Viva Las Vegas Week 3 Update

Week 3 was a different beast where points were not being thrown up all over the place. Fantasy studs put up nothing while benches were flush with points from unlikely stars. A couple teams needed wins this week to avoid the 0 – 3 hole almost impossible to crawl out of but not all succeeded.

Nicks Got This vs. Raw Dawg Kings – Nicks got nothing in this matchup. Literally, Hakeem Nicks sucked it up (I am an owner in another league and was cursing the man on Sunday). When your TE doubles up all of your other RBs and WRs during a week you are likely going to be struggling to get a W. Nicks Got This had a 37 to 6 point differential between the TE, DEF and K (which except for the TE to a small degree are impossible to predict positions) over Raw Dawg. In the end though Kings brought home 57 points compared to only 12 for Nicks from the important RB and WR slots. Nicks had nothing on the bench that could have helped him so at least there was no second guessing that could make up for the first loss of the season.

Blount’s Blunts vs. I’m Lovin’ the West Side – a matchup of two undefeated teams quickly became all about one man very quickly. Wes Welker went crazy on Sunday and put up 34 (44%) of Blount’s Blunts’ total points for the week. Going into the Monday night game with only Witten left to play Welker nearly outscored 7 of West Side’s players by himself! LaGarrette rode the pine for the second week in a row (maybe team should be called AP’s Blunts?) but it did not matter. West Side did not have a single player on his team score double digits this week. All of this did not even come close to mattering though as this was a blowout the second Welker took the field. Gronkowski’s 22 on the bench was wasted as he outscored Best, Knox, the lawfirm and DeSean all by himself. If Gronk would have been in the lineup over Witten and Lance Moore in place of BGE West Side would have come away with a close victory.

Prestige Worldwide vs. Team Cromartie + 8 – For a team that averaged 95 points the first two weeks, the 58 put up by Prestige Worldwide had to be a little disappointing. MJD was the leading scorer for Prestige, but when you kicker is 2nd in total points you can assume defeat is near. Cromartie on the other hand went from averaging 75 to drop triple digits and it could have been even more had Bowe or Moore been in the lineups. This one was over quickly and got Cromartie his first win of the season, which was crucial as he avoided going 0 – 3.

Team Grape Leaves vs. Goldteef Shinin’ – two winless teams met in this matchup, but we saw nothing but Goldteef Shinin’ after this beat down. Goldteef put up big time triple digits this week mostly on the backs of McFadden and Wallace throwing up a combined 55. Teef could have actually just started those two players and got a victory this week as the 48 points from Grape Leaves was brutal. Of course when Gore and Britt are on your team and go down within the games the outcome speaks for itself. If CJ ever gets going for Goldteef then this team could become a monster.

Mike Vick in a Box vs. Team ShowMe Your TDs – ShowMe Your TDs came up with his 3rd win of the season this week though win #3 was not as impressive as the 143 explosion from the week prior. TDs scored just 81 this week in a solid performance and left Fred Jackson’s 21 on the bench in favor of the 8 from Tate. Mike Vick in a Box had a truly disastrous day as a GM though has he left 94 points on his bench in favor of the 74 that were started. QB, RB and WR could have all had different choices made (not saying I would have made them) that would have turned this game completely around and brought home a win. Vick in a Box lost Vick for real for the second time in two games. Deangelo Williams is also looking like an extremely high paid fantasy dud. Not sure I would have started Sanchez, LT or Sidney Rice this week (I wouldn’t have, but you hate to see that many points just laying around). In the end the Cowboys D made it close at the end but not enough.

Rock Chalk vs. Singletary’s Bad Dream – This matchup was tight all Sunday between the two teams. Brady and the surprising Daniel Thomas got Bad Dream out quickly, but Jermichael Finley came roaring back with 3 TDs and 26 points. In the end it came down to Monday night with Romo and Dez against Hightower with Singletary’s Bad Dream holding a 2 point lead. The matchup went literally down to the final minute of the game as Romo and Bryant did not do much all game and Hightower snuck in a receiving TD. In the end though it was Dalla’s inability to get in the end zone and Rock Chalk had to watch Hightower pick up an additional 3 points on the final 2 minute drive to secure the one point victory.

