124.95 to 116.45. Just a great all around performance as I had 6 of my 9 starters go into double digit scoring. Also ended up being the highest score for the week (a nice $20 payout).
And boy oh boy are all those "stud" running backs just dominating the fantasy football landscape these days.
Joseph Addai (chest), Laurence Maroney (groin) and Steven Jackson (groin) were out. In Denver, San Diego backup Michael Turner (eight carries for 143 yards and a touchdown) did better than starter LaDainian Tomlinson (21 carries for 67 yards).
Shaun Alexander (11 carries for 25 yards), Frank Gore (16 carries for 52 yards) and Larry Johnson (nine carries for 12 yards) combined for 89 yards. In fact, three quarterbacks Vince Young, Trent Green and Eli Manning had more rushing yards than Johnson, and Green left the game in the first quarter with a concussion.
Can you trust your top running back anymore? Even when the star does well, like in Pittsburgh with Willie Parker running for 102 yards, Najeh Davenport comes in and scores two touchdowns. And Mike Sellers scores two touchdowns in Washington while Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts get none.
Let's not forget the Travis Henry debacle as well and the fact that Brian Westbrook is always week-to-week with will he play won't he play.
I cannot fault anyone for taking LT and S-jax with the top 2 picks, but after that, Peyton was the only sure thing. Addai has performed at expectation, but even in college he was never the #1 back, so his durability has been a concern. He's left 2 games with a injury this year and now has missed a game. But when he is in there he has been nothing short of a stud.
Do the Opposite, Do the Opposite, Do the Opposite. As the ever constant reminder, in my league the first round went like this: LT, S-Jax, LJ, Addai, Peyton (Me), Gore, Alexander, Parker, Rudi, Maroney.
My top 3 - Jags defense (23), Peyton (22.65), and Braylon Edwards (17) for 62.65
His top 3 - Brady (31.25), Patriots D (30), and Reggie Wayne (12.6) for 73.85
Notice no running back for either of us was one of our top 3 scorers! He had T. Henry and Alexander. I ran with Sammy Morris and DeShaun Foster. My two outscored his 2 (and his 2 were his first picks and my 2 were a waiver wire pickup and a 10th round draft pick) by double digit points. And this isn't just a one time thing. It's becoming a theme.
Now, if you did listen to me (which I know no one did) and took Peyton in the first round, you may have taken Marvin Harrison in the 2nd. This way you could double up on the TDs and Yardage points. Unfortunately, he didn't play this week, so one of the elite WRs did go down. But I hold to the philosophy that you DO NOT grab a QB and their top receiver in the draft. If a trade comes along or some kind of weird waiver wire instance (like I have Braylon but pick up Derek Anderson this week to replace Peyton who's on the bye) then go ahead. It's why I grabbed Holt over Marvin in the 2nd round. Everytime that QB throws a TD pass not to your guy you get bummed out, they share the same bye week, and if the offense has a bad day, then you get tag teamed with bad points. Just my philosophy that doesn't really hold any merit (unlike Do the Opposite which does).
Odd facts from our league:
- I am 2-3, and 1 point out of the 6th and final playoff spot. Our first tie-breaker is points scored.
- I am the 4th highest scoring team (662) and have the 2nd most points scored against (677.4).
- Matter of fact 4 of the 5 teams in my division are outscoring the 1st place team in the other division, me being one of them and I am in last place in my division.
- 2 teams are 4-1 (both division leaders)
- 2 teams are 3-2
- 5 teams are 2-3!!! (parity abounds)
- 1 team is 1-4 (hsi only win is against me in week 1)
- So, yes 6 teams have losing records......
- Ronnie Brown is the highest scoring RB
- Randy Moss highest scoring WR
- Randy Moss is outscoring Ronnie Brown
- Have I given any amount of credence to Doing the Opposite....yet?
2 comments:
I drafted Ronnie Brown and then dropped him after week three (he sucked). The guy I played week 4 claimed him off waivers and beat the snot out of me with ole' Ronnie Brown. Currently, I'm doing the opposite of winning. Crazy Paul and I are tied for last place (1-4). Ouch. And, yes, I drafted Frank Gore in the first round. And yes, I should have drafted a QB.
Instead I picked up McNAbb in the third round. And, yes, the Eagles suck. Four out of the five weeks I have had less than 10 points from the QB position. ONe week, McNabb was sacked 12 times and ended up with -6 pts!
It has been so bad that I went out and traded my second and fifth round picks (Rudi Johnson and Alge Crumpler) for Marc Bulger in wk 3. Injured. So, then last week, I traded my fourth round pick, Reggie Wayne, for Philip Rivers.
So, I traded away almost every draft pick I had so I can have 3 stank ass Quarterbacks. Meanwhile, my lineup is devastated. I'm down to starting Chris Chambers and friggin Derrick Mason at wideouts. They both combine for an average 15 points a game.
My wife says fantasy stresses me out too much.
Gore is on the trading block. Nobody wants him.
Bummer dude.
Obviously you over reacted with the whole Ron Brown thing.
But fantasy football is fickle.
Watch those waiver wires and get some free agents in their.
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