So, how about that storm?
If it wasn’t for the freakish snowstorm that knocked out power for a week, I’d still be without power.
That storm a year ago, took down all the crappy trees in my development, leaving us with strong trees — and most of them survived this insane storm.
I can’t say the same for my scarecrow owl, Hoot (he keeps the woodpecker away), as he lost his head in the hurricane. I lost power for only a day, which compared to the six days I had to deal with last year, a day was nothing.
I enjoyed it.
I was reading Game of Thrones on my iPad and dealing with spotty 3G coverage, because when I tried to log into fantasy football on my iPhone, it would fail on most occasions.
Finally, at about 11 p.m. on Monday, I got it to load and that’s when I saw that the 49ers defense came through and Frank Gore failed allowed me to prevail in my matchup.
With the sounds of trees falling and debris hitting my house — I sure one of those thumps was Hoot’s head — I saw the score and barely cared.
In the midst of this craziness when real life takes a side seat, of course, the fantasy world moves from the side seat to the curb as you pull away.
I still am in a state of disbelief as I watch the incredibly sad pictures coming out of New York and New Jersey, as well as all around the Lehigh Valley where I live. You’re happy that you still have everything you hold dear, while at the same time you think, what if that was you.
A week ago, I was all up in arms about being 2-and-5. Kind of seems trivial now.
Nevertheless, that’s what I as doing on Sunday morning. I was crafting a fantasy-football modified “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” soliloquy for the blog.
I was trying to rally all the 2-and-5 teams.
Apparently, my “heroic” speech only worked for me.
Of the six 2-and-5 teams, I was the only one to pick up a win.
That would be like if in the battle that ensued after Aragorn’s speech had he be the only one to survive.
Now, I can’t brag too much. I was the only 2-and-5 team facing off against another 2-and-5 team.
Three teams moved to 6-2, including the Organ Thieves and the News Team, who virtually locked up playoff spots. They can both clinch with wins in Week 9, and then they’ll battle it out for the NFC West title.
In the NFC East, the Toasters lost to fall to 5-3, but he remains in firm control of the division with a three-game lead.
Meanwhile, the AFC tightened up as only the Sunday Slackers won to move to 6-2, but the Jawz Attack kept pace with a win to go to 4-4. The Jammers won to remain in playoff contention, and in the AFC North, Houserville won and Fear and Loathing lost to forge a tie for first place at 5-3.
Channel 4 News Team 92.5, Fear and Loathing 84.1
The News Team picked up a lucky win to move to 6-2, scoring 92.5 points.
I’m sure the Organ Thieves are thinking, “What the hell?” while the World of Noise was smiling and saying, “Hey, I can compete with that.”
Notice, Craig, I used the word compete, not beat.
Just as Fear did. He competed, but did not defeat. His sorry Week 8 performance featured a measly 84.1 points.
He got a great performance from Willis McGahee (20.9 points), but that was it. Andrew Luck was mediocre with 22.3 points, but still better than Michael Vick — and also better than his opponent’s Aaron Rodgers.
Both teams had sorry weekend, but ironically, the clear difference in this “defensive struggle” was defense.
The News Team scored 22.5 points with the Dolphins defense, and that was 24 more points than Fear’s defense.
Yes, the math works out to be negative-1.5 points. That’s what the Vikings got him on Thursday night, and losing by 8.4 points, he really could have used just a mediocre defensive showing to beat the News Team.
And that was all made possible because in the story of Jamaal Charles and Hyde, I believe it was Hyde who made an appearance — and by that, I mean, disappearance — scoring 1.6 points.
He’s now had back-to-back sub-par weeks, dropping from the No. 2 RB in fantasy to No. 14.
And when the No. 1 running back in the game, Arian Foster, is on the bye, the last thing you want is your No. 2 back falling from the ranks.
But hey, a win is a win.
Chinese Organ Thieves 128, World of Noise 86.4
I haven’t watched “The League” yet — it’s on Netflix and I’ve been lazy — but I would imagine there has to be a team like the World of Noise.
