Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Week 8 Recap

Rosie Palmers vs. Chocolate Starfish – Chocolate Starfish won 103.4 to 100.4. I made some last minute adjustments that killed me this week. That and my defense got -6!!! Chocolate Starfish is back in the hunt for that 6th seed!
 
TP CharlieSheening vs. Sauce’n Ain’t Easy – TP CharlieSheening won 122 to 113.8. Julio Jones and Rob Gronkowski lit it up. TP’s receivers continue to carry his team.
 
Red Hot Julius Peppers vs. Child Please – Child Please won 130.5 to 124.6. With all the guys Child Please had on a bye this week and after the 66.8 Peppers got on Thursday night from 2 guys, this looked like a potential blowout win for Peppers. However, he got no more help from the rest of his team on Sunday and Monday.
 
The Burg YUH8ME vs. Catcha Fade – Catcha Fade won 95.6 to 58.9. YUH8ME should be YUN33DH3LP because your team needs help. 3 weeks in a row you can’t score any points is unacceptable, and you started Brandon Stokley over Michael Crabtree? C’mon Man!!! Catcha Fade is back in the playoff hunt and YUH8ME is hanging on for dear life.
 
Team birdsinthekitch vs. The Blackhole Black – Team birdsinthekitch won 85.4 to 74.6. Eli Manning Kills The Blackhole Black once again, however, just playing Brandon Lloyd and Larry Fitzgerald like she has all season would have got her a tie! Side note, birdsinthekitch has managed to get to 5-3 while being in the bottom of the power rankings (total points).
 
With the possibility of at least 1 playoff spot being clinched this week, it’s time to start focusing on the race for the last spot in. Everyone from 6th through 10th still has a mathematical chance of making the playoffs with that in mind I have compiled some numbers for those teams to look at and hopefully they/we recognize the importance of playing your best team every week.
 
Rosie Palmers:
Upcoming Opponents:
Red Hot Julius Peppers, Sauce’n Ain’t Easy, Team birdsinthekitch, Child Please, The Blackhole Black
Combined Winning Percentage of .575
Average Points For / Against: 117.15 / 107.2
 
The Burg YUH8ME:
Upcoming Opponents:
TP CharlieSheening, Red Hot Julius Peppers, Child Please, Suace’n Ain’t Easy, Team birdsinthekitch
Combined Winning Percentage of .675
Average Points For / Against: 102.55 / 111.695
 
Catcha Fade:
Upcoming Opponents:
Chocolate Starfish, The Blackhole Black, Sauce’n Ain’t Easy, Team birdsinthekitch, Child Please
Combined Winning Percentage of .525
Average Points For / Against: 92.9125 / 104.295
 
The Blackhole Black:
Upcoming Opponents:
Child Please, Catcha Fade, Red Hot Julius Peppers, TP CharlieSheening, Rosie Palmers
Combined Winning Percentage of .575
Average Points For / Against: 95.3125 / 111.1775
 
Chocolate Starfish:
Upcoming Opponents:
Catcha Fade, Child Please, TP CharlieSheening, Red Hot Julius Peppers, Sauce’n Ain’t Easy
Combined Winning Percentage of .625
Average Points For / Against: 94.4 / 110.45
 
#BOOM
 
Back Pats:
Team birdsinthekitch – pulling out wins without scoring very much.
 
TP CharlieSheening – receivers keep having monster weeks.
 
Child Please – weathering the bye week.
 
C’mon Man:
The Burg YUH8ME – what the hell happened to your team?
 
Rosie Palmers – bad roster moves continue to bite me in the butt.
 
Red Hot Julius Peppers – I know he’s been inconsistent but Matthew Stafford wins your matchup this week.
 
Bold Prediction:
I went a miserable 1-4 this week. I’m 18-17 on the season.
 
This weeks winners:
(Red Hot Julius Peppers vs. Rosie Palmers) Rosie Palmers, although I’m losing confidence…
 
(Sauce’n Ain’t Easy vs. Team birdsinthekitch) The Eagles get the cupcake defense of the Saints. Sauce’n Ain’t Easy wins.
 
