Week 1 2014... er whatever, I don't care
I can't really focus right now.
I just had the greatest moment in fantasy sports history.
Ever.
Not just in my life, but all your lives combined.
Long story short.
Playoff hunt. Must win.
Strasburg acts a fool, opponent drops two BOMBs with his final two starting pitchers. 27 point lead turns into a 33 point deficit with one batter (Hanley) and two closers (H. Street and A. Chapman). For those unfamiliar with baseball and essentially retards in my mind, that's a death sentence. Having one save with two closers... maybe a 50% chance at best? having 2? Not crazy rare but hard.
Street gets me 11 points.
Hanley RBI doubles AGAINST Aroldis' team.
Hanley Homers. OMG now I need a 3 strikeout save... still unlikely but Aroldis is the world record holder for fastest fastball (105 mph) and 3K'd the Dodgers on friday on TEN pitches (!!!). Roldy instead comes in for the 9th in a tied game. K...K... groundout. Then... bottom of the ninth... groundout... single... WALK OFF DOUBLE. Roldis with the win. Most unlikely comeback ever. Playoff implications, epic comeback, comes down to the LAST play of the LAST game of the LAST day of the week.
Ecstacy.
So what's this football nonsense? I don't care.
But, people like Danny Shin will put on their sexiest shade of lipstick, push boobs together and whine in a pitch 3 octaves too high about why I'm not posting a manager note.
Fine.
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First off a couple of notes.
Don't y'all feel stupid for wasting such big money in the auction for terrible performances... specifically on the RB position.
ridley 2.6 - Ansahcab $47 (0.06 points per dollar)
spiller 3.5 - Excrement $67 (0.05 ppd)
lynch 5.2 - Joon $63 (0.08 ppd)
richardson 7.7 - SCOOP $57 (0.14 ppd)
wilson -2.1 - Aaron Hernasty $29 (LOL)
mjd 4.5 - Quailman $35 (0.13 ppd)
Congrats!
Also if you had any Steelers...
HAHAHAHA.
Let's look at the reverse per position.
Only taking into account players who were started.
QB- Andrew Luck 24.9 - SCOOP $11 (2.26 ppd)
QB Non-started mention- Colin Kaep 30.7 - Aaron Hernasty $14 (2.19ppd)
RB- Shane Vereen 15.9 - 36er $6 (2.65 ppd)
RB- none other, will explain later
RB Non-started mention - Joique Bell 21.2 - Quailman $1 (21.2ppd!!)
WR- Anquan Boldin 26.8 - Excrement $7 (3.83ppd)
WR Non-started mention - Julian Edelman 19.9 - Joon $1 (19.9ppd)
WR Non-started mention- Brian Hartline 17.4 - Atlana Lions $1 (17.4ppd)
** No one was really a bargain start of note within the top players**
TE- Jared Cook 24.1 (top TE) - Seabass $1 (24.1ppd)
TE STUPIDLY NON-STARTED :P - Julius Thomas 23 - Calvin (INFINITE/UNDEFINED ppd)
K/DEF- no one cares.
So... how many of these are legit?
Only 4 RBs eclipsed the 20 mark. 2 were on the same team (GO LIONS!)
Can Joique keep up his "vulturism"? The fact that you have to label him as a "vulture" immediately forces you to say no. AP? Expected. Shady? Dude, that Chip Kelly offense looks legit. Bush? Let's hope so.
This first week RB output seems to be an exception to the rule and not the rule itself. Don't freak out.
QB. Luck.. I love the kid. I think he'll be great.
Kaepernick I had 0 expectation for... however, if you saw the game, you saw greatness. The kid was amazing. I'm sure it's a good problem to have but it looks like Hernasty has two top QB options.
On the other side of things, Cam and Brady had bad weeks... Cam was up against the best secondary in the NFL and I fully expect him to be better. Brady... as much as it pains me... His offense looks... awful minus Amendola.
WR. Calvin shoulda had 2 TDs, he's fine. Cruz... unexpected but not surprising... AJ Green, hell yes it was expected. Anyone on the Broncos not named Decker... yup.
But will players like Julian Edelman (yes) and Brian Hartline keep it up?
Okay, I burst out into laughter last year when... I think it was Joon, rode Brian Hartline out and talking him up. I laughed then and kind of... was surprised for a couple weeks in a row. I can't say anything about him anymore. The guy is... confusing.