Move of the Week: Singletary’s Bad Dream wins the prize this week. Staying in touch with his lineup and realizing Gates would not start on Sunday Bad Dream picked up Ed Dickson over other possibilities such as Tony Sheffler or Jeff King both whom put up zeros this week. The 5 points from Dickson was the deciding factor in his one point win.

Oops of the Week: Rock Chalk could have stuck with Rex Grossman over the injured Romo on Monday night and been on the right side of a 1 point victory but instead went with Romo. Crushing wrong choice and dropped the team to 0 – 3 overall.

Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rock Chalk wins the second award this week being able to beat 7 other teams out there but playing the one that squeaked out the win.

Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Blount’s Blunts could have only beaten 4 of the 11 teams this week but drew the lowest output of the week and got his third win of the season.

Viva Las Vegas!

Ta Town Playas Week 3 Update

Week 3 was not the across the board point explosions that we saw the previous week. Instead injuries started popping up and studs became duds in an instant. We had a couple blow outs, a couple close calls and one of the closest finishes in a matchup I have ever seen.

Rock Chalk vs. Blame it on the Henny – Rock Chalk fell 2 short of triple digits this game and unfortunately played against another triple digit opponent. Henny went from averaging 80 points a week to drop 111 and secure a big W. Before the game I told Henny it would all come down to how Matthews and Tolbert shook out and that became all too true has Matthews scored 23 more points. Addai over Tolbert and Nelson over Nicks would have helped give RC the win, but of course Henny could have played the same game and simply started Greene over Benson (which he may have to moving forward with the suspension looming). By far the most points scored between two teams and all Rock Chalk can do is blame in on the Henny. (As commish I get to rant a little bit more and since I am averaging both scoring the most points per game (107) and getting scored on the most (110) and find myself at 1 – 2, you all can suck it)

A Team Named Suh vs. Who Got the Key to My Cage? – Tthis one appeared to be a little closer earlier on but as soon as McFadden touched the field and dropped 29 it was all over with Cage rolling to his first victory. Mike Wallace slapped an additional 20 on Sunday night and ol’ Rexy added the final dip of sweetness and dropped Suh hard. Suh lost Gates before kickoff and then Kenny Britt for the year just after the start of the early games so a depleted team in the lineup for sure. Suh might be scrambling for some live players after this week and trying to get back on the 100 point track he was on coming in.

Jayhawk Nation vs. Rusty Trombone – Tom Brady is keeping Nation afloat these days. This was a close game all day and Plaxico caught a late TD strike for 8 points that made a huge difference in the final outcome. Rusty is finding picking the correct starting RB to be much harder than one would expect. A week after benching Turner and playing the goose egg from LT he switched his lineup only to watch Turner get 2 while LT piled up 20 on the bench. That move alone would have secured a W for Trombone. Sidney Rice came out strong and also could have brought a tie home if started in place of the 63 year old Hines Ward. Ward was Rusty’s last chance in the Sunday night game being down 10 but only got 17 yards and a 3rd loss of the year. A lot of single digits for Nation still added up for the victory.

Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife vs. A Pimp Named Slickback – Rick James said it best when asking, “What did the five fingers say to the face?... SLAP!” Slickback reached all the way back and knocked the wife and kids around on this one. Welker went mad for 34 outscoring Hide Ya’s entire team except for his TE! Yes 1 player outscored 8. That might be all you need to know right there. If it weren’t for the Chicago Bears’ complete inability to guard Finley this would have been almost too much to write about. Hide Ya left an additional 21 points from Joe Flacco on the bench and also watched Ryan Grant score more points on the bench as Gore, Green-Ellis, Wayne and Steve Smith starting! Just a worst case scenario all around for Hide Ya and hopefully he can get this all out of his system and try to get back on track before next week. Slickback was playing against himself in the Monday night game as he watched Witten put a few more cherries on top of the ass-stomping sundae he served up this week. Slickback could have even taken over the points lead if he played the Cowboys D

