FF Week 3 smack talk/score updates

[Detritus]

The downside to having Adrian Peterson on your team is peeping out a bit this week for the WCT as he battles a tight hammy that leaves his availability for this week in question. On the flip side, I think Calvin Johnson might be a tad underprojected for this week...

All three 2-0 teams have a chance to move to 3-0 this week, but perhaps none of them will. There will be at least one 0-3 team this week as Fallen Angels and Tribbles square off in a battle to avoid the cellar through Week 3. All this and much, much more in the GE&R Bragging Rights League!

[Detritus]

Peterson is going to give it a go this morning (PDT). Stomp those Panther heads, Adrian!

[Detritus]

1130 am PDT update:

2nd helping skillets - 33.6 (Peyton, Brandon Marshall, LJ Smith, Folk)
Wily Corn Trolls - 8.6 (Rodgers, Calvin Johnson, Parker, Scheffler, Kaeding, Pitt D/ST)

Trifecta Wookies - 23.6 (Romo, E. Royal, Mason, Gates, Bowe, Vinatieri, Seattle D/ST)
Neanderthals - 11.0 (Brees, Roy Williams, Bryant Johnson, SJax, Julius Jones, Heap, Thomas Jones, Josh Brown)

Fighting Friars - 29.1 (Cutler, Wayne, Lee Evans, Bush, D. Lee, H. Ward)
Zohan's Posse - 28.7 (Barber, Dallas Clark, Nedney)

Fallen Angels - 2.5 (McNabb, Holt, Gore, Pittman, Winslow, Edge, Dawson, Dallas D/ST)
Tribbles - -1.3 (TO, Addai, MJD, Shockey, Felix Jones, SD D/ST)

SnakeBitten - 26.5 (Rivers, DeSean Jackson, Sproles, T. Gonzalez, Crosby)
Demolition - 33.1 (Roethlisberger, S. Holmes, Westbrook, Witten, Chambers)

Names in parentheses have later games today/tomorrow.

[Brother Brian]

Zohan's also got driver tonight.

But it looks like Turner's going to be my workhorse again.

[Detritus]

Zohan's also got driver tonight.

But it looks like Turner's going to be my workhorse again.
As of right now, Driver is not in Zohan Posse's lineup. He's got Randy Moss, Andre Johnson, Barber, Jacobs, and Sammy Morris at RB/WR in there at the moment.

[Brother Brian]

He must have made a last minute change.

[Detritus]

Turner just scored a hat trick, although that does still leave him one behind Ronnie Brown this week.

[Detritus]

Ronnie's on someone's bench this week. That's gotta sting...

EDIT -- I take it back, Ronnie was on the waiver wire. Not anymore.

[Brother Brian]

I wouldn't expect more games like this from Brown.

The Pat's D took this week off, not wrapping guys up, etc.

They made everyone look good.

[Detritus]

I wouldn't expect more games like this from Brown.

The Pat's D took this week off, not wrapping guys up, etc.

They made everyone look good.
No, I'm totally counting on at least two or three more 5 TD games from Brown this season.

:troutslap:

Brown is more of an asset than a second D/ST. Or Tim Hightower. ;)

[Detritus]

105 pm PDT score update, this is with the Giants-Bengals game just going into overtime:

2nd helping skillets - 59.2 (Peyton, Brandon Marshall, LJ Smith, Folk)
Wily Corn Trolls - 26.8 (Rodgers, Calvin Johnson, Parker, Scheffler, Kaeding, Pitt D/ST)

Trifecta Wookies - 37.7 (Romo, E. Royal, Mason, Gates, Bowe, Vinatieri, Seattle D/ST)
Neanderthals - 24.0 (Brees, Roy Williams, Bryant Johnson, SJax, Julius Jones, Heap, Thomas Jones, Josh Brown)

Fighting Friars - 48.3 (Cutler, Wayne, Lee Evans, Bush, D. Lee, H. Ward)
Zohan's Posse - 44.3 (Barber, Dallas Clark, Nedney)

Fallen Angels - 5.3 (McNabb, Holt, Gore, Pittman, Winslow, Edge, Dawson, Dallas D/ST)
Tribbles - 3.3 (TO, Addai, MJD, Shockey, Felix Jones, SD D/ST)

SnakeBitten - 41.0 (Rivers, DeSean Jackson, Sproles, T. Gonzalez, Crosby)
Demolition - 48.2 (Roethlisberger, S. Holmes, Westbrook, Witten, Chambers)

[Wook]

Ronnie's on someone's bench this week. That's gotta sting...

EDIT -- I take it back, Ronnie was on the waiver wire. Not anymore.

It still stings.

[Wook]

No, I'm totally counting on at least two or three more 5 TD games from Brown this season.

:troutslap:

Brown is more of an asset than a second D/ST. Or Tim Hightower. ;)

Surer than hell didn't look like it when I made the move. :throwup:

Grumble.

OTOH We've probabbly seen brown's best game this season. Please god let us have seen Brown's best game of the season.