TE. Yes. This position this year... I think is a game changer. The typical names. The typical QB safety blanket names... Witten, Davis, Graham will be good but Cook, J. Thomas, and Myers are either on new teams in a better situation or have Peyton Manning (who LOVES TEs) throwing to them.
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Short recaps:
Return of the Sea Bass 1-0
def.
Joon's Football Squad 0-1
Everyone not named Rodgers/Amendola/Finley combined for 22.8. Shady McCoy had 24.9 and Jared Cook had 24.1. MERP.
Sidney Rice and Britt combined for 5 points for RSB, but as you may have noticed a trade was approved to send DeMarco and Denarius for two other WRs. The team is gambling on the WR position already.
What to take away:
RSB seems to have a good/great/B+ ish RB corp. Shady looked amazing and Gore and DMC (barring injury) looks to be capable. With Ryan poised to have a great year and potential breakout from Jared Cook (paid his money because this is what he's capable of) the lack of THREE money WRs is not necessary (Welker is gon' roll).
JFS had Rodgers be Rodgers but again... Lynch had a bad day against the best front 7 in the NFL, he'll rebound. HILLMAN? stop. Get a RB. Stafford had a good day, deal him or something. Mike Wallace is already complaining about how he's being used... if that works out for him, great, if not, oh boy. Also, this is already known but the double TE thing? Unless your TEs are a healthy Gronk and Jimmy Graham, I advise against it.
Ansahppable Cabrera 1-0
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Calvin's Johnson 0-1
BLEH.
BLEH.
BLEH.
GROSS.
Pokemon time.
Kevin is confused???
Kevin sends out Brandon Pettigrew!
Brandon Pettigrew hurts itself in confusion!!
Welcome to the league Kevin.
Kevin kang'd (left on the bench) a ridiculous 45.7 points.
Which, hilariously... is LESS than what his quarterback did.
However, that same quarterback threw to his TE on the bench 5 times for 23 points. Instead Pettigrew got the start and gave our rookie a great -1.4 performance. A point swing of 22.6. Now what do I call the pillar of success for FFB? Running backs. Yeah, he started 3... none of them got into double digits.
Enter the Cabrera.
Unfazed. Composure kept. Veteran presence displayed. "Move aside rookie, and hold my goch while I pee."
"I CHOOSE YOU, AJ GREEN!"
AJ Green flew up in the air!! 28.2.
"GO BRANDON MARSHALL"
SHABLAGOO! 16.4
"GO Jordan Cameron!"
ZORP 16.8
"GO... ZACH SUDFELD!"
Zach Sudfeld used splash... 0 points.
"GO Greg the Leg!"
Greg used High Kick straight into Calvin's Johnson's Johnson.
What to take away:
Calvin's Johnson... kidding aside and rookie woes aside potentially... would have smashed Ansah for a dominating win.
Now having said that... sure, Julius will get the start over Pettigrew. Joique, I guess, would also start given the crap that is his RB corp... Can Peyton keep this up? My guess is yes. Of course not 7TDs every game... but 3? 4? I think that's an obvious possibility.
Ansah. Consider yourself lucky.
Not because your team sucks, but... C'mon. The guy coulda dropped 150+ on you. The RB situation is NOT good. Ridley ALREADY is back in the doghouse for fumbling problems. Daryl Richardson (whom I love) showed flashes, so good. This Sudfeld thing is confusing but Eddie Lacy seems useful. However, he was destroyed on the bench for his fumble. Ridley in the making? Something to keep an eye on. Also...
you have a guy with a girl's name (Christine) on your team. Jinxing yourself? Probably.
Gronk if you're Horny 1-0
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SCOOP YOU 0-1
Remember how I played that hypothetical game with what Gronk's team had potential to do? I'm pretty much a genius.
Kiss my ring.
I guess this is why "they" say to draft the players you want. AP 29.1, Cruz 29.8, Fitz 20, JCharles 16... 94.9.
That outscores SCOOP and couple other teams this week.
On the other had, SCOOP had Andrew Luck. The rest of the team fell asleep on the bus, woke up, made out with each other, and fell asleep again.
What to take away:
Gronk. If this is a sign of things to come... um. I'm happy for you but stay away from me. I honestly have no idea who Marlon Brown is but if he can consistently get you around 10 points and your other receivers stay hot... it'll be scary.
