Week 8: Wash-up

So many interesting games this week: it started on Friday with the Patriots walking all over the hapless Dolphins to go 7-0.Then, the Lions get totally routed by the Chiefs in London, Bengals keep it real against the Steelers to stay unbeaten, and the Seahawks manage to not suck quite as much as the Cowboys sucked. There was a crazy game in Nawlins,  the Saints and the Giants put up 101 points between them (3rd highest all time) in a 52-49 game. Drew Brees had 7TDs and Eli Manning 6TDs. Defence? Fuggedaboutit.

And then the big one, Sunday Night Primetime, billed as an epic clash of two 6-0 teams, Packers v Broncos. That was a weird, frustrating game to watch, as a Packers fan. It was a slow game, the Packers did nothing right, with the great Aaron Rogers throwing a career low 77 yards or so, meanwhile Peyton Manning went to town with over 300 yards in his best showing of the year; but still didn't score a TD.

And then on the Tuesday, we finish it off with the Panthers-Colts game. The Panthers were up 23-3 at three-quarter time, totally dominating a rain soaked game. Then from nowhere, the Colts rocked the final term with 20-0, kicking the game tying field goal with 2 seconds left on the clock: 23-23. And then the Panthers won in Overtime, they go to 7-0 and the Colts slump to 3-4 on the year.

Some highlight packages:

You want defence? Look away now. If it's offensive football at its best, this is for you:

Rookie of the year, Todd Gurley:

US Forces (91) def Agent P (68)

In a week of big QB's Carson Palmer did his best with a healthy 29 points to lead the General to victory, a 6-2 record and now three Ws in a row. Bell tore his MCL and is likely done for the season, which is terrible for Steelers and US Forces alike. The big intra-Agent P clash between Luck and Newton wasn't as big as it seemed at 3/4 time, Luck piling it on in the final term to post a semi-respectable 14 points to Newton's 18. Not that either were helpful against the Force's Palmer. Agent P left an injured Foster in her line-up, he is done for the season and can be thrown to the Fantasy scrap heap. 
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BB (108) def Lighties (96)

A big win for BB puts him back at the top of the Standings with an outstanding 7-1 record. BB called it right this week, starting Peyton Manning over Big Ben. Although 11 points to 8 isn't a big difference it was a gutsy call. I'm quite surprised to see Manning's score be so low, he was very good on the field. Shows the difference between fantasy and reality. Which perfectly sums up Phil 'BToP' Rivers, who has the second highest QB points (behind Brady), and another lazy 24 points this week. But unlike the 7-0 Brady the Chargers are 2-6. Good for the Lighties, sucks to be San Diego. Sucks even more, well, maybe as much, to be Colin Kaepernick, who has been benched by the 49ers this week for continued sucking. Which is rough and I disagree entirely with the move. I would have sacked the Head Coach, the Offensive Coordinator and the General Manager - who are far more complicit in Kaep's downfall than he is. Let's face it, no one, and I mean not even his mum, is starting replacement QB Blaine Gabbert in their Fantasy team this week. His career record: 5-22. Dumb move by a dumb team.

Endless (109) def Zim (99)

Two wins in a row takes Endless from the bottom of the standings to a game clear of both Agent P and Zim. Gurley is the rookie everyone is talking about this year, setting rookie RB records and very much standing out from the crowd: 20 points this week. Cooks was the beneficiary of an on-fire Brees: 20 points. Finally, the Texans D. I have no idea where they pulled this from: 20 points, a score we expected them to make consistently this year but they have been completely unwilling to do so until now. Zim was off to a flyer with 55 points on Friday, led by Brady who leads all scoring this year. Zim got burned by Abdullah, the cowardly Lion, and WTF happened to the Jets? Minus 1? No sacks, no interceptions, no nuthin'. BOOOO! 

Farnsworths (115) def Breesus (99)

This is surely the biggest WTF of the week. Breesus starts His Majesty, the Great and Mighty Drew Brees, who throws a record-tying 7 touchdown passes, 500 yards, 44, that's right, forty-four points and still loses the game. Breesus, take heart knowing that this is exactly how Phil Rivers feels every goddam week. But lets consider how it was that the Farn's was able to win: Odell Beckham, 30 points from 3TDs. Beckham, who just happened to be playing against Drew Brees's Saints, whose Defensive Coordinator, the great Rob Ryan, couldn't buy a stop. Throw in a little Matt Ryan, a sprinkling of Larry Fitz, shake and pour. The Farn's take outright fourth place with 5-3 and Breesus drops to the Lighties and Doof's level at 4-4 and 5th place.

Doof (90.34) def Marcy (89.68)

After winning two-games by less than a point this season Marcy's luck ran out this week, losing by 0.7. The loss drops her two places in the Standings at 6-2, falling a game behind BB. The loss can be attributed directly on Aaron Rogers whose pitiful 6.18 points matched up really well against the Red Rockets pitiful 9.64. Andy Dalton > Aaron Rogers? Let's not get carried away just yet. Charcandrick West did me proud, taking over as Chiefs RB, and Ben Watson was another recipient of Brees monster day.