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"&lt;p&gt;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Recent Fantasy Clicks                                        8-14-08: Tiers Of A Fantasy Clown                                                                            8-1-08: Manny's Hollywood Close-Up                                                                            7-31-08: Contemplating a blockbuster                                                                            7-30-08: Trading places                                                                            7-29-08: Is 29 the New 40?                                                                            7-28-08: The Real Playoff Horses                                                                            7-25-08: All-Undervalued Team                                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                           7-24-08: Running to nowhere                                                                                                               7-23-08: A threat on the NBA's horizon                                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                        7-22-08: Escape from New York                                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                        7-21-08: Breaking Down Vlad, Lee and Crawford                                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                        7-18-08: Beware of the Curse of the HR Derby                                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                        7-17-08: Best advice for season's second half                                                                                                                                             7-16-08: Biggest fantasy busts of 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tiers Of A Fantasy Clown                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tom Brady: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images                                                                                                                                                                &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You'd be hard-pressed to find any preseason fantasy-football publication -- from &lt;i&gt;The Sporting News&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;ESPN the Mag&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Fanball.com&lt;/i&gt; to &lt;i&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/i&gt; -- that doesn't have Tom Brady (an NFL-record 50 TDs last year) ranked as the No. 1 QB. That's a given, especially with the mild uncertainty surrounding &lt;strong&gt;Peyton Manning&lt;/strong&gt;'s Vince Young, &lt;strong&gt;Matt Schaub&lt;/strong&gt;, Jake Delhomme and &lt;strong&gt;David Garrard&lt;/strong&gt; (more on him later) for Draft Day. How to handle this conundrum? Well, you can stick to one magazine and take its pre-draft rankings as gospel ... or you could allow me to crunch the numbers for eight respected publications -- then group the 32 presumed starting quarterbacks in six tiers (based on their average estimates): Tier 1 (4,400 yards passing and/or 34 TDs)&lt;strong&gt;Tom Brady&lt;/strong&gt;Tier 2 (4,000 yards passing and/or 28 TDs)&lt;strong&gt;Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer&lt;/strong&gt;Tier 3 (3,600 yards and/or 24 TDs)&lt;strong&gt;Ben Roethlisberger, Derek Anderson, Eli Manning, Matt Hasselbeck, Marc Bulger, Jay Cutler, Brett Favre, Philip Rivers&lt;/strong&gt;Tier 4 (3,000 yards and/or 18 TDs)&lt;strong&gt;Donovan McNabb, David Garrard, Matt Schaub, Jake Delhomme, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Leinart, Jon Kitna, Vince Young, Jason Campbell&lt;/strong&gt;Tier 5 (2,600 yards and 15 TDs)&lt;strong&gt;Trent Edwards, JaMarcus Ruseell, Tarvaris Jackson, Chad Pennington, Alex Smith&lt;/strong&gt; (big IF)Tier 6 (Does it really matter how they perform?)&lt;strong&gt;Kyle Boller, Rex Grossman, Brodie Croyle, Jeff Garcia, Chris Redman&lt;/strong&gt; \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                   Four Knee-Jerk Thoughts On Thursday's Games                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo @ Toronto&lt;/strong&gt;: How good did Marshawn Lynch, &lt;strong&gt;Lee Evans&lt;/strong&gt; (three catches for 55 yards) and skyscraper-rookie Rashard Mendenhall, were excellent at Rogers Centre, the Bills' home away from home. Dixon had one of the DeAngelo Williams led the way with 32 yards on eight carries. 4. Before you handcuff Tony Hunt as the alternative Eagle. The Penn State product rushed for 79 yards on just five carries -- highlighted by an impressive 51-yard scoring run -- albeit in garbage time.                     \t\t\t\t\t                                           \t\t\t\t\t\t                                   Not To Disparage King David ... But                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reports are coming out of Jacksonville that could be the Jaguars' No. 1 receiver to start the season, given injuries to &lt;strong&gt;Jerry Porter&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Reggie Williams&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Matt Jones&lt;/strong&gt;' well-chronicled problems with Fred Taylor (an outside-shot candidate at reaching 12,000 career yards by season's end) and &lt;strong&gt;Maurice-Jones Drew&lt;/strong&gt;. As a consolation, Jones-Drew should experience an uptick from his career per-game averages of Chris Johnson carry the rock than the needlessly hyped matchup of jaw-dropping 66-yard TD run against the Rams -- one of the fastest long scores you'll ever see.