#dj vance wright

[aftermidnightmarauder]

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is over 30 years old at this point. Which means I was listening to this cassette on my auto reverse walkman when I was 12 years old. 

Holy cow.

Great Adventures is most definitely one of the most important Hip Hop LPs ever recorded. While it’s not the most pc record ever released, it most definitely is mad real. Rick was always 100 percent honest, lyrical and true to the culture. 

For those that may have forgot, Rick is the OG voice on Doug E Fresh’s influential classics “The Show,” 

and of course “La Di Da Di,”

later covered by West Coast icon and game show host Snoop Doggy Dogg on his cheekily named debut LP “Doggystyle,”

and also lampooned by the Hip Hop doppelganger to Weird Al Yankovic: Bobby Jimmy...

I love Bobby Jimmy and the Critters.

The songs on Great Adventures range from uplifting to frightening. “Hey Young World” is my favorite Hip Hop song ever,

while the ending of “The Moment I Feared” traumatized me as a child. Mad real son, maaaaaad real.

The centerpiece of the LP is of course “Children’s Story.” 

A major influence on almost every story telling MC after its release, perhaps the longest single Hip-Hop verse recorded at that time and of course... There would be no Montell Jordan without MC Ricky D and DJ Vance Wright. If you’ve ever wondered, or hell, even noticed that Montell adopts a fake British accent near the end of “This Is How We Do It,” 

it’s because he’s paying homage to Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story,” and he also bit the whole damn beat.

I recently stumbled upon the 30th anniversary issue of this iconic LP and I must say, the 4 unreleased demo versions at the end of the release are kind of blowing my mind.

Hey young world, the world is yours, those words still hold a plate of weight, oh my my my...

Hey young world... the world is yours Hey young world... the world is yours Young world young world... the world is yours Young wo-ah-huh-huh-huh-urld

This rap here... it may cause concern it's broad and deep... why don't you listen and learn Love mean happiness... that once was strong But due to society... even that's turned wrong Times have changed... and it's cool to look bummy and be a dumb dummy and disrespect your mummy Have you forgotten... who put you on this Earth? Who brought you up right... and who loved you since your birth? Reward is a brainwash kid goin wild Young little girls already have a child Bad company... hey, now you've been framed Your parents are hurting... hurting and ashamed You're ruining yourself... and your mommy can't cope Hey, little kids don't follow these dopes Here's a rule for the non cool... your life, don't drool Don't be a fool like those that don't go to school Get ahead... and accomplish things You'll see the wonder and the joy life brings Don't admire thieves... hey they don't admire you Their time's limited, hardrocks too So listen, be strong, scream whoopee-doo Go for yours, cause dreams come true And you'll make your mommy proud... so proud of you too And this is a message... that the Ruler Rick threw And it's true

"You know, you know what, you know what, you know what? We like to party, like to party" (repeat 3X)Hey young world, the world is yours Hey young world"Yo peep this"

Hey Mr. Bigshot... hey, don't you look fly? But you don't have a nickel... ohhhh, my my my You've been fightin again and, you forgot why Hey kid, walk straight, master your high Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... because you make your family cry And all jokes aside, are you in good health? Hey little boy... now have you really checked yourself? You're a disgust, you know someone that I can't trust, you'd steal mom's welfare... and you'd run and buy some dust, and plus, I must say... bigshot you're not Your friends are talkin and I'm hearin that your girls are what? You didn't know? Go steal and rob And while you're at it... go get a suit for a j-awhh-ob You see you're actin like this urge is demandin c'mon, wake up... have some understandin Society's a weak excuse for a man It's time for the brothers... rap is trying to take the stand Believe it or not, the Lord still shines on you deep Guides you... and he watched you as you grew, plus past the age of... a little child, that's true But folks your age don't act like you do, so so be mature... and put the point to a halt And if you're over eighteen... I wish you'd act like an adult Don't live in a world... of hate hate hate Pull yourself together... and get yourself straight Men don't steal... hey, most don't borrow And if you smoke crack... your kids'll smoke crack tomorrow So be more mature... and kids do your chores Make your own money... hey, be proud that's yours You know why, cause that's a man... that's brains no spite Stayin out of trouble... when it comes in sight And a man never loses a fight... in God's sight Cause righteous laws are overdue And this is a message that the Ruler Rick threw And it's true

