Week 2 Recap

If the Cowboys had not won in overtime on Sunday, I'm not sure what kind of mood I would be in.  BYU got blown out, and while I'm not a big BYU homer, I dislike U of U.  Then it became apparent I was going to lose to Lewis.  For the first time in three years.  But the fantasy football gods wanted to torture me first.


Agmen Alarius vs The Time is NOW
Why do I say torture?  Because I got strung out until the bitter end.  I still had Hakeem Nicks playing on Monday, but I thought for sure I was out, because Lewis had Vick, Bradshaw and Manningham.  When Vick went out with only 11 points, that gave me a shot.  If Hakeem Nicks had a good game and Bradshaw/Manningham didn't play well I could have won.  And then Hakeem Nicks got a TD in the opening minutes of the game and I thought it could happen.  But then he didn't do anything the rest of the game and Bradshaw had a decent running game.

We'll see how the rest of the season turns out.  If past history is a proven indicator, I'll come back on top.  Not necessarily on top of the entire league, but on top of Lewis.  This means that he will have to make it into the winners bracket, because we don't play again this season.  It wouldn't be fitting or proper just for me to just be in the winners bracket and him in the losers bracket (you know, the usual); no, the fantasy gods should arrange another meeting for us in the playoffs.  I'll be waiting.


Team Stonewall vs Team Goodrich
What's worse than losing your fantasy game by one point?  I'll tell you.  Losing what could have been the #1 RB in the league this year.  If he stayed healthy.  But alas, that was not to be.  Jamaal Charles went down with a season-ending knee injury, and he didn't even give Alex some good parting points in his final game.  Peyton Hillis redeemed himself along with Tony Romo.  Eric Decker was a good pickup.  I almost picked him up, but I thought I wouldn't have put him in the game anyway, so I left him on the waivers.  Turns out he would have won me my game if I put him in.  But he couldn't do enough for Alex, who again, lost by one point.

Speaking of injury prone, Darren McFadden is proving to be a beast.  Tack on 24 more points for him.  Oh, and the Steelers defense, as it turns out, isn't terrible.  Well actually they still could be.  They shut out a football team.  Turns out that football team was the Seahawks.  But at least for this week, in retribution for Alex's 2 point win last week, they played good enough for Goodrich to skirt by.


Pretty in Pink vs Bare RAST
Michelle had a killer game this week.  The only problem was that Brandt had a better one.  You know what's sickening about Brandt scoring 128 points?  His TE didn't score any, and Deangello Williams only scored three.  Lucky for Brandt Miles Austin had his best game in two years and Jeremy Maclin had a career game.  Did I mention the Lions D netted Brandt 23 points?

Michelle, on the other hand, had every player score in double digits except for one.  She made a great decision to put Willis Mcgahee in; she noticed that Knowshon Moreno was going to be out and picked up his backup.  Drew Brees is proving that he's still a scoring machine, and even Santana Moss jumped into the party.  Most weeks, 111 points will give you the win.  Sorry, tiger.


Million Dollar Cowboys vs Air Raid
BJ, realizing that he doesn't have any good, healthy RBs, made a knee-jerk reaction this week.  He gave up Stephen Jackson, Roy Williams, and Eli Manning for Darren Sproles.  Now this isn't all bad.  Sproles could be in for some big  games if he keeps running like he has.  Roy Williams will be dumped onto the waivers will he will stay for the rest of the season.  But if Stephen Jackson plays like he has the past 6 years, this is a terrible move for BJ.  Terrible.

But he has made some smart moves.  Freaking Tom Brady is a machine.  And I should have had him.  I was already picking him up about 10 spots ahead of his projection, and BJ goes and picks him up 5 spots before me.  And now he goes and puts up another 27 points.  That's more points than his RBs and WRs combined for this week.  Of course, that didn't matter much in this game, because 27 points from Brady was more than almost all of Big Mac's team combined.  Rodgers and Turner had their usual, followed by terrible, terrible play by Reggie Wayne, Mike Williams, Vernon Davis, the Falcons D, and Jay Feely.  You gotta feel for Reggie Wayne, though.  I think he realizes that he isn't going to win a single game this year.


Brett Favre's Dirty Giblets
This game was awesome to watch unfold.  I was keeping an eye on it all Sunday.  AP and LeSean McCoy are playing amazing, and combined for 50 points this week.  On the other hand, I retract my previous statement thinking that Anquan Boldin had anything to offer.  He's terrible.  Julio Jones will be a big player, I would think.  I watched the entire Falcons game, and they throw his way a ton.  If he breaks for one of those plays, Colby is a heck of a lot closer to winning this game.

This was definitely Nate's breakout fantasy game.  134 points is amazing.  Nate's been making all the right moves lately; taking the risk on Jahvid Best and Steve Johnson is pretty good.  Mike Wallace and Larry Fitzgerald make a great WR group.  I'm pretty sure I gave Nate a 9/10 on draft day, but I'd have to double check, and I'm too lazy for that.  Anyway, Nate had a killer game, and kudos to him.


Team Goodrum vs Team WorldDominators
Looks like Eric is trying to make a tradition here.  That tradition, of course, would be getting in last place. 0-2 doesn't look very good after a three win season last year.  To his credit, though, who thought Chris Johnson, Antonio Gates, and the Ravens D would combine for 9 points.  Jordy Nelson was his top scorer, and that's just sad.

John, on the other hand, is looking to rebound from his embarrassing I-didnt-swap-rosters moment last week.  Steve Smith (CAR) had a big game, and I'm pretty close to putting in Cam Newton over Phillip Rivers.  Adam Vinatieri had a monster week, and who would have thought that would happen.  I didn't know the Colts were going to be able to get within field goal distance this year.  Yes, they are that bad.  Just like Eric.


And there is the week 2 recap!  This week was full of surprises (and injuries).  The top two players in the league (Brandt and John) happen to also be the two youngest.  Michelle and Eric are the bottom two in the league.  Michelle has the team to bounce back; I'm not so sure Eric does.  FYI, Eric: Ask Lewis had to escape my ridicule on the blog.  He's figured it out.