Antwaan Randel El, you IDIOT!!! Okay, got that off my chest. Week III:
Rhode Island Voltaic (2-0) d. The Tacoites (1-1)
51-48
One of these days, Rhode Island is going to bust out that awesome offense. Today wasn’t that day. Their defense pulled through with 27 though. Which is more than can be said for the Tacoites. Yeah, Chad Johnson got them 15. But they couldn’t muster up much more. Okay, it took Dante Hall bailing out the Voltaic on Monday night again, but they’re still undefeated.
Nor Cal Crushers (1-1) d. Koko's X-Cats (1-1)
128-73
Yeah… what can you say about the X-Cats except it’s their second very tough loss in a row. Let’s look at the good: Kerry Collins with 13, their RBs combining for 21, a 12 from the K spot, and Dwight Freeny’s 11. The bad: the fact that they were playing the appropriately named Crushers this week. I mean, when Thomlison, Westbrook, and Steve Smith combine for 74 on their own, any matchup is prettymuch over. We’ll just add Plummer’s 12, Nugent’s 9, a defensive 26, and “Cadillac” Williams’s
low score of 7 for completeness. Yes, that was indeed a low score of 7 coming form Nor Cal. I think they won…
Stevies Scapegoats (0-2) d. Dunedain (0-2)
66-61
Speaking of tough losses, Dunedain was coming off a tough one last week They managed to step up their game too. Brees finally performed with 11, Keyshawn Johnson gave them 13, and Thomas Jones and Zach Thomas both tallied 11. So what went wrong? Well, for starters, the Kansas City DEF came out like Swiss Cheese on Monday night (which explains how Dante Hall got so may returns for the Voltaic in that first game) scoring -1. The second was having your opponent lead out with a Culpepper 18 (yes, Culpepper actually did his job on Sunday). Joey Galloway would tack on another 14, while Atlanta would actually score positive points (they gave the Scapegoats 9). This would make it the second tough loss in a row for Dunedain.
FIRSTforce (2-0) d. QC Elite (0-2)
56-22
On paper, the Elite should be winning. It’s just that something different goes wrong each and every week. This week, it’s a total defensive effort of -3. While FIRSTforce probably could’ve done better, they really didn’t have to. Neil Rackers again impressed us from the K spot with 16, while the two Ds combined for 16. The rest of the offense was mediocre at best, but as I said earlier, it’s not like they needed the extra scoring on their way to their third straight win.
Pelan's Bobcats (0-2) d. Team THRUST (2-0)
68-61
“Trent Green hasn't been the most productive player for the Bobcats but Shaun Alexander is a stud and may be enough for the Bobcats to break through.” Trent Green with a “not the most productive” 7, Shaun Alexander with a studly (if it’s not a word, it’s an Eddieism
) 31. Ed tallies one more psychic point. That still wasn’t enough on its own. Luckily, the Bobcats had Antonio Gates break into double digits with 10, and the Jets added another 11. The Thrust tried to counter with their WRs totaling 24, and Jason Elam scoring 12. It was all the real scoring they’d get though, allowing the Bobcats to pick up their first win.
hurricanes (0-2) d. Cooney Quest (2-0)
47-30
Ugh… just ugh. When your prized offense gets the majority of its points from solo tackles, it’s time to worry. Cooney’s defense did next-to-nothing, while nobody could seem to break into double digits. Moving to the Hurricanes, you can see that they didn’t have the greatest week themselves. Still, Chambers and Lindell both went with a 10, and McNabb provided 12. Whatever was left was more than enough to give them their first win.
sigmakittens (0-2) d. IwillCrushYou (2-0)
44-32
What’s with all the winless teams getting by the undefeated teams? In what was probably just a fluke, IWCY just simply broke down. Their high score was James Farrior with 11, but they had a -3 from their running game, and a -2 from the K spot. The Kittens got by with Delhomme’s 11 and Seattle’s 10. While having two donuts on the scoreboard, the rest of the Sigmakittens all scored at least 4. Not a pretty win, but it’s a win nonetheless.
