Let me take you back. Back to the year 2004. A man named Bush was President. Michael Jackson was under investigation for
child molestation, and the ROFF was split right down the middle. At the end of week 3 of that season, four teams sat on top of
the division at 3-0. And they looked down upon four very winless teams.
Now we are in the present. Brick Walls and Trees sits atop the league with 3 straight victories. Of course, this is the exact spot
we found him in last year, the only difference is that this year, Humpty sits alone. As for the basement? Well this year they have
some room to spread their legs with Tanks and propo hanging out alone (old roommates reunited).
But let’s get over ourselves – the season is still young. Of those 3-0 teams in 2004, only one missed the playoffs. However, of
those 0-3 teams, two went on to the playoffs. We all know it’s anyone’s game. Let’s not declare a champ yet.
Can a brother get a recap?!
Tools Can’t Fix the Wall
Scott was out for blood from minute one of the game. He had lost to me twice on record, three times overall. That was
enough. With all but one player in the 1pm game, BW&T’s racked up over 100 points in just 4 short hours. While his Indy D
(15) made fools of Cleveland, Bulger threw for some (24), Chambers caught some (12), and Westbrook had his second most
prolific ROFF day (31; scored 36 in 2004’s Week 13 vs. Shade). I was able to muster up some points with Green, but Martin’s
injury left him with just 6 points, and the absence of Heap, Williams and Moss was definitely felt.
Five’s Perfect Day Smells So Right
Ok, so Nose got the beating of the year, as Five beat him by over 70 points. His 168.42 was an incredible accomplishment,
scoring the second most points in ROFF history (that honor goes to Born to Run My Mouth’s 2004 Week 1 169.75 point
performance – we all remember that eye opening experience, the first time we saw 7 teams break 100 in one week). It was
indeed the perfect storm: He had a solid performance from every one (Every player scored more than 10 points), he had a
standout player (Galloway’s 20.53) and a super star (LT’s 43.57 points certainly makes up for the 25 total in the previous two
weeks). It was great performance, and I don’t think the team will look that gross this week when the rankings come out.
45 Means That He Will Win or Lose By 4 or 5
Gregg sure knows how to give himself an aneurysm. Week 1 he beat Sherman by just under 4 points. Week 2’s loss to
Nomads? 3.27 difference. So it makes perfect sense that his first win wouldn’t be a blowout either. The game, separated by
4.34 points, featured no big blowout performances. Colt’s Chad Johnson provided the only 20+ point performance (his second
of the year), which helped considering that Blaylock and Clark combined for less than half a point. propaganda saw strong
numbers from his RB’s McAllister and Sproles, but also watched his WR’s (total of 8.66 total) flop. propo doesn’t have much
hope on the horizon, facing NJJ (2-1), Blade Brown (2-1) and MwR (1-2, but Culpepper on an upswing) in the next three weeks.
Now Nick, don’t hate on me in the postings… leave that to Brian. I KID!!!
The Champ Survives
This could have been a very symbolic game: The young, fresh faced, 2004 toilet bowl winning kid overcomes the great
champion in the official changing of the guards. Steve Smith made sure that didn’t happen. Smiths 3 TD, 170 yard
performance contributed to 35% of Nomads total points and was certainly the catalyst to this victory as Houshmandzadeh fell
back to earth (32 total points in weeks 1 and 2; 2.87 in week 3). Jacobins team continued to impress with Bree’s (21) and his
WR core (Moss 10, Bennett 12, Smith 18) continuing to show brilliance. It was Tiki and Gonzalez (interested that they are the
two layovers from the old Cocineros team) struggling and the Giants D (-2) breaking their 20 point/game streak.
Tanks Crash
Seeing Sherman at 0-3 is like watching Michael Jordan play in a Wizards uniform. You reminisce about the glory days, but have
to accept the fact that they are over. Say what you want about the kid, he’s made it to the playoff’s all three years, and has
been to two championships – none of us can say that. This week Manning continued to baffle us with 8.25 points for a total of
36 this year (compared to last years 92 by the end of week 3). Adding to this weeks despair was the absence of Jamal: Tanks
got a little more than a quarter of a point total out of both his RB’s. In fact, his WR’s Ward, Llyod and Glenn counted for 71% of
his total output this week. Who says the new scoring system doesn’t work? As for Blade, well Collins/Owens continues to be a
big help (accounting for almost 40% of Blade’s total points this year). A little help from Anderson and Dillion helped Blade post
100+ for the third, and outscore opponents by 60 points this year.
