[EddieMcD]

Yay! Week I is here!

Rhode Island Voltaic d. Nor Cal Crushers
60-43
“Peyton Manning is a major league stud for the Voltaic...” This will most likely be the case throughout the season, as Manning lead the Voltaic offense with 12 points. The rest came from a defensive effort worth 27. While Nor Cal's defense put up a respectable 23 and their RBs put up 20, that was literally all they'd get. The rest of Rhode Island's offense was able to put up numbers, and therefore, win.


Koko's X-Cats d. Dunedain
70-40
Kerry Collins put up 14 for the X-Cats. The best thing Dunedain had going was a Tiki Barber 12. If that wasn't the only decent scoring Dunedain would get, it wouldn't be so bad. But with an underperforming defense, and an almost non-existant offense, the X-Cats take this one easilly.

FIRSTforce d. The Tacoites
66-59
The Tom Brady owners around the world must have been dancing with joy, what with his 13 points this week. Indianapolis added 17 and Jeff Reed contributed 10 more. So with all that, why didn't the Tacoites win? Steve Smith and Rudi Johnson combined for 25, while the defensive effort totaled 24. The rest of the offense, albeit not scoring much, was able to put a win in FIRSTforce's bag.

Team THRUST d. Stevies Scapegoats
40-33
Daunte Culpepper got intercepted three times, and fumbled twice. That's a -9 in the Scapegoats' QB slot. On the other side of things, Marc Bulger was able to put up a very nice 12. That's a difference of 21 right there. While the Scapegoats attempted to mount a comeback with Atlanta's 11 and Willie Parker's 16, it wasn't enough to offset Culpepper.

Cooney Quest d.. QC Elite
46-34
It's the battle of the QBs who did absolutely nothing! Now to be fair, at least the Elite's Aaron Brooks scored a single positive point. But even with the New York Giants 19, they still lost. Despite Favre's less-than-spectacular -4, Deion Branch's 10 and Buffalo's 18 pumped the Quest up enough to get that win.

IwillCrushYou d. Pelan's Bobcats
43-34
"Pelan's Bobcats have hamstrung themselves by playing the suspended Antonio Gates and a player who is not on an NFL roster making things easier for IWCY...” Yeah, prettymuch. I will give the correct props to Larry Fitzgerald and Larry Johnson though, who combined for 30 for IWCY.

Your Ad Here d. hurricanes
52-51
This was the closest and most exciting game of the week. It started on Thursday, with YAH getting 12 points from Randy Moss. We continue to Sunday, where the major contributers for YAH were Julius Jones and Shayne Graham with dual 10s. The Hurricanes had Rian Lindell's 16 from the K position and Pittsburgh's 14. They were down by one going into Monday Night Football, where their star Donovan McNabb would take them to victory... one would imagine. Unfortunately, McNabb put up a rather large goosegg, allowing YAH to barely escape with a victory.

Coco's Monkeys d. sigmakittens
44-31
It's primates versus felines this week on Animal Planet. Yeah, it wasn't much of a battle. The Monkey's really only needed Corey Dillon's 16 to succeed. The only relatively decent score for the Sigmakittens was Priest Holmes scroing 12. The Monkeys take one for the primates.

Akshar Did It d. Fiesty Clowns
34-30
Move along. Nothing to see here. What's that? I'm contractually obligated to actually write something? *swears in Manderin* Fine, I guess ADI getting 11 off of Roethlisberger is something. A win is a win, and ADI has one.

west coast style d. Jc's Evil Empire
56-38
"It's the Evil Empire's slew of running backs Jamal Lewis, Steven Jackson and Ronnie Brown vs. WCS's stable of recivers Terell Owens, Marvin Harrison and Drew Bennet.” The one problem with having a slew of RBs is that they really have to get a lot of touches to produce yardage and scores. The Empire's RBs didn't get either. Harrison and Owens were able to combine for 14 on WCS's team. “What Fred Taylor and Byron Leftwich does will determine how WCS will do.” Well, they both won, and hey, so did WCS. Psychic points for Ed!

Rank Team W-L-T Pct Pts Streak
1. Koko's X-Cats 1-0-0 1.000 70 W-1
2. FIRSTforce 1-0-0 1.000 66 W-1
3. Rhode Island Voltaic 1-0-0 1.000 61 W-1
4. west coast style 1-0-0 1.000 56 W-1
5. Your Ad Here 1-0-0 1.000 52 W-1
6. Cooney Quest 1-0-0 1.000 46 W-1
7. Coco's Monkeys 1-0-0 1.000 44 W-1
8. IwillCrushYou 1-0-0 1.000 43 W-1
9. Team THRUST 1-0-0 1.000 40 W-1
10. Akshar Did It 1-0-0 1.000 34 W-1
11. The Tacoites 0-1-0 .000 59 L-1
12. hurricanes 0-1-0 .000 51 L-1
13. Nor Cal Crushers 0-1-0 .000 43 L-1
14. Dunedain 0-1-0 .000 40 L-1
15. Jc's Evil Empire 0-1-0 .000 38 L-1
16. QC Elite 0-1-0 .000 34 L-1
17. Pelan's Bobcats 0-1-0 .000 34 L-1
18. Stevies Scapegoats 0-1-0 .000 33 L-1
19. sigmakittens 0-1-0 .000 31 L-1
20. Feisty Klowns 0-1-0 .000 30 L-1

Wow, there's a major fantasy point difference between the tops and bottoms of both the winners and the losers. Could fantasy points play an even larger role in determining who makes the playoffs than they have in year's past? Obviously, it's way too early to tell, but it'll be an interesting thought to ponder as the weeks go on. Catch you next week.