I feel great.I didn't watch Thursday's Eagles game. It's not that I didn't want to, but I'm glad I didn't now.
I was at the Preston and Steve Camp Out for Hunger volunteering my time to collect food. Filling box after box with cans since 9:30 a.m., I wanted to quit at 8 p.m. when the Eagles kicked off, but I felt like the rest of the volunteers were counting on me to keep going.
I couldn't quit on them, so I kept going. I could hear from inside the big tent where Preston and Steve were signing autographs that Marshawn Lynch was having a beast of a first half, but that's all I knew. I didn't know a score, nor did I care at that point. I was too busy helping my "teammates."
That's why it was funny to come home and read about DeSean Jackson quitting on his teammates. He was jogging on routes, not looking for the ball and just being an annoyance. An unnamed Eagle was quoted as saying, "He's just [messing] around." I assume that the [messing] was covering up everyone's favorite swear word, the F-bomb.
Either way, it says something.
DeSean Jackson has quit; and I've quit on him. I cannot cheer for this man anymore. After his alligator arm disaster against the Pats and this supposed quit-job against the Seahawks, he has lost my support. And I hope the Philadelphia fans who can afford to go to games, unlike me, will let him hear it.
He should get the Philly boo-bird treatment.
Forget the "Fire Andy Reid" chants. Let's start the "Cut DeSean Jackson" chants.
Reid should not be fired. It's hard to find a winning head coach, and that's what Reid is. There was a huge push in Pittsburgh to fire Bill Cowher after a tough season in 2003 when they went 6-10, but they kept him on board. He then drafted Ben Roethlisberger, went 15-1 in 2004 falling in the AFC Championship game to the Patriots before going 11-5 in 2005 en route to a Super Bowl title.
The Eagles are looking like a 6-10 team this season and who knows, it could lead to the drafting of a quarterback like Matt Barkley out of USC, who could lead the Eagles to where we want them to go.
It's time for a new franchise QB. The Vick experiment is a failure. Vince Young is not our future and Mike Kafka is destined to be a journeyman backup.
Andy Reid built his coaching career around a franchise QB in Donovan McNabb. Now, he must start the next era. It's time to draft a new QB and build anew.
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You know, build anew, like what World of Noise is going to have to do in 2012, because Sunday is going to be yet another awful day for the Noise, who will be destroyed by the News Team.
The News Team and Boyer are set to score a lot of points Sunday and with wins, News Team will seal the No. 1 seed, while Boyer will knock T-Money out of the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Houserville, Fear and the Toasters all look to lock up bids. For the Toasters, it's a slim chance, but they do have one.
For Fear and Houserville, it's as simple as, win and you're in. They will be the No. 2 seed and host the Jammers, unless somehow the Slackers fall and the Jammers win. That would then push the Jammers into the No. 1 seed.
So, it's an exciting final weekend of regular-season fantasy football.
Fear and Loathing (7-5) at Real Houserville (6-6)
Houserville is hoping that Fear doesn't get lucky, again.
You know, Fear made some waiver wire pickups earlier in the season in Tim Tebow, DeMarco Murray and Roy Helu, so if they somehow score decent fantasy totals, Fear is lucky. There's no way there was any skill involved in those moves.
Well, that's if you follow the Houserville Free Agent Logic.
No matter what you call it, who ever has more "luck" this week will be in the playoffs.
That's what Sunday means to these two, and possibly Monday.
And this matchup features a pair of running QBs — Fear's Tebow and Houserville's Cam Newton. In the fantasy world, you'd rather have Newton, but in the real world, all Tebow does is win.
Maybe today, that Tebow magic will translate over to fantasy. He's playing Minnesota and there are points to be had. I'm personally thinking that he'll get close to 30. Newton should do much of the same, so the rest of this matchup will rely on the other players.
And when you look at the running backs, you can see where this matchup will be won. Rashard Mendenhall and DeMarco Murray are going to combine for nearly 40 points, while Michael Bush and Shonn Greene will struggle to combine for 20. I was going to say 15, but if Greene's injury doesn't limit him, I could see him scoring a TD. Still, Bush is going up against the NFL's second-ranked defense against the rush — the Dolphins. I know, it's hard to believe.
