That was a heck of a week from Peyton Manning to win the championship. He carried you even though most of your other players took the week off! Of course Berger was sunk by a pathetic performance from McNabb, but that's par for the course for the Eagles...
And what the heck happened to our regular season champ? I haven't seen a fold like that since the World Poker Championships.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Round 2 done
So round 2 is done.
In the winners bracket, Ben goes nuts with 6 players over 13 points. And Westbrook isn't even one of them. With another 30 points from Westbrook he would have had the high score of the year. Jake has a down week with almost everyone underperforming, and Ben is through to the superbowl.
On the other side, 8 seed Sooners puts up another ok score, but they're not playing my stumbling team this weekend and it's not enough. Kevin has a great week, with Andre Johnson going nuts. Sooners have Dominic Rhodes with a great day, but too many miserable performances thrown in there.
I've done amazing with the lowest 2 scores of my season and of all the people in the playoffs. I guess I built a team for the regular season only. Postseasons are for chumps. Uncle Chris can at least say he played someone in the superbowl. Kate squeaks by Mike on quarterback play, mostly. Steve Smith and Turner are both great but balance each other out.
In the winners bracket, Ben goes nuts with 6 players over 13 points. And Westbrook isn't even one of them. With another 30 points from Westbrook he would have had the high score of the year. Jake has a down week with almost everyone underperforming, and Ben is through to the superbowl.
On the other side, 8 seed Sooners puts up another ok score, but they're not playing my stumbling team this weekend and it's not enough. Kevin has a great week, with Andre Johnson going nuts. Sooners have Dominic Rhodes with a great day, but too many miserable performances thrown in there.
I've done amazing with the lowest 2 scores of my season and of all the people in the playoffs. I guess I built a team for the regular season only. Postseasons are for chumps. Uncle Chris can at least say he played someone in the superbowl. Kate squeaks by Mike on quarterback play, mostly. Steve Smith and Turner are both great but balance each other out.
Monday, December 8, 2008
First Round Underway
So the bottom 6 are done and the top 8 play on. There was a clear cut divide, with the 6-7 teams making it in and the 5-8 teams out.
The first round is pretty interesting. The top seeded teams all fell behind at first, at least when I looked they didn't have a good start. Jake and Ben pile on points late though, while Uncle C isn't looking too good against Kevin and Shonda/Ray and I are neck and neck. I'm up by 19 but if projections hold tonight, Shonda's DeAngelo Williams and her Defender will put her ahead by about 3. It does seems like defenders are often overrated by a few points, and that projection is on the high side for Williams unless he gets 2 TDs. Uncle Chris can still win it with about 16 from his kicker. It doesn't happen often, but I'm hoping it does because it will mean Tampa and Williams didn't score many Touchdowns!
The other two matchups are over, with Jake laying a pasting on Mike. Mike has to be the unluckiest team this year. Interesting because he was the most lucky last year - the pattern repeats from what Brandon/Jim have suffered. Brandon/Jim were luckier and have been paying for 2 years. Mike was less lucky last year, so maybe only has to pay for one year?
Ben has gotten 60 points from Westbrook the last 2 weeks. Wow. He beats up on Kate who doesn't get a very good score, I actually thought she would be pretty well off this week.
Boo Deangelo Williams tonight. Boo!
The first round is pretty interesting. The top seeded teams all fell behind at first, at least when I looked they didn't have a good start. Jake and Ben pile on points late though, while Uncle C isn't looking too good against Kevin and Shonda/Ray and I are neck and neck. I'm up by 19 but if projections hold tonight, Shonda's DeAngelo Williams and her Defender will put her ahead by about 3. It does seems like defenders are often overrated by a few points, and that projection is on the high side for Williams unless he gets 2 TDs. Uncle Chris can still win it with about 16 from his kicker. It doesn't happen often, but I'm hoping it does because it will mean Tampa and Williams didn't score many Touchdowns!
The other two matchups are over, with Jake laying a pasting on Mike. Mike has to be the unluckiest team this year. Interesting because he was the most lucky last year - the pattern repeats from what Brandon/Jim have suffered. Brandon/Jim were luckier and have been paying for 2 years. Mike was less lucky last year, so maybe only has to pay for one year?
Ben has gotten 60 points from Westbrook the last 2 weeks. Wow. He beats up on Kate who doesn't get a very good score, I actually thought she would be pretty well off this week.
Boo Deangelo Williams tonight. Boo!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Week 12: Miah (%$#&$, 119.33) over Joan (Rockhoppers, 99.76)
Seeing as how Frank X. has become disgruntled, leading him to abdicate his blogging duties, I'll take a shot at writing up a randomly-chosen contest. I'll leave it to others to sing the praises of my own breathtaking performance this week.
Miah has sunk to a new low this week, even though he won his contest. I speak, of course, of his ever-changing team name, which continues its trajectory toward the lewd and obnoxious end of the taste scale. I, for one, think this trend really sucks.
Anyway, Miah beat up on his friend's poor defenseless mother, defeating her by posting the second-highest score of the week. This was made possible by a blowout performance from Randy Moss, and good performances by Tom Jones (What's new, pussycat?), Rian Lindell, and the Tampa Bay D. The rest of his roster was unremarkable, but didn't stink too bad. I'll bet he's indifferent about the plight of the whales, too.
Joan (aka "Sis", "Mom", and "Mistress Olivia") carded a decent score, but it was only good enough for 7th place this week. Philip Rivers, Kevin Walter, Chester Taylor, and the Dallas D (BOO! HISS!) did a pretty good job for her, but her #1 and #2 RBs (Gore and Lewis) stunk the joint out. Still, Joan would have needed solid performances from both of them to overcome the 20-point deficit. She only left about 5 points on the bench, so starting Eli wouldn't have helped either. (Oh - Eli's coming. You'd better, better hide your heart. Or start him all the way to the Super Bowl.)
Well, that about exhausts my supply of gratuitous insults, bad puns, and obscure song references. Feel free to try to do better!
Miah has sunk to a new low this week, even though he won his contest. I speak, of course, of his ever-changing team name, which continues its trajectory toward the lewd and obnoxious end of the taste scale. I, for one, think this trend really sucks.
Anyway, Miah beat up on his friend's poor defenseless mother, defeating her by posting the second-highest score of the week. This was made possible by a blowout performance from Randy Moss, and good performances by Tom Jones (What's new, pussycat?), Rian Lindell, and the Tampa Bay D. The rest of his roster was unremarkable, but didn't stink too bad. I'll bet he's indifferent about the plight of the whales, too.
Joan (aka "Sis", "Mom", and "Mistress Olivia") carded a decent score, but it was only good enough for 7th place this week. Philip Rivers, Kevin Walter, Chester Taylor, and the Dallas D (BOO! HISS!) did a pretty good job for her, but her #1 and #2 RBs (Gore and Lewis) stunk the joint out. Still, Joan would have needed solid performances from both of them to overcome the 20-point deficit. She only left about 5 points on the bench, so starting Eli wouldn't have helped either. (Oh - Eli's coming. You'd better, better hide your heart. Or start him all the way to the Super Bowl.)
Well, that about exhausts my supply of gratuitous insults, bad puns, and obscure song references. Feel free to try to do better!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Anyone else?
Anyone else want to do a write up this week? Maybe even just do one of the matchups and let others do the rest?
I'm going to have trouble getting to it this week. I have a lot of video games to play and tv to watch.
I'm going to have trouble getting to it this week. I have a lot of video games to play and tv to watch.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
State of the WOHS Week 10
*1. Juicers 9-1-0 .900 967.82
2. Miracle Workers 8-2-0 .800 1091.15
3. thehousebergerbuilt 8-2-0 .800 1006.59
4. Space Cadets 6-4-0 .600 924.34
5. Buc-ees' Boys 6-4-0 .600 892.84
6. Zingers 5-5-0 .500 942.51
7. teen girl squad 5-5-0 .500 894.31
8. Rust Belt 5-5-0 .500 892.80
9. RockHoppers 5-5-0 .500 883.84
10. Sooners 4-6-0 .400 843.18
11. Chunder Blunders 3-7-0 .300 841.12
12. Desparados! 2-8-0 .200 878.00
13. Browns Jr. 2-8-0 .200 815.80
14. Aspire mi toro 2-8-0 .200 717.71
2. Miracle Workers 8-2-0 .800 1091.15
3. thehousebergerbuilt 8-2-0 .800 1006.59
4. Space Cadets 6-4-0 .600 924.34
5. Buc-ees' Boys 6-4-0 .600 892.84
6. Zingers 5-5-0 .500 942.51
7. teen girl squad 5-5-0 .500 894.31
8. Rust Belt 5-5-0 .500 892.80
9. RockHoppers 5-5-0 .500 883.84
10. Sooners 4-6-0 .400 843.18
11. Chunder Blunders 3-7-0 .300 841.12
12. Desparados! 2-8-0 .200 878.00
13. Browns Jr. 2-8-0 .200 815.80
14. Aspire mi toro 2-8-0 .200 717.71
Stitch (Rust Belt-93.40) over Kate (teen girl squad-71.46)
Kate loses again to bring her down to the middle of the pack again. Stitch wins to bring himself up the 5-5 middle and the last playoff spot at the moment. Poor Kate leaves McGahee on the bench who drops a 20 point bomb after doing nothing for so long. Poor, poor Kate. Stitch leaves Tony Romo on the bench who was on a bye and scored 0 but would have been better than the awful Mark Bulger. Who got benched at half after putting up a nice negative fantasy day.
Stitch again leave his D on the bench instead of playing them. We've talked about hitting the 'Submit' button but I don't think his education is doing him any favors. Kent read, Kent write, Kent hit the submit button.
Meldewe Moore has one last good game? Cribbs and Gates come through and Steve Breaston looks like a real option as the #3 in Arizona. Kate doesn't get much of anything from anyone, though no one is especially awful either. Just poor or mediocre across the board, except for Will Blackmon running back a kick return TD. Kate you need to hold a team meeting and build some team unity for the stretch run here. And trade me Jason Witten, he's a locker room cancer.
Stitch again leave his D on the bench instead of playing them. We've talked about hitting the 'Submit' button but I don't think his education is doing him any favors. Kent read, Kent write, Kent hit the submit button.
Meldewe Moore has one last good game? Cribbs and Gates come through and Steve Breaston looks like a real option as the #3 in Arizona. Kate doesn't get much of anything from anyone, though no one is especially awful either. Just poor or mediocre across the board, except for Will Blackmon running back a kick return TD. Kate you need to hold a team meeting and build some team unity for the stretch run here. And trade me Jason Witten, he's a locker room cancer.
Me (Juicers-89.68) over the Winklers (Sooners-85.79)
I get the luckstick award this week with the lowest winning score. Although I could have beaten 5 of the 13 other teams, and took two injuries on the starting lineup. But still pretty lucky all the same. Lance Moore continues to shine as a late season pickup, but only because of a junk-time score in the Saint's debacle. Barber was on the bench DeAngelo Williams was the best RB in the matchup, which is kinda strange to say. I had a huge comeback from down 35 Monday night, wich Warner and Fitzgerald making the spread against Hightower. Warner continues as the best fantasy QB, which is a big saving grace for me. The Winklers have better even numbers, but Gus Frerotte looks poor. Kevin Boss is actually a good tight end, too, which is pretty hard to find this year. But they lack the big score to overcome the QB bad score, and that gives me the opening to win.
Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders-127.20) over Jeremiah (Browns Jr 110.51)
The Chunders put up their best score of the season with good timing. Also the top score this week. They take down Jere who posts the highest losing score this week. Jere beats 9 other teams this week, but plays one of the 4 he can't handle. Maybe with a defender? Nah...
Brandon gets awesome RB1 and RB2 points, but the flex does still stink. Faulk doesn't show up strangely after being such a big part of the offense for a few weeks. Peterson and Jacobs more than make up for it though. Colston really comes back and Carolina's D must have been great to win with Delhomme playing like a wet blanket.
