The theme this week is playmakers, whether you are old playmakers returning to the fray (welcome back Mr. Manning) or just
continuing on your quest for glory (why yes, Mr. Tomlinson, give what you can), playmakers are the most important thing on
Sunday. Or if you are Brett Farve - Monday.
Playmakers can also break you when they don’t fulfill on their obligations. Look at Jamal Lewis, or Curtis Martin or Dom Davis
or… well you get the drift.
Let’s take a non-football example: Tina Fey is the playmaker on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Always there for a joke
or to just look cute on camera. Mmm… cute. But she’s out due to injury (she had a baby in August), and her backup
(apparently) is Horatio Sanz. Now, I like a big fat, funny guy as much as the next guy, but let’s face facts: Horatio eating a taco
= funny. Horatio telling the news in a comedic way while fighting back a case of the giggles = not funny.
4 week down….ssssssss:
Farve Pulls Out the Big Guns on Farve
I hate the Jets. I mean, I’m a Dolphins fan at heart (definitely for another week), so hating the Jets comes easily. But then
Pennington goes down and… sigh… Bollinger comes in. Now the Ravens are no dummies: They attack the offense holding my
boy Martin to 6 points. Good days by Green, Smith, Moss, James and YES! the San Fran D kept me in good sprits heading into
Sunday night. Colts – who had a decent weekend with Chad J, and Eddie Kennison (and NOT the St. Louis D) – went into
Monday night needing 33 to win. He got 39 from his playmaker Brett “I Am So Damn Good On Monday Night That I Made A
Grown Man Cry At 12:45 in the Morning” Farve.
Walls Win By Less Than Five Seconds
4-0 is good… heck, it’s great. But when you beat 3 past champions and the guy who places daily calls to Yahoo trying to get
scores changed – well that is freaking phenomenal. Five thought he was onto something good when Galloway and his
playmaker Tomlinson combined for 30 points. But you pretty much know it’s a victory when your THIRD LEADING SCORER IS
YOUR KICKER! Sadly the lack of productivity from the rest of the team (Keyshan with 2, Barlow with 6) didn’t help. Walls
meanwhile posted 10+ points from 7 players, including another mind-blowing game from Bulger (28). He may not do a lot, but
boy does he pass!
Nose Wins by a Nose
Jarrett at 3-1 is impressive. Especially given his crew: Carson “Seriously?” Palmer looks to be the steal of the draft (19), and
while no one can replace Horn, Boldin appeared to pick up some of the slack. As for our Quackers, a slow start has dropped
him into the lower half of the league, and Fred Taylor and Andre Johnson continue to underperform. Harrison finally showed up
with a two touchdown, 28 point game, but it didn’t help as Ducks had their second sub 100 game of the year.
Jersey Defeat the Russians. Both Need Shower.
Nick is in deep. The Russian needs to make it back to American soil and quick. Nick has by far the most under performing
team this year. He has failed to break 100 in any game (unmatched by anyone in the league), and has only broken 90 once.
Vick continues to confuse Nick (as he did to Nomads last year) and the Baltimore D isn’t the powerhouse it was in 2002…
2003… 2004.... This all wound up being great new to the Jacobins, whose 90 point performance was his worst of the year, with
season lows for Drew Bennett, Rod Smith and Tony G. The only great day was from 2004 playmaker for the Nomads – Drew
Brees, whose 22.88 game was his best since last years 29 point performance in the Championship game. Oh and who did
Brees fill in for? Yep, Michael Vick.
Blade Defeated at the Hands of Nomads
What do you do when a player falls to earth? Well if he’s Kerry Collins, then you expected it. If it’s Ernie Conwell, well – HUMPH
– then you’re just pissed. This week Blade continued his 100+ point streak, this time falling at the hands of Nomads, who
moved to 3-1. Nomads proved that a strong QB (Hasselbeck with 19), and good WR (Houshmandzadeh with 15 – twice as
much as Smith and Clayton combined), two solid RB’s (Holmes with 18, Davis with 17) and a kick ass D (Atl with 28) is all you
need to win a game. That’s right: No TE or K needed. Right…
Tanks Get Season High. Still Lose
True story: I call Jason at the end of every Sunday to make sure he’s still alive. So far, so good. This week gave him high
hopes as his team FINALLY scored some quality points, mostly with the help of Peyton Manning whose 35 points almost tripled
his output in the previous two weeks combined. That certainly helped ease the burden of Hines Ward being off (he’s averaging
16 points per game). And although Shermtanks would have beaten 8 other teams this week, he pulled the short straw and got
Married with Raven. Married had his best day of the year with 136 points, thanks in part to help from 6 players going over 10
points, and playmaker Plaxico Burress having his best Fantasy Day ever with 35 points.
Bandits Hit Season Low. Still Win.
After a week one loss to the Jacobins by a mere 1.5 points, Brock spoke out on the message board: “It’s just like last year,” he
cried “Why can’t I catch a break?” Well, now you have. Brock, whose team has had three incredible 100+ weeks finally showed
his true colors and was only able to post 81 points on a lame day from Shawn Alexander and a sub-par day from everyone
else. Thank goodness he was playing Born to Run My Mouth, whose 70.09 points was the lowest posted by any team, any
week this year. McNabb had 35 points, or 50% of Born’s points. In fact that the running backs posted just 11 points total,
followed closely by the WR’s 5.21 points. At 1-3, Rich needs to get some stamina back in his Mouth.