Fear also has a third RB going in Roy Helu, who has a tough matchup against the Jets defense, but after getting the full workload last week and going for 108 yards and a TD, Helu should get enough touches to produce double-digits.
Mike Williams also has come alive in the last two weeks, scoring TDs in back-to-back weeks. This was supposed to be one of the steals of the draft, but for 10 weeks, he did nothing. Against the Panthers, he should pick up some decent fantasy points.
Brandon Lloyd also should be a decent play, even though the Rams are going up against the 49ers. San Fran is giving up passing yards and TDs, and Sam Bradford will be looking for his prized target first. Five catches for 75 yards and a TD isn't a stretch.
Jason Witten is a good play, but not as good as good as the Ville's Rob Gronkowski, who should see some targets against the horrific Colts.
But he might be the only receiver on the Ville having a big day. Mike Wallace always has that potential, but he's been targeted by defenses and bottled up as Antonio Brown, Hines Ward and Emanuel Sanders have flourished.
This matchup may not finish today with the Chargers going on Monday Night, but I could see a scenario where Fear holds a couple-point lead over the Ville at midnight tonight, allowing him to bench the Chargers and advance to the playoffs as the Eagle Division Champion.
Jammers' Prediction: Fear 138, Houserville 120
Sunday Slackers (9-3) at Jawz Attack (4-8)
This is it. The moment the Slackers have been waiting for. A division championship is within reach.
And boy does he have the favorable matchups, to my dismay.
Drew Brees should be involved in a shootout tonight, while Ray Rice and Matt Forte should run wild against awful teams, Browns and Chiefs.
Why he's still starting Marion Barber, I have no clue. So, who knows what will happen there.
A.J. Green has possibly the toughest matchup against the Steelers, but he scored the last time the two played, so double-digits is possible again.
And we all know what Jermichael Finley and Jordy Nelson will do.
Jawz has a chance, though, but he's going to need a week like he had last week.
It helps that he'll have Jimmy Graham to steal points from Brees, while Wes Welker is going up against an awful Colts defense. The Pats hate the Colts and I can see them hanging 50 points on them today, and 12 catches for two TDs is a nice projection for Wes Welker. The yardage could easily approach 200, too.
However, Roddy White should struggle against Houston's defense, though, Matt Ryan has targeted White much more lately.
This matchup will conclude on Monday with Jones-Drew going against the Chargers, but I think the Slackers should have a decent enough lead heading into that matchup, barring any outstanding performances.
The ESPN projections tell the Slackers not to worry, but looking at the players on the Attack, you have to know that any one of them can explode for 20 points. Five of them did last week.
Jammers' Prediction: Slackers 131, Attack 126
T-Money (6-6) at Team Boyer (7-4-1)
I have to be honest, ESPN is flat-out wrong.
It has this matchup projected to be 155.8-151, in favor of Boyer.
There is no way T-Money is making a game of this. There, I said it.
And I think 155.8 might be low-balling it for Boyer.
Tom Brady vs. the Colts should be worth 40, maybe 50 fantasy points. He's going to rock today.
LeGarrette Blount will go for 100 and a TD against the Panthers. McGahee will will get similar numbers against the Vikings, and we all know what Marshawn Lynch has already done (28.8 points).
Dez Bryant will steal away any points that Tony Romo may get Sunday (I'll touch on this more later) and Steve Johnson will not shoot himself in the leg today — metaphorically speaking and literally, when he gets into the end zone again.
The Bears defenses should force several turnovers against the Chiefs and and Devin Hester may return one today to give the Bears 30 fantasy points. I don't have my calculator at my side, but ball-parking what I just said, I could easily see 170 points from Boyer today.
Now, why should T-Money worry?
Well, it's December. That's Tony Romo's hangover month. He always has a huge November, but then he hits the Christmas wall. This year he's trying to break out of that, but until he does, I can't possibly give him my support. Frank Gore is dealing with an injury, so expect Kendall Hunter to get more carries, while Dwayne Bowe will be smothered by Bears defenders.
And as for Brandon Jacobs? He'll get a few carries early, but as soon as the Packer score two TDs — which should be in the first quarter — the Giants will have Ware in the game because it will be passing time.
