Week 5 Weekend Recap

Commish's Corner....

Humbling....

I highlighted the incredible pace the scoring has been on last week, including five teams scoring over 135 points. Currently we have four teams that have scored over 100 points, with the chance of 3 or 4 more just making over the barrier. Welcome to the BYE weeks.

Good news, the Dream Team, Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings now share the same record at 1-4. Good thing they paid their QB 100 Million based on a half season of play from last year, traded away Kevin Kolb and ran McNabb out of town.

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Matt Cassel	KCC	30.05	QB	Kyle Orton	DEN	1.70
RB	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	14.13	RB	Stevan Ridley	NEP	1.63
RB	Bernard Scott	CIN	8.38	RB	Joseph Addai	IND	3.13
WR	James Jones	GBP	23.50	WR	Eric Decker	DEN	0.00
WR	Doug Baldwin	SEA	23.00	WR	Denarius Moore	OAK	0.00
WR	Jason Hill	JAC	20.75	WR	Dustin Keller	NYJ	0.88
PK	Steve Hauschka	SEA	13.40	PK	Matt Bryant	ATL	2.00
DT	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	21.32	DT	Indianapolis Colts	IND	2.93
Fantasy Points = 154.53				Fantasy Points = 12.27

Fantasy Game Recaps....

2011 Power Rank - Week 5

Week: 1 |  2 | 3 | 4 | 5

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Buckwheat	3-1	Mr. Glass did dislocate a finger in his week 4 game, but he was able to play the remainder of the game. Three out of four weeks scoring in the 140's....this team is rolling now with only Mr. Glass to derail it.
	2 (3)	Dynasty	2-2	Firing on all but one cylinder, this team has fought back to 2-2 in the standings. Second overall in points scored and pretty well distributed between QB, RB, WR.
	3 (2)	Dragons	2-2	Dragons are currently at 81% efficiency in their starting line up. Only one team is worse at starting the wrong lineup each week.
	4 (9)	Hustla	3-1	All this team does is score points from Forte and 1.88 from newly traded Gronkowski! On the right week, this team is unstoppable, but there are vulnerabilities.
	5 (6)	Rutting Bucks	3-1	Aaron Rodgers and Ravens Defense accounted for 90 of it's 145 points....um, really? Two players scored more than the entire starting lineup of Grease Slappers.
	6 (7)	Crippled Monkeys	3-1	Slowly creeping up in the rankings, if only it could get it's good players going, the secret ranking formula would give this team better numbers.
	7 (8)	Pimp Juice	2-2	The Juice has a lot going for it right now, Welker, Peterson, Sproles, Romo....this team is close to being a power house.
	8 (4)	One Angry Gook	3-1	Thankfully it sounds like Andre Johnson will only be out three weeks, but another injury to this team that it cannot afford, plus we start the BYE weeks and this team could be in for a rough stretch.
	9 (5)	Stickboy	2-2	Potentially this team has the third most points scored, but as I mentioned one team had a worser efficiency rating than Dragons, that would be this team at 76.4% efficient. We just may have to change the team name to Player Roulette.
	10 (11)	Thunder Choads	1-3	A great week for the Choads who earned their first win of the season. After a couple of weekend pickups, this team may be trend upwards.
	13 (10)	Grease Slappers	0-4	Takes over the 13 spot from the All-Stars, well deserved.
	14 (13)	Short Bus All-Stars	0-4	All-Stars can't catch a break after facing Team Buckwheat, they must play Team Dynasty, Team Stickboy, Rutting Bucks, then finally an easy match up against Grease.

Commish Notes for Week 5

First of all, I present: Vick In A Box

Second, newly created league polls: Please go vote

Has anyone else noticed league scoring appears to be a bit higher than normal? It actually is, by a lot!! After four weeks of scoring, we have a collective total of 442 points. In 2010 after four weeks we were at 382. In 2009, it was 392 points. So a 60 point gain after the first four weeks of play. This year we currently have nine teams scoring more than 400 points. In 2010 in the same time frame we had only four teams. Last weeks games saw five teams score 135 points or more, with 135.84 being the fifth highest score of the week! Insane! The lamest part about those five high scoring teams was not one of them played each other. Boring! I want the guy who scores 145 points to lose to the guy scoring 149 points. I got that several times last year, now it's someone else's turn.