Huge Hits vs. The Blackshirts – one Stalnaker and undefeated team went down on Sunday…would we make it two on Monday night? An 18 point lead and Fred Davis versus Tim Hightower and Dez Bryant was what we were left with and I am sure more than just two teams were keeping tabs on this game hoping no undefeated teams remained after the week. Of course this had to be one the most brutal Monday night games to watch as the kickers staged an epic battle of field goal mastery. Fred Davis came away with only 2 points on Monday night as Cooley started to get into the action more this week. Of course on the other side Hightower was doing just a little and Bryant was invisible during the game. Hightower ripped off a TD reception to get it close but it still looked unlikely in the 4th quarter for the Blackshirts. In the end it came down to the last 2 minutes of the game where Cameron needed 2 more points from Hightower. Of course instead of throwing the ball down the field Grossman dumped off to hightower a couple times and picked up the 2 points for the….TIE! yeah a little anticlimactic. Still great matchp. If The Blackshirts would have played Mark Ingram or Moore over Dez he would have gotten the win, but the best call of the week was made by Huge Hits (read below).

**Commissioner Note**
There are no tie-breakers for bench points during the regular season. This rule has been in place. The reason is that if a person has players on bye and the other doesn't that should not count against a team. That was not the case here, but the rule has to be in place the whole year. During the playoffs, bench points count as the tiebreaker. No more teams on bye and you need to put your best team together. If you do not like the rule bring it up next year but that rule will be in affect the rest of the season.
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Move of the Week: As mentioned above Huge Hits get the honor this week without question. The Blackshirts lost his TE and did not think the waiver wire was the place to find a TE. Of course the 3rd TE that his opponent decided to pick up was Fred Davis, the target of the Blackshirts. Huge Hits had to choose between his three TEs, one of which was Dallas Clark. He sat Clark and his one point and played Fred Davis and his 2. This might not seem all the big, but that one point different between Clark and Davis at least got Hits the tie. If The Blackshirts would have gotten Davis and started him he would have received 1 additional point from this TE spot this week and actually come away with a victory. Without a doubt great GMing by Huge Hits.

Oops of the Week: Rusty Trombone wins this week again because of inconsistency from his players. LT was the man on the bench this week and dropped 20 versus the started 2 of Turner. But playing him over Frenchy would have also gotten the win.

Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Rock Chalk wins again playing 2nd high score of the week while putting up 4th himself. Brutal schedule to start the year for Rock Chalk.

Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Jayhawk Nation could have beaten only 3 teams this week and luckily played one of them. Matchups are key and there is always a luck factor.


Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)

Rock Chalk 322
A Pimp Named Slickback 320
The Blackshirts 319
Blame it on the Henny 301
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 299
A Team Named Suh 297
Jayhawk Nation 271
Huge Hits 260
Rusty Trombone 251
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 209

Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $3.00
Who Got the Key to My Cage? $2.50
The Blackshirts $3.50
Blame it on the Henny $1.50
Huge Hits $2.00
A Team Named Suh $3.00
Jayhawk Nation $2.00
Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife $0.50
A Pimp Named Slickeback $1.50
Rusty Trombome $0.00

Total Fees: $19.50 (24 bottles of High Life and bag of pretzels)

Viva Las Vegas Week 2 Update

Big point totals and a couple of close games marked week 2. After 2 weeks 4 teams are 2 – 0, 4 are 1 – 1 and 4 are 0 – 2. Those four on the bottom need a victory this week big time before the season starts to slip away before it even begins.

Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Nick Got This – Singletary was probably the only person in America that did not start Jamal Charles last week and still took a loss. While making the great call to start two other RBs, the zero he received from Plaxico and Gates could not be overcome. There was no one else on the bench that could have saved him though so no other bad calls even when you put up doughnuts on the scoreboard. Nicks Got This left his Giant WRs on the bench in place of the zero he received from Mike Williams, but Nicks got 13 points between his TE and second WR, which was the difference in the game he won by 11.

