It’s the middle of the off season in the NFL but there’s always something to talk about.

This week 2 Guys breakdown the contract situations of Wes Welker and Mike Wallace and which player should be higher on your draft board for the upcoming season.

2 Guys also talk about Reggie Bush’s chances of winning a rushing title and whether or not he will be a solid fantasy contributor in 2012.

Lastly, 2 Guys look at half a dozen teams that could surprise next season and examine both their playoff prospects and their players fantasy potential.

2 Guys also look at what other rookie QBs will make an impact and whether or not Cam Newton will continue to put up huge numbers in his sophomore campaign.

Lastly, 2 Guys speculate on why the NFL will never be the same after an off season that has exposed the true violent nature of the sport to the general public.

The NFL’s busy off season continued with a number of note worthy events this week.

2 Guys pay their respects to Junior Seau and talk about what contributions he made to game and how he will be missed.

2 Guys also look at the impact Jonathan Vilma’s suspension and Terrrell Sugg’s injury will have on their respective teams.

Lastly, 2 Guys look at what rookies will impact fantasy football the most this upcoming season.

With the NFL draft right around the corner 2 Guys get serious about breaking who will be taken and where.

2 Guys examine the quarterback position and how many should be taken in the first round.

2 Guys also discuss how the young class of running backs and wide receivers will affect the fantasy landscape in 2012.

Lastly, 2 Guys discuss their mock draft that can be found on 2GuysFantasy.com

The NFL’s off season is still in high gear with the release of the 2012 NFL schedule and the upcoming draft.

Frank and Evan look at some of the potential intriguing fantasy match ups based on the 2012 schedule and debate which players will benefit most.

2 Guys discuss how the extra Thursday night games will affect players and how it may affect weekly match ups.

Lastly, 2 Guys talk about the upcoming draft and free agent holdouts.

After a couple of weeks off 2 Guys jump back into the mix and cover a variety of hot topics around the NFL.

2 Guys talk about the large number of free agent running backs who remain unsigned and why teams are looking to the NFL draft to fill their needs in the backfield.

Drew Brees’s fantasy value could be affected by the absence of Sean Peyton in 2012 and 2 Guys discuss how it will affect New Orleans dynamic quarterback.

Lastly, 2 Guys weigh in on the outcomes of Bounty Gate and what to look for in the 2012 NFL Draft.

• The countdown on Rex Ryan’s job has begun.
  • When the Jets acquired Tim Tebow from Denver they just set the current coaching staff up for a huge fall. If the Tim Tebow experiment fails then Rex Ryan will not survive its aftermath. Heading into his fourth year as coach of the Jets, Ryan is under quite a bit of pressure to prop up the shaky confidence of Sanchez along with the shaky skill set of media sensation Tim Tebow. The only bright side is if it doesn’t end well, it will still be fun to watch.
• Peyton Manning will be a success in Denver.
  • I don’t know if Peyton will bring another Lombardi Trophy to the Broncos but he should be good enough for them to win the AFC West in 2012. Too often people over analyze great players fitting into systems. Peyton Manning is one of the greatest QBs of all time (especially in the regular season), and he should have no problem lifting the Broncos into the AFC’s upper crust.
• Bill Parcells should sit this one out.
  • No one who knows football can deny Bill Parcells has a great football mind. He’s one of those guys that you would like to talk football with on a Sunday or any day for that matter. But I think if he comes back to the Saints as head coach he would be making a huge mistake. Not because of the whole Hall of Fame Argument, but rather because I think the game has passed him by. The players nowadays are not like the ones he coached back in the 80′s and 90′s with the Giants and Jets respectively. They are a different breed, more self centered than self deprecating, and quicker to shift responsibility to someone else than to own up to their mistakes. It’s not really a criticism of either side really, it’s just old school vs new school at its core. And in this case I think Parcells is better off in the booth or on a beach than he is on an NFL sideline.
• The Colts are going to draft Andrew Luck.
  • Even if RG3 turns out to be better in the long run. The Colts can’t afford to take the PR hit of letting Peyton Manning go and then not drafting the QB who scouts and GMs have touted as the best QB prospect since Elway or Peyton Manning.
• Carolina will be a playoff team next year.
  • You know what the stats say, right? In a nutshell 40% to 50% of the NFL playoff field turns over on a yearly basis. Using that fuzzy logic it would seem that a couple of new teams will sneak into the playoff mix next year. Keep an eye out for Carolina. Cam will be even better with a full training camp and their defense will be better if no reason other than the fact they will have more healthy bodies.

• Randy Moss’s best days are behind him.
  • Randy Moss might still run like the wind but don’t expect numbers that rival those from his early Vikings or Patriot stints. Moss will still make big plays but he’s past the point of running a ton of plays for and with the 49ers run first offense he won’t see as many deep balls as he likes. In fact, I wouldn’t be totally surprised if the didn’t finish the season with the 49ers.
• Bounties will never end.
  • But they’ll never be orchestrated at such a high organization level like the Saints did from 2009 – 2011. The nature of the game lends itself to such vices and among small groups of players I don’t think it’s too big a deal. Yes, I agree that the idea of hurting people for additional money is wrong, but to act like all the players in the NFL are choir boys would also be quite naive as well.
• Running Backs are now officially second class citizens.
  • The days of the feature back are all but dead save a handful of teams. In fact, I am going to go out on a limb and say by the 2015 NFL season no more than 2 or 3 teams will have one feature back. The shelf life of running backs, combined with the pass happy rules have turned the running back position into a mere cog in the machine rather than the engine that used to power teams offenses.
• The NFC is clearly the power conference.
  • Eli, Rodgers, Stafford, Brees, Cam, Ryan, Cutler, and Romo. Combine that with RG3 (potentially) and a young Josh Freeman and the NFC is the tougher conference without a doubt. Certainly these things swing back and forth as seasons go by, but in a pass happy league the NFC is clearly the deeper conference at QB heading into 2012.
• Buffalo will make the playoffs next year.
  • Much like the logic I used with the Panthers I like the Bills to jump back into the postseason party next year. Mario Williams is a great signing and the Bills other free agent moves have them poised to be one of the sleeper teams heading into 2012.

Peyton Manning is off the market and the Broncos have claimed the biggest free agent in NFL History.

2 Guys discuss the impact Peyton Manning will have in Denver as well as in fantasy football for the 2012 season.

Tim Tebow will likely be traded and Evan is down on Tebow’s prospects for success next season.

Frank discusses the value that Matt Flynn brings to Seattle and what to expect from him when suits up with the Seahawks.

Lastly, Frank and Evan both agree that the value of the fantasy running back is in decline and it doesn’t appear to be improving any time soon.