Weeks 3, 4 & 5
I must admit, after week two I started to doubt my abilities as an owner of any legitimate Fantasy football worth...sad isn't it?
Anyway, I'm back, and with a bang...
Here's the wrap-up so far:
1. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa loses a squeeker in week three to Wake Forest (48-51) in spite of 25 points from Daunte. Week four saw TR bounce back against Dirty Birds with a resounding 46-21 win - no outstanding performances, aside from a bye week pickup of Leftwich, who had a nice game against the Colts horrible defense. Week five saw a regular barnburner between TR and the sunbury stars. TR won in a shootout 101-84 on the back of Culpepper, Fitzgerald, LT, Chris Brown and Tennessee D (all of whom scored in double digits)...[overall record 3-2]
2. Free Yahoo League: Again, Tabula Rasa loses a squeeker to the MaJa_PlaYaZ (67-69), and again, inspite of Daunte's 25 points. Week four saw TR bounce back against the lockdownSon (50-22) - no standout players, but good production across the board. Week five saw TR victorious over the bristol bulldogs (77-45) on the back of Daunte and Eric Johnson...whodat...[overall record 3-2]
3. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa is victorious in week three over the Dawgies (89-78) with good production from Favre and TO. Week four saw TR defeat Double Down 63-44 on the back of TO and Priest. Week five saw TR get a beatdown (114-48)...tough to win when TO and Priest are on bye week at the same time, but winning this game would have been tough with them playing also...[overall record 4-1]
4. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa wins against Steaming Dookies (87-68) on the back of Favre, Javon Walker and John Carney (the only players to score more than 4 points - luckily all of them scored at least 20). Week four witnessed TR winning a truly ugly game against the Death Valley Reapers (36-35)...the only player on TR to score in double digits was Rudi Johnson...luckily the Reapers had even worse luck. In week five TR lost to CincyCuse (103-68)...really, nothing good to say about this game...[overall record 2-3]
5. ESPN League Manager: Tabula Rasa needed a new name after stinkin' the joint up the first two week...thus was born Zoidberg's Squid Patrol...needless to say, ZSP didn't perform much better...week three saw ZSP lose in a shootout to SUPERBOWL BOUND (102-105)...I had Manning, he had Favre...I would have won in I'd started Javon Walker...44 points sitting on my bench really hurts. Week 4 didn't see things getting any better for ZSP as it lost to Raging Rat 67-79...the only positive thing that came out of this was the fact that I couldn't have made any roster moves that would have changed the outcome (the first time I can say that for this squad). Week five saw a rejuvinated ZSP squad defeat the Rohan Riders 98-79 to record the first win of the season...[overall record 1-4, but improving fast]
In addition to these results, I also swung the first trade of the season, sending Quentin Griffin and Lee Suggs to MD Shottas for Kevan Barlow and Chris Chambers (in the ESPN league)...overall, a net loss for me as I think Suggs will be better than Barlow, but at least I got rid of Griffin (that bum). I'm trying to work out a trade that would send Dunn and Rod Smith to Lidless Lucas for Harrison and the Ravens D...if I can get Harrison without giving up Pennington, I can then package the two of them together to get Randy Moss...that might seem like a lot to give up for Moss, but in essence, I'd only lose Dunn from my starting lineup for him. If I can work out all of these details, I would end up with a starting line of Peyton Manning, Duece, Westbrook, Moss, Darrell Jackson, Joe Horn, Ravens D/ST, and John Carney. On my bench, I would still have implact players in Javon Walker and Vick along with Barlow (if he ever gets anything done). That's a pretty good starting squad, if I can swing it...
[cumulative record: 13-12] which just ain't gonna get it done...
I must admit, after week two I started to doubt my abilities as an owner of any legitimate Fantasy football worth...sad isn't it?
Anyway, I'm back, and with a bang...
Here's the wrap-up so far:
1. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa loses a squeeker in week three to Wake Forest (48-51) in spite of 25 points from Daunte. Week four saw TR bounce back against Dirty Birds with a resounding 46-21 win - no outstanding performances, aside from a bye week pickup of Leftwich, who had a nice game against the Colts horrible defense. Week five saw a regular barnburner between TR and the sunbury stars. TR won in a shootout 101-84 on the back of Culpepper, Fitzgerald, LT, Chris Brown and Tennessee D (all of whom scored in double digits)...[overall record 3-2]
2. Free Yahoo League: Again, Tabula Rasa loses a squeeker to the MaJa_PlaYaZ (67-69), and again, inspite of Daunte's 25 points. Week four saw TR bounce back against the lockdownSon (50-22) - no standout players, but good production across the board. Week five saw TR victorious over the bristol bulldogs (77-45) on the back of Daunte and Eric Johnson...whodat...[overall record 3-2]
3. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa is victorious in week three over the Dawgies (89-78) with good production from Favre and TO. Week four saw TR defeat Double Down 63-44 on the back of TO and Priest. Week five saw TR get a beatdown (114-48)...tough to win when TO and Priest are on bye week at the same time, but winning this game would have been tough with them playing also...[overall record 4-1]
4. Free Yahoo League: Tabula Rasa wins against Steaming Dookies (87-68) on the back of Favre, Javon Walker and John Carney (the only players to score more than 4 points - luckily all of them scored at least 20). Week four witnessed TR winning a truly ugly game against the Death Valley Reapers (36-35)...the only player on TR to score in double digits was Rudi Johnson...luckily the Reapers had even worse luck. In week five TR lost to CincyCuse (103-68)...really, nothing good to say about this game...[overall record 2-3]
5. ESPN League Manager: Tabula Rasa needed a new name after stinkin' the joint up the first two week...thus was born Zoidberg's Squid Patrol...needless to say, ZSP didn't perform much better...week three saw ZSP lose in a shootout to SUPERBOWL BOUND (102-105)...I had Manning, he had Favre...I would have won in I'd started Javon Walker...44 points sitting on my bench really hurts. Week 4 didn't see things getting any better for ZSP as it lost to Raging Rat 67-79...the only positive thing that came out of this was the fact that I couldn't have made any roster moves that would have changed the outcome (the first time I can say that for this squad). Week five saw a rejuvinated ZSP squad defeat the Rohan Riders 98-79 to record the first win of the season...[overall record 1-4, but improving fast]
In addition to these results, I also swung the first trade of the season, sending Quentin Griffin and Lee Suggs to MD Shottas for Kevan Barlow and Chris Chambers (in the ESPN league)...overall, a net loss for me as I think Suggs will be better than Barlow, but at least I got rid of Griffin (that bum). I'm trying to work out a trade that would send Dunn and Rod Smith to Lidless Lucas for Harrison and the Ravens D...if I can get Harrison without giving up Pennington, I can then package the two of them together to get Randy Moss...that might seem like a lot to give up for Moss, but in essence, I'd only lose Dunn from my starting lineup for him. If I can work out all of these details, I would end up with a starting line of Peyton Manning, Duece, Westbrook, Moss, Darrell Jackson, Joe Horn, Ravens D/ST, and John Carney. On my bench, I would still have implact players in Javon Walker and Vick along with Barlow (if he ever gets anything done). That's a pretty good starting squad, if I can swing it...
[cumulative record: 13-12] which just ain't gonna get it done...