Show Me Your TDs vs. Team Cromartie + 8 – WOW! That is all that really needs to be said about this game. We saw all of Show Me’s TDs this week as his team went bananas and scored 143 points! He doubled the output of his unfortunate opponent. He also left Fred Jackson’s 26 on the bench so an optimal lineup would have been even more crazy. There was nothing Cromatie could have done to overcome the point onslaught by TDs so if you are going to go down, go down big I guess.

Blount’s Blunts vs. Rock Chalk – Too many single digit performances on the scoreboard doomed Rock Chalk and dropped him to 0 – 2. Blount got on track this week for 19, but they all sat on the bench for team Blunts in addition to the 16 points from backup TE Keller. This could have been even more of an ass beating with an optimal lineup.

Goldteef Shinnin’ vs. Prestige Worldwide – Goldteef got off to a huge start and was crushing Prestige early on. Goldteef crossed the triple digit barrier, but unfortunately had to watch as Prestige mounted a crazy comeback on the backs of Miles Austin and Michael Turner. Austin blew up for 35 to get the game close and then Turner grinded out a win late in the Sunday night game. A late TD and big run gave Prestige the edge in the end. Goldteef got another lackluster performance from his team’s namesake and if he had played Fitzpatrick over Big Ben he would have made up the difference in points to pull out the W. Of course Prestige had all 29 of Maclin’s points on the bench so playing the shoulda woulda game does not usually make you feel any better. Still, throwing up triple digits will usually get you a W in this league so tough pill to swallow.

I’m Lovin’ the West Side vs. Team Grape Leaves – definitely the slimmest margin of victory this week with one point separating the two teams. West Side squeaked out the victory even though big hitters like Foster and DeSean provided a combined 5 points. Grape Leaves got TDs from each of his QB, RBs and WRs but his TE and Defense let him down. Grape Leaves could have started the Saints D and scored an easy win or he could have even just not started the Bills D and came up with a victory as the negative 3 points from the Bills just crushed his team’s hopes of the first W.

Mike Vick in a Box vs. Raw Dawg Kings – This early season re-match had a much different outcome the second time around. Box pulled out the 1 point victory in week one but got raw dawged in week 2 thanks in large part to the negative 1 from the Bears D. Getting 21 the week before was huge in securing a victory but the Bears got dumped on Bourbon Street. Ahmad Bradshaw was left standing to make up the 36 point deficit on Monday night but was not able to come close as Fitzgerald and Matthews stepped up huge for Raw Dawg this week and brought home the W and the week 1 vindication.

Move of the Week: West Side made a great call picking up the Houston D this week and dropping the woeful Rams. The 12 points he received from his defense were huge in securing the 1 point victory.

Oops of the Week: Same matchup, same position, different outcome. Grape Leaves probably wish he overslept on Sunday morning has he made the choice to pick up the Bills defense and start them for a negative 3 points. Rolling with the Saints on his bench or not even starting a defense at all would have been enough for a W.

Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Goldteef wins his first award of the year putting up triple digits, outscoring 8 other teams and getting beat by 5 points.

Team Glad they Played Who They Did: West Side wins his 2nd award of the outscoring only 4 teams out of 11 but playing one of them.

Viva Las Vegas!

Ta Town Playas Week 2 Update

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)

Weekly Updates

Each week I will be posting updates from two of my fantasy football leagues that I am currently running, Ta Town Playas and Viva Las Vegas.  Mainly the updates review all of the matchups from the previous week.  I also hand out "awards" for some of the various oddities from the week.  I take the time to write these updates because the guys in the leagues enjoy them and it is a way to keep teams interested and hopefully laughing a little. I also find fantasy football to be both extremely cruel and mostly comical when you really evaluate all of the matchups on a weekly basis. Each week there are stories of unjust matchups, such as scoring the 2nd most points during a week only to play the high score or the inverse of scoring the 2nd fewest points and securing a victory because luck matched you against the worst team that week. Everyone plays the woulda, coulda, shoulda game and most matchups have plenty of, "if I only started this guy," outcomes. We play because it is fun and makes us feel like we have control in a completely unpredictable environment. Either way the updates are my way of bringing the insanity to life each week and reminding my leagues why we play. In the words of the great Herm Edwards,"you play to win the game"

Viva Las Vegas Week 1 Update

So each week I will provide a quick recap of the games as seen below. I have found that fantasy football provides more drama and craziness that most would imagine and it is also fun to point out how someone got crushed, got extremely lucky or downright unlucky. Have fun and check back each Tuesday for a new recap. Also, waivers clear tomorrow morning so make your moves today and submit your claims. Remember that when you use a waiver claim you head to the back of the line. The order does not reset each week to reward the biggest loser either.

