If you are not familiar with the Sunday Scene article from Andy Behrens of Yahoo you should check it out under the Analysis tab. Every Sunday Andy Behrens runs a day long blog on all the major developments for every game in action. If you are not able to watch all the games or follow our live twitter updates on Sunday at least you can know who is having a huge fantasy day, who has been injured and who could be costing you a win that week. Updates usually come after the conclusions of games and continue late into the night with final wrap up and possible early waiver wire looks. Check it out.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Earnest Graham Opportunities Abound
LeGarrette Blount is all but ruled out the next two weeks. Early unconfirmed reports are also stating that his MCL sprain is actually a tear and he could miss 4 - 6 weeks. This leaves Graham with a lot of touches laying around. Graham has already been averaging just over 8 touches a game through five weeks. He also is currently 5th among running backs in targets ahead of known reception hogs Ray Rice and LeSean McCoy. Blount himself was averaging 16 touches a game so all things considered Graham is looking like a lock to get 20 touches a week for the foreseeable future. (that is of course unless you think Kregg Lumpkin and his 2 carries for 7 yards on the season will be fighting for starting duties) Graham has been the starter before and even on a struggling team facing decent opponents the next couple weeks his known touches alone make him a valuable flex or solid #2 RB. If he is a free agent currently in your league stop reading now and pick him up. If he is already on a bench try making a low end trade now before the full story on Blount is revealed. Rare is the running back getting all the touches on a NFL roster these days and Graham has just been signed up for everything he can handle.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Harry Douglas Not the Answer in Week 6
Julio Jones is already ruled out for Week 6 and many sites are already touting Douglas and his pre-season performances as a solid pickup this week. While the Carolina defense has not been able to slow down anyone, they are particularly awful against the run ranking 31st out of 32 teams from a fantasy perspective. This is great if you are a Michael Turner owner and Roddy White is going to get his double digit targets, but there will not be much left for Douglas. The Panthers still have a sound offense with surprise star Cam Newton leading the way and the Falcons desperately need a win so keeping Newton, Smith and the rest of the Carolina offense off the field will likely be a priority with a heavy dose of runs. Look elsewhere if you are scrambling during the bye week.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Viva Las Vegas Week 5 Update
Week 5 brought the bye weeks and points scored started to suffer. Only one team dropped triple digits and the matchups got closer. The standings are starting to show more separation so make sure you have your optimal lineup to get those W’s.
As a reminder all trades require five vetoes to be voided. Please check the boards often as desperate teams may make desperate moves to get back in the race.
Nicks Got This vs. Cromartie + 8 – Nicks Got This played an optimal lineup and still came up short in this matchup. Going into Monday night Nicks held an 84 to 58 point lead, but Cromartie still had his big guns in Forte and CJ. Nicks had to be loving the way the first quarter was playing out and then a 76 yard TD to CJ turned the tides and from there Cromartie was able to pick up plenty of points to secure the victory and put both teams at 3 – 2.
Team Grape Leaves vs. Mike Vick in a Box – Another Monday night closer affair with Grape Leaves having Stafford remaining and down 12. Of course Stafford was on the throwing end of the CJ TD bomb and Grape Leaves came up with enough points to grab his second win of the season. The negative 1 point from Ryan Grant looked like it might be the difference maker in the matchup, but in the end Grape Leaves made a great call of defenses playing the Bills 16 points against the Eagles versus the Saints 4 against the Panthers. Tough call and one that one him the matchup for sure. DeAngelo Williams over Sproles could have saved Mike Vick in a Box, but seeing how DWill had performed up to this point it would have been hard to make that decision.
Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Prestige Worldwide – Singletary’s Bad Dream once again chose Reggie Wayne over Garcon and left an additional 20 points on the bench because of it. Of course the rest of his team stepped up big including the nice play of Victor Cruz to secure a win. Prestige put up solid points from his RBs and WRs and even the 17 of Ward or 16 from Lynch on the bench would not have made a difference in this matchup. Josh Freeman did Worldwide no favors and he watched as his team slipped to 1 – 4.
I’m Lov’n the West Side vs. Raw Dawg Kings – The 3rd Sunday night matchup with some intrigue. West Side was down 13 with only Best to go and after the way the first half went Raw Dawg had to be feeling pretty good. Of course one 88 yard TD run by Best and that was all that was needed to bring home win number four for the West Side. Even though there were 53 points on Raw Dawg’s bench, none of them could have helped him overcome this week as 51 were from his two QBs on the bench. Of course his starter also through up 25. Might be time to start shopping QBs.
Goldteef Shinin’ vs. Team Show Me Your TDs – this was a low scoring affair and Goldteef probably can’t believe all of the choices he could have made to get him a win. TDs got his 4th win of the season despite low outputs from most everyone on his team. Goldteef though could not see into the future and realize that a hobbled Big Ben is exactly who you want starting because he is for sure going to have a career day. Fitzpatrick put up a mediocre performance and the 19 additional points from Roethlisberger sat on the bench. Shinin’s receiver choice of Lloyd is probably haunting him a little too as AJ Green or Branch could have saved his day and brought home a victory.
