Fantasy Football - NFL Week 2

This was the first week of our fantasy football league, week one having passed us by because of the Thursday night game that preceded our draft.

I started Eli Manning over his brother, not fully believing Peyton had shaken off all the cobwebs. Good call that one. Not so my choice to start the San Diego defense, may their incompetent souls rot in hades.

Santana Moss gave me the only 'great' performance of the week and I needed it to even make the game a close one, since my running backs seemed to sleep through most of Sunday.

Going into the Monday night game I had a twelve point lead but my opponent, The Juicy Beavers, had Dallas' D on their active roster. [note: you'll note a trend among the names of many of the fantasy teams I play against. Don't blame me folks, I didn't pick 'em.]

I watched the Monday night game and did a victory dance once Philly passed 35 points. Our league uses negative points, and if a defense gives up that magic 35, see ya - automatic ten point deduction. The game was mine!

Except this morning I found out I lost by .23 points. Point two three points. At eight in the morning I called the Socialist, aka the Commish, to good naturedly(sp?) complain that I was slighted. No way, no way did the Dallas D rack up 12 points. They had only five sacks (1.5 points) a fumble recovery (three points) and one special teams TD (8 points). Subtract ten from that and you don't score twelve points, I know that much.

Twelve hours later he called me back. He had been confused too and questioned the total. It turns out a D is *not* penalized for any points scored directly off of turnovers. It makes a certain amount of sense, since the D isn't on the field to stop a safety from running in an interception, but it's still horse hockey. 

Sweet niblets, what does a man have to do to earn a win in this league?

Answer: I could try breaking the century  mark. That'd help. LOL.

Score Summary
SlapJacks	97.97
Juicy Beavers	98.20

 

 SlapJacks 0-1-0

vs. 

Juicy Beavers 1-0-0

				Points
Pos	Player	Opp	Status	Projected	Actual
QB	Eli Manning (NYG - QB)	@StL	W, 41-13	14.26	23.67
WR	Braylon Edwards (Cle - WR)	Pit	L, 10-6	12.18	3.20
WR	Hines Ward (Pit - WR)	@Cle	W, 10-6	12.90	13.90
WR	Santana Moss (Was - WR)	NO	W, 29-24	8.57	29.10
RB	Jamal Lewis (Cle - RB)	Pit	L, 10-6	12.45	6.60
RB	Fred Taylor (Jac - RB)	Buf	L, 20-16	12.34	5.40
TE	Alge Crumpler (Ten - TE)	@Cin	W, 24-7	4.69	1.60
K	Mason Crosby (GB - K)	@Det	W, 48-25	8.87	12.00
DEF	San Diego (SD - DEF)	@Den	L, 39-38	10.85	2.50
Total				97.11	97.97

				Points
Pos	Player	Opp	Status	Projected	Actual
QB	Drew Brees (NO - QB)	@Was	L, 29-24	14.72	9.10
WR	Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR)	@Min	W, 18-15	12.44	17.30
WR	Brandon Marshall (Den - WR)	SD	W, 39-38	10.96	26.60
WR	Roddy White (Atl - WR)	@TB	L, 24-9	8.46	6.10
RB	LaDainian Tomlinson (SD - RB)	@Den	L, 39-38	17.18	4.00
RB	Chris Johnson (Ten - RB)	@Cin	W, 24-7	12.38	12.10
TE	L.J. Smith (Phi - TE)	@Dal	L, 41-37	5.96	1.00
K	Matt Prater (Den - K)	SD	W, 39-38	7.83	10.00
DEF	Dallas (Dal - DEF)	Phi	W, 41-37	13.40	12.00
Total				103.33	98.20