2007 Week #11
2nd Place BeaudoinBrothers 166.25 pts
3rd Place FlyingElvis 161.25 pts
4th Place Decepticons 142.5 pts
The Dugongs won for the second
time this season with 177.5 pts . The
Dugongs benefited from a late surge with 4 TDs by R Moss on SNF and 43.75 pts.
This was easily Moss’s best game of the year as he had previously not even
scored in the 30s. Moss took over the top position in the WR rankings. Because
the Dugongs are struggling at the RB position, ROO Adrian Peterson’s injured
turned out to be a mixed outcome for the Dugongs. Backup rookie L Landry is a
below average starter (9th best rookie so far), but Peterson’s
absence paved the way for a big day by Chester Taylor. Taylor cast some doubt
about whether Peterson is really that good or if it’s the Vikings offensive line
that is good. C Taylor got over 200 yds from scrimmage and scored 3 TDs for
31.75 pts. Due to the presence of A Peterson, his previous season high was only
8.75 pts. The Dugongs also got a decent game from Hasselbeck (2 TDs and over
300 passing yds against the overrated Bears defense). On defense, J Allen was
unable to sack P Manning, but got 4 passes defended and went on to score 13 pts.
Allen is currently crushing all other DLs in the league by more than 3 pts per
game, which is the third largest domination of all positions after QB and
rookie.
The BeaudoinBrothers kept on
rolling with a third second place in the last four weeks and beat FlyingElvis
for the eight time in 11 weeks . Romo was the
top scorer for the BBs but his production is not what allowed the BBs to beat FE
because his four TDs all went to FE’s T Owens. The BBs had a solid week due to
consistent production from almost the entire lineup. LT, Holt, TJ Housh, and
Gates each scored a TD. On defense, D Ryans and E Sims both got 10+
tackles/assists and Rhodes picked off a pass from Roethlisberger. The BBs now
lead FE by 10 rank-points in the standings. The biggest comeback ever to win
the league was in 1997 when the BBs were down by 4.5 rank-points behind the
Crashers after 9 weeks. Adjusted for league size, 4.5 rank-points in 1997 is
worth 10.5 rank-points in 2007. FE has a tall order if they want to catch the
BBs who have been extremely consistent this year. In 11 weeks, the BBs have not
been in the bottom half of the standings yet. The league record was established
by the Spitoons last year with 12 straight weeks in the top half of the
standings (from week #6 to week #17) and 13 straight weeks if we include the
following season (the streak ended in week #2 this year).
FlyingElvis was in big trouble
after the 1pm games but made a furious comeback with T Owens scoring 4 TDs in a
4pm game and Brady adding 5 more TDs on SNF .
FE was almost able to catch up the BeaudoinBrothers but failed on MNF when Champ
Bailey was held to only 6.5 pts
. It was the
second time this year that FE lost to the BBs by five points or less. FE has
gotten great production from only a few players (including Brady) all year,
while the rest of the lineup has been pretty bad and it’s costing the team
dearly. This week, almost every starter besides Brady and Owens had
disappointing games. MJD scored a TD but only got 37 yds from scrimmage. P
Burress only caught four short passes and no TD. The TE position continues to
be a mess for FE and the defense is not much better. The Panthers scored a
paltry 2.5 pts on the road against the Packers. If FE had started the Jets
instead, FE would have beat the BBs this week. The Jets scored 12 pts on the
bench. The FE coach made the mistake a starting injured S Taylor while M
Peterson was benched and Peterson scored 6 pts. Because FE finished 5 pts
behind the BBs, this was the difference maker.
The Decepticons scored 142.5 pts
but could not do better than 4th place in what was a high-scoring
week. The Cons’ receivers were hot this week with 20 pts from A Johnson and
14.75 pts from Colston. The return to health of A Johnson is a big plus for Dec
. Cooley caught 8 passes and a TD for 18.25
pts. Another unexpected receiver was Hobbs from the Pats defense who caught a
ball that popped loose high in the air and ran it back for a TD. The Pats
defense scored 19.5 pts for Dec. Individual defensive players had another bad
week however and this has been a problem all year. Bulluck scored 5 pts and he
ranks 23rd out of 27 LBs so he’s been a huge bust. A Winfield only
scored one point because he is still bothered by an injury. Star rookie P
Willis had his second bad game in a row with only 4 pts. He dropped to 4th
best rookie behind Bowe (Old).