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami, 6-1 this week, will have his predications entered by Friday night. (hopefully...)
continuing on your quest for glory (why yes, Mr. Tomlinson, give what you can), playmakers are the most important thing on
Sunday. Or if you are Brett Farve - Monday.
Playmakers can also break you when they don’t fulfill on their obligations. Look at Jamal Lewis, or Curtis Martin or Dom Davis
or… well you get the drift.
Let’s take a non-football example: Tina Fey is the playmaker on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Always there for a joke
or to just look cute on camera. Mmm… cute. But she’s out due to injury (she had a baby in August), and her backup
(apparently) is Horatio Sanz. Now, I like a big fat, funny guy as much as the next guy, but let’s face facts: Horatio eating a taco
= funny. Horatio telling the news in a comedic way while fighting back a case of the giggles = not funny.
4 week down….ssssssss:
Farve Pulls Out the Big Guns on Farve
I hate the Jets. I mean, I’m a Dolphins fan at heart (definitely for another week), so hating the Jets comes easily. But then
Pennington goes down and… sigh… Bollinger comes in. Now the Ravens are no dummies: They attack the offense holding my
boy Martin to 6 points. Good days by Green, Smith, Moss, James and YES! the San Fran D kept me in good sprits heading into
Sunday night. Colts – who had a decent weekend with Chad J, and Eddie Kennison (and NOT the St. Louis D) – went into
Monday night needing 33 to win. He got 39 from his playmaker Brett “I Am So Damn Good On Monday Night That I Made A
Grown Man Cry At 12:45 in the Morning” Farve.
Walls Win By Less Than Five Seconds
4-0 is good… heck, it’s great. But when you beat 3 past champions and the guy who places daily calls to Yahoo trying to get
scores changed – well that is freaking phenomenal. Five thought he was onto something good when Galloway and his
playmaker Tomlinson combined for 30 points. But you pretty much know it’s a victory when your THIRD LEADING SCORER IS
YOUR KICKER! Sadly the lack of productivity from the rest of the team (Keyshan with 2, Barlow with 6) didn’t help. Walls
meanwhile posted 10+ points from 7 players, including another mind-blowing game from Bulger (28). He may not do a lot, but
boy does he pass!
Nose Wins by a Nose
Jarrett at 3-1 is impressive. Especially given his crew: Carson “Seriously?” Palmer looks to be the steal of the draft (19), and
while no one can replace Horn, Boldin appeared to pick up some of the slack. As for our Quackers, a slow start has dropped
him into the lower half of the league, and Fred Taylor and Andre Johnson continue to underperform. Harrison finally showed up
with a two touchdown, 28 point game, but it didn’t help as Ducks had their second sub 100 game of the year.
Jersey Defeat the Russians. Both Need Shower.
Nick is in deep. The Russian needs to make it back to American soil and quick. Nick has by far the most under performing
team this year. He has failed to break 100 in any game (unmatched by anyone in the league), and has only broken 90 once.
Vick continues to confuse Nick (as he did to Nomads last year) and the Baltimore D isn’t the powerhouse it was in 2002…
2003… 2004.... This all wound up being great new to the Jacobins, whose 90 point performance was his worst of the year, with
season lows for Drew Bennett, Rod Smith and Tony G. The only great day was from 2004 playmaker for the Nomads – Drew
Brees, whose 22.88 game was his best since last years 29 point performance in the Championship game. Oh and who did
Brees fill in for? Yep, Michael Vick.
Blade Defeated at the Hands of Nomads
What do you do when a player falls to earth? Well if he’s Kerry Collins, then you expected it. If it’s Ernie Conwell, well – HUMPH
– then you’re just pissed. This week Blade continued his 100+ point streak, this time falling at the hands of Nomads, who
moved to 3-1. Nomads proved that a strong QB (Hasselbeck with 19), and good WR (Houshmandzadeh with 15 – twice as
much as Smith and Clayton combined), two solid RB’s (Holmes with 18, Davis with 17) and a kick ass D (Atl with 28) is all you
need to win a game. That’s right: No TE or K needed. Right…
Tanks Get Season High. Still Lose
True story: I call Jason at the end of every Sunday to make sure he’s still alive. So far, so good. This week gave him high
hopes as his team FINALLY scored some quality points, mostly with the help of Peyton Manning whose 35 points almost tripled
his output in the previous two weeks combined. That certainly helped ease the burden of Hines Ward being off (he’s averaging
16 points per game). And although Shermtanks would have beaten 8 other teams this week, he pulled the short straw and got
Married with Raven. Married had his best day of the year with 136 points, thanks in part to help from 6 players going over 10
points, and playmaker Plaxico Burress having his best Fantasy Day ever with 35 points.
Bandits Hit Season Low. Still Win.
After a week one loss to the Jacobins by a mere 1.5 points, Brock spoke out on the message board: “It’s just like last year,” he
cried “Why can’t I catch a break?” Well, now you have. Brock, whose team has had three incredible 100+ weeks finally showed
his true colors and was only able to post 81 points on a lame day from Shawn Alexander and a sub-par day from everyone
else. Thank goodness he was playing Born to Run My Mouth, whose 70.09 points was the lowest posted by any team, any
week this year. McNabb had 35 points, or 50% of Born’s points. In fact that the running backs posted just 11 points total,
followed closely by the WR’s 5.21 points. At 1-3, Rich needs to get some stamina back in his Mouth.
Best of luck to everyone this week.
Swami, 6-1 this week, will have his predications entered by Friday night. (hopefully...)
