A man . . . sees a unicorn cross his path and disappear. That in itself is startling, but there are precedents for mystical encounters of various kinds . . . until — “My God,” says a second man, “I must be dreaming, I thought I saw a unicorn.” At which point, a dimension is added that makes the experience as alarming as it will…...

Dan: I’m older, and I’m much less friendly to $%#@ing change. Al Swearengen: Change ain’t lookin’ for friends. Change calls the tune we dance to. — Deadwood Rest-of-season rankings felt like the appropriate frame for this week’s Zero RB Universe. Nothing distills the backward- and forward-looking elements of RB evaluation quite like having to rank the players ROS. To understand where the backfields have gone…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the weekly plan, broaches the important questions in the podcast preview, and explains how subscribers can use the RotoViz tools to capitalize again in Week 3. “We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our…...