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eydika’s name list 2.0

more... names because the first name list I made isn’t enough anymore

A

Abaddon

Abbey / Abbie

Abel

Ace

Ada

Adam

Adrien

Agnes

Aiden

Akari

Alaska

Alchemy

Alec / Alex / Alexa

Alessi / Alessia

Alexis

Aliana / Alianna

Alice

Alison

Alistair

Alivia

Allie / Ally

Alpha

Alya

Amber

Amelia

Amity

Amos

Amy

Andie / Andy

Andrew

Andromeda

Angel

Anita

Anna / Anne

Annabelle / Annie

Apollo

Apple

Apricot

April

Archer / Archie

Arden

Ares

Argus

Ariel

Aron / Aaron / Auron

Arrow

Artemis

Arthur

Artis

Arya

Ash / Asher

Aspen / Aspyn

Astrid

Athena

Atlas

Atticus

Aubrey / Audrey

Audio

Auger

Auggie

August

Aurelia

Aurora

Austin

Autumn

Ava / Avaline / Avalon / Aveline

Avery / Avrey

Aya

B

Baby

Barbie

Basil

Bea / Bee

Bean

Beatrice / Beatriz

Bébé

Beck / Beckett

Beetle

Bella / Belle

Beryl

Betty

Bijou

Billie

Birdie

Bishop

Bitter

Blair / Blaire

Blaise

Bloom

Blue / Blu

Boheme

Bonnie

Bowie

Briar

Bridget

Brina

Brody

Bryson

Bunny

Byron

C

Cade / Cadea / Caden

Cairo

Cal / Calum

Caleb

Callie

Calliope

Calvin

Cameron

Candace

Canopy

Carly / Carlie

Carol / Caroline

Carter

Casper

Cassandra

Cassius

Catherine

Celia

Cetus

Chance

Charlotte

Cherry

China

Chip

Chloe

Cian

Cinnamon

Civet

Clara / Clary / Clarabelle

Claire

Clementine

Cleo

Clover

Cobalt

Colby

Colt / Colten

Constance

Cooper

Cora

Corey

Corvus

Cosmo

Cricket

Cynthia

Cyra

Cyrus

D

Dacre

Daisy

Dakota

Dalia

Dallas

Damien

Dana

Dandelion

Dandy

Dante

Daphne

Darby / Darcy

Darius

Darla

Davina / Divina

Davos

Dawn

Deacon

Deb

December

Deja

Delaney

Delta

Demi

Denim

Denver

Desmond

Dexter

Diego

Digit

Dion / Dior

DJ

Doe

Domino

Donna

Doran

Dorothy / Dot / Dottie

Douglas

Dune

Dusk

Dylan

E

Eachan

Ebele

Ebony

Echo

Eden

Edris

Effi / Effie

Egan

Elijah

Eliza

Ella / Ellie

Elliot

Ellis

Elodie

Elsbeth / Elspeth

Elsie

Elyse

Embla

Emily

Emlyn

Emma

Emmett

Emory

Erica

Erin

Ernest

Ernie

Esryn

Estelle

Ethan

Eugene

Eva / Eve / Evie

Evan

Evangeline

F

Fae / Fee

Faith

Fawn

Fawke

Felix

Fenris

Fergus

Ferris

Fig / Figgy

Finbar

Fizz

Fletcher

Fleur

Flint

Flora / Florence

Forrest

Fox

Frankie

Freya

G

Gage

Gaia

Gavin

Gemma

Gene / Genesis / Genevieve

Gigi

Gil

Giselle

Gladys

Gloom

Gloria / Glory

Goldie

Grace / Gracie

Greta

Griffin

Gus

H

Hadley

Hailey

Hana

Harlow

Harmony

Harper

Hawk

Hayden

Hazel

Hector

Henley

Henry

Hera / Hero

Honey / Honeydew

Hope

Hunter

I

Ian / Ion

Idris

Ieni

Iesha

Illori

Ilya

Imelda

Imogen

Imp

India

Indira

Ingrid

Irina

Iris

Isaac

Isara

Isla

Ivory / Ivy

Izzy

J

Jack / Jackie

Jade

Jake

Janice / Janis

Jason

Jasper

Jay / Joy

Jenan

Jericho

Jerry

Jibo

Jill

Jinx

Joan

Jude / Judith

Juleka

Juli / Julip

June / Juno

Juniper

Jupiter

Justice

K

Kaiven

Kale

Kappa

Kayla

Kellen

