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.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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
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