From worst to first. Sure there are 12 more games to go, and then that whole playoff system, but for one glorious week, Dave
Allocco and his newly replaced Jacobins sit atop our league.
But take a look around. This league showed some true colors this week with 8 teams breaking the century mark, 5 of those
leading to a victory. The remaining six, those who failed to break the century mark, not one even broke 90. Oh, and here’s an
interesting fact: Of the 7 victors in Week 1 last year, 5 made their way to the playoffs, 1 moved onto the finals and the guy who
won the whole thing? Well, he didn’t get his first win till week 4.
So with WR’s taking on a bigger role, and defenses feeling the pain of not having return yards, we launch into the season. A
season that will prove to be more and more interesting every week.
Speak on this:
Tools finally win a Stare-ing contest
I barley crossed the 100 point mark, and as those three late game players (EJ, Roy Williams and Todd Heap) quietly tacked on
the points, I watched Cantor soar… until IT happened. Javon Walker, with only 4 catches and 27 yards went down. Finding out
on a text from Mr. Watson, my heart felt sorry for the team who had him. And then I found out that team was playing me. And
then I didn’t feel sorry anymore. After that it was a cake walk – Barlow managed to scrape up 8 (hey, that was his high for me
all year), Leftwich through a few (to Jimmy Smith, whom I have) and TB embarrassed Minnesota (which also hurt 5’s Burleson).
All forces working against him, 5SS lost and the Tools walked away with a 1-0 start for the first time since 2003 (when they
ended the season dead last at 4-9… d’oh).
The man can survive an article winter, but still gets a Nose bleed
All the hype, all the promise, all the trash talk. It wasn’t a pretty match, and it was separated by a measly 4 points, but in the
end, the Russian, with all his blonde hair, rippling bisceps, and harsh European accent, couldn’t beat the Great American Hero.
Um, or Jarrett. Whichever. Carson Palmer (seriously?) showed up with 21.50 points for Nose, the only player to break into
double digits. And while it seemed prettier across the pond, it had some hidden blemishes: Solid days from Bruce, McAllister
and Pollard where nullified by poor performances from Rogers, Curry (at 0), Dom Davis, and the usually reliable Baltimore
Defense. Add on the fact that propo’s Michael Vick continues to be a Fantasy Owner’s worst nightmare (he looked great, but
156 with 1 int and 2 fumbles lost, could only muster 11 points) and you have a day you would like to forget.
Looking for a repeat, Nomads hit a Brick Wall
Of all the teams that might lose in week 1, Nomads is the least likely to care. After a week 1 loss last year by 40+ points, he lost
by 6 then by 8 before winning in week 4 by 40. In the following 9 weeks his games were separated by a mere 15 points,
including his week 13 victory over One Way by a mere .02. So do you really think that a loss to BW&T by 20 will upset him?!
HA! There is a silver lining and their names are Hasselbeck, Steve Smith, Houshmandzadeh, the Atlanta defense, and yes, he’s
splitting carries, by Holmes proved he can still manage to dig up 13 points. Meanwhile, BW&T’s surprised us with a powerful
showing from Bulger, Westbrook, the Colt’s D, and yes, a close, but effective win.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Old Way beat the New Way
You use a Colt .45 pistol to hurt somebody. You use a Tank to hurt a lot of people. But this scenario was more David and
Goliath than Shock N Awe. In what was just a 3 point difference, Colt .45’s underperforming team (Favre with only 5, Jones and
Portis with a mere 8 each) proved that you play the game before you declare a loss. Johnson, Mason and Kennison proved
how much the new point system will effect wide receivers, scoring 39.45 points with 21 receptions. As for Tanks, well, Manning
showed us that nothing changed over the off-season with 23 points. Sadly the WR’s and RB’s combined could only scrape up
25 points. Not enough, in a close game.
