Weekend Recap Week 3

Commish's Corner....

It's a weird NFL season so far, three weeks into the regular season and two teams remain unbeaten at 3-0, the Cheifs and the Steelers. The Bears and Packers are both 2-0, but after tonight, we'll loose one of them and have three teams unbeaten. On the flip side, there are four teams with an 0-3 record, 49ers, Lions, Panthers, Bills. Take your pick on which of the four is the worst.

An interesting article I read about Randy Moss regarding the effect Randy had on the league and the influence he's had on the league. Here it is:

" Seriously, when Moss stormed the league in 1998 and went on a three-year assault with 43 TDs and an unlawful 18.4 average per catch, it began to change the way teams drafted.  You see, he made them want a game-breaking WR like him, and he made them want DBs to stop guys like him.  From 1994-1999 there were 23 WRs and 27 DBs drafted in the first round.  Then “post-Moss” from 2000-2005 there were 31 WRs and 34 DBs drafted in the first round.  The trend continues on today.  Frankly, Moss should get a residual commission off Chiefs rookie safety Eric Berry’s (drafted 5th overall) $34 million signing bonus this year.

The Moss drafting effect was even greater as I dug into the second and third rounds.  But the biggest copycats were in the divisionwith Moss: from 1999-2004 Chicago had 31 picks in the first 4 rounds and used 11 of them on WRs or DBs.  The Monsters of the Midway used 35% of their picks on WRs or DBs!  David Terrell at eighth overall in 2001...  That, my friends, was their lousy attempt to land a “Moss.” "

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Chad Henne	MIA	26.25	QB	Brett Favre	MIN	14.05
RB	Kenneth Darby	STL	13.13	RB	Fred Taylor	NEP	2.00
RB	Danny Woodhead	NEP	11.25	RB	Darren Sproles	SDC	3.25
WR	Lance Moore	NOS	30.63	WR	Miles Austin	DAL	2.50
WR	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	19.75	WR	Visanthe Shiancoe	MIN	0.88
WR	Jeremy Shockey	NOS	15.75	WR	Mike Thomas	JAC	0.88
KT	Dan Carpenter	MIA	14.40	KT	Nate Kaeding	SDC	4.00
DT	Seattle Seahaws	SEA	26.00	DT	San Francisco 49ers	SFO	2.47
Fantasy Points = 157.26				Fantasy Points = 30.03

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