SCOOP on the other hand... my comment about having 2 TEs and that being weird was clearly noted as he PICKED UP ANOTHER TE. The one who started was the only one who got points... 2.7 points. Again, as I mentioned in the post-draft note, Lawfirm... I have no hopes for. Trent is young and unproven. Roddy is great but got hurt and even if he was fine... a 20-something performance would have done nothing.
James Jones... wow.
Again. Needs work. Korean Plastic surgery style.
36 Dollar Man 1-0
def
Quailman's Crew 0-1
Quailman left a buncha points on the board but it wouldn't have done anything except make his loss respectable.
Anyways, Romo was hilarious, as he threw 49 times for 263 yards 2/1. 36er had a very balanced attack as no one had 20 points or more but he still had a good week. The only sad part of his situation was that CJ2K's great rebirth... will have to come later in the year?? cause it sure wasn't week 1. 25 attempts for 70 yards? BLEGH.
Now... Quailman left a bunch of points on the bench but some ... er... many unfortunate things happened. Dougie Martin previewed some sophomore slump symptoms. Fumble and averaging crap per carry. MJD is dumb and Bowe should take Alex Smith out to dinner and tell him to throw him the damn ball. Six targets for Bowe? That needs to change. Blaine Gabbert is the worst and Shorts got nothing and Lamar Miller looked awful. 10 carries for 3 yards?
What to take away:
36er can't depend on a balanced attack every week. Romo needs to un-Romo himself. CJ2K needs to break out, but just in case, it looks like DeMarco is on the way. But, Bush was on the bench, so it'll probably be okay at RB/Flex. Jordy is frustrating but he has 19+ potential all the time and he has such a deep team that he just needs to figure out the best combination. Scary team.
Quailman also needs to find his perfect combination but as I said in the post-draft, there are not many SURE things on this team. Having said that, his choices week-to-week are going to be difficult. Get it right and you get 100+. 100+ wins you matchups and lets you avoid another mediocre year. No panic button for this team yet. 117 points was his teams perfect number this week.
Thobias Funke 1-0
def
Atlanta Lions 0-1
I guess Thobias is the exception to my personal RB rule.
When your 2 RBs combine for 5.8 points, I'd assume you'd lost. Not so fast my friend. 4 WRs for 69.7 and the TE chips in 21.8. Dang. Add Easy Breesy and you got yourself the win.
Atlanta Lions weren't too bad. Hartline had 17.4 on the bench and a lot of players just didn't show up this week for Steven's team. The ATL NO game was a shootout so newly acquired SJax underperformed compared to MY expectation. 12.2 is a good week but given the prolific air attack that the Falcons have, it should not only open the run game but SJax is a top 3 pass catching RB IMO. Cam got the best D in the NFL and Dez just... I don't even know what to say. Dez is not a 2.2 player. Dez is a 25 point player. He'll be fine. Sproles was a weak flex in my mind but he didn't do too bad with 11. When 5-6 positions underperforms by 50-60 points (what I would have expected) you will always lose.
What to take away:
Thobias has a scary WR corp. His RBs are poop. Now I want to stick to my guns and say this is not an ideal combination. However, every other position is filled with some monsters. I'm on the Demaryius train. Cobb... meh, but he is a top option for Rodgers. Davis is great. Nicks and Colston are ALWAYS injury potentials but if they stay healthy they'll be fine.
Atlanta Lions... my gut says not to panic. Cam gets Buffalo next week, Dez is at KC, maybe roll the dice with Hartline? Especially against Indiana. Very hard to judge this team given that so many players underperformed this week. If this proves to be the norm next week, then it'll be time to panic.
Team Excrement 1-0
def
Aaron Hernasty 0-1
Comeback. Comeback. Comeback.
Cool. Need at least one every week.
Thanks to Arian and Owen Daniels' efforts on the last game of the week propelled Excrement to pass last year's runner-up. Even after a sub-par performance by Brady, Excrement basically had Brady's expected numbers flip flop with Anquan. Anquan is loving SanFran (Chris' current town) as Colin Kaep is enjoying having Boldin on his squad. DeSean looks like he's going to benefit from Chip Kelly's offense and although Spiller did crap, Arian was Arian enough.