Kelly

Kes

Kimber

Kitana

Kitty

Kiwi

Knox

Kris

Kristy / Kirsty

Krull

Kumo

L

Laken

Lana

Lapse

Lark

Laurel

Lavender

Lemon

Lenka

Leo / Leon / Leonie

Levitt

Liberty

Lilac

Lilith

Lima

Lindsey

Locus / Lotus

Lottie

Luca / Luka

Lucia / Lucie / Lucy

Lucille

Lucky

Luis

Luna / Louna

Luther

Lux

Lynn

M

Mabel / Mable / Maple

Madison

Mae / May

Maeve

Magnolia

Mango

Mantis

March

Marcia / Marcy

Margaux / Margo / Margot

Marina

Marion

Marley

Marmalade

Mars

Martha

Mary

Mason

Maude

Maura

Maxine

Maya

Meadow

Medea

Melancholia

Melba

Memphis

Mercedes

Mercy

Mick

Milan

Milla

Millenia

Milo

Mina / Mona

Minerva

Minnie

Minnow

Miron

Misery

Mona

Monday

Montgomery

Monty

Morrigan

Morwenna

Myrtle

N

Nana

Nancy

Nasira

Nate

Nathaniel

Naveed

Navy

Ned

Nefarian

Ness

Nestor

Never

Newt

Nikki

Noah

Nora

Norma

Nova

Nutmeg

Nye

Nyx

O

Octa

October

Odessa

Olive / Olivia

Ollie

Omega

Omen

Onyx

Opal

Ophelia

Oriana / Orion

Oscar / Oskar

Otis

Owen

Ozzy / Ozzie

P

Paige

Paisley

Parker

Pat / Pattie

Paula / Paola

Pea / Peach

Pebble

Penelope

Pepper

Pepsi

Percy

Petrichor

Philippa

Philomena

Phoebe

Phoenix

Piccolo

Pip / Piper

Pixie

Poe

Pollux

Pomeline

Poppy

Portia

Primrose

Q

Queen

Quentin

Quibble

Quincy

Quinn

R

Rachel

Radian

Ransom

Raven

Ray

Razzia

Rebus / Remus

Reverie

Rhubarb

Rick

Rider / Ryder

Rigby

Rilla

Roach

Robin

Rory

Rosa / Rosalie

Rose

Roux

Rowan

Roxanne / Roxie / Roxy

Ruben

Ruby

Rune

S

Sabina / Sabine / Sabrina

Sable

Sadie

Saffron

Sage / Saige

Salem

Sam / Samantha / Sammie

Savant

Savian

Scarlett

Scotty

Scout

Sean

Sesame

Shea

Skye / Skylar

Sloane

Solomon

Spencer

Sprout

Star

Stella

Sunny

Sybil

Syc

Symphony

T

Tabea

Tabitha / Tabs

Tali / Talia

Tasha

Tate

Tau

Temper

Tharan

Theodora / Theodosia

Theros

Thimble

Thirteen

Thorn

Tia

Tilda

Tina

Topaz

Tora / Torian

Trinity

Trixie

Trope

Tulip

Turnip

Twig

U

Ukiyo

Umara

Umbra

Ursa

V

Valentin

Valerie

Valora

Vargas

Vaughn

Vector

Vega / Vegas

Velvet

Venus

Vera

Vernon

Vesper

Vinette

Violet

Vivek

Volt

W

Waverly

Wednesday

Wendy

Wes

Whisper

William

Willow

Winnie

Winona

Winter

Wish

Wren

X + Y + Z

Xena / Xenia

Xeno / Xenos

Yuki

Yuri

Zafira

Zaria

Zephyr

Zero

Zoe / Zoelle

Zona

Zyra

LAST NAMES

Abbot

Abernathy

Alton

Arcanum

Ashe

Astor

Badger

Balker

Bass

Bennett

Benton

Blake

Bleu

Blunt

Blythe

Cable

Cabot

Cain

Carter

Carver

Castillo

Choi

Clemonte

Coldwell

Collins

Colt

Craft

Craven

Crimson

Croft

Dabney

Danvers

Dayholt

Delpy

Driver

Dyer

Eades

Edge

Epithet

Epps

Evert

Farley

Fell

Fenner

Fig

Finch

Findlay

Fletcher

Foley

Fowler

Fray

Freud

Frost

Geller

Gill

Guest

Hale

Hapley

Harp

Hart

Hearst

Hooper

Hunt

Hyde

Ivy

Jinx

Keller

Kersey

Kingsley

Knight

Knox

Kraft

Krav

Laveau

Lecter

Lock / Lockwood

Lowell

Lush

Marr

Mills