Nicks Got This vs. Prestige Worldwide – The Worrell brothers squared off in week one and gave a pretty good fight. Solid output from both sides, but in the end Nicks Got This only needed an extra point on Monday night from Janikowski for the win. He got plenty more than that as Sebastian decided to tie the NFL record for longest field goal. Prestige Worldwide could have considered starting the 32 from Steve Smith over the 2 of Jeremy Maclin, but who was really trusting Cam Newton to throw for 400?

Team Grape Leaves vs. Blount’s Blunts – Other than Stafford’s 22, Grape Leaves could not put up double digits from any other player on his team this week. Even the 28 of Kenny Britt on the bench would not have been enough to overcome the smokey haze from Blount’s Blunt. Of Course Blount was the real disappointment from the Blunts and he might have to reconsider a team name change as LaGarrette is trending to score 16 total points all year! Forte’s 24 on the bench look pretty tasty moving forward and maybe drafting 3 RBs in the first 3 picks was a better move than originally thought.

I’m Lov’n the West Side vs. Goldteef Shinin’ – Besides the fact that I had to check the spelling of the team names like three times in this matchup, there was really not drama at all. That is because West Side punched PW right in his Goldteef and the fight was over. Usually when someone gets only 3 points from their kicker and defense combined that could spell trouble, but when Goldteef took a negative 7 between his kicker and defense you knew there was going to be problems.

Singletary’s Bad Dream vs. Team Cromartie + 8 – Team Cromartie had to be feeling pretty good up 23 going into Monday nights’ game. Facing Tom Brady and OchoCinco but having New England’s kicker on your side had to feel pretty safe. Of course Brady went crazy in the second half and dropped 37 and made up the difference and more! Cromartie could have used Benson’s 18 points on the bench over the 2 from Mendenhall to get the win and even a 26 points difference between his defense and Singletary’s did not provide enough to slow down Brady being Brady. Tough game to watch I am sure.

Mike Vick in a Box vs. Raw Dawg Kings – With no Monday night players this was decided Sunday night but still provided the closest matchup of the week. In the end Mike Vick stuck it in Raw Dawg’s box (sexual innuendos aplenty) and pulled out the 1 point win. Even with Nate Kaeding providing a big doughnut for Mike Vick in a Box he still got the win. In the end this game came down to defense with the 21 of the Bears being just too much for the 17 from the Eagles. Not sure that Raw Dawg could have even considered starting Jason Campbell over Matt Schaub so last year’s champ ends up going down in the first round.

Team Show Me Your TDs vs. Rock Chalk – In the end injuries might have done in Rock Chalk this week. Steven Jackson had 12 points in the first 3 minutes of the game but left with a quad injury and Dez Bryant tossed up 13 on the first series only to suffer a leg injury himself and making him pretty much worthless the rest of the game. Aaron Hernandez gave TDs all he needed on Monday night to pull away and get the week one win.


Move of the Week: Usually in the first week it is all about putting in your starters you drafted and go to war. But Mike Vick in the box decided on playing Greg Olsen and his 7 points and leaving Owen Daniels on the bench with his 1. This was by far a great call going with the unknown QB in Cam versus the known in Schaub versus the Manningless Colts. Great call.

Oops of the Week: Prestige Worldwide should have made a call to Mike Vick in a Box and hopped on the Cam train because he left all 32 of Steve Smith on the bench for Maclin who took his first snaps of the year in this game.

Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Despite outscoring 7 other teams, Rock Chalk took a loss to the high scorer of the week. Suck it Cam

Team Glad they Played Who They Did: I’ Lov’n the West Side could have only beaten 2 of 11 teams this week and drew one of them in Goldteef Shinin’. Matchups mean everything and sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.