Hernasty has a QB controversy on his hands but even more worrisome... a Flex controversy (assuming RMat takes over for Wilson at RB2). Wilson fumbled twice and although he might keep the job, he's a fumbling machine.
What to take away:
Excrement can expect number boosts for Brady and CJ (except for the 2nd matchup against NE). Congrats you now have 2 unexpected WR1 potential guys in DeSean and Anquan and you can fill in the WR3 with whatever you want. DThomas did get around 45% of the carries but more importantly the goalline looks over starting Lamar Miller but Lamar looked awful and maybe DThomas becomes a viable flex option?
Nice looking team... Potentially.
Aaron Hernasty didn't have an awful week. I guess if a loss can be a good loss, it just showed him that Kaepernick is real. Now... he faces Seattle next week so that might not be a good idea but this David Wilson thing needs to be address. Why in the world did you pick up denard though? haha. Perhaps Le'Veon Bell can come back from the injury and be a factor. Decker was incredibly disappointing but given his 7 targets, it was all about his catching the dang ball.
Also, Ray Rice.
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The "Princess Danny Demands it" Power Rankings:
Which have no purpose and is based off nothing given that it's the first week of the season....
1.Gronk if you're Horny (this really isn't 2012 huh?)
2. Return of the Sea Bass (Shady McCoy for top RB!!)
3. Thobias Funke (Brilliant all-but-RBs)
4. Calvin's Johnson (150+ potential, done all wrong)
5. Ansahppable Cabrera (yeah, CJ is above you, complaining would be slapping lady luck for giving you a gift.)
6. 36 Dollar Man (really interchangable with Ansah)
7. Team Excrement (Don't know what to say)
8. Aaron Hernasty (bummer of a loss)
9. Atlanta Lions (Didn't know where to put, 7-9 interchangable?)
10. Quailman's Crew (ton of points on the bench)
11. Joon's Football Squad ("perfect" lineup only adds 1.8, yikes)
12. SCOOP YOU (4 points on bench... total.)
APOW: Gronk if you're Horny (1)
Turd: Quailman's Crew (1)
Oh and by the way...
http://GBFFB.blogspot.com is where these league manager posts will be archived from now on to help me look back and help you call me out on stuff to eat crow...
I just had the greatest moment in fantasy sports history.
Ever.
Not just in my life, but all your lives combined.
Long story short.
Playoff hunt. Must win.
Strasburg acts a fool, opponent drops two BOMBs with his final two starting pitchers. 27 point lead turns into a 33 point deficit with one batter (Hanley) and two closers (H. Street and A. Chapman). For those unfamiliar with baseball and essentially retards in my mind, that's a death sentence. Having one save with two closers... maybe a 50% chance at best? having 2? Not crazy rare but hard.
Street gets me 11 points.
Hanley RBI doubles AGAINST Aroldis' team.
Hanley Homers. OMG now I need a 3 strikeout save... still unlikely but Aroldis is the world record holder for fastest fastball (105 mph) and 3K'd the Dodgers on friday on TEN pitches (!!!). Roldy instead comes in for the 9th in a tied game. K...K... groundout. Then... bottom of the ninth... groundout... single... WALK OFF DOUBLE. Roldis with the win. Most unlikely comeback ever. Playoff implications, epic comeback, comes down to the LAST play of the LAST game of the LAST day of the week.
Ecstacy.
So what's this football nonsense? I don't care.
But, people like Danny Shin will put on their sexiest shade of lipstick, push boobs together and whine in a pitch 3 octaves too high about why I'm not posting a manager note.
Fine.
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First off a couple of notes.
Don't y'all feel stupid for wasting such big money in the auction for terrible performances... specifically on the RB position.
ridley 2.6 - Ansahcab $47 (0.06 points per dollar)
spiller 3.5 - Excrement $67 (0.05 ppd)
lynch 5.2 - Joon $63 (0.08 ppd)
richardson 7.7 - SCOOP $57 (0.14 ppd)
wilson -2.1 - Aaron Hernasty $29 (LOL)
mjd 4.5 - Quailman $35 (0.13 ppd)
Congrats!
Also if you had any Steelers...
HAHAHAHA.
Let's look at the reverse per position.
Only taking into account players who were started.
