Week 8

A new leader has emerged, in the Black Hole and sits atop alone in the league.

razoRamon (144.50) vs BrownStars (52.50)
An uneventful game of the week as the razoRamon, the newly crowned leader, wins easily over the BrownStars. The GM of the BrownStars, Galvezy, vowed to pay closer attention but apparently his players were distracted. Kevin Jones was the lone bright spot for the team with 16 points. With Wynn placed on IR the BrownStars need to look for a replacement quickly. In all fairness the team had four starters on BYE so hopefully they will do better next week with a rested crew.

The razoRamon’s are excited that their first round pick Drew Brees (32) has finally resurfaced as the Fantasy QB of last year. With Addai contributing 29 points and the rest of the team scoring double digits the razoRamons are sitting pretty with a 6-2 record. Scouring the waiver wire (31 moves) has apparently paid of for the Ramons as they picked up Ronnie Brown (IR) after he was dropped by the English. This is a keeper league right?
But will the team suffer the same fate as last year, have a great season and a no show in the playoffs…maybe it’s the curse of the San Diego Super Chargers rubbing off.

Dirty Birds (133.50) vs Jedi Knights (120.00)
A close game indeed. Both teams where coming in 4-3 and jockeying for league position. The Knights had a great performance from the always dependable Brady (38) and from surprise fantasy breakout this season, Braylon Edwards (27). The Knights decided not to play a kicker and sat out Steven Jackson (11) replacing him with Jason Wright (1.5), moves which ultimately cost them the game. However, once Andre Johnson is back and Steven Jackson is up and running like he used to, the Knights will be a force down the stretch of the season…where it ultimately counts.

The Birds have quietly situated themselves nicely atop the leader board with two straight wins. With Favre (24) throwing like an MVP, breaking TD records and INT records, the Birds look like geniuses picking him up, but Griese (6) takes all that credibility away from the commish. With his WR crew looking solid the Birds are beaming with pride. However, Gore has played sub par of late and will soon be pulled to be replaced by Selvin Young (Hoping the “Pot Smoking Man Whore” Travis Henry is booted for the season).

babysrus (130.50) vs Nacho Libre’s (127.50)
Is it true...can it be...the babysrus wins another game? After starting the season 0-6, Gene was waving the white flag, but the team pulls of another impressive win claiming revenge on the Libre’s. The babys score another 130 points this week which seems to be their lucky number. Donovan (21) put in an impressive performance, now if he can only be consistent. Reggie Wayne (25.50) took full advantage of not having Harrison in the line up and scores big again this week. The babysrus have scored the points this season and are 5th in points ranking so a playoff berth is not out of the question, he will need to get past the Libre’s in the rankings to get there…is this a rivalry…for sure.

The Libre’s learned the hard way…in fantasy don’t count your wins until MNF. The Libre’s had a solid week with three receivers scoring 20 points or more, Gates (22.5), Colston (28) and Galloway (20). Finally, Colston showed his fantasy value this season, it was about time. Ladanian was surprisingly quite this week with 9.5 points. The Libre’s are in desperate need of an upgrade in QB having only Eli (8) and Pennington (5) to rely on. Psst Hong, Pennington has been benched.

Fobsters (107) vs Old English (98)
I claim this to be “McGriddle Bowl”. Ahh the infamous McGriddle that no one will ever get to eat was placed on the betting block this week. With the loss, the OE are faced with two straight loses and a debt to be re-paid with a delicious sausage with cheese placed between two pancakes filled with sweet syrup crystals. The OEs QBs are out standing carrying the team with Peyton (20) and Derek Anderson (24). The rest of the team was pathetic scoring an average of 4.14 points each except of course for their DEF. The SD Def put up a ridiculous 25 points this week, and if it weren’t for them this would have been a blow out. Can the OE’s rebound from their two straight loses, it will a tough battle indeed as they face the Jedi Knights next week.

The Fobsters are at 5-3 with all three loses coming from the top three teams. He already avenged the lost to the OE are the other two next? The Fobsters had a great week from Westbrook (22) and Jennings (23) and a solid week from Garcia (15) and Rivers (18). The rest of the team needs work. Chad hasn’t been playing to his potential with TJ outscoring him in fantasy for the season. Ahman is still hurt and Shaun Alexander has been really unproductive. The Fobsters need some help in order to contend for the title.

Next Week's Game to Watch
Old English vs Jedi Knights
Which team will break their 2 game losing streak...tune in next week.

