Fantasy Football from The Fantasy Addicts

Fantasy TD’s

Quick, what does she have in common with Adrian Peterson?

Peterson had 3 TD’s Sunday and so does she.  LOL.  Now let’s take a look back at the action from Monday night.   

Monday Night Football…

Chargers 24, Raiders 20…Quick, what is the capital of Jabooty?  Jabooty.  Yes, you are correct.  And that is exactly what I’ll be calling JaMarcus Russell from now on.  No man’s ass should be that big.  I think he may be morphing into a centaur… 

Fantasy revelation for this game…

The two back-up running backs have fantasy relevance this year.  Darren Sproles and Michael Bush both scored in this game and look to be permanent fixtures on their teams’ offenses.  So how does that affect LT and McFadden?  I think it hurts LT more than DMC because of draft position.  LT was taken early and is a # 1 RB, where as DMC should be a # 2 RB or flex.  Note:  If DMC is your # 1 then you are in for a long season.  LT did score in the game as well, but for those who drafted him, it was not the kind of night they were hoping for.  The thing that really bothers me about LT is that he only had 1 catch as opposed to Sproles’ 5 catches.  I know it’s only week 1, but if that’s any indication, then LT will not be the PPR beast he has been in years past. 

Philip Rivers had an okay game, nothing to write home about.  Gates was solid.  V-Jax got a TD.  If you need an IDP, Stephen Cooper is probably available and he was in beast mode last night. 

Jabooty Russell looked great on that 1 deep pass to Louis Murphy, but also looked like the Jabooty we all know for most of the game.  Speakin’ of Murphy, he had 87 yards and a TD.  For those of us who drafted Johnny Lee Higgins, Murphy looks like the much better option right now.  Note:  The league I drafted him in gives credit for return yards so shutty!  With that being said, I don’t trust any Oakland WR’s.  Now if you didn’t remember the tight-ends in your draft, Zach Miller is Jabooty’s BFF, so scoop him.

 Djibouti…pronouned Jabooty 

Now this has nothing to do with fantasy, unless your league drafts D-lineman, but Richard Seymour made a huge difference for the Raiders’ D last night.  The swagger he brought to that side of the ball was evident from the 1st snap. 

Bills 24, Patriots 25…Randy makes me dandy!  Yeah, I’ve got Randy Moss in 2 of my 3 leagues this year.  It would have been an even better game-for me anyway-if Randy was on the receiving end of those 2 Ben Watson TD’s late in the game.  But Randy still finished with 12 catchess for 141 yards.  Tom Brady and the NE offense looked out of sink at times, especially early in the game, but he still managed to put up 378 yards passing and the 2 b-stings I mentioned before.  Wes Welker was also as advertised going for 12 and 93. 

The NE RB committee…Fred Taylor is the starter and got the goal line carry plus the TD.  But he only had 9 carries for 25 yards.  Maroney was, well…Maroney.  He may look like a horse in the face, but when he runs, Maroney is a pony.  Kevin Faulk is the 3rd down back and he’ll catch the passes out of the backfield this year.  Sammy Morris was not in the mix and when he is, he will complicate things even more.  Conclusion…cluster f*ck!

My little Maroney 

NE DEF/ST…I have NE’s D/ST in 1 league and they were not overly impressive.  The Bills put up 24 on ‘em and they were by no means a dominant bunch.  They have alot of new faces on that side of the ball this year, including several young players, so it make take a few weeks before they start to really gel as a unit. 

Da Bills…TO didn’t live up to the hype with just 2 catches for 46 yards.  But for those of you who play Madden, you should be familiar with the ’shadow’ technique the Pats used on him.  Everytime TO ran a route, the Pats had a man underneath him and a man over the top.  Effectively double-teaming, or in other words, ’shadowing’ TO wherever he went. 

Trent Edwards was effective with 212 yards and 2 b-stings of his own.  But the man who really showed his worth was RB Fred Jackson.  He’s filling in for the suspended Marshawn Lynch and did not disappoint those who drafted him only to have him for the 1st 3 weeks of the season.  The 57 rushing yards wasn’t great, but combine that with his 83 receiving and the TD, and you got yourself a nice fantasy day. 

Well, that’s all folks.  I know Kanye went crazy-again-at the VMA’s over the weekend, but the man can produce some really good music.  I honestly think that he has to be doing this kind of stuff for publicity purposes, because nobody is that big of an asshole.  Ok, perhaps he is a re-tard/genius type.  Kinda like Rainman.  Anyway, I’ll leave you with a little Kanye freestyle of my own…

Jabooty got an ass that’ll swallow up a G-string, and Tom Brady threw, 2 b-stings.