Fantasy Football Awards Week 3

For those of you who follow the blog my love for fantasy football is on display on a regular. Currently I belong to three leagues, two of which I am the commish. Hope the readers enjoyed the first edition, now its time for...REMIX EDITION (of the blog about...fantasy awards?). As the familiars might now, two awards will not appear in this article to save the identities of those who had their hearts broken in our nailbiter of the week or for those who suffered the biggest beatdown of the week,whoever went over their calories going against MJD 64 and Peyton Manning.

For the scoring system click the link below:

http://bsingwithbs.blogspot.com/2009/09/scoring-system-for-fantasy.html


Moving on to the awards.


Week 3 Fantasy Football Rewards


Our first award this week goes to a man who this season does not automatically mean championship. So far this season he has amassed a lot of targets but not a lot of results. It's not all his fault, Matt Hasselback's ribs are also to blame. Ladies and Gentleman, you might know him has Whosyourmama, Houshmazilly or my personal favorite...


CHOKE ARTIST OF THE WEEK

T.J. Houshmandzadeh (93% owned, 57% started in Yahoo!) - -1 point (35 rec yds, fL)

A lot of people have begun to drop him because of not only a short fuse; he has not performed like a top tier receiver should. Owners have become skeptical in starting him (I played him in one league and sat him in another) because of his lack of production. The injury to Hasselback doesn't help however the first game of the season he wasn't hurt. Housh didn't score then either. Currently Nate Burleson looks like the go to deep receiver who is steadily getting yards. John Carlson isn't a bad option although he didn't fare well since that opening game. Honestly if there is a better option out there, like Brent Celek(63% owned in Yahoo!) for WR/TE flex leagues or Mike Sims-Walker(41% owned in Yahoo!), then I would dump him. I dumped him for Celek, I'm just thinking its going to be a down year for Housh.


NOTABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK

So this award goes to a team/player who does really well just not as well as the MVP of the week. In most cases its a surprise that they did so well. Unlike last week, I am pretty sure that everyone started this guy and if you didn't then your team suffered for it. So without further adieu..

Aaron Rodgers 31 points (269 yds passing, 2 TDs; 38 rush yds, TD; 88% Start in Yahoo!)



That other 12% probably started Matt Schaub. What I find most interesting is that there is 1% in Yahoo! leagues that don't even own Rodgers right now. Patience much? I mean the guy could have a potential Pro Bowl/MVP type season and will face the Lions, twice! Playing the Browns later in the year will be nice as well but moving on. Greg Jennings owners may have been upset (even though he got 102 yards) however Donald Driver owners were super pumped about his yardage total along with his TD. Add to the fact that he made a legendary worthy catch in the game. It was about time for Rodgers to do this since during the preseason everyone was drooling over this guy as a late round Brees-like player. So far he hasn't been that but maybe this was a turn for the better. Ryan Grant owners would like some love though Aaron, I'm not sayin' but I'm sayin' (Biggie Smalls anyone, anyone?)

Maurice Jones-Drew needs an honorable mention with 30 points this week (113 rush yds, 3 TDs; 25 rec yds). Finally considering some people thought he would be a number one type back or just had a huge man crush on him like yours truly. Side note, I did request/predict this to happen ASAP last week so this is me giving myself a verbal pat on the back.



MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Chris Rock might say, "Peyton Manning couldn't have possibly thrown all those touchdowns. Eli did some of that sh!t!" Uh, no Chris he didn't. This guy is all man...ning. Sorry couldn't contain myself.

Peyton Manning 37 points (379 pass yards, 4 TDs, Int)

Unfortunately I played against Peyton this week in two leagues. I luckily pulled off a victory in one while getting completely owned by 30 in another. Clearly the offense is clicking on all cylinders and are looking like the Colts of old. Making a fantasy star out of Donald Brown and Pierre Garcon, the now deemed second best Pierre in fantasy(can you guess the first?), resulting in complete ownage in the Cardinals. It must be nice for Manning, everywhere he looks there is a homerun hitter that makes Albert Pujols jealous. Garcon, Wayne, Clark, Brown and even Addai can make things happen in the open field. So those naysayers that had Aaron Rodgers ahead of Peyton are eating their words now aye?

So there you have it folks. Those of you who I am in the leagues with congrats to the owners who have these players. For the others, thanks for checking out the blog. Think there should be another player on here instead of those listed? Want to make fun of me for my obsession with fantasy football? Go ahead in the comments below. Until we BS again.