Mist

Morgan

Morrison

Murray

Myers

Oaks

Patel

Pierce

Pike

Powell

Price

Pruitt

Quint

Quiver

Random

Ripley

Ryder

Sears

Sloane

Sparks

Stele

Strom

Sutton

Talbot

Tate

Thorne

Twig

Twist

Tycho

Utley

Valentine

Vance

Vaughn

Vos

Walker

Wallow

Weaver

Webb

Wiley

Wilkes

Winston

Wreath

Wright

Wrong

York

Zella

Zepeda

[markwatkinsconsumerguide]

Consumer Guide / No.72 / Broadcaster & entrepreneur, Steve Crozier with Mark Watkins.  

MW : Tell me about your background, and what did you want to do?

SC : I was born in Hertfordshire, England, and as a young child spent many summers with my grandparents in Henley, on the banks of the Thames. 

When I was six, I remember my grandad always turning on the valve wireless to listen to the BBC Home service at 6pm, accompanied by a bottle of cider.

I remember hearing Frederic Mullaly read the bulletin, and was awestruck by his voice, and the power of disseminating world events.

After the news ended, Frederic would get into his car and drive from Broadcasting House to his home in Henley - very near to my grandparent’s riverside bungalow - and drink sherry with my grandpa and grandma! 

I’d sit on the floor, just awestruck! That's when I knew what I wanted to do!

MW : How did you get into broadcasting? 

SC : Via the back door of sales. At first, I didn’t make the cut for Reading’s Radio 210; at that time, in the mid 70s, I was in TV (ad) sales in London - which was well paid. Besides, that’s where I lived and I wasn’t experienced enough to work at LBC, or Capital Radio. I had my eyes firmly on the Reading ILR franchise which was awarded to Kennet Ltd (who then became Radio 210). 

I made a tape at Roger Squires and mailed it to Kennets’ address, and made an appointment to meet with Neil ffrench Blake, who was Programme controller. We met in the Albermarle pub in Mayfair, London, and he referred me to Michael Moore, at The Sun, who was assembling 210’s sales department. News International, who owned The Sun, was part funding 210. Michael was a Murdoch Star, he hired me. 

This new team started work about six months before launch in the Filberts building in Calcot row, which was the then HQ, while the ambulance shed next door was being attached and adapted for radio, and studio use. There were three of us: David Oldroyd from the local newspaper, Linda Brookes from Capital Radio and myself. We had a large area map on an easel into which we pushed glass top pins. It was like a War Room from an old movie! 

As sales got underway, it was obvious that the actual radio spots had to be produced, so I moved to a production managers position, and we made hundreds of spots.

One week before our launch deadline, Neil ffrench Blake offered me an on-air job; Saturdays, 10am to 2pm. There was no shortage of live guests, and one of my first was David Cassidy! So, dear reader THAT’S how I got into radio!

MW : As a teenager, what records do you remember buying/collecting?

