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To help lighten the mood after a tough first week, I wanted to share with you some harsh truths’ about your fellow league members: Did you know that…
Week One Random Thoughts:
Man, what a tough start to the season in fantasy and reality? In reality, several Super Bowl contending teams lost (Indianapolis, Minnesota,
Jacksonville, and San Diego to name a few). But more importantly, several star players got hurt, which has a direct impact on fantasy.
Typically week one is filled with surprise names that bust out into the collective consciousness of fantasy owners or who become one week waiver wire
wonders. And while that remained true to a degree (I’m looking at you Hank Baskett and Greg Lewis), this year’s week one will go down in memory for
all the injuries that occurred.
The biggest injury of course is to Tom Brady (sorry Dave). But Burleson is also out for the season (thus reducing Hasselbeck’s value at the same time).
Merriman finally decided to have season ending surgery (and the San Diego defense didn't look particularly great on Sunday anyway). Colston is out 4-
6 weeks. And several studs (Marion Barber, Joseph Addai, and Dallas Clark) all left their games early.
So if you survived week one, consider yourself lucky. If you did not, then as Randy Moss said, “The show must still go on”. Find a replacement, show
everyone in this league that you aren’t a one man show, and throw up some W’s (not the gang signs you idiot).
Amusing (to me only) story of the week:
I’m in another league with a bunch of co-workers. A friend drafted Tom Brady second (it’s a bonus league where you get extra points for hitting certain
stats). So before the start of the season I jokingly proposed a trade of Derrick Mason for Tom Brady.
After the injury, I remarked…”I bet you wish you made the deal now.” Then added that the offer was still on the table (it’s not a keeper league, so the
guy already dropped Brady).
A few days later news breaks that Marques Colton (his #1 WR) is out 4-6. So I jokingly said, “Now I bet you really wished you had made that trade.” I
then promptly offered up Mason for Colston straight up. He did not accept…
The lesson of this story is that sometimes the most ridiculous trades are not really that unfair…and that I am a funny guy (in my mind).
Thoughts on the league (I apologize if some of this is inaccurate. I’m writing off memory without the league page in front of me):
Dave: Big win despite losing Tom Brady. I think you’re team still looks pretty good. So don’t give up yet. Marion Barber and Andre Johnson could win
you some weeks by themselves.
Marc: What a come from behind victory, if that’s what you call it (Seriously what do you call that when you are losing, all your players have played, yet
the other team has their defense playing and gives up a TD?). They say a win is a win and I’m sure most of us thought Jay had the victory in the bag
when Zach Miller got his catches.
Jay: Tough loss big guy. I’d be afraid to use Torry Holt right now. Although the Marvin Harrison pick looks OK. Plus Ryan Grant gets to play the Detroit
Defense this week. By my calculation, he should run for 220 yards and 2 TD’s.
Jason: So far so good. Cutler looks like John Elway Jr. Forte looks like Walter Payton Jr. Cotchery looks like…well, who was the last great Jets receiver?
Wayne Chrebet?
Scott: Guess your plans to get Fred Taylor suspended were fruitless as MJD has no offensive line to run behind anyway. But Calvin looked good (which
makes me sad). Hey, care to try another San Francisco WR? Jerry Rice maybe?? Can we bring back John Taylor?
Navid: How do you manage to pick up every backup before news of injury even breaks? What did you perform the surgery on Marques Colston?
Chris: You have a lot riding on the Browns and they did not look good. And Matt Cassel is a huge unknown, but if he’s the next Marc Bulger then watch
out league.
Rich: Will McFadden even be a top three rookie RB? I’m kind of glad you kept TJ Housh, because I would have drafted him third and right now I would
not want any Cincinnati Bengals on my roster.
Jarrett: I think you made the right move with keeping Steve Smith. But Ocho Cinco might be your downfall.
Chris Rosenthall: I guess we were all wrong and Hines Ward is still the man. Then again, he may catch only six TD’s this year, which means he already
has two of them…On a sidenote: good game last week. I got lucky to face you early, because Peyton will have better days.
Nick: How about that Willie Parker? And despite all of our groans, that Julius Jones pick might be good with Maurice Morris expected to miss a few
weeks.
Josh: Tough break with Colston going down. He’ll be back though, so just ride it out. Besides, looks like DeSean Jackson is the real deal. And so is
Felix Jones. But Rashard Mendenhall…not so much.
Did I miss anyone? Oh yea…
Parker: Good luck this week. I feel like this is the 4th to last episode of America’s Best Dance Crew when Supreme Soul faced off against Super Crew
for the right to stay on the show. It was too early for those two elite teams to battle.
Good luck everyone. Even you Parker.
“I got 99 Problems, but a loss ain’t one. Hit me!”
- Dave joined another fantasy football league and their draft lasted ten hours, yet Dave loved every minute of it. He was even quoted as saying,
“Take longer”. - The only reason Parker and I are still friends are because of our mutual love for America’s Best Dance Crew and a certain dragon.
- Jay stole my comedy routine.
- Jason sends me pictures of himself naked. But on accident. He means to send them to Brian Sherman, which is even worse.
- Marc continuously refers to me as Brain on the league website. However, this is a dramatic improvement over what he used to refer to me a few
years ago, which was Bitch.