Blount’s Blunts vs. Rock Chalk – 2 massive performances from AP and D Bowe brought home the fifth win of the season for Blount’s Blunts and put him alone atop the leaderboard. Single digits from the rest of his team was enough to fight back Rock Chalk and drop him into last place all alone yet to get a win. Of course the NFL has the “Suck for Luck” campaign and Rock Chalk must be doing the same being that the last place team gets the first pick in the draft next season… (did you just spit out your drink and scream bull shit at the computer screen?) This is not the NFL people and just making sure you were still reading! I do not reward losers in this league, even if that loser is myself. Rock Chalk is looking to go on a unprecedented 8 win streak to storm into the playoffs so watch out Raw Dawg, you are first on the hit list.
Move of the Week: As mentioned above the great defensive call by Team Grape Leaves with the Bills over the Saints was the difference in his matchup and securing a win.
Oops of the Week: Goldteef Shinin’ had some tough calls that bit him hard and lost by just 6 points, but when there are over 50 points on your bench from different positions you are definitely kicking yourself on Tuesday.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Raw Dawg Kings put up a solid 91 and could have beaten 8 other teams in the league this week but ended up playing high score and found himself at 2 – 3. Kings might have to get a little luckier if he wants to get a shot at defending his title.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Team Show Me Your TDs could have only beaten one single team in the league this week and he just happened to play him. This is not a fair game and sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
Viva Las Vegas!
As a reminder all trades require five vetoes to be voided. Please check the boards often as desperate teams may make desperate moves to get back in the race.
Nicks Got This vs. Cromartie + 8 – Nicks Got This played an optimal lineup and still came up short in this matchup. Going into Monday night Nicks held an 84 to 58 point lead, but Cromartie still had his big guns in Forte and CJ. Nicks had to be loving the way the first quarter was playing out and then a 76 yard TD to CJ turned the tides and from there Cromartie was able to pick up plenty of points to secure the victory and put both teams at 3 – 2.
Team Grape Leaves vs. Mike Vick in a Box – Another Monday night closer affair with Grape Leaves having Stafford remaining and down 12. Of course Stafford was on the throwing end of the CJ TD bomb and Grape Leaves came up with enough points to grab his second win of the season. The negative 1 point from Ryan Grant looked like it might be the difference maker in the matchup, but in the end Grape Leaves made a great call of defenses playing the Bills 16 points against the Eagles versus the Saints 4 against the Panthers. Tough call and one that one him the matchup for sure. DeAngelo Williams over Sproles could have saved Mike Vick in a Box, but seeing how DWill had performed up to this point it would have been hard to make that decision.
Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Prestige Worldwide – Singletary’s Bad Dream once again chose Reggie Wayne over Garcon and left an additional 20 points on the bench because of it. Of course the rest of his team stepped up big including the nice play of Victor Cruz to secure a win. Prestige put up solid points from his RBs and WRs and even the 17 of Ward or 16 from Lynch on the bench would not have made a difference in this matchup. Josh Freeman did Worldwide no favors and he watched as his team slipped to 1 – 4.
I’m Lov’n the West Side vs. Raw Dawg Kings – The 3rd Sunday night matchup with some intrigue. West Side was down 13 with only Best to go and after the way the first half went Raw Dawg had to be feeling pretty good. Of course one 88 yard TD run by Best and that was all that was needed to bring home win number four for the West Side. Even though there were 53 points on Raw Dawg’s bench, none of them could have helped him overcome this week as 51 were from his two QBs on the bench. Of course his starter also through up 25. Might be time to start shopping QBs.
Goldteef Shinin’ vs. Team Show Me Your TDs – this was a low scoring affair and Goldteef probably can’t believe all of the choices he could have made to get him a win. TDs got his 4th win of the season despite low outputs from most everyone on his team. Goldteef though could not see into the future and realize that a hobbled Big Ben is exactly who you want starting because he is for sure going to have a career day. Fitzpatrick put up a mediocre performance and the 19 additional points from Roethlisberger sat on the bench. Shinin’s receiver choice of Lloyd is probably haunting him a little too as AJ Green or Branch could have saved his day and brought home a victory.
Blount’s Blunts vs. Rock Chalk – 2 massive performances from AP and D Bowe brought home the fifth win of the season for Blount’s Blunts and put him alone atop the leaderboard. Single digits from the rest of his team was enough to fight back Rock Chalk and drop him into last place all alone yet to get a win. Of course the NFL has the “Suck for Luck” campaign and Rock Chalk must be doing the same being that the last place team gets the first pick in the draft next season… (did you just spit out your drink and scream bull shit at the computer screen?) This is not the NFL people and just making sure you were still reading! I do not reward losers in this league, even if that loser is myself. Rock Chalk is looking to go on a unprecedented 8 win streak to storm into the playoffs so watch out Raw Dawg, you are first on the hit list.