SC: As a teenager, I remember amongst the first records records I bought were Sgt Pepper, The Beatles White album, and some misc singles. They were expensive when ones only income was a newspaper round, and some occasional gardening work! An album was three pounds ten shillings, and a single was ten shillings or more.

MW : OK, let’s tune to 210...

SC : In the early days of 210, there was a huge shift in music tastes. Disco was giving way to mega rock bands (Eagles, Fleetwood Mac) and soul, R&B and funk were massive too. Soon, in the late 70’s Punk was to explode... actually, programmers and top-level DJ/ presenters (Bob Harris) hadn’t a good grasp of what was actually happening! Bob actually got into a fight with Sid Vicious at a club in London, and  “called it a day” with Whistle Test. 

Tastes and audiences were changing.

At 210, there was a calm sea of music policy, enforced by Neil. The 210 Top 40 was a slow moving list, not sales based, but tailored to fit a certain pre-determined ‘sound’ like many of the programmers in the States.

DJ tastes were being eroded.

During my time at 210, us youngsters were always on the lookout to expand. Mike Read, Steve Wright, myself and others picked up a lot of outside gigs, mostly local disco work. 

Thanks to my documentary and talk experience I got more varied offers such as British Forces Broadcasting which paid very well (I subbed for Tommy Vance) and then BOOM!

I successfully applied to audition for Esther Rantzens’  ‘That’s Life’. What a step up that would be...

MW : ...‘That’s Life’ ?

SC :  ...every couple of years or so, Esther’s reporter sidekicks would cycle-out, and replacements had to be found. To start the audition process, I spent a few weeks at BBC West London, picking out useable stories and building them into TV-worthy items. (The actual show was on summer break.) This culminated in a full TV studio recording WITH audience. Just like the real thing. There were about eight finalists (four pairs), and it was quite nerve wracking. 

Sadly, I didn’t get the part; as seemed usual at the time, existing BBC reporters got the jobs... us outsiders were window dressing for this process, but it was super fun, a great experience. As a result, I became friends with the team, and often went up to TV centre to sit in on the tapings.

MW :  Capital Radio 194 went to air the same year as LBC in 1973, but it was Capital Radio 604 in South Africa that you later joined. How did you get involved, and how did the two “ Capitals” compare? 

SC : In late 1978, a revolutionary radio station was being formed in London and Cape Town called Capital Radio. It had nothing to do whatsoever with either the South African government, or 194. Rather, it was to be based in an ‘Independent’ African State, called the Transkei. The aim was to broadcast uncensored news and music from the ‘Homeland’ of Transkei, south, and into South Africa, which was ruled by apartheid, and white supremacy. 

604′s mission was to broadcast actual, real news, and play rock and pop which hadn’t been rejected by the SA government censors. Its transmitter was the “‘loudest” in the Southern Hemisphere, but the antenna system was misaligned, resulting in a poor AM signal to the intended audience. Short-wave and FM functioned to a point in Cape Town and to and extent, Johannesburg. 

I was chosen to ship out to Port St. Johns, Transkei, and helped set up the broadcasting side. The main studio and staff base was located in a sleepy former fishing town called Port St. Johns, on the Indian Ocean. It was Paradise! It was also the first time I’d earned a five figure, untaxed salary! No outgoing except for high quality wine and spirits!

http://www.capital604.com/

MW : LBC celebrates its 45th anniversary this year - let’s look back at your time there...

SC : LBC is a book in itself! Suffice it to say that I joined as a jobbing freelance, doing late -night shifts and news, and then rapidly to traffic analyst (reporter) at Scotland Yard. This taught me London geography, almost like a black-cab driver. We then brought traffic in-house, when we added a small ‘plane sponsored by the Evening Standard, to view traffic congestion. As far as weekday presentation was concerned, I was usually co-anchoring with Philip Hodson, David Loyn etc.

My primary arc at LBC was news reading for Independent Radio News (IRN) and, for eight of my eleven years, I ran the syndicated travel programme ‘Time Off’. This was a way for us to showcase the many, varied press trip offers the station received. We were blessed with a huge audience, plus the central ability to satellite-out the components of the show, and also the entire one hour reel. 