Our Top Five QBs are: Rodgers, Brady, Newton, Brees, Stafford
Our Top Five RBs are: McFadden, McCoy, Rice, Forte, Fred Jackson
Our Top Five WRs are: Welker, Megatron, Steve Smith CAR, Wallace, Gronkowski

Around the NFL....This is our first bye week and the Ravens, Cowboys, Browns, Dolphins, Rams and Redskins will be out. Make your lineup moves to cover any players out. And this is going to be interesting too since six teams are out and more significant injuries are happening and will continue. That could really shift the fortunes of fantasy teams in the coming weeks. Bye weeks and injuries can really change the standings.

There are now only four teams without a win. The Rams, the Vikings, the Dolphins and the Colts. The Vikings are a mild surprise but lost receivers and quarterbacks and are installing a new system. The Colts have no changes other than losing Peyton Manning. The Rams are actually better personnel wise but apparently unable to get the new offense installed and running. The Dolphins are trying out a new offense with younger players. Hard to believe one of these will get the first overall pick in the draft but so far nothing is looking up for any of the three. And do Steve Spagnuolo, Leslie Frazier, Tony Sparano and Jim Caldwell all keep their jobs? Can you really blame all of IND's woes on Manning? Or was he just the one covering up everything else? Who will be the first coach fired? I am going with Sparano for now. Just a hunch.

ESPN yanks Hank Williams, opening number pulled: Wait a minute, a weed smoking, whisky and cocaine snorting, womanizing, hotel room destroying, bar-fighting, party hardy, tobacco chompin' redneck hillbilly that got drunk and fell off a cliff, makes a great ambassador for your product for 20 years off a song that was originally about getting drunk and partying. But when his brain cells (damaged so from all the drinking, weed smoking, fighting, and falling off cliffs) cause him to utter the "H" word in describing his so very deep and consequential political views I shouldn't hear his song no more? Whew! At least I know where ESPN draws the line. I should have been shielded from this dangerous man long ago. You irresponsible bastards.

Can't wait to see what Week 5 games and BYE weeks bring us....

2011 Power Rank - Week 4

Week: 1 |  2 | 3 | 4 | 5

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Buckwheat	2-1	Mr. Glass was injured once again during and had to leave the game. The 16-0, Dream Team record is now a thing of the past.
	2 (2)	Dragons	2-1	Didn't start the right line up again, and perhaps the bench outscored the starters, but I'm too lazy to do the math.
	3 (3)	Dynasty	1-2	Has the hottest QB in the league and finally getting in the "W" column. Can they keep the winning streak alive over the Juice?
	4 (7)	One Angry Gook	3-0	Lost a key running back for the season and pulls out the victory to go to 3-0. Perhaps only one RB is needed with 4 stud WR's on the roster.
	5 (5)	Stickboy	2-1	And you all thought drafting a punter as a kicker was such a silly thing to do....21.40 points from him and the 15 point victory over Grease and this team is all smiles.
	6 (6)	Rutting Bucks	2-1	A very good week from key players gave this team the third high score of the week. Plays Stickboy for the division lead and needs a repeat performance.
	7 (4)	Crippled Monkeys	2-1	Monkeys are still waiting for the big RB names to show up. At the very least, McFadden is covering enough points for two RB's. The receivers took a big drop off in week 3, but there seams to be a lot of that this year as the ball spreads to multiple WRs.
	8 (8)	Pimp Juice	2-1	A pretty decent week once again. Welker may have saved the victory for the week, and Peterson is due for a big game, right?
	9 (9)	Hustla	2-1	Only scored over 100 points once this week, but has two victories to show for it. Faces OAG this week, but can they pull off the upset of the week?
	10 (12)	Grease Slappers	0-2	Faces the Choads....one of these teams has to win this week, guaranteed!
	11 (11)	Thunder Choads	0-2	Faces the Slappers....one of these teams has to win this week, guaranteed!
	13 (10)	Short Bus All-Stars	0-2	Has a tough draw against Team Buckwheat this week, just needs a few players to get hot this week.