Miah's Moss and Edwards continue to stink, but he gets good scores from a lot of other players. And the Jets D does even better than Carolina's. Thomas Jones also goes nuts in that game against St. Louis.
This matchup was the rookie QB stand-off, but both guys play well. The top scoring matchup this week is the battle of the 2-7s. Further proving how much of a crapshoot this is.
Brandon gets awesome RB1 and RB2 points, but the flex does still stink. Faulk doesn't show up strangely after being such a big part of the offense for a few weeks. Peterson and Jacobs more than make up for it though. Colston really comes back and Carolina's D must have been great to win with Delhomme playing like a wet blanket.
Miah's Moss and Edwards continue to stink, but he gets good scores from a lot of other players. And the Jets D does even better than Carolina's. Thomas Jones also goes nuts in that game against St. Louis.
This matchup was the rookie QB stand-off, but both guys play well. The top scoring matchup this week is the battle of the 2-7s. Further proving how much of a crapshoot this is.
Dad (Desperados!-115.62) over Jacob (Miracle Workers-82.55)
Ben wasn't the only 8-1 team to fall. Jake also puts up a bad score, his first, really, but somehow it doesn't turn out so low as you would expect knowing his roster. Addai, Cotchery, Chris Johnson, Drew Brees, Calvin Johnson... we didn't hear from these guys this week. But Calvin did get some yards even though he had 2 catches. And Brees scored a ton of points despite playing a terrible game. Jake drops below 100 two straight weeks, which is remarkable in that it hasn't happened until now. Dad puts up an excellent score. Favre actually takes care of the ball but only gets one TD out of the 1000 against St. Louis. But Eddie Royal, Scaife, and Reggie Wayne all do well. Many other players with decent points or so as well. If you looked at just the scores you would think the other team was the 1-8 team. But that's the fantasy football.
Mike (Zingers-111.34) over Ben (thehousebergerbuilt-50.70)
Non-game of the week #2.
Mike gets 45 points from Jay Cutler destroying his beloved Browns. Brandon Marshall scores a bunch of points as well. Even Mercedes Lewis scores a few points. But really the story here is Cutler. Ben barely scores more points than Cutler alone, and when Ricky Williams who you just picked up off the Free Agent list is your best player, you are hosed. Although Ricky does have a pretty good week, strangely. It seemed as if Ronnie Brown was getting all the touches, but now maybe Williams is back in the mix.
Mike gets 45 points from Jay Cutler destroying his beloved Browns. Brandon Marshall scores a bunch of points as well. Even Mercedes Lewis scores a few points. But really the story here is Cutler. Ben barely scores more points than Cutler alone, and when Ricky Williams who you just picked up off the Free Agent list is your best player, you are hosed. Although Ricky does have a pretty good week, strangely. It seemed as if Ronnie Brown was getting all the touches, but now maybe Williams is back in the mix.
Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys-113.92) over Rowan (Aspire mi Toro-42.82)
Non-game of the week #1.
Rowan takes 2 0s. One his own fault (Steven Jackson isn't playing dude) and one from Chancey Stuckey, who has actually done some nice stuff for Row. But Stuckey didn't score any of the Jet's 1000 TDs against the Rams and didn't catch a pass, either. Meanwhile Winslow rots on the bench scoring TDs and kicking ass. Kevin has nice numbers from Ronnie Brown and Matt Forte, which has to be some of the nicest numbers from two low pick RBs. Peyton Manning continues his comeback. And Ray Lewis goes nuts buy manages not to kill anyone outside any clubs. That we heard of, yet.
Rowan is the low scorer of the week, and falls to last place.
Rowan takes 2 0s. One his own fault (Steven Jackson isn't playing dude) and one from Chancey Stuckey, who has actually done some nice stuff for Row. But Stuckey didn't score any of the Jet's 1000 TDs against the Rams and didn't catch a pass, either. Meanwhile Winslow rots on the bench scoring TDs and kicking ass. Kevin has nice numbers from Ronnie Brown and Matt Forte, which has to be some of the nicest numbers from two low pick RBs. Peyton Manning continues his comeback. And Ray Lewis goes nuts buy manages not to kill anyone outside any clubs. That we heard of, yet.
Rowan is the low scorer of the week, and falls to last place.
Mom (Rockhoppers-103.25) over Uncle Chris (Space Cadets-102.02)
Game of the week! Mom could have been on the outside looking in at the playoffs, but is now a mere 9 tiebreaker points away. Uncle Chris comes storming back from way down on Monday night, but Boldin doesn't quite do it and Mom stays on top with an uneven performance from Frank Gore. Unfortunately Uncle Chris had the fatal early QB injury... oh wait... Delhomme didn't get injured? And Carolina still won the game? Only the Raiders patheticness outdoes Delhomme's. Uncle Chris gets a total of 81 points from Baltimore's D/ST, MoJo Drew, Boldin, and Ginn. And not much else. Mom's Chris Chamber's hardly plays and doesn't catch a pass, but still gets nice even large numbers elsewhere to pull it out.
Playoffs
Playoffs?!
Yeah I'm in the playoffs already. Clinched. Hopefully 7 of you can join me up here.
Yeah I'm in the playoffs already. Clinched. Hopefully 7 of you can join me up here.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
State of the WOHS
1. Miracle Workers 7-1-0 .875 913.61
2. thehousebergerbuilt 7-1-0 .875 854.21
3. Juicers 7-1-0 .875 785.05
4. Space Cadets 6-2-0 .750 737.07
5. teen girl squad 5-3-0 .625 755.57
6. Zingers 4-4-0 .500 760.21
7. Rust Belt 4-4-0 .500 722.55
8. Buc-ees' Boys 4-4-0 .500 685.12
9. RockHoppers 3-5-0 .375 696.34
10. Sooners 3-5-0 .375 664.31
11. Browns Jr. 2-6-0 .250 637.74
12. Aspire mi toro 2-6-0 .250 622.66
13. ChumpBeaters 1-7-0 .125 692.05
14. Chunder Blunders 1-7-0 .125 633.82
Highest losing score - Dad - 96.39. Beats 8 other teams including all other losers this week.
Luckstick - Uncle Chris with 70.94. Only beats 3 scores but manages to play one of them.
High score - Kate - 119.86
Low score - Rowan - 42.05
Jake is tied (with Uncle C) for the easiest strength of schedule with opponents only putting up an average of 85 points, despite my 147 bomb against him.
Dad's opponents are scoring an average of 96.
Jake is averaging 5.75 TD per week.
The first 4 weeks I got 16.5 points from my kicker.
The last 4 weeks I got 43 points from my kicker.
Tight Ends suck this year - no one is averaging in double digits per week. The top 10 include such draft luminaries as Visanthe Shiancoe and Anthony Fasano. The 10th best Tight End is averaging less than 5 points per game.
2. thehousebergerbuilt 7-1-0 .875 854.21
3. Juicers 7-1-0 .875 785.05
4. Space Cadets 6-2-0 .750 737.07
5. teen girl squad 5-3-0 .625 755.57
6. Zingers 4-4-0 .500 760.21
7. Rust Belt 4-4-0 .500 722.55
8. Buc-ees' Boys 4-4-0 .500 685.12
9. RockHoppers 3-5-0 .375 696.34
10. Sooners 3-5-0 .375 664.31
11. Browns Jr. 2-6-0 .250 637.74
12. Aspire mi toro 2-6-0 .250 622.66
13. ChumpBeaters 1-7-0 .125 692.05
14. Chunder Blunders 1-7-0 .125 633.82
Highest losing score - Dad - 96.39. Beats 8 other teams including all other losers this week.
Luckstick - Uncle Chris with 70.94. Only beats 3 scores but manages to play one of them.
High score - Kate - 119.86
Low score - Rowan - 42.05
Jake is tied (with Uncle C) for the easiest strength of schedule with opponents only putting up an average of 85 points, despite my 147 bomb against him.
Dad's opponents are scoring an average of 96.
Jake is averaging 5.75 TD per week.
The first 4 weeks I got 16.5 points from my kicker.
The last 4 weeks I got 43 points from my kicker.
Tight Ends suck this year - no one is averaging in double digits per week. The top 10 include such draft luminaries as Visanthe Shiancoe and Anthony Fasano. The 10th best Tight End is averaging less than 5 points per game.
Kate (teen girl squad-119.86) over Winklers (Sooners-66.07)
Kate lives in Pittsburgh and now roots for big Ben.
But her Giants put him on the ground again and then again.
I don't know how she wins when she plays Pennington,
especially with injuries to stud TE Witten.
Chad Pennington, Witten and Vincent Jackson.
The whole team rhymes with Tomlinson, even Will Blackmon.
The Winklers had the Pittsburgh D but they do nothing good,
and no one makes the endzone, not even its neighborhood.
But her Giants put him on the ground again and then again.
I don't know how she wins when she plays Pennington,
especially with injuries to stud TE Witten.
Chad Pennington, Witten and Vincent Jackson.
The whole team rhymes with Tomlinson, even Will Blackmon.
The Winklers had the Pittsburgh D but they do nothing good,
and no one makes the endzone, not even its neighborhood.
Miah (Browns Jr-89.77) over Stitch (Rust Belt-78.75)
Two Brown's fans square off who's Karma has been lost.
One doesn't start Edwards last week, and at his matchup's cost.
The other has three Steelers, who fall to the GMen.
And his kicker's name that sorta rhymes is Jason Elam.
Miah gets the edge, though not because of Edge.
Braylon's consistent drops must be pushing him to the ledge.
Stitch has Mildew Moore, for maybe the last week.
Once Parker has come back you won't hear another squeak.
At least he still has Gates, and... Marc Bulger? Damn.
One doesn't start Edwards last week, and at his matchup's cost.
The other has three Steelers, who fall to the GMen.
And his kicker's name that sorta rhymes is Jason Elam.
Miah gets the edge, though not because of Edge.
Braylon's consistent drops must be pushing him to the ledge.
Stitch has Mildew Moore, for maybe the last week.
Once Parker has come back you won't hear another squeak.
At least he still has Gates, and... Marc Bulger? Damn.
Ben (thehousebergerbuilt-112.19) over Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys-87.88)
Ben manages to win despite three guys that suck.
If you get more than a point from Harrison you're in luck.
Kevin plays both Dolphins backs and that's not too great.
Now he's dropped Williams but it's already too late.
My goodness Ben gets points from Westbrook the Philly Machine.
Santana Moss must have synthetic oil to keep that old engine clean.
Of course no ones knows if Westbrook will really play,
It's only a matter of time before half this team's N/A.
If you get more than a point from Harrison you're in luck.
Kevin plays both Dolphins backs and that's not too great.
Now he's dropped Williams but it's already too late.
My goodness Ben gets points from Westbrook the Philly Machine.
Santana Moss must have synthetic oil to keep that old engine clean.
Of course no ones knows if Westbrook will really play,
It's only a matter of time before half this team's N/A.
Mom (Rockhoppers-106.75) over Mike (Zingers-82.04)
After 5 weeks, Mom stops the fall.
Even fumble Gore manages to hold on to the ball.
Philip Rivers flows again, and Kevin Walter scores.
Meanwhile Mike's Mike Turner gets nothing but snores.
He's only good once every other week,
At least Marshawn Lynch still looks a whole lot like a freak.
Seriously he runs, he zigs and he has great handle,
but in looks the Incredible Hulk doesn't hold a candle.
Mom's rising again, back to the attack.
Mike is falling now and is back to pack.
Even fumble Gore manages to hold on to the ball.
Philip Rivers flows again, and Kevin Walter scores.
Meanwhile Mike's Mike Turner gets nothing but snores.
He's only good once every other week,
At least Marshawn Lynch still looks a whole lot like a freak.
Seriously he runs, he zigs and he has great handle,
but in looks the Incredible Hulk doesn't hold a candle.
Mom's rising again, back to the attack.
Mike is falling now and is back to pack.
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets-70.94) over Jim/Brandon - (Chunder Blunders-49.46)
A sad little matchup, Uncle Chris has no grace.
