View Full Version : 2013 MoFo Fantasy Football - The Regular Season
rauldc14
11-03-13, 11:19 PM
I think he was in for 2 plays, though I could be wrong.
rauldc14
11-03-13, 11:21 PM
Yup, he played 2 snaps and went out.
I find that only very slightly less ridiculous since he didn't touch the ball, but okay.
Wow, uh, okay...T.Y. Hilton might completely save the day in both my leagues (I was ahead in the other but was facing Andre Johnson, so I'd given up on both more or less).
jiraffejustin
11-04-13, 12:52 AM
And just like that Andrew Luck with the assistance of T.Y. Hilton has probably saved my day as well. I need Brandon Marshall to score 3.45 more points than Mason Crosby.
Well my big "bye" week is pretty much how I thought it would be - now to win the rest of my games. K.C. twice - yesshhhh
MovieBuffering
11-04-13, 04:24 AM
So this guy had Kaepernick on bye this week and was going with Big Ben as a substitute for the week. Woke up, said I don't think I like that, looked to see who I could pick up and said screw it I'll try Foles. I don't know what it's like to win the lottery but it has to be pretty close feeling as to what I had today.
22/28, 406 yards and count them 7 TDs. Roughly 65 points in my League. I'm too giddy to sleep.
And just like that Andrew Luck with the assistance of T.Y. Hilton has probably saved my day as well. I need Brandon Marshall to score 3.45 more points than Mason Crosby.
Yeah you noticed that huh?! It was a close matchup and the SNF game was key. Houston was doing awesome vs Luck, and then after Kubiak went down everything went to pot for the Texans. Luck basically got 25 points out of his 30 in the second half alone. He's a keeper! Definitely will be in the elite Rodgers, Brees, P Manning club.
I have no illusions here. Brandon Marshall will be in the hall of fame, and Josh McCowns not a rookie with jitters lacking confidence. Glad I made the right call on who to bench at least, but never thought Washington wouldnt catch even one ball.
You beating me is a loud wakeup call. I didnt have Fitz, but you didnt have Bush or Julius and still won. I cannot count on Randall Cobb to return, and Burleson doesnt produce at a Fitz rate when he does come back.
Now I have to adapt and overcome. See you in the playoffs :)
Revisiting the Trent Richardson trade: he's averaging 3.0 YPC in Indianapolis through six games.
jiraffejustin
11-04-13, 01:26 PM
Revisiting the Trent Richardson trade: he's averaging 3.0 YPC in Indianapolis through six games.
Yep. I was wrong there. At least so far.
So this guy had Kaepernick on bye this week and was going with Big Ben as a substitute for the week. Woke up, said I don't think I like that, looked to see who I could pick up and said screw it I'll try Foles. I don't know what it's like to win the lottery but it has to be pretty close feeling as to what I had today.
22/28, 406 yards and count them 7 TDs. Roughly 65 points in my League. I'm too giddy to sleep.
Huh? My GF has Kaepernick...
What are you on about? She won this week....
EDIT - Oh - different league, I see!
Aaron Rodgers' gets his shoulder driven into the turf and jogs into the locker room.
Pleasenopleasenopleaseno.
He went in for x-rays.
Lacy though is looking incredible.
Powdered Water
11-04-13, 10:20 PM
Revisiting the Trent Richardson trade: he's averaging 3.0 YPC in Indianapolis through six games.
Again. For a guy they are barely paying for. And with Bradshaw going down they actually made a pretty savvy move before an injury. And look at them too. All sittin' pretty at 6-2. I've watched those guys beat every good team that's been put in front of them. Denver will have their hands full with these guys if it comes to that.
They're barely paying for his salary, but they gave up a first round pick for him. And if he's gonna average 3 yards per carry he'd be a negative if he'd walked in off the street and worked for hot dogs.
jiraffejustin
11-04-13, 10:39 PM
I think the reason they are 6-2 has more to do with the guy handing him the ball.
Brandon Marshalls chopping me up like its Friday The 13th.
