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Week Three Update

Oh the ignored defense rises again. As if this was foreseen. Now that there is an exciting offense that can hold its own and with solid draft picks revitalizing a balding Lewis; I hope that you drafted them.

McNair will continue to be awesome all season and the playoffs are right around the corner.

Mason is an old friend and will catch his share but not a spectacular amount. He is a possession receiver. Clayton will get six to seven, but, McNair will spread the ball around like Brady and the coaches will push for the ground game to control the clock more often as an intimidation factor sets in that will scare opponents, who will have a rash of sick days taken.

Anderson was thrown a bone last week and Lewis owners need to be a little scared but he is old and an awesome fullback. Jamal Lewis may end up being awesome this year.

Heap, if he can stay healthy, will be awesome this year.

82. Mark Clayton

Clayton started to show signs of life towards the end of last year. He finished the last four games with a 100 yarder, three touchdowns, and one, a 47 yard bonus bomb.

At 5' 10", 195 he is a speedster and can be a perfect complement for Mason and McNair.

Baltimore is improving so rapidly that the team is definately looking at a strong postseason run. Billick has had to endure tons of criticism as the glory and respect he received for winning the Superbowl has eroded badly from mediocre seasons and an offense that they could never seem to get right.

Finally he has the pieces in place to make it work.

Clayton is only in his second year, but, the excitement is sure to get his attention and start his blood to boil.

There is magic in the air in Baltimore and this particular season could be a very special one for Mr. Clayton.

The defense is older and has lost some key components, but, now, there will be more balance on the team.

Jim Fassel was a good head coach and has a keen offensive mind.

Clayton may only project to six T.D.s, but, if he can carry over what he accomplished at the end of last year, and, sustain it all season, then he will crack many a fantasy line-up for his lucky owners.

79. Steve McNair

McNair is one of my favorite players. How can you not love a man that plays through any injury, rises from his hospital bed, (I'm sure he has installed in his home) to charge onto the field each Sunday and perform. I think he simply lives to play.

If Ronnie Lott hadn't removed a finger for the game, I would have said that McNair is the toughest player in the modern age.

Baltimore has championship pedigree and more then a few players on the team remember the road there.

The defense is still feared and fearsome. The O-line is solid and the running game backed up with studs.

McNair finds an old friend in Derrick Mason, a talented underachiever in Clayton, a talented giant in Moore, and a third year Cougar in Darling.

The division is very tough and the schedule no better. McNair will be facing defenses that will be looking to test his legendary toughness, but, I have a good feeling about his chances.

Lewis should be able to resurrect his career just on the hope and promise that raises the atmosphere around the Ravens camp. This entire offense is the best fielded by Baltimore since their Superbowl run.

There will have to be a lot of points engineered by McNair for them to win the division, but, Cincinnati is wounded, Pittsburgh faces a murderers row, and Cleveland is still getting their feet underneath them.

McNair is an injury risk, but, a great option for fantasy success.

16. Jamal Lewis

Baltimore is a good team.

They are in a very demanding conference.

Cleveland is threatening, but, still growing. Cincinnati needs to heal and their defense is still a work in progress. Pittsburgh is great, but, many things can derail a champion, especially, one of the toughest schedules in the league.

Baltimore is going to have a great season.

Aging players know that this is one of their last chances at glory and a cornered lion is most dangerous.

The Defense is still formidable, coached by one of the all-time best, and led by, at least, two Hall-of-Famers.

Steve McNair is a champion. He will go to Canton on the will-power it took to get his body back on the field week after week, ailment after ailment and perform; not adequately, but superbly.

He rejoins one of his favorite receivers, old but solid, and can breathe a breath of life to the shapeless clay that is Mark Clayton, and like from the touch of the gods of Olympus, we will watch a good receiver appear.

Defenses will be wary and respectful and game-plan for him.

The O-line will hold, their hearts inflamed with his passion, and swelled with the pride and responsibility they will feel in his presence.

If Anderson is used as a fullback, a role he has performed with excellence in the past, then Lewis will find new life in old legs.

And yet, how old are they?

26, and in his seventh season, 6669 yards is hardly too many. With the funk of an underachieving inevitability moving around the team in the last two years, it was almost like he was resting.

He has proven the capacity for greatness: a 2000 yard season, breaking Dillon's single game highest rushing record, and, a Superbowl ring.

With the new life, the transforming spirit of hope; I'm betting, this team will rise from the doldrums and stride the land wrapped in glory.

He's going to have a great year.

Anderson is merely an adequate backup and a valuable piece to a reconstructed champion.

Baltimore faces a difficult schedule, but, one in which their opponents will fear their coming. Now, instead of only an awesome defense, a dangerous offense has emerged in the A.F.C. North.

Baltimore could win their division.

Lewis is the kind of safer gamble that needs to be taken and I say this because many of you will be looking at him in the third and possibly fourth round of your drafts.

He's just the kind of back who will ascend the fantasy point chart in '06, seemingly coming out of no-where to lift teams into their playoffs and victory.