Wow so week 2 was all about point explosions. Last week's point totals were nothing as seven teams scored triple digits and three of those teams actually lost! It is one thing when you lay a goose egg or two and lose, but putting up huge numbers (even 2nd high score of the week) and losing can break a man. After two weeks there are only 2 teams with perfect records so balance is the early theme. Now we all are chasing two Stalnaker’s and not 1 this year. Get your teams fired up and bring these fools down.
Who Got the Key to My Cage? vs. Blame it on the Henny – two teams coming off a loss in week 1 decided that getting to a 100 was necessary for a win. Going into the Sunday night game Cage was leading 94 to 89 with only Philly’s kicker versus Michael Vick. At this point I assumed Henny was going to be easily sipping on his first win of the season but wow did this one get close. Vick couldn’t hang onto the ball and got knocked out of the game, but not late enough. Vick’s 13 was enough for a 2 point escape. Cage was let down for the second week by CJ giving him only 6 points. The real downfall for Cage though was his negative 1 points from the defense and 0 from the TE. Of course his other TE gave him zero as well so no roster moves could have saved him in this one. Henny made the right call going back to the Steelers this week even after the negative 6 from the week before.
A Pimp Named Slickback vs. A Team Named Suh – maybe it is Suh’s team mentality versus the individualistic nature of the Pimp, but Suh keeps rolling with solid output from most everyone on his team. He put up his second week of triple digits and Slickback became one of the three teams to throw up triple digits and lose (Slickback just threw up in his mouth) Each of Suh’s starting WRs caught TDs and his namesake’s defense dropped 21 on the now-Charlesless Chiefs. (come on Andrew Luck!) All this from Suh with Gates thowing up the big O. Slickback had Ahmad Bradshaw in the Monday nighter, but being down 25 points was a little too much and he unfortunately fell short. Not even starting Cam 400 (I am trademarking that name right now) over Schaub would have given Slickback enough.
Rusty Trombone vs. Huge Hits – well you probably did not realize it until reading this update (that is why I write them) but Rusty made some interesting roster moves this week. Both Turner and Starks were left on the bench for LT? Rusty had 3 players score 67 points and it could have been 4 players scoring 87 if Turner was starting over LT. Rusty also must be a little busy when it comes to checking WR availability as Lloyd did not start this week. Of course when your other 3 WRs on your bench combined for 2 points the options were not really there to begin with. Huge Hits got Huge games from Austin and the Jets D that made up nearly half of this total score and brought him the W.
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife vs. Jayhawk Nation – Jayhawk Nation might have come away with a victory this week, but he paid for it dearly with #1 overall pick Jamal Charles done for the year. Brady was huge again for Nation making up a third of his total points. Jordy Nelson’s one catch for 84 yards and a score though brought home the win for sure. Nothing like getting 14 points from your WR from one pass! Arian Foster might have doomed Hide Ya’s day again leaving early due to “fatigue” (a.k.a. his hammy was burning). Hide Ya also left Finley on the bench and if he had decided to play Henderson over Wayne he could have gotten a victory. How are you not trusting the Saints 4th WR option on a weekly basis?
The Blackshirts vs. Rock Chalk - Rock Chalk started off on fire with his only 3 players in the noon games putting up 74 points. Needless to say he might have been a little overconfident about securing the win. Of course The Blackshirts were putting up solid numbers as well the whole time but nothing like averaging 25 per player. Of course the late games came, Rock Chalk’s players felt like single digits were the way to go and Vincent Jackson and Fitzgerald went off late to cruise ahead on the way to 132 total points! Everyone except for The Blackshirts kicker put up double digits and Jackson’s 29 topped it all off. Rock Chalk was a little wary of Maclin so left his 29 on the bench of course, which would have guaranteed a victory. The 20 points by Gronkowski versus the 8 of Daniels also became a wrong call, and accounted for the second wrong move of the week that could have brought home a win. In the end Chalk needed 29 from Nicks and the Giants D on Monday night, gave the Blackshirts a scare early, but Nicks could not get going enough to make it count. Rock Chalk outscored everyone except The Blackshirts and took a loss because of it.
Move of the Week: Defenses are a tough spot to usually figure out but the Blackshirts successfully picked up Houston this week and played their 12 points over the -5 of the Chargers he rightfully put on the bench. That move locked down a win he would not have gotten if he stayed with his drafted defense.
