Big Sunday of football today. Yahoo! expert Andy Behrens already does something like this every sunday, where he keeps a live update ( sort of) of games that go on in the NFL, tells us the highlights, makes some funny references, makes fun of Brandon Jacobs's weight or the San Francisco 49ers's ineptitude, and gives fantasy implications for each game. I hate to be a copycat, but that's some sound reporting, and i'm gonna get myself on that:
Oakland vs. Minnesota: What's significant about this game is not only chester taylor replacing adrian peterson and running all over the raiders' D ( what happened to warren sapp and ted washington in the middle of that run D?), but sebastian janikowski went FIVE of FIVE on FG attempts. Yes, 100%. THAT sebastian janikowski. He probably has the longest leg in the NFL and if anyone were ever to kick a 70-yarder he'd be the guy to do it, but he's never lived up his first-round draft selection. Today he had a long of 52, which isn't bad. But keep in mind it was in the metrodome. Philip Dawson also had a day of kicking, kicking 4 but in much more important situations, w/ a wierd game-equalizing FG as time ran out that was initially ruled no good. Good thing for Dawson's owners as that 50+ yarder was good, which set up ANOTHER 33-yarder to win the game in OT. That 8-point swing could have decided games for a lot of peeps. Enough about kickers though.
Maurice Jones-Drew has really bounced back after i wrote him off as a classic sophomore slump at about week 4- the guy is really actually a stud RB and i saw it first hand today when he just absolutely knocked OUT shawne merriman on a block, allowing David Garrard to pass to Mercedes Lewis for a JAX TD. Jax also wins by the same margin. GATES wasn't looking too hot for most of the game, just barely missing a potential TD in the first half, but did get a late TD from rivers for 54 yds, 1 TD. That'll work.
Jason Campbell is eventually gonna be a fantasy stud QB. Perhaps next year he'll be a Top 5 fantasy thrower. Today he was really on target against Dallas in mounting a late comeback but ultimately got intercepted by Terrance Newman. But w/ the WR's he's got in Washington, he's doing a heck of a job developing. Too bad Joe Gibbs shouldn't be there too long after this season.
What's this? St. Louis has won 2 in a row after 0-8 start? Well, they beat San Fran today in a 13-9 game in a battle of the uglies. I was gonna say, if u can't have a good fantasy day against SF, u can't have good fantasy days, and marc bulger and his WR's really didn't, but then i thought SF is not THAT bad of a D, it's just their offense deserves to play in Div III college ball.
The return of Andre Johnson- i alluded to it yesterday, he came back against the right team too, as NO's jason david probably has been burnt more than the glass beakers in my old chemistry classroom........geez. 8 rec, 120 yds, 1 TD for aj.......i like.
McNabb's hurt. Westbrook still going strong. Urg. I think maybe McNabb has a bounce-back year next year, MAYBE, but frankly this guy hasn't looked too good the last 2 seasons even when healthy and he hasn't bee healthy too much. Is his career in decline? Sure it's against the Dolphins, but every time i look at a PHI box score i see Westbrook w/ some sort of 100+ yardage, either by rush or by air. The sad thing is i could've drafted him or addai on draft day w/ the 6th pick. I picked Shaun Alexander.
I had the Pitt D, Pittsburgh kicker Jeff Reed, Pitt WR Hines WArd, and Pitt QB Big Ben all in on one team playing today, and it wasn't a bad play at all against the bad NYJ team. WEll, it didn't pay off too well, as the Steelers LOST. First of all, when u click on the box score for ur team in a situation where i'm heavily invested like this and ur team did NOT win, or they scored LESS than 28 points, u worry. And i was justified. Reed did okay, but the rest of the team's performance leads me to believe in that particular league i'm gonna be saddled w/ a loss.......
Especially since my opponent had Tom Brady. Another ho-hum, 373 yard, 5 TD, no INT day today. No words to describe what this guy is doing. No words to describe my anguish at getting no part of the New England passing game in either of my 3 leagues on draft day.
Earnest Graham 102 rush yds, 1 TD. This guy's quitely emerged as a solid replacement for Cadillac Williams- I knew he was a pretty good runner in week 3 when he came in for cadillac and ran much harder. Ahh, the power of fresh backs. O, and joey galloway got 63 yds, 1 TD. I'm picking the bucs for that division, but they got another matchup w/ the saints in 2 weeks that they should be able to win. If not, it might get messy.
Sunday was the type of day owners of any Arizona offensive player envisions having all season.......except it was against the Cincinatti Bengals, who would probably get run all over by the Illini offense right now. Juice and Mendenhall would put up at least 14 points against these jokers. But my point was, Larry Fitzgerald got 93 yds, 1 TD, Anquan boldin got 73 yds, 1 TD, edge ran for 52 and a TD................this was supposed to be a mini-version of Indy in the west, especially w/ boldin and fitzgerald. These 2 might still finish very strong, but their stock might never be as high as it was at the start of the last season, when they were both drafted early 3rd roudn.
Finally, there might be something brewing in Indy. Sure, he's got a lot of weapons banged up, especially his top gun marvin harrison, but peyton did NOT look like the peyton we kno and love today against an ordinary chiefs D, throwing 163, no TD's, 1 INT on just 50% completion rate. This after last week's 6 INT-debacle. Hmm........anyway, manning owners must be pissed. I have never in my now 4 years of fantasy football owned manning in any of my leagues, something i'm not that proud about, but this year i am cuz i would have overpaid.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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