Official Results 2009 Week #08

2009 Week #08

The Spitoons bounced back from last place in week #7 to first place in week #8 . The Spitoons have been the most erratic team in the league, finishing first or last for half of the weeks so far. This win moved Spi back into 4^th place, only two rank-points away from second place. With Welker on bye (top WR in the PQBFL so far), Spi did not expect so much success this week. However, R Wayne (WR2 in the league) picked up the slack with 26.25 pts. Romo also did well with 23.25 pts and after a slow start he has been coming back, now QB7 in the league. However the most stunning contributor for Spi has been rookie LB Brian Cushing, who continues to do everything. This week he got 3 tackles, 7 assists, 1 sack, and one INT. His lead as the top of his position over the second best is one of the highest of all positions.

The BeaudoinBrothers had a strong second place finish this week and took advantage of Wax+Dec’s struggles to jump to a six rank-point lead in the standings . This season so far, every time a team got a big lead in first place (Wax 4 rank-point lead after week 4, Dec 5 rank-point lead after week 6), they were promptly knocked out by horrible performances the following week. We’ll see if the BBs can buck the trend this time around. Because the BBs had all their key bye weeks lumped in only two weeks earlier this year, and because they tend to have better backups than other teams, they can expect to have relative success in weeks #9-10, but might go back to middle of the pack afterwards since their starters are not significantly better than other teams in the league except for UJ and JB. In week #8, Beaud started the wrong QB (Schaub 5.25 pts vs benched McNabb 26.25 pts), but received strong contribution for all 4 RBs and WRs who scored at least 14.5 pts each. Even the Dallas defense which had been average at best so far scored 14.5 pts, even better than the PQBFL’s top defense from the Eagles who were benched and scored 7 pts. Rookie L McCoy took advantage of the injury to Westbrook and scored a long TD and 15.5 pts. The BBs have been relatively unaffected by injuries so far, ranking 6^th in injury points, and even benefited from injuries from time to time, like for L McCoy.

OldNo7 finished in the top three for the third time in five weeks and has a chance for the team’s best season in franchise history. Old is 6^th in the standings, but only 3 rank-points away from second place. Who would have thought that Old could ever get their team name on the PQBFL plaque? Well it’s only mid-season, but second is within reach. Old had a chance to finish 2^nd this week, but got caught from behind by Beaud on MNF when M Ryan, R White, and Shockey combined for a respectable 36 pts but the BBs got 28.5 pts from Turner and Vilma which was much more than expected compared to their season average of 18 pts together. Old’s success this week was in part due to franchise player S Jackson playing the hapless Lions and scored 20.75 pts when the Rams rode him all day long and avoided the pass. Old’s strength this year has been the DL position, and week #8 was a perfect display of that. Both J Allen and Ju Peppers started and combined for a stunning 38 pts on Allen’s three sacks and Ju Peppers’ INT returned for a TD. Not bad when the league’s average for a DL is about 7-8 pts per game.

The Dugongs had a seventh straight average week, finishing 4^th. One can only guess that this team is doomed for mediocrity in 2009. Dug was hurt by bye weeks this week with both PIT and TB being off. WR Bowe was also on bye, and old man Holt had to start and he barely showed up, scoring 2.75 pts. This squandered the big game by A Rodgers who scored 31.75 pts. Believe it or not, the top scoring player in the PQBFL so far is not Brees, Brady, or Manning. It’s A Rodgers. Also note the continued steady work put in by C Lofton at LB who added 12 tackles and 2 assists on MNF. Finally, RB Kevin Smith might have become the first offensive player in PQBFL history to score points for a safety when he tackled a defender in his end zone after a turnover.

The JakesBlues finished fifth this week, but lost ground to the three teams directly above in the standings: Spi, Dug, and Old. JB is now 10 rank-points away from 6^th place and seems locked in the bottom third. Brees did not do enough on MNF to beat Dug, throwing 2 TDs but being victim of 2 turnovers as well . JB got TD production from R Rice, G Jennings, P Crayton, and Maclin for a total of 6 TDs which is normally quite good, but on defense, JB only got 27.5 pts from the defensive team (GB) and the four individual starters.

The Decepticons expected a rough week due to not having a TE to start and got a disappointing finish with 6^th place. College QB Potts did not help, being benched after only a few snaps, throwing for 94 yds and one INT. The same treatment was reserved to RB Slaton. One carry, one rushing yard, one fumble, and hello bench. Slaton did not return to the game. This is unfortunate because the Bears D pulled their weight, crushing the Browns, scoring a TD and causing 5 turnovers in addition to blocking a kick.

WaxOnWaxOff finished in the bottom three for the third time in four weeks with a 7^th place. Wax’s lack of depth has been exposed during bye weeks. R Moss was on bye, and Hixon replaced him (!) and scored minus two points . Parker and Mendenhall were on bye, and M Lynch scored 4 pts. L Fletcher was on bye, and Rhodes scored one point. Franchise player MJD is pretty much the only guy who showed up this week, scoring 31.25 pts. Even the Vikings defense was not impressive in Green Bay, only scoring one point.

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UncleJack’s players suck . As if this was not enough, UncleJack’s coach sucks . He benched first round pick Chris Johnson again, and the dude scored 35.75 pts . This was a flashback of week #2 when CJ scored 47.5 pts on the bench . But the sad thing is who replaced CJ in the starting lineup this week: Leon Washington. Not only is this guy out for the year due to an injury, but it was also mentioned in last week’s summary . I guess we should assume UJ does not read this column. Maybe UJ would learn a thing or two? UJ… suckness!

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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