Move of the Week: As mentioned above the great defensive call by Team Grape Leaves with the Bills over the Saints was the difference in his matchup and securing a win.
Oops of the Week: Goldteef Shinin’ had some tough calls that bit him hard and lost by just 6 points, but when there are over 50 points on your bench from different positions you are definitely kicking yourself on Tuesday.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Raw Dawg Kings put up a solid 91 and could have beaten 8 other teams in the league this week but ended up playing high score and found himself at 2 – 3. Kings might have to get a little luckier if he wants to get a shot at defending his title.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Team Show Me Your TDs could have only beaten one single team in the league this week and he just happened to play him. This is not a fair game and sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
Viva Las Vegas!
Ta Town Playas Week 5 Update
The bye weeks are upon us and the overall points being scored definitely went down. Only 2 teams cracked the 100 and two teams in the same matchup struggled to get over 100 combined. Some close matchups and overall the standings got even tighter this week with five teams within a half game of first. It is early, but total points could end up breaking some ties for playoff spots if we stay this competitive.
Rusty Trombone vs. Who Got the Key to My Cage? – Close matchup and Cage has to be so happy about his new trade. (Pinkshirts appears to be happy about it as well) Who Got the Key to My Cage? got a quick 30 from newly acquired AP and all 3 of his WRs went off for a total of 49 points. He also got a nice 13 from his pickup of the Bengals D. He decided though to keep it close and roll out Kyle Orton and his negative one point giving Rusty Trombone some hope late. Rusty was down 47 points but had Rodgers, Turner and the Packers D so he was definitely still in the hunt. Unfortunately he fell just short of the dramatic Sunday night comeback. Rusty is still having problems picking starting RBs each week going again with LT and leaving the 9 of Pierre Thomas on the bench. He also did not see the 2 TD performance of Hines Ward coming (no one did) and instead got only 5 points combined from Lloyd and Rice. Tough loss all around.
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife vs. Blame it on the Henny – Hide Ya Kids had great performances from his 3 RBs pulling together a combined 60 points. Hide Ya actually played an optimal lineup on his way to high score of the week and a big win over Henny. Henny was left with Megatron going on Monday night, but not even the mighty Decepticon (I just watched the 3rd Transformers) could overcome a 43 points deficit. Henny played the wrong Bengal and also left Flloyd’s first useful game of the season on the bench in the loss. A solid output but not enough to get to the top of the standings.
A Pimp Named Slickback vs. The Pinkshirts – still going with the Pinkshirts after that comeback win over the Buckeyes? Slickback put up a respectable 90 on the backs of Cam Newton and his Russian kicker. Welker propped up Slickback’s WR core, which pretty much consists of Welker and whatever, and came through with plenty to hold off the Pinkshirts. The Pinkshirts of course were playing with a makeshift crew of players due to Ray Rice, Dez and Hightower all being on bye. Ridley was not the pickup he was looking for and his big name receivers in Fitz and VJ put up single digits for the week. Fitzpatrick also brought only 9 to the table so it looks as though the Pinkshirts may be playing who is the QB of the week for the rest of the season. Good luck with that.
Jayhawk Nation vs. Huge Hits – Huge Hits continued his streak of playing the right matchup that week and came away with another win. Outside of Jayhawk Nation and The Pinkshirts bye-week massacre, he would not have been able to get a win this week. But everything lined up even with the 17 points from DWill on his bench. Jayhawk Nation though made a costly defensive decision this week that became a 30 point swing! Funny enough the two defenses were playing each other this week and Nation went the wrong way with the Bucs over the 49ers. This one easy switch would have gotten Nation an easy win after Forte put up X on Monday night. Nation’s team just laid down this week as he received only 6 total points from 6 player spots! Brutal loss.
Rock Chalk vs. A Team Named Suh – Going into Monday night A Team Named Suh held a 73 to 56 point lead with Suh having the Lions D and kicker against the Lions QB and RB. For anyone who watched the first quarter of this game, first let me say I am sorry because that was brutal. It was not looking good at all for Rock Chalk until Best ripped off an 88 yard TD run to pull slightly ahead. From there Best was able to continue adding to his total getting over 160 for the game and became the true difference maker for Rock Chalk. Even after a trade that netted him fewer points he was able to escape with the win. A Team Named Suh could not have done anything to stop the final outcome of this game as his bench was either hurt of on bye and even with his optimal lineup he fell short.
Move of the Week: Who Got the Key to My Cage? made a timely trade that netted him a big win. AP and Maclin came up huge and without the trade, Cage? would still have been stuck on one win for the season.