I dont know if the Colts have a bad, good, or middlin offensive line, and dont know who their fullback is. If the Colts improve in those areas then Richardson should be great. The Colts got Richardson served to them on a silver platter. They had to take him, and to have said no would have bordered on the idiotic.
Just getting a "supposed" blue chip RB isnt enough, and that organization has an awful track record with their run game. For me, the Peyton Manning Colts, and the Andrew Luck Colts now remind me of the Dan Marino Miami Dolphins. They gave him recievers galore, and went all-in with their QB. This one dimensional offensive strategy never got the Dolphins a super bowl victory.
I honestly dont think Peyton Mannings Colts would have won their super bowl if Tony Dungy hadnt have come in and tweaked their defense. It wasnt Peytons fault their run game sucked because his RBs flourish in Denver. I guess what Im trying to say is Indianapolis doesnt know what to do with Richardson, and probably never will. They had to take him though.
Rodgers never came back. Likely win instantly turns to a loss, with two star players coming out of their games almost immediately. Not gonna win much when that happens.
Powdered Water
11-05-13, 12:50 AM
They're barely paying for his salary, but they gave up a first round pick for him. And if he's gonna average 3 yards per carry he'd be a negative if he'd walked in off the street and worked for hot dogs.
You're just mad about the Patriots. Go ahead. Tell us they ran up the score. You know you want to. ;)
rauldc14
11-05-13, 01:10 AM
Sad loss for me
You're just mad about the Patriots. Go ahead. Tell us they ran up the score. You know you want to. ;)
Well, they did, but I'm not mad about it. I realize you're probably not going to believe me even though I keep saying it, but I really don't care much that the Steelers are bad this year.
I'm way angrier that weird early-game injuries have sabotaged my very real chance to follow up an 0-4 start with a 5-0 streak.
Happy to get the win but that was one of the weirdest matchups I have ever been a part of in fantasy.
Yeah, it's pretty incredible the number of random things that had to go wrong in exactly the right way for my team to lose this one, but so it goes.
You're just mad about the Patriots. Go ahead. Tell us they ran up the score. You know you want to. ;)
Well Im mad they ran up the score, and it wasnt even against my team. Ever since they made running up the score a practice I have abhored the Patriots. I wish a team would do it to them, and in a long nasty neverending style to where it makes national news. Only squads I think could pull it off are the Broncos or Saints.
Early word is Rodgers may miss three weeks. So....yeah.
These initial reports are often wrong, but that's probably that.
I'm likely done too. Was hoping to win, and probably would have, but Andre Johnson showed up in a big way. I'm now sitting at 3-6 with little hope for the post-season.
Ha! Me and Justin are tied with 1118 points overall. Im in 1st and he's in 2nd because I have .42, and he has .02.
Course if history's any indicator this means neither one of us will make the final. :indifferent:
jiraffejustin
11-05-13, 01:28 PM
I'm hoping the Chiefs start losing, so they have a reason to play Jamaal at the end.
Wouldn't it be the other way? They run the ball when they get up.
rauldc14
11-05-13, 01:55 PM
I think he means the end of the year that they still have something to play for, which they will anyways cause of Denver.
Ahhhhh, yeah.
And yeah, I agree. I mean, great job Chiefs and all, but they haven't played anyone yet.
rauldc14
11-05-13, 01:58 PM
Who is exactly is anyone at this point? Aside from Seattle, Denver, New Orleans, and New England, the middle tier all are question marks.
jiraffejustin
11-05-13, 01:58 PM
And it doesn't matter if the Chiefs are in pass or run mode because Jamaal gets tons of targets.
Chiefs haven't really played anyone, but I don't think any games are easy in the NFL. Except the Jaguars.
man I almost pulled it out with Forte last night! Har!!
Oh well - Goooooo Sookie!!
rauldc14
11-05-13, 02:19 PM
And it doesn't matter if the Chiefs are in pass or run mode because Jamaal gets tons of targets.
Chiefs haven't really played anyone, but I don't think any games are easy in the NFL. Except the Jaguars.
Buccaneers too. Don't let that close Seattle game fool you.
