Official Results 2006 Week #6

2006 Week #6

The summary is provided by FlyingElvis this week. If you would like to volunteer to write one or a few weekly summaries some time this season, please let me know.

It was an incredibly exciting week in the PQBFL as there was tons of movement during the Monday night game, and most was in the 4^th quarter where Chicago scored all the unanswered points. Before the Monday night game, it appeared that FlyingElvis was a lock for 2^nd place, Wax was banking on a 3^rd, and the Spitoons and Dugongs appeared to be battling it out for 5^th. My how the tables turned on Monday night. OldNo7 had an incredible defensive night with 34.5 points to move into a 2^nd place tie with Elvis, while the Spitoons got a monster defensive night out of Urlacher to leap over Wax into 4^th. Wax slid to 5^th because he had no players on Monday night. It was amazing how many defensive points were scored in that game last night, and almost everyone in the PQBFL benefited in some way from it.

The BeaudoinBros had an absolute monster week this week , posting the highest point total of anyone in the league this year . BB was already sitting atop the league even before Monday night, but they padded their lead with the Chicago D, which scored 24 big points. Amazing weeks from LT (4 TDs, benefiting from the spanking they put on the 49ers), and 30 points from Hasselbeck. The loss of Shaun Alexander and hence the need of the Seahawks to throw the ball more is helping BBs weekly scores. Additionally, a trade made this week benefited the BBs greatly. FlyingElvis, in a pinch for a starting QB, traded Osi Umenyiora for Philip Rivers and a draft exchange. Long story short, though Umenyiora had really done nothing for Elvis, he responded to the new ownership by putting up 14 points. Other big contributions were made by Darrell Jackson (on the receiving end of the Hasselbeck throws), Kevin Jones and the rookie DeMeco Ryans. Based on this week’s performance this team looks hard to beat. You have to wonder where this type of score has been for this team up to this week .

Flying Elvis continues his good run but was disappointed to lose ½ point this week . Second place never even seemed like a question even into the 4^th quarter for Elvis last night, as Leinart was having a decent game. It was incredible that Old caught him. Elvis has finished no worse than 2^nd in the last 4 weeks, and this week made a seemingly brilliant trade to get Philip Rivers from BBs. FE was without a QB due to the bye week and the fact that Trent Green still does not know his own name , so he was in desperate need for a QB. Elvis gave up Umenyiora and a high draft pick, seemingly mortgaging the future but came out with a huge 26 point performance from Rivers. It could have been higher if the game had been closer, but since SD pulled away Rivers handed the ball off to Tomlinson so the BBs benefited. Steve Smith came back in a big way, and Elvis decided to bench Glenn for Houshmandzadeh at WR and TJ responded with 22 pts. Larry Johnson had an off week because the Chiefs were behind early, but he made the highlight reel with the hairpulling tackle of Troy Polamalu . I ask everyone in this league, what was better than that?? He yanked Polamalu’s hair like we would all like to yank Jenna Jameson’s, and probably called him a bitch while doing it . Way to go LJ!! Matt Leinart is looking like the real deal at Rookie for FE as well, even despite the 4^th qtr collapse. Elvis had an amazing 97.6% coaching efficiency this week . There was only one player on his roster he could have started who scored higher.

OldNo7 made an incredible comeback on Monday night. He was sitting in decent shape but Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman had great Monday night games. Briggs had 13, count them 13, tackles, while Tillman had the fumble recovery for TD. Jackpot for Old! Old also got a great week from Torry Holt. It was a beautiful thing for Old that the Seahawks played the Rams, who have always been notorious for giving up huge numbers on the defensive side of the ball. Old also benefited from a 90 yd TD run by Warrick Dunn and a great defensive day by Julius Peppers. JP racked up 17 points for a DL, tops at that position this week. Old continues to suffer from a weak QB position, as Jake Plummer is just not very good from a fantasy perspective. Old is getting decent production out of his rookie position, though the 7 point output from Reggie was not as high as I’m sure he would have liked. It looks like taking him in the 1^st round will pay for Old. Old needs to do something about his QB if he wants to compete, Plummer is not great, McNair’s O-Coordinator quit today and Kitna is not a great option with the Lions. Old’s 95.6% coaching efficiency also has to be commended.

