The highest single week score ever posted in Sacred Sundays history is 148 points and has been achieved twice – James did it in Week 3-2011, and Jens did it in Week 14-2012. With the way the News Team was rolling through the first half of games on Sunday, I thought that this record was going to be long-gone. But cracking 150 points still seems to be tough nut. In any event, this marks Timmy’s fourth Weekly High Score Prize of this young season. The record for the most high score prizes in a season is 4.5, and Timmy is well on pace to obliterate that mark. Also, the best ever starting record is 6-0 (Midnight Maulers in 2007, SOFA KING GOOD in 2010, and Moves Like Jagger in 2011), so we’ll see if that one can be bested this coming week.
In league-wide news, the standings are still super close, with four teams at 3-3 and four teams at 2-4. Now is the point of the season where managing your roster becomes uber-important as injuries and bye weeks keep on coming. Speaking of that, it appears that Jens and I are the only managers that know about the Weekly Pick ‘Em, as we are the only two who consistently pick the winners each week. This season, Louis, Russ, James, Shawn and Jamie have not made any picks. Remember, each week the manager that picks the most games correctly will be moved to the first slot on the waiver wire. That means that you get first crack at free agents. (If there is a tie between two teams picking the most correct, the waiver order will just be the inverse of the standings.) To pick the winners each week, you just have to look at the matchups and click the team that you think will win.
Okay, so this week I’ve got an update on the playoff race, I’ll relay the best analysis that I’ve heard on this whole Redskin debate, and we award the first repeat winner of the Best Bench. So let’s get to this…
OH YEAH!
-Vernon Davis, TE – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 33 pts – For two weeks in a row the highest scoring player for the week has been on BoomGoesTheDynamite’s roster, sitting on his bench. Last week was Romo’s 43 points, and now this. Davis was on fire this week, catching 8 passes for 180 yards and 2 touchdowns, and in the process scored the second most points in a single week by any tight end or wide receiver.
-Cam Newton, QB – Channel 4 News Team – 30 pts – When the big man gets rolling, it’s next to impossible to stop him. Cam threw 3 TD’s, rushed for one, and racked up 272 total yards in a dominating performance over the Vikings.-Nick Foles, QB – Free Agent – 29 pts – Vick who? This could have spelled the end of the Michael Vick era in Philly… however, it did come against Tampa Bay so we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves.
-Knowshon Moreno, RB – Joe’s Pats – 28 pts – Moreno only gained 42 yards on the ground but managed to stick it in the endzone three times! That is good use of those yards!
-Marshawn Lynch, RB – SOFA KING GOOD – 26 pts – Marshawn is quietly putting together a great season, averaging 15.5 points per game and is currently the third best runningback in fantasy.
OH NO!
-Jason Witten, TE – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 2 pts – Nothing doing for JW in this one, with only 3 catches for 27 yards.
-Calvin Johnson, WR – SOFA KING GOOD – 2 pts – Megatron only caught 3 balls for 25 yards. Gotta hate these situations…if he’s hurt he shouldn’t play. Seems like the Lions almost just used him more as a decoy than anything else…
-Antonio Gates, TE – Vandelay Industries – 2 pts – Gates headed into this week averaging 11.8 points per game for the last four games, but was pretty much a non-factor.
-Greg Olsen, TE – Midnight Maulers – 1 pt – In spite of the Panthers routing the Vikings, Olsen only had two grabs for 19 yards.
-Torrey Smith, WR – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 1 pt – Smith was apparently a victim of “the cloud”. Joe Flacco said after the game that the Packers “cloud coverage” was the reason Torrey Smith managed just one catch for 12 yards. Watch out for that cloud!!
-Marques Colston, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 1 pt – With Graham out and Lance Moore inactive, Colston only saw three targets in this game and finished with one catch for 11 yards. What is going on there...?
-Jimmy Graham, TE – Channel 4 News Team – 0 pts – Graham reportedly injured his foot in this game, but actually came back to play. It ended up being the first time in 46 games that he did not catch a pass.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
This was the best analysis that I’ve heard in regards to the controversy now surrounding the Washington Redskins: “The Washington Redskins are considering changing the name of their team because being associated with ‘Washington’ is embarrassing.” Right on.
PLAYOFFS!
After six weeks of battle, there are only four records held by teams: 6-0, 4-2, 3-3 and 2-4. Here are the historic percentages of those records qualifying for the playoffs:
6-0 – 66.7% (Has happened 3 times, with 2 qualifying)
4-2 – 90% (Has happened 10 times, with 9 qualifying)
3-3 – 50% (Has happened 18 times, with 9 qualifying)
2-4 – 41.7% (Has happened 12 times, with 5 qualifying)
So I’m still sticking with my ponies from last week: Channel 4 News Team, American BadAss, Midnight Maulers, sprouts, Butkus’ Dick and Vandelay Industries to make the playoffs.
ESOTERIC JOKE OF THE WEEK
Did you hear about the man who got cooled to absolute zero? He’s 0K now.
BEST BENCH
Jens has been playing a guessing game all year with the quarterback and tight end position, and has really guessed wrong the last two weeks. Last week Tony Romo went crazy with 43 points, while Jens’ active QB Colin Kaepernick only netted 9 points. This week, Vernon Davis went crazy with 33 points, while Jens’ active TE Jason Witten only got 2 points. So for the second week in a row, and our first multi-time recipient of the season, the Best Bench goes to… BoomGoesTheDynamite! With only 3 roster moves, Jens could have improved his point total by 39 points. V. Davis for J. Witten (+31 pts), C. Kaepernick for T. Romo (+7 pts) and D. Hopkins for T. Smith (+1 pt).
Six weeks down and only two weeks away from mid-term grades...
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