Fantasy Football Awards Week 2

For those of you who follow the blog my love for fantasy football is on display on a regular. Currently I belong to three leagues, two of which I am the commish. Hope the readers enjoyed the first edition, now its time for...THE SEQUEL. As the familiars might now, two awards will not appear in this article to save the identities of those who had their hearts broken in our nailbiter of the week or for those who suffered the biggest beatdown of the week,whoever played against Chris Johnson AND Frank Gore.

Scoring System(if you are familiar with the scoring then skip to the awards...its okay I won't tell)

The league's I run are on Yahoo! and use custom scoring. For offensive players the scoring is as follows 1 point for 25 yards of passing/10 yards rushing/ 20 yards receiving, 6 points per TD(rushing or passing) and -2 for turning the ball over (interception or lost fumble). Kickers also get points however they will never appear on this list unless they kick like 7 field goals. Points vary for them depending on the distance of the field goals they make. The defense on the other hand, as long as they play Jake Delhomme, can appear on here. Our one league combines defense and special teams while the other does not. Sacks (1 point), interceptions/recovering a fumble (2 points), safety (2 points), block kick(2 points), getting a touchdown (6 points) and points allowed (PA for short, this has a ladder system for scoring with 0 points getting 10 points, 1-6 points getting 7 points, 7-13 gets 4 points, 14-20 gets 1 point, 21-27 equals 0 points, 28-34 results in losing 1, 35+ not only means your team defense is awful (which they are) but they made you lose 4 points. With the special teams included we receive a point for 35 return yards and 6 points per TD. Basically if anyone scores a TD you are getting 6 points. So moving on to the awards.

Week 2 Fantasy Football Rewards

No one should be surprised by my choke artist of the week.Since there is no "I" in team, it's hard to blame an entire team for a loss. That is why you have to give it to half of the team that played like garbage. Great against the run, terrible against the pass. Ladies and Gentleman, your...

CHOKE ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Tennessee Defense(100% owned in Fantasy Football/Real Football, 94% started in Yahoo!)

If you were lucky you got credit for their return yards and got 3 points. Most of us didn't and lost at least 1 point (34 PA, 161 return yards)

Clearly this is a popular defense with a lot of people. Probably due to their opponents (Texans) people thought why not. People that are very unhappy after their performance this week. I can feel your pain, at least a little. The league I owned them in I also had Frank Gore. That doesn't excuse the Titans for a sad performance.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK

So this award goes to a team/player who does really well just not as well as the MVP of the week. In most cases its a surprise that they did so well. For example, Tom Brady (or Kerry Collins, 16 points respectively, no seriously it happened) was limited to single digits while starting, this guy put up 30+ points in every league, most likely, on your bench.

Matt Schaub 38 points (357 yds passing, 4 TDs, 33% Start in Yahoo!)

Andre Johnson owners rejoice and laugh at those of us who still own Steve Slaton (what a slump). Schaub owners who played him enjoyed a beast mode game from a late round pick that they got to match up with Johnson. It is thanks to him that Tennessee lost that game. They couldn't stop a passing play. Unlike with the choke artist of the week, I can feel no empathy for anyone. I'm not monster of course I sympathize with you.

Frank Gore with 33 points needs an honorable mention. He did own the Seahawks this week.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

O.D.B. would say that this guy, "gets Psycho killerrrrrr Norman Bates!" O.D.B. further explained the MVP would ask, "How you like me now? You wanna get yo' teeth knocked the f.." Gotta stop you there, this is a family show.

Chris Johnson 41 points (197 rush yards, 2 TDs; 87 rec yds, 1 TD)

What is even more impressive is he did this with limited touches. It now has Lendale White owners asking when they can get some love? Johnson is explosive, once out in the open field he broke tackles and burned people down the sideline for his scores. This part of their offense was nonexistent in Pittsburgh for obvious reasons. Many Johnson owners were more then excited to see him go off. My question remains...WHEN WILL MJD DO IT?!? *head explodes*

Sorry I get a little emotional about my own players. Especially ones that I predicted would play well and hasn't done so yet. Do it MJD! Don't make a fool out of me!

So there you have it folks. Those of you who I am in the leagues with congrats to the owners who have these players. For the others, thanks for checking out the blog. Think there should be another player on here instead of those listed? Want to make fun of me for my obsession with fantasy football? Go ahead in the comments below. Until we BS again.