Things are starting to get interesting as we head into Week 10. A reminder that there is a Thursday night game and you'll need to get your rosters set for Thursday for those players competing in the Bears-49ers game.
Graybill's Generals 108.6, Real Houserville 102.8
Almost doesn't even cut it.
Rashard Mendenhall nearly pulled off the miraculous comeback for Houserville, but he came up 2 yards short.
Running the clock out on the Broncos, Mendenhall pounded the ball up the middle for 18 yards, finally being pulled down at the 3. From there, he took one handoff, slipped and nearly fumbled, before falling down at the 2.
A touchdown at this point would give Houserville the win.
But, on second down, instead of running the ball, Ben Roethlisberger "padded his stats" and threw the ball out to the right to Hines Ward who made a ridiculous hurdle over a cornerback before strolling into the end zone.
Good bye, Broncos.
Good bye, Villains.
Once owner of a four-game winning streak, has now lost two in a row and will be in a battle for the playoffs with Fear and Loathing from here on out.
The Generals (3-6) have worked themselves back into the playoff race — and believe it or not, the division race.
Again, it is DeAngelo Williams carrying this team. He had 149 yards and two TDs in Week 9, earning 28.1 points. Williams has had 15 or more points in each of the last four weeks, rushing for 548 yards and five TDs.
This is a reminder of last season, where Williams turned it on midway through and led the Generals to the Super Bowl title.
He can only hope that this is a sign of things to come.
Jimmy Jammers 108, T-Money 82
You might notice a new Jimmy Jammers logo. It's because of two things. His starting QB and TE have been huge this season and his team mirrors the Steel City Champions.
Big Ben in real life and in fantasy as a member of the Jammers started 1-2. Since then, he, the Steelers and the Jammers have not lost.
And it certainly wasn't going to end against T-Money — and/or the Broncos.
T-Money led by five points heading into Monday Night Football, but the Steelers — namely Big Ben and Heath Miller — helped the Jammers pull off the easy comeback.
For T-Money, it was yet another loss to the Jammers — he's 1-5 all-time.
Big Ben had 25.2 points, including a last-minute touchdown that he vultured away from Rashard Mendenhall.
He was just one of four fantasy slots to record 20 or more points, as Joseph Addai (23.3) had two touchdowns, Larry Fitzgerald (24.3) caught nine passes for 123 yards for 2 TDs, and the Saints defense (20) scored yet another TD.
The Saints defense has seven TDs — four in the last three weeks — and is the No. 1 defense in fantasy football, averaging 22.1 points per week.
Darren Sproles and LaDainian Tomlinson were duds, combining for 6.8 points.
But fortunately for the Jammers, T-Money had more duds: Knowshon Moreno (0.3), Mike Bell (1.7), Chad Johnson (4.6), Spencer Havner (1) and Patrick Crayton (7.4).
T-Money was hit hard by the bye week and injuries, and should come back strong with Thomas Jones and Anquan Boldin in the next couple weeks. The only thing to worry about would be is Tony Romo, who around this time every year, seems to fall off the charts.
Romo and fans swear it won't happen again, but I won't believe it until I see it.
And speaking of Romo fans, has anyone seen a group of fans jump on and off the bandwagon so quickly? Doomed weeks ago, all of a sudden the Cowboys are Super Bowl bound.
You know what I have to say to Cowboys fans — play the Saints, play the Vikings. Those are the teams who will likely head to the big game — to play the Steelers.
World of Noise 107.2, Chinese Organ Thieves 96.2
There weren't any offensive explosions, but double-digit point totals were recorded by seven players and that was enough to edge out the Thieves.
Leading by about nine points heading into Monday Night Football, one would think that Brandon Marshall would be able to power the Thieves back in this game, but he was overpowered by Mike Wallace of the Steelers, who has slowly and quietly become the 29th best WR in fantasy. A favorite target of Big Ben, Wallace has proven to be a formidable sidekick to Andre Johnson for the Noise.
With the win, the Noise is one win away from clinching the division. He's five wins away from 12, which is the number of wins he had in the three prior years of fantasy football.
Quite a turnaround for the once disarray franchise.
But don't get too excited. Any other week, the Thieves would have most likely won this contest as they were without Adrian Peterson this week.
Outside of Marshall's 11.3 points, the Thieves' only big totals came from Philip Rivers (25.5) and the Bengals defense (20.5).
It's not too late for the Thieves to make a run for the division, but they'll have to figure out the right combo of starters — something that has been a struggle all season for the Thieves.
Team Boyer 125.6, Sunday Slackers 108.9
Tom Brady comes back, and so does Team Boyer.
Again, it doesn't hurt to have Michael Turner on board, too.
Both have been going wild, combining for 57 points this week to knock off the favored Sunday Slackers.