Enjoy the posts, make those moves and Viva Las Vegas!

Ta Town Players Week 1 Update

So the first week is in the books and it was a pretty explosive week for most. Four teams already crossed the triple digit mark and all the matches ended up with some monday night drama. Waivers clear tomorrow morning so make sure to submit any roster moves and remember that when you make a waiver claim you head to the back of the line. They do not reset every week based on who is the biggest loser.

A Team Named Suh vs. Jayhawk Nation - Wow, so of all the games on the schedule tonight this was the only one I wrote off. I mean Brady is good but no way he scores 37 points. I was right, but scoring 34 is ridiculous. Jayhawk Nation might be regretting his choice of 9th round defense that got him negative four points, but the kicker (pun intended) is that Nate Kaeding goes out with an ACL without ever scoring a point. This probably should have been a Jayhawk Nation win, but instead it looks like the Nation might continue his bad luck of playing high score of the week.

Blame it on the Henny vs. A Pimp Name Slickback - A rematch of the 3rd place game last year and Twig looked pretty much in control being up 24 going against Welker and the Patriots D. Everything looked good until the second half blew up with Welker going bananas and dropping 28 leaving the Pimp drinking all the Henny he wants. Twig might have been able to avoid this had he decided for Benson's 18 over Greene's 2 or playing the 22 points of Baltimore D versus the negative 6 he got from Pittsburgh. Week 1 was cruel.

Huge Hits vs. Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife - Huge Hits only needed 8 points going into the final game of the week with Moreno left. Would have thought it would be pretty easy, but Moreno decided on fumbling early and gaining 4 yards on 5 carries. From there it was slow sledding and only ended up with 3 of the 8 points. Huge Hits left Meachem and Austin on his bench who both outscored by themselves the production of Deangelo Williams, Roddy White and Manningham. Ouch. Of course Hide ya had all 29 of Steve Smith's points on the bench as well so can't feel too bad for Huge Hits.

The Blackshirts vs. Rusty Trombone - This matchup had a lot of drama going into Sunday night with Rusty up 3. Of course Hernandez got going late and gave Blackshirts 16. That meant that Rusty would need Lloyd to have a huge night to overcome the 13 point hole while hoping Janikowski pulled a Nate Kaeding. Instead the beast that is Sebastian tied the NFL record with a 63 yard field goal along with 11 other points. Neither guy had a lot on their bench so it was all starters in this one and the 57 from the Blackshirts 3 RBs did the trick.

Rock Chalk vs. Who Got the Key to My Cage? Solid and steady output from the entire team of Rock Chalk allowed him to put up triple digits even after Steven Jackson left 3 plays into the game (thank you for the 47 yard TD run at least) Cage had studs like CJ and Bowe not show up and the Bears D put up 21 to keep it honest. McFadden played in the late game to provide a little late night drama, but without any TDs to his name McFadden could not make up the difference.

Move of the Week: It was the first week so not much to really say here. I will give the weekly honor to our newcomer, A Team Named Suh, since he dropped the highest total of the week.

Oops of the Week: Jayhawk Nation wins the award by drafting and starting the KC defense, which gave him negative 4 points and losing by just 3. Blame it on the Henny gets an honorable mention also starting the negative 6 of the Steelers and losing by 10.

Team that Wish They Played Someone Else: Jayhawk Nation of course. Putting up triple digits and taking a loss to the high score of the week is pretty rough.

Team Glad they Played Who They Did: Hide ya Kids got a win this week despite only outscoring 1 team in the league. Sometimes it is all in the matchups.

Race for the C Note:
(highest total points during regular season earns a quick hundred)

A Team Named Suh 106
The Blackshirts 105
Jayhawk Nation 103
Rock Chalk 101
A Pimp Named Slickback 98
Who Got the Key to My Cage? 89
Blame it on the Henny 88
Rusty Trombone 87
Hide ya Kids Hide ya Wife 80
Huge Hits 75

Year to Date Fees:
Rock Chalk $1.00

Enjoy the posts, make those moves and good luck playas.