“Interceptions count as touchdowns?! I’m coming back!!” –
tweet from Brett Favre.
What a weekend! The
replacement refs are really hitting their stride! I heard on the radio that viewership for NFL games is up 8% this
year, which I would guess is largely due to the fact that no one has any idea
what will happen in these games. To
hear the announcers going apoplectic over the refs so hilarious—they sound as
if there has never been an incorrect call made in a game prior to this season.
But alas, all good things must come to an end, and I just
saw the news article that an agreement has been reached between the referee
union and the NFL. Sigh…oh well...
The big congratulations this week go to Gotham’s
Reckoning! Timmy put up a commanding
performance and became the third different Weekly High Scorer in as many
weeks. His performance was all the more
impressive by the fact that his optimal line-up was in the game! That is not something that is accomplished very
often, so well done Tim-may!!
Joe’s Pats remains the sole unbeaten team, and my Scottish
Rebels remain in the basement with no wins.
The best ever starting record is 6-0, which has been accomplished 3
times (Jamie in 2007, James in 2010, and Jens in 2011), and the worst starting
record is 0-6, accomplished by yours truly last year. So Joe, we are halfway to tying the records! Let's keep up the good work!
Now, on with it…
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!
Jamaal Charles, RB – Gotham’s Reckoning – 37 pts – Charles
had the second best day for a runningback in Chief’s history, going for 233
yards and a touchdown. The best day also belongs to Charles, when he went
off for 259 yards against Denver in 2009. This is the kind of game
that Timmy has been dreaming about since that day!
Ben Roethlis--something, QB – Joe’s Pats – 34 pts – Big Ben
has tossed 8 touchdown passes through the first three games. He’s
certainly got the hot hand right now… too bad he’s on a bye in Week 4.
A.J. Green, WR – Frito Pie – 28 pts – Dalton to Green is
becoming a deadly combination. A.J.
caught 9 of the 11 passes thrown his way, with the longest being a 73-yard
touchdown beauty.
Joe Flacco, QB – Midnight Maulers – 28 pts – Flacco played
great against the Patriots racking up 382 yards, 3 touchdowns and only 1
interception. His next opponent is the
Browns, who are without their best cornerback, and are the team that Flacco has
had his best games against.
Maurice Jones-Drew, RB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 27 pts –
In spite of playing for the Jaguars, MJD continues to be an offensive
machine. He rushed for 177 yards and a
touchdown.
Jake Locker, QB – Frito Pie – 27 pts – Who would’ve thunk
it? Jake Locker looked like a solid
quarterback tossing two touchdowns and racking up 378 yards in the process.
IT’S NOT FUNNY…IT’S NOT FUN…
Antonio Gates, TE – Scottish Rebels – 2 pts – Good thing I
used a third round pick to net 6 points so far this season. Yuck.
Rob Gronkowski, TE – sprouts – 2 pts – For the first time in
a year, Brady actually threw to his wide receivers instead of his tight
ends. I don’t expect to see Gronk
finish with only 21 yards very often.
Philip Rivers, QB – Frito Pie – 2 pts – Rivers played a
horrible game, only throwing for 173 yards, no touchdowns and 2 picks. He finished with a passer rating of 45.2,
which frankly is generous. I score this
one a big fat zero.
Demaryius Thomas, WR – American BadAss – 1 pt – Thomas was
targeted 12 times, but only managed to catch 3 of those for 34 yards. Wide receivers are supposed to catch the balls.
Jordy Nelson, WR – sprouts – 1 pt – Nelson had 15 TD’s last
season, but has yet to find the endzone this year. Seattle’s defense really put the clamps on him in this one,
holding him to only 2 catches for 19 yards.
Kevin Smith, RB – American BadAss – 0 pts – Smith was
active, and did play, but was used only sparingly. In fact, he never actually touched the ball. Hard to score any points that way.
Lions, D – Scottish Rebels – 0 pts – The Tennessee Titans
walked all over the Lions and rang up 44 points, gave up no sacks, and only had
1 turnover. Buh-bye.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD CHANGE NAMES TO SOFA KING GIANT
Taking a page from the old Chief Dredd days, James has
compiled a team consisting of six New York Giant players. Week 11 will be tricky as those players plus
two more will be on their bye week.
REALITY VS. FANTASY
The tracking of points scored in reality versus fantasy is
getting interesting. The top scoring
team in real points is Washington with 99, but they rank only 7th on
the fantasy scoring list with 284.
Meanwhile the lowest scoring teams in real points are Philadelphia and
Dallas (both with only 47), but they rank 19th and 26th in fantasy
points with 225 and 211 points, respectively.
Here are the top five fantasy scoring teams:
Baltimore – 315
New York Giants – 310
Atlanta – 298
Detroit – 293
Cincinnati – 285
PLAYOFFS?!
Can we already be talking about the playoffs? As Jens would say, oh you betcha!!
I now have 5 years of data from which I have tracked the
results to see what starting records make it to the playoffs most often. After three weeks of play, the record that
is the lock to make it in is 1-1-1. The
only time that record has been seen in the past ended with the team making it
to the dance. (That was the Midnight
Maulers in 2010). The record that is
sure to exclude a team from qualifying is 0-2-1, which has also only been seen
once, but ended with the team not making it in. Fortunately, no team has that record this year so everyone is
still alive! Remarkably, an 0-3 start
has been seen 6 times in the past five years, with 3 of those teams making it
to the playoffs. So this is exactly the start that I was looking for... I’ve got all of you right where I want you!
In any event, based on the current records, here are my
predictions for the teams that will qualify for the playoffs:
American BadAss – 1-1-1 (Record qualifying percentage =
100%)
BoomGoesTheDynamite – 1-1-1 (Record qualifying percentage =
100%)
Joe’s Pats – 3-0 (Record qualifying percentage = 77.8%)
Frito Pie – 1-2 (Record qualifying percentage = 66.7%)
Gotham’s Reckoning – 1-2 (Record qualifying percentage =
66.7%)
Scottish Rebels – 0-3 (Record qualifying percentage = 50%)
BEST BENCH
We have our first repeat champion of the season! With four roster moves, and a 39-point
improvement, the Best Bench for Week 3 goes to… the Coors Light Drunk
Guys! Shawn needed to sub in Arizona for
Green Bay (+27), A. Brown for M. Floyd
(+7), A. Luck for D. Brees (+4) and M. Bush for CJ Spiller (+1).
Get ready for another Thursday night game, and the first
week of byes!!!
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