Punch in the Face over Millburn Mustangs. So as the No Fun League commish, I asked Coach Lee to tone down the smack talk and do his talking on the field. And he did exactly to the tune of a 30 point thrashing. Hmm... maybe I should have asked him to turn up the smack talk and sit Tom Brady instead. The undefeated machine rolls on. Shades of the 2007 Patriots with the pressure of perfection toppling them at the end? The rest of the league can only hope. As for my Mustangs, does anybody have a decent running back to spare? In the beginning of the season, I had "depth" with Leon Washington, Willie Parker and Derrick Ward. Translation: my RB's either stink or are on crutches.
Beginner's Luck? over Don't Tread on Me. In a mild upset, Coach Kwon's 'Luck took down Coach Cummings' Don't Tread on Me with surprising ease. This is karma for Coach Cummings turning down and absolutely fair deal which would've (essentially) sent one of my then two stud TE's for Roddy White. Nah, it was a fair deal, but a fair turn down as well. Beginner's Luck just had it going with great games by Brandon Jacobs and Darren Sproles. Coach Kwon's 'Luck is now truly in the hunt for a playoff spot (along with five other 3-4 teams) - though he still mutters about Jonathan Broxton and his straight fastball underneath his breath.
ANSKY over Pablo. Coach Lee's one-loss ANSKY keeps plugging along, with a nice performance over Coach Huang's Pablo. You have to hand it to Coach Huang, he's not afraid to shake up his roster at head-spinning speeds. You have to hand it to Coach Lee, he's not afraid to post URL's to the the most bizarre YouTube clips. ANSKY solidifies it spot as the 2nd best team in the league and Pablo drops into the 3-4 team "are we good enough to make the playoffs?" herd.
Cooler than Baptists over Midgets. Coach Fehringer's squad continues to be the enigmatic team in the league - the one that explodes for points every now and then but somehow is still a game below .500. This is a team that nobody would want to play in the playoffs. Coach Kang's Midgets gave a hearty effort in a losing cause, putting up a good deal of points against a team that was not going to be defeated. As for Cooler than Baptists, this is the team that none of the better teams (Punch in the Face, ANSKY, Hamsters) wants to see in the first round of the playoffs.
HE HATE ME over Trail Mix. A tight game here, but it didn't have to be. Coach Yeoh inexplicably left WR and DL starting spots empty. Perhaps some confusion after a big trade in which he sent WR Greg Jennings and TE Dustin Keller to my Millburn Mustangs in exchange for TE Tony Gonzalez and WR Antonio Bryant. I think that's a fair deal. I clearly had an extra strong TE with Heath Miller and Tony Gonzalez, and I needed a top-notch WR badly (no, Calvin Johnson, Devin Hester and Roy Williams don't qualify).
Go Yankees over Team Singletary. If you happened to check Yahoo!'s live scoring feature on Sunday afternoon, you might have seen Coach Lin's Team Singletary jump out to an early lead, which made all the sense in the world given that the 49ers game was over by 4pm (they lost 24-21 to the Houston Texans). Of course, over the next 48 hours, it became abundantly clear that this would be yet another loss for the Team Singletary squad. For what it's worth, Vernon Davis looked good and we did have an Alex Smith sighting - the former 1st overall pick who is trying hard not to be the next David Carr / Heath Shuler / Tim Couch. As far as Go Yankees, they leap back into playoff contention with the win, adding to the aforementioned massive logjam of teams on the bubble of a playoff spot.
Hamsters over No Yankees. In a stange twist, Coach Cheng and Coach Tae swung a big trade of starting RB's before they were to face off against each other, with the Hamsters sending over DeAngelo Williams to No Yankees for Rashard Mendenhall. It's interesting, Williams is probably the better player, but the Panthers stink right now so they're probably not going to be running the ball quite as much playing from behind. On the other side, Mendenhall should get plenty of touches, but he might not be able to take the pounding after playing a shortened year last year. Time will tell.
Current standings (Top 8 teams after Week 13, not 12, make the playoffs):
1 Punch in the Face (Lee) 7-0-0
2 ANSKY (Lee) 6-1-0
3 Hamsters (Cheng) 5-2-0
4 No Yankees (Tae) 4-3-0
5 Don't Tread on Me (Cummings) 4-3-0
6 Cooler than Baptists (Fehringer) 3-4-0
7 Millburn Mustangs (Kuo) 3-4-0
8 Trail Mix (Yeoh) 3-4-0
9 Pablo (Huang) 3-4-0
10 Go Yankees (Beenken) 3-4-0
11 Beginner's Luck? (Kwon) 3-4-0
12 HE HATE ME (Song) 3-4-0
13 Midgets (Kang) 1-6-0
14 Team Singletary (Lin) 1-6-0
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