[Detritus]

245 pm update, at halftime of Broncos-Saints and Steelers-Eagles:

2nd helping skillets - 78.4 (Folk)
Wily Corn Trolls - 39.3 (Rodgers, Kaeding)

Trifecta Wookies - 58.7 (Romo, Gates)
Neanderthals - 60.4 (Thomas Jones)

Fighting Friars - 78.4 (D. Lee)
Zohan's Posse - 51.8 (Barber)

Fallen Angels - 35.3 (Dallas D/ST)
Tribbles - 26.4 (TO, Felix Jones, SD D/ST)

SnakeBitten - 45.3 (Rivers, Sproles, Crosby)
Demolition - 46.7 (Witten, Chambers)

[voodazel]

The Fantasy Football Gods hate me.


Randy Moss + Andre Johnson = 5 points

[carmachu]

Hey Det, since you have live update, can you tell me who did better point wise Chad or Peyton?

[Detritus]

Here's the 430 pm update:

2nd helping skillets - 84.5 (Folk)
Wily Corn Trolls - 50.1 (Rodgers, Kaeding)

Trifecta Wookies - 61.8 (Romo, Gates)
Neanderthals - 95.1 (Thomas Jones)

Fighting Friars - 99.2 (D. Lee)
Zohan's Posse - 56.3 (Barber)

Fallen Angels - 53.7 (Dallas D/ST)
Tribbles - 47.3 (TO, Felix Jones, SD D/ST)

SnakeBitten - 46.9 (Rivers, Sproles, Crosby)
Demolition - 43.1 (Witten, Chambers)

[Detritus]

Hey Det, since you have live update, can you tell me who did better point wise Chad or Peyton?
Peyton had 5.6, Pennington had 11.0 today. I wouldn't be too concerned with second-guessing myself on that one if it were me.

[Wook]

Where the hell did th 35 points come from for Parz? Holy shite.

[Detritus]

Drew Brees had an ass-ton of completions, yards, and a TD pass, and SJax caught a lot of balls in the second half.

[Wook]

Zoinks. That's going to be hard to overcome. GO ROMO!!!

[Detritus]

Brees and Jones also hit the yardage bonus milestones in the second half of their games, so that's where 4 of the 35 came from.

We need many TD passes in tonight's game. I'd like a bomb or two to end up in Jennings's hands for another league, and this time he needs to take them all the way to the end zone. He's got three 50+ yard catches that haven't ended in scores in two games.

[Detritus]

It would appear that the Wily Corn Trolls are on the receiving end of the sodomy they were delivering last time 'round...
I think Rodgers is going to make my game with carmachu respectable, but I'm most likely going to soak up the loss anyways. He did score 30 last week, but I'm expecting something more like 18-20 from him this week.

[Detritus]

Greg Jennings does have the YAC skills, I'll give him that.

[Detritus]

Entirely too much defense in tonight's game for my liking.

[Wook]

Entirely too much defense in tonight's game for my liking.

I concur. Where's my shootout? I ain't winning shit if this game doesn't go Ballistic here.

[Brother Brian]

Well it looks like going into my scrap week I'm going to be the last undefeated team.

This makes me happy, as I'll need a lot of luck to beat Det next week.

[Kalzazz]

I may get my first win if Im lucky!

[Detritus]

Well it looks like going into my scrap week I'm going to be the last undefeated team.

This makes me happy, as I'll need a lot of luck to beat Det next week.
Cutler, Bush, and Turner will all be active next week, as will Hines Ward and Lee Evans for supporting cast. You'll be in the hunt. Week 4 isn't quite so bad for you without Brady, and with New England generally a little more shaky than everyone thought they would be at the start of the year.

[Detritus]

Well, Rodgers has worked his way into a negative point total near the end of the 3rd quarter. Didn't see that coming. Sometimes it's just not your week.

Now it's an ass kicking. I wasn't going to concede that until I saw my QB play.

[Detritus]

Dallas is putting a beatdown on Green Bay. Damn. Hopefully this means some Greg Jennings garbage time production for my other FF league.

[Detritus]

Here are your scores heading into MNF:

2nd helping skillets - 93.5
Wily Corn Trolls - 59.1 (Kaeding)

Trifecta Wookies - 69.8 (Gates)
Neanderthals - 95.1 (Thomas Jones)

Fighting Friars - 103.7
Zohan's Posse - 73.6

Fallen Angels - 64.7
Tribbles - 60.4 (SD D/ST)

SnakeBitten - 56.9 (Rivers, Sproles)
Demolition - 49.6 (Chambers)

Kaeding's points are for nothing but pride unless he manages to either kick 7 50+ yard FGs or score about 4 TDs. :grin:

Neanderthals should have their game well in hand, unless Gates turns back the clock a couple of years and Thomas Jones does a complete no-show.

Tribbles need the SD D/ST not to crap the bed tomorrow night to pull out the W.

It's looking good for SnakeBitten to recover from their opening week loss since he has the 10-point lead and Rivers sitting over Chambers. At this point, Demolition needs to root for a halfback option play from LT to Chambers that winds up seeing Chambers score, and lots of turnovers from Rivers as well.