OldNo7 was unable to follow up
the week #10 win with another dominating performance. Old went back to his old
habits of having an average performance and finished between 3rd and
6th for the eight time in nine weeks .
Rookie Bowe was the team’s top scorer was 16 pts this week. Much of the
remaining production came on defense. The Chiefs surprisingly held the Colts to
only 13 pts and 216 yards of total offense on the road. Ju Peppers had his
first good game since week #6 with 15 pts. L Fletcher continues to perform as
the league’s top LB and he scored 13.5 pts. DB Sean Jones is quietly having a
good year as the 3rd best DB
. He
scored 14.5 pts this week. Unfortunately for Old, the WRs who are normally a
strength had an off week. R Wayne and B Edwards did not score a TD and both got
a single-digit score. At RB, S Jax was also held to a single-digit despite
playing the 49ers. Re Bush has been a disappointment considering the fact that
McAllister is out to an injury. Bush caughed it up twice and losing one of the
two fumbles. Bush ranks 10th best RB. At QB, C Palmer had another
so-so game with 11.75. Who would have thought that the Bengals would not even
be in the playoff race.
WaxOnWaxOff made a comeback on
MNF to steal 6th place away from the Spitoons. B Marshall is a nice
promising WR who could be a good asset on Wax’s saved team in 2008. Marshall
scored 15.5 pts to lead the Broncos to a key win against the Titans. DJ
Williams slightly exceeded expectations by scoring 10 pts and so did Elam with
8.5 pts, all in the MNF game. With so many injuries at the RB position, Wax is
left was crap and only got 8.5 pts at the position for both RBs combined
. S Smith has been almost useless since
Delhomme got injured and now Smith is injured himself. Re Brown replaced him in
Wax’s starting lineup but he only scored 3.75 pts while DJ Hackett was benched
with 21.75 pts
. At the TE position, Wax’s
coach also made a mistake by benching B Watson (10 pts) and starting H Miller
(3.75 pts). Wax ended up with the second worst coaching efficiency this week
with 73.4%.
The Spitoons wasted a big lead
against Wax on MNF when DB C Hope only scored 4 pts. The Spitoons had high
hopes from Hope this year by making him an early draft pick, but Hope’s hopes
were not founded. He ranks 17th DB out of 23 this season
. Speaking of disappointments on defense, J
Taylor is up there too. Taylor was a saved player and was expected to be a
leading DL like last year. He only ranks 7th however and he scored
only one point this week. On offense, Spi got a good game out of L Fitz (17.5
pts), but other key starters got average to below average performances, notably
Kitna at home against the Giants defense (10.5 pts) and the old Priest who only
scored 4.5 pts against the Colts. M Morris scored 14.75 pts on the bench in
replacement of S Alexander. The Ravens defense scored a TD, but were otherwise
horrendous by allowing 26 pts and 380 yds to the Browns at home.
UncleJack struggled to a second
last place in four weeks with only 99.25 pts, finishing more than 25 pts behind
7th place. UJ is only 3 rank-points behind Wax and 2 rank-points
behind the Spitoons in the standings but must wake up soon to avoid being the
doormat of 2007. P Manning has been affected by M Harrison’s absence, but that
does not excuse his 2-point game against the Chiefs
. Manning did not throw a TD and could not
reach 165 passing yds. At RB Portis slowed down with only 4.75 pts against
Dallas. C Johnson’s streak of not scoring TDs continued. CJ has not scored
since week #2 while TJ Housh scores almost every game. The rookie position is a
mess for UJ. Acquiring Jacoby Jones was not the answer for UJ and all other
rookies for UJ are not doing anything. All four rookies combined for only 1 pt
this week and none of them are injured.
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