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The NFL's Good, Bad, and Ugly: Week Nine

As sports fans, we are prone to bursts of emotional rampage. We are allowed to let a big loss ruin our entire weekend and have our significant others understand...

Written by General Peppers about 20 days ago 57 reads 0 comments
The Weekly Pepper Doubleheader: Week One Fantasy Pickups

Welcome to part two of my fantasy doubleheader. Yesterday, we discussed the untradeable players of the 2009 fantasy season. Today, I'll kick some knowledge on the Week One pickups that could change your team...

Written by General Peppers about 2 months ago 196 reads 0 comments
The Weekly Pepper Doubleheader: The Fantasy Untradeables

I'll be conducting a fantasy doubleheader this week due to the importance of Week One. You ever have a group of friends, perhaps seven or eight guys? This is your crew. You guys do everything together: Football games, trips to Vegas, drinking nights, etc.

Written by General Peppers about 2 months ago 230 reads 2 comments
Monday Night Lights: Raiders, Bills Gain from Loss

Buffalo fans and Oakland fans don't have much in common. One's East Coast, the other West Coast. Buffalo fans carry an innocuous blue collar sentimentality to them, while the Oakland fan base ...

Written by General Peppers about 2 months ago 404 reads 16 comments
Bleacher Report Debate: Brady Quinn vs. Derek Anderson

This debate between myself and The Long Island Sound will be featured on InsidetheGridiron.com. A football website brought to you by Bleacher Report's own "The Rant...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 264 reads 3 comments
The Weekly Pepper: How to Manage the Early Weeks of the Fantasy Season

It's been nearly seven months since the end of the Super Bowl and an even longer wait since the more important championship game. Your fantasy league's...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 575 reads 1 comments
The Future of An Ideal World: 2009 NFL Quarterback Battles

Sitting in front of you are two girls. One was salacious and good-looking. She might have been beautiful once, but age and gravity have come into play and she is showing signs of wear and tear...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 103 reads 7 comments
My Bleacher Report Pact: No More NFL Offseason

The NFL is a crazy place. This much we know. The 2009 off-season tells us as much. We've had a Falcon escaping jail, this time without his snowman. We've had a Titan taken before his time...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 11 reads 1 comments
Savior: The Minnesota Vikings and Brett Favre Saga's Happy Ending

sav⋅ior (n.)—1. A person who saves, rescues or delivers. The word savior has become common hyperbole in sports circles, right up there with war metaphors and pop culture references...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 206 reads 5 comments
Opening Day In The Premiership:The Good,The Bad, and Aston Villa

The Good To anyone doubting the validity of Arsenal...Thomas Vermaelen says "hello." Even without his stellar header in the latter portions of the first half, Thomas Vermaelen was the man of the match...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 215 reads 10 comments
Eagles Flying Higher: Sign Michael Vick To Two-Year Deal.

CBS has confirmed that the much talked about Michael Vick saga has come to an end. Minutes ago, the Philadelphia Eagles signed the mercurial superstar to a two-year deal; one that lasts just as long as starting quarterback Donovan Mcnabb's...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 15 reads 1 comments
The Red Sox Have The Green Monster; The Yankees Have The Blue Midget

Forget PEDs. Forget steroids, and hormoned accelerated, testosterone boosted, pregnancy pausing athletes. There is a bigger advantage throughout sports, and that is because only a select few teams are allowed to have it...

Written by General Peppers about 3 months ago 275 reads 6 comments
Weekly Pepper: Steve Slaton Is 2009's Fantasy Steal

Welcome to the Weekly Pepper: A weekly, sometimes daily breakdown of the coming year in fantasy football. In today's edition, I will be documenting the biggest steal of this year's fantasy football season...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 982 reads 9 comments
The Weekly Pepper: Larry Fitzgerald is 2009's Biggest Fantasy Bust

Welcome to the Weekly Pepper: A daily breakdown of the coming year in fantasy football. In today's edition, I will be documenting the biggest bust of this year's fantasy football season...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 719 reads 21 comments
Favre Says No, But If Vick Says Yes:The Greatest Madden Team Ever

Like it or not, this is the summer of Michael Vick. If you are a member of P.E.T.A, then you will be spending the upcoming football season petitioning and protesting outside of an NFL stadium—better pray he doesn't go to Buffalo fellas...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 240 reads 6 comments
Mock Draft Day Two: Searching the Fantasy Football Metagame

In my last Mock Draft article I took a look at popular going-ons in the fantasy football world, and gave advice about why doing as many mock drafts as humanly possible is a fantastic thing...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 305 reads 20 comments
Five Steps To Becoming The "Heel" of Your Fantasy League

I have spent my entire life a die-hard fan of wrestling. I can't help it. While my friends have "grown out of it", I stay a faithful and utterly engaged smark...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 645 reads 27 comments
Coincidence: The Mysticism of Terrell Owens

co⋅in⋅ci⋅dence [koh-in-si-duhns] NOUN 1. a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence...

