TUESDAY MORNING REVIEW #1
The first official week of the 2006 NFL season has come and gone and the Polish King is at the top of the Polish Princes FFL. On Monday night, the youngest prince stormed forward on the strength of the Chargers rout of Oakland to claim second, while the best fry cook in the world remained third and the middle and eldest princes languish in fourth and last. The official week 1 standings are:
The Dominator 112.97
Cyhawks 105.45
Spongebobs 99.26
Plan Z 85.55
The Dragons 82.06
For puropses of waiver claims, The Dragons have first crack, followed by Plan Z, the Spongebobs, Cyhawks, and the Dominator. Remember, waiver claims must be submitted by Wednesday.
Right now, the only player on a PPFFL roster who has been declared out for next week is KC QB Trent Green. As official injury reports do not come out until Thursday, players can be put on your injured list (up to 3 guys) and replaced up through Saturday. Just to be sure an IL transaction gets done if submitted after Thursday night, you might want to give me a call to give me all of the info. I will process the first batch of injury transactions on Friday night, so, if there are claims placed by multiple teams to pick up the same player, the team lower in the standings gets priority.
Enough of the business end, on to the recap....
After week 1, it is painfully obvious (to some of us) that all of the points go to the guys who throw and/or score touchdowns. The Dominator rode Peyton Manning's TD throwing arm (26.52 points), Larry Fitzgerald's TD scoring hands and legs (18.65), and Ronnie Brown's nose for the end zone (18.10) to 1st place, while the Cyhawks landed in second with 4 guys who entered the end zone. Amazingly, Matt Hasselbeck, the QB of choice for the Cyhawks in week 1, was the leading point scorer among active players (27.45) even though he failed to throw a TD pass.
In what can be considered distrubing news to any fans of the Packers, the only thing that kept the Dragons from possibly being eliminated in week 1 was the performance of the Bears defense against Green Bay. They racked up 25.00 points against an offense that made the Alex Smith led Niners of 2005 look like the Dolphins of the '80s. Without the Monsters of the Midway and a dash of Reggie Bush (15.05) the Dragons might be in Siberia right now.
The Spongebobs were the model of consistency, as every active player scored between 7.00 and 17.85. The key was that, although nobody put up huge yardage totals, Donald Driver, Brian Westbrook, Plaxico Burress, and Vernon Davis all found the end zone. The Pittsburgh defense also came up big (much to the chagrin of the Dragons and their QB Daunte Culpepper) and put up a more than respectable 14.00 points.
For Plan Z it was all about what could have been. Their starters at QB and RB were far outclassed by the guys who were left on the bench. Tiki Barber and Edge James especially made the stomachs of Plan Z turn as they racked up points (16.55 and 13.30, respectively) after Sean Alexander (newest member of the Madden Jinx Club) laid and egg (2.60) and Larry Johnson couldn't get into the end zone (12.40). Had it not been for Tony Gonzalez (20.05), these guys would be in trouble.
Even with Plan Z's ineptness at choosing a starting lineup, the "I Sure Wish I would Have Played That Guy Award" for Week 1 goes to, interestingly enough, The Dominator. Against a 49ers defense as stingy as a billionaire's drunken trophy wife, Kurt Warner threw for over 300 yards and 3 TDs in racking up 41.02 points, 14.50 more than league overall #1 pick Peyton Manning. Let's all remember that the only reason Warner landed on a PPFFL roster was because The Dominator wanted dibs on his backup, Matt Leinert, who might have more time than he wanted to pick out baby furniture (that will never be in his house) than he would have liked.
Okay, with that being the last paternity related crack on Leinert before he actually gets to play in a game, here are some random, but possibly pertinent notes that you may all want to know heading toward Week 2:
The first official week of the 2006 NFL season has come and gone and the Polish King is at the top of the Polish Princes FFL. On Monday night, the youngest prince stormed forward on the strength of the Chargers rout of Oakland to claim second, while the best fry cook in the world remained third and the middle and eldest princes languish in fourth and last. The official week 1 standings are:
The Dominator 112.97
Cyhawks 105.45
Spongebobs 99.26
Plan Z 85.55
The Dragons 82.06
For puropses of waiver claims, The Dragons have first crack, followed by Plan Z, the Spongebobs, Cyhawks, and the Dominator. Remember, waiver claims must be submitted by Wednesday.