Ryan Grant also added 15.6 points for Team Boyer, who has won three of four games to get into a position for the Wild Card.
The Slackers fell out of the top of the Golden Bear Division and they can look to their wideouts for the reason why. Top stars Reggie Wayne (4.4) and Marques Colston (4.5) had nearly identical scores that put the Slackers in a hole from the start.
Drew Brees and Pierre Thomas played strong this Sunday for the Slackers, but they could not match the firepower of Brady and Turner.
Things should be a bit easier for the Slackers over the next two weeks as his platoon of Saints have matchups against St. Louis and Tampa Bay.
The one thing to worry about is the fact that the Saints are 8-0. Now comes the time when the pressure builds and the numbers go down. The same thing happened to the Patriots during their run to perfection. The numbers dropped somewhat — not completely, but they did drop the average points per week by a good chunk — and a drop in offensive numbers could affect the Slackers because he has three Saints on his team. The likelihood that they'll all post double digits on a weekly basis from here on out is low — which could amount to some more losses for the Slackers.
Right about now, the Slackers owner, Parker, is saying, "Shut up, Jimmy."
Just wait and see.
Fear and Loathing 143.8, Channel 4 News Team 86.9
Fear had three players go big and that was enough to blow out a mediocre week from the News Team.
Let's start with the biggest point total.
1. Kurt Warner. He threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns against the Bears for 43.3 points.
Most of these points came in the first half as the Cardinals flew out to a 35-7 lead. It happened so quick that Bears' fans who looked away for a couple seconds to take a bite of their polish sausage (da Bears) missed Larry go for two scores.
Don't worry, they weren't the only ones who missed it. The Bears secondary did, too.
And what happened to the Bears? Two straight blowouts has got to have fans wondering what is going on with their Bears.
I can't say I've seen a team hyped up so much fail so miserably. Jay Cutler was God in July. Now in November, he's merely just another Bears quarterback who seems destined for failure.
Warner seemed destined for a seat on the bench, too, after last week's five-interception game, but he came back out and went for five TDs. That's a nice bounce-back for Fear, who is hanging on to his playoff hopes by a string.
2. Randy Moss: On again, off again Moss went for 147 and a TD this week. Fear needs the Moss-man to be on each week. This is the key player on the team, because clearly keeper Felix Jones is not holding up his bargain. Warner nearly scored more points last week than Jones has recorded all season. That's how bad he has been for Fear. Good news at RB, though. With Larry Johnson gone in KC, Jamaal Charles is the man. Bad news is, Charles is the man in KC.
3. Steelers defense: Ranked fifth in fantasy football, the Steelers clearly were not worth such an early pick — as they were — but 26.5 points from them this week was nice. In the last two weeks, they're playing like a top draft pick, scoring three TDs and posting a combined 58 points. But, again, this is an example of why drafting defenses high rarely works out — No. 5-ranked Steelers drafted in fourth round, No. 1 Saints undrafted.
Dottsville Toasters 121.6, Stanksta's Gangstas 104.8
The Toasters just kept things going with a strong running game, and again, it was Chris Johnson and Ray Rice leading the way.
The No. 1 and No. 4 running backs, respectively, Johnson and Rice have been a powerful combo for the Toasters — and to think, Ryan built this duo through the draft. His keepers were Matt Schaub (No. 2-ranked QB) and Greg Jennings (No. 32 at WR, but still scoring points). He also added Vincent Jackson in the draft, the No. 3-ranked WR. He also has the No. 1-ranked WR in Miles Austin, a waiver pickup.
That's five top 4 ranked position players. It's no wonder why this team is the highest scoring team in the JFL, averaging 122.9 points per week and is beating teams by a JFL-best average of 23.5 points. The next best point differential is the Jimmy Jammers, winning by an average of 11.2 points.
This week was no different as those leaders led the Toasters to a 15-point win over the Stank.
Chirs Johnson scored another two TDs and had 135 yards. Rice had 48 yards rushing, 87 receiving and a TD for 19.5 points and Jackson had two scores and 58 yards.
Easy as spreading butter on toast.
The Stank didn't have too bad of a week, but they just couldn't match the Toasters.
Maurice Jones-Drew scored his 11th TD of the season and gathered 19.4 points, and double-digits point totals were had by Matt Ryan, LeSean McCoy, Hines Ward, Tony Gonzalez and the Broncos defense, but no one hit 20.
The Stank will not fight for his playoff life at 2-7. He can still finish 6-7, and even with a 4-9 record, there's a chance he could get in, but he'll need some help.
A loss and a Houserville win, however, will eliminate him from the playoffs.
It's go-time for the Stank. Must-win from here on out.