You know, the team that talks a big game, but always seems to fall apart on draft day and pick the oddest lineup you’ve ever seen.
He had high hopes when he drafted DeSean Jackson, and with just two double-digit weeks and one TD on the season, he’s been a bust.
Robert Meachem scored 21.3 points on the bench one week and in the five other weeks, he’s totaled 13.4 points — that includes two zeroes and a negative-0.6 last week.
That’s right.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Meachem, he started to trek backward. At this rate, his 35.7 points on the season will be gone by Week 17.
It will be like he never played.
If the Noise doesn’t win another game and finishes 2-11 again, it will be like he never played either.
The Thieves certainly won’t be 2-11. In fact, he may be the exact opposite.
Peyton Manning is on fire and Rob Gronkowski has returned to beast mode, scoring four touchdowns in the last two weeks. He’s scored more than 20 points in both of those weeks, including 28.2 last week, further establishing himself as the best tight end in JFL history.
Manning scored more than 30 points for the fourth straight week and nothing seems to be stopping him right now.
And both of his running backs are on fire, too, ranking in the top four. Adrian Peterson scored 19.9 points to remain No. 2 in the JFL, while Trent Richardson scored 19.6 to move up to No. 4.
If the Thieves can get a few of his wideouts going, he’ll be unstoppable.
Real Houserville 144.7, Graybill’s Generals 80.6
Houserville went with Brandon Weeden for some odd reason, and after he scored 6.4 points, I scratched my head a second time.
Still, even with a putrid 6.4 points from the QB position, the Ville easily won this one.
Doug Martin’s 36 points fueled the fire and double-digits from Darren McFadden, Percy Harvin, Demaryius Thomas, Jimmy Graham, the Falcons defense and Lawrence Tynes.
Tynes actually was the team’s third highest scorer with 19 points. He would be a Noise superstar if he was kicking for that low-life team.
But he’s not. He’s kicking for the first-place Houserville.
He has two of the JFL’s top WRs in Harvin and Thomas, and they continue to produce.
If he could only get a QB to perform consistently, he’d put up a serious threat for the AFC title. Right now, with less than 20 points a week from his QBs, he’s got to be a bit scared as he’s tied with Fear and Loathing for the division lead.
If Harvin and Thomas have a bad day, it means that Houserville will certainly be in trouble.
Sunday Slackers 117.2, Team Boyer 91.3
And baby Boyer is in timeout.
What the hell was he thinking, starting Carson Palmer over Tom Brady?
Not that it would have mattered. The Slackers put up eight double-digits, and Boyer had a chance because Drew Brees scored only 21.7, but all the backup came through for the Slackers.
He went into the weekend with Ray Rice, A.J. Green and Torrey Smith on the bye, but Jonathan Dwyer, Mike Williams and Chris Givens (who apparently on the trade block) all scored double-digits to make Parker look like a genius.
But don’t be fooled.
He just got lucky.
And, it’s 8:56 p.m. Thursday, so I’m cutting this short.
Jawz Attack 100.3, Dottsville Toasters 89.2
Hey Shonn Greene scored double-digits. What’s this world coming to?
And he nearly scored more points than RG3, and he was one point away from the total that CJ2K posted.
He scored six more than Calvin Johnson, who should have had a touchdown, but he dropped it. That wouldn’t have won the game for the Toasters, but it would make him feel a little better considering how bad it’s been for Johnson. He has only one TD on the season, and Stafford didn’t throw it to him.
Stafford broke out this week, so perhaps this means that Johnson will start to break out soon.
Jimmy Jammers 118.7, T-Money 103.4
Holy crap, Stafford threw for 43.7 points. And Titus Young had a huge day. So did Crabtree. Too bad the latter two were on my bench.
Still, Stafford’s big day — which was a last-second roster change from Jay Cutler who scored just 12.4 points — help the Jammers win.
T-Money nearly pulled off the comeback, but Jason Witten’s awesome day did not include a TD. If it did, the Money Man would have won.
But, instead, not one of 18 catches were for TDs.
And I think Romo for looking the other way in the red zone.