I think the Bucs will beat Miami today. They better beat Miami today! The Dolphins have to be distracted by all the negative attention theyre getting. Mike Glennons an improvement over Freeman, and Mike James is a damn good replacement. Vincent Jackson looks even more awesome playing on our team. On offense he's our only ornament on the tree.
Arian Fosters done for season, and Doug Martin is too. Happenstance has got a hair up its butt for Yoda lately. String of brutal breaks nobody could recover from.
A big shout out to Taylor, and Tim hoping they win their matchups today :D Never dreamed the words Tongo, and Playoff Bye Week could possibly be used in the same sentence.
I hadn't heard about Foster until reading that post. Wow.
So that's Aaron Rodgers, Arian Foster, and Randall Cobb. Otherwise known as the 3rd, 11th, and 39th picks in the draft. Ouchpainhurt.
Jags up 13. Rams whooping Indy 27-0. The NFL, everybody.
Seriously? Good grief. He was my Rodgers fill-in. It just piles up.
Yeah I had Jake Locker playing for me in Freds little 8 team league. I actually benched Romo to play Locker this week :( As they say in Boston "Not smaht"
Ray Rice is the worst first round pick I have ever had.
Before this season you could've made a very strong case that Ray Rice and Roddy White were the two safest guys to draft.
Def thought I was making a safe pick. Has been so frustrating watching him score sinle digit fantasy points most weeks.
Holy crap: in my other league Green just caught a 51-yard TD on the last play of the game against me. It's a league with long TD (50 is the highest, naturally) and yard plateau bonuses, so it basically tripled his score for the day. Ugh.
It also sent the game into OT, so he's still racking up yards. Easily one of the craziest things I've ever seen in fantasy.
Powdered Water
11-10-13, 05:33 PM
Ray Rice is the worst first round pick I have ever had.
You should have drafted Spiller. :mad:
My first rounder too, Doug Martin, never played at the level he did last season. 6 out of the 14 players in the first round are playing at a first round level this season. If this is any indicator that means you roughly only have a 42% chance of landing a real first rounder.
I drafted my first rounder (Forte) in the second round, and my second rounder (AJ Green) in the first round. Both players kick the ass!
The rest of my team...not so much...
jiraffejustin
11-11-13, 01:53 PM
I drafted Jamaal Charles in the first round, if he hadn't been available the next person on my draft board was Trent Richardson... and Brandon Marshall was available as the tenth pick of the second round.
Yeah, it's kind of disconcerting how much of that can be random. I definitely had a handful of guys (like Richardson) on my stay-away list, but I would've drafted Rice over Charles and been thrilled with it, if that choice had been in front of me.
Quick reminder: Trade deadline is the 15th. That's THIS Friday.
Most likely going to be upset by PWs Legion Of Boom . I put up a grand total of 86.80 :sick:, and he has 69.30. All he needs is Cam Newton to score 17.51 vs NE on Monday Night Football.
He's managed that total in 5 of his 9 games so far, so both outcomes are more than plausible.
I cant root for the Patriots! I dislike them so much my body memory would instinctively cheer whenever Cam scores. I know, Ill root for Cam Newton to get the flu. WAR FLU!!!!
Yeah its still way closer than I ever dreamed it'd be. My first loss was to Tabby, maybe my crew has Holbrookitis. Now Im in a position monday night where Ill have to root for them. Cam has averaged a lil over 20 points a game. I think Chris has me. :(
Heres something Kent (Spudracer) posted on FB, he's a Chiefs fan......
https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1472089_10153457391300234_2010433940_n.jpg
Its funny, but I think Peyton Manning will give the Chiefs a reality check. (I benched them)
jiraffejustin
11-17-13, 10:05 PM
So far Pey Pey has more tackles than TDs. That will most likely change though.
Yeah, he threw one literally three minutes after you posted that.
jiraffejustin
11-17-13, 10:51 PM
To Julius Thomas...my tight end! :)
MovieBuffering
11-17-13, 10:58 PM
I almost punched a hole in my wall because of that Ball touchdown. Moreno in the whole drive except the 1/2 yard td. I neeed a beer now.