Just as a note, I gave up on the Podcast. I ran out of space on the account I had and I don't feel like spending money. Plus, as fun as I thought it was, there were technical difficulties that made me waste time and build up stress. I'll just type. It's easier. Maybe in future seasons, I'll come up with something.
Here's the recaps. The Week 10 playoff picture is in a blog linked on the sidebar.
Graybill's Generals 108.6, Real Houserville 102.8
Almost doesn't even cut it.
Rashard Mendenhall nearly pulled off the miraculous comeback for Houserville, but he came up 2 yards short.
Running the clock out on the Broncos, Mendenhall pounded the ball up the middle for 18 yards, finally being pulled down at the 3. From there, he took one handoff, slipped and nearly fumbled, before falling down at the 2.
A touchdown at this point would give Houserville the win.
But, on second down, instead of running the ball, Ben Roethlisberger "padded his stats" and threw the ball out to the right to Hines Ward who made a ridiculous hurdle over a cornerback before strolling into the end zone.
Good bye, Broncos.
Good bye, Villains.
Once owner of a four-game winning streak, has now lost two in a row and will be in a battle for the playoffs with Fear and Loathing from here on out.
The Generals (3-6) have worked themselves back into the playoff race — and believe it or not, the division race.
Again, it is DeAngelo Williams carrying this team. He had 149 yards and two TDs in Week 9, earning 28.1 points. Williams has had 15 or more points in each of the last four weeks, rushing for 548 yards and five TDs.
This is a reminder of last season, where Williams turned it on midway through and led the Generals to the Super Bowl title.
He can only hope that this is a sign of things to come.
Jimmy Jammers 108, T-Money 82
You might notice a new Jimmy Jammers logo. It's because of two things. His starting QB and TE have been huge this season and his team mirrors the Steel City Champions.
Big Ben in real life and in fantasy as a member of the Jammers started 1-2. Since then, he, the Steelers and the Jammers have not lost.
And it certainly wasn't going to end against T-Money — and/or the Broncos.
T-Money led by five points heading into Monday Night Football, but the Steelers — namely Big Ben and Heath Miller — helped the Jammers pull off the easy comeback.
For T-Money, it was yet another loss to the Jammers — he's 1-5 all-time.
Big Ben had 25.2 points, including a last-minute touchdown that he vultured away from Rashard Mendenhall.
He was just one of four fantasy slots to record 20 or more points, as Joseph Addai (23.3) had two touchdowns, Larry Fitzgerald (24.3) caught nine passes for 123 yards for 2 TDs, and the Saints defense (20) scored yet another TD.
The Saints defense has seven TDs — four in the last three weeks — and is the No. 1 defense in fantasy football, averaging 22.1 points per week.
Darren Sproles and LaDainian Tomlinson were duds, combining for 6.8 points.
But fortunately for the Jammers, T-Money had more duds: Knowshon Moreno (0.3), Mike Bell (1.7), Chad Johnson (4.6), Spencer Havner (1) and Patrick Crayton (7.4).
T-Money was hit hard by the bye week and injuries, and should come back strong with Thomas Jones and Anquan Boldin in the next couple weeks. The only thing to worry about would be is Tony Romo, who around this time every year, seems to fall off the charts.
Romo and fans swear it won't happen again, but I won't believe it until I see it.
And speaking of Romo fans, has anyone seen a group of fans jump on and off the bandwagon so quickly? Doomed weeks ago, all of a sudden the Cowboys are Super Bowl bound.
You know what I have to say to Cowboys fans — play the Saints, play the Vikings. Those are the teams who will likely head to the big game — to play the Steelers.
World of Noise 107.2, Chinese Organ Thieves 96.2
There weren't any offensive explosions, but double-digit point totals were recorded by seven players and that was enough to edge out the Thieves.
Leading by about nine points heading into Monday Night Football, one would think that Brandon Marshall would be able to power the Thieves back in this game, but he was overpowered by Mike Wallace of the Steelers, who has slowly and quietly become the 29th best WR in fantasy. A favorite target of Big Ben, Wallace has proven to be a formidable sidekick to Andre Johnson for the Noise.
With the win, the Noise is one win away from clinching the division. He's five wins away from 12, which is the number of wins he had in the three prior years of fantasy football.
Quite a turnaround for the once disarray franchise.
But don't get too excited. Any other week, the Thieves would have most likely won this contest as they were without Adrian Peterson this week.
Outside of Marshall's 11.3 points, the Thieves' only big totals came from Philip Rivers (25.5) and the Bengals defense (20.5).
It's not too late for the Thieves to make a run for the division, but they'll have to figure out the right combo of starters — something that has been a struggle all season for the Thieves.
Team Boyer 125.6, Sunday Slackers 108.9
Tom Brady comes back, and so does Team Boyer.
Again, it doesn't hurt to have Michael Turner on board, too.