2011 Power Rank - Week 3

Week: 1 | 2 | 3

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Buckwheat	2-0	This team is rolling with two high scores of the week to start the season. With the potential of Vick sitting out a week and the available QB's, can it get by with McNabb in his lineup?
	2 (2)	Dragons	2-0	A well balanced scoring team that is producing here at the beginning of the season.
	3 (3)	Dynasty	0-2	Despite the 0-2 start, this team is doing quite well. I'm a little concerned about the receiving injuries, but it should be alright as the season plays out.
	4 (4)	Crippled Monkeys	2-0	Sitting at 2-0 despite paying $100 dollars for Cam Newton and sitting him on the bench. When one of it's two top RB's start to produce, the monkeys may go on a winning streak.
	5 (5)	Stickboy	1-1	Tons of points, not necessarily starting the right players, but this team is scoring points, lots of them. Luckily this team has seven running backs on it's bench each week that it cannot start.
	6 (6)	Rutting Bucks	1-1	We could be hurting if Miles Austin is out, but A-Rodg will make up the difference.
	7 (7)	One Angry Gook	2-0	I'm unsure where to rank this team after losing Jamaal Charles for the season. Lack of depth is going to be painful, but I applaud this team for not having 7 running backs on their bench.
	8 (8)	Pimp Juice	1-1	Keeping AP really shook up the league. In fact, it totally changed a couple teams drafting strategy for the evening. It's paying off so far, but the receivers need to come around.
	9 (9)	Hustla	1-1	Forte, Forte, Forte!!! Finally he plays like you expect him to play. Hopefully the receivers also will come around and produce or this will be the highest ranking you'll see.
	10 (10)	Short Bus All-Stars	0-2	One injury changed the dynamics of this team as you're aware of by now. I think this team will be all right baring any more injures.
	11 (11)	Thunder Choads	0-2	Off to a slow start I guess and we'll see where your at in a couple of weeks. Did have the low score of the week at 97 freaking points! Since when is 97 the low score of the week?
	12 (12)	Grease Slappers	0-2	On paper this team looks decent, but yet to produce the big numbers after two weeks.

Week 2 Weekend Recap

Commish's Corner....

Welcome to Week Two of the season and the first week of divisional games. I'm getting into the grove of the weekend recaps and the power rankings. I should get the Power Rankings out on Wednesday, time permitting.

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Jason Campbell	OAK	30.45	QB	Joe Flacco	BAL	13.85
RB	Isaac Redman	PIT	12.88	RB	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	4.50
RB	Javon Ringer	TEN	12.38	RB	Jamaal Charles	KCC	3.38
WR	Eric Decker	DEN	26.13	WR	Antonio Gates	SDC	0.00
WR	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	22.38	WR	Mike Williams	TBB	0.00
WR	Dustin Keller	NYJ	18.63	WR	Plaxico Burress	NYJ	0.00
KT	Olindo Mare	CAR	11.30	KT	Nick Novak	SDC	3.00
DT	Tennessee Titans	TEN	14.74	DT	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	3.02
Fantasy Points = 148.89				Fantasy Points = 27.75

It Could Have Been Worse....

Starting Studs		Team	PTS	Bench Studs		Team	PTS
QB	Tom Brady	NEP	33.45	QB	Cam Newton	CAR	36.90
RB	Darren McFadden	OAK	29.88	RB	Ryan Mathews	SDC	21.75
RB	Adrian Peterson	MIN	29.63	RB	Willis McGahee	DEN	19.25
WR	Dwayne Bowe	KCC	39.25	WR	Wes Welker	NEP	23.25
WR	Deion Branch	NEP	26.13	WR	Jacoby Ford	OAK	21.13
WR	Brandon Lloyd	DEN	21.50	WR	Eddie Royal	DEN	17.75
KT	John Kasay	NOS	14.40	KT	David Akers	SFO	8.50
DT	Detroit Lions	DET	18.65	DT	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	14.50
Fantasy Points = 212.89				Fantasy Points = 163.03

Fantasy Game Recaps….