(The Blackhole Black vs. Child Please) Arian Foster is gonna go nuts against the Bills. Child Please wins.
 
(The Burg YUH8ME vs. TP CharlieSheening) The Burg can’t score. TP CharlieSheening wins.
 
(Catcha Fade vs. Chocolate Starfish) Starfish has some serious contributors on bye week. Catcha Fade wins.
 
#BOOM
 
Power Rankings:
1. Child Please
2. TP CharlieSheening
3. Rosie Palmers
4. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
5. Red Hot Julius Peppers
6. The Burg YUH8ME
7. Team birdsinthekitch
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Chocolate Starfish
10. Catcha Fade
 
Playoff Picture:
1. Child Please
2. TP CharlieSheening
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. Team birdsinthekitch
5. Red Hot Julius Peppers
6. Rosie Palmers
 
Losers:
7. The Burg YUH8ME
8. Catcha Fade
9. The Blackhole Black
10. Chocolate Starfish
 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Week 7 Recap

Rosie Palmers vs. TP CharlieSheening – TP CharlieSheening won 146.8 to 98.4. Vincent Jackson went nuts all day and the Redskins gave up a huge touchdown to Victor Cruz at the end of the game.
 
The Burg YUH8ME vs. The Blackhole Black – The Blackhole Black won 108.6 to 67.9. Chris Johnson looked like the old Chris Johnson (36.8) and for the second week in a row YUH8ME failed to crack 70 points.
 
Catcha Fade vs. Red Hot Julius Peppers – Red Hot Julius Peppers won 153.4 to 82.3. Good call on starting Josh Freeman (40.7) and in general Red Hot Julius Peppers players all had big days.
 
Chocolate Starfish vs. Team birdsinthekitch – Team birdsinthekitch won 128.1 to 96.8. The Saints show up again. Drew Brees had his 3rd straight game of more than 40 points. You better hope this holds up.
 
Sauce’n Ain’t Easy vs. Child Please – Child Please won 97.9 to 82. This game was close until the Bears gave up their shutout bid. Also 0 from Vernon Davis hurt Sauce’n Ain’t Easy. Child Please squeaked by with 2 great performances and a bunch of average and below average performances.
 
#BOOM
 
Back Pats:
TP CharlieSheening – What a trade for thedynamic duo at receiver.
 
The Blackhole Black – Chris Johnson finally had a big game.
 
Red Hot Julius Peppers – Josh Freeman went nuts.
 
Team birdsinthekitch – You live and die by the Saints. You live this week.
 
C’mon Man:
Catcha Fade – Each week those 2 receivers you traded help TP demolish people. We all hate you for that.
 
The Burg YUH8ME – Under 70 2 weeks in a row. Time to start reevaluating.
 
Bold Prediction:
I went 2-3 this week. I’m 17-13 on the season.
 
This weeks winners:
(Rosie Palmers vs. Chocolate Starfish) Rosie Palmers wins because it’s me and I’m back to not picking Starfish again.
 
(TP CharlieSheening vs. Sauce’n Ain’t Easy) Aaron Rodgers plays the Jags… TP CharlieSheening wins.
 
(Red Hot Julius Peppers vs. Child Please) Big time bye weeks for Child Please… Red Hot Julius Peppers wins.
 
(The Burg YUH8ME vs. Catcha Fade) Ray Rice on Bye… MJD hurt… half of Catcha Fade’s regulars on bye… this could be 65 to 60… The Burg YUH8ME wins.
 
(Team birdsinthekitch vs. The Blackhole Black) I think the Saints get gassed in Denver… The Blackhole Black wins.
 
#BOOM
 
Power Rankings:
1. Rosie Palmers
2. Child Please
3. TP CharlieSheening
4. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
5. The Burg YUH8ME
6. Red Hot Julius Peppers
7. Team birdsinthekitch
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Chocolate Starfish
10. Catcha Fade
 
Playoff Picture:
1. Child Please (bye)
2. TP CharlieSheening (bye)
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. Red Hot Julius Peppers
5. Team birdsinthekitch
6. Rosie Palmers
 
Losers:
7. The Burg YUH8ME
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Catcha Fade
10. Chocolate Starfish
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Week 6 Recap

Rosie Palmers vs. Catcha Fade – Catcha Fade won 105.4 to 89.4. -4 from my defense and 14.9 combined from 3 running backs is the recipe for an L. Congrats to Catcha Fade though. The return of CJ Spiller and Andy Dalton lead to a much needed victory.

