Two weeks in a row now the Weekly High Score Prize has been determined by only one point. This week it was my Scottish Rebels edging Joe’s Pats by the thinnest of margins, 103 to 102, to take the prize for Week 9. It was all thanks to a monumental performance by Vincent Jackson, who caught an amazing three touchdowns against the Packers on his way to scoring 32 points! Also, with my Rebels taking the prize this week, that means that there has been a different high scorer for each of the last three weeks.
In other news, Moves Like Jagger is the first team to snag a playoff spot, courtesy of an 8-1 record. The next two closest teams are at 6-3 (Joe’s Pats and the Coors Light Drunk Guys). The Wild Card race could prove very interesting, as all teams are still very much alive. Now is the time to make sure that you have your best roster in every week! And speaking of that, don’t forget that there is a Thursday night game (11/10/11), Oakland at San Diego.
This week we get all geared up for the famed “What Do You Know? Bowl” and take an in-depth look at player’s draft positions versus season production. But first, some observations…
THROW THE BALL AND CATCH THE BALL!
Vincent Jackson, WR – Scottish Rebels – 32 pts – Jackson was on fire against Green Bay and finished with 3 touchdowns and 141 yards. He matched his total from Week 2 when he scored 32 points against New England. That means he has a total of 64 points playing against two of the top teams in the league, and only 33 points total playing against MIN, KC (twice), MIA, DEN and NYJ. Look for him to go to sleep again until Dec. 18 when the Chargers play the Ravens.
Willis McGahee, RB – sprouts – 31 pts – Do you remember the days when Denver was known as a great rushing team? McGahee finished with 163 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns, which is the highest rushing total for a Denver RB since Nov. 21, 2004, when Reuben Droughns (yeah, remember that guy?) tallied 166 yards.
Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 30 pts – To say that Rodgers is having a Pro Bowl season would be understating it by about a factor of 10. This season with 24 touchdown passes and just three interceptions, Rodgers has a 129.1 passer rating…the next closest being Drew Brees, at 100.6. Amazing.
Julio Jones, WR – Scottish Rebels – 28 pts – Jones showed off his speed, scoring on 50-yard and 80-yard plays, his first two touchdowns of the season.
Philip Rivers, QB – sprouts – 28 pts – Rivers went off with 385 yards and four touchdowns, but also had 3 interceptions. That gives him 14 INT’s on the year, which is the most in the league.
WEAK SAUCE
Robert Meacham, WR - Coors Light Drunk Guys – 0 pts – I’m not even sure if Meacham played in this game. Seriously, does anyone know?
Kansas City, DEF – Lords of Lumberg – 0 pts – The KC defense was projected to score 21 points against a hapless Miami team. Instead they got walloped, losing 31-3. The only thing that saved them from being in the negative was having 95 return yards. They didn’t even record a sack. Yuck.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW??? Version 2011
The most bitter rivalry in all of Fantasy Football takes hold this week, with Moves Like Jagger battling the Coors Light Drunk Guys in the annual “What Do You Know? Bowl”! The match up this year is extra special, as these two teams are the two division leaders. Will this be a preview of the Championship game? Possibly. Will the loser of this game never hear the end of it? Absolutely. I can’t wait!
DRAFT DIFFERENTIALS
This week, I took a look at where players were drafted versus where they currently rank in terms of point production. For the purpose of this analysis, all offensive players, kickers and defenses were ranked based on their point totals for the season. That was then compared to their draft position to get their differential score. The higher the differential, the better the pick, the lower the differential the worse the pick. Keepers were included in this analysis.
Overall, out of 150 players drafted there were 44 players with positive differentials, 104 with negative differentials, and two with a zero differential. Those two players were Matt Forte and Dwayne Bowe. Forte was taken with the 19th pick by the Coors Light Drunk Guys and with 133 points currently ranks 19th. Bowe was taken with the 69th pick by sprouts and with 85 points currently ranks 69th.
The highest single differential belongs to Michael Vick, taken as a keeper with the 150th pick and currently ranked 10th, for a differential of +140. The second highest differential is +122 held by the Detroit defense, taken by the Coors Light Drunk Guys with the 143rd pick and currently ranked 21st. Peyton Manning, having been selected as a keeper by Frito Pie with the first pick, and having scored no points this year due to injury, holds the lowest differential. The second lowest differential goes to Jamaal Charles, having been selected as a keeper by the Lords of Lumberg with the 15th pick, and only scoring 11 points this year before getting injured. The lowest differential of a non-injured player goes to Chad Ochocinco, having been picked by Joe’s Pats with the 53rd pick, and being currently ranked #268 for a differential of -215.
When the differentials for each position are combined together, only two positions come out with positive numbers: defenses and quarterbacks. There were 14 defenses selected in our draft, and 11 of those currently rank higher in the scoring list than where they were drafted. The combined defense differential is +559. Quarterbacks have a combined differential of +424, owing to there being 22 quarterbacks selected, with 15 of those currently being ranked higher than their draft position.
The lowest combined differential is -3,536, which belongs to runningbacks. There were 49 runningbacks selected and only 9 have positive differentials. The runningback with the highest differential is Darren Sproles (+118), drafted by the Midnight Maulers with the 145th pick, and currently ranked 27th. The second lowest combined differential is -3374 belonging to wide receivers. Our draft had 43 wide receivers taken, and only five of those have positive differentials. Steve Smith ranks highest with a differential of +84, having been drafted by sprouts at #109 and currently being ranked 25th. Tight ends have a combined differential of -1521 and kickers have a combined total of -68. (The only thing holding kickers back from a positive differential is Nate Kaeding, who was taken with the 105th pick by the Midnight Maulers, but got injured before scoring any points this season).
At the end of the season, there will be a complete team-by-team breakdown of draft differentials, and yes, final grades will be given out.
PICKING THE WINNERS
Eight teams made their picks for the weekly winners in Week 9, and six of those teams were correct with three of their picks. So the waiver order was set to the reverse order of standings. Be sure to pick the winners each week, as the owner who picks the most correct will be moved to the top of the waiver order.
BEST BENCH
Everyone has been doing a good job maximizing points on their roster and minimizing points on their bench. The award for Best Bench for Week 9 goes to…. sprouts! Russ could have improved his point total by 24, with only one roster move – W. McGahee for L. Blount (+24).
Allright, get your rosters ready to go for Week 10! You may get lucky and get some playoff scenarios starting next week…
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