In the late eighties, when a lot of people went freelance (off staff) we worked through our own companies/ entities and I turned ‘Time Off’ into a cash machine, selling the sponsorships myself.

http://www.geofflumley.org.uk/lbc261/

MW : Melody Radio launched with the slogan 'At last - radio without the speakers' - as a launch presenter, what was it like?

SC : In 1990, Peter Black invited me to join Lord Hanson’s Melody Radio, which I did for four years. (A TV comedian at the time called it “Quiet FM”, orr was that Radio Two?!)

Nothing much happened here...apart from having the luxury of an actual producer for each show, including Roskos’ old producer Aidan Day, who was now scheduling easy listening!!

In 2005 off I went again... another adventure; this time to Nairobi and back to my TV roots to help redesign the Kenya Television Network (KTN) I was MD and CEO, and the re-shaping was drastic. In my early days there I bought first series of ‘ER’, ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’, ‘Days Of Our Lives’ etc... paying the super cheap “Third World” rate card price. And boy did we milk it until the reels had to be returned!

PC’s and WIndows ‘95 had just come out, so we were all good! Such systems, good sales and top TV presenters, staff, and shows took us rapidly to the most watched in the land. We also had exclusive use of CNN International for news inserts and over-night programming. I was also tasked with designing two FM stations for Nairobi (population 6.5 million) which were up and running after I left.

MW : What constitutes your life now?

SC : I met my Colorado born wife-to-be in Nairobi - who was on a sabbatical from Southern California, and a career in law.

In May 1996 we were married in Manhattan Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles, and soon moved to Santa Barbara where she continued a successful career in Law, and is now the Assistant City Attorney. 

We have a daughter, now at Berkeley, and I continue with my own media and web projects and a movie and TV project in development.

© Mark Watkins / October 2018

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Juggernaut Index, No. 1: If you only drafted Steelers, you might win a fantasy title

Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell are the marquee players in a stacked Pittsburgh Steelers offense.

Historically, it’s extremely rare for two players from the same NFL team to be consensus top-five fantasy picks. Prior to this season, it had not happened since Peyton Manning and Edgerrin James of the Colts were selected third and fifth overall in 2005. Before that, Marshall Faulk and Kurt Warner each had top-five ADPs for three straight seasons (2000-02), during the prime years of the Greatest Show on Turf.

This year, Pittsburgh’s Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown are the consensus No. 2 and No. 3 players selected in fantasy drafts, which is remarkably high placement for a pair of teammates. In fact, for as far back as I can find reliable ADP data (expending minimal effort in my search), this appears to be the first time two players from the same team have been consensus top-three fantasy selections.

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It should go without saying that Bell and Brown deserve their spots. Bell actually outscored David Johnson last season on a per-game basis in full-point PPR leagues, 26.5 to 25.7. He gained 1884 scrimmage yards in just 12 weeks, which of course is absurd. His combination of vision, patience and explosion is unique in today’s game, and he does his running behind an excellent offensive line. Bell had at least five receptions in nine of his 12 games last season, and he gained at least 120 total yards ten times. If you took him first overall in your draft, ahead of DJ, no one can fault you. Bell is a machine. His injury and suspension history is a small concern — enough for me to slot him behind Johnson — but there’s no arguing against his talent or situation.

Bell is a foundational back, both in reality and fantasy. And he’s healthy at the moment, post-holdout.

If you’re handcuffing … well, don’t do that. Seriously, you should not handcuff so early in the season, unless you think the ‘cuff in question has either exceptional ability or stand alone value. Rookie James Conner is behind Bell on the team’s depth chart, and he’s coming off a decent preseason. But Conner would not approach Bell-like production if he were to take over featured duties. Le’Veon is a rare player who cannot be adequately replaced when absent.

How does the return of Martavis Bryant impact Brown?

Brown has been helped substantially by the presence of Bryant, not hurt. AB delivered his two most productive seasons, 2014 and 2015, with Bryant in the mix. Martavis is a 6-foot-4 receiver with separation speed an a 39-inch vertical. He’s a nightmare coverage assignment for any corner, and he and Brown force impossible choices for opposing coordinators. Bryant has been reinstated fully by the league, and, if he can remain suspension-free, he’s a clear every-week fantasy starter. He finished as the No. 15 fantasy receiver on a per-game basis in each of his two seasons.