Oops of the Week: Jayhawk Nation wins the award by flipping a coin and ending up with the wrong defense this week. A 30 point swing based on a stupid defense! Fantasy can be so cruel.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rusty Trombone ended up playing the second highest score of the week when he was 3rd and took a tough loss.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Huge Hits decided 69 points was enough to secure his 3rd win of the season and he was right. What is even more crazy is that this 3rd win put Hits in a first place tie for the season while sitting 2nd to last in points.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
Blame it on the Henny 544
A Pimp Named Slickback 511
Rock Chalk 499
Rusty Trombone 491
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 486
The Pinkshirts 481
A Team Named Suh 474
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 442
Huge Hits 415
Jayhawk Nation 399
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $4.50
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $4.50
The Pinkshirts $6.00
Blame it on the Henny $2.00
Huge Hits $5.00
A Team Named Suh $6.50
Jayhawk Nation $2.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $1.00
A Pimp Named Slickeback $3.00
Rusty Trombome $0.50
Total Fees: $35.50 (20 Budweisers, 6 Coronas, 12 Nattys and a can of Pringles)
Rusty Trombone vs. Who Got the Key to My Cage? – Close matchup and Cage has to be so happy about his new trade. (Pinkshirts appears to be happy about it as well) Who Got the Key to My Cage? got a quick 30 from newly acquired AP and all 3 of his WRs went off for a total of 49 points. He also got a nice 13 from his pickup of the Bengals D. He decided though to keep it close and roll out Kyle Orton and his negative one point giving Rusty Trombone some hope late. Rusty was down 47 points but had Rodgers, Turner and the Packers D so he was definitely still in the hunt. Unfortunately he fell just short of the dramatic Sunday night comeback. Rusty is still having problems picking starting RBs each week going again with LT and leaving the 9 of Pierre Thomas on the bench. He also did not see the 2 TD performance of Hines Ward coming (no one did) and instead got only 5 points combined from Lloyd and Rice. Tough loss all around.
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife vs. Blame it on the Henny – Hide Ya Kids had great performances from his 3 RBs pulling together a combined 60 points. Hide Ya actually played an optimal lineup on his way to high score of the week and a big win over Henny. Henny was left with Megatron going on Monday night, but not even the mighty Decepticon (I just watched the 3rd Transformers) could overcome a 43 points deficit. Henny played the wrong Bengal and also left Flloyd’s first useful game of the season on the bench in the loss. A solid output but not enough to get to the top of the standings.
A Pimp Named Slickback vs. The Pinkshirts – still going with the Pinkshirts after that comeback win over the Buckeyes? Slickback put up a respectable 90 on the backs of Cam Newton and his Russian kicker. Welker propped up Slickback’s WR core, which pretty much consists of Welker and whatever, and came through with plenty to hold off the Pinkshirts. The Pinkshirts of course were playing with a makeshift crew of players due to Ray Rice, Dez and Hightower all being on bye. Ridley was not the pickup he was looking for and his big name receivers in Fitz and VJ put up single digits for the week. Fitzpatrick also brought only 9 to the table so it looks as though the Pinkshirts may be playing who is the QB of the week for the rest of the season. Good luck with that.
Jayhawk Nation vs. Huge Hits – Huge Hits continued his streak of playing the right matchup that week and came away with another win. Outside of Jayhawk Nation and The Pinkshirts bye-week massacre, he would not have been able to get a win this week. But everything lined up even with the 17 points from DWill on his bench. Jayhawk Nation though made a costly defensive decision this week that became a 30 point swing! Funny enough the two defenses were playing each other this week and Nation went the wrong way with the Bucs over the 49ers. This one easy switch would have gotten Nation an easy win after Forte put up X on Monday night. Nation’s team just laid down this week as he received only 6 total points from 6 player spots! Brutal loss.
Rock Chalk vs. A Team Named Suh – Going into Monday night A Team Named Suh held a 73 to 56 point lead with Suh having the Lions D and kicker against the Lions QB and RB. For anyone who watched the first quarter of this game, first let me say I am sorry because that was brutal. It was not looking good at all for Rock Chalk until Best ripped off an 88 yard TD run to pull slightly ahead. From there Best was able to continue adding to his total getting over 160 for the game and became the true difference maker for Rock Chalk. Even after a trade that netted him fewer points he was able to escape with the win. A Team Named Suh could not have done anything to stop the final outcome of this game as his bench was either hurt of on bye and even with his optimal lineup he fell short.
Move of the Week: Who Got the Key to My Cage? made a timely trade that netted him a big win. AP and Maclin came up huge and without the trade, Cage? would still have been stuck on one win for the season.