[Parzival]

I left points on the bench at the WR positions.
<shrug> Fortunately, most of my starters were pretty strong.

Well, so much for the information on Ronnie Brown taking a backseat to Ricky Williams.
(And you *know* I loved seeing a team line up in a single-wing. And dominating from the set.)

[Paulypalooza]

-11.10 for Big Ben!? Thats gotta be a record.

[Brother Brian]

Cutler, Bush, and Turner will all be active next week, as will Hines Ward and Lee Evans for supporting cast. You'll be in the hunt. Week 4 isn't quite so bad for you without Brady, and with New England generally a little more shaky than everyone thought they would be at the start of the year.

That's true. I've benched some of my other week 4's sitting out.

My question is, is this Bush's breakout season? Or did he have a couple good games? (I'm not expecting 20+ points every week, but is it fair to expect 10 on average?)

So far, my strategy of drafting upside potential has worked, but I can't help feeling the other shoe is going to drop.

[Wook]

That's true. I've benched some of my other week 4's sitting out.

My question is, is this Bush's breakout season? Or did he have a couple good games? (I'm not expecting 20+ points every week, but is it fair to expect 10 on average?)

So far, my strategy of drafting upside potential has worked, but I can't help feeling the other shoe is going to drop.

I think you're in an amazingly solid position.

[Brother Brian]

I think you're in an amazingly solid position.

Thanks.

To be fair, Parz' generosity giving me Cutler for my #2 WR seriously solidified a glaring weakness. Without that, I'd have Matt Ryan as my starter.

[Detritus]

My question is, is this Bush's breakout season? Or did he have a couple good games? (I'm not expecting 20+ points every week, but is it fair to expect 10 on average?)

So far, my strategy of drafting upside potential has worked, but I can't help feeling the other shoe is going to drop.
Bush should continue to be a beast as long is Colston is out; IMO he's the biggest beneficiary of Colston's absence. Even when Colston comes back, that just means that Bush will go back to his normal level of involvement in the passing game, which is still pretty good. There's a decent chance that when Colston comes back, it'll just mean that New Orleans will phase out some of the schlubs they have filling in for Colston as opposed to ratcheting down Bush's workload.

Turner is the guy I'm wondering about for you. He's had a couple of pretty soft run Ds to go against for his three-TD games. I'm wondering what will happen with him when he goes up against the likes of Carolina and Tampa Bay. Cutler/Bush/Turner/Wayne/Ward should continue to be a solid nucleus even if your RBs come back to earth a little, however.

[Brother Brian]

Bush should continue to be a beast as long is Colston is out; IMO he's the biggest beneficiary of Colston's absence. Even when Colston comes back, that just means that Bush will go back to his normal level of involvement in the passing game, which is still pretty good. There's a decent chance that when Colston comes back, it'll just mean that New Orleans will phase out some of the schlubs they have filling in for Colston as opposed to ratcheting down Bush's workload.

Turner is the guy I'm wondering about for you. He's had a couple of pretty soft run Ds to go against for his three-TD games. I'm wondering what will happen with him when he goes up against the likes of Carolina and Tampa Bay. Cutler/Bush/Turner/Wayne/Ward should continue to be a solid nucleus even if your RBs come back to earth a little, however.

I thought Turner would be a 10-11 point back with the ability to exploit weak Ds. So far, thats what he's been.

[Wook]

I thought Turner would be a 10-11 point back with the ability to exploit weak Ds. So far, thats what he's been.

only isntead of 10-11 it's been feast/famine 20 pt + games. :p I like guys that I think will have fewer peaks/valleys but there's something nice about a guy that just goes JUMANGI once in a while.

[Brother Brian]

only isntead of 10-11 it's been feast/famine 20 pt + games. :p I like guys that I think will have fewer peaks/valleys but there's something nice about a guy that just goes JUMANGI once in a while.

I think the stinker against TB was a bit of aberation though. I think that will be his worst game of the season.

[Wook]

I think the stinker against TB was a bit of aberation though. I think that will be his worst game of the season.

time will tell but right now the pattern is Bad D=Huge game, good D=pathetic game. It would actually be to your benefit if that pattern proved modestly persistent since that would give you a solid basis for decision making.

[Detritus]

Unofficial final scores, finally:

2nd helping skillets - 93.5
Wily Corn Trolls - 72.1

Trifecta Wookies - 77.9
Neanderthals - 96.1

Fighting Friars - 103.7
Zohan's Posse - 73.6

Fallen Angels - 64.7
Tribbles - 79.4

SnakeBitten - 90.2
Demolition - 57.1

Fighting Friars remain the lone unbeaten team, and the only team to top the century mark all three weeks. Tribbles break into the win column, leaving Zohan's Posse and Fallen Angels alone in the cellar, and winless. There will be a five-way logjam at 2-1 heading into Week 4 action.

[Kalzazz]

Yay!

Now if I could figure out what my problems were I could go fix them