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NFL

Goings, Nick

CARDS: Upper Deck MVP 2002, Topps Total 2005, Topps 2005 Draft Picks, Topps 2006
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home
SENT: 10/21 RECEIVED: 10/30 (9 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Nick Goings played college ball at both Ohio State (1996-’97) and Pitt (1999-’00).
  • A seldom used RB for the Buckeyes, Goings saw his best season as a Junior at Pitt, rushing for 469 yards and catching 14 passes.
  • He’d sign with the Carolina Panthers after the 2001 NFL Draft.
  • As the only UDFA to make the squad, he bode his time initially as a special teams player and occasional 3rd down back.
  • The Panthers OL at this time were a bunch of road maulers, and with injuries plaguing the RB corps in 2004- Nick stepped up.
  • Starting the last 7 contests of the year, he pounded out 821 yards on 217 carries, scoring 6 TDs, and catching 45 passes.
  • Although oft-seldom used the remainder of his career, Nick suffered a series of at least 4 concussions.
  • He’d retire after the 2008 campaign.

NOTES:

Nick Goings is partially responsible for one of the most improbable fantasy football championship runs I ever had.

The 2004 season, I was invited by my workplace mates to play fantasy football. I was having a rough season, but I scoured the waiver wire early and signed Nick to replace Chris Brown. He paid off and the rest was history.

At the end of the season I gutted my poor performing roster, after I backed into the playoffs. My league had their playoffs unusually late- so I gambled the best team in the league would have a bunch of stars who’d be sat, and I could gun for the players who’d be playing for next season’s pole positioning. It worked out insanely well for me. I upset the #1 seed and then dethroned the second seed in the championship to secure the win- thanks hugely in part to the contributions of Nick Goings.

I had been interested in writing him for sometime- since there was a duo card of him and Brad Hoover. Nobody had any luck with Nick in the last few years so I threw this up there and hoped for the best. I was not disappointed. He wrote me a very nice note and congratulated me on my victory.

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NFL

Hoover, Brad

Upper Deck MVP 2001, #35
Score 2004, #50
Upper Deck 2001 Pros & Prospects, #13

CARDS: Topps Total 2005, Score 2004, Upper Deck MVP 2001, Upper Deck Pros & Prospects 2001
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home
SENT: 1/22 RECEIVED: 2/5 (14 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • A star at Western Carolina University, Brad Hoover played RB for the.
  • He rushed for 3,616 yards at Western, and scored 28 touchdowns over his college career.
  • Undrafted, he signed with the nearby Carolina Panthers and was moved to fullback.
  • Brad made the squad and quickly became a darling of the team due to his play, local ties, and inroads with the local community as a liaison.
  • Hoover saw action in all 16 games his rookie year in 2000, starting 4 contests.
  • He rushed for 290 yards on 89 carries, scoring 1 TD and catching 15 passes.
  • Over his career he became a stalwart blocker and sneakily dependable receiver out of the backfield.
  • In 2009, the Panthers selected a fullback during the draft marking the end of Hoover’s playing time in Carolina.
  • He retired after the season.
Topps Total 2005, #132

ACCOLADES:

  • Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame

NOTES:

So way, way back in 2004, I went back to work, hat in hand, to a place I used to work at. I absolutely hated the job, but one of the silver linings was that my coworkers immediately wanted me to play in their fantasy football league.

Tagging me as an easy mark, I hadn’t played in a few years and I was pretty raw. Unfortunately for them I still had a great hand at the waiver wire, and I took full advantage of it.

Backing into the playoffs as the last seed, I took a very unorthodox approach. I had nothing to lose playing against the most high power team in the league- so I specifically targeted players who were playing for pride, a new contract, or had more going for them then playing for a half and sitting. I cut most of my starting lineup and picked up situational starters like Nick Goings and Brad Hoover.

It paid off. Not only did I win the game, I ended up winning the championship in a major upset, angering the GM and most of the participants. It was good times.

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NFL

McKinney, Steve

totot05 mckinneyCard: Topps Total 2005
Acquired: 2014, Albany Acquisition

Seth McKinney was the Texans first free agent signee in the history of the franchise.  The Texans had a very poor offensive line in those early years, and outside of Steve McKinney and Chester Pitts, the team could find no consistency from their other starters.  From 2002-2006, Steve started every game at center for the franchise, but in 2007 suffered a torn ACL ending his season. With new head coach Gary Kubiak installing a ZBS system, he pulled the trigger on a trade to bring Chris Myers to Houston, effectively ending McKinney’s tenure in Houston.

Originally an All-Big 12 selection from Texas A&M, Seth was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 3rd round of the 1998 draft. An All-Rookie selection, Seth played guard most of his time in Indianapolis before joining Houston in 2002. After his time in Houston, McKinney played for the Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks, retiring in 2009.

A savvy businessman Seth has an eye for investments in the fast fast food industry. He was an investor with Freebirds Burritos, and owns a string of McDonalds restaurants.