Powdered Water
11-19-13, 12:46 AM
He's no Russell Wilson, but... "That'll do Cam, That'll do." :)
stupid patriots.........32.56 for Cam Newton?! New Englands an overrated mess. They got their ass whipped by the Carolina Panthers on Monday Night Football. That doesnt exude dominance, not like the Chiefs, Broncos, Seahawks, or Saints. If its not one of these four teams that win the super bowl Ill be shocked.
Panthers win streak continues. Next up is Miami.
jiraffejustin
11-19-13, 03:30 AM
I wouldn't say the Patriots "got their ass whipped" in a game where they should have had the ball on the 1-yard line for an untimed down to end the game, but for some reason the refs decided it should be a no-call.
I wouldn't say the Patriots "got their ass whipped" in a game where they should have had the ball on the 1-yard line for an untimed down to end the game, but for some reason the refs decided it should be a no-call.
I know. I hate the Patriots. If they get screwed I call them losers, and if they do well I call em cheaters. Sorry for the misunderstanding. :)
Well, it's coming down to the wire. Seven teams are either 6-5 or 5-6, and three of this week's matchups consist of two opponents in this pile, so this can shake out a billion ways. Pretty good bet that 7 wins will be the cutoff, with tiebreaks.
I started 0-4 and I've gone 5-2 since, and both losses were due to super early-game injuries from stud players. Derp.
Oh, BTW, I've been kinda busy this season so I haven't been doing running record checks, but pretty soon I'll sit down and go through all the past weeks and post a summary of the more notable stuff.
Updates coming soon! We've had some marks set this year, but most of them are the kind you don't want to be setting. Oof.
Anyway, I hate to be That Guy, but I had to share my roster in another league I play in, because the rankings this week for my starting lineup are ridiculous:
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/rb2ranks.png
Worst starter is Hilton, who's 14th among WRs, which is a borderline #1 in this 12-team league. And this is with Andre Brown (10th among RBs) on the bench.
How many teams in the league? 12 or 14 then you got a monster there.
Says 12 just below the image. And yeah, it'd be a great team in a 10-teamer, but in 12 it's nuts. Hopefully it'll pay off.
It mainly happened because I nabbed a lot of startable RBs like Stacy, Ellington, and Brown off the waiver wire, and as you guys know already startable RBs have been an increasingly rare commodity. There were a couple of teams that had literally zero guys who deserved to be played most weeks, so I flipped a couple of them for Bryant while eating his bye week.
Just read a nutso stat on ESPN: Peyton Manning has more passing touchdowns this year than any other team has total touchdowns.
Yeah, he's got 34 TD passes and (at first glance anyway) both the Saints and the Bengals have 33 total TDs. Crazy.
Just saw a ESPN piece on the New England Patriots discussing how they cut players that are on top if theres a cheaper talented guy available. the spoke to Drew Bledsoe, Ty Law, and others. Some of the former players say its magical they can maintain their level, and others say the business model has cost them championships. The Patriots are the WalMart of the NFL.
It's definitely smart from a win-loss perspective. Fans get attached to players; forget "hometown discount," just as often they get more than they should because it's risky for a GM to let someone go. But a player's value only exists above what they can be easily replaced with, which is easy to forget. And while it's not exciting for fans to see bargain signings or smart cap moves, as long as there's a salary cap that kind of thing will be as much a part of building a winning team as making a splash in free agency. Being willing to let expensive resignings go is exactly what's let teams like the Patriots and Steelers compete for long stretches of time without having to rebuild.
Antonio Gates is killing me in both leagues, 1 catch for 2 yds. San Diegos doing ok vs KC so maybe however theyre using Gates today is better than normal. For them.
Looks like Rice killed me again. Beyond frustrating fantasy season. When is baseball?
Looks like Rice killed me again. Beyond frustrating fantasy season. When is baseball?
I feel your pain. I have him in the PPR Jungle league and he's burned me more than once this season. Last week I didn't start him and got nearly lost because of it. This week I had to start him... and I'm taking a loss. :/
rauldc14
11-24-13, 10:23 PM
Man oh man my team is a joke this year. I should be given rights to the first pick that's how bad my team is :p
What a sad way for a great game to end - Oh well the Broncs are still a great team.
