kyle Busch qualified 5th
* David Gilliand qualified 40th
* Bobby Labonte qualified 34th
Group C
* Travis Kvapil qualified 14th
* Brian Vickers qualified 8th
* Sam Hornish Jr. qualified 37th