He plays without Boldin, the TD catching ace.
He does have Steve Slaton, and Delhomme to pass,
But Little L. Little falls flat on his ass.
Jim/Brandon can't matchup anyway without a quarterback,
Don't count Fitzpatrick, who couldn't throw jack.
Only Kevin Faulk could do anything decent,
The rumors of the luckstick are anything but recent.
He plays without Boldin, the TD catching ace.
He does have Steve Slaton, and Delhomme to pass,
But Little L. Little falls flat on his ass.
Jim/Brandon can't matchup anyway without a quarterback,
Don't count Fitzpatrick, who couldn't throw jack.
Only Kevin Faulk could do anything decent,
The rumors of the luckstick are anything but recent.
Jacob (Miracle Workers-105.62) over Rowan (Aspire mi toro-42.05)
Mister #1 who no one can beat.
Even Cedric Benson can't ruin this heat.
With two Johnsons, a Bush, and a man named Rod
Jake picked his team with the lewdness of a Greek god.
Rowan hardly bothered, fielding half a team
but looking at his options they were a little lean.
And to end this poem with something nice and rude,
Rowan aspires too much johnson, and his wins stay at two.
Even Cedric Benson can't ruin this heat.
With two Johnsons, a Bush, and a man named Rod
Jake picked his team with the lewdness of a Greek god.
Rowan hardly bothered, fielding half a team
but looking at his options they were a little lean.
And to end this poem with something nice and rude,
Rowan aspires too much johnson, and his wins stay at two.
Frank X (Juicers-97.94) over Frank R (Chumpbeaters-96.39)
I'm going to break this up into pieces so I don't have to do it all at once.
Matchup of the week is easy to see.
Dad's team is 1-6 but thinks to beat me.
Even if I lost I'd still be third.
Monday night Reggie Wayne laid a big turd.
Leon Washington gave dad some hope.
But Manning missed Wayne and hit Chris... err.. Hope.
Better luck next time Dad if you can make it to the season post.
Without Tom Brady your chump team is toast.
Matchup of the week is easy to see.
Dad's team is 1-6 but thinks to beat me.
Even if I lost I'd still be third.
Monday night Reggie Wayne laid a big turd.
Leon Washington gave dad some hope.
But Manning missed Wayne and hit Chris... err.. Hope.
Better luck next time Dad if you can make it to the season post.
Without Tom Brady your chump team is toast.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Fill in?
Anybody want to volunteer to do the write-up this week? I need a break and we need some different style.
You can even make fun of me for losing, unless I get 30 points worth of score corrections.
You can even make fun of me for losing, unless I get 30 points worth of score corrections.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Week 6 Wrap
Oh my, it's never old beating New York. Eli Manning's whiny face just reminds us that he cried his way out of San Diego to go play with the Giants. What an undeserved championship, but at least it came at the cost of Boston.
Matchup of the week is an easy pick again, the highest and 2nd highest scores square off this week and Jake (Miracle Workers - 121.44) eeks out the win over Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 120.20). Kevin is the uber-unluckstick this week where he would have beaten everyone else but comes up against the highest score. So many ways this could have gone to Kevin, it was so close, but one interesting one is Calvin Johnson has a good day and Roy Williams a poor one, even though they are on the same team. Manning the greater and Brees have great days, Andre Johnson is a monter, both teams get 5 double-digit scores. Jake loses Addai at the opening of his game, which may affect him for a while. Jake gets a few tackles from offensive players and that's another difference maker. Jake is currently crossing his fingers that the score corrections don't take anything away on Wednesday! Ask Mike about that one ;)
On the other end of the spectrum we have the 2nd worst and 4th worst scores in Kate (teen girl squad - 72.23) over dad ChumpBeaters (68.94). You might think Dad got a terrible performance from his defense, with 0 points from Carolina. But Kate outdoes him with a nice -1 from the Giants, who also don't do anything but allow a bunch of points to the Browns. Kate is in Honduras, though. I don't know what Dad's excuse is. Dad's Reggie Wayne is a beast but Kate's Vincent Jackson manages to one up him for real this time with a great game. Kate has the lowest winning score and is taking over the luckstick prize.
Miah (Browns Jr. - 74.52) doesn't live up to his new team name and pays the price against the Winklers (Sooners - 78.08). Mr. Browns doesn't play Braylon Edwards who scores a billion points and would have easily won Miah the matchup if he had played in any of the WR or flex spots. Miah has the career days from Thomas Jones and Tampa Bay's D but it's not enough without Edwards. The Winklers have more even scoring, but too many people I've never heard of on that team. Keller? Camarillo? I seem to remember hearing of Gus Ferotte about 20 years ago...
Stitch (Rust Belt - 87.46) manages to beat a good team in Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 81.07) by only playing half a squad. I was going to say he's gone totally deliquent, but he's already set a lineup for next week finally. And all but the QB are actually playing that week. Stitch actually would have gotten a few points from his Seattle D if he put them in, but all he needs this week is Romo and Portis to beat Uncle C. Portis gets his revenge after being traded by Uncle Chris for a hill of beans last year. He says he's learned his lesson, and now we can believe him. Uncle Chris gets a nice day from MoJo when Fred Taylor gets hurt early, and Morris might make me sorry I traded him. Uncle Chris loses to Romo on his last healthy week, and now gets salt in those wounds with his starting WR1 and WR2 getting thrown to by a backup.
I (Juicers - 92.68) roll over Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 50.24) who posts the lowest score this week. Rowan has a nice game from Orton and... an ok game from Stokely who he just picked up, but after that things fall off quickly. Warner, Fitzgerald and Barber are enough for me to win handily, but I lose Taylor to injury, with a nice set of easy games coming up. Fortunately I don't pay the full price for that since I see Uncle Chris's MJD this week with the Jags on a bye. Jason Elam has an outstanding day kicking 5 field goals including the game winner.
Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 70.88) falls again to Mike (Zingers - 80.87). CB has 6 players total up to 10 points, and that's really just too much to overcome the rest of the way. Peterson and Leron McClain have terrible games against terrible run defenses, to prove that you never know what's going to happen in this thing. Derek Anderson comes back from the dead against a excellent defense, to further prove it. Mike gets just enough to win by putting up ok numbers across the board. Hester is starting to look like more than a return guy, but the rest of Mike's depth disappears this week.
Mom (Rockhoppers - 75.05) is rapidly falling off the top of the fantasy heap as she a 4th straight, this time to Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 119.04) Ben's been putting up good scores, even with some starters out with injuries. I still think Mike has one of the deepest teams, but Ben has to be close. Eli can't do anything for Mom Monday night - maybe they'll send him to LA, too. Frank Gore continues to kick butt, trying to take after me and my domination of WOHS FFB. Ben gets to start Rodgers against Seattle, which is always a nice QB matchup, and Correll Buckhalter doesn't seem to slow down from Westbrook's torrid pace.
I went from worst kicker performances on average to getting the best performance so far this year from a kicker. And then Elam goes on bye. Shrug. Rowan gets a weak 11 points from his drafted players this week for a record low. Mike has lost 2 games by an average of less than 2 points. Kate has a low score despite setting a new record high for receiving yards. While Jake puts up a great score despite a record low in rushing yards.
Good luck everyone - see you next week.
1. Juicers 6-0-0 1.000 608.33
2. Miracle Workers 5-1-0 .833 693.00
3. thehousebergerbuilt 5-1-0 .833 641.16
4. Zingers 4-2-0 .667 610.32
5. Space Cadets 4-2-0 .667 557.57
6. Buc-ees' Boys 3-3-0 .500 536.84
7. Rust Belt 3-3-0 .500 536.59
8. teen girl squad 3-3-0 .500 516.37
9. Sooners 3-3-0 .500 504.52
10. RockHoppers 2-4-0 .333 530.15
11. ChumpBeaters 1-5-0 .167 521.65
12. Chunder Blunders 1-5-0 .167 514.32
13. Aspire mi toro 1-5-0 .167 472.16
14. Browns Jr. 1-5-0 .167 453.71
Matchup of the week is an easy pick again, the highest and 2nd highest scores square off this week and Jake (Miracle Workers - 121.44) eeks out the win over Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 120.20). Kevin is the uber-unluckstick this week where he would have beaten everyone else but comes up against the highest score. So many ways this could have gone to Kevin, it was so close, but one interesting one is Calvin Johnson has a good day and Roy Williams a poor one, even though they are on the same team. Manning the greater and Brees have great days, Andre Johnson is a monter, both teams get 5 double-digit scores. Jake loses Addai at the opening of his game, which may affect him for a while. Jake gets a few tackles from offensive players and that's another difference maker. Jake is currently crossing his fingers that the score corrections don't take anything away on Wednesday! Ask Mike about that one ;)
On the other end of the spectrum we have the 2nd worst and 4th worst scores in Kate (teen girl squad - 72.23) over dad ChumpBeaters (68.94). You might think Dad got a terrible performance from his defense, with 0 points from Carolina. But Kate outdoes him with a nice -1 from the Giants, who also don't do anything but allow a bunch of points to the Browns. Kate is in Honduras, though. I don't know what Dad's excuse is. Dad's Reggie Wayne is a beast but Kate's Vincent Jackson manages to one up him for real this time with a great game. Kate has the lowest winning score and is taking over the luckstick prize.
Miah (Browns Jr. - 74.52) doesn't live up to his new team name and pays the price against the Winklers (Sooners - 78.08). Mr. Browns doesn't play Braylon Edwards who scores a billion points and would have easily won Miah the matchup if he had played in any of the WR or flex spots. Miah has the career days from Thomas Jones and Tampa Bay's D but it's not enough without Edwards. The Winklers have more even scoring, but too many people I've never heard of on that team. Keller? Camarillo? I seem to remember hearing of Gus Ferotte about 20 years ago...
Stitch (Rust Belt - 87.46) manages to beat a good team in Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 81.07) by only playing half a squad. I was going to say he's gone totally deliquent, but he's already set a lineup for next week finally. And all but the QB are actually playing that week. Stitch actually would have gotten a few points from his Seattle D if he put them in, but all he needs this week is Romo and Portis to beat Uncle C. Portis gets his revenge after being traded by Uncle Chris for a hill of beans last year. He says he's learned his lesson, and now we can believe him. Uncle Chris gets a nice day from MoJo when Fred Taylor gets hurt early, and Morris might make me sorry I traded him. Uncle Chris loses to Romo on his last healthy week, and now gets salt in those wounds with his starting WR1 and WR2 getting thrown to by a backup.
I (Juicers - 92.68) roll over Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 50.24) who posts the lowest score this week. Rowan has a nice game from Orton and... an ok game from Stokely who he just picked up, but after that things fall off quickly. Warner, Fitzgerald and Barber are enough for me to win handily, but I lose Taylor to injury, with a nice set of easy games coming up. Fortunately I don't pay the full price for that since I see Uncle Chris's MJD this week with the Jags on a bye. Jason Elam has an outstanding day kicking 5 field goals including the game winner.
Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 70.88) falls again to Mike (Zingers - 80.87). CB has 6 players total up to 10 points, and that's really just too much to overcome the rest of the way. Peterson and Leron McClain have terrible games against terrible run defenses, to prove that you never know what's going to happen in this thing. Derek Anderson comes back from the dead against a excellent defense, to further prove it. Mike gets just enough to win by putting up ok numbers across the board. Hester is starting to look like more than a return guy, but the rest of Mike's depth disappears this week.
Mom (Rockhoppers - 75.05) is rapidly falling off the top of the fantasy heap as she a 4th straight, this time to Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 119.04) Ben's been putting up good scores, even with some starters out with injuries. I still think Mike has one of the deepest teams, but Ben has to be close. Eli can't do anything for Mom Monday night - maybe they'll send him to LA, too. Frank Gore continues to kick butt, trying to take after me and my domination of WOHS FFB. Ben gets to start Rodgers against Seattle, which is always a nice QB matchup, and Correll Buckhalter doesn't seem to slow down from Westbrook's torrid pace.