Have to give Brady credit, he's not a pouter. Incredible comeback. Now lets see if the Pats can do that to Denver again in the playoffs.
Ugh. Of course that game had to go into OT, giving Dex's guys another 5-6 points, so now to stay alive I need the San Francisco D to score like 9 points instead of the relatively easy 3-4. It was brutal watching that unfold. Moreno for 220+ yards? Really?
Sadness is swapping out your kicker for a much higher ranked one and then having it cost you 8 points in a week you trail by 9 heading into MNF. Stupid kickers.
Congrats to Yoda on his win. Beast Mode & Dexters Vick were 3rd & 4th in the league but they lost. So looking at the playoff landscape, other than me and Jiraffe the playoffs are possible for 70% of the league still! Huge gridlock in rankings going into the last regular season game like Ive never seen before.
Okay, so, wow, huge logjam heading into the final week. Only one thing is settled: jiraffe and TONGO get the Byes. Beyond that, there are four playoff spots up for grabs, and eight teams realistically fighting for them. Seven of these eight are 7-5 or 6-6, and one of them (Sleezy) still has an outside shot at 5-7. Fiscal has the same record but his point total makes winning any potential tiebreaker unlikely.
So, running through Sleezy's path real quick: he needs a win, a loss from Pete/Beantown AND a loss from Dexter, and he needs to come within 34 points of Pete's total this week and outscore Dex by 11. Tall order, but not completely insane.
Now, of the other seven teams, things are complicated, but not as complicated as they could be because four of the 6-6 teams are facing each other: LT (Sookie's Suckers) vs. seanc (Mud Dogs), and Yoda (11 Angry Men) vs. 7thson (Peyton's of Doom). So that guarantees that at least two of the teams in this pileup are finishing with 7 wins, which means along with Beast Mode, we're guaranteed to have at least three 7-win teams in line for the first of those four spots. But we could have as many as five, which means it's all going to be about the points.
That said, we still have something pretty close to "win and you're in" for most of the 6-6 teams, because even if as many 6-6 teams win as possible, only one can be left out at most. To that end, most other teams on the cusp other than her opponent should be rooting for LT, because she'd have the toughest time with that tiebreaker; seanc, on the other hand, has the second-highest point total in the group, and is far more likely to bump one of the others out if they all win.
Beast Mode is an unusual position: well-positioned a game ahead of this mess, but a loss presents problems because of that modest point total. It would not be unusual to go from 3rd this week to out of the playoffs when this all shakes out.
So that's that. No more than one 7-win team can be left out, so a win this week for most of us 6-win teams'll do it.
Meanwhile: WHEW. Can't believe it's come down to the final week after that rough start and losing three huge stars along the way. But I kept the faith:
...looking at my team's schedule I've got a really good stretch here against teams that have been fairly low-scoring, or against ones with some significant players on Bye, and since the Pack have already had theirs, I think I've got a real chance at going 4-1 or something over the next five games and getting back into things. But a lot can go wrong, obviously, and I can probably only afford to lose two more games all year.
I've lost exactly two more games, as it so happens. And I went back and checked and one other MoFo team has started 0-4 and made the playoffs: Dex in 2010. PW started 0-3 in 2009 and made it, too. So this would tie the "worst start that still resulted in a playoff berth" mark.
And yet again, the Steelers and I are on weirdly parallel tracks. This league's first season was the first I ever played fantasy football. I won MoFo Bowl I and the Steelers won the Super Bowl in the same year (I fell just short of duplicating the coincidence three years later). That was pretty cool. This year we both started 0-4 and are both somehow tied for the final playoff spot, which is crazy.
Also, this was posted like 8 weeks ago:
Meanwhile, I'm 0-4, somehow. At least I get a chance at an epic comeback. :indifferent:
Sounds like the Steelers. ;)
Nice call, Dionne! Amusingly, I'm playing you this week.
