SDMB Fantasy Football: Halfway, with comments

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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The season is halfway over!

Everyone has managed to win at least one game, and no one is running away with the league. The standings as of this date:

…Record… Win % … Points…Streak
1 Rhinosaurs(neuroman)…6-1-0 … .857… 545.42 W-4
2 4th and 19 (Wilson)…6-1-0 … .857… 532.67 W-1
3 BithloMulletRevival …6-1-0 … .857… 434.53 W-6
4 HamletponglIjtagha’…5-2-0 … .714… 485.01 W-1
5 Falcon Twists- Munch…4-3-0 … .571… 449.24 L-1
6 Pentium None…4-3-0 … .571… 420.05 L-1
7 Omni’s Omnipotents…4-3-0… .571… 370.47 L-1
8 Mundi’s Morning Blue …3-4-0 … .429… 461.36 W-2
9 Varlos’ Zzzzzzz…3-4-0 … .429… 447.09 L-1
10 Baltimore Weirdos…3-4-0 … .429… 438.24 W-1
11 T. Rex…2-5-0… .286… 331.57 L-3
12 Balls (Chitwood)…1-6-0 … .143… 448.69 W-1
13 New York Fanboys …1-6-0… .143… 337.55 L-6
14 I Need More Cowbell…1-6-0… .143… 298.49 L-5

Here is the schedule for the rest of the season, with comments. Feel free to make your own.

Week 8
T. Rex vs Baltimore Weirdos
Falcon Twists- Munch vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)
I Need More Cowbell vs BithloMulletRevival
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs 4th and 19 (Wilson)
Omni’s Omnipotents vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz
Pentium None vs New York Fanboys
Balls (Chitwood) vs Mundi’s Morning Blue

Matchup of the week:
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs 4th and 19 (Wilson)

Daunte Culpepper vs. Donovan McNabb. It depends on the defenses-can the Giants contain Culpepper, and can the Ravens
defense survive the shredding McNabb can give? Hamlet is depending on two iffy running backs while Wilson has Emmitt Smith,
man of destiny! The teams match up well, and it will be decided by which SuperQB shows up to work.

Week 9
T. Rex vs Pentium None
Falcon Twists- Munch vs Baltimore Weirdos
I Need More Cowbell vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs BithloMulletRevival
Omni’s Omnipotents vs 4th and 19 (Wilson)
Balls (Chitwood) vs New York Fanboys
Mundi’s Morning Blue vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz

Week 10
T. Rex vs Balls (Chitwood)
Falcon Twists- Munch vs Pentium None
I Need More Cowbell vs Baltimore Weirdos
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)
Omni’s Omnipotents vs BithloMulletRevival
4th and 19 (Wilson) vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz
Mundi’s Morning Blue vs New York Fanboys

Matchup of the Week:
T. Rex vs Balls (Chitwood)

May be a spirited battle for last place.

Week 11
T. Rex vs Mundi’s Morning Blue
Falcon Twists- Munch vs Balls (Chitwood)
I Need More Cowbell vs Pentium None
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs Baltimore Weirdos
Omni’s Omnipotents vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)
4th and 19 (Wilson) vs BithloMulletRevival
New York Fanboys vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz

Week 12
T. Rex vs New York Fanboys
Falcon Twists- Munch vs Mundi’s Morning Blue
I Need More Cowbell vs Balls (Chitwood)
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs Pentium None
Omni’s Omnipotents vs Baltimore Weirdos
4th and 19 (Wilson) vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)
BithloMulletRevival vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz

Week 13
T. Rex vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz
Falcon Twists- Munch vs New York Fanboys
I Need More Cowbell vs Mundi’s Morning Blue
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs Balls (Chitwood)
Omni’s Omnipotents vs Pentium None
4th and 19 (Wilson) vs Baltimore Weirdos
BithloMulletRevival vs Rhinosaurs(neuroman)

Week 14
T. Rex vs Falcon Twists- Munch
I Need More Cowbell vs New York Fanboys
HamletponglIjtagha’ vs Mundi’s Morning Blue
Omni’s Omnipotents vs Balls (Chitwood)
4th and 19 (Wilson) vs Pentium None
BithloMulletRevival vs Baltimore Weirdos
Rhinosaurs(neuroman) vs Varlos’ Zzzzzzz

Outlook:

No one is out of it, but Rhinosaurs, 4th and 19, and the Mullet are in the driver’s seats. Week 11 and week 12 will shape
the rest of the playoff picture with these teams. Hamlet is Culpepper’s biggest fan, most likely sacrificing a goat so that
the gods favor Daunte to break Marino’s (and others’) passing records.

Sleeper team: Varlos’ Zzzzzzz. He’s not going to win it all, he’s just the sleeper team. :wink:

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I’d just like to point out that I have 448 points, which puts me at sixth in the league, and I’m currently riding the longest winning streak in the history of the franchise. You heard it here first, The Balls will finish in the top 10!

Top ten! Top ten! Top ten!

Also, I got David Carr in like the 55th round.

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So, thinking about the draft next year, I’m thinking my best bet would be:

Round 1: Tiki
Round 2: Curtis
Round 3: Shockey
Round 4: Pennington

The reasoning being that New York receivers are a crap shoot; getting Tim Carter and Wayne Chrebet is every bit as “good” as Santana Moss and Amani Toomer, so it wouldn’t bother me to lose out on Moss and Toomer. Moss in particular.

The only issue I’ll have is whether Tiki goes in the first round before me; is that likely? I believe Curtis in the second should be an easy pickup. Pennington isn’t a great FF guy, so him in the third should be easy as well.

When do the top TEs usually go? Certainly not by the third round, right? As an added bonus, Tom Coughlin can’t utilize a TE to save his life, which explains why the Jets’ TE2 Baker is outperforming Shockey so far this year. (Yesterday on NFL Live, on the ticker they list the top 10 performers at each position for the week. Shockey was not even on the list for TEs.:()

Any thoughts?

Also, if Jordan is lost to free agency, would it be worth wasting the draft pick keeping him to trade for someone like Toomer?

And one final note: whomever has Eli, what would it take to trade for him? Perhaps I can forego Curtis to pick up trade bait…

If I go through another season without Tiki, I’ll have to poke my own eyes out.