The name “Citi Field” has no substance. No pride, no history, no character. Until further notice, “Citi Field” is just the Shea Parking Lot.

It’s a parody. Don’t sue me.

Starting from the middle, we see Travis Henry moving backwards to make or fake the handoff to the halfback mother, who can pop out a boy right on the spot, or make the turn up and have a girl. The halfback could have a girl behind the line of scrimmage, but only at a 10-yard and $1500/mo. illegal procedure penalty.

On the right we see two mothers stacked on the outside, coming across to the inside. They can take a pass from Travis, but note that both of these mothers intersect with the halfback route. Here you create the possibility for two mothers with a handoff or lateral from the halfback to one of the crossing receivers, or perhaps even three mothers, with a handoff to the blocking mother, who then laterals to the crossing receiver. On the left, we have one mother on a go route for the long bomb from either Travis or a halfback with a good arm.

Finally, Travis has a keeper option, shown in gray, which takes advantage of the blocking receiver and the directional shift to the left. This produces neither a boy nor a girl, but his legs and hands aren’t what they used to be, so this doesn’t get called very often.

This one seems long overdue. People make all kinds of assumptions about what does and doesn’t happen in the rain, but I’ve never seen anyone test them — until now. At the end of the article, you’ll find a handy chart which summarizes the findings for easy reference.

Like so many of my ideas, talk and fear of the Rookie Wall was all over the forum at FantasySharks.com, and it seemed like an important trend to find if it exists. Turns out it does!

The bad news is I’m way behind on linking to my articles this season. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything very geeky. The good news is I’ve developed a new system that will help you set your lineup.

This is like features you’ll find on large league hosts that show you who other people are starting, but this goes a few steps further. For starters, I know these players, and their reputation, among other things, is built into the ranking — Big improvement over “Who Joe Yahoo! Office Leaguer is starting.” It also takes a much deeper look than ridiculous things like “98% of LT owners are starting him.”  You can also click on a name and see who people are putting ahead or behind the player.

I’m working on getting this hosted back at FantasySharks.com in one form or another. Meanwhile, check it out, and let me know what you think!

http://www.challengeeveryplay.com/ffl/mfl/wsas.php

This was the last week for the Notable Numbers segment, as I decided to switch gears and concentrate on analysis. Specifically, Who Sharks are Starting.

In the first of a pretty much defunct commentary series, a look at some of the more interesting numbers for the week.

What kind of sportswriter would I be if I didn’t throw out the occasional random list of snarky predictions?

No, of course it’s not real! That’s besides the point. This was really just an excuse for a whirlwind trip through Superbowl history. Enjoy!