2010 Week #2
The Spitoons won week #2 and took control of the first place in the standings with an impressive 173.5 pts. Most of Spi’s production came from only three sources: Schaub led the Texans to a comeback and scored 30.5 pts. The Steelers defense scored a TD, got 4 sacks, and caused 6 turnovers in a win in Tennessee. LB Harrison was part of this performance by contributing 2 sacks and 2 forced fumbles in addition to double digit tackles. Few expect Spi to stay in first place however. This team is unbelievably thin at skill positions, particularly at RB where it turns out Shonn Greene might not get more than 50% of carries in New York. S Rice’s injury is not helping either, although it was known pre-draft.
The
Decepticons came second this week, less than three points behind
Spi. F Gore had a strong game on MNF with 24 pts but came up
just short. J Cutler had another good game with 26.25 pts as
the Bears won in Dallas. Only P Manning has outscored Cutler
so far at the QB position. Similar to Spi, Dec might have an
issue at RB due to having only one true starter (Gore) particularly
because J Charles is not carrying the load as much as expected with the
veteran T Jones having a significant share of the carries. At
least this week, the weakness was masked by WRs A Johnson (26.75 pts)
and M Austin (18 pts). LB Timmons was also part of the
Steelers’ feast with 12 tackles, 3 assists, and one forced
fumble.
Wax
finished in the top three for the second straight week and the
defending champs are the clear league favorites at this
point. Wax got good production from receivers with S Smith
(14.25 pts), R Wayne (17.75 pts), and D Clark (17 pts) all scoring a
TD. Rookie J Best had another monster game with 3 TDs (38.25
pts) and many team owners will regret not voting to cut him from
Wax’s team. Only Beaud and FE thought he was worthy
of votes while everybody else did not rank him on Wax’s top
10. Horrible! Wax is always looking for improvement
and needs to look no further than defense. Best’s
performance exposed a worrying flaw with the Eagles defense which could
not hold the sorry Lions led by backup QB Shaun Hill under 30
pts.
JakesBlues
followed last week’s win with a respectable 4th place, unlike
last year when JB won week #1 but crashed to 8th place in week
#2. Maybe this week JB can remain competitive the entire
year. D Brees had a rough outing in SF on MNF but did just
enough to edge Beaud in 4th place. P Willis also shouldered
the load on MNF with 13 pts while DB Goldson was subpar with 5
pts. This week’s performance by JB came with stable
contribution all around the lineup from both RBs above 10 pts, Nicks
scoring one more TD, and the Vikings defense holding the Dolphins to
just 7 pts of offense.
The
BeaudoinBrothers finished in the middle for the second straight
week. First round pick A Rodgers was a bright spot with 27
pts, but he was facing the Bills at home. Franchise player C
Johnson had more problems against the Steelers and was held to 2.25 pts
which hurt Beaud. Receivers including Witten did not find the
end zone. At least kicker Hartley made up for his fiasco in
week #1 with 3 FGs and the win in SF to beat Dug. One of the
few bright spots on Beaud’s team is the performance of LaRon
Landry. During the draft, Beaud had the guts to wait until
the last three rounds of the draft to take all three DBs (did not save
one), expecting great talent to still be available at the very
end. So far it has paid off with Landry scoring 18.5 pts two
games in a row, which he accomplished without a TD, without an INT or
forced fumble, and with only one sack.
The
Dugongs did better than week #1 (last) with a 6th place this
week. Dug could have beat Beaud but V Davis scored 9.75 pts
(not bad) instead of benched A Gates (17.75 pts). The Dugongs
were last to fill their roster with a QB and the season might be
long. Palmer has been adequate but not great. This
week he only scored 4.5 pts against the Ravens. The Dugongs
got all their production from RBs this week with A Peterson and L McCoy
scoring 20.5 pts and 28.5 pts. Note the disastrous -2 pts
scored by the Skins defense against the Texans.
OldNo7
finished 7th this week with only 125.25 pts. Old was hoping
for more, and while the Saints were average with 9 pts on MNF, Crabtree
was a bust with only one reception. RB Brandon Jackson was
picked up to replace injured Ryan Grant. Jackson only rushed
for 29 yds at home vs the Bills which is a worrying sign. At
least he scored a short TD. Old took the lead in injury
points and looks to stay there the entire year.
FlyingElvis
took 8th place with 112.75 pts. Brady was dominated by the
Jets and had three turnovers. M Turner got injured after a
productive first half (75 rushing yards). Aromashodu got the
goose egg, following a disastrous start by Berrian in week
#1. Horrible job at picking starting WRs so far. O
Daniels seems to still be affected by his injury from last year and
ranks 20th TE out of 22 so far. The Patriots’
kicker missed a FG. FE’s college QB is
suspended. It’s just hard to find good news on this
team.
UncleJack
is now in the cellar with a 9th place this week. As
it’s been the case in the last few years, only P Manning
shows up every week for this team. Manning scored 27.25 pts
and leads the league with 61.5 pts scored so far. The rest of
the lineup could make anybody puke. Historically weak at RB,
UJ at least spent early picks this year on RBs. But they all
suck. UJ’s five RBs had the ten following scores in
two weeks (none are injured): 6, 6.5, 0.5, 5.25, 0.75, 5, 6.5, 5.25, 1,
6.25. Wow.
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