I went from worst kicker performances on average to getting the best performance so far this year from a kicker. And then Elam goes on bye. Shrug. Rowan gets a weak 11 points from his drafted players this week for a record low. Mike has lost 2 games by an average of less than 2 points. Kate has a low score despite setting a new record high for receiving yards. While Jake puts up a great score despite a record low in rushing yards.
Good luck everyone - see you next week.
1. Juicers 6-0-0 1.000 608.33
2. Miracle Workers 5-1-0 .833 693.00
3. thehousebergerbuilt 5-1-0 .833 641.16
4. Zingers 4-2-0 .667 610.32
5. Space Cadets 4-2-0 .667 557.57
6. Buc-ees' Boys 3-3-0 .500 536.84
7. Rust Belt 3-3-0 .500 536.59
8. teen girl squad 3-3-0 .500 516.37
9. Sooners 3-3-0 .500 504.52
10. RockHoppers 2-4-0 .333 530.15
11. ChumpBeaters 1-5-0 .167 521.65
12. Chunder Blunders 1-5-0 .167 514.32
13. Aspire mi toro 1-5-0 .167 472.16
14. Browns Jr. 1-5-0 .167 453.71
Friday, October 10, 2008
New IDP Scoring
The scoring for the Individual Defensive Players has been tweaked. It's all there on the league site - but basically just trying to set things so they are a little more consistent with the rarity and import of the plays.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Week 5 Wrap
Well an easy matchup of the week, dammit.
Mike (Zingers - 91.97) and I (Juicers - 91.44) square off in the 1 v 4 battle. It doesn't work out for me as the hookup from Warner to Fitzgerald is my only real source for points. Everyone else does poorly and can't get in the endzone. Mike gets nice points from Turner and a great game from Cooley. And a huge reception from Lee Evans, who scores more than 15 points with only 2 receptions, but one of which is a 80+ yard TD. Evans also gets a tackle, which is the difference in the matchup as we play down to the wire and he wins by half a point. Monday night I'm down by about 5, and Stupid Reggie Bush kept returning punts for TDs instead of letting my Lance Moore catch another pass. Mike wins by an assisted tack, a 4 yard reception, or 8 rushing yards. Sick. But now I post the highest losing score and can give up the luckstick and the undefeated burden, unless a score correction kicks in on Wednesday!
It was a low scoring week in general and the high score this week is Jake (Miracle Workers - 106.52). Mom's (Rockhoppers - 70.71) the unlucky one that has to play #1. Jake gets almost all his real points from weird places - Reggie Bush return yards and TDs, a kicker that has been blah, a defender that goes wild on tackles... most everything else is disappointing for steady eddie. But if you can break 100 every week you don't ask too many questions. Bush and Breez look out of sync though, except for those return yards. Mom's Rivers is returning to the average QB he really is, but Gore continues to be one of the best RBs out there. Mom really gets sort of average scores from everyone and no stand outs means no win. She uses up the low score of the week and of her season against the top score of the week though, which is a nice coincidence.
Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 76.17) was also in a nice spot against Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 101.13) on Monday night, with Adrian Peterson to go against Kev's Henderson and Minnesota D. But Peterson gets stifled by the poor NO D, while Henderson has his best game of the season and Minnesota blocks a kick for a TD and NO puts the ball on the ground a ton. The upshot is Kevin wins handily when it looked like he'd probably lose on Monday night. Brandon's Brandon Jacobs and Kev's Andre Johnson start to show up, while Matt Forte gets one of his 2 games against pathetic Detroit. Chunder can't overcome horrible Detroit, by being stuck with Kitna's 2 points it's over.
Stitch (Rust Belt - 91.54) gets his 2nd straight win against Rowan (Aspire mi Toro - 87.62), even without a defense. Maybe he was thinking of starting his Seattle defense and was afraid the negative points would get him a loss. Don't worry Stitch, Seattle only got -3 points, you would still have won by a tenth of a point! Rowan meanwhile gets great points from Chicago's D and QB, which is only because they played Detroit. Damn Detroit sucks, what a craphole. Portis continues to roll and Stitch gets 6 TDs - tough to beat.
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 103.37) ties the streak record winning his 4th in a row and beating Kate (teen girls squad - 87.35). Delhomme has a 2nd straight great week. While, plenty of players turn in somewhat better than average scores to break the century mark. Steve Slaton has come on as a top RB, even when his team stinks it up. Kate gets nice scores across as well except LT and Lendale White fall off the face of the earth and that's really the difference. LT is looking like a 3rd or 4th rounder this year, but who wouldn't have taken him #1 overall?
The always deadly early QB injury sinks Dad (ChumpBeaters - 76.18) against the Winklers (Sooners - 94.48). Dad takes over the loss streak, losing them all after the initial win. He had the highest losing score of the year last week though with 124 points, so it might be a false stat. Also this early QB injury sort of kills most of your hopes. With less than a point from the QB the 20 points from JT O'Sullivan is too much to overcome for the rest of his team. Carolina posts a shutout for Dad against one of the horrible Missouri teams. Missouri is almost as terrible as Detroit. Terribler, even. Heath Miller scores and Reggie Wayne has an amazing TD catch. But 2 TDs doesn't do it. The Winkler's O'Sulllivan throws for 3 and Hightower rushes for 2 himself. Dammit Warner you should have thrown one of those to him and I'd have won easily.
For bad QBs that aren't from Detroit and didn't get hurt, see the Miah (Browns Jr. - 74.92) versus Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 77.32) matchup. 3 players in the matchup with less than 1 point, and 2 QBs with less than 10. Muhammed outdoes anything Braylon Edwards has done for Miah this season, but being forced to play him by the Brown's bye cannot save Miah when Ben's Bernard Berrian makes a ridiculous catch against New Orleans Monday night. Ben pulls out the victory since someone has to win, and posts the lowest winning score of the week to takeover the luckstick.
So we'll see if the low scores this week were random or the result of byes and injuries weakening our teams. Running backs taken early are a crapshoot this year again - Gore, Barber, Westbrook and Peterson the only #1 backs to be earning their keep. Reggie Bush has the #1 spot in our scoring, which I know surprises Jake - want to trade for McFadden? ;) Don't be fooled - we all know nothing.
Good luck next week, except Rowan.
1. Miracle Workers 4-1-0 .800 576.56
2. Zingers 4-1-0 .800 530.68
3. thehousebergerbuilt 4-1-0 .800 525.62
4. Juicers 4-1-0 .800 519.65
5. Space Cadets 4-1-0 .800 480.00
6. Buc-ees' Boys 3-2-0 .600 418.64
7. RockHoppers 2-3-0 .400 459.70
8. Rust Belt 2-3-0 .400 454.88
9. teen girl squad 2-3-0 .400 445.64
10. Sooners 2-3-0 .400 426.94
11. ChumpBeaters 1-4-0 .200 456.46
12. Chunder Blunders 1-4-0 .200 446.44
13. Aspire mi toro 1-4-0 .200 428.92
14. Browns Jr. 1-4-0 .200 382.19
Mike (Zingers - 91.97) and I (Juicers - 91.44) square off in the 1 v 4 battle. It doesn't work out for me as the hookup from Warner to Fitzgerald is my only real source for points. Everyone else does poorly and can't get in the endzone. Mike gets nice points from Turner and a great game from Cooley. And a huge reception from Lee Evans, who scores more than 15 points with only 2 receptions, but one of which is a 80+ yard TD. Evans also gets a tackle, which is the difference in the matchup as we play down to the wire and he wins by half a point. Monday night I'm down by about 5, and Stupid Reggie Bush kept returning punts for TDs instead of letting my Lance Moore catch another pass. Mike wins by an assisted tack, a 4 yard reception, or 8 rushing yards. Sick. But now I post the highest losing score and can give up the luckstick and the undefeated burden, unless a score correction kicks in on Wednesday!
It was a low scoring week in general and the high score this week is Jake (Miracle Workers - 106.52). Mom's (Rockhoppers - 70.71) the unlucky one that has to play #1. Jake gets almost all his real points from weird places - Reggie Bush return yards and TDs, a kicker that has been blah, a defender that goes wild on tackles... most everything else is disappointing for steady eddie. But if you can break 100 every week you don't ask too many questions. Bush and Breez look out of sync though, except for those return yards. Mom's Rivers is returning to the average QB he really is, but Gore continues to be one of the best RBs out there. Mom really gets sort of average scores from everyone and no stand outs means no win. She uses up the low score of the week and of her season against the top score of the week though, which is a nice coincidence.
Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 76.17) was also in a nice spot against Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 101.13) on Monday night, with Adrian Peterson to go against Kev's Henderson and Minnesota D. But Peterson gets stifled by the poor NO D, while Henderson has his best game of the season and Minnesota blocks a kick for a TD and NO puts the ball on the ground a ton. The upshot is Kevin wins handily when it looked like he'd probably lose on Monday night. Brandon's Brandon Jacobs and Kev's Andre Johnson start to show up, while Matt Forte gets one of his 2 games against pathetic Detroit. Chunder can't overcome horrible Detroit, by being stuck with Kitna's 2 points it's over.
Stitch (Rust Belt - 91.54) gets his 2nd straight win against Rowan (Aspire mi Toro - 87.62), even without a defense. Maybe he was thinking of starting his Seattle defense and was afraid the negative points would get him a loss. Don't worry Stitch, Seattle only got -3 points, you would still have won by a tenth of a point! Rowan meanwhile gets great points from Chicago's D and QB, which is only because they played Detroit. Damn Detroit sucks, what a craphole. Portis continues to roll and Stitch gets 6 TDs - tough to beat.
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 103.37) ties the streak record winning his 4th in a row and beating Kate (teen girls squad - 87.35). Delhomme has a 2nd straight great week. While, plenty of players turn in somewhat better than average scores to break the century mark. Steve Slaton has come on as a top RB, even when his team stinks it up. Kate gets nice scores across as well except LT and Lendale White fall off the face of the earth and that's really the difference. LT is looking like a 3rd or 4th rounder this year, but who wouldn't have taken him #1 overall?
The always deadly early QB injury sinks Dad (ChumpBeaters - 76.18) against the Winklers (Sooners - 94.48). Dad takes over the loss streak, losing them all after the initial win. He had the highest losing score of the year last week though with 124 points, so it might be a false stat. Also this early QB injury sort of kills most of your hopes. With less than a point from the QB the 20 points from JT O'Sullivan is too much to overcome for the rest of his team. Carolina posts a shutout for Dad against one of the horrible Missouri teams. Missouri is almost as terrible as Detroit. Terribler, even. Heath Miller scores and Reggie Wayne has an amazing TD catch. But 2 TDs doesn't do it. The Winkler's O'Sulllivan throws for 3 and Hightower rushes for 2 himself. Dammit Warner you should have thrown one of those to him and I'd have won easily.
For bad QBs that aren't from Detroit and didn't get hurt, see the Miah (Browns Jr. - 74.92) versus Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 77.32) matchup. 3 players in the matchup with less than 1 point, and 2 QBs with less than 10. Muhammed outdoes anything Braylon Edwards has done for Miah this season, but being forced to play him by the Brown's bye cannot save Miah when Ben's Bernard Berrian makes a ridiculous catch against New Orleans Monday night. Ben pulls out the victory since someone has to win, and posts the lowest winning score of the week to takeover the luckstick.
So we'll see if the low scores this week were random or the result of byes and injuries weakening our teams. Running backs taken early are a crapshoot this year again - Gore, Barber, Westbrook and Peterson the only #1 backs to be earning their keep. Reggie Bush has the #1 spot in our scoring, which I know surprises Jake - want to trade for McFadden? ;) Don't be fooled - we all know nothing.
Good luck next week, except Rowan.