Both have been going wild, combining for 57 points this week to knock off the favored Sunday Slackers.
Ryan Grant also added 15.6 points for Team Boyer, who has won three of four games to get into a position for the Wild Card.
The Slackers fell out of the top of the Golden Bear Division and they can look to their wideouts for the reason why. Top stars Reggie Wayne (4.4) and Marques Colston (4.5) had nearly identical scores that put the Slackers in a hole from the start.
Drew Brees and Pierre Thomas played strong this Sunday for the Slackers, but they could not match the firepower of Brady and Turner.
Things should be a bit easier for the Slackers over the next two weeks as his platoon of Saints have matchups against St. Louis and Tampa Bay.
The one thing to worry about is the fact that the Saints are 8-0. Now comes the time when the pressure builds and the numbers go down. The same thing happened to the Patriots during their run to perfection. The numbers dropped somewhat — not completely, but they did drop the average points per week by a good chunk — and a drop in offensive numbers could affect the Slackers because he has three Saints on his team. The likelihood that they'll all post double digits on a weekly basis from here on out is low — which could amount to some more losses for the Slackers.
Right about now, the Slackers owner, Parker, is saying, "Shut up, Jimmy."
Just wait and see.
Fear and Loathing 143.8, Channel 4 News Team 86.9
Fear had three players go big and that was enough to blow out a mediocre week from the News Team.
Let's start with the biggest point total.
1. Kurt Warner. He threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns against the Bears for 43.3 points.
Most of these points came in the first half as the Cardinals flew out to a 35-7 lead. It happened so quick that Bears' fans who looked away for a couple seconds to take a bite of their polish sausage (da Bears) missed Larry go for two scores.
Don't worry, they weren't the only ones who missed it. The Bears secondary did, too.
And what happened to the Bears? Two straight blowouts has got to have fans wondering what is going on with their Bears.
I can't say I've seen a team hyped up so much fail so miserably. Jay Cutler was God in July. Now in November, he's merely just another Bears quarterback who seems destined for failure.
Warner seemed destined for a seat on the bench, too, after last week's five-interception game, but he came back out and went for five TDs. That's a nice bounce-back for Fear, who is hanging on to his playoff hopes by a string.
2. Randy Moss: On again, off again Moss went for 147 and a TD this week. Fear needs the Moss-man to be on each week. This is the key player on the team, because clearly keeper Felix Jones is not holding up his bargain. Warner nearly scored more points last week than Jones has recorded all season. That's how bad he has been for Fear. Good news at RB, though. With Larry Johnson gone in KC, Jamaal Charles is the man. Bad news is, Charles is the man in KC.
3. Steelers defense: Ranked fifth in fantasy football, the Steelers clearly were not worth such an early pick — as they were — but 26.5 points from them this week was nice. In the last two weeks, they're playing like a top draft pick, scoring three TDs and posting a combined 58 points. But, again, this is an example of why drafting defenses high rarely works out — No. 5-ranked Steelers drafted in fourth round, No. 1 Saints undrafted.
Dottsville Toasters 121.6, Stanksta's Gangstas 104.8
The Toasters just kept things going with a strong running game, and again, it was Chris Johnson and Ray Rice leading the way.
The No. 1 and No. 4 running backs, respectively, Johnson and Rice have been a powerful combo for the Toasters — and to think, Ryan built this duo through the draft. His keepers were Matt Schaub (No. 2-ranked QB) and Greg Jennings (No. 32 at WR, but still scoring points). He also added Vincent Jackson in the draft, the No. 3-ranked WR. He also has the No. 1-ranked WR in Miles Austin, a waiver pickup.
That's five top 4 ranked position players. It's no wonder why this team is the highest scoring team in the JFL, averaging 122.9 points per week and is beating teams by a JFL-best average of 23.5 points. The next best point differential is the Jimmy Jammers, winning by an average of 11.2 points.
This week was no different as those leaders led the Toasters to a 15-point win over the Stank.
Chirs Johnson scored another two TDs and had 135 yards. Rice had 48 yards rushing, 87 receiving and a TD for 19.5 points and Jackson had two scores and 58 yards.
Easy as spreading butter on toast.
The Stank didn't have too bad of a week, but they just couldn't match the Toasters.
Maurice Jones-Drew scored his 11th TD of the season and gathered 19.4 points, and double-digits point totals were had by Matt Ryan, LeSean McCoy, Hines Ward, Tony Gonzalez and the Broncos defense, but no one hit 20.
The Stank will not fight for his playoff life at 2-7. He can still finish 6-7, and even with a 4-9 record, there's a chance he could get in, but he'll need some help.
A loss and a Houserville win, however, will eliminate him from the playoffs.
It's go-time for the Stank. Must-win from here on out.
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