Team birdsinthekitch vs. Sauce’n Ain’t Easy – Sauce’n Ain’t Easy won 101.8 to 65.7. The moral here is backups are backups. Cedric Benson and Donald Brown both were injured last week. So… birdsinthekitch grabs their backups and the get 12.5… combined. Oh and you didn’t learn your lesson on starting multiple receivers from the same team. You should have picked up Antonio Gates. HaHa.

The Blackhole Black vs. Red Hot Julius Peppers – Red Hot Julius Peppers won 102.5 to 81.9. On a weekend where The Blackhole gets maximum production from all of her skill positions and kicker she still manages to lose the game. How? Her QB and Defense had below average performances. She can’t catch a break. On another note, Jordy Nelson was a fantasy stud that was unnoticed in our league this week with 35.1 chillin on Red Hot Julius Peppers’ bench.

Child Please vs. TP CharlieSheening – TP CharlieSheening won 129.7 to 123.2. Down goes the lone undefeated! This was probably the most thrilling matchup I’ve seen ever. We went from assuming, based on average performances, that Child Please would win going into Sunday night with TP only having Aaron Rodgers left and a score of 73.5 to 56.3 (Child Please had Arian Foster, Manning, Decker and Prater left at this point). Then BOOM Rodgers puts up 56.2 and now we assume TP will win easily. Then in the 4th quarter of the Monday night game Decker catches a 28 yard pass or so which would have put him over 100 yards and thus earning the 5 point bonus plus the 2.8 for the yardage and Child Please wins by fractions of a point! Except there was an offensive pass interference called on Decker! HaHaHaHa! Decker finished the game with 98 yards and Child Please takes his first L.

Chocolate Starfish vs. The Burg YUH8ME – Chocolate Starfish won 140.8 to 64.7. FINALLY!!!! Now everyone has a win. The story here is that Shonne Green absolutely exploded on the Colts for 39.1 points. Starfish also got big numbers from multiple positions which he hasn’t had all season. However, this week he would have won regardless with the horrible showing YUH8ME’s players put out and the fact that RG 3 was a bench stud as well this week with 42.1.

No undefeated and no totally defeateds. ***NEWS FLASH*** trade deadline is Wednesday. Trades must be accepted by both parties by noon eastern on Wednesday!

#BOOM

Back Pats:
TP CharlieSheening – beat Child Please thanks toAaron Rodgers.

Chocolate Starfish – got his first W.

C’mon Man:
The Burg YUH8ME and Team birdsinthekitch – y’allcant put up more than 64/65 points? C’mon Man!

The Burg YUH8ME – no one wants Matt Ryan. LOL. Stop Sitting RG3.

Red Hot Julius Peppers – Stop sitting Jordy!

Child Please – you got 2 roster spots that put up 0’s playa.

Bold Prediction:
I went 2-3 this week. I called that upset specialthough! . I’m 15-10 on the season.

This weeks winners: Rosie Palmers, ***UPSET SPECIAL*** The Blackhole Black, ***UPSET SPECIAL #2*** Catcha Fade, ***UPSET SPECIAL #3*** Chocolate Starfish, Child Please (Sauce’n Ain’t Easy has too many byes)

#BOOM

Power Rankings:
1. Rosie Palmers
2. Child Please
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. The Burg YUH8ME
5. TP CharlieSheening
6. Red Hot Julius Peppers
7. Team birdsinthekitch
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Catcha Fade
10. Chocolate Starfish

Playoff Picture:
1. Child Please (bye)
2. Sauce'n Ain't Easy (bye)
3. TP CharlieSheening
4. Rosie Palmers
5. The Burg YUH8ME
6. Red Hot Julius Peppers

Losers:
7. Team birdsinthekitch
8. Catcha Fade
9. The Blackhole Black
10. Chocolate Starfish

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Week 5 Recap

Sauce’n Aint Easy vs. Rosie Palmers - Sauce’n Aint Easy won 129.2 to 125.1. The Bears defense has scored 23+ points in their last 3 games. This is clearly winning Sauce’n games. That and the fact that I swapped Reggie Bush (13.2) in for Steven Ridley (24.1)...
 