1. Miracle Workers 4-1-0 .800 576.56
2. Zingers 4-1-0 .800 530.68
3. thehousebergerbuilt 4-1-0 .800 525.62
4. Juicers 4-1-0 .800 519.65
5. Space Cadets 4-1-0 .800 480.00
6. Buc-ees' Boys 3-2-0 .600 418.64
7. RockHoppers 2-3-0 .400 459.70
8. Rust Belt 2-3-0 .400 454.88
9. teen girl squad 2-3-0 .400 445.64
10. Sooners 2-3-0 .400 426.94
11. ChumpBeaters 1-4-0 .200 456.46
12. Chunder Blunders 1-4-0 .200 446.44
13. Aspire mi toro 1-4-0 .200 428.92
14. Browns Jr. 1-4-0 .200 382.19
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Monday Night Excitment Week 5
Oh boy there's so much excitement for Monday night.
Ben down by 12 to Miah with Bernard Berrian to go.
Rowan down by 18 to Stitch with Pierre Thomas and Vincente Shiancoe to go.
Jake down by 6 to Mom with Drew Brees and Reggie Bush to go (virtual lock on that one...)
Kevin down by 1.5 to Brandon - Kevin has the Minnesota D and Devery Henderson, Brandon has Adrian Peterson.
I'm down 5 to Mike, with Lance Moore to go.
Pretty cool - a lot of players tonight. It's a low scoring week so far, so some big points tonight could change a lot.
Ben down by 12 to Miah with Bernard Berrian to go.
Rowan down by 18 to Stitch with Pierre Thomas and Vincente Shiancoe to go.
Jake down by 6 to Mom with Drew Brees and Reggie Bush to go (virtual lock on that one...)
Kevin down by 1.5 to Brandon - Kevin has the Minnesota D and Devery Henderson, Brandon has Adrian Peterson.
I'm down 5 to Mike, with Lance Moore to go.
Pretty cool - a lot of players tonight. It's a low scoring week so far, so some big points tonight could change a lot.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
IDP Scoring
The scoring for the individual defensive players seems off now that we see how it's going.
Here's what it is:
Tackle Solo (1)
Tackle Assist (.5)
Sack (3)
Interception (3)
Fumble Force (3)
Fumble Recovery (3)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (6)
Pass Defended (2)
Block Kick (3)
I'm thinking that the first three are fine.
Interceptions should be worth a little more.
Fumble force and recovery are worth too much because you can get 6 points by doing both too easily. Maybe 2 or 2.5 each.
Move safety down to 5 just because it's a little much.
Pass defended should probably be 1, 2 seems like too much when an interception is worth only a little more.
Thoughts? I'm willing to change this in the flow of the season since it won't dramatically affect things. There are copious amounts of IDP guys available.
Here's what it is:
Tackle Solo (1)
Tackle Assist (.5)
Sack (3)
Interception (3)
Fumble Force (3)
Fumble Recovery (3)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (6)
Pass Defended (2)
Block Kick (3)
I'm thinking that the first three are fine.
Interceptions should be worth a little more.
Fumble force and recovery are worth too much because you can get 6 points by doing both too easily. Maybe 2 or 2.5 each.
Move safety down to 5 just because it's a little much.
Pass defended should probably be 1, 2 seems like too much when an interception is worth only a little more.
Thoughts? I'm willing to change this in the flow of the season since it won't dramatically affect things. There are copious amounts of IDP guys available.
Week 4 Wrap
There can be only one
Well, really there could be more or zero but since I'm the last undefeated I might as well brag.
Easy matchup of the week pick this week as an 0-3 sad sack team takes down an undefeated in a barn burner. Stitch (Rust Belt - 103.79) beats Mike (Zingers - 100.16) who's good score isn't good enough. Stitch didn't even need the Ward TD I'd predicted he'd need, because James Harrison goes nuts on defense and puts up 19 points. Damn Stitch how does it feel to win because of some Steelers turning in an awesome performance? I guess he did go to Kent St., though. Mike's team still looks very good and he might have the depth to put up high numbers almost every week. Issac Bruce and Randle El are riding the pine because that team has so many players.
The Browns win and so do two Clevelanders, and their teams aren't total homer teams. Just coincidence? Miah (Browns, Jr. - 133.97) puts up the high score of the week, which is only ~30 points less than his previous 3 weeks combined. Larry Johnson goes off, and Mushin Muhammad, Edge James are great, and even Braylon Edwards has a decent game. Dad (Chumpbeaters - 124.02) gets huge points from the Favre-Coles hookup, but the points drop quick after that. With three terrible scores he can't match Miah, and Dad is the unlucky SOB playing the high scorer this week, and he turned in a score that's a virtual tie for 2nd this week, ouch.
Which makes me (Juicers - 82.41) the lucky SOSOB. Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 63.64) does even worse with the low score of the week. I drank his milkshake but it was only because he didn't want it. 8 players below 4 points. My saving grace is that some of my good players looked terrible, so hopefully I'll bounce back. Kevin has no hope. Actually he just had a bye week for his entire bench so he put together what he could. An interesting tidbid - at halftime of the 1:00 games, my QB Warner had -3 points, and Kevin's QB Griese had 10 points. At the end of the game, Warner had 28 and Griese had 7. Warner also set a new season record for passing yards.
Brandon and Jim (Chunder Blunders - 99.67) get off the schneid against Mom (Rockhoppers - 72.31). Brandon and Jim's defense rotary did not pan out this week, since Denver is absolutely atrocious on D. Chunder Blunders get a nice diet of good scores across, while Mom does ok but doesn't keep up. The QBs and Ds really stunk it up, and both teams could be excellent when the question marks players turn in a good week. Hope you don't see them on one of those weeks.
Jake (Miracle Workers - 124.50), the former top 2-1 team takes apart the former #1, Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 74.15). The end of the Yankees season got to Berger and he forgot to replace Westbrook. Westbrook's great and all but will hose you a few times per year with this will-he-won't-he injury game. Jake gets TDs from Chris Johnson, which could make his team the new favorite if that keeps up. Although Bush's thunder got stolen somewhat. Brees looks good again and justifies the high pick. Berger doesn't get a banner day from anyone this week and turns in a pedestrian score. Injuries hurt him this week, but he has injury prone players so we'll see if that's the exception or the rule. Santana Moss looks like a real stud this year, back from the dead.
Kate (teen girl squad - 105.40) rises to 2-2 against Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 94.04). The QB is the big difference here, as Kate has one real one and Rowan has 3 fake ones. Kate could have put up a top score this week, but didn't get a defense in that was actually playing. Of course if she had New England they might have lost it for her, too. Ha, they really blew it didn't they? What a shame to see that team get spanked but a former whipping boy. Anyway, Kate's Tomlinson is looking like a the first overall pick again, and Steve Smith and Witten are tops at their positions. Her protestations of her innocence and patheticness fall on deaf ears.
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 104.73) takes over 5th place with his 3rd win in a row. Steve Slaton is really going to be a player, and Owens/Boldin/Delhomme can be a nice set of points. Boldin might be out for a bit though, we'll see. The Winklers team (Sooners -81.34) is another team without a real QB, and it shows here. The real pain is not having any real starting RB, which Uncle Chris now swears he knows the value of, yo. This looks like frequent sophomore slump for the Winklers, picking a team of sleepers instead of tried and true skill players.
We could have had a 1 v 2 matchup of the unbeatens with Mike and I this week, but it's now 1 v 4 with his loss. I'm definitely playing the toughest schedule if you go by rankings at the time of the matchup, but I just got a gimme from Kevin on a week when I needed it. Stitch's opponents have scored an average of 110 points. Sooners are only getting 2.75 TDs per week. Dad's getting 5.75 per week but is 1-3. I'm getting half a field goal per week. Good thing I didn't make them worth much.
See you on the virtual gridiron.
1. Juicers 4-0-0 1.000 428.21
2. Miracle Workers 3-1-0 .750 470.04
3. thehousebergerbuilt 3-1-0 .750 445.30
4. Zingers 3-1-0 .750 438.71
5. Space Cadets 3-1-0 .750 376.63
6. RockHoppers 2-2-0 .500 388.99
7. teen girl squad 2-2-0 .500 358.29
8. Buc-ees' Boys 2-2-0 .500 317.51
9. ChumpBeaters 1-3-0 .250 380.28
10. Chunder Blunders 1-3-0 .250 370.27
11. Rust Belt 1-3-0 .250 363.34
12. Aspire mi toro 1-3-0 .250 341.30
13. Sooners 1-3-0 .250 332.46
14. Browns Jr. 1-3-0 .250 307.27
Well, really there could be more or zero but since I'm the last undefeated I might as well brag.
Easy matchup of the week pick this week as an 0-3 sad sack team takes down an undefeated in a barn burner. Stitch (Rust Belt - 103.79) beats Mike (Zingers - 100.16) who's good score isn't good enough. Stitch didn't even need the Ward TD I'd predicted he'd need, because James Harrison goes nuts on defense and puts up 19 points. Damn Stitch how does it feel to win because of some Steelers turning in an awesome performance? I guess he did go to Kent St., though. Mike's team still looks very good and he might have the depth to put up high numbers almost every week. Issac Bruce and Randle El are riding the pine because that team has so many players.
The Browns win and so do two Clevelanders, and their teams aren't total homer teams. Just coincidence? Miah (Browns, Jr. - 133.97) puts up the high score of the week, which is only ~30 points less than his previous 3 weeks combined. Larry Johnson goes off, and Mushin Muhammad, Edge James are great, and even Braylon Edwards has a decent game. Dad (Chumpbeaters - 124.02) gets huge points from the Favre-Coles hookup, but the points drop quick after that. With three terrible scores he can't match Miah, and Dad is the unlucky SOB playing the high scorer this week, and he turned in a score that's a virtual tie for 2nd this week, ouch.
Which makes me (Juicers - 82.41) the lucky SOSOB. Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 63.64) does even worse with the low score of the week. I drank his milkshake but it was only because he didn't want it. 8 players below 4 points. My saving grace is that some of my good players looked terrible, so hopefully I'll bounce back. Kevin has no hope. Actually he just had a bye week for his entire bench so he put together what he could. An interesting tidbid - at halftime of the 1:00 games, my QB Warner had -3 points, and Kevin's QB Griese had 10 points. At the end of the game, Warner had 28 and Griese had 7. Warner also set a new season record for passing yards.
Brandon and Jim (Chunder Blunders - 99.67) get off the schneid against Mom (Rockhoppers - 72.31). Brandon and Jim's defense rotary did not pan out this week, since Denver is absolutely atrocious on D. Chunder Blunders get a nice diet of good scores across, while Mom does ok but doesn't keep up. The QBs and Ds really stunk it up, and both teams could be excellent when the question marks players turn in a good week. Hope you don't see them on one of those weeks.
Jake (Miracle Workers - 124.50), the former top 2-1 team takes apart the former #1, Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 74.15). The end of the Yankees season got to Berger and he forgot to replace Westbrook. Westbrook's great and all but will hose you a few times per year with this will-he-won't-he injury game. Jake gets TDs from Chris Johnson, which could make his team the new favorite if that keeps up. Although Bush's thunder got stolen somewhat. Brees looks good again and justifies the high pick. Berger doesn't get a banner day from anyone this week and turns in a pedestrian score. Injuries hurt him this week, but he has injury prone players so we'll see if that's the exception or the rule. Santana Moss looks like a real stud this year, back from the dead.
Kate (teen girl squad - 105.40) rises to 2-2 against Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 94.04). The QB is the big difference here, as Kate has one real one and Rowan has 3 fake ones. Kate could have put up a top score this week, but didn't get a defense in that was actually playing. Of course if she had New England they might have lost it for her, too. Ha, they really blew it didn't they? What a shame to see that team get spanked but a former whipping boy. Anyway, Kate's Tomlinson is looking like a the first overall pick again, and Steve Smith and Witten are tops at their positions. Her protestations of her innocence and patheticness fall on deaf ears.
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 104.73) takes over 5th place with his 3rd win in a row. Steve Slaton is really going to be a player, and Owens/Boldin/Delhomme can be a nice set of points. Boldin might be out for a bit though, we'll see. The Winklers team (Sooners -81.34) is another team without a real QB, and it shows here. The real pain is not having any real starting RB, which Uncle Chris now swears he knows the value of, yo. This looks like frequent sophomore slump for the Winklers, picking a team of sleepers instead of tried and true skill players.
