The Death Panel (113) defeats Harry Lance Hannibal (70)
Would you put money on this trio? I wouldn't. And Ray shouldn't have either. This week he asked Harry (& the Hendersons), Lance(lot Link, Secret Chimp) and (Col. John) Hannibal (Smith) to bring knives to a gun fight, and those dudes got shot. All year I've been lamenting the shittiness of Matt Forte and celebrating the excellence of Ray Rice, but this week, for once, they both came through. Forte (24) had his best day of the year, and only the second in which he's looked like a top-10 running back. Rice (17) chipped in his usual excellent performance, as did Drew Brees (18) despite some shakiness early in the Monday night game. Almost every other member of the Death Panel, in fact, came to play, except for Lance Moore (1). You may remember that I traded Moore a week and a half ago for Vernon Davis. The same Vernon Davis who has scored 35 points since the trade. The funny part is that I thought I had played hardball in that trade with Papkin, refusing Gonzalez-for-Moore or Davis-for-Garcon to get what I thought was the ultimate deal. All the while mocking Michael Toobin's trading acumen. Well, never let it be said that I can't acknowledge my mistakes: I was a fucking moron on this one. Speaking of morons... LHL is still trying to limp through the season with a Garrard/Delhomme QB combo. This week's pick, Garrard (6), ended up the greater of two evils, but not by an appreciable margin. Greg Jennings (15) showed up for once, only to find his efforts negated by teammate Ryan Grant (5). Ray can take solace in the reappearance of Frank Gore (19), and the vain hope that his fridge in Richmond will bear some of the remnants of the party this loss is funding. By the way, Dad, I suspect this was in your plans all along... but despite winning the bet I'm certainly available to do some painting for a reasonable rate.
Mental Errors (104) defeat This Guy Here is Dead (79)
The latest Yahoo(!) Player Note for LaDainian Tomlinson (18) asserts that LDT "is getting his mojo back, and he proved it with two rushing scores on Sunday." Really? Rushing for 56 yards and scoring two touchdowns on the Raiders, one of which was a fluke Wildcat touchdown, is getting your mojo back? I'd suggest it's just an oasis of decency amongst a desert of suckitude, a rare solid outing thanks to a weak opponent. The same could be said for Derek's recent history, having won two of three games prior to this contest by achieving unimpressive scores against the dregs of the league. Elliott's recent success, on the other hand, seems totally legit. This victory was his fourth in a row, with three of those wins featuring triple-digit scorelines. The scoring was not as balanced this week as in weeks past, but two very good performances by Mark Sanchez (25) and Reggie Wayne (21) were basically enough to carry the day. Other than David Akers (10), no other ME player reached double figures, but nor did any of them dip below six points. Sometimes, all it takes to win a fantasy game is not having anybody suck. As far as Derek's team, they regularly have plenty of guys suck, but it should be noted that Tony Romo (21) once again had a very respectable week throwing to wunderkind Miles Austin.
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