BIFL - Week 4 Review B

If you read Part A, you know that many games hung in the balance of the Monday Night game. Unfortunately, none of them really worked out into any kind of excitement. Try to get psyched for these game write-ups anyway. (After the jump)


Ass-Ramming HotCocks (102) defeat Charm City Murder (91)
I'm not sure how I managed to top the century mark or win this game, considering that only two of my stars had exceptional days. David Garrard (27) was the fantasy surprise of the week, as the supposed caretaker QB threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to up-and-comer Mike Sims-Walker. Pierre Thomas (18) was also something of a surprise, considering that he was taking on a previously strong Jets run defense. Apparently they decided to focus on stopping Drew Brees this week, leaving some space for Pierre to work on the ground, much to my delight. Still, the rest of my runners and receivers were pretty ho-hum, so I probably owe this victory to defense and special teams. D'Qwell Jackson (9) had a very good IDP day, and Robbie Gould (14) was the only HotCock besides Garrard and Thomas to reach double figures. Like me, Andre had just a few big days, namely from his Giants connection: Eli Manning (21) to Steve Smith (27). Smith really seems to have stepped up to be the #1 guy in New York, which is good news for Andre, bad news for people like me who invested heavily (elsewhere) in Mario Manningham. As I said, Charm City's two big guys were roughly equivalent to mine, but a point less here and a point less there from the supporting cast adds up to a ten-point victory for the Ass-Rammers. We'll take it.

Bardois Bourgeoisie (99) defeats Cholish Chachfaces (72)
Bardey has a new fantasy celebration dance, and it involves getting down on one knee, swinging your right arm around like you're stirring a pot of soup, and then exploding up with both arms in the air. My roommate calls it the "Jack-in-the-Box," and it can be seen here at the 1:00 mark. And the 1:30 mark. And the 2:20 mark. And the 2:50 mark. And the 3:15 mark. Basically, if you watched the Monday Night game you saw it a dozen times, because Jared Allen, whose sack dance it was, was all the fuck over Aaron Rodgers. Coming into the game, Doit had been concerned about Ryan Grant potentially leading Chalsi to overtake him. But not only could Grant (10) not manage that, he couldn't even keep up with Allen (16), whose 4.5 sacks was a MNF record. The Bourgies also got big outings from a trio of guys coming off the schneid: Matt Forte (21) having his first 2008esque day of 2009, Brandon Marshall (17) getting himself out of new BFF Josh McDaniels' doghouse, and Vernon Davis (10), whose newfound importance in the 49ers offense might manage to erase his perma-bust reputation. On the losing side, Chalski got good play from his starting quarterback (Philip Rivers' 20), better play from his bench QB (Ben Roethlisberger, 25), and little from anyone else.