As for Brown, he finished eighth at his position in fantasy scoring in 2013, first in both 2014 and 2015, then third last year. Here are his seasonal averages over the past four years: 120 receptions, 174 targets, 1579 receiving yards, 11 TDs. He, like Bell, is a machine. Brown just turned 29, so there’s no obvious reason to expect a dip in production. Again, he benefits from Bryant’s presence. Martavis has the sort of on-field gravity that creates space for everyone.

Martavis Bryant is back in our fantasy lives. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

Eli Rogers served as an effective slot option last season, finishing with a 48-594-3 fantasy line over 13 games. He’s a trusted target for Big Ben and he delivered a quietly impressive preseason for Pittsburgh. Rogers is going to have his moments this year for PPR purposes. Justin Hunter and USC rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster are in the mix for fourth receiver status, but neither has an easy path to redraft value. Smith-Schuster is a fair dynasty hold, though he battled injuries in August.

The Steelers added tight end Vance McDonald via trade with the Niners last week, which essentially killed any chance that Jesse James would have fantasy value in 2017. Head coach produced this gem of a quote on his team’s tight ends, following the McDonald deal…

Mike Tomlin on trade for Vance McDonald: Steelers TEs “not consistently varsity enough” https://t.co/JUesWDQjkJ

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 29, 2017

He’s not wrong. McDonald can certainly help, though he’s nowhere near the top of the receiving hierarchy for his new team.

Reminder: Ben Roethlisberger is great at football.

One of the under-discussed stories of this fantasy preseason is the treatment Big Ben has received from experts across the industry. Roethlisberger came in at QB11 in the consensus draft ranks at Fantasy Pros. While I can understand a certain level of concern for Ben’s health, it’s almost impossible to reconcile his rank with our collective enthusiasm for Bell, Brown and Bryant. That is, if we’re right about our projections for each member of the Steelers receiving corps, then we’re going to be outrageously wrong about Roethlisberger.

Ben Roethlisberger is a near-lock to earn a profit on his ADP. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Ben has averaged 302.6 passing yards and 2.0 touchdowns per game over the past three seasons, completing 66.5 percent of his throws at 8.0 yards per attempt. His per-16 averages are fantastic: 4842 passing yards, 31 TDs, 14 INTs. This is an upper-tier quarterback, gamers.

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Everyone no doubt knows that Roethlisberger has been much better at home than on the road in recent seasons, but that’s hardly a reason to avoid him in our game. It’s not as if he’s been consistently unplayable away from home, and I’m also not convinced those splits have serious predictive value.

The split that interests me more is actually Ben’s production with Bryant on the field. Over the past three seasons, when Martavis plays, Roethlisberger’s passing total jumps by 60.9 yards per game and Pittsburgh scores an additional 5.5 points. That’s just silly. If Ben’s receiving corps remains relatively healthy and suspension-free in 2017, there’s no chance he finishes outside the top-six fantasy QBs in per-game scoring. No chance. Book it.

Let’s not sleep on Pittsburgh’s D.

The Steelers open the season with a string of not-so-intimidating matchups — at Cle, Min, at Chi, at Bal, Jac — so this defense is a recommended hold into October. The team ranked in the top-third of the league in both yards and points-against last year, totaling 38 sacks. The signing of Joe Haden was a boost to the secondary, and linebackers Ryan Shazier and Vince Williams are both of interest in IDP leagues. This D is likely to start strong. Don’t let it go unowned.

In summary, Pittsburgh provides the fantasy community with a rock-solid QB1 (Ben), an elite RB1 (Bell), the top overall WR (Brown), a high-ceiling WR2 (Bryant) and an ownable defense. Just be glad you don’t have to face this roster in your home league.

2016 Offensive Stats & Ranks Points per game – 24.9 (10) Pass YPG – 262.6 (5) Rush YPG – 110.0 (14) Yards per play – 5.8 (7) Plays per game – 63.8 (14)

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