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.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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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