FIRST Fantasy Football Plus League
Pelan's Bobcats
Koko's X-Cats
Fiesty Clowns
Tolman
Beckham Pwns All
wst Coast Style
Cooney Quest
WBI-461
Mechanicatz
Tomahawks
Nor Cal Crushers
sigmakittens
Cromer Angry Smash!
Stevies Scapegoats
Dogs in the Bathtub
Jc's Evil Empire
WEEK 1 SCEDULE
Stevies Scapegoats vs.
Koko's X-Cats
The X-Cats feature Fantasy mainstay Marc Bulger who heads the high powered Rams offense and Willis McGahee who is expected to provide a big year for the Buffalo Bills. The X-Cats defense is particularly strong as well featuring defensive mainstays Ed Reed, Darren Sharper and Julius Peppers as well as the aggressive Philadelphia Eagles defense. The Scapegoats are strong at receiver featuring Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Chad Johnson and have an underrated fantasy producer in Jake Delhomme. Lamont Brightful is inactive though thus hurting their defense.
Jc's Evil Empire vs.
Nor Cal Crushers
The Evil Empire features the most dominant fantasy performer LaDainian Tomlinson as well as the versatile Brian Westbrook and Terrell Owens but Ben Roethlisberger is a big question mark. While he was very successful in the won/lost column he was not a very strong fantasy performer. The Crushers are very strong at running back with a potential breakout star in Lamont Jordan and the second best fantasy back Shaun Alexander. Jake Plummer is mercurial. One week he can be a hero and the next he can kill you with his turnovers. The Evil Empire's D could be particularly strong featuring the aggressive Bills D though it'll be interesting to see what DeMarcus Ware does against full speed competition.
Tomahawks vs.
Cooney Quest
While the Tomahawks feature all-world player Peyton Manning the isn't much else to feel good about this week. Muhsin Muhammad has no one to throw the ball to him. Plaxico Burress is up and down and Eli Manning may or may not play. Tatum Bell and J.J. Arrington are unknowns. Antonio Gates isn't playing this week and the defense is full of guys not playing. The Quest are taking a chance with the so far disappointing Joey Harrington but have enough to get by this week with Ahman Green and Javon Walker plus the Patriots defense will get their shots to make some points against the high risk high reward Raiders attack.
sigmakittens vs.
Beckham Pwns All
The Kitties are banking their success heavily on the strong Chiefs offense but who knows if Priest Holmes body will hold if and if it doesn't can Trent Green carry the load. Beckham Pwns All is banking on Domancik Davis, Drew Brees and Tiki Barber. Good fantasy performers who may still have to prove themselves for Beckham Pwns All to be sucessful. The Kitties are stronger on defense because Beckham Pwns All boast and blank spot and an inactive player on their defense.
Cromer Angry Smash! vs.
Tolman
Cromer Angry Smash! has Edgerrin James and Curtis Martin who could be a fantasy breakout star now that Lamont Jordan has gone west and won't be stealing his red zone carries anymore. Bret Farve is no where near the player he once was and is just as likely to burn you as he is to save you. Matt Hasselbeck is a much more stable presence for Tolman and both Jamal Lewis and Clinton Portis are looking for bigger years than they had last year but Tolman is hurt on defense with a blank spot and a non starter in Allen Rossum (unless he manages to take one to the house).
Dogs in the Bathtub vs.
Pelan's Bobcats
While Micheal Vick is an amazing athlete and perhaps the most exciting player in the NFL he is a crappy fantasy football player. Not good news for Dogs in the Bathtub. What's worse is they are depending on unproven players like Cedric Benson,Kevin Barlow (who is a major disappointment to say the least), Charles Rogers who has yet to play a whole season IN HIS CAREER, Clarence Moore. Their best bet is to outperform Pelan's Bobcats on defense with the awesome Ravens defense but Will Poole is wasting a roster spot.Still it's better than Pelan's Bobcats defense which has non performers up and down and the lesser Seahawks D. Corey Dillon and Rudi Johnson got his back though.
Mechanicatz vs.
Fiesty Clowns
Drew Bledsoe vs. Daunte Culpepper is an ugly mismatch for the Mechanicatz. Their best bet is to lean on their strong receiving core Randy Moss, Hines Ward and Torry Holt. Otherwise there isn't much hope as their backs Carnell Williams and DeShaun Foster come up short against Kevin Jones and Chris Brown. At least both D suffer from equal lack of attention so for once that's even. Noting is expected from either of them.
WBI-461 vs.
wst Coast Style
Kerry Collins vs. Donovan McNabb usually looks like it's a bad deal for WBI-461 but with Randy Moss in his arsenal scoring and yards won't be Collins problem. While Terrell Owens isn't talking to McNabb he'll still catch his passes so he'll be bigtime. wst Coast Style made a huge mistake going with Jerome Bettis and Duce Staley who are both out and were at a disadvantage already against Deuce McAllister and Steven Jackson.