Rutting Bucks (0-1) East 123.74	vs	Thunder Choads (0-1) East 97.25
none	MNF	none
Rutting Bucks earns their fist victory of the season with three Packers players in his lineup today.

Stickboy (0-1) East 109.86	vs	Grease Slappers (0-1) East 100.53
WR Mario Manningham	MNF	none
Stickboy grabbing a victory as Grease decided to start two receivers that produced goose eggs.

Pimp Juice (1-0) Central 86.70	vs	Crippled Monkeys (1-0) Central 101.13
RB Brandon Jacobs	MNF	PK Josh Brown
The current lead is 14.43 in favor of the Crippled Monkeys, however, the Monkeys have a kicker yet to play and the Juice has their RB. This is a tough call on who will win this one, and may come down to a late missed field goal....though it is a bummer to spend $100 dollars on a new QB that was the leading points producer of the week, yet leave him on the bench. It certainly wouldn't be as close as it is now.

Dynasty (0-1) Central 109.56	vs	Dragons (1-0) Central 117.83
WR Hakeem Nicks	MNF	RB Ahmad Bradshaw
A lead of 8.27 for Dragons, with each having a player on Monday's game. Who's going to get the points

Short Bus All-Star (0-1) West 91.22	vs	One Angry Gook (1-0) West 118.36
WR Mike Sims-Walker	MNF	none
Only one player to play in this one. The All-Stars need to make up 27.14 points with Sims-Walker who produceds 0.63 points in week one. It would be one hell of a turn around if it happens.

Buckwheat (1-0) West 143.50	vs	Hustla (1-0) West 107.88
none	MNF	none
Well it wasn't the 63 point victory as the preview had predicted, yet the win has easily won by Team Buckwheat.

Player Protection 2011

2011 Keepers: 6 QB, 12 RB, 6 WR, 0 PK, 0 DT
2010 Keepers: 1 QB, 13 RB, 8 WR, 1 PK, 1 DT

Year		Player	Value	Teams
2	QB	Philip Rivers	$28.00	Big Daddy
2	RB	Chris Wells	$35.00	Big Daddy
2	QB	Michael Vick	$5.00	Buckwheat
3	RB	Ray Rice	$17.00	Buckwheat
2	RB	Arian Foster	$10.00	Crippled Monkeys
3	RB	Shonn Green	$2.00	Crippled Monkeys
2	RB	Admad Bradshaw	$8.00	Dragons
2	RB	Peyton Hillis	$1.00	Dragons
2	RB	Fred Jackson	$1.00	Dynasty
3	RB	Rashard Mendenhall	$6.00	Dynasty
2	WR	Roddy White	$53.00	Grease Slappers
3	RB	LeSean McCoy	$4.00	Grease Slappers
3	RB	Jamaal Charles	$1.00	One Angry Gook
2	WR	Mike Wallace	$11.00	One Angry Gook
2	RB	Adrian Peterson	$92.00	Pimp Juice
2	QB	Sam Bradford	$1.00	Pimp Juice
3	QB	Aaron Rodgers	$28.00	Rutting Bucks
3	WR	Austin Miles	$1.00	Rutting Bucks
2	QB	Ben Roethlisberger	$1.00	Stickboy
3	WR	DeSean Jackson	$30.00	Stickboy
2	QB	Josh Freeman	$1.00	The Stud Stable
2	WR	Chad Ochocinco	$26.00	The Stud Stable
2	WR	Santonio Holmes	$4.00	Thunder Choads
3	RB	Tim Hightower	$8.00	Thunder Choads