Success!
Finally, a couple of moves that I made paid off. I dropped Cleveland’s Derek Anderson from my bench and picked up Jay Cutler (I know, obvious in retrospect but at the time it was mildly risky). I sat my #1 QB, Peyton Manning, figuring Indy’s weak line play was going to continue. Not that it mattered this week, but Marvin Harrison became available on the waiver wire and, as a sucky team, I had an early crack at him. I dropped Roddy White and picked Harrison up, although he rides the bench for now until he gets well.
In any event, I went into the week with the following team:
- QB - Jay Cutler
- WR - Terrell Owens
- WR - Plaxico Burress
- WR - Santana Moss
- RB - Brandon Jacobs
- RB - Marshawn Lynch
- TE - Kellen Winslow
- K - Nate Kaeding
- DEF - New England
Well. New England screwed the pooch to the tune of -4 points. Terrell Owens never goes for average, he either strikes out or hits a home run. This was a strike out week. Plax wasn’t awful, but 4 points is less than I was expecting from him. Not only that, but I left the supposedly-injured LaDanian Tomlinson and his 20 points on the bench.
So what went right? Cutler went for 20 (instead of Peyton’s 11), Marshawn Lynch pulled 23 out of his hat, Santana Moss went way above his average with 13 points, as did Nate freaking Kaeding - turns out when your team puts 48 points on the board, the kicker stays busy. I’d recap my opponent, but honestly his team played right to its average on all fronts so there wasn’t much drama. No, it was my swing-y bunch that kept me trying to remember obscure scoring rules like “field goals 40-49 yards.”
In any event, the Ceiling Cats are off the schneid at 1-2 and feeling better about next week.
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