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| Bucs on the mind all the time Even at a nice function, Jimmy can smile for a photo while the Chalupaneers' owner finds himself lost in a world of fine-looking Bucs cheerleaders. |
Let’s not forget, the biggest problem Chalupa Batman had in
2014 was his love for the Buccaneers.
He went into 2015 with the vow not to commit those same
mistakes, and at season’s start, he was doing just fine.
Not a single Buccaneer. Not even Jameis Winston, who he
thought about drafting.
But then, as the season rolled along, the Buc itch crept in, and all of a sudden, the Chalupa became the Chalupaneers (I'll make you a logo for 2016).
He traded for Mike Evans on Sept. 22, two days after picking up the Bucs
defense.
Evans is solid and the defense is a defense, so no big deal.
But his O-buc-cession disorder kicked into full gear later
adding Charles Sims on Sept. 30 and Austin Seferian-Jenkins on Oct. 28.
None of this hurt him as Jenkins was injured and Greg Olsen
or T.Y. Hilton got their starts as Chalupa went 9-4 en route to the NFC’s top
seed.
That all fell apart in Week 14, though, as he started
Jenkins, who had 3.7 points in his return to action the week prior.
He matched that total Sunday and the fourth-seeded Cheese
Steaks upset the Batman 78-73.9.
Matt Jones and Charles Sims, both who had better averages
and performances leading in, would have won it for him, but let’s be serious.
They don’t get the start.
T.Y. Hilton, who is ranked 17th in receiving, averages 11.1
points per week and was a key trade acquisition should have gotten that start
over Jenkins.
You can play matchups all you want, but fantasy football is
often about the law of averages, and this time, Buc love cost the Batman a
chance at the NFC Championship.
OK, enough BatBucman bashing. I apologized prior to the blog
post, but it had to be noted.
The Cheese Steaks’ close win wasn’t the closest of the
weekend as the Generals beat the Toasters 98.2-96 thanks to the Dolphins
defense scored 2.3 points on Monday night.
As their point total dwindled, the Generals had to be
getting quite anxious. Another TD by the Giants would have surely booted the
Generals from the playoffs, but he moves on and survives a week that saw the
Toasters’ Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin combine for 74.5 points.
The Generals will meet the Steaks in the NFC Championship
game next week, and it’s the first time for the Steaks and second for the
Generals, who hasn’t been in there since his 2008 JFL Super Bowl Championship
run. That’s also the last time he won a playoff game.
In the AFC, it’s a battle of the JFL juggernauts as the
League’s highest scoring team, Choo, put up 127.9 against the Jerk and used a
40-point win to send him packing — most of those points coming from Odell
Beckham Jr.
He also got another 31.8 points from Carson Palmer and 15.3
from Erik Decker, both acquired in a single trade with the Cheese Steaks for
Dez Bryant, Joe Flacco and Chris Ivory. … I’d say the Choo won big time with
that deal. Palmer is ranked No. 3 in QBs and Decker is No. 11 in WR. He also
has a hot RB in David Johnson who is ranked 11th and has four straight weeks of
double-digits.
Right now, his team is a runaway Choo Choo train, and the next stop is Houserville. The question is whether it's a local train that will stop there or an express that will speed on through.
Houserville also continues to benefit from a trade as the
Aaron Rodgers deal that set him up for great success led him to another 129.5
points this week in an absolute whitewash of the wacky, wild World of Noise,
who had three key players — Matt Ryan, Devonta Freeman and Calvin Johnson —
combined for just 16.5 points.
Note, eighth-round kicker Stephen Gostkowski scored 11 for
Noise; free-agent pickup kicker Chris Boswell had 18 for Houserville.
Will Noise ever learn?
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