The SAC Awarded Top Pre-Season Honor

HONG KONG – Michael Saclarides has been tabbed as the front runner in the 2008 edition of Meg Gangum’s Preseason Rankings.  Brendon Cleary and Jason Mangum round out the top 3, in a very deep and talented field.  “It’s a great honor to receive the #1 ranking in such a competitive league as the Fools,” Sac says using a phone card outside a local 7 eleven.   

Meg Gangum's Preseason Rankings:

1. Sac           91

2. Cleary    89

3. Mase      88

4. Drew       87

5. Mirt        85

6. Stew     84

7. Meg       83

8. Fulge     81

9. Teague 80

10.  Teal    75

11. Wiley 74

12. Carp  70

The scale is based on the standard grading system of the following:

93-100 A

85-92  B

77-84  C

70-76  D

69>      F

Bolstering the reign of Sac’s perch on top of the rankings are 2 undervalued WR’s in the draft due to suspension.  Steve Smith and Brandon Marshall were taken with the 29^th and 53^rd overall picks respectively.  Granted Smith is out for 2 games, but Marshall’s suspension was reduced to 1 game and by week 3 the Sac will have 3 elite WR’s without using a 1^st or 2^nd round draft pick to get them.  With those picks Sac selected 2 top tier RB’s as Peterson (2^ndoverall in most mock drafts) fell to 5, and MJD was available at 20.  Dallas Clark should see nothing but increased production with the loss of Ben Utecht, and Shanahan will give Cutler plenty of opportunities to be successful and put up good numbers.  The only question mark lies at the utility position, where there is a crowd of unproven #2 WR’s along with a decent option in Anthony Gonzalez, although a #3 WR.

The rest of the field isn’t too far behind and there are plenty of good teams that can bring home the championship.  Brendon Cleary celebrates a strong finish in baseball with a great kickoff to the football season.  Clinton Portis and Marion Barber highlight an impressive roster of dynamic players.  Sidney Rice and Kenny Watson are two sleepers that could have a big impact and a healthy Anquan Boldin should bounce back and benefit greatly from Warner as the starting QB.

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