Oops of the Week: Rock Chalk had 2 chances to make the correct roster move and secure a victory but missed on both. Going back and forth between Maclin and Nicks and never even thinking about playing the Gronk at TE will weigh on me the entire week.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rock Chalk gets 2 awards this week though neither is wanted. Putting up 121 should get you a win 95% of the time, of course this week 2nd high score and falling into the other 5% is the story of fantasy.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Jayhawk Nation scored enough points to beat only 1 team this week, and luckily they played them. Seriously the fantasy gods giveth and taketh away at the same time.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
The Blackshirts 237
A Team Named Suh 226
Rock Chalk 222
A Pimp Named Slickback 202
Jayhawk Nation 191
Blame it on the Henny 190
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 189
Rusty Trombone 180
Huge Hits 178
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 157
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $2.00
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $0.50
The Blackshirts $1.50
Blame it on the Henny $0.50
Huge Hits $0.50
A Team Named Suh $0.50
Jayhawk Nation $1.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $0.50
A Pimp Named Slickeback $1.50
Rusty Trombome $0.00
Total Fees: $9.00 (case of Natty and a Snickers bar)
Who Got the Key to My Cage? vs. Blame it on the Henny – two teams coming off a loss in week 1 decided that getting to a 100 was necessary for a win. Going into the Sunday night game Cage was leading 94 to 89 with only Philly’s kicker versus Michael Vick. At this point I assumed Henny was going to be easily sipping on his first win of the season but wow did this one get close. Vick couldn’t hang onto the ball and got knocked out of the game, but not late enough. Vick’s 13 was enough for a 2 point escape. Cage was let down for the second week by CJ giving him only 6 points. The real downfall for Cage though was his negative 1 points from the defense and 0 from the TE. Of course his other TE gave him zero as well so no roster moves could have saved him in this one. Henny made the right call going back to the Steelers this week even after the negative 6 from the week before.
A Pimp Named Slickback vs. A Team Named Suh – maybe it is Suh’s team mentality versus the individualistic nature of the Pimp, but Suh keeps rolling with solid output from most everyone on his team. He put up his second week of triple digits and Slickback became one of the three teams to throw up triple digits and lose (Slickback just threw up in his mouth) Each of Suh’s starting WRs caught TDs and his namesake’s defense dropped 21 on the now-Charlesless Chiefs. (come on Andrew Luck!) All this from Suh with Gates thowing up the big O. Slickback had Ahmad Bradshaw in the Monday nighter, but being down 25 points was a little too much and he unfortunately fell short. Not even starting Cam 400 (I am trademarking that name right now) over Schaub would have given Slickback enough.
Rusty Trombone vs. Huge Hits – well you probably did not realize it until reading this update (that is why I write them) but Rusty made some interesting roster moves this week. Both Turner and Starks were left on the bench for LT? Rusty had 3 players score 67 points and it could have been 4 players scoring 87 if Turner was starting over LT. Rusty also must be a little busy when it comes to checking WR availability as Lloyd did not start this week. Of course when your other 3 WRs on your bench combined for 2 points the options were not really there to begin with. Huge Hits got Huge games from Austin and the Jets D that made up nearly half of this total score and brought him the W.
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife vs. Jayhawk Nation – Jayhawk Nation might have come away with a victory this week, but he paid for it dearly with #1 overall pick Jamal Charles done for the year. Brady was huge again for Nation making up a third of his total points. Jordy Nelson’s one catch for 84 yards and a score though brought home the win for sure. Nothing like getting 14 points from your WR from one pass! Arian Foster might have doomed Hide Ya’s day again leaving early due to “fatigue” (a.k.a. his hammy was burning). Hide Ya also left Finley on the bench and if he had decided to play Henderson over Wayne he could have gotten a victory. How are you not trusting the Saints 4th WR option on a weekly basis?
The Blackshirts vs. Rock Chalk - Rock Chalk started off on fire with his only 3 players in the noon games putting up 74 points. Needless to say he might have been a little overconfident about securing the win. Of course The Blackshirts were putting up solid numbers as well the whole time but nothing like averaging 25 per player. Of course the late games came, Rock Chalk’s players felt like single digits were the way to go and Vincent Jackson and Fitzgerald went off late to cruise ahead on the way to 132 total points! Everyone except for The Blackshirts kicker put up double digits and Jackson’s 29 topped it all off. Rock Chalk was a little wary of Maclin so left his 29 on the bench of course, which would have guaranteed a victory. The 20 points by Gronkowski versus the 8 of Daniels also became a wrong call, and accounted for the second wrong move of the week that could have brought home a win. In the end Chalk needed 29 from Nicks and the Giants D on Monday night, gave the Blackshirts a scare early, but Nicks could not get going enough to make it count. Rock Chalk outscored everyone except The Blackshirts and took a loss because of it.
Move of the Week: Defenses are a tough spot to usually figure out but the Blackshirts successfully picked up Houston this week and played their 12 points over the -5 of the Chargers he rightfully put on the bench. That move locked down a win he would not have gotten if he stayed with his drafted defense.
Oops of the Week: Rock Chalk had 2 chances to make the correct roster move and secure a victory but missed on both. Going back and forth between Maclin and Nicks and never even thinking about playing the Gronk at TE will weigh on me the entire week.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rock Chalk gets 2 awards this week though neither is wanted. Putting up 121 should get you a win 95% of the time, of course this week 2nd high score and falling into the other 5% is the story of fantasy.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Jayhawk Nation scored enough points to beat only 1 team this week, and luckily they played them. Seriously the fantasy gods giveth and taketh away at the same time.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
The Blackshirts 237
A Team Named Suh 226
Rock Chalk 222
A Pimp Named Slickback 202
Jayhawk Nation 191
Blame it on the Henny 190
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 189
Rusty Trombone 180
Huge Hits 178
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 157
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $2.00
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $0.50
The Blackshirts $1.50
Blame it on the Henny $0.50
Huge Hits $0.50
A Team Named Suh $0.50
Jayhawk Nation $1.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $0.50
A Pimp Named Slickeback $1.50
Rusty Trombome $0.00
Total Fees: $9.00 (case of Natty and a Snickers bar)
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