QB- Andrew Luck 24.9 - SCOOP $11 (2.26 ppd)
QB Non-started mention- Colin Kaep 30.7 - Aaron Hernasty $14 (2.19ppd)
RB- Shane Vereen 15.9 - 36er $6 (2.65 ppd)
RB- none other, will explain later
RB Non-started mention - Joique Bell 21.2 - Quailman $1 (21.2ppd!!)
WR- Anquan Boldin 26.8 - Excrement $7 (3.83ppd)
WR Non-started mention - Julian Edelman 19.9 - Joon $1 (19.9ppd)
WR Non-started mention- Brian Hartline 17.4 - Atlana Lions $1 (17.4ppd)
** No one was really a bargain start of note within the top players**
TE- Jared Cook 24.1 (top TE) - Seabass $1 (24.1ppd)
TE STUPIDLY NON-STARTED :P - Julius Thomas 23 - Calvin (INFINITE/UNDEFINED ppd)
K/DEF- no one cares.
So... how many of these are legit?
Only 4 RBs eclipsed the 20 mark. 2 were on the same team (GO LIONS!)
Can Joique keep up his "vulturism"? The fact that you have to label him as a "vulture" immediately forces you to say no. AP? Expected. Shady? Dude, that Chip Kelly offense looks legit. Bush? Let's hope so.
This first week RB output seems to be an exception to the rule and not the rule itself. Don't freak out.
QB. Luck.. I love the kid. I think he'll be great.
Kaepernick I had 0 expectation for... however, if you saw the game, you saw greatness. The kid was amazing. I'm sure it's a good problem to have but it looks like Hernasty has two top QB options.
On the other side of things, Cam and Brady had bad weeks... Cam was up against the best secondary in the NFL and I fully expect him to be better. Brady... as much as it pains me... His offense looks... awful minus Amendola.
WR. Calvin shoulda had 2 TDs, he's fine. Cruz... unexpected but not surprising... AJ Green, hell yes it was expected. Anyone on the Broncos not named Decker... yup.
But will players like Julian Edelman (yes) and Brian Hartline keep it up?
Okay, I burst out into laughter last year when... I think it was Joon, rode Brian Hartline out and talking him up. I laughed then and kind of... was surprised for a couple weeks in a row. I can't say anything about him anymore. The guy is... confusing.
TE. Yes. This position this year... I think is a game changer. The typical names. The typical QB safety blanket names... Witten, Davis, Graham will be good but Cook, J. Thomas, and Myers are either on new teams in a better situation or have Peyton Manning (who LOVES TEs) throwing to them.
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Short recaps:
Return of the Sea Bass 1-0
def.
Joon's Football Squad 0-1
Everyone not named Rodgers/Amendola/Finley combined for 22.8. Shady McCoy had 24.9 and Jared Cook had 24.1. MERP.
Sidney Rice and Britt combined for 5 points for RSB, but as you may have noticed a trade was approved to send DeMarco and Denarius for two other WRs. The team is gambling on the WR position already.
What to take away:
RSB seems to have a good/great/B+ ish RB corp. Shady looked amazing and Gore and DMC (barring injury) looks to be capable. With Ryan poised to have a great year and potential breakout from Jared Cook (paid his money because this is what he's capable of) the lack of THREE money WRs is not necessary (Welker is gon' roll).
JFS had Rodgers be Rodgers but again... Lynch had a bad day against the best front 7 in the NFL, he'll rebound. HILLMAN? stop. Get a RB. Stafford had a good day, deal him or something. Mike Wallace is already complaining about how he's being used... if that works out for him, great, if not, oh boy. Also, this is already known but the double TE thing? Unless your TEs are a healthy Gronk and Jimmy Graham, I advise against it.
Ansahppable Cabrera 1-0
def
Calvin's Johnson 0-1
BLEH.
BLEH.
BLEH.
GROSS.
Pokemon time.
Kevin is confused???
Kevin sends out Brandon Pettigrew!
Brandon Pettigrew hurts itself in confusion!!
Welcome to the league Kevin.
Kevin kang'd (left on the bench) a ridiculous 45.7 points.
Which, hilariously... is LESS than what his quarterback did.
However, that same quarterback threw to his TE on the bench 5 times for 23 points. Instead Pettigrew got the start and gave our rookie a great -1.4 performance. A point swing of 22.6. Now what do I call the pillar of success for FFB? Running backs. Yeah, he started 3... none of them got into double digits.