Oops of the Week: Jayhawk Nation wins the award by flipping a coin and ending up with the wrong defense this week. A 30 point swing based on a stupid defense! Fantasy can be so cruel.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rusty Trombone ended up playing the second highest score of the week when he was 3rd and took a tough loss.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Huge Hits decided 69 points was enough to secure his 3rd win of the season and he was right. What is even more crazy is that this 3rd win put Hits in a first place tie for the season while sitting 2nd to last in points.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
Blame it on the Henny 544
A Pimp Named Slickback 511
Rock Chalk 499
Rusty Trombone 491
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 486
The Pinkshirts 481
A Team Named Suh 474
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 442
Huge Hits 415
Jayhawk Nation 399
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $4.50
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $4.50
The Pinkshirts $6.00
Blame it on the Henny $2.00
Huge Hits $5.00
A Team Named Suh $6.50
Jayhawk Nation $2.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $1.00
A Pimp Named Slickeback $3.00
Rusty Trombome $0.50
Total Fees: $35.50 (20 Budweisers, 6 Coronas, 12 Nattys and a can of Pringles)
Friday, October 7, 2011
Viva Las Vegas Week 4 Update
A lot of close matchups this week and standings reflect this for the most part too. Only 1 team undefeated and only 1 team winless. The winless team should be completely ashamed of themselves and told me they are actually accepting all trade offers to shake this team up even though he really liked the squad before the start of the season.
Just as a follow up as well, we need five vetos for a trade to be voided. 5 vetos are half of the commissioners not involved in a trade in case you were wondering.
On to the updates.
Show Me Your TDs vs. Nick Got This – Show Me did not find enough TDs this week to overcome the onslaught of Nicks led by the amazing and all powerful Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers’ 48 points was more than half of TDs’ team total this week. Nicks Got This had his namesake also drop 22 and this matchup was over as soon as the Packers received the ball. TDs had a solid week and could have defeated half of the league, but ran into the buzzsaw this week.
Raw Dawg Kings vs. Blount’s Blunts – Raw Dawg left two more experienced QBs on his bench and went back to the Cam Newton well this week and the move was a good one to the tune of 31 points. Unfortunately Blunts needed only 6 from Blount on Monday night and got that and more on his way to the 4th win of the season. Blount’s Blunts even left 28 from Matt Forte on his bench and then traded the man and came up with a victory. Andre Johnson coming up limp for Raw Dawg might made a big difference in the matchup as only 3 points from your #1 pick will usually leave you shorthanded.
Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Goldteef Shinin’ – This was the closest matchup of the week and delivered a great game throughout. Goldteef made a nice call going with the Redskins over his early defensive choice of the Steelers and Singletary was rewarded for believing in a gimpy Beanie Wells for a huge 31. That 31 kept the Bad Dream alive going into Monday night with a choice of Reggie Wayne versus Pierre Garcon and down 9 points. Would have been tough to play Garcon over Wayne, but maybe last week’s connection between Painter and Garcon could have foreshadowed the big game coming last night. Singletary had to sit and watch Pierre come up with 32 points while Wayne made just a few short catches and leave himself 5 points shy of the victory. Playing San Diego over the Vikings could have also saved Singletary’s day and might have him living this week for bad dream over and over.
Rock Chalk vs. I’m Lovin’ the West Side – this matchup had a number of players left on the bench scoring big points but in the end the West Side was lovin’ who he played this week. Even though he left Witten, DeSean and BGE on the bench for a net loss of 34 points on his bench, West Side pulled out his third win of the season thanks to Rock Chalk leaving all 19 of Romo’s points on the bench in favor of the monster 2 from Cutler. This move alone would have secured Rock Chalk with his first victory but instead is left as the last winless team in the league.
Team Grape Leaves vs. Prestige Worldwide – Another bad choice at QB made the difference in this matchup. Grape Leaves got his first win of the season Frank Gore coming back to life even though he did not start the game and Gresham turning in a solid 13 point outing. It was the 2 points from Flacco versus the 23 from Freeman on the bench that killed Prestige and left him at only one win though. QB choices are hard week to week and Worldwide became the second victim of awful QB play.
Cromartie + 8 vs. Mike Vick in a Box – what a great matchup featuring two teams crossing the triple digit barrier. Mike Vick in a Box got going quickly with 29 from his namesake and other solid calls with Sproles and Sidney Rice racking up big points. He had to be feeling pretty good as well being up 22 points going into Sunday night left facing only a defense. Of course Sunday night was probably an excruciating game to watch as the Baltimore Defense rolled up 29 points and the huge comeback victory for Cromartie. Mike Vick might be considering a different defense this week as he took a negative 2 from the Dallas D when a possible switch to anyone else on the open marked could have netted him the few points he would have need to secure a win. Touch matchup and horrible way to go down.
Move of the Week: Goldteef put his draft behind him, picked up the Redskins Sunday morning and played them over the once powerful Steelers. This last second move secured the narrow victory and got Goldteef his second straight win.
