Yeeeeaaah, so I have a lot of catching up to do, so let’s get to it.
- Prior to week 8, I had offered up a couple of trade that would have upgraded a couple of my opponents but would have upgraded me even more over the multiple trades; in other words, I make 2 opponents ~5 points better, but over the deals make myself ~10 points better. Alas, neither of them took me up on the offers, so I worked the free agent list a bit. In the end, though, I merely started Brett Favre over Peyton Manning, which was a 5-point mistake on my part. Fortunately Santana Moss, Roddy White, and LaDanian Tomlinson all went over 20, leading to a 9-point win over the doormat of the leauge; final score 111-102. Sad, but true.
- Week 9 saw me meddle around some more, sending Favre packing again (just can’t trust him) and picking up Maurice Jones-Drew. In hindsight that might seem prophetic, but he actually han’t busted out just yet. On the other hand, I had to soak up LT’s bye week so he was better than nothing. Once again, however, I failed at picking my QB, as Cutler scored 18 while Manning left his 24 on the bench. This week’s match-up pitted me against an opponent, however, whose team completely failed to show up, and I actually had a comfortable 81-70 win. From 2-5 to 4-5, maybe things aren’t so bad, right?
- Wrong. Week 10 faced me up against the league’s best team, and he proved it with an easy 99-86 mash. It figures, even when I pick a 27-point QB I manage to leave Cutler’s 35 on the bench. I had also dropped Maurice Jones-Drew that week, when he then proceeded to trash the Lions for 27. Add in two receivers who combined for 1 point, and, well, yeah - I lost. One interesting personnel note: Jason Witten was dropped, thanks to poor Cowboys quarterbacking and a team owner’s need to tinker with a few bye weeks. Frankly, a tight end on a bye is no worse than Anthony Fasano, who I’ve been starting the entire season. I scoop him up for the future. At any rate, my record is 4-6 and things are looking grim.
So, we come to week 11. I ponder and I consider, and for the most part I reason that it’s time to start a 1st string that I can live with. I crunch a few numbers (I have to say, Yahoo! Sports Fantasy leagues offer a nice set of features at the free level) and decide that DeAngelo Williams of the Panthers is a solid running candidate, particularly sicne LT remains untrustworthy. My receivers are all back, so I figure it’s time to let them roll. My roster this week:
- QB - Peyton Manning
- WR - Roddy White
- WR - Terrell Owens
- WR - Santana Moss
- RB - Brandon Jacobs
- RB - DeAngelo Williams
- TE - Jason Witten
- K - Jason Elam
- DEF - Pittsburgh (over Chicago on the bench)
And finally, I make a few accurate personnel choices. Peyton put up 24, versus 14 for Jay Cutler. LaDanian Tomlinson kept his 15 on the bench while Jacobs and Williams scored 19 and 24, respectively. Hell, Pittsburgh went for 12, as opposed to Chicago’s singleton. Sadly, sort of, I wasted an amazing week on my opponent’s relatively limp showing, with a final score of 106-62.
This coming week, I don’t have many decisions to make, although I did reaquire Maurice Jones-Drew after his last couple of games. With two games to play before the playoffs, I’m in 5th place (out of 6) at 5-6. It’s a very tight league, I could still end up as high as 2nd, although that’s not likely. This week’s game is against another 5-6 team that relies heavily on the New Orleans Saints.
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