Ahhh, that’s the LT that we all know and despise.
I think I’m going to go play some Civ and pretend the second half isn’t happening.
Does San Diego even need a quarterback? Just direct snap it to LT every play.
If I had a uterus, and he signed a 10 year contract with the Browns, I would have Jamal Williams’ baby.
Well, getting 38 out of Rudi and Wayne wouldn’t be the craziest thing that’s happened this year, so this really isn’t as bad as it looked like it’d be at halftime.
Tomorrow night, I am Rudi Johnson’s biggest fan.
If you don’t mind, I would like to have an updated score before I go to bed, and yahoo won’t update until like 5am eastern. Not a big deal, though.
Me 87.18, you 48.60. In the bag.
Yeah, I think you’re right. I was curious about the other games too, but I’ll find out tomorrow.
I’m surprised that LJ was bottled up so well. A significant portion of his yards came from 1 run.
I would have to average less than 9.5 or so points per remaining player (Manning, Harrison, Addai, Houshmanzadeh) to lose.
Good game sir. Good luck snagging third.
Other scores:
Isotopes 84.40
The Gridbirds 75.28
Last Place - Kiros 45.20
Tazmanian Devils 82.68
I’m not doing any type of victory dance yet. Not when I’ve seen Indy’s run defense this season. Rudi may not be LT, but he’s no slouch either, and Reggie Wayne is VERY capable of racking up points, so I’m more than slightly nervous about the outcome of this week’s game. Good luck, Kiros.
Isotopes wins 5th place.
“It would be great to get win number eight!”
Well, sorry.
I miscalculated Kellen Winslow’s number by 2 points when looking down the list of league settings I saw fumble recovery as 2 points. He had one, but he’s an offensive player, and I guess that’s just a score for defenses. I figured it should probably apply to both - if a guy fumbles but recovers it himself, no loss (-2 for the fumble, +2 for the recovery) and if another player recovers it and saves the ball for his team, I don’t see a problem with awarding him 2 points. No big deal at all though.
LaDainian only put up 32.4. He’s slipping.
He came up one yard short of the 3 point 200 yard bonus. Some sort of jaw problem took him out of the game. It would be a shame if he sat out next week with… um… a jaw… OF DOOM.
It’s a shame about McNair. Taz had a pretty bad week outside of his running backs. If McNair had put up about 20 points, it would be a very close game. I’m surprised he lasted as long as he did, though.
I picked up the Green Bay defense off the free agent list, and since they scored 16 vs 6 for Minnesota, that looks pretty savvy, until you also see that I picked up
the St Louis defense and didn’t start them, and they put up 24 against Oakland.
And just when I thought 24 would’ve been good, I see Tennesee put up 32 for Isotopes.
Mike Vick put up 37.08 points to Marc Bulger’s 5.48. Ouch.
Well, after Bulger carved up the vaunted Bears defense for 350 yards last week, I kinda figured he would do just as well against Jokeland. How was I to know he would decide to comparitively suck this week? As for LT, nothing short of kryptonite is going to slow him down.
Yeah, I’d have gone with Bulger too.
Drew Brees comparatively will hurt more, I think. No one expected him to put up only 6.5 points. I don’t know what happened.
I think I would’ve started Carson palmer personally, but as it turns out, for the wrong reasons. I thought NO was going to quickly go up 21-3 or something and start running all day, meaning the Brees wouldn’t have a really huge day, but most likely a very solid one in the 15-20 point range.
I thought (and am hoping) Carson Palmer will be involved in a wide open shootout, putting his ceiling much higher. Not that I’m saying starting Brees was a bad decision, not at all. But it’ll end up feeling pretty crappy if Carson puts up 35 points tonight, I’d imagine.
That’s a great idea, but sadly yahoo doesn’t support it.
It’s go time.
FYI, the Pancakes just picked up the critical mass they needed to end Chitwood’s title bid. Which means, I guess, that Peyton, you can start passing to Reggie now instead of Marvin.
('cause I’m still down by 22… but still plenty of time! Come on Rudi! More! MORE!)
Well, the bad news is that I came up seven-and-change points short, despite the best efforts of my Monday Night Guys. If Cinci hadn’t fallen so far behind so early I might have had a chance… but with Rudi basically a non-factor for the last third of the game, it wasn’t gonna happen. So SenorBeef gets to overanalyze his roster as he stares down the LT Experience.
In better news… I just had the most ridiculous finish ever in my money league. Midway through the 4th quarter, I was down 3.75 points. I had Rudi Johnson and Vinatieri going tonight, my opponent had Chad Johnson. The winner makes the championship game, with the guaranteed money for second place. FGs in this league are worth 3 points up to 39 yards, and 4 points from 40-49. I was screaming for the Colts to not get close enough that it would be too short… and Vinatieri kicks the 44 yarder and puts me up by 0.25 points. Of course, there are still five plus minutes left at this point, and neither Adam nor Rudi are gonna score any more… half point per reception… so any catch from CJ over the last two drives sinks me. That was the longest five minutes of game time ever. I almost died when it looked like he caught the seam pass on the last drive… and my heart jumped when I saw it was incomplete. So now, pending any scoring changes, I have a grudge matchup with one of my best friends for the Big Money next week (we split two meetings in the regular season).