Oops of the Week: Rock Chalk and Prestige were in the running, but Singletary’s Bad Dream wins the award losing by 4 and having two different options at WR and DEF make the difference in his matchup.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Mike Vick in a Box wins running away being able to beat 9 of the 11 teams in the league this week, but unfortunately having to play against the 109 and Ravens D and suffering another loss.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: I’m Lovin’ the West Side only could have beaten the two scores of 62 this week and got lucky enough to play one of them.
Viva Las Vegas!
Just as a follow up as well, we need five vetos for a trade to be voided. 5 vetos are half of the commissioners not involved in a trade in case you were wondering.
On to the updates.
Show Me Your TDs vs. Nick Got This – Show Me did not find enough TDs this week to overcome the onslaught of Nicks led by the amazing and all powerful Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers’ 48 points was more than half of TDs’ team total this week. Nicks Got This had his namesake also drop 22 and this matchup was over as soon as the Packers received the ball. TDs had a solid week and could have defeated half of the league, but ran into the buzzsaw this week.
Raw Dawg Kings vs. Blount’s Blunts – Raw Dawg left two more experienced QBs on his bench and went back to the Cam Newton well this week and the move was a good one to the tune of 31 points. Unfortunately Blunts needed only 6 from Blount on Monday night and got that and more on his way to the 4th win of the season. Blount’s Blunts even left 28 from Matt Forte on his bench and then traded the man and came up with a victory. Andre Johnson coming up limp for Raw Dawg might made a big difference in the matchup as only 3 points from your #1 pick will usually leave you shorthanded.
Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Goldteef Shinin’ – This was the closest matchup of the week and delivered a great game throughout. Goldteef made a nice call going with the Redskins over his early defensive choice of the Steelers and Singletary was rewarded for believing in a gimpy Beanie Wells for a huge 31. That 31 kept the Bad Dream alive going into Monday night with a choice of Reggie Wayne versus Pierre Garcon and down 9 points. Would have been tough to play Garcon over Wayne, but maybe last week’s connection between Painter and Garcon could have foreshadowed the big game coming last night. Singletary had to sit and watch Pierre come up with 32 points while Wayne made just a few short catches and leave himself 5 points shy of the victory. Playing San Diego over the Vikings could have also saved Singletary’s day and might have him living this week for bad dream over and over.
Rock Chalk vs. I’m Lovin’ the West Side – this matchup had a number of players left on the bench scoring big points but in the end the West Side was lovin’ who he played this week. Even though he left Witten, DeSean and BGE on the bench for a net loss of 34 points on his bench, West Side pulled out his third win of the season thanks to Rock Chalk leaving all 19 of Romo’s points on the bench in favor of the monster 2 from Cutler. This move alone would have secured Rock Chalk with his first victory but instead is left as the last winless team in the league.
Team Grape Leaves vs. Prestige Worldwide – Another bad choice at QB made the difference in this matchup. Grape Leaves got his first win of the season Frank Gore coming back to life even though he did not start the game and Gresham turning in a solid 13 point outing. It was the 2 points from Flacco versus the 23 from Freeman on the bench that killed Prestige and left him at only one win though. QB choices are hard week to week and Worldwide became the second victim of awful QB play.
Cromartie + 8 vs. Mike Vick in a Box – what a great matchup featuring two teams crossing the triple digit barrier. Mike Vick in a Box got going quickly with 29 from his namesake and other solid calls with Sproles and Sidney Rice racking up big points. He had to be feeling pretty good as well being up 22 points going into Sunday night left facing only a defense. Of course Sunday night was probably an excruciating game to watch as the Baltimore Defense rolled up 29 points and the huge comeback victory for Cromartie. Mike Vick might be considering a different defense this week as he took a negative 2 from the Dallas D when a possible switch to anyone else on the open marked could have netted him the few points he would have need to secure a win. Touch matchup and horrible way to go down.
Move of the Week: Goldteef put his draft behind him, picked up the Redskins Sunday morning and played them over the once powerful Steelers. This last second move secured the narrow victory and got Goldteef his second straight win.
Oops of the Week: Rock Chalk and Prestige were in the running, but Singletary’s Bad Dream wins the award losing by 4 and having two different options at WR and DEF make the difference in his matchup.
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Mike Vick in a Box wins running away being able to beat 9 of the 11 teams in the league this week, but unfortunately having to play against the 109 and Ravens D and suffering another loss.
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: I’m Lovin’ the West Side only could have beaten the two scores of 62 this week and got lucky enough to play one of them.
Viva Las Vegas!
Ta Town Playas Week 4 Update
Not sure the NFL has discovered how to play defense yet this year. More and more points are being scored each week and we had 2 different teams post scores over 140. That is extremely impressive when the average points per game scored by all teams in the league this year is just a hair over 80! On to the matchups.