If it wasn’t for the freakish snowstorm that knocked out power for a week, I’d still be without power.
That storm a year ago, took down all the crappy trees in my development, leaving us with strong trees — and most of them survived this insane storm.
I can’t say the same for my scarecrow owl, Hoot (he keeps the woodpecker away), as he lost his head in the hurricane. I lost power for only a day, which compared to the six days I had to deal with last year, a day was nothing.
I enjoyed it.
I was reading Game of Thrones on my iPad and dealing with spotty 3G coverage, because when I tried to log into fantasy football on my iPhone, it would fail on most occasions.
Finally, at about 11 p.m. on Monday, I got it to load and that’s when I saw that the 49ers defense came through and Frank Gore failed allowed me to prevail in my matchup.
With the sounds of trees falling and debris hitting my house — I sure one of those thumps was Hoot’s head — I saw the score and barely cared.
In the midst of this craziness when real life takes a side seat, of course, the fantasy world moves from the side seat to the curb as you pull away.
I still am in a state of disbelief as I watch the incredibly sad pictures coming out of New York and New Jersey, as well as all around the Lehigh Valley where I live. You’re happy that you still have everything you hold dear, while at the same time you think, what if that was you.
A week ago, I was all up in arms about being 2-and-5. Kind of seems trivial now.
Nevertheless, that’s what I as doing on Sunday morning. I was crafting a fantasy-football modified “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” soliloquy for the blog.
I was trying to rally all the 2-and-5 teams.
Apparently, my “heroic” speech only worked for me.
Of the six 2-and-5 teams, I was the only one to pick up a win.
That would be like if in the battle that ensued after Aragorn’s speech had he be the only one to survive.
Now, I can’t brag too much. I was the only 2-and-5 team facing off against another 2-and-5 team.
Three teams moved to 6-2, including the Organ Thieves and the News Team, who virtually locked up playoff spots. They can both clinch with wins in Week 9, and then they’ll battle it out for the NFC West title.
In the NFC East, the Toasters lost to fall to 5-3, but he remains in firm control of the division with a three-game lead.
Meanwhile, the AFC tightened up as only the Sunday Slackers won to move to 6-2, but the Jawz Attack kept pace with a win to go to 4-4. The Jammers won to remain in playoff contention, and in the AFC North, Houserville won and Fear and Loathing lost to forge a tie for first place at 5-3.
Channel 4 News Team 92.5, Fear and Loathing 84.1
The News Team picked up a lucky win to move to 6-2, scoring 92.5 points.
I’m sure the Organ Thieves are thinking, “What the hell?” while the World of Noise was smiling and saying, “Hey, I can compete with that.”
Notice, Craig, I used the word compete, not beat.
Just as Fear did. He competed, but did not defeat. His sorry Week 8 performance featured a measly 84.1 points.
He got a great performance from Willis McGahee (20.9 points), but that was it. Andrew Luck was mediocre with 22.3 points, but still better than Michael Vick — and also better than his opponent’s Aaron Rodgers.
Both teams had sorry weekend, but ironically, the clear difference in this “defensive struggle” was defense.
The News Team scored 22.5 points with the Dolphins defense, and that was 24 more points than Fear’s defense.
Yes, the math works out to be negative-1.5 points. That’s what the Vikings got him on Thursday night, and losing by 8.4 points, he really could have used just a mediocre defensive showing to beat the News Team.
And that was all made possible because in the story of Jamaal Charles and Hyde, I believe it was Hyde who made an appearance — and by that, I mean, disappearance — scoring 1.6 points.
He’s now had back-to-back sub-par weeks, dropping from the No. 2 RB in fantasy to No. 14.
And when the No. 1 running back in the game, Arian Foster, is on the bye, the last thing you want is your No. 2 back falling from the ranks.
But hey, a win is a win.
Chinese Organ Thieves 128, World of Noise 86.4
I haven’t watched “The League” yet — it’s on Netflix and I’ve been lazy — but I would imagine there has to be a team like the World of Noise.