Week 7

Despite picking up their first win this week, there’s no question that the previously winless babysrus is struggling. The question is, can anything be done to help them climb out of the cellar? This season or the next? Well, as we’ll see, not all is lost. Gene had quite a nice stretch in Wks 2 – 3 with 141.50 and 127.50 points. Tragically, they were outscored both weeks but that means this team isn’t horrible. Then again, during Wks 4 – 6, they were unable to get over the century mark. Let’s take a closer look at what’s going on.

The passing game should be in good hands with Donovan McNabb and Jay Cutler but it looks like neither are performing at quality levels. Both are averaging around 15 points per game but you really want your QBs to be near the 20+ range. Donovan McNabb has had two outstanding games this season but of late, he’s cooled off. Forced to choose between David Garrard and Kurt Warner as his second QB for most of the season, Gene has cut the cord on both in order nab Jay Cutler, who finally had a good game this week.

Disappointing RB Cedric Benson was also cut in the process and while we might argue that he was worth a spot on the bench, Gene’s got a stable of RBs. Willie Parker has been excellent all season, yards wise, and the return of Rudi Johnson should help tremendously. Even Marshawn Lynch and Brandon Jacobs are serviceable backs and fully capable of being number two ball carriers.

Hell, we like the WRs here a lot too. Terrell Owens is riding high with over 13 points a game and Reggie Wayne has been as steady as ever. New Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe has flashed his talent during his first season, as has young Broncos’ WR Brandon Marshall. The receiving corp has two established stars and young productive talent behind them.

So how is this team 1-6? The answer might be that they lack explosion. Without QBs capable of steadying the ship, babysrus has been experiencing rough going. Every player on the roster is pretty decent but averaging 8-12pts each won’t get this team that far. They need some boom bam explosion and aside from Donovan’s Week Three 33 point explosion, this team hasn’t had much of it. Anytime a player on the roster scores over 20+ points, he’s been on Gene’s bench.

Our suggestion is to sit tight, wait a few weeks to see if Donovan, Willie, Terrell, Reggie, and Rudi can pick it up, and then maybe think about moving a few of them for guys with more upside. All the stars are excellent but they simply aren’t producing enough big games.

This week’s win was legit though despite Galvez leaving out half his team. Gene had wonderful performances all around (excepting David Garrard) and when he’s clicking on all cylinders, he should be able to maintain

Nacho Libre’s (113.00) vs Jedi Knights (86.50)
The injured list for Lum reads: Deion Branch, Steven Jackson, Todd Heap, and Andre Johnson. With a team weakened by injuries and byes, the Knights couldn’t put up much resistance against the Nacho Libre’s despite Tom Brady’s extraordinary 41 point performance. Hong’s team didn’t show much either, but 20 points from RB LenDale White was enough to lead the team to victory. Again, a strong performance by the Seahwaks defense (21 points) provided the difference. Is it time to call Marques Colston super bust?!

Dirty Birds (137.50) vs Old English (121.00)
Wes Welker ignites for 29.5 points and cements himself as a break-out receiver option. With every other skill player recording double digits – outside of QB Jon Kitna – Jon delivers Eric’s Old English team only their second loss of the season. Old English had their own receiver ignition with Laveranues Coles’ 29 points but in the end, it wasn’t quite enough. Losing Ronnie Brown for the season might slow down Eric’s team some, but with the way the rest of his team is playing, it might not hurt all that bad.

RazoRamon (134.50) vs Fobsters (121.50)
Star power wins games. Randy Moss wins games. With Ben Roethlisberger and Randy Moss hooking up for 26 points each, Ryan took a high scoring, but easy win to the bank. Jimmy somehow managed to score 121.50 points but no player really stood out. Brian Westbrook has really cooled off recently and with only 14 points this week, he wasn’t pulling his weight – especially compared to the second RB, Marion Barber’s, 17 points. Jimmy’s WRs look good though, as Chad Johnson, Jerricho Cotchery, Hines Ward, and youngsters Greg Jennings and Calvin Johnson are all solid options.

Week 6

This is definitely turning into a season of the have’s and have-not’s. Two teams have scored over 800 points for the season. Another two have scored over 700, but the rest of the league is barely pushing the 600 mark. In more important news, Ryan is leading the way with 25 waiver moves, with Gene close behind at 21. There’s no ring for making moves guys, just for winning.

Jedi Knights (192.50) vs Brown Stars (136.50)
Good god! The Jedis explode for a record setting 192.50 points behind Tom Brady’s 37 points and Adrian Peterson’s 40.5. In a normal week, the contributions of WRs Braylon Edwards (26.5) and Kevin Curtis (20.5) would have been impressive but they were just icing on the cake for Chris this week. Galvez put up a good fight but only Matt Hasselbeck was able to break the twenty point barrier and that’s not going to cut it.