Bandits Escape Another One
Drama is obviously spelled B-R-O-C-K. In three games this year, Bandits have posted 100 + points… and so have his
opponents. Winning 2 of them (including this week), Bandits has only outscored opponents by a mere 0.70 points. This
weekend did nothing to increase that difference as MwR’s Culpepper finally showed up to work (33, +23 from last week). Of
course MwR suffered as Willie Parker was held for a mere 4. But it was Bandits Brady/Holt combo (compare it to Blade’s
Collins/Owens – Brady/Holt only count for 15% of Bandits total points to date), and Shaun “Thank You for Finally Producing”
Alexander, whose 33.33 points were indeed the game clincher.
After a False Positive, Quackers Finally Give Birth to a W
As the Milkshakes, Deay started off 1-2. Now as the Quackers from Duckville, he is 1-2 again. This year he brought back
Chad Pennington as a safety clause should Plummer stumble. And stumble Plummer did, until this week. As Jake the Snake
finally posted some impressive numbers (19), the man in waiting went down. For the season. Again. Plummer’s week 9 bye just
got interesting. Sorry, back to the game. McCardell posted 20+ for the second time this season, and Blue Julius added 20 of
his own. Fred Taylor added 12 and that is how Duck got over 100 and into the win column. And I should probably mention that
Born played too. McNabb’s 27 was nice and Cadillac’s 11 was pleasant. It was the rest of the team (Coles, Randel El, Lelie,
Green, Carolina D) that failed to produce. Let’s hope this was a momentary blimp, and not the beginning of a trend. Although,
with Penny out, Coles could suffer…
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami, 3-4 this week, will have his predications entered by Friday night.
child molestation, and the ROFF was split right down the middle. At the end of week 3 of that season, four teams sat on top of
the division at 3-0. And they looked down upon four very winless teams.
Now we are in the present. Brick Walls and Trees sits atop the league with 3 straight victories. Of course, this is the exact spot
we found him in last year, the only difference is that this year, Humpty sits alone. As for the basement? Well this year they have
some room to spread their legs with Tanks and propo hanging out alone (old roommates reunited).
But let’s get over ourselves – the season is still young. Of those 3-0 teams in 2004, only one missed the playoffs. However, of
those 0-3 teams, two went on to the playoffs. We all know it’s anyone’s game. Let’s not declare a champ yet.
Can a brother get a recap?!
Tools Can’t Fix the Wall
Scott was out for blood from minute one of the game. He had lost to me twice on record, three times overall. That was
enough. With all but one player in the 1pm game, BW&T’s racked up over 100 points in just 4 short hours. While his Indy D
(15) made fools of Cleveland, Bulger threw for some (24), Chambers caught some (12), and Westbrook had his second most
prolific ROFF day (31; scored 36 in 2004’s Week 13 vs. Shade). I was able to muster up some points with Green, but Martin’s
injury left him with just 6 points, and the absence of Heap, Williams and Moss was definitely felt.
Five’s Perfect Day Smells So Right
Ok, so Nose got the beating of the year, as Five beat him by over 70 points. His 168.42 was an incredible accomplishment,
scoring the second most points in ROFF history (that honor goes to Born to Run My Mouth’s 2004 Week 1 169.75 point
performance – we all remember that eye opening experience, the first time we saw 7 teams break 100 in one week). It was
indeed the perfect storm: He had a solid performance from every one (Every player scored more than 10 points), he had a
standout player (Galloway’s 20.53) and a super star (LT’s 43.57 points certainly makes up for the 25 total in the previous two
weeks). It was great performance, and I don’t think the team will look that gross this week when the rankings come out.