Jacobins find luck in Jersey
What’s to say? You take the two worst teams in the league (2-11 and 3-10), let them have the first to picks in the draft, stir in an
award and some laptop porn, and what do you have? The top scorers of the week. Moss (this years number 1 pick by
Jacobins) scored 19.67, just one of 6 Jacobins to go into double digits. Second pick in this years draft (for Bandits) Rudi
Johnson scored 17.20, one of 6 Bandits to go into double digits. Unbelievably evenly matched, this game was separated by a
mere 1.68 points – a number that would have been easy to achieve, had Rod Gardner been playing Sunday. No Gardner.
Bandits get the L.
Blade shows no mercy in win
Ok, common, let’s be real: Kiss’s team had 6 players in double digits, including his TE, Ben Troupe. It was a solid showing. But
Kiss missed on thing: a playmaker – which Blade Brown had a few of. Blade’s Kerry Collin’s and Corey Dillion kicked off the
fantasy season Thursday with a 47.46 combined showing. From there is was a lazy Sunday, with support from Curtis, Wilkins
and the Chi D. Then on Monday night, the twisting of the knife: T - f’ing - O. Even without a SPECTCULAR performance, he
posted 14.47. All that led to an even 117 point showing and a victory over the Mouth
Ravens prove who the better bird is
The Married Ravens proved that life works in mysterious, and interesting ways. Like for example, when he kept McGahee and
Culpepper. A fantastic QB and good RB. Then in week 1, saw Culpepper last for 2 points, and McGahee spend time in the
shadow of 3rd stringer “Fast” Willie Parker. The same could be said for the Quackers: in 2004, a simple week 9 pick showed
he had the stuff with 55 points in the last two weeks of season. Kept because, hey, how could he not duplicate last years end
of season, Julius Jones appears to be the real thing, racking up 16 points in week 1. Quackers also saw an explosion by
Keenan McCardell (29.20) and Marvin Harrison (16). Sadly, the highlights end there: Keeper Andre Johnson (4.67), RB Fred
Taylor (8), TE Algre Crumpler (7) and the NE defense (5) could not get any momentum. Married meanwhile saw his WR core of
Larry Fitzgerald, Darrell Jackson and Plaxico Burress rack up 61.73 points combined. 100+ for both, but a better outing for
those Married.
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami – who went 6-1 this week – will have his predications entered by Friday night.
Allocco and his newly replaced Jacobins sit atop our league.
But take a look around. This league showed some true colors this week with 8 teams breaking the century mark, 5 of those
leading to a victory. The remaining six, those who failed to break the century mark, not one even broke 90. Oh, and here’s an
interesting fact: Of the 7 victors in Week 1 last year, 5 made their way to the playoffs, 1 moved onto the finals and the guy who
won the whole thing? Well, he didn’t get his first win till week 4.
So with WR’s taking on a bigger role, and defenses feeling the pain of not having return yards, we launch into the season. A
season that will prove to be more and more interesting every week.
Speak on this:
Tools finally win a Stare-ing contest
I barley crossed the 100 point mark, and as those three late game players (EJ, Roy Williams and Todd Heap) quietly tacked on
the points, I watched Cantor soar… until IT happened. Javon Walker, with only 4 catches and 27 yards went down. Finding out
on a text from Mr. Watson, my heart felt sorry for the team who had him. And then I found out that team was playing me. And
then I didn’t feel sorry anymore. After that it was a cake walk – Barlow managed to scrape up 8 (hey, that was his high for me
all year), Leftwich through a few (to Jimmy Smith, whom I have) and TB embarrassed Minnesota (which also hurt 5’s Burleson).
All forces working against him, 5SS lost and the Tools walked away with a 1-0 start for the first time since 2003 (when they
ended the season dead last at 4-9… d’oh).
The man can survive an article winter, but still gets a Nose bleed
All the hype, all the promise, all the trash talk. It wasn’t a pretty match, and it was separated by a measly 4 points, but in the
end, the Russian, with all his blonde hair, rippling bisceps, and harsh European accent, couldn’t beat the Great American Hero.
