Aqib Talib placed on IR

[rayzor]

if anything i'd blame safety rules and college football for the direction the game is taking.

[Jangler]

FF has fuged up fans minds, just like Madden did.

[Davidson Deac II]

Fantasy football has changed the way its covered to an extent, but it certainly hasn't changed the way the game is played. NFL rules committee has done that.

[smitty_89]

I drafted Cam Newton with my 1st pick in my league and told him he better have an awesome year for me....I am the reason Cam is so good. You are all welcome.

[CatMan72]

This is good, one less cheap shot artist to deal with.

[CarolinaCatBrigade]

Cam is a fantasy. Well... that and a three sum with hot latinos.

[PantherFanOne]

Smitty will be all jacked up for this game and i can see us trying to get him the ball a lot,so i'm guessing he will get at least 100 yds.

[tiger7_88]

I love Smitty and all, but we're not going to the playoffs, and I'm playing against him in my fantasy football championship, so...

I'd settle for him being the best decoy of all time and getting like 50 yards, lol.

Wow.

This is exactly why I quit playing fantasy sports years ago.

[tiger7_88]

meh...pretty sure you don't know what you're talking about.

FF has nothing to do with the game changing and if anything it's becoming more complex than ever and is using a lot more strategy as well....but that doesn't have anything to do with fantasy football either. it's just the natural evolution of the sport that has been going on since the beginning.

it's fine to not like the idea of fantasy football, but to say it's responsible for the game changing is just conspiracy theory drivel.

I agree that it hasn't changed the game itself.

I do think that it HAS changed significantly the way the game is covered by the sports media (and not for the good).

(Edit: Seems I repeated what Davidson Deac already pointed out.)

[nickzz]

Fantasy Football changed public perception of the product, when the public has a certain view of something 9 times out of 10 the company/product is adapted to make those fans happy.

Perhaps I'm one of the few who only see it and believe it...but it's there. I won't kid myself in believe fantasy football hasn't impacted the NFL.

no.