Fobsters (89.00) vs babysrus (76.00)
Listen, Gene, if you were gonna win one this season, this was the week. Jimmy only put up 89 points total, led by Jeff Garcia (17) and Brian Westbrook (18). If you can’t score over 89 points, then you’re in big trouble. I mean, c’mon! This is embarrassing. Sure, all of your best players were on bye, but still. You know, for my other keeper league, Jimmy went 0-13 last season. Are you headed in the same direction?

Nacho Libre’s (163.00) vs Dirty Birds (84.50)
With beat downs being the theme of the week, Hong took out all his repressed anger by almost doubling Jon’s score this week. First overall pick LDT finally notched a huge game (45.5) and with a matching breakout game by Maurice Jones-Drew (31 pts), the Nacho’s got their second win of the season. The Dirty Birds only had TJ Houshmandzadeh show up on Sunday (30 pts) but he wasn’t capable of dragging his team anywhere near a win.

Old English (136.00) vs RazoRamon (92.00)
Even as Tony Romo cools off, Eric’s other QB, Derek Anderson heats up (31 pts). Is there no stopping the English invasion? They tacked up 136 points with Peyton on the bench! Eric has scored more than anybody else in the league, he’s on a four game win streak, he’s like the Adrian Peterson of our league. Ryan tried to win a round of golf but his team fell apart due lack of a passing game. Daunte Culpepper, Randy Moss, Jason Witten, and Santana Moss combined for only 26 points.

Next week: Gaga turns into Nancy ____.

Week 5

A week of upsets, come back wins and the lowest scoring for all the teams...the Black Hole was filled with excitement in Week 5

Brown Stars (102) vs Dirty Birds (88.50)
The Stars lucky number has to be 102…for two weeks in a row the Brown Stars score 102 points pulling a huge upset win against the Birds. It was a disappointing week for the Birds as Boldin was kept in the roster even though he was a game time decision. Reggie Bush did have a solid week with 119 all purpose yards but with no touchdowns to show for it. Favre (16) was having a great game until two interceptions in the second half leading Green Bay to their first lose of the season. The NE Defense scored 17 pts helping their team improve to 5-0. Torry Holt had a respectable 18.50 points but the rest of the team isn’t even worth mentioning.

What made this loss even more embarrassing is the fact Brown Stars Top 2 RBs and Top 2 QBs scored a total of 8.5 Points. The Brown Stars left Maroney in the roster and he didn’t play but what’s with Larry Johnson 12 yards rushing? With Boldin out Fitzgerald carried the team with 23.50 points along side the dependable Plaxico (20.5). Trent Green maybe out for the season but Jason Campbell is sitting pretty on the bench with 22 points this week. The Stars play the Knights next week “The battle of the Michigan boys.”

Fobsters (87) vs Jedi Knights (73)
The Fobsters claiming that the Knights “force is no good against the FOB” pulled the other upset win in the league. The FOBs was lead by Phillip Rivers, who actually held onto the ball this week, scoring a team high 27 points. Jeff Garcia is looking good contributing 15 points with 2 TDs and 0 Int. Jennings had a respectable 16 points but top pick Shaun Alexander had a disappointing 3.5 points. The Fobs improve to 3-2 above the .500 mark and holding strong to a playoff spot.

The Knights had a peculiar week with 3 players on byes and 3 being hurt the Knights were hurting for able bodied starters, having to leave Adrian Peterson who is on a bye and Steven Jackson who is hurt in the lineup. Brady is Mr. Consistent with 25 pts and Braylon put up 14 pts. But when your Kicker (Neil – 12 pts) scores more than three of your WR combined it’s not a good week. The Knights look to bounce back next week and end their current two game losing streak.

Old English (102.5) vs Nacho Libre’s (83)
It’s sad when the only team in the league who votes for you to win is yourself. The Libre’s comment of “I hate football” is the same statement spoken by the GM last season around this time. The week Michael Turner is placed on the bench he scores 20 points and Maurice Jones-Drew after having a horrible season comes up with 18.5. Putting in Javon Walker for two weeks in a row when he has been ruled out to play is a baffling move even for the Libre’s. Gates put in a good week with 20.50 but with LT not scoring TDs this season the Libre’s fall to 1-4.

The English had a solid week with six players scoring double digits. Leading the way is this seasons surprise fantasy back Ronnie Brown with 22.5. Steve Smith and Laveranues played respectably with 2 points and Manning had a mediocre performance with 18 points. The OEs improve to 4-1 and are top of the league with combined score of 699. They are looking to prepare for next weeks game picking up two QBs on the waiver wire.