So, running through Sleezy's path real quick: he needs a win, a loss from Pete/Beantown AND a loss from Dexter, and he needs to come within 34 points of Pete's total this week and outscore Dex by 11. Tall order, but not completely insane.
If it happens, I'll be ecstatic. :D
rauldc14
11-26-13, 10:01 PM
And then you have my sorry team at 4-8. Sorry just had to add that into the story:D
It was almost worse; a late stat correction to Tony Romo took away passing yards, but you just held on against Mike. You guys went from having the fifth-closest matchup in league history (0.38 points) to the third (0.24 points).
jiraffejustin
11-28-13, 02:22 PM
I just went throught the league's history, and I have a chance to set the new league record for highest win percentage. If I can take care of business this week, I have it. Winning the championship is more important of course though. :D
You do indeed; we played 14 games the first season and Swedish Chef went 11-3, the best mark to date. Got it all in the big ol' records file. Or at least a lot of it.
Hard to say if anyone has a chance to set a points mark; nominally, no, but if I went through and adjusted for half-PPR over full-PPR, maybe.
PFFT! Lions are crushing the Packers 39-10, and my WR2 Nate Burleson hasnt even got one catch.
Yeah, tough game for lots of desperate fantasy owners, methinks: Lacy had a rough one and Boykin put up a big fat zero, and I was starting both. Oof.
I imagine it all gets better when Rodgers get back, likely next week, but for a lot of us there won't be a next week if we don't win this one.
Thank you LeVeon Bell for saving my day! Brought my overall total back up to what Yahoo projected it would be.
I admit Im nervous about the Jirraffes. Our point totals are similar, but his teams stronger now as I dont have a weekly huge total from Jimmy Graham like I was seasons beginning. It looks like we are on a collision course, but looks are decieving as Beast Mode might be the one win it all this year, yanevahknow
The helmet coming off to stop play was not meant for a play like this - lame.
jiraffejustin
11-29-13, 02:47 AM
From what I can tell, the record for most points scored in a season in the league was scored by a team called Big Damn Heroes last season. That team scored 1,759.09
Adjusting for PPR, through 12 weeks I've scored 1,660.04. TONGO's team has scored 1,626.72 with the same adjustment. I figure we both have a shot at hitting that mark. TONGO's team would have to perform in a big time way though.
EDIT: Including my Thanksgiving performers I would be at 1,706.24. TONGO would be at 1,659.32
Rice underwhelms again but me and Sookie's Suckers are still neck and neck. Should be a fun Sunday of football.
From what I can tell, the record for most points scored in a season in the league was scored by a team called Big Damn Heroes last season. That team scored 1,759.09
Adjusting for PPR, through 12 weeks I've scored 1,660.04. TONGO's team has scored 1,626.72 with the same adjustment. I figure we both have a shot at hitting that mark. TONGO's team would have to perform in a big time way though.
EDIT: Including my Thanksgiving performers I would be at 1,706.24. TONGO would be at 1,659.32
You did this by going through each week and added .5 for each reception?
jiraffejustin
11-29-13, 01:38 PM
You did this by going through each week and added .5 for each reception?
Yeah
Fair bit of work, thanks. :) That might convince me to do the same for all the other teams, then, since you've already knocked off two for me.
jiraffejustin
11-29-13, 05:58 PM
It's pretty easy, you can just go to each team's Team Log. I did it the hard way before I realized I could go there and have all the numbers right there.
Good call. I was worried that would include benched players or something, but yeah, that'll make it easy. Thanks. :)
In a few hours we'll have a wayyyyyy better sense of the playoff picture. Lots of late-season drama, too, as players are injured and/or their roles are changing leading up to game time. Could have some really close matchups.
General rule that still holds: if any 6-6 team wins, their odds of making the playoffs are very good. At most, we'll see one 7-6 team miss out, if I'm remembering correctly. So it's not a guarantee but, if you're looking for a shorthand that covers most eventualities, 7 wins is it.