Your Ad Here (2-0) d. Feisty Clowns (1-1)
52-48
“The Feisty Clowns have doomed themselves to failure by having two non performers on defense and Kevin Jones and Andre Johnson on a bye.” So that’s four 0s right there. Still:
“Unless Carson Palmer and Edgerrin James have career games…” Not quite career games, but they combined for 26. I might as well toss out props to Cincinnati for scoring 15 too.
“…Your Ad Here won't need Steve McNair, Julius Jones, or Randy Moss to all be bigtime.” Unfortunately, the rest of YAH did almost nothing (keyword: almost), so those three in particular had to come through. And they did, combining for 39. YAH’s “almost nothing” still was more than the Clowns literal nothing, keeping them undefeated.
Jc's Evil Empire (0-2) d. Coco's Monkeys (1-1)
61-39
It’s about time the Empire’s offense did something other than twiddling their thumbs. Drew Bledsoe threw like the mulit-time Pro-Bowler he is/was, scoring 20. Ronnie Brown also provided some pointage (that’s two Eddieisms this week
) with his 12. Nothing else as impressive popped up for the Empire, but their only bad thing was a Washington zero due to a bye. Meanwhile, after Corey Dillon’s 16 and a defensive 22, the Monkeys literally fell flat on their face. We have our fifth winless team to win this week.
Akshar Did It (2-0) d. west coast style (1-1)
56-55
This is what I call “hanging on by a thread”. It was donutville (there’s the third Eddieism
) in receiverland (followed quickly by a forth
) for ADI, and WCS had a bye in the kicker position (not to mention loosing Rodney Harrison in the first quarter). Which would cost more? ADI had Roethlisberger score 11, followed up by Vinatieri’s 10 and the defense’s 23. Fred Taylor, Terrell Owens, and Miami all put up 10s for WCS, and Donnie Edwards had their high score of 11 (combined defense of 22 there). So in what was a very close game, it looks like the lack of points from the K spot, and the loss of whatever points Harrison would’ve scored had he not gotten hurt, hurt WCS just enough for ADI to squeeze by undefeated.
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Rank Team W-L-T Pct Pts Streak
1. Your Ad Here 3-0-0 1.000 177 W-3
2. FIRSTforce 3-0-0 1.000 170 W-3
3. Rhode Island Voltaic 3-0-0 1.000 161 W-3
4. Akshar Did It 3-0-0 1.000 142 W-3
5. Nor Cal Crushers 2-1-0 .667 247 W-2
6. Team THRUST 2-1-0 .667 169 L-1
7. Cooney Quest 2-1-0 .667 126 L-1
8. IwillCrushYou 2-1-0 .667 122 L-1
9. Koko's X-Cats 1-2-0 .333 184 L-2
10. west coast style 1-2-0 .333 163 L-2
11. The Tacoites 1-2-0 .333 153 L-1
12. hurricanes 1-2-0 .333 142 W-1
13. Stevies Scapegoats 1-2-0 .333 140 W-1
14. Pelan's Bobcats 1-2-0 .333 137 W-1
15. Jc's Evil Empire 1-2-0 .333 136 W-1
16. Feisty Klowns 1-2-0 .333 136 L-1
17. sigmakittens 1-2-0 .333 128 W-1
18. Coco's Monkeys 1-2-0 .333 113 L-2
19. Dunedain 0-3-0 .000 144 L-3
20. QC Elite 0-3-0 .000 79 L-3
Yay, organized leaderboard! We lost three undefeated teams (who hilariously all lost to winless teams) this week. One weird little anomaly: the team with the highest fantasy score (Nor Cal) is at 2-1, and the team with the second highest score (X-Cats) is at 1-2. Both teams lost to Rhode Island, (who's back in 7th when it comes to fantasy scores), and the X-Cats other loss came to Nor Cal. Talk about twisted...