- Nick’s favorite team is the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs played the Patriots when Tom Brady was injured. Thus, Nick is to blame for Tom Brady
being injured. - Scott’s favorite thing about company functions is writing his name down on an empty sticker.
- Navid is a vulture.
- Jarrett was not supposed to give out those MLB hats during the draft. When his bosses found out, they denied him his promotion. Sorry dude,
but the hats were nice. - Josh’s birthday is actually in June. He just tells us all it’s in August, so he can get some free cookie cake.
- Chris Brockman got a call for a tryout with the New England Patriots to be their new starting QB. But when a report was published in the Maine
Daily News, citing an unidentified source, the Pats quickly told Chris to go home and that they’ll call him back if they are interested. Sadly, they
told him this right as he got off the plane. - Chris Rosenthall was the unidentified source.
- Rich was the pilot.
Week One Random Thoughts:
Man, what a tough start to the season in fantasy and reality? In reality, several Super Bowl contending teams lost (Indianapolis, Minnesota,
Jacksonville, and San Diego to name a few). But more importantly, several star players got hurt, which has a direct impact on fantasy.
Typically week one is filled with surprise names that bust out into the collective consciousness of fantasy owners or who become one week waiver wire
wonders. And while that remained true to a degree (I’m looking at you Hank Baskett and Greg Lewis), this year’s week one will go down in memory for
all the injuries that occurred.
The biggest injury of course is to Tom Brady (sorry Dave). But Burleson is also out for the season (thus reducing Hasselbeck’s value at the same time).
Merriman finally decided to have season ending surgery (and the San Diego defense didn't look particularly great on Sunday anyway). Colston is out 4-
6 weeks. And several studs (Marion Barber, Joseph Addai, and Dallas Clark) all left their games early.
So if you survived week one, consider yourself lucky. If you did not, then as Randy Moss said, “The show must still go on”. Find a replacement, show
everyone in this league that you aren’t a one man show, and throw up some W’s (not the gang signs you idiot).
Amusing (to me only) story of the week:
I’m in another league with a bunch of co-workers. A friend drafted Tom Brady second (it’s a bonus league where you get extra points for hitting certain
stats). So before the start of the season I jokingly proposed a trade of Derrick Mason for Tom Brady.
After the injury, I remarked…”I bet you wish you made the deal now.” Then added that the offer was still on the table (it’s not a keeper league, so the
guy already dropped Brady).
A few days later news breaks that Marques Colton (his #1 WR) is out 4-6. So I jokingly said, “Now I bet you really wished you had made that trade.” I
then promptly offered up Mason for Colston straight up. He did not accept…
The lesson of this story is that sometimes the most ridiculous trades are not really that unfair…and that I am a funny guy (in my mind).
Thoughts on the league (I apologize if some of this is inaccurate. I’m writing off memory without the league page in front of me):
Dave: Big win despite losing Tom Brady. I think you’re team still looks pretty good. So don’t give up yet. Marion Barber and Andre Johnson could win
you some weeks by themselves.
Marc: What a come from behind victory, if that’s what you call it (Seriously what do you call that when you are losing, all your players have played, yet
the other team has their defense playing and gives up a TD?). They say a win is a win and I’m sure most of us thought Jay had the victory in the bag
when Zach Miller got his catches.
Jay: Tough loss big guy. I’d be afraid to use Torry Holt right now. Although the Marvin Harrison pick looks OK. Plus Ryan Grant gets to play the Detroit
Defense this week. By my calculation, he should run for 220 yards and 2 TD’s.
Jason: So far so good. Cutler looks like John Elway Jr. Forte looks like Walter Payton Jr. Cotchery looks like…well, who was the last great Jets receiver?
Wayne Chrebet?
Scott: Guess your plans to get Fred Taylor suspended were fruitless as MJD has no offensive line to run behind anyway. But Calvin looked good (which
makes me sad). Hey, care to try another San Francisco WR? Jerry Rice maybe?? Can we bring back John Taylor?
Navid: How do you manage to pick up every backup before news of injury even breaks? What did you perform the surgery on Marques Colston?
Chris: You have a lot riding on the Browns and they did not look good. And Matt Cassel is a huge unknown, but if he’s the next Marc Bulger then watch
out league.
Rich: Will McFadden even be a top three rookie RB? I’m kind of glad you kept TJ Housh, because I would have drafted him third and right now I would
not want any Cincinnati Bengals on my roster.
Jarrett: I think you made the right move with keeping Steve Smith. But Ocho Cinco might be your downfall.
Chris Rosenthall: I guess we were all wrong and Hines Ward is still the man. Then again, he may catch only six TD’s this year, which means he already
has two of them…On a sidenote: good game last week. I got lucky to face you early, because Peyton will have better days.
Nick: How about that Willie Parker? And despite all of our groans, that Julius Jones pick might be good with Maurice Morris expected to miss a few
weeks.
Josh: Tough break with Colston going down. He’ll be back though, so just ride it out. Besides, looks like DeSean Jackson is the real deal. And so is
Felix Jones. But Rashard Mendenhall…not so much.
Did I miss anyone? Oh yea…
Parker: Good luck this week. I feel like this is the 4th to last episode of America’s Best Dance Crew when Supreme Soul faced off against Super Crew
for the right to stay on the show. It was too early for those two elite teams to battle.
Good luck everyone. Even you Parker.
“I got 99 Problems, but a loss ain’t one. Hit me!”