It only took nine weeks for my Scottish Rebels to finally kick into gear, but boy did they ever, becoming the only team to break into triple digits this week with 108 points! Michael Vick is back and is as good as ever, and Arian Foster looks like LaDainian Tomlinson of 4 years ago! I don’t want to dash anyone’s hopes, but it looks like my team is going to be pretty much unstoppable from here on out, so you guys are really just playing for second place. Oh yeah!!
Last week (Week 8) belonged to SOFA KING GOOD… James had a great performance from Calvin Johnson (28 points) and all of his players except his kicker and defense scored in the double digits! Nice job Cap’n!! Week 8 also saw Frito Pie register their first victory of the season, mainly thanks to some great waiver wire pick-ups, and Tailgate Approved had a roster with scoring like I’ve never seen before… all of Jens’ players scored no less than 3 points and no more than 7 points. Truly unprecedented.
This week we’ll take a look at the money count so far, give out two (!) Best Bench awards, and marvel at the fact that it’s already time to start thinking about the playoffs. But first, some observations…
THAT’S SOME BIG TIME FOOTBALL
- Peyton Hillis, RB – sprouts – 34 pts – Hillis is 12th in the NFL in rushing yards, and 3rd in touchdowns scored with 7! Not bad for a second-string Denver reject…
- Arian Foster, RB – Scottish Rebels – 31 pts – Rookie of the year? Is there even competition?
- Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 27 pts – This is what you call a perfect day for a quarterback: 27 for 34, 289 yards, 3 TD’s, 0 int’s, 131.5 Passer Rating. Mmm..yeah.
- Adrian Peterson, RB – Lords of Lumberg – 26 pts – Peterson has scored over 20 points in each of his last three games, and 5 times overall for the season.
- Terrell Owens, WR – Joe’s Pats – 26 pts – T.O. had 141 yards and 2 touches against the Steelers. Chad Ochocinco, meanwhile, only has two touchdowns for the whole year. Gotta figure he’s not real happy about that…
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
Here is the money count thus far in the season:
- SOFA KING GOOD – James - $120 (Weeks 3, 4, 8)
- Lords of Lumberg – Timmy - $120 (Weeks 1, 2, 7)
- Tailgate Approved – Jens - $40 (Week 5)
- sprouts – Russ - $40 (Week 6)
- Scottish Rebels – Jerry - $40 (Week 9)
If any winners want a payout, email me and let me know and I will get a check sent.
YUCK
- Miles Austin, WR – Lords of Lumberg – 1 pt – Kitna’s vision extends about 2 yards down the field, so it is no surprise that Austin only had 2 catches for 16 yards.
- Felix Jones, RB – American BadAss – 1 pt – He has the same problem as Miles Austin…he’s a member of the Dallas Cowboys.
- Calvin Johnson, WR – SOFA KING GOOD – 1 pt – Over the last four weeks, Calvin Johnson was averaging 19.75 ppg, but Darrelle Revis and the Jets’ defense held him to only one catch for 13 yards.
- Benjarvus Green-Ellis, RB – sprouts – 1 pt – BGE was only able to gain 14 yards on 9 carries…an average of only 1.55 yards per carry. Against the Cleveland Browns.
- Steve Smith, WR – Midnight Maulers – 0 pts – I seriously thought that Steve Smith had been injured, but he actually played the whole game.
- Justin Forsett, RB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 0 pts – Forsett finished with only 4 total yards, -1 rushing and 5 receiving. That’s not just bad, that’s real bad.
- Seattle, D – Tailgate Approved – 0 pts – Remarkably, even after posting zero points this week, Seattle is still the 9th rank defense in fantasy.
POLITICAL RANT
For this week’s political rant, I am going step aside and let Ronald Reagan take the lead. This is a link to a recording he made in 1961 railing against Socialism in general, but particularly socialized medicine. The most amazing thing about this clip is that you could change a couple of the names of legislators that he mentions and it would be perfectly relevant today. Take a listen…it’s only about 11 minutes long and is absolutely brilliant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrlDlrLDSQ&feature=related
PLAYOFFS?! DON’T TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS!
Only four weeks left until it is playoff time!! Playoffs begin in Week 14, as usual, with the top 6 teams qualifying… the top two in each division get automatic bids and the next two highest ranked teams receive wildcards. Stay tuned for next week when I’ll run through playoff scenarios for each team.
BEST BENCH(ES)
Week 8 was interesting because of there being 6 NFL teams on byes, there were not a lot of points left on the bench. Well that is except for American Bad Ass… Jason blew away the competition for Best Bench where he could have improved his point total by 29 points with only two roster moves… D. Garrard for A. Rodgers (+24 pts) and M. Colston for D. Bryant (+5 pts). Don’t feel too bad though bro, you still would’ve lost by 21 points to the Lords of Lumberg.
Week 9 saw significantly more points on the bench, SOFA KING GOOD and the Lords of Lumberg both could’ve improved by 24 points, but none were better than Joe’s Pats. Joe could have improved his point total by a solid 32 points with two roster changes… T. Owens for P. Garcon (+25 pts) and E. Manning for T. Brady (+7 pts). But if we ever see Joe bench Tom Brady in favor of Eli Manning, I believe we can reasonably assume that terrorists have taken control of his team. Wait, that’s happening in Week 10?!? Someone call the authorities!!!
Get ready for Week 10 and the push to the playoffs!!!
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