So I can deal with the loss in this league, I guess is what I’m saying. It was a good night anyways, and I can get mad at McNair later 
Well, there’s the quarterback I drafted #5 overall.
How nice of my second round pick to show up also. Manning to Harrison is feast or famine.
I’ve been absolutely on fire this year. My lower score is 124.28, which would’ve won any game so far. I can only hope that continues one more week.
It’s a bit intimidating staring down the other guy who has won 14 straight. After what SD did to Larry Johnson, I wish the SD offense was playing the SD defense this week. But Seattle just gave up 23 to Frank Gore, so I guess I have to be happy if they keep Tomlinson under 100 or so.
This week had 58.1 points out of his running backs, and 24.58 out of everyone else.
I’m just going to need to keep my team performing as they have been.
I blew the call on Addai vs Willie Parker, but fortunately it wasn’t close to mattering.
Let’s begin.
Do I start that bum Manning, or do I try to hop on the Tim Rattay Gravy Train?
Well, Manning and Harrison are clearly locks. They almost got me the win single-handedly last week. And they’re against Hou. I can only hope that they don’t show mercy when they’re up by 20, and just keep scoring.
Housh definitely seems like the strongest second WR, against Den. With Bailey covering Johnson, he might get a lot of looks.
With Derrick Anderson looking like he might have some real QB in him (by the way, Kiros, I would start him if I were you), Braylon Edwards could have a big day against a weak tampa D. He’s put up decent numbers in the last few weeks, scoring in each of the last 3 games.
Maurice-Jones Drew has been nuts. He might be the most efficient player in the league, in that he only gets 5-15 touches a game, yet consistently manages to put up good scores. Fred Taylor might be out this weekend, leaving him pretty much a no brainer. I don’t in general like starting people against the NE D… how have they been against the run lately?
Addai, who knows. He was hurt last week, and then he rolled his ankle this week, but he’s expected to play. He didn’t do much against a weak Cinci run D, but it wasn’t really his fault. Do I start him against a crappy defense in case the Colts run out the clock? I don’t know. If he was 100% healthy, the decision would be more clear.
Willie Parker. vs Bal. Oh Willie, I wish you could be more consistent, I don’t know what to do with you. Baltimore held him to almost nothing in their first matchup, but he’s at home now, where he tends to shine. Do I go with the big points at home, or stay away from the tough matchup? I honestly don’t know.
McAlister at NYG. McAlister has averaged about 20 carries per game over the last few games, much better than earlier. He hasn’t had a spectacular game, though - but he’s been pretty solid. How’s NYG’s run defense? Is their D-line still all banged up?
Maroney isn’t really in the picture. Low production, injury issues, bad matchup.
It’s mostly that 2nd RB spot that I have the most trouble with, although Housh vs Braylon is a legitimate dilemma.
Defense is gonna be a factor, too. The last 2 weeks, I’ve gone with the team that’s played detroit, and my defenses came up big. This week, Taz’s Chicago defense plays Det, which is gonna be sick. A 20+ score is very possible.
My options are Green Bay vs Min, Min at GB, and St Louis vs Was. They project very similarly, so I have to go with my gut I guess.
Is Minnesota starting the backup this week for the first time? What’s his story? I guess that might lead to a big day for the GB defense.
What would you do?
Strahan has his first full practice today. If Strahan returns, the run defense should stiffen considerably.
Aside from Isotopes taking the #6 seed over Court Jesters, and Kiros and Gridbirds flipping (but not mattering, as they played the same game), which I said was a very strong probability, I’ve been right on with my playoff predictions.
So, I would officially like to change my prediction to me winning this week’s game.
Except… that previously, I’ve been talking up my opponent, and then having them underperform… so…
Um… I win… no… Taz crushes me… no… I win… which irrational superstition do I go with?
Well, I was slightly wrong about the prediction, but I’ve won both playoff games, so…
Taz is gonna crush me. LT is going to score enough points to set a new season scoring record IN ONE GAME. His score will be so high that yahoo’s servers will break doing the math.
Marc Bulger will put up 800 yards before he’s taken out of the game due to extreme exhaustion.
And Westbrook… well, not everyone is going to survive what he does.
Question: When calculating defense scores, do “points allowed” include stuff like defensive touchdowns? I’m starting GB, and it looked like Green Bay might shut Minnesota out, but Minnesota just scored off an interception return. Does that count against me?