Cardinals Training Camp and I Hella Suck at Fantasy Football

Last weekend I took in Arizona Cardinals training camp at University of Phoenix Stadium. The trip was two fold: spend time with my son in an air conditioned environment and scout talent for the upcoming fantasy football season.

The Cardinals looked good and refined. I mean, I guess they did. I have no eye for judging athletic talent and my track record proves it.

In the past 20-years here are some of my more interesting predictions:

• RG3 will be better than Andrew Luck
• Matt Leinart was the steal of the 2006 NFL Draft
• Jeff George is a Hall of Famer
• Jay Cutler will lead the Bears to the Super Bowl (This could still happen)
• Edgerrin James was a good signing for Arizona
• Why did the Bears draft Devin Hester?
• Tom Hardy deserved an Oscar for Bane 
• Kirk Snyder will dominate the NBA

There are more predictions that blew up in my face but I have suppressed those memories like a Manchurian Candidate and only the sight of a Ramon Martinez rookie card can bring them back. 

My history of poor scouting should make me pick the opposite of my intuition but that takes logic and common. Two traits that I am lacking in. For example, if I have the intuition that drafting Darrius Heyward-Bey is a good idea, I should go with the opposite and realize that Michael Crabtree is the safer choice. 

So what can I expect in the upcoming fantasy football season?

Probably drafting Tom Brady seven-rounds too soon. 

Thinking that an aging Larry Fitzgerald is going to turn back the hands of time and have a huge season. Ditto for Carson Palmer and Drew Brees.

Predicting that RG3 will finally have his breakout season. That all he needed was a change of scenery in Cleveland.

Drafting any player associated with the Jacksonville Jaguars or Miami Dolphins

I'll probably pull a Lohan and be mocked the whole season...