TP CharlieSheening vs. Chocolate Starfish - TP CharlieSheening won 111.7 to 87.3. TP has made a couple significant trades to help his team stay relevant. Victor Cruz scored 23 this week and Michael Turner scored 12.9 (has only had 4 double digit running backs out of 10 possible opportunities). Starfish, still winless...
 
Catcha Fade vs. The Burg YUH8ME - The Burg YUH8ME won 115.9 to 73.2. Reggie Wayne had a huge day, but other than that YUH8ME had a bunch of average performances. Also, he decided to start Matt Ryan (get him while he's hot and being wasted people, it will only cost you your 3 best players on your team...). Catcha Fade really needs to start taking advantage of the right matchups. Alex Smith was playing the worst pass defense and Ryan Mathews was playing the 3rd worst run defense. Had you inserted those 2 you would have scored 115.8. Yes you still would have lost, The Pats D would have won it, but with the playoffs being decide by just 1 game at the moment you gotta take advantage of all the points you can get. Don't get left out because of tie breakers.
 
Child Please vs. The Blackhole Black - Child Please won 122.3 to 99.2. This game had the makings to be interesting. Midway through the 4th quarter it did not appear as though Peyton would get the 300 yard bonus nor another TD and The Blackhole Black would have a 20+ lead with Arian Foster left to play. However, Peyton would not be denied. The Blackhole Black is really struggling at RB and Hakeem Nicks being injured is bringing down her receiving core as well.
 
Red Hot Julius Peppers vs. Team birdsinthekitch - Team birdsinthekitch won 123.5 to 75.1. With the Lions on a bye Red Hot Julius Peppers had to fill a 35-50 point hole. Needless to say he didn't. As far as birdsinthekitch goes, the Saints came to play once again. Bress to Colston was a valuable combo this week. They combined to beat Red Hot Julius Peppers on their own (77.7). Team birdsinthekitch had put himself firmly in the playoff picture for the first time all season.
 
We still have 1 undefeated (Child Please) and 1 Defeated (Chocolate Starfish). I'll continue to keep tabs on this until they both fall/rise or I get tired of mentioning it. Someone beat Child Please already.
 
#BOOM
 
[b]Back Pats:[/b]
TP CharlieSheening - Recognized lack of performance early and upgraded at key positions with Victor Cruz and Michael Turner. Could be a threat again.
 
Sauce'n Ain't Easy - the Bears D is lighting it up.
 
Team birdsinthekitch - The Saints, Could be good or could be bad. This week yet were good.
 
[b]C’mon Man:[/b]
Rosie Palmers - this C'mon Man goes out to the Broncos run D, which at the time of me deciding to sit Ridley was ranked 6th!
 
Catcha Fade - gotta get those right matchups in there.
 
Chocolate Starfish - man you haven't won a game. You gotta be on here until that changes.
 
[b]Bold Prediction:[/b]
I went 3-2 this week, I'm going to blame Andre Johnson's lame performance for not doing better in these picks. I’m 13-7 on the season.
 
This weeks winners - Rosie Palmers (always picking myself), the Saints are on bye but luckily he has a few Steelers against the Titans... and the Bears D is on bye Team birdsinthekitch with the W, Red Hot Julius Peppers, *UPSET SPECIAL* TP CharlieSheening, and I'm never taking Starfish so The Burg YUH8ME by default.
 