The Pinkshirts vs. Jayhawk Nation – It looks as though due to Nebraska’s performance in Madison on Saturday the aforementioned Blackshirts will be known as the Pinkshirts. Nebraska fans take the loss of their teams particularly hard and find the need for self-humiliation because of the actions of their beloved cornhuskers. Anyway… The Pinkshirts came to play unlike the boys from NU and came away with a solid victory. The Pinkshirts held a 2 point lead going into the Sunday night game with only Ray Rice versus Plaxico Burres, Santonio Holmes and Dustin Keller. Jayhawk Nation had much faith this week in the Jets going against Baltimore. Unfortunately for him that faith was not rewarded and Rice easily outscored the three receiving options for Sanchez. The Pinkshirts made it hard on himself too leaving all 31 of Beanie’s points on the bench and also deciding against a dinged up Dez Bryant and his 15. Nation though could not get enough support around Forte’s huge day and lost his second of the year.
Rusty Trombone vs. A Pimp Named Slickback – still looking for his first win of the season, Rusty Trombone decided to leave nothing in doubt this week when he slapped Slickback twice across the mouth and dropped what high score of the year at that point. 141 points all together with 45 coming from Aaron Rodgers alone. Rodgers was sick and the rest of Rusty’s lineup followed suit dropping double digits all over the place. Slickback just got into triple digits, but that did not make a difference. Cam Newton’s 31 on the bench would not have made up the spread and even a good choice in defense could not help. Rusty played a near perfect lineup and let everyone know he is not out of the fight yet.
Who Got the Key to My Cage? vs. Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife – Arian Foster and Frank Gore came back to life this week and played a huge role in getting Hide Ya back to .500 on the season. This was a relatively close matchup most of the way, but neither CJ or McFadden could get across the goal line to add quick 6’s for Cage? and only Bowe provided a TD from the six RB/WR/TE positions. Even playing Tony Romo would not have gotten Cage close enough to get a victory and Reggie Wayne iced the matchup on Monday night.
Blame it on the Henny vs. A Team Named Suh – So this is what the high score of the season looks like. Blame it on the Henny let loose a complete ass-whupping on Suh to the tune of 154. This game just got out of hand as every player on Henny’s team contributed big numbers and Baltimore’s Defense hung a final 29 on Sunday night. Suh’s team had no real answer as his defense and kicker turned in some of the highest performances for the week and by the time Monday night rolled around Blount would have needed 400 yards and 7 TDs to even scrape out a tie. Not sure if it is harder losing a 1 point matchup or not even getting a chance to compete, but Suh definitely fell into the latter this week.
Huge Hits vs. Rock Chalk – What a comeback. Huge Hits was probably left for dead with only Josh Freeman left on Monday night and 22 points behind. Of course Freeman has an amazing game and the Colts left too much time on the clock for the Bucs to keep running plays and unfortunately still allowing Freeman to run loose! Neither team played a perfect lineup leaving key points in this close matchup on the bench and Rock Chalk is still waiting for the stat correction to come through and get a point back. Rock Chalk has managed to outscore Huge Hits by a margin of 15 points a game so far, but the standings have Hits in 3rd and Rock Chalk in 8th.
Move of the Week: Huge Hits easily gets the award this week because of a great move that was served up by his opponent this week. Rock Chalk dropped Eric Decker for Nate Washington earlier in the week and Huge Hits took advantage and picked up and played Decker. Decker’s 17 points were instrumental in the 1 point victory this week and really only Rock Chalk has himself to blame.
Oops of the Week: When you lose a game by a point there is likely a better move you could have made so Rock Chalk wins the award this week. Not only did he serve up a key player to his opponent, and it would have been hard to sit Gronkowski but an Owen Daniels play would have changed the tides and got this team to .500
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: A Pimp Named Slickback was one of 4 teams to score triple digits this week but unfortunately had to play against the 141 from Rusty. Better luck next week
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Huge Hits got the luxury of not playing one of the 4 triple digit teams and could only beat 3 teams in total this week. Does not matter because he played one of them and came away with another victory. 9th in total points but 3rd in the standings means Hits is livin’ right so far.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
Blame it on the Henny jumped from 4th to 1st in a big way this week. 6 teams in the league already trail him by more than 60 points. Pretty impressive performance so far.