A trade I made this season still haunts me, me giving up Knowshon Moreno AND Santonio Holmes for...........wait for it.....Dwayne Bowe oh hell what have I done! Even though I have made up the slack since I cant ignore the pure awesomeness Moreno's been. Like waking up screaming from a nightmare is that trade. If I lose to whoever in the playoffs you better believe Im gonna check to see what Moreno got that week. Like a bad memory and a pendulum all rolled into one.
Oof. Walker came out of the game in the 1st quarter with a concussion, and along with Boykin's zero that's looking like it's going to be really, really tough to overcome.
I played MJD over Tate, and while both had good games, Tate scored three times, and that might end up being the difference.
Looks like that epic comeback might fall just short.
Well then. If I knew Eric Decker was going to catch four TD passes I could've just spared myself all the drama this week of wondering how things would turn out. Wowsers.
Whats surprising is they did it against Kansas City again. You'd think the second matchup in two weeks the Chiefs would have made appropriate adjustments.
I had a monster last year in the Jungle, but got beat out by Dionnes Broncos in the final. Riding the hot team seems to be a good formula, but it has to be a dominant high scoring team of course (Patriots, Saints, Broncos).
After a 1-4 start it looks like I am gonna be a playoff team. I don't know if I should be happy about that since it simply looks like an opportunity to get destroyed by Plastic Pads or Jamaales.
Anyway as much venom as I have spewed Rice's way this season I should be equally grateful for the Gordon and Stacey picks. Those are the guys that saved my fantasy season for sure.
I was going to say Welker or Decker (or both) were due - but did not want to curse it by stating it. Yeah I am superstitious a bit.
Well, that "due" thing is part of the problem with having two wide receivers on the same team (especially on a team where the third is a borderline elite receiver, too). The natural state of affairs is that one of them is going to lose out most of the time. You achieve a floor (usually) on your points, but there's usually a ceiling, too. This isn't unlucky, it's the natural consequence of constructing a roster this way. But of course, when you have both ends of a TD hookup, and it comes through four times, none of it matters. Good game. :)
Anyhoo, I'm not gonna lie, it's a disappointing outcome. But I should be reasonably happy, because I started 0-4 and lost three star players (including two first-rounders) after that start, and still nearly managed to sneak into the playoffs. It was a duct-tape-and-bailing-wire kind of thing, and it almost worked. If even one of those three stars goes down even one week (or sometimes quarter!) later than they did...well, you know the deal.
Congrats to the playoff teams, which should be solidified tonight. We've got a clear top tier of two teams, but anything can happen in the playoffs. They've both definitely earned their Bye weeks, though.
I'll try to make a point to preview the matchups later this week, as well as go through some of the marks set this year.
Even though it doesnt matter, I need 22.21 from Brees & Thomas tonight to beat Dex. Against Seattle :eek: With me and Justins Bye week next week, Ill be comparing our scores. I am sooo hoping to win it this season. Ive been grinding unsuccessfully like a madman for so many seasons...........can see the golden ring. Reeeeaching! :)
Well this isnt pretty.
1st quarter Saints 0 Seahawks 17.
We need a name for that thing where you take a guy specifically because he's reliable or durable and then he gets hurt.
This was a bad year for fantasy players who thrive on cautious, fundamental team building.
Powdered Water
12-10-13, 02:50 PM
And another swing and a miss on on C.J. Spiller to boot.
Just read on Twitter that Roethlisberger has a 38-0 TD-to-INT ratio in the red zone over the past two seasons. Dang. I had no idea. And he doesn't even have good RZ targets--all his primary receivers have been of below-average height.
The more I look at these numbers the more it looks like the Steelers are wasting his best seasons, but it hasn't been obvious because the team as a whole's been mediocre lately.
Impressive. I remember those two seasons when Josh Freeeman looked like the next big thing, and he was always being compared to Ben Rothlesberger. The tools are alike, but the difference is in between the ears.
Im hoping Lovie Smith still has some fire left in him. Extremely glad the Bucs are going back to their defense-first mentality! Excited to see what will come with low expectations. This aint Pittsburgh :blush:
mikeython1
05-03-14, 12:41 AM
I hope there is a spot for me next year? :modest::shrug:
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