Boyer has Gates going Monday night, but this matchup should be decided long before then. T-Money's lineup is done playing at about 7:30 p.m., when I believe we will see the end of the T-Money playoff era. Five straight seasons, tied for a JFL record coming into the season, will become second-best.
Jammers' Prediction: Boyer 167, T-Money 123
World of Noise (2-10) at Channel 4 News Team (8-4)
The Channel 4 News Team, winners of six straight, play the team that is 0-10 against teams not named Fear and Loathing.
Three of the Noise's players combined for 10.7 points on Thursday. He's down to six.
Aaron Rodgers may outscore this squad, so if you want to watch a car run into a curb, over a fountain and into a tree, just like Ndamukong Suh did the other night, watch this matchup.
Andrew Luck, say hello to the World of Noise. … Luck is going to wish he left college early.
Jammers' Prediction Aaron Rodgers 42.4, World of Noise 38.6 (News Team 148)
Jimmy Jammers (8-4) at Dottsville Toasters (5-7)
It's the battle of two teams that had division titles in their hands, but losing streaks pushed them out of the top spot.
For the Toasters, a four-game skid has him on the outside looking in for the playoffs, and he needs a lot of help today to get there. So much so, his scenario for getting in eluded me earlier in the week.
The Jammers, on the other hand, clinched a playoff berth a few weeks ago, but two straight losses has allowed his division rival to come back and take control. Today, he'll need a win and a Slackers loss to get the division title.
And things look pretty good for the Jammers.
The Toasters had a bad break when Matt Schaub went down with an injury a few weeks ago, and then his backup Matt Leinart falls early, making it three weeks in a row that he's been without decent QB points. That's a big reason why he's lost all three of those matchups.
With Colt McCoy going up against the Ravens today, it won't be any better.
Chris Johnson has had a few good games lately, but the Toasters' other star, Calvin Johnson will be catching passes from the Jammers Matthew Stafford, so the point total there will be a virtual wash.
I do like Kendall Hunter to get more carries today, and Owen Daniels could be a good target for rookie QB T.J. Yates, but I'm not sure it will be enough points to get above 100 today.
The Jammers, on the other hand, has good matchups with Antonio Brown and Greg Jennings, and his new good luck charm DeAngelo Williams should get 15 carries again today against the Bucs, who have allowed a bunch of rushing yards.
Still, this matchup will be decided Sunday and Monday night.
The Jammers has two players going Sunday night (Stafford and Darren Sproles) and two more on Monday (Ryan Mathews and Nick Novak).
If all goes well, the Monday night players may be playing just for fun.
Jammers' Biased Prediction: Jammers 131, Toasters 101
Graybill's Generals (6-6) at Chinese Organ Thieves (3-8-1)
Well, this is it for the Organ Thieves. He's got nothing to lose, so Philip Rivers gets a seat on the bench. Time for Ryan Fitzpatrick. And it's a big day for him, because this could be an audition for the starting QB position on the Thieves next season.
OK, maybe not, but he could at least make the Thieves feel good about Week 13, the week he spoiled Graybill's playoff hopes.
Or, not. I think the Thieves could win this matchup, but because I'm also predicting at T-Money loss and a Toasters loss, Graybill should sneak in at 6-7 thanks to tie-breakers.
The bad news for Graybill would be that a loss would mark his fourth straight.
So, he can't be content with losing to get into the playoffs.
A win is a must, and the only way I see it happening is if Joe Flacco has a game like he had against the Steelers in Week 1 or the Rams in Week 3.
The rest of the Generals lineup has players who have had good games, but not as consistently as he would like.
Injuries have been the Thieves' problem, as Donald Brown gets the start for Adrian Peterson and Reggie Wayne is in for Jeremy Maclin. It's been that type of season for the Thieves. He's lost twice to the News Team despite combining for 288 points in the two matchups (News Team combined for 313).
Today, he plays spoiler if T-Money wins.
That, or he locks up the No. 2 draft pick.
Jammers' Prediction: Chinese Organ Thieves 122, Graybill's Generals 118
Playoff Scenarios
Eagle Division
Patriot Division
Nittany North Division
Nittany South Division
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