Um, or Jarrett. Whichever. Carson Palmer (seriously?) showed up with 21.50 points for Nose, the only player to break into
double digits. And while it seemed prettier across the pond, it had some hidden blemishes: Solid days from Bruce, McAllister
and Pollard where nullified by poor performances from Rogers, Curry (at 0), Dom Davis, and the usually reliable Baltimore
Defense. Add on the fact that propo’s Michael Vick continues to be a Fantasy Owner’s worst nightmare (he looked great, but
156 with 1 int and 2 fumbles lost, could only muster 11 points) and you have a day you would like to forget.
Looking for a repeat, Nomads hit a Brick Wall
Of all the teams that might lose in week 1, Nomads is the least likely to care. After a week 1 loss last year by 40+ points, he lost
by 6 then by 8 before winning in week 4 by 40. In the following 9 weeks his games were separated by a mere 15 points,
including his week 13 victory over One Way by a mere .02. So do you really think that a loss to BW&T by 20 will upset him?!
HA! There is a silver lining and their names are Hasselbeck, Steve Smith, Houshmandzadeh, the Atlanta defense, and yes, he’s
splitting carries, by Holmes proved he can still manage to dig up 13 points. Meanwhile, BW&T’s surprised us with a powerful
showing from Bulger, Westbrook, the Colt’s D, and yes, a close, but effective win.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Old Way beat the New Way
You use a Colt .45 pistol to hurt somebody. You use a Tank to hurt a lot of people. But this scenario was more David and
Goliath than Shock N Awe. In what was just a 3 point difference, Colt .45’s underperforming team (Favre with only 5, Jones and
Portis with a mere 8 each) proved that you play the game before you declare a loss. Johnson, Mason and Kennison proved
how much the new point system will effect wide receivers, scoring 39.45 points with 21 receptions. As for Tanks, well, Manning
showed us that nothing changed over the off-season with 23 points. Sadly the WR’s and RB’s combined could only scrape up
25 points. Not enough, in a close game.
Jacobins find luck in Jersey
What’s to say? You take the two worst teams in the league (2-11 and 3-10), let them have the first to picks in the draft, stir in an
award and some laptop porn, and what do you have? The top scorers of the week. Moss (this years number 1 pick by
Jacobins) scored 19.67, just one of 6 Jacobins to go into double digits. Second pick in this years draft (for Bandits) Rudi
Johnson scored 17.20, one of 6 Bandits to go into double digits. Unbelievably evenly matched, this game was separated by a
mere 1.68 points – a number that would have been easy to achieve, had Rod Gardner been playing Sunday. No Gardner.
Bandits get the L.
Blade shows no mercy in win
Ok, common, let’s be real: Kiss’s team had 6 players in double digits, including his TE, Ben Troupe. It was a solid showing. But
Kiss missed on thing: a playmaker – which Blade Brown had a few of. Blade’s Kerry Collin’s and Corey Dillion kicked off the
fantasy season Thursday with a 47.46 combined showing. From there is was a lazy Sunday, with support from Curtis, Wilkins
and the Chi D. Then on Monday night, the twisting of the knife: T - f’ing - O. Even without a SPECTCULAR performance, he
posted 14.47. All that led to an even 117 point showing and a victory over the Mouth
Ravens prove who the better bird is
The Married Ravens proved that life works in mysterious, and interesting ways. Like for example, when he kept McGahee and
Culpepper. A fantastic QB and good RB. Then in week 1, saw Culpepper last for 2 points, and McGahee spend time in the
shadow of 3rd stringer “Fast” Willie Parker. The same could be said for the Quackers: in 2004, a simple week 9 pick showed
he had the stuff with 55 points in the last two weeks of season. Kept because, hey, how could he not duplicate last years end
of season, Julius Jones appears to be the real thing, racking up 16 points in week 1. Quackers also saw an explosion by
Keenan McCardell (29.20) and Marvin Harrison (16). Sadly, the highlights end there: Keeper Andre Johnson (4.67), RB Fred
Taylor (8), TE Algre Crumpler (7) and the NE defense (5) could not get any momentum. Married meanwhile saw his WR core of
Larry Fitzgerald, Darrell Jackson and Plaxico Burress rack up 61.73 points combined. 100+ for both, but a better outing for
those Married.
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami – who went 6-1 this week – will have his predications entered by Friday night.