We could have had a 1 v 2 matchup of the unbeatens with Mike and I this week, but it's now 1 v 4 with his loss. I'm definitely playing the toughest schedule if you go by rankings at the time of the matchup, but I just got a gimme from Kevin on a week when I needed it. Stitch's opponents have scored an average of 110 points. Sooners are only getting 2.75 TDs per week. Dad's getting 5.75 per week but is 1-3. I'm getting half a field goal per week. Good thing I didn't make them worth much.
See you on the virtual gridiron.
1. Juicers 4-0-0 1.000 428.21
2. Miracle Workers 3-1-0 .750 470.04
3. thehousebergerbuilt 3-1-0 .750 445.30
4. Zingers 3-1-0 .750 438.71
5. Space Cadets 3-1-0 .750 376.63
6. RockHoppers 2-2-0 .500 388.99
7. teen girl squad 2-2-0 .500 358.29
8. Buc-ees' Boys 2-2-0 .500 317.51
9. ChumpBeaters 1-3-0 .250 380.28
10. Chunder Blunders 1-3-0 .250 370.27
11. Rust Belt 1-3-0 .250 363.34
12. Aspire mi toro 1-3-0 .250 341.30
13. Sooners 1-3-0 .250 332.46
14. Browns Jr. 1-3-0 .250 307.27
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday Night Excitment Week 4
Well well,
1st place (Ben) goes down to Jake, the best 2-1 team on the board. Barring a miracle, and Jake has those on his side.
Mike is in danger to Stitch - he's up by 20 but Stitch has 57 flavors Ward and his D to go tonight. If you go by the projections Stitch loses by 3. It's doable but Ward needs a TD probably.
Dad needs 11 to come back and keep Miah from his first victory. Heath Miller left to go - not likely but certainly possible.
1st place (Ben) goes down to Jake, the best 2-1 team on the board. Barring a miracle, and Jake has those on his side.
Mike is in danger to Stitch - he's up by 20 but Stitch has 57 flavors Ward and his D to go tonight. If you go by the projections Stitch loses by 3. It's doable but Ward needs a TD probably.
Dad needs 11 to come back and keep Miah from his first victory. Heath Miller left to go - not likely but certainly possible.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Cleveland Curse
I just noticed that Rowan is the only person currently living in Cleveland that has a victory. Stitch and Miah, 0-3. Cleveland is 1-8 so far in fantasy.
Maybe Quinn can save us.
Maybe Quinn can save us.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Week 3 Wrap
OK, it has to be quick this week as I'm traveling for work. Boston, which is such a tortured sports city with their recent loss to the Dolphins. The poor guys with their ESPN slobber, absurd number of NBA championships, and amazing recent success in baseball and football. The curse? The curse of winning?
Matchup of the week goes to Rowan (Aspire - 88.09) over Sooners (91.24). Rowan gets a nice 10 point performance from Chansi Stuckey (who?) to win it on Monday night. So one of those upsets did come home. Way to beat up on the team that's helping hurricane victims, Rowan. You must be proud.
I (Juicers - 108.28) was up by 54 or so over Mom (Rockhoppers - 90.66) on Monday morning, but Monday night was pretty crazy. Rivers and Chambers were on pace in the first half to catch all the way up. They stalled around 36 points when they got up by too much and San Diego started running the ball. Mom drops off the unbeaten group.
Mike (Zingers - 141.14) posts the high score for the week and beats Kate (teen girl squad - 96.16). Now the top 3 teams have posted the high scores the first three weeks. Brandon Marshall looks awesome again. Marshawn Lynch is a great late 1st round RB. He gets 4 players over 20 points, and an outstanding kicker performance. Kate's LT finally starts playing like a number 1 pick, but doesn't get enough help.
Lowest winning score goes to Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 82.35) over Miah (whatever name he has now - 65.59), who posts the low score for the 3rd straight week. Braylon and Randy are not performing, and injuries and no touchdowns hurt the rest of the team. Larry Johnson finally does something though. Uncle Chris rolls with Baltimore eating Cleveland alive and MoJo looking good against the terrible Indianapolis rin D.
Brandon (Chunder Blunderes - 80.98) gets the most points from his defensive spots, and that's never a good sign. He still does ok with several decent performances, but it's not enough to take down newly married Jacob (Miracle Workers - 111.19) who gets two miracles this week. A girl willing to say yes and a good game from Addai. Just kidding, congrats my man!
Number 1 Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 93.50) posts a more reasonable score but it's against almost the worst score in the league, Dad (ChumpBeaters - 66.29). Favre wins the Favre vs. Rodgers battle but can't win the war. How many passes did he complete to the Chargers anyway? Ben gets nothing from the RB pair that was killing people week 1. But Philly's D destroys Ben Roethlisberger to give Ben Berger the win.
Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 103.94) breaks the century mark against Stitch (Rust Belt - 80.49). Kevin actually player Ronnie Brown and it pays off massively. 5 TDs? 40 points from your RB? Wow. Kevin gets 57 points from his 2 RBs, and that's enough even with a lot of other crappy scores. Minnesota's D is the only other notable position. Stitch's WRs struggle and his more even scores aren't enough to get past Kevin.
Three unbeatens left. Ben has the toughest matchup against Jake, the top 2-1 team. Jake has over 100 points each week. Three teams on the schneid, even though two of them (Brandon and Stitch) have scores that would put them in the middle of the league. Miah finally does not look like an early season favorite. And neither do the Browns. Clowns. Bow-downs.
Go Cavs!
1. thehousebergerbuilt 3-0-0 1.000 371.15
2. Juicers 3-0-0 1.000 345.80
3. Zingers 3-0-0 1.000 338.55
4. Miracle Workers 2-1-0 .667 342.54
5. RockHoppers 2-1-0 .667 316.68
6. Space Cadets 2-1-0 .667 272.90
7. Buc-ees' Boys 2-1-0 .667 253.87
8. ChumpBeaters 1-2-0 .333 256.26
9. teen girl squad 1-2-0 .333 252.89
10. Sooners 1-2-0 .333 251.12
11. Aspire mi toro 1-2-0 .333 247.26
12. Chunder Blunders 0-3-0 .000 269.61
13. Rust Belt 0-3-0 .000 259.55
14. Browns Jr. 0-3-0 .000 173.30
Matchup of the week goes to Rowan (Aspire - 88.09) over Sooners (91.24). Rowan gets a nice 10 point performance from Chansi Stuckey (who?) to win it on Monday night. So one of those upsets did come home. Way to beat up on the team that's helping hurricane victims, Rowan. You must be proud.
I (Juicers - 108.28) was up by 54 or so over Mom (Rockhoppers - 90.66) on Monday morning, but Monday night was pretty crazy. Rivers and Chambers were on pace in the first half to catch all the way up. They stalled around 36 points when they got up by too much and San Diego started running the ball. Mom drops off the unbeaten group.
Mike (Zingers - 141.14) posts the high score for the week and beats Kate (teen girl squad - 96.16). Now the top 3 teams have posted the high scores the first three weeks. Brandon Marshall looks awesome again. Marshawn Lynch is a great late 1st round RB. He gets 4 players over 20 points, and an outstanding kicker performance. Kate's LT finally starts playing like a number 1 pick, but doesn't get enough help.
Lowest winning score goes to Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 82.35) over Miah (whatever name he has now - 65.59), who posts the low score for the 3rd straight week. Braylon and Randy are not performing, and injuries and no touchdowns hurt the rest of the team. Larry Johnson finally does something though. Uncle Chris rolls with Baltimore eating Cleveland alive and MoJo looking good against the terrible Indianapolis rin D.
Brandon (Chunder Blunderes - 80.98) gets the most points from his defensive spots, and that's never a good sign. He still does ok with several decent performances, but it's not enough to take down newly married Jacob (Miracle Workers - 111.19) who gets two miracles this week. A girl willing to say yes and a good game from Addai. Just kidding, congrats my man!
Number 1 Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 93.50) posts a more reasonable score but it's against almost the worst score in the league, Dad (ChumpBeaters - 66.29). Favre wins the Favre vs. Rodgers battle but can't win the war. How many passes did he complete to the Chargers anyway? Ben gets nothing from the RB pair that was killing people week 1. But Philly's D destroys Ben Roethlisberger to give Ben Berger the win.
Kevin (Buc-ee's Boys - 103.94) breaks the century mark against Stitch (Rust Belt - 80.49). Kevin actually player Ronnie Brown and it pays off massively. 5 TDs? 40 points from your RB? Wow. Kevin gets 57 points from his 2 RBs, and that's enough even with a lot of other crappy scores. Minnesota's D is the only other notable position. Stitch's WRs struggle and his more even scores aren't enough to get past Kevin.
Three unbeatens left. Ben has the toughest matchup against Jake, the top 2-1 team. Jake has over 100 points each week. Three teams on the schneid, even though two of them (Brandon and Stitch) have scores that would put them in the middle of the league. Miah finally does not look like an early season favorite. And neither do the Browns. Clowns. Bow-downs.
Go Cavs!
1. thehousebergerbuilt 3-0-0 1.000 371.15
2. Juicers 3-0-0 1.000 345.80
3. Zingers 3-0-0 1.000 338.55
4. Miracle Workers 2-1-0 .667 342.54
5. RockHoppers 2-1-0 .667 316.68
6. Space Cadets 2-1-0 .667 272.90
7. Buc-ees' Boys 2-1-0 .667 253.87
8. ChumpBeaters 1-2-0 .333 256.26
9. teen girl squad 1-2-0 .333 252.89
10. Sooners 1-2-0 .333 251.12
11. Aspire mi toro 1-2-0 .333 247.26
12. Chunder Blunders 0-3-0 .000 269.61
13. Rust Belt 0-3-0 .000 259.55
14. Browns Jr. 0-3-0 .000 173.30
Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday night excitement 2
There's plenty of managers hoping for a shootout tonight. First is Mom, she's got two players Monday night, including Rivers, but she's down by more than 50. A shootout could get her into the game. Even less likely is Antonio Gates bringing Stitch back from down by 30 to take down Kevin. Less less likely is some C. Stuckey guy on Rowan's team bringing him back from down 14 to the Winklers. Rowan you can't go beating heroes in dramatic comebacks, that's not how they write the movie scripts. If Thomas Jones gets 19 he could give Miah his first win over Uncle Chris.
So a bunch of very unlikely come from behind wins, but that's a boring way to sum it up...
So a bunch of very unlikely come from behind wins, but that's a boring way to sum it up...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Week 2 Wrap (08-09)
Week 2 is out just like Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson. Reportedly.
Matchup of the week is tough to pick. We had 2 matchups where both players went over the century mark... one of those was the only 2 unbeatens to play this week, but it's only week 2... so we'll give it to:
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 105.57) knocks off last year's champ Dad (ChumpBeaters - 93.32). Both teams have nice scores across, except for the QBs. Uncle Chris has Boldin blow up which is really the difference. Notable that Uncle Chris was behind by about 7 on Monday night with T.O. to go, and T.O. does what he does best... errr... second best, and scores a few TDs. The thing he does best is sound like an idiot. But he was only the 2nd biggest idiot on the field as DeShawn Jackson threw away an easy touchdown by dropping it near the goal line. Untouched, literally he dropped it because he was trying to show off and dropped it too early. This forces Westbrook to do the scoring for him. Uncle Chris is .500 for the first time in his FFB career! Is Dad lost without Brady?
The beneficiary of Westbrook's extra TD is Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 139.36) who spanks another good score for Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 103.93). Brandon would have beat 7 other teams but comes up against the wrong player again. The luckstick is still paying for the illegitimate 2006 championship. Ben got maybe the best performance of the year from McNabb and Willie Parker last week, and this week does the same with Aaron Rodgers Santana Moss. Is this going to fade or is he going to put up 139 points each week? Ben really does get almost the same total score from last week even though his numbers vary so much by position.