#BOOM
 
[b]Power Rankings:[/b]
1. Rosie Palmers
2. The Burg YUH8ME
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. Child Please
5. TP CharlieSheening
6. Team birdsinthekitch
7. The Blackhole Black
8. Red Hot Julius Peppers
9. Catcha Fade
10. Chocolate Starfish
 
[b]Playoff Picture:[/b]
1. Child Please (bye)
2. Sauce'n Ain't Easy (bye)
3. Rosie Palmers
4. The Burg YUH8ME
5. TP CharlieSheening
6. Team birdsinthekitch
 
Losers:
7. Red Hot Julius Peppers
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Catcha Fade
10.Chocolate Starfish
 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Week 4 Recap

Rosie Palmers vs. Chocolate Starfish - I won 176.2 to 90.8. It was over before many of the early games (11 AM Mountain Time) finished.
 
 
TP CharlieSheening vs. Team birdsinthekitch - birdsinthekitch won 125.8 to 108.4. TP guaranteed a victory all week long. How do you trade for players and then don’t play them? Vincent Jackson (21.1) if inserted for Andre Brown (1.8) would have won the game. Meanwhile, birdsinthekitch seem to fly whichever way the Steelers or Saints do with 8 of his players combined from those 2 teams. Luckily the Saints came to play on Sunday.
 
The Burg YUH8ME vs. Red Hot Julius Peppers - YUH8ME won 107.9 to 101.1. In the other trade of this very busy week YUH8ME acquired Greg Jennings and Willis MaGahee (31.4 Combined) for Steve Smith and DeMarco Murray (12.3 Combined). That’s a 19.1 point differential, and as you can see from the alternatives this is the sole reason he won this matchup.
 
Catcha Fade vs. Child Please - Child Please won 145.9 to 103.3. This could have been ALOT uglier as Child Please left Brian Hartline (36.3) on the bench. However, it also could have been ALOT closer. Early in the week Catcha Fade traded Vincent Jackson, Victor Cruz and BenJarvus Green-Ellis (50.4 combined) to TP CharlieSheening for Andy Dalton, Steve Johnson and Steven Jackson (35.3 combined). Despite all that you still would have lost.
 
The Blackhole Black vs. Sauce’n Ain’t Easy - Sauce’n Ain’t Easy won 132.9 to 123.7. He need a great performance from the Bears D on Monday night to do it and he got it. The Blackhole Black’s team doesn’t look as dead as it initially appear but she keeps coming up short on her matchups.
 
We still have 1 undefeated (Child Please) and 1 Defeated (Chocolate Starfish). Stay positive Chocolate Starfish, you started 0-4 last season as well and still ended up in the Championship.
 
Trade impacts - Catcha Fade/TP CharlieSheening 35.3 - 50.4, both lost but TP could have benefitted from this trade. The Burg YUH8ME/Child Please 31.4 -12.3, both won and YUH8ME needed every bit of this trade.
 
#BOOM
 
Back Pats:
Rosie Palmers - My entire team, except the Cowgirl D, came to play.
 
Team birdsinthekitch - The Saints finally showed up.
 
The Burg YUH8ME - Making a successful trade.
 
C’mon Man:
TP CharlieSheening - Double Whammy - Your running backs, 13 combined points (3 players), and trading for players then benching them. I have a few backs I could be persuaded to let go of.
 
Catcha Fade - You gave away 50.4 points.
 
The Burg YUH8ME - being a horrible trade partner.
 
Bold Prediction:
I went 3-2 this week, should have been 5-0, thanks TP and Michael Bush. I’m 10-5 on the season.
 
This weeks winners - Rosie Palmers (always picking myself), ***UPSET SPECIAL*** Chocolate Starfish, The Burg YUH8ME, Child Please, and with the Lions on bye I’ll take Team birdsinthekitch.
 
#BOOM
 
Power Rankings:
1. Rosie Palmers
2. The Burg YUH8ME
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. Child Please
5. TP CharlieSheening
6. Red Hot Julius Peppers
7. The Blackhole Black
8. Team birdsinthekitch
9. Catcha Fade
10. Chocolate Starfish
 
Playoff Picture:
1. Child Please (bye)
2. Rosie Palmers (bye)
3. Sauce'n Ain't Easy
4. The Burg YUH8ME
5. TP CharlieSheening
6. Red Hot Julius Peppers
 
Losers:
7. Team birdsinthekitch
8. The Blackhole Black
9. Catcha Fade
10. Chocolate Starfish