\t\t\t\t                                                                 SI.com Celebrity Fantasy League                \t\t\t\t                &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ever dreamt of playing fantasy football against a Hall of Fame safety, &lt;i&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/i&gt; football writer, Major League Baseball general manager, world-renowned swimsuit model, professional poker player or best-selling author -- to name a few? SI.com, in conjunction with click here and register today! As a consolation prize for the contest non-winners, you can create new leagues and develop newer rivals on Adrian Peterson. But, for the sake of argument, let's pretend I'll duplicate my draft slot from last year -- No. 5. With LT, AP, Brian Westbrook and &lt;strong&gt;Joseph Addai&lt;/strong&gt; likely off the board, I would confidently stride to the podium and announce ... Holdout or no holdout, I'm convinced the man is absolutely driven to rebound from a middling performance (for him, at least) in 2007. And we're talking about a bull-rushing, tackle-breaking, pass-catching fiend who's averaged 1,458 yards from scrimmage and nine TDs in his first four seasons.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t\t                                    Trivia Time                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Switching gears to baseball ... this one comes courtesy of Fox Sports Radio's Ben Maller, my favorite overnight talk-show host: Can you name the only two Major League Baseball franchises to neither have a 100-win- nor 100-loss season? Scroll down for the answer.                                        In Case Of Emergency                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In search of an unheralded Friday spot starter for your fantasy lineup, one who may bring glory in Ks, ERA and WHIP -- if for just one night? Look no further than Cincinnati's Bronson Arroyo, who has three wins and a 27-to-7 K/BB ratio in the last 30 days, while posting strong ERA (3.78) and WHIP numbers (1.02). Charting his previous five starts, Arroyo has allowed three runs or less four times. And at home for the season, Arroyo has limited opposing hitters to a .248 average, while registering 52 Ks against only 22 walks. What's more, Arroyo and the Reds get a prime chance to push a division foe, the Cardinals, further back in the NL Wild Card race.                                                                                                       Trivia Answer                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only two teams in MLB history to never post a 100-win season or 100-loss campaign are the Angels and Rockies.                                                                                                   The 'Arr' Apparent                                                    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sure, the new 'Batman' movie is on track to break all-time records in theaters, trumping &lt;strong&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/strong&gt;'s breakout vehicle, Titanic. (Ironically, I have not seen either film.) But going back to June, before TDK hit theaters, if you would've asked Angels fans living in celebrity-obsessed Southern California, \"What's the bigger lock -- a) 'Batman' becoming an all-time Top 5 movie or b) &lt;strong&gt;Francisco Rodriguez&lt;/strong&gt; bolting the team at season's end?\" ... even the most myopic Angels honk or K-Rod admirer would've quickly answered 'B.' So, what gives? Why aren't the Angels making a hard-target push to keep K-Rod (a three-time All-Star at just 26) in SoCal for the next five or six seasons, especially when he's on pace to break -- or shatter -- &lt;strong&gt;Bobby Thigpen&lt;/strong&gt;'s record for most saves in a season? The short answer, of course, is money, since K-Rod (46 saves, 2.86 ERA this season) may be seeking a multiyear deal at, say, $17 million per season. The long answer comes in the form of set-up reliever Jose Arredondo, aka The Next K-Rod (fingers crossed).Is it premature to lump Arredondo with one of the most prolific closers of all time? You bet. The comparison may even serve as an insult to Rodriguez, as well. But looking at the numbers, there are remarkable similarities between Rodriguez, circa 2003 (his first full season in the bigs), and Arredondo in 2008: &lt;strong&gt;Francisco Rodriguez -- 2003&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Height/Weight&lt;/i&gt;: 6'0, 185&lt;i&gt;W/L record&lt;/i&gt;: 8-3; 95 Ks and 35 walks in 86 innings; 2 saves; 3.03 ERA and 0.99 WHIP&lt;strong&gt;Jose Arredondo -- 2008&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Height/Weight&lt;/i&gt;: 6'0, 175&lt;i&gt;W/L record&lt;/i&gt;: 4-0; 32 Ks and 13 walks in 39 innings; 0.92 ERA and 0.99 WHIPThe verdict: Assuming K-Rod is playing elsewhere in '09, Arredondo has the potential to post 32-36 saves on the contending Angels, with a 2.31 ERA and 1.19 WHIP next season (comparable numbers to K-Rod's first season as Anaheim's closer in 2004).                                                                                                                          I Cannot Leave Without Saying ...                                &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That, in this high-tech age of The Rose Bowl -- is one thing, but it's only August and the Heniz Field and Lincoln Financial Field surfaces are already in their unplayable-in-December state. Seriously, what's the holdup in installing FieldTurf at both places? Watching Carolina-Philadelphia battle on The Linc's chewed-up field last night (granted, it was pouring rain; but that's no excuse) was brutal, for sure. But nothing could ever supplant the nausea surrounding the Mud Bowl ... or &lt;strong&gt;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle&lt;/strong&gt;'s Santonio Holmes by late October -- before "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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