#1 – Playoffs!!??!!: 2-0 (GM Glenn Luke) A huge week from Chris Johnson and Frank Gore propel Team Playoffs to the #1 ranking in the UPFL.
#2 – Desert Dogs: 2-0 (GM Kyle Schinella/Brent Roberts) Riding the Drew Brees express until it breaks, could ride it all the way to #1.
#3 – I LOVE MY CAT: 2-0 (GM Derek Gardner) Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson take good care of their cat again this week in winning.
#4 – The Sean Taylor Experience: 2-0 (GM Matt Beauchamp) Last years 3rd place team is back in contention again with a solid team from top to bottom led by the surprising Darren Sproles.
#5 – Choking Tila Tequila: 2-0 (GM Jeff Jacobson) Surviving Tom Brady being normal with strong play from their RBs in Darren Sproles and Frank Gore.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Johnson, Titans
BUM OF THE WEEK: Matt Forte, Bears
#1 – The Fighting Manx: 1-0 (GM Griffin Lawson): The defending champs win their opening week game with a strong performance from Tony Romo and great play from WRs G.Jennings and W.Welker
#2 – Blumkins: 1-0 (GM Zach Gauthier): Escape with a narrow victory this week as Tom Brady rallies his real team and the Blumkins for a win.
#3 – Playoffs!!??!!: 1-0 (GM Glenn Luke): Good opening win for the #3 team from last week, but with McNabb hurt may need to look to another QB for the coming weeks.
#5 – North Lake Lakers: 1-0 (GM John Kohtala): Rode the Eagles D/ST and Drew Brees to the highest point total this week, and a strong opening week one win.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings:
Drew Brees had the bigger week, but AP takes top honors for living up to the hype of being the #1 pick.
BUM OF THE WEEK: LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers:
Is this the end of LDT? Already on the injury report, LDT was not on the field when the Chargers looked their best. It might be time to start the burial of a great fantasy career.
With only eight teams in each conference, I could have simply wrote all team names on paper, thrown the 32 pieces of paper in the air, and whichever five I caught make those teams the first Super Five of the season.
Every team has talent to win, and more than anything I believe just pure luck will decide the champion this year.
#1 – The Fighting Manx (Griffin Lawson): Respect the defending champs; until they lose they hold the top spot in the Super Five.
#2 – Blumkins (Zach Gauthier): Solid team all around, led by Tom Brady at QB, and the wildcard is Brandon Marshall, if he plays and plays at 100%, this becomes a very tough team.
#3 – Playoffs!!??!! (Glenn Luke): When you have Chris Johnson on your bench, you know your team has some talent. The key question mark for this team will be the play of QB Donovan McNabb
#4 – Team DeVETO (Brandon Lawson): This team will be led by Aaron Rodgers at QB, Randy Moss WR and Steven Jackson at RB, the question marks are the two aging RBs in Clinton Portis and Larry Johnson.
#5 – Bahrainy Bugle Boys (James Walker): The Boys of Bugle will look to Tony Romo to have a great season post-Jessica Simpson, and hope that LDT has one more fantastic year in him.
Wouldn’t fantasy football be easier if all RBs could run like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl? Um, yes.
The Commish returns with his version of the mock draft. This year I mock draft the first two rounds with insight on each player selected. Enjoy or hate, either way just read.
ROUND ONE
#1 – Adrian Peterson: It is a no brainer, I don’t care that QBs score more points, RBs are hard to come by that is why they continue to dominate the first few rounds. Sure you get Brees or Brady in the first two rounds, but are the Rodgers and Mannings that far off from them in overall points? Bottom line if you don’t go All Day #1 your smoking something…
#2 – Maurice Jones-Drew: Add in receptions and the argument could be made possibly for #1 in the draft.
#3 – Matt Forte: Listen, I hate the Bears, despise them, and all the fans in this league of the Bears know I am Packer fan, but the bottom line is with Jay Cutler in tow, that takes some pressure off of a lot of front 8s being thrown at Forte, and he will have more room to maneuver this year…
#4 – LaDainian Tomlinson: Call him dead, call him over the hill, whatever. He still had a good year by any means last year and I think he has a bit of chip on his shoulder this year to prove he ain’t dead yet, so ride LDT one more year into the sunset, next year don’t ask him to your Prom, because he will be too used by 2010.
#5 – Michaeld Turner: Listen, I am sick of hearing “The Curse of 370″ with this guy. Tired of it. He is young, it was his first year as a featured back, and Tony Gonzalez is in town, this guy could potentially go as high as #1, does he break down? No, but I think somewhere less than last year is probably likely.
#6 – DeAngelo Williams: This guy had a huge impact on a lot of fantasy leagues last year. He was unreal the last few weeks. Now everyone thinks Jonathon Stewart is going to steal some thunder. Really? Jake Delhomme stinks, so the Panthers are going to run all day long, and Mr. Williams will benefit.
#7 – Frank Gore: I know people think I am crazy for placing him this high, but Mike Singletary is the new coach in San Fran, and Mike Martz is gone as offensive coordinator, that means the 49ers are going to run, run, run….did you really think Shaun “of the dead” Hill was going to pass for 3,000 yards?