Blame it on the Henny 455
A Pimp Named Slickback 421
The Pinkshirts 414
Rock Chalk 407
Rusty Trombone 392
A Team Named Suh 388
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 380
Jayhawk Nation 353
Huge Hits 346
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 319
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $3.50
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $3.00
The Blackshirts $4.50
Blame it on the Henny $1.50
Huge Hits $3.50
A Team Named Suh $5.50
Jayhawk Nation $2.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $0.50
A Pimp Named Slickeback $2.50
Rusty Trombome $0.00
Total Fees: $27.00 (30 Miller Lites, 4 Steel Reserves and a small bag of Combos)
The Pinkshirts vs. Jayhawk Nation – It looks as though due to Nebraska’s performance in Madison on Saturday the aforementioned Blackshirts will be known as the Pinkshirts. Nebraska fans take the loss of their teams particularly hard and find the need for self-humiliation because of the actions of their beloved cornhuskers. Anyway… The Pinkshirts came to play unlike the boys from NU and came away with a solid victory. The Pinkshirts held a 2 point lead going into the Sunday night game with only Ray Rice versus Plaxico Burres, Santonio Holmes and Dustin Keller. Jayhawk Nation had much faith this week in the Jets going against Baltimore. Unfortunately for him that faith was not rewarded and Rice easily outscored the three receiving options for Sanchez. The Pinkshirts made it hard on himself too leaving all 31 of Beanie’s points on the bench and also deciding against a dinged up Dez Bryant and his 15. Nation though could not get enough support around Forte’s huge day and lost his second of the year.
Rusty Trombone vs. A Pimp Named Slickback – still looking for his first win of the season, Rusty Trombone decided to leave nothing in doubt this week when he slapped Slickback twice across the mouth and dropped what high score of the year at that point. 141 points all together with 45 coming from Aaron Rodgers alone. Rodgers was sick and the rest of Rusty’s lineup followed suit dropping double digits all over the place. Slickback just got into triple digits, but that did not make a difference. Cam Newton’s 31 on the bench would not have made up the spread and even a good choice in defense could not help. Rusty played a near perfect lineup and let everyone know he is not out of the fight yet.
Who Got the Key to My Cage? vs. Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife – Arian Foster and Frank Gore came back to life this week and played a huge role in getting Hide Ya back to .500 on the season. This was a relatively close matchup most of the way, but neither CJ or McFadden could get across the goal line to add quick 6’s for Cage? and only Bowe provided a TD from the six RB/WR/TE positions. Even playing Tony Romo would not have gotten Cage close enough to get a victory and Reggie Wayne iced the matchup on Monday night.
Blame it on the Henny vs. A Team Named Suh – So this is what the high score of the season looks like. Blame it on the Henny let loose a complete ass-whupping on Suh to the tune of 154. This game just got out of hand as every player on Henny’s team contributed big numbers and Baltimore’s Defense hung a final 29 on Sunday night. Suh’s team had no real answer as his defense and kicker turned in some of the highest performances for the week and by the time Monday night rolled around Blount would have needed 400 yards and 7 TDs to even scrape out a tie. Not sure if it is harder losing a 1 point matchup or not even getting a chance to compete, but Suh definitely fell into the latter this week.
Huge Hits vs. Rock Chalk – What a comeback. Huge Hits was probably left for dead with only Josh Freeman left on Monday night and 22 points behind. Of course Freeman has an amazing game and the Colts left too much time on the clock for the Bucs to keep running plays and unfortunately still allowing Freeman to run loose! Neither team played a perfect lineup leaving key points in this close matchup on the bench and Rock Chalk is still waiting for the stat correction to come through and get a point back. Rock Chalk has managed to outscore Huge Hits by a margin of 15 points a game so far, but the standings have Hits in 3rd and Rock Chalk in 8th.
Move of the Week: Huge Hits easily gets the award this week because of a great move that was served up by his opponent this week. Rock Chalk dropped Eric Decker for Nate Washington earlier in the week and Huge Hits took advantage and picked up and played Decker. Decker’s 17 points were instrumental in the 1 point victory this week and really only Rock Chalk has himself to blame.
Oops of the Week: When you lose a game by a point there is likely a better move you could have made so Rock Chalk wins the award this week. Not only did he serve up a key player to his opponent, and it would have been hard to sit Gronkowski but an Owen Daniels play would have changed the tides and got this team to .500
Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: A Pimp Named Slickback was one of 4 teams to score triple digits this week but unfortunately had to play against the 141 from Rusty. Better luck next week
Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Huge Hits got the luxury of not playing one of the 4 triple digit teams and could only beat 3 teams in total this week. Does not matter because he played one of them and came away with another victory. 9th in total points but 3rd in the standings means Hits is livin’ right so far.
Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)
Blame it on the Henny jumped from 4th to 1st in a big way this week. 6 teams in the league already trail him by more than 60 points. Pretty impressive performance so far.
Blame it on the Henny 455
A Pimp Named Slickback 421
The Pinkshirts 414
Rock Chalk 407
Rusty Trombone 392
A Team Named Suh 388
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 380
Jayhawk Nation 353
Huge Hits 346
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 319
Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $3.50
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $3.00
The Blackshirts $4.50
Blame it on the Henny $1.50
Huge Hits $3.50
A Team Named Suh $5.50
Jayhawk Nation $2.50
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $0.50
A Pimp Named Slickeback $2.50
Rusty Trombome $0.00
Total Fees: $27.00 (30 Miller Lites, 4 Steel Reserves and a small bag of Combos)
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