Written by General Peppers about 4 months ago 136 reads 11 comments
Mock Fantasy Draft: Day 1

It's official. I'm in full on fantasy football mode. I can't eat, sleep, or write articles without thinking about fantasy football. I've created a league for my fraternity. I've created a league for some online friends...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 300 reads 5 comments
Oguchi Onyewu to AC Milan: The Steal of the Transfer Season

AC Milan supporters can flip those frowns into smiles. No, Oguchi Onyewu is no Kaka. But what he is, is a world class defender that the team so desperately needed with the retirement of captain Paulo Maldini...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 583 reads 8 comments
Fantasy Breakdown Day Two: The Philadelphia Eagles

Don't take Kickers until the last round. Don't take Minnesota receivers. If a player is in the NFC North and plays the Lions twice, he should be taken a round early. These are a few of fantasy football's "unwritten rules"...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 219 reads 3 comments
Calvin Pace: Fall of a Veteran, Rise of a Rookie

Not so much a fall as it was a short stumble. Calvin Pace was suspended for four games due to breaking the league's substance abuse policy...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 417 reads 0 comments
2009 NFL Preview: Sophomore Running Backs

(This and all subsequent articles will now be available on InsidetheGridiron.com, a new website created by BleacherReport's own "The Rant") The year 2008 was a precocious one for professional(and fantasy) football to say the least...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 393 reads 10 comments
2009: The Greatest Sports Year Ever

(Pictured above are the Arsenal Youth Team celebrating a win over the Liverpool Youth Team. They would go on to win the youth league crown.) For me, this has been the best year in sports. Every so often, we as sports fans, are granted a reprieve...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 88 reads 2 comments
Fantasy Breakdown Day 1: The Dallas Cowboys

Hello, and welcome to Day 1 of my fantasy breakdown. I will be profiling each of the 32 NFL teams based on my personal fantasy projections. The teams will be broken down into 5 categories A...

Written by General Peppers about 5 months ago 163 reads 4 comments

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General Peppers Article Archive

The NFL's Good, Bad, and Ugly: Week Nine

The Weekly Pepper Doubleheader: Week One Fantasy Pickups

The Weekly Pepper Doubleheader: The Fantasy Untradeables

Monday Night Lights: Raiders, Bills Gain from Loss

Bleacher Report Debate: Brady Quinn vs. Derek Anderson

The Weekly Pepper: How to Manage the Early Weeks of the Fantasy Season

The Future of An Ideal World: 2009 NFL Quarterback Battles

My Bleacher Report Pact: No More NFL Offseason

Savior: The Minnesota Vikings and Brett Favre Saga's Happy Ending

Opening Day In The Premiership:The Good,The Bad, and Aston Villa

Eagles Flying Higher: Sign Michael Vick To Two-Year Deal.

The Red Sox Have The Green Monster; The Yankees Have The Blue Midget

Weekly Pepper: Steve Slaton Is 2009's Fantasy Steal

The Weekly Pepper: Larry Fitzgerald is 2009's Biggest Fantasy Bust

Favre Says No, But If Vick Says Yes:The Greatest Madden Team Ever

Mock Draft Day Two: Searching the Fantasy Football Metagame

Five Steps To Becoming The "Heel" of Your Fantasy League

Coincidence: The Mysticism of Terrell Owens

Mock Fantasy Draft: Day 1

Oguchi Onyewu to AC Milan: The Steal of the Transfer Season

Fantasy Breakdown Day Two: The Philadelphia Eagles

Calvin Pace: Fall of a Veteran, Rise of a Rookie

2009 NFL Preview: Sophomore Running Backs

2009: The Greatest Sports Year Ever

Fantasy Breakdown Day 1: The Dallas Cowboys

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