#8 – Steven Jackson: Should be higher, but no one knows what to expect from him and the Rams. He is such an injury risk, and the Rams might stink. But he runs a lot and catches a lot so he could end the season as the #1 RB.
ROUND TWO
#9 – Larry Fitzgerald: At some point you have to think the best player in football right now is going to be picked. With the Cardinals trying to emulate the 2000 Rams, and receptions being worth 0.75 this year, Fitzgerald is ready to explode.
#10 – Chris Johnson: This guy is a super-duper stud, stealing Dicky V’s thunder. His QB stinks, he is young and fast, and the only guy challenging him (LenDale White) has bragged about how he stopped drinking Tequila, whats not to like?
#11 – Randy Moss: Tom Brady is back. Receptions are worth 0.75, Gas prices continue to rise. It is 2007 all over again. Enjoy it.
#12 - Drew Brees: Ahh, a QB is drafted. If Brees can emulate 2008 he deserves to go this high. Other QBs were on his heels last year in our fantasy league, but he is capable of big numbers with the weapons in his offense.
#13 – Steve Slaton: The dude is getting a lot of press this off season, and he deserves it. He catches, he runs, and the Texans are actually a high-octane offense. He could be a little underrated heading into draft night.
#14 – Andre Johnson: Mr. Slaton’s partner in crime is next, and really the argument with our leagues stats are is, he could go higher. He was the best WR last year, and he had a bad start. BUT he plays for the Texans so he gets a little less press.
#15 – Brandon Jacobs: Lets see here, Plaxico is in jail, Derrick Ward is in Tampa, and Tom Coughlin likes to run in the red zone. This all means that Brandon Jacobs rules!
#16 – Calvin Johnson: I don’t know if most people would take him this high in an 8-team conference, but I think Calvin Johnson is ready to get better this year IF the Lions can figure out their QB situation and they let Kevin Smith loose to open up the passing game. Either way Calvin Johnson is the best news for Lions fans since Herman Moore.
So go ahead take my players, take my sleepers, just remember I have never won the UPFL and have never been to the UPFL title game. So take my advice with a grain of salt. Now excuse me as I go train my two-year old to use the potty and he pees all over me.
After four months of fantasy football it’s down to two teams, with 28 other teams looking on. At stake: $500, and the right to say you bested 29 other GMs in the ultimate fantasy football league.
This game has a lot of interesting details surrounding it, but I think the most important one is the fact that as of this preview each team had four players starting that are similar. (Dallas Cowboys D/ST, Marques Colston, Steve Smith, and Dallas Clark) What this means it is now a 5 vs. 5 battle, which of course changes everything.
The Fighting Manx are starting Tyler Thigpen, Kevin Smith and Steve Slaton at QB, RB and RB. While 75 Years will start Kurt Warner, Brian Westrbook and MarShawn Lynch at QB, RB and RB. Who would you rather have? Looking at these match-ups and the teams each is playing I tend to lean towards 75 years with the advantage. Kurt Warner has New England’s D to deal with but this is not the New England D of yesteryear, this D is not very good and Warner should be able to pick it apart, he is after all the 2008 UPFL MVP. Tyler Thigpen takes on an improved Dolphins D/ST and as good as Thigpen has been he will need to be spectacular to lead the Manx to the title, if he does that you can place him immediately into the Fantasy Football Hall of Fame. The RBs in this battle boil down to veterans vs. rookies. As Steve Slaton and Kevin Smith are rookies and Brian Westbrook and MarShawn Lynch are the veterans. With that being said I always roll with the veterans at this point in the season, but I could be wrong, I just feel the vets will pull this one out for 75 years.
The other match-up worth noting is Brandon Marshall vs. Anquan Boldin. Boldin has been a machine this year while Marshall has started to cool since a hot start. With Warner already in place at QB for 75 years, give them the advantage with this match-up also.
Kudos to both teams for making it this far, GM Griffin Lawson is appearing in his third YOOPER BOWL, which is simply amazing giving the size of our league. Is he happy with just being here? I doubt it, and I am sure he would like to win a YOOPER BOWL finally, but this will not be the year for the Buffalo Bills of the UPFL. Look for 75 Years to notch its first ever UPFL Championship, which would cap off an impressive comeback on the season for 75 years as they started the year off 1-4.
Good luck to both teams and I hope everyone enjoys the upcoming Holiday season, and let’s give a shout out to every GM who makes the UPFL, I think, one of the best Fantasy Football leagues around.
The Fighting Manx: 97 ** 75 Years of Rebuilding: 121
#1 – peace.love.afros (6-1): The Afros get a big 2-game week from Carmelo Anthony to sustain the top spot.
#2 – Whoomp There It Is (6-1): They are gearing up for a #1 vs. #2 showdown this week with PLA, winner takes the top spot next week.
#3 – Oslo Warrior (6-1): After dismantling the Smith Division Oslo Warrior gets ready for three key division match-ups.
#4 – Cobblestone Pez (5-2): The two-time champs make their first appearance this year in the Super Four as they win this week behind the super-duper performances of Kevin Durant and Jeff Green.
RED ALERT: Team Beauchamp (0-7), AquaSplash (0-7)
Player of the Week: Kevin Durant – Cobblestone Pez
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