Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Ay dios Rios moves to 2-0

Behind the play of Philip Rivers (334 yards, 3 touchdowns) and solid days from Calvin Johnson, Steve Smith (Panthers) and Darren McFadden, My team Ay dios Rios improved to 2-0 in the Morning Journal Madness Fantasy football league.

Team Dent had the best week with 156.58 points (thanks to Matt Schaub's 497 yards and 3 TDs).

The biggest beatdown of the week was Team Dent destroying Mentor Meteors 156.58-54.80. Mentor Meteors (Cory Schuett) is now 0-2 and is wondering why he even signed up for this league.

Another team who is still searching for their first win is team Funk Nasty (Kareem Elgazzar). His pathetic team got whoop by BigBen inda Bathroom 143.30-68.42.

Here is a glance of the Morning Journal Madness standings:

Team W-L-T Points Scored
1. BigBen inda Bathroom 2-0-0
2. Dent 2-0-0
3. Ay dios Rios 2-0-0
4. gabsams 1-1-0
5. Red Right 88 1-1-0
6. $20 Down the Crapper 1-1-0
7. El Chupacabras 1-1-0
8. Reggae Bush 0-2-0
9. Funk Nasty 0-2-0
10. Mentor Meteors 0-2-0

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Studs and duds from Week 2

Week 2 is in the books and some of the usual studs had some big games, most notably Texans quarterback Matt Schaub.

Schaub threw for a ridiculous 497 yards and three touchdowns against the Redskins. His favorite target Andre Johnson also had a monster game with 12 receptions for 158 yards and a TD.

Here is a look at other studs in Week 2:

Schaub, Texans QB - 497 yards, 3 TD
Donovan McNabb, Redskins QB - 426 yds., TD
Philips River, Chargers QB - 334 yds., 3 TD
Jay Cutler, Bears QB - 277 yds., 3 TD

LeSean McCoy, Eagles RB - 120 yds., 3 TD
Jason Snelling,
Falcons RB - 124 yds. 3 TD (2 rush)
Adrian Peterson, Vikings RB - 145 yds., TD
Darren McFadden, Raiders RB - 145 yds.

Johnson, Texans WR - 158 yds., TD
Jahvid Best, Lions WR - 154 yds., TD
Kevin Walter, Texans WR - 144 yds., TD
DeSean Jackson, Eagles WR - 135 yds. TD
Dustin Keller, Jets TE - 115 yds., TD

Then there are the duds of Week 2:

Joe Flacco, Ravens QB - 154 yds., 4 int.
David Garrad, Jaguars QB - 173 yds. 4 int.
Matt Cassel, Chiefs QB - 176 yds., 2 int.
Vince Young, Titans QB - 66 yds., 2 int.
Derek Anderson, Cardinals QB - 166 yds., 2 int.

Shonne Green, Jets RB - 52 yds.
Jamal Charles, Chiefs RB - 49 yds.
Jerome Harrison, Browns RB - 33 yds.
DeAngelo Williams/Jonathan Stewart, Panthers RB's - 97 total yds.
Ryan Matthews, Chargers RB - 26 yds.

Greg Jennings, Packers WR - 36 yds.
Randy Moss, Patriots WR - 38 yds., TD
Anquan Boldin, Ravens WR - 35 yds.
Chad Ochocinco, Bengals WR - 44 yds.
Calvin Johnson, Lions WR - 50 yds., TD

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Studs and duds from Week 1

Well Week 1 in the NFL is over and some fantasy owners jumping for joy and some owners are scratching their heads as to what happened to their teams.

The surprise of Week 1 had to be Texans running back Arian Foster, who rushed for a franchise record 231 yards against the Colts. Foster also scored three touchdowns.

Another surprise had to be Eagles QB Michael Vick, who replaced an injured Kevin Kolb, and threw for 175 yards and a touchdown and ran for 103 yards against the Packers.

Here are the studs from Week 1:

Peyton Manning, QB, Colts - 433 yds., 3 TD's
Jay Cutler, QB, Bears - 372 yds., 2 TD's
Carson Palmer, QB, Bengals - 345 yds., 2 TD's
Eli Manning, QB, Giants - 263 yds., 3 TD's
Tom Brady, QB, Patriots - 258 yds., 3 TD's

Arian Foster, RB, Texans - 231 yds., 3 TD's
Chris Johnson
, RB, Titans - 142 yds., 2 TD's
Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers - 120 yds., TD
Darren McFadden, Raiders - 95 yds., 55 receiving yds., TD

Chad Ochocinco, WR, Bengals - 159 yds., TD
Matt Forte, WR, Bears - 151 yds., 2 TD's
Austin Collie, WR, Colts - 131 yds., TD
Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos - 117 yds.

Here are some duds from Week 1:

Kevin Kolb, QB, Eagles - 24 passing yds.
Matt Schaub, QB, Texans - 107 yds. 1 interception

Frank Gore
, RB, 49ers - 38 yds.
Jerome Harrison, RB, Browns - 52 yds.
Jonathan Stewart, RB, Panthers - 12 yds.
Michael Turner, RB, Falcons - 42 yds.

Mike Sims-Walker, WR, Jaguars - 0 rec. 0 yds.
Brandon Marshall, WR, Dolphins - 53 yds.
DeSean Jackson, WR, Eagles - 30 yds.
Andre Johnson, WR, Texans - 33 yds.

Remember if you have any questions about who to play or who to sit email me at arios@MorningJournal.com.

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Wideouts on the move

The Baltimore Ravens were already pretty loaded on offense with the additions of wide receivers Anquan Boldin and Donte Stallworth this offseason to go with Derrick Mason, and now they have added T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

Houshmandzadeh was the Seahawks No. 1 WR last season and had 79 receptions for 911 yards and three touchdowns.

The move drops the value on Houshmandzadeh a little because he will not get as many targets, but Joe Flacco's fantasy will go way up. With those weapons consider Flacco a Top 10 fantasy QB.

In order to make room for Houshmandzadeh, the Ravens traded WR Mark Clayton to the Rams, who desperately needed WR help after they lost Donnie Avery for the season.

Clayton owners should be happy because he was a No. 4 WR with the Ravens, but now has vaulted to a No. 2 WR and could become a No. 1 for the Rams by mid-season.

Be cautious with Clayton though, because the Rams are a run first team with Steven Jackson and they have Sam Braford, a rookie quarterback, as their starter. Clayton is a nice pickup but won't be a huge difference maker.

Then there's the Vincent Jackson saga. The Pro Bowl WR for the Chargers still has not found a home and now will sit the first six weeks of the season if he is not traded.

Jackson was suspended for three games for drunk driving and will have to sit another three games because he hasn't reached a deal with the Chargers and they have put him on the exempt list.

Jackson is a huge gamble to take even if he is traded. No matter what team he's goes to he won't be in playing shape and he'll have to learn a new system. It's sad because Jackson was becoming a Top 5 wideout after a breakout 2009 season (68 rec., 1,167 yds, 9 TD's).

Remember to email me at arios@MorningJournal.com if you have any questions about fantasy football and your question could be in my fantasy column that runs every Friday.

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