You know, the team that talks a big game, but always seems to fall apart on draft day and pick the oddest lineup you’ve ever seen.
He had high hopes when he drafted DeSean Jackson, and with just two double-digit weeks and one TD on the season, he’s been a bust.
Robert Meachem scored 21.3 points on the bench one week and in the five other weeks, he’s totaled 13.4 points — that includes two zeroes and a negative-0.6 last week.
That’s right.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Meachem, he started to trek backward. At this rate, his 35.7 points on the season will be gone by Week 17.
It will be like he never played.
If the Noise doesn’t win another game and finishes 2-11 again, it will be like he never played either.
The Thieves certainly won’t be 2-11. In fact, he may be the exact opposite.
Peyton Manning is on fire and Rob Gronkowski has returned to beast mode, scoring four touchdowns in the last two weeks. He’s scored more than 20 points in both of those weeks, including 28.2 last week, further establishing himself as the best tight end in JFL history.
Manning scored more than 30 points for the fourth straight week and nothing seems to be stopping him right now.
And both of his running backs are on fire, too, ranking in the top four. Adrian Peterson scored 19.9 points to remain No. 2 in the JFL, while Trent Richardson scored 19.6 to move up to No. 4.
If the Thieves can get a few of his wideouts going, he’ll be unstoppable.
Real Houserville 144.7, Graybill’s Generals 80.6
Houserville went with Brandon Weeden for some odd reason, and after he scored 6.4 points, I scratched my head a second time.
Still, even with a putrid 6.4 points from the QB position, the Ville easily won this one.
Doug Martin’s 36 points fueled the fire and double-digits from Darren McFadden, Percy Harvin, Demaryius Thomas, Jimmy Graham, the Falcons defense and Lawrence Tynes.
Tynes actually was the team’s third highest scorer with 19 points. He would be a Noise superstar if he was kicking for that low-life team.
But he’s not. He’s kicking for the first-place Houserville.
He has two of the JFL’s top WRs in Harvin and Thomas, and they continue to produce.
If he could only get a QB to perform consistently, he’d put up a serious threat for the AFC title. Right now, with less than 20 points a week from his QBs, he’s got to be a bit scared as he’s tied with Fear and Loathing for the division lead.
If Harvin and Thomas have a bad day, it means that Houserville will certainly be in trouble.
Sunday Slackers 117.2, Team Boyer 91.3
And baby Boyer is in timeout.
What the hell was he thinking, starting Carson Palmer over Tom Brady?
Not that it would have mattered. The Slackers put up eight double-digits, and Boyer had a chance because Drew Brees scored only 21.7, but all the backup came through for the Slackers.
He went into the weekend with Ray Rice, A.J. Green and Torrey Smith on the bye, but Jonathan Dwyer, Mike Williams and Chris Givens (who apparently on the trade block) all scored double-digits to make Parker look like a genius.
But don’t be fooled.
He just got lucky.
And, it’s 8:56 p.m. Thursday, so I’m cutting this short.
Jawz Attack 100.3, Dottsville Toasters 89.2
Hey Shonn Greene scored double-digits. What’s this world coming to?
And he nearly scored more points than RG3, and he was one point away from the total that CJ2K posted.
He scored six more than Calvin Johnson, who should have had a touchdown, but he dropped it. That wouldn’t have won the game for the Toasters, but it would make him feel a little better considering how bad it’s been for Johnson. He has only one TD on the season, and Stafford didn’t throw it to him.
Stafford broke out this week, so perhaps this means that Johnson will start to break out soon.
Jimmy Jammers 118.7, T-Money 103.4
Holy crap, Stafford threw for 43.7 points. And Titus Young had a huge day. So did Crabtree. Too bad the latter two were on my bench.
Still, Stafford’s big day — which was a last-second roster change from Jay Cutler who scored just 12.4 points — help the Jammers win.
T-Money nearly pulled off the comeback, but Jason Witten’s awesome day did not include a TD. If it did, the Money Man would have won.
But, instead, not one of 18 catches were for TDs.
And I think Romo for looking the other way in the red zone.
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