The Spitoons and Dugongs were in a tight race on Monday night for what seemed to be 5^th and 6^th place, but Spi got a great defensive week out of Urlacher to jump Wax into 4^th. Urlacher is a monster. Spitoons were expecting a big week out of Carson Palmer (as were many) but he just didn’t get it. Palmer had a decent week, but not great, in an unexpected loss to the Bucs. Roy Williams of the Lions had a big week for Spitoons, putting up 25 points and the Spitoons also got a big week out of “asshole”, with 24 points in total. Does anyone in the world want to see this man score TDs other than the Spitoons? I think not. Spitoons does not feel this way but let me speak on the behalf of the general population and say please, next time, finish the job: take every pill in the bottle and make sure no one is around to call 911. Getting off of the TO topic, the RB position was, and is, a huge weakness for Spitoons. They only got 10 points out of this important point scoring position, and what hurts Spitoons is they don’t really have any great alternatives at the position. Dillon was on bye and is clearly suffering stats-wise from the Pats new “by committee” approach with Maroney. Shaun Alexander is hurt and Priest Holmes and Ricky Williams don’t play. This looks very bad for Spitoons but it should change when Alexander comes back. This week, the trade for Kevan Barlow turned out to be a great move for the Spitoons because even though Barlow only scored 4 pts, it helped the Spitoons beat league-leader WaxOnWaxOff. The Ravens D also was a bit of a disappointment this week for the Spitoons, with 4.5 points.

WaxOnWaxOff finished in 5^th place this week, and I’m sure he is surprised at this development . It looked like he was a lock for 4^th at worst, and even could have had 3^rd. Hard to believe a 143 point total is only good for 5^th. That total would have got him no worse than a 3^rd any other week this season. Wax got good weeks out of Reggie Brown and, if he had cut his hair, could have had an even better week out of Troy Polamalu. If Polamalu had cut his hair he may have had another touchdown to tack onto an already outstanding 19.5 point performance. Larry Johnson pulled Polamalu’s hair as if he were riding a quarter horse without a saddle. And what bitch did the Steelers' have about that perfectly legal tackle? None. But they did anyway. Wax suffered this week by sub-par performances from his RB position (Rudi Johnson and Cadillac Williams combined for only 12.5 pts) and starting QB Mark Brunell did not have a great game. If Wax had started Deion Brach and Jake Delhomme he would have gained 25.5 points . Wax had a great defensive effort (47.5 points!!) that was tops in the league by a mile before last night, but Old’s amazing MNF performance gave his D 58.5 points. Wax also was victimized by the bye week at the rookie position.

The Dugongs did a decent job this week but are suffering mightily at the QB position. The Dugongs have been last place finishers for the past two weeks but this week lifted themselves out of the cellar largely due to Laveranues Coles, who had a big week with 25 points (2 TD catches). Todd Heap and Ronnie Brown had solid weeks as well (13.5 and 15.5 points respectively), but David Carr had –1 points this week , and the sad fact is that the Dugongs' only other option was to start a QB who actually was not going to play. Aaron Brooks (injured), Kurt Warner (benched) and Charlie Frye (bye) are their only other QBs. OUCH. Starting any of these players would have resulted in a point score of 0 from the position as compared to the negative number Carr put up. Another problem area for Dugongs is rookie. Mike Bell has never really been the Broncos starter and Tatum Bell is doing well, so Mike doesn’t play. Dugongs did get a decent effort from the Broncos defense against the hapless Raiders.

The Decepticons slipped back this week after a really nice winning week last week. They did manage to stay out of last place, though this is largely due to Uncle Jack’s poor performances across the board. Decepticons had a generally mediocre performance from all players, no one good, no one especially bad. The coach made a mistake benching Tiki Barber , who had a great game against Atlanta this week. McGahee only gave him 6.5 points. Barber had over 200 all-purpose yards that would have given him 19.5 points this week. Unfortunately for Dec even if he had started Tiki it probably wouldn’t have moved him out of 7^th place. The rest of the league put up very impressive scores this week so Decept and UJ got left pretty far behind. The Eagles D was a big disappointment against the Saints, garnering only 1.5 points, and Donovan McNabb, while not bad, did not have his usual week. Vince Young, while leading his team to its first victory against the Redskins, did manage 10.5 points as the rookie, which was 2^nd best at this position this week.

Uncle Jack is struggling mightily and is looking like a lock for last place this year. Uncle Jack had a bad week from the coach, with only a 69% efficiency rating . While no one can expect 100%, even if he had an 85% efficiency he would have had 125 points, which would have moved him up a spot. UJ did get a good week out of Bledsoe this week, who padded his stats against the lame Texans. At the RB position Lamont Jordan hurt UJ badly with his 3 point performance. The problem there is that he is a Raider, and they are always behind and having to throw. UJ is thin at this position with virtually no viable backup to Jordan and Parker. UJ got only 1.5 points out of Rod Smith at WR where he is also very thin. Adding to the woes is that Tony Gonzalez appears to have aged and is not getting great numbers anymore. One of UJs best performers this week was his kicker , which surely gives BB a chuckle . Also the Steelers D had a great week but was, unfortunately, on the bench.

Note: sometimes the NFL announces stats changes and according to PQBFL rules, the results are not totally official until Sunday 1pm Eastern.

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