The highest scoring matchup of the week is Jacob (Miracle Workers - 116.07) falling to me (Juicers - 147.47). I get a whopping 5 players with more than 15 points. Jake's Defender makes a valiant effort, scoring as many TDs as his QB, but it's not enough. Jake gets the highest losing score this week, which marks the 2nd week in a row that the highest losing score plays against me. Tough luck guys. Darren McFadden takes his rightful place as a star for me when Justin Fargas gets hurt, but the teams is running about 45 times per game, so no matter what the Oakland backfield is going to see plenty of work. Warner continues his roll from last year for me, and might be a top fantasy QB picked very late. But you can only play Miami occasionally. Jake has Chris Johnson looking good for his own rookie RB find. I set a new season scoring record, and we put up 263 points between us for the early matchup record.
Another high scoring matchup has Mom (Rockhoppers - 122.19) stay unbeaten over Stitch (Rust Belt - 97.37) who stays un-unbeaten. Rivers and Romo post huge scores, but Rivers is the 2nd to top scorer of the week, and Mom wins on the strength of that and by chipping up a little with her kicker and defender. McGee was my defender last year and I can't believe how early she took him away from me this year (round 13!) but I guess it's paying off so far. He has lots of tackles, return yards, and an interception per game so far. Torry Holt proves the Rams aren't totally fantasy-irrelevant for Stitch, and Portis goes off for 2 TDs. The real story here is Stitch played a Pittsburgh defender against his hometown team and got run over by karma.
Jeremiah (Shakers and Quakers - 41.39) has pointed out his team sucks, and finds no trouble making a believer of Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 88.21). Rowan actually wins with Mark Bulger, which I believed would never happen this year. Jonathan Stewart is yet another rookie running back making noise, while Miah loses Justin Fargas to injury for who knows how long. Miah's doesn't put anyone into double digits, but leaves a few good performances on the bench. Devin Hester got hurt, and one more of Hasselbeck's targets is out, too. Maybe Miah should pick up some Steelers so they can get hurt, too.
Kate (teen girl squad - 84.77) doesn't think anyone should vote for her, but everyone but Jacob knows better. Kevin (Buc-ees' Boys - 61.36) has an even worse day. But it's really a pretty sad matchup. In fact I think I'll call it a matchdown. This matchdown featured a -3.03 score, which might be the lowest I've seen, and 2 aughts. Nick Folk the kicker posted the 3rd highest score in the matchdown. Both teams actually have some talent, and Kate gets Steve Smith back next week as well. Kate gets the luckstick award with the lowest winning score, which only beats 2 other scores this week and she happens to play one of them.
Mike (Zingers - 117.79) hangs a good scores on The Winklers (Sooners - 88.83). Some crazy performances in this matchup. Brandon Marshal catches 18 freaking passes, and Mike actually put him in the lineup! Jay Cutler sets the single position 1 game record so far with 46.90 points. Those two account for 72 of Mike's points. Which I think is more than Miah has total over 2 weeks (not true, but closer than you might think). Felix Jones has 250 return yards and a TD.
Only 4 unbeatens left already, and Mom and I play week 3 so guaranteed to be 3 max next week. Ben retains the top spot with another huge score. Brandon has 188 total points with 0 wins, Mike has 197 with 2 wins.
1. thehousebergerbuilt 2-0-0 1.000 277.65 W-2
2. Juicers 2-0-0 1.000 237.52 W-2
3. RockHoppers 2-0-0 1.000 226.02 W-2
4. Zingers 2-0-0 1.000 197.41 W-2
5. Miracle Workers 1-1-0 .500 233.35 L-1
6. ChumpBeaters 1-1-0 .500 189.97 L-1
7. Space Cadets 1-1-0 .500 189.12 W-1
8. Aspire mi toro 1-1-0 .500 159.17 W-1
9. teen girl squad 1-1-0 .500 156.73 W-1
10. Buc-ees' Boys 1-1-0 .500 149.93 L-1
11. Chunder Blunders 0-2-0 .000 188.63 L-2
12. Rust Belt 0-2-0 .000 176.06 L-2
13. Sooners 0-2-0 .000 159.88 L-2
14. Shakers and Quakers 0-2-0 .000 108.71 L-2
Matchup of the week is tough to pick. We had 2 matchups where both players went over the century mark... one of those was the only 2 unbeatens to play this week, but it's only week 2... so we'll give it to:
Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 105.57) knocks off last year's champ Dad (ChumpBeaters - 93.32). Both teams have nice scores across, except for the QBs. Uncle Chris has Boldin blow up which is really the difference. Notable that Uncle Chris was behind by about 7 on Monday night with T.O. to go, and T.O. does what he does best... errr... second best, and scores a few TDs. The thing he does best is sound like an idiot. But he was only the 2nd biggest idiot on the field as DeShawn Jackson threw away an easy touchdown by dropping it near the goal line. Untouched, literally he dropped it because he was trying to show off and dropped it too early. This forces Westbrook to do the scoring for him. Uncle Chris is .500 for the first time in his FFB career! Is Dad lost without Brady?
The beneficiary of Westbrook's extra TD is Ben (thehousebergerbuilt - 139.36) who spanks another good score for Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders - 103.93). Brandon would have beat 7 other teams but comes up against the wrong player again. The luckstick is still paying for the illegitimate 2006 championship. Ben got maybe the best performance of the year from McNabb and Willie Parker last week, and this week does the same with Aaron Rodgers Santana Moss. Is this going to fade or is he going to put up 139 points each week? Ben really does get almost the same total score from last week even though his numbers vary so much by position.
The highest scoring matchup of the week is Jacob (Miracle Workers - 116.07) falling to me (Juicers - 147.47). I get a whopping 5 players with more than 15 points. Jake's Defender makes a valiant effort, scoring as many TDs as his QB, but it's not enough. Jake gets the highest losing score this week, which marks the 2nd week in a row that the highest losing score plays against me. Tough luck guys. Darren McFadden takes his rightful place as a star for me when Justin Fargas gets hurt, but the teams is running about 45 times per game, so no matter what the Oakland backfield is going to see plenty of work. Warner continues his roll from last year for me, and might be a top fantasy QB picked very late. But you can only play Miami occasionally. Jake has Chris Johnson looking good for his own rookie RB find. I set a new season scoring record, and we put up 263 points between us for the early matchup record.
Another high scoring matchup has Mom (Rockhoppers - 122.19) stay unbeaten over Stitch (Rust Belt - 97.37) who stays un-unbeaten. Rivers and Romo post huge scores, but Rivers is the 2nd to top scorer of the week, and Mom wins on the strength of that and by chipping up a little with her kicker and defender. McGee was my defender last year and I can't believe how early she took him away from me this year (round 13!) but I guess it's paying off so far. He has lots of tackles, return yards, and an interception per game so far. Torry Holt proves the Rams aren't totally fantasy-irrelevant for Stitch, and Portis goes off for 2 TDs. The real story here is Stitch played a Pittsburgh defender against his hometown team and got run over by karma.
Jeremiah (Shakers and Quakers - 41.39) has pointed out his team sucks, and finds no trouble making a believer of Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 88.21). Rowan actually wins with Mark Bulger, which I believed would never happen this year. Jonathan Stewart is yet another rookie running back making noise, while Miah loses Justin Fargas to injury for who knows how long. Miah's doesn't put anyone into double digits, but leaves a few good performances on the bench. Devin Hester got hurt, and one more of Hasselbeck's targets is out, too. Maybe Miah should pick up some Steelers so they can get hurt, too.
Kate (teen girl squad - 84.77) doesn't think anyone should vote for her, but everyone but Jacob knows better. Kevin (Buc-ees' Boys - 61.36) has an even worse day. But it's really a pretty sad matchup. In fact I think I'll call it a matchdown. This matchdown featured a -3.03 score, which might be the lowest I've seen, and 2 aughts. Nick Folk the kicker posted the 3rd highest score in the matchdown. Both teams actually have some talent, and Kate gets Steve Smith back next week as well. Kate gets the luckstick award with the lowest winning score, which only beats 2 other scores this week and she happens to play one of them.
Mike (Zingers - 117.79) hangs a good scores on The Winklers (Sooners - 88.83). Some crazy performances in this matchup. Brandon Marshal catches 18 freaking passes, and Mike actually put him in the lineup! Jay Cutler sets the single position 1 game record so far with 46.90 points. Those two account for 72 of Mike's points. Which I think is more than Miah has total over 2 weeks (not true, but closer than you might think). Felix Jones has 250 return yards and a TD.
Only 4 unbeatens left already, and Mom and I play week 3 so guaranteed to be 3 max next week. Ben retains the top spot with another huge score. Brandon has 188 total points with 0 wins, Mike has 197 with 2 wins.
1. thehousebergerbuilt 2-0-0 1.000 277.65 W-2
2. Juicers 2-0-0 1.000 237.52 W-2
3. RockHoppers 2-0-0 1.000 226.02 W-2
4. Zingers 2-0-0 1.000 197.41 W-2
5. Miracle Workers 1-1-0 .500 233.35 L-1
6. ChumpBeaters 1-1-0 .500 189.97 L-1
7. Space Cadets 1-1-0 .500 189.12 W-1
8. Aspire mi toro 1-1-0 .500 159.17 W-1
9. teen girl squad 1-1-0 .500 156.73 W-1
10. Buc-ees' Boys 1-1-0 .500 149.93 L-1
11. Chunder Blunders 0-2-0 .000 188.63 L-2
12. Rust Belt 0-2-0 .000 176.06 L-2
13. Sooners 0-2-0 .000 159.88 L-2
14. Shakers and Quakers 0-2-0 .000 108.71 L-2
Monday, September 15, 2008
Monday night excitement
What's going on Monday night?
Berger can catch Brandon with 10 points, and he has Westbrook, a kicker and a defender.
Defenders and kickers get more points now, but they are still often lower scoring positions. Westbrook should be able to make it happen pretty easily, but a bad game or a couple fumbles changes everything.
Stitch need Tony Romo to go bat-crazy to catch Mom. 50 some points crazy. Romo's done it before, but probably not against a good Philly D.
Uncle Chris only trails Dad by 6.5 with T.O. to go. T.O. has sucked it up against Philly since he left there, but 6.5 is obviously within reach even with a mediocre game. It's the most up in the air matchup.
Mom, Mike, and I stay unbeaten. Berger likely does as well. Dad maybe. Now I gotta play Mom next week... who made this schedule?
Berger can catch Brandon with 10 points, and he has Westbrook, a kicker and a defender.
Defenders and kickers get more points now, but they are still often lower scoring positions. Westbrook should be able to make it happen pretty easily, but a bad game or a couple fumbles changes everything.
Stitch need Tony Romo to go bat-crazy to catch Mom. 50 some points crazy. Romo's done it before, but probably not against a good Philly D.
Uncle Chris only trails Dad by 6.5 with T.O. to go. T.O. has sucked it up against Philly since he left there, but 6.5 is obviously within reach even with a mediocre game. It's the most up in the air matchup.
Mom, Mike, and I stay unbeaten. Berger likely does as well. Dad maybe. Now I gotta play Mom next week... who made this schedule?
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Waivers from Week 1
Hmm, let's see...
Uncle Chris has the #2 waiver and uses it on Matt Cassel shocking absolutely no one. Mike had the #1 but doesn't use it. Has he even looked at the game since the draft?
Miah gets the next best QB in Matt Ryan. A great first week for Atlanta, but they were playing the Lions. Still, Ryan appears to be real. Hasselbeck doesn't have anyone to throw to so Miah needed another. Although he's carrying three QBs now. The Winklers lost Brady but Pennington seems ok. I'm pumped to get Sammy Morris - he's actually getting more carries than Maroney and now the Pats are going to have to use the run game more.
Brandon and Rowan trade Ocho-Cinco for Colston, and then Colston is apparently out for the next 6-8 weeks. Ouch. Bad for Brees, but Jake has him and also has Reggie Bush, and you know that's good for Reggie. Shockey's value goes up as well.