Enter the Cabrera.
Unfazed. Composure kept. Veteran presence displayed. "Move aside rookie, and hold my goch while I pee."
"I CHOOSE YOU, AJ GREEN!"
AJ Green flew up in the air!! 28.2.
"GO BRANDON MARSHALL"
SHABLAGOO! 16.4
"GO Jordan Cameron!"
ZORP 16.8
"GO... ZACH SUDFELD!"
Zach Sudfeld used splash... 0 points.
"GO Greg the Leg!"
Greg used High Kick straight into Calvin's Johnson's Johnson.
What to take away:
Calvin's Johnson... kidding aside and rookie woes aside potentially... would have smashed Ansah for a dominating win.
Now having said that... sure, Julius will get the start over Pettigrew. Joique, I guess, would also start given the crap that is his RB corp... Can Peyton keep this up? My guess is yes. Of course not 7TDs every game... but 3? 4? I think that's an obvious possibility.
Ansah. Consider yourself lucky.
Not because your team sucks, but... C'mon. The guy coulda dropped 150+ on you. The RB situation is NOT good. Ridley ALREADY is back in the doghouse for fumbling problems. Daryl Richardson (whom I love) showed flashes, so good. This Sudfeld thing is confusing but Eddie Lacy seems useful. However, he was destroyed on the bench for his fumble. Ridley in the making? Something to keep an eye on. Also...
you have a guy with a girl's name (Christine) on your team. Jinxing yourself? Probably.
Gronk if you're Horny 1-0
def
SCOOP YOU 0-1
Remember how I played that hypothetical game with what Gronk's team had potential to do? I'm pretty much a genius.
Kiss my ring.
I guess this is why "they" say to draft the players you want. AP 29.1, Cruz 29.8, Fitz 20, JCharles 16... 94.9.
That outscores SCOOP and couple other teams this week.
On the other had, SCOOP had Andrew Luck. The rest of the team fell asleep on the bus, woke up, made out with each other, and fell asleep again.
What to take away:
Gronk. If this is a sign of things to come... um. I'm happy for you but stay away from me. I honestly have no idea who Marlon Brown is but if he can consistently get you around 10 points and your other receivers stay hot... it'll be scary.
SCOOP on the other hand... my comment about having 2 TEs and that being weird was clearly noted as he PICKED UP ANOTHER TE. The one who started was the only one who got points... 2.7 points. Again, as I mentioned in the post-draft note, Lawfirm... I have no hopes for. Trent is young and unproven. Roddy is great but got hurt and even if he was fine... a 20-something performance would have done nothing.
James Jones... wow.
Again. Needs work. Korean Plastic surgery style.
36 Dollar Man 1-0
def
Quailman's Crew 0-1
Quailman left a buncha points on the board but it wouldn't have done anything except make his loss respectable.
Anyways, Romo was hilarious, as he threw 49 times for 263 yards 2/1. 36er had a very balanced attack as no one had 20 points or more but he still had a good week. The only sad part of his situation was that CJ2K's great rebirth... will have to come later in the year?? cause it sure wasn't week 1. 25 attempts for 70 yards? BLEGH.
Now... Quailman left a bunch of points on the bench but some ... er... many unfortunate things happened. Dougie Martin previewed some sophomore slump symptoms. Fumble and averaging crap per carry. MJD is dumb and Bowe should take Alex Smith out to dinner and tell him to throw him the damn ball. Six targets for Bowe? That needs to change. Blaine Gabbert is the worst and Shorts got nothing and Lamar Miller looked awful. 10 carries for 3 yards?
What to take away:
36er can't depend on a balanced attack every week. Romo needs to un-Romo himself. CJ2K needs to break out, but just in case, it looks like DeMarco is on the way. But, Bush was on the bench, so it'll probably be okay at RB/Flex. Jordy is frustrating but he has 19+ potential all the time and he has such a deep team that he just needs to figure out the best combination. Scary team.
Quailman also needs to find his perfect combination but as I said in the post-draft, there are not many SURE things on this team. Having said that, his choices week-to-week are going to be difficult. Get it right and you get 100+. 100+ wins you matchups and lets you avoid another mediocre year. No panic button for this team yet. 117 points was his teams perfect number this week.
Thobias Funke 1-0
def
Atlanta Lions 0-1
I guess Thobias is the exception to my personal RB rule.