RazoRamon (102) vs babysrus (89)
Much Love was pronounced early in the week and phone numbers exchanged as these two best friends battle it out. The babysrus still looking for their first victory of the season was poised and ready to get the monkey of their back. The Ramons were visible upset with Addai not playing when all the notes said he would…Damn you Yahoo. The game was exciting; the lead was exchanged several times on Sunday. Going into Monday Night Football the babyrus had a comfortable lead of 76 to 65.5 with Owens, Lynch and the Dallas Def still up to go for the babysrus and only a TE (Witten) and K (Folk) left to play for the Ramons. Thinking he had the win the GM of the babysrus, drops the Dallas Def to pick up Kurt Warner after hearing of the season ending injury to Leinert.

The GM of the RazoRamon seeing this move quickly comments on the action and hopes that Karma bites the babysrus in the ass. And karma prevails the RazoRamon pulls of the amazing come from behind win with Witten scoring 20.5 points and Folk punching in a season high four field goals scoring 16 points. When asked how he feels the GM of the babysrus says “I think I should quit this game” Will the babysrus ever get a win?

Next Week's Game to Watch
RazoRamon vs Old English
The 4-1 teams battle it out to take sole possession of first place.

Since I’m a numbers geek something of interest: three of the winners this week scored 102-102.5, maybe 102 isn’t just the lucky number of the Brown Stars.

By Ryan

Week 4

Dirty Birds (109.00) vs Fobsters (44.50)
This is an embarrassment. Heading into Monday night, Jimmy only had 20+ points on the board. That’s um. Disgusting. Not one player on the Fobsters notched double digit points – well, three did, but they’re on the bench. Here’s a ticket to NFL Europe Jimmy, see you next year.

RazoRamon (129.00) vs Jedi Knights (95.00)
Nice, a real game to review. The Knights were the king of the hill coming into Week 4. Three straight wins, an outstanding roster, and plenty of power behind their running and passing game. Well, running into a razor’s edge surely stopped the Jedis cold didn’t it? Led by MVP-candidate Randy Moss (26.5), Ryan’s team punished the Knights on the ground (Joseph Addai, 21.5) and through the air (Jason Witten, 16).

Lum’s team is still looking pretty spectacular with Tom Brady and Carson Palmer leading the charge but now that Steven Jackson is nutted up, maybe the ground game will falter a bit. The Jedis weren’t really relying on the disappointing Jackson anyway though, since young WRs Braylon Edwards, Roy Williams, and Bernard Berrian (37.5 pts combined) are growing up fast. WR Andre Johnson remains sidelined for the Knights and until he and Jackson return, the Jedis could be in for a rough few weeks.

Old English (176.00) vs babysrus (98.50)
Man, those Old English bastards are good aren’t they? After coming out of the gate with two 150+ scores, they put up a doozy of a week with 176 this week to thoroughly trash the babysrus’. Early season MVP Tony Romo slapped up 34 points, Peyton Manning and WR Santonio Holmes connected for 27 points each, and RB Ronnie Brown went wild for a second week in a row (29). The only bad news facing this team is the loss of LaMont Jordan, possibly for a week or two.

Gene’s team on the other hand, is scoring and making a league-leading 18 waiver moves, but they sure aren’t winning. Donovan McNabb had a piss poor day (4 pts), Willie Parker and Terrell Owens flopped, and only rookie stud in the making WR Dwayne Bowe (26) came out to play on Sunday. When will Gene get a win? How about if people stop putting up ridiculous games against him? The last three weeks have seen opponents explode for 147, 162, and now 176 points. Gene must play no defense – only dragons.

Brown Stars (102.50) vs Nacho Libre’s (87.50)
The battle of two bottom feeders resulted in Galvez pulling out a sneaky win versus Hong. Both teams have lost three games already this young season so pride was on the line. Who needs pride when you’ve got big muscles like Galvez though? QB Matt Hasselbeck pumped out 20 points, Larry Johnson had a respectable 15.5 points, and four other players contributed double digits to push the Stars over the hump for a big win, their first. They probably could have won by a bit more if Laurence Maroney had been pulled but really, who knew he was going to be sitting out Monday night?

Hong’s big game plan these days is to play BOTH Chargers’ running backs. They combined for 21.5 points. LDT had 23.5, Michael Turner had -2. Whoops. In good news, the Seahawks defense is super sleeper and has been stellar this season (16 this week). It’s nice of Hong to match the real life Chargers’ 1-3 record but he should really aim higher – snatching DeShaun Foster off waivers was a nice move though.