The injury bite seems bad this year already. Cross your fingers, but not too hard.
Uncle Chris has the #2 waiver and uses it on Matt Cassel shocking absolutely no one. Mike had the #1 but doesn't use it. Has he even looked at the game since the draft?
Miah gets the next best QB in Matt Ryan. A great first week for Atlanta, but they were playing the Lions. Still, Ryan appears to be real. Hasselbeck doesn't have anyone to throw to so Miah needed another. Although he's carrying three QBs now. The Winklers lost Brady but Pennington seems ok. I'm pumped to get Sammy Morris - he's actually getting more carries than Maroney and now the Pats are going to have to use the run game more.
Brandon and Rowan trade Ocho-Cinco for Colston, and then Colston is apparently out for the next 6-8 weeks. Ouch. Bad for Brees, but Jake has him and also has Reggie Bush, and you know that's good for Reggie. Shockey's value goes up as well.
The injury bite seems bad this year already. Cross your fingers, but not too hard.
Week 1 Wrap (08-09)
So it begins again. We waste our time worrying about Tom Brady's knee,
Ricky Williams smoking, and Chad Johnson losing his mind and his last
name. I waste my time writing this stuff. But we love it, especially
my write-ups, I know, I know.
Week 1 matchup of the week goes to Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders -
84.70) and I (Juicers - 90.05). I win by less than a TD, getting a lot
of TDs but not a lot of yards. Both teams had a mix of very good
scores (Barber, Peterson, Burleson, Bowe, both Defenses) and terrible
scores (Chad 85, Todd Heap, Fred Taylor). Some of the terrible scores
were higher picks, too. One week won't tell the whole story, but we've
both got to be wondering if we have more holes than we thought.
Brandon wins 'highest losing score' of the week, but only would have
beaten one winner. I'd like to think that my #1 and #3 pick RBs
leaving their games injured made this closer than it should have been,
but we'll see.
And that loser of the winners goes to Mike (Zingers - 79.57) again,
over Miah (Shakers and Quakers - 67.32). Mike was the massive
luckstick winner from last year, and this year keeps the ball rolling
with the lowest winning score. He would have beaten 6 other teams
though so maybe it's not so bad. It's more the consistency than any
one event. We who played in 2006 have nearly forgotten Brandon's
luckstickyness, it's all Zingers these days. The most disgusting part
is Mike starts Josh Cribbs, simply because he's from Kent St, and
Cribbs doesn't even play. Meanwhile Michael Turner, who could have
started in the flex spot instead, had the best performance of any WR
or RB, rots on Mike's bench. Miah only gets 3 TDs from his team which
helps bury him. A few disappointing scores, too. Week 1 jitters or
something more? Miah brings up the rear this week with the lowest
score.
Highest score goes to newcomer Ben Berger (thehousebergerbuilt -
138.29) who types his team team name like a juvenile chat room user.
Ben fills in on Dateline to help catch child predators, so it's just
habit. He datelines Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 83.55) even though
Uncle C hasn't traded away his best players yet, this year. Uncle
Chris puts up a good score, just barely falling to Brandon for best
losing score. Ben gets banner days from Willie Parker, who scores more
TDs in week 1 than he did for me all last season, and from McNabb, who
apparently hasn't been injured yet. Probably the best scores from
those 2 players for the whole season, and our new #1 is flush with
confidence. If only you could see his chats. Not the Dateline ones I
mean. Uncle Chris gets good scores from T.O. and Baltimore's defense.
Two parties that are either cheating or wish they were. Ben wins the
matchup and the 'worst team name' award.
Jacob (Miracle Workers - 117.28) defeats Stitch (Rust Belt - 78.69). I
think the Cowboys crushed Stitch's spirit long before Jake got to him
though. Jake has kind of a weird stat line, with the players I'd
expect to be good being bad, and vice versa. Exceptions are Brees and
Cotchery. Buffalo's D looked great, but the Seahawks looked awful,
too. That tells a lot of the story, since Stitch has Seattle's D and
Maurice Morris, where Jake had Buffalo's D. Huge point disparity. The
big RBs in the matchup all did poorly except Reggie Bush, but it's
early yet. Both QBs, Brees and Romo, look great.
Ma Kearney (Rockhoppers - 103.83) wins the Kearney women matchup over
Kate (teen girl squad - 71.96). Kate's Garrard loses that mojo that
kept him from throwing picks, or is it just that awesome Tennessee D?
Also McGahee doesn't play for the Ratbirds, and no one really does
awesome to make up for the few bad performances. Mom has Rivers go off
and Frank Gore get a lone score for the 49ers. Man if the 49ers were
any good I might have drafted him. Mom has a thing for Franks though
so she got to him first. In this matchup we can see the worth of
defenders changing, as McGee makes enough plays on the field from Mom
to beat out Kate's return man who even ran back a TD.
The Texas matchup has Kevin C-H (Buc-ee's Boys (must you have a hyphen
in your team name, too?) - 88.57) over Shonda and Ray Winkler (Sooners
- 70.95). Tom Brady getting hurt is the story, though, and the first
huge injury of the season is in the books. Brady could have made up
that deficit possibly, but Shonda and Ray have more to worry about
now. Should have taken your boy Romo! They get good scores otherwise
but nothing to crow about. Matt Forte looks great for Kevin and may be
a difference maker for the season. Good points elsewhere lets Kevin
walk fro this week.
Dad (Chumpbeaters - 96.65) doesn't have Brady this year, fortunately
for him, and beats Dave Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 70.96). Instead he has
Brett Favre, who I believe he made fun of last year. Apparently
retiring makes Favre more interesting for Dad. Team graybeard. Rowan
can't get any TDs and has too many Rams on his team to be able to win
much. Dad's WRs in Wayne and Eddie Royal pay off. I have to admit I
had my eye on Royal, but I wanted to see what happened with him in
week 1. Dad had the guts to pick him up and start him, even without
Brandon Marshall playing opposite him, and it pays off huge. What a
rookie WR performance. But Coles doesn't do anything, and Favre may
have found other targets.
That does it for week one. I'm worn out. Remember that the weekend
waivers end tonight, so get your waiver picks in if you want them. You
can do as many as you want, but remember that the more you use it the
lower your priority will be. If you have questions about it you can
use the online help or ask away.
I may start a group blog on which I can post this stuff, and people
can make comments and such, or post themselves. It seems like a better
way to track this stuff. Posting it on the League website would be
cruddy since it's kind of meant for shorter messages. Let me know what
you think if you care.
Have fun,
Frank
Ricky Williams smoking, and Chad Johnson losing his mind and his last
name. I waste my time writing this stuff. But we love it, especially
my write-ups, I know, I know.
Week 1 matchup of the week goes to Brandon/Jim (Chunder Blunders -
84.70) and I (Juicers - 90.05). I win by less than a TD, getting a lot
of TDs but not a lot of yards. Both teams had a mix of very good
scores (Barber, Peterson, Burleson, Bowe, both Defenses) and terrible
scores (Chad 85, Todd Heap, Fred Taylor). Some of the terrible scores
were higher picks, too. One week won't tell the whole story, but we've
both got to be wondering if we have more holes than we thought.
Brandon wins 'highest losing score' of the week, but only would have
beaten one winner. I'd like to think that my #1 and #3 pick RBs
leaving their games injured made this closer than it should have been,
but we'll see.
And that loser of the winners goes to Mike (Zingers - 79.57) again,
over Miah (Shakers and Quakers - 67.32). Mike was the massive
luckstick winner from last year, and this year keeps the ball rolling
with the lowest winning score. He would have beaten 6 other teams
though so maybe it's not so bad. It's more the consistency than any
one event. We who played in 2006 have nearly forgotten Brandon's
luckstickyness, it's all Zingers these days. The most disgusting part
is Mike starts Josh Cribbs, simply because he's from Kent St, and
Cribbs doesn't even play. Meanwhile Michael Turner, who could have
started in the flex spot instead, had the best performance of any WR
or RB, rots on Mike's bench. Miah only gets 3 TDs from his team which
helps bury him. A few disappointing scores, too. Week 1 jitters or
something more? Miah brings up the rear this week with the lowest
score.
Highest score goes to newcomer Ben Berger (thehousebergerbuilt -
138.29) who types his team team name like a juvenile chat room user.
Ben fills in on Dateline to help catch child predators, so it's just
habit. He datelines Uncle Chris (Space Cadets - 83.55) even though
Uncle C hasn't traded away his best players yet, this year. Uncle
Chris puts up a good score, just barely falling to Brandon for best
losing score. Ben gets banner days from Willie Parker, who scores more
TDs in week 1 than he did for me all last season, and from McNabb, who
apparently hasn't been injured yet. Probably the best scores from
those 2 players for the whole season, and our new #1 is flush with
confidence. If only you could see his chats. Not the Dateline ones I
mean. Uncle Chris gets good scores from T.O. and Baltimore's defense.
Two parties that are either cheating or wish they were. Ben wins the
matchup and the 'worst team name' award.
Jacob (Miracle Workers - 117.28) defeats Stitch (Rust Belt - 78.69). I
think the Cowboys crushed Stitch's spirit long before Jake got to him
though. Jake has kind of a weird stat line, with the players I'd
expect to be good being bad, and vice versa. Exceptions are Brees and
Cotchery. Buffalo's D looked great, but the Seahawks looked awful,
too. That tells a lot of the story, since Stitch has Seattle's D and
Maurice Morris, where Jake had Buffalo's D. Huge point disparity. The
big RBs in the matchup all did poorly except Reggie Bush, but it's
early yet. Both QBs, Brees and Romo, look great.
Ma Kearney (Rockhoppers - 103.83) wins the Kearney women matchup over
Kate (teen girl squad - 71.96). Kate's Garrard loses that mojo that
kept him from throwing picks, or is it just that awesome Tennessee D?
Also McGahee doesn't play for the Ratbirds, and no one really does
awesome to make up for the few bad performances. Mom has Rivers go off
and Frank Gore get a lone score for the 49ers. Man if the 49ers were
any good I might have drafted him. Mom has a thing for Franks though
so she got to him first. In this matchup we can see the worth of
defenders changing, as McGee makes enough plays on the field from Mom
to beat out Kate's return man who even ran back a TD.
The Texas matchup has Kevin C-H (Buc-ee's Boys (must you have a hyphen
in your team name, too?) - 88.57) over Shonda and Ray Winkler (Sooners
- 70.95). Tom Brady getting hurt is the story, though, and the first
huge injury of the season is in the books. Brady could have made up
that deficit possibly, but Shonda and Ray have more to worry about
now. Should have taken your boy Romo! They get good scores otherwise
but nothing to crow about. Matt Forte looks great for Kevin and may be
a difference maker for the season. Good points elsewhere lets Kevin
walk fro this week.
Dad (Chumpbeaters - 96.65) doesn't have Brady this year, fortunately
for him, and beats Dave Rowan (Aspire Mi Toro - 70.96). Instead he has
Brett Favre, who I believe he made fun of last year. Apparently
retiring makes Favre more interesting for Dad. Team graybeard. Rowan
can't get any TDs and has too many Rams on his team to be able to win
much. Dad's WRs in Wayne and Eddie Royal pay off. I have to admit I
had my eye on Royal, but I wanted to see what happened with him in
week 1. Dad had the guts to pick him up and start him, even without
Brandon Marshall playing opposite him, and it pays off huge. What a
rookie WR performance. But Coles doesn't do anything, and Favre may
have found other targets.
That does it for week one. I'm worn out. Remember that the weekend
waivers end tonight, so get your waiver picks in if you want them. You
can do as many as you want, but remember that the more you use it the
lower your priority will be. If you have questions about it you can
use the online help or ask away.
I may start a group blog on which I can post this stuff, and people
can make comments and such, or post themselves. It seems like a better
way to track this stuff. Posting it on the League website would be
cruddy since it's kind of meant for shorter messages. Let me know what
you think if you care.
Have fun,
Frank
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