When your 2 RBs combine for 5.8 points, I'd assume you'd lost. Not so fast my friend. 4 WRs for 69.7 and the TE chips in 21.8. Dang. Add Easy Breesy and you got yourself the win.
Atlanta Lions weren't too bad. Hartline had 17.4 on the bench and a lot of players just didn't show up this week for Steven's team. The ATL NO game was a shootout so newly acquired SJax underperformed compared to MY expectation. 12.2 is a good week but given the prolific air attack that the Falcons have, it should not only open the run game but SJax is a top 3 pass catching RB IMO. Cam got the best D in the NFL and Dez just... I don't even know what to say. Dez is not a 2.2 player. Dez is a 25 point player. He'll be fine. Sproles was a weak flex in my mind but he didn't do too bad with 11. When 5-6 positions underperforms by 50-60 points (what I would have expected) you will always lose.
What to take away:
Thobias has a scary WR corp. His RBs are poop. Now I want to stick to my guns and say this is not an ideal combination. However, every other position is filled with some monsters. I'm on the Demaryius train. Cobb... meh, but he is a top option for Rodgers. Davis is great. Nicks and Colston are ALWAYS injury potentials but if they stay healthy they'll be fine.
Atlanta Lions... my gut says not to panic. Cam gets Buffalo next week, Dez is at KC, maybe roll the dice with Hartline? Especially against Indiana. Very hard to judge this team given that so many players underperformed this week. If this proves to be the norm next week, then it'll be time to panic.
Team Excrement 1-0
def
Aaron Hernasty 0-1
Comeback. Comeback. Comeback.
Cool. Need at least one every week.
Thanks to Arian and Owen Daniels' efforts on the last game of the week propelled Excrement to pass last year's runner-up. Even after a sub-par performance by Brady, Excrement basically had Brady's expected numbers flip flop with Anquan. Anquan is loving SanFran (Chris' current town) as Colin Kaep is enjoying having Boldin on his squad. DeSean looks like he's going to benefit from Chip Kelly's offense and although Spiller did crap, Arian was Arian enough.
Hernasty has a QB controversy on his hands but even more worrisome... a Flex controversy (assuming RMat takes over for Wilson at RB2). Wilson fumbled twice and although he might keep the job, he's a fumbling machine.
What to take away:
Excrement can expect number boosts for Brady and CJ (except for the 2nd matchup against NE). Congrats you now have 2 unexpected WR1 potential guys in DeSean and Anquan and you can fill in the WR3 with whatever you want. DThomas did get around 45% of the carries but more importantly the goalline looks over starting Lamar Miller but Lamar looked awful and maybe DThomas becomes a viable flex option?
Nice looking team... Potentially.
Aaron Hernasty didn't have an awful week. I guess if a loss can be a good loss, it just showed him that Kaepernick is real. Now... he faces Seattle next week so that might not be a good idea but this David Wilson thing needs to be address. Why in the world did you pick up denard though? haha. Perhaps Le'Veon Bell can come back from the injury and be a factor. Decker was incredibly disappointing but given his 7 targets, it was all about his catching the dang ball.
Also, Ray Rice.
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The "Princess Danny Demands it" Power Rankings:
Which have no purpose and is based off nothing given that it's the first week of the season....
1.Gronk if you're Horny (this really isn't 2012 huh?)
2. Return of the Sea Bass (Shady McCoy for top RB!!)
3. Thobias Funke (Brilliant all-but-RBs)
4. Calvin's Johnson (150+ potential, done all wrong)
5. Ansahppable Cabrera (yeah, CJ is above you, complaining would be slapping lady luck for giving you a gift.)
6. 36 Dollar Man (really interchangable with Ansah)
7. Team Excrement (Don't know what to say)
8. Aaron Hernasty (bummer of a loss)
9. Atlanta Lions (Didn't know where to put, 7-9 interchangable?)
10. Quailman's Crew (ton of points on the bench)
11. Joon's Football Squad ("perfect" lineup only adds 1.8, yikes)
12. SCOOP YOU (4 points on bench... total.)
APOW: Gronk if you're Horny (1)
Turd: Quailman's Crew (1)
Oh and by the way...
http://GBFFB.blogspot.com is where these league manager posts will be archived from now on to help me look back and help you call me out on stuff to eat crow...
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