45 Means That He Will Win or Lose By 4 or 5
Gregg sure knows how to give himself an aneurysm. Week 1 he beat Sherman by just under 4 points. Week 2’s loss to
Nomads? 3.27 difference. So it makes perfect sense that his first win wouldn’t be a blowout either. The game, separated by
4.34 points, featured no big blowout performances. Colt’s Chad Johnson provided the only 20+ point performance (his second
of the year), which helped considering that Blaylock and Clark combined for less than half a point. propaganda saw strong
numbers from his RB’s McAllister and Sproles, but also watched his WR’s (total of 8.66 total) flop. propo doesn’t have much
hope on the horizon, facing NJJ (2-1), Blade Brown (2-1) and MwR (1-2, but Culpepper on an upswing) in the next three weeks.
Now Nick, don’t hate on me in the postings… leave that to Brian. I KID!!!
The Champ Survives
This could have been a very symbolic game: The young, fresh faced, 2004 toilet bowl winning kid overcomes the great
champion in the official changing of the guards. Steve Smith made sure that didn’t happen. Smiths 3 TD, 170 yard
performance contributed to 35% of Nomads total points and was certainly the catalyst to this victory as Houshmandzadeh fell
back to earth (32 total points in weeks 1 and 2; 2.87 in week 3). Jacobins team continued to impress with Bree’s (21) and his
WR core (Moss 10, Bennett 12, Smith 18) continuing to show brilliance. It was Tiki and Gonzalez (interested that they are the
two layovers from the old Cocineros team) struggling and the Giants D (-2) breaking their 20 point/game streak.
Tanks Crash
Seeing Sherman at 0-3 is like watching Michael Jordan play in a Wizards uniform. You reminisce about the glory days, but have
to accept the fact that they are over. Say what you want about the kid, he’s made it to the playoff’s all three years, and has
been to two championships – none of us can say that. This week Manning continued to baffle us with 8.25 points for a total of
36 this year (compared to last years 92 by the end of week 3). Adding to this weeks despair was the absence of Jamal: Tanks
got a little more than a quarter of a point total out of both his RB’s. In fact, his WR’s Ward, Llyod and Glenn counted for 71% of
his total output this week. Who says the new scoring system doesn’t work? As for Blade, well Collins/Owens continues to be a
big help (accounting for almost 40% of Blade’s total points this year). A little help from Anderson and Dillion helped Blade post
100+ for the third, and outscore opponents by 60 points this year.
Bandits Escape Another One
Drama is obviously spelled B-R-O-C-K. In three games this year, Bandits have posted 100 + points… and so have his
opponents. Winning 2 of them (including this week), Bandits has only outscored opponents by a mere 0.70 points. This
weekend did nothing to increase that difference as MwR’s Culpepper finally showed up to work (33, +23 from last week). Of
course MwR suffered as Willie Parker was held for a mere 4. But it was Bandits Brady/Holt combo (compare it to Blade’s
Collins/Owens – Brady/Holt only count for 15% of Bandits total points to date), and Shaun “Thank You for Finally Producing”
Alexander, whose 33.33 points were indeed the game clincher.
After a False Positive, Quackers Finally Give Birth to a W
As the Milkshakes, Deay started off 1-2. Now as the Quackers from Duckville, he is 1-2 again. This year he brought back
Chad Pennington as a safety clause should Plummer stumble. And stumble Plummer did, until this week. As Jake the Snake
finally posted some impressive numbers (19), the man in waiting went down. For the season. Again. Plummer’s week 9 bye just
got interesting. Sorry, back to the game. McCardell posted 20+ for the second time this season, and Blue Julius added 20 of
his own. Fred Taylor added 12 and that is how Duck got over 100 and into the win column. And I should probably mention that
Born played too. McNabb’s 27 was nice and Cadillac’s 11 was pleasant. It was the rest of the team (Coles, Randel El, Lelie,
Green, Carolina D) that failed to produce. Let’s hope this was a momentary blimp, and not the beginning of a trend. Although,
with Penny out, Coles could suffer…
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami, 3-4 this week, will have his predications entered by Friday night.
