Fantasy Football Week 9 In Review And NFL Open Thread
Going South Express Comes Back with Win on Dragons!!
It took a strong performance from Tom Brady to give coach Dman the win in this matchup. It was a close match as 6 players for the Express scored in single digits. Sadly the Express squeaked by the Dragon even with one player on a bye and keeping Stacy in the lineup even though he has been benched by the Rams. Tu talked with coach Dman after the game.
Tu: Well, you pulled off the win against the GoingSouth Dragons.
Dman: Yeah! Here’s to the Freak of the Week for me!
Tu: Two problems there coach. First, we dropped the Freak of the Week because of the Dragons. Second, and most importantly, you would not have gotten the Freak of the Week.
Dman: What?!?
Tu: Yes, your team underperformed so much that you almost lost to the Dragons. We are thinking of calling a team that does not get a Freak of the Week against the Dragons the Bleak of the Week.
Dman: … That is terrifying.
Tu: Any thought in trying to shore your line up with a trade?
Dman: Trying to trade is a waste of time. No one wants to make a real trade. Sure, they will try to get your best player, but they are only willing to give you two or three players just like what you have already on your team for him.
Streak of the Week
Despite scoring the lowest total for the team for the year, coach Jaybird gains their eighth win in row. Both teams made mistakes with the Analysts starting the no show Tony Romo, while The Best busted out two players with a bye for the week (and left Maclin on the bench with 30 points). Tu caught up with Jaybird after the close match.
Tu: Close win coach. What happened this week?
Jaybird: Well, I’m really irritated by the Romo thing. I was thinking “Hey, you know what? My guy’s on a bye… I really need to replace him with someone good” and I saw Romo in the free agents.
Tu: So you decided to abandon your “someone good” plan?
Jaybird: Aren’t the Cowboys “America’s Team”?
Tu: The last time they were called that, Jerry Garcia was still crashing into guard rails.
Jaybird: Has it been that long? Anyway, I remember a couple of years ago when I lost in the finals to someone who had Tony Romo as their QB. As I recall, he had a hell of a game.
Tu: How’s that working out for you?
Jaybird: I traded Tony Romo for a kicker.
Peak of the Week
The Partisan Warriors had five players score 20 or more. Manning, even after saying that he sucked for the night, turned out 23 points. Jackson, finally puts together two good games with 20. Lynch, looking more like the Beast Mode with his first double digit game in four week with 26. Edelman, having his highest score for the year with 27. All this overpowered Team Pooh Bear even though they had the second highest score for the week. Timing is everything.
The Quatrains of Nostradamus
No one should be surprised that Nostradamus lost the GoingSouth Dragons this week. Though it was by a surprisingly close margin. Now the Waynesport Wildcats are on the brink of breaking their quatrain.
Remember, Dear Reader, that the records listed below are the number of wins and losses still needed for Nostradamus to be proven right.
ContumeliousAnalysts: 2-3
Team Pooh Bear: 3-1-1 AKA: The Anointed Ones
Thunderlips Express: 2-1-2
Waynesport Wildcats: 6-0-(1)
Partisan Warrior’s: 2-4-(1)
DownSouth Dragons: 6-(1) AKA: GoingSouth Dragons
The Levellers: (2)- 7
Brian’s Best Team: 1-4
Image is John McStravick’s shot “Rock Dennis tackles Taylor Wardlow“, used under a creative commons license.
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Clawing my way back to .500!Report
Yes, you have been on a roll recently.Report
I just want to give it my best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out.Report
This has been a weird year in the NFL. Advanced stats point to the Broncos as far and away the best team (historically great before last week’s debacle). A lot of this has to do with strength-of-schedule, as they’ve played really well against a tough slate of teams. But, somehow, they don’t feel as good as last year’s incarnation owing to the fact that Peyton Manning and the offense aren’t breaking every record. They are significantly better on the defensive side of the ball and yet… they don’t feel dominant.
The Cardinals lead the NFC but seem to be doing it with the sort of smoke-and-mirrors that are hard to rely on long term. Other primary contenders — the Eagles, Packers, Bengals, Steelers, Ravens, and Seahawks — are far from sure things. The Pats have looked phenomenal recently and it is easy to point at the full return of Gronk and say that he is the difference, but it is hard to ignore their limited running game, still suspect line, and injuries on the defensive side of the ball.
I keep seeing my team — the Eagles — ranked top 5 in ESPN’s power rankings and top 4-8 in advanced stats and think, “Surely there are more than a handful of teams better than them.” But, there aren’t. It’s a weird year.Report
Respectfully, the only competition in the Eagles’ division is the Cowboys and, well, color me unimpressed with Dallas. McCoy is Philly’s sole standout player.
I’m in no position to throw rocks, though — has there been a bigger bust this year than Eddie Lacy?Report
@burt-likko
Perhaps I am misinterpreting you, but I agree that the Eagles do not feel like an elite team. No one — besides the Broncos and maybe the Patriots — seem elite this year. Which is weird. I would push back against the idea that McCoy is Philly’s sole standout player. Maclin has established himself as an elite #1 WR and I think we could see from McCoy’s early-year struggles that the starting offensive-line is an elite unit, with elite players in at least three of the spots (Peters, Mathis, and Kelce).
But they have some real holes. As do all the other contenders save for the aforementioned two. And I can’t shake from my memory that the Patriots barely beat the lowly Raiders (who are better than their winless record suggests but are still bad) and got trounced by the Chiefs (a good team playing with a strong home field advantage but a trouncing no less).Report
The loss to the Patriots (you know who else lost to the Patriots?) made the Broncos look paper-thin.
The Broncos in their current incarnation are a Playoff Team every year… but there is always going to be a brick wall that’ll prevent them from winning the big one: Manning refuses to be coached.Report
@jaybird
“…you know who else lost to the Patriots?…”
The British?
If so, I have to call false equivalency.Report
I was going to say Tim Tebow.Report
@jaybird
Did you just equate Tim Tebow to Hitler?
Because that’s insulting.
To Hitler.Report
“At least Hitler could throw a forward pass. Probably.”Report
Hitler couldn’t defend against the rushin’ game.Report
Hitler was like Peyton Manning – he can’t win when the temperature goes under 40F.Report
Awesome.Report
Steelers are looking… really, really weird.
This is the first really offensive-heavy team we’ve had since what…
1979?
30+ points in a steelers game? Let alone one against the Ravens?
This is Weird, man.Report
I’m just about ready to give up. I played the best team I could last week and it was still pathetic.
So I’m going for draft picks now. The Colts played “Suck for Luck” in real life and that’s worked out well for them. I can do the same thing in fantasy football… Right?Report
I hear you Burt. While my record is good, I feel like most of my players under perform every week and feel like the paper-thin team Jaybird says the Broncos are.
I also agree that this feels like a weird year in the NFL. No one seems dominant. The Broncos did until the shellacking they just took. The Patriots are only a couple games away for the KC debacle. Seattle is barely losing the games they barely won last year. And the best record in the league goes to the Cardinals?!? I do wonder if they will be the KC team of last year by the time this season ends.Report