Right now, the only player on a PPFFL roster who has been declared out for next week is KC QB Trent Green. As official injury reports do not come out until Thursday, players can be put on your injured list (up to 3 guys) and replaced up through Saturday. Just to be sure an IL transaction gets done if submitted after Thursday night, you might want to give me a call to give me all of the info. I will process the first batch of injury transactions on Friday night, so, if there are claims placed by multiple teams to pick up the same player, the team lower in the standings gets priority.
Enough of the business end, on to the recap....
After week 1, it is painfully obvious (to some of us) that all of the points go to the guys who throw and/or score touchdowns. The Dominator rode Peyton Manning's TD throwing arm (26.52 points), Larry Fitzgerald's TD scoring hands and legs (18.65), and Ronnie Brown's nose for the end zone (18.10) to 1st place, while the Cyhawks landed in second with 4 guys who entered the end zone. Amazingly, Matt Hasselbeck, the QB of choice for the Cyhawks in week 1, was the leading point scorer among active players (27.45) even though he failed to throw a TD pass.
In what can be considered distrubing news to any fans of the Packers, the only thing that kept the Dragons from possibly being eliminated in week 1 was the performance of the Bears defense against Green Bay. They racked up 25.00 points against an offense that made the Alex Smith led Niners of 2005 look like the Dolphins of the '80s. Without the Monsters of the Midway and a dash of Reggie Bush (15.05) the Dragons might be in Siberia right now.
The Spongebobs were the model of consistency, as every active player scored between 7.00 and 17.85. The key was that, although nobody put up huge yardage totals, Donald Driver, Brian Westbrook, Plaxico Burress, and Vernon Davis all found the end zone. The Pittsburgh defense also came up big (much to the chagrin of the Dragons and their QB Daunte Culpepper) and put up a more than respectable 14.00 points.
For Plan Z it was all about what could have been. Their starters at QB and RB were far outclassed by the guys who were left on the bench. Tiki Barber and Edge James especially made the stomachs of Plan Z turn as they racked up points (16.55 and 13.30, respectively) after Sean Alexander (newest member of the Madden Jinx Club) laid and egg (2.60) and Larry Johnson couldn't get into the end zone (12.40). Had it not been for Tony Gonzalez (20.05), these guys would be in trouble.
Even with Plan Z's ineptness at choosing a starting lineup, the "I Sure Wish I would Have Played That Guy Award" for Week 1 goes to, interestingly enough, The Dominator. Against a 49ers defense as stingy as a billionaire's drunken trophy wife, Kurt Warner threw for over 300 yards and 3 TDs in racking up 41.02 points, 14.50 more than league overall #1 pick Peyton Manning. Let's all remember that the only reason Warner landed on a PPFFL roster was because The Dominator wanted dibs on his backup, Matt Leinert, who might have more time than he wanted to pick out baby furniture (that will never be in his house) than he would have liked.
Okay, with that being the last paternity related crack on Leinert before he actually gets to play in a game, here are some random, but possibly pertinent notes that you may all want to know heading toward Week 2:
- The Seahawks have acquired Deion Branch (WR)
- Tatum Bell will start at RB this Sunday for Denver
- Mike Bell, Denver RB (The Dominators), has a broken finger, but will play Sunday
- Koren Robinson (WR) has been signed by Green Bay
- Trent Green, Kansas City QB (Plan Z), will be out at least 2 weeks
- TJ Houshmanzadeh, WR Cincinnati, is expected to play Sunday
- Najeh Davenport, RB Pittsburgh, has been designated their short yardage back
- Drew Bledsoe, QB Dallas, is expected to start but reportedly is on a short leash
That's all for today, but more updates will follow as news comes out of the NFL over the course of the week.
The Commish
posted by Patrick Zalasky at 8:38 AM
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