Mr. Fantasy Week 6By Michael Weber- Semolina Pilchards
Jaguars –12 vs. Sandbaggers Last week, the Jags dropped their game by 2 points even though they scored over 100 points. The Sandbaggers lost to Division foe, the Undertakers, who have quietly snapped up first place in their Division. Jags have seen their Minny players start coming on lately, so they have been piling up the points as they move up in the Power Rankings. As far as the Baggers go, this is one of 3 ultra pathetic teams belonging in the same Division. Baggers, Pilchards, and Point are easily the league doormats right now, which should allow the Undertakers to rapidly gain control of the Division. Jags put Minny QB and Cris Carter up against Baggers tandem of Denver QB and Eddie Kennison who has probably been the biggest free agent bust of the season. Baggers benched Moulds this week who had a great Thursday and will put up Mathis against probably Toomer for the Jags. RB game goes the Jags way again. Sandbaggers are so hurting at RB, I won’t even bother going over their game. Jags will easily send the Baggers to another loss this week as they again break 100 and win 104- 92.
Show Me the Money – 8 vs. Semolina Pilchards How can Mr. Fantasy go against Show Me, when they are riding a 3 game winning streak. On the opposite end, the Pilchards are riding a 3 game losing streak. Pilchards and TNT Explosion, both of who started 2-0 and have now both dropped to 2-3, made a blockbuster trade in an attempt to improve both teams (see transactions for details). Pilchards have averaged 4 points a week over the last 3 weeks from their QB position while TNT had been weak in their Kicker and WR positions. Pilchards put 3 new players on the table against Show Me this week. Show Me pits Warner against new Pilchard QB, Grbac. Advantage: Show Me. At RB, Show Me has Dayne and Alstott up against the Edge and Tomlinson, who is now entering the tough part of his schedule. At WR, Show Me’s main guy Owens is off and the Pilchards main guy Bruce is traded. Pilchards already played J. Smith on Thursday and of course, he was pathetic. Kicker and Defensive battle continues to swing Show Me’s way, as they knock off the Putrid Pilchards in a close battle, 88-80.
Undertakers –12 vs. C&D TD Makers Undertakers ride a three game win streak against C&D’s 2 game win streak. Both teams lose critical players this week. Undertakers who have again started with Chapter 13, "Your team Sucks" have flat out stated that "they would kick C&D’s ass even if they had half their team on a bye". C&D responded by saying, "Nah, Nah" and sticking out their tongue at the Undertakers. McNair goes up against Vinny this week which should be a wash. At virtually every other position, the Undertakers blow away C&D especially since Faulk is injured for C&D, and they were beaten out for Faulk’s backup by TNT in the Free Agent pickups. Undertakers will ride a 4 game win streak into next week’s Divisional battles, as they win 70-58.
Mighty Caesars –17 vs. What’s the Point Mighty Caesars lead their Division as they bring the league’s highest scoring team up against the Point. The Point got their highest scoring game of the year last week against the Pilchards, as their team was way overdue to score. Of course, in this league, it is virtually a tradition at this point for teams to have their best week when they play the Pilchards. Caesars have McNabb going up against the TB QB’s for the Point. While their QB broke out of their funk last week, Mr. Fantasy knows that the QB will be right back to sucking this week, as the Point are NOT playing the Pilchards. McNabb has been good for at least 20 points a week it seems like. At RB, the Point have continued their annual tradition of crucial mistakes costing them games, in that 3 of their 4 RB’s are either on a bye or are injured this week. At WR, the Point may have a chance to do something as the Caesars lose their main guy to a bye this week. Either way, the Caesar’s continue to find ways to score every week, and this week will be no exception as they beat the Point, 99-82.
TNT Explosion –22 vs. Dragon Slayers TNT was involved in a 4 player trade with the Pilchards, after their three game losing streak, and pit 3 of them against the Slayers this week. Dragon Slayers lead the league with 4 wins and lead the Power Rankings chart. This week, TNT put Brooks up against Favre at the QB position. Favre has obviously been worth that first round pick this year. TNT’s newest RB, Mike Anderson goes up against the #1 fantasy RB, Curtis Martin. At WR, TNT again puts up a player received in trade, Isaac Bruce, against more weak players for the Slayers, although it seems like Freeman may be getting back into the swing of things. Again at Kicker, TNT puts up Wilkins (received in a trade) against another weaker player. All in all, TNT will have enough firepower this week to beat the #1 Slayers, as the teams go all out in a tremendous battle with TNT winning, 112-90.
TBFC –14 vs. Suicide Kings TBFC are one of the top teams in the league, while the Kings have dropped their last two to fall to last place in their Division. Looks like this week, the Kings are gonna get crowned again by TBFC. Kings get back their QB, Manning this week, while TBFC loses Gannon so they must play NE’s Brady against the Kings. Based on the last game between Indy and the Pat’s, this could quite possibly be an even battle. At RB, TBFC blows away the Kings on paper, although so far they have gotten the worst of the deal in trading away Dunn for A. Green. Both teams pit strong WR corps against each other, with TBFC using Marvin Harrison to offset the Kings QB, but at Kicker and Defense, TBFC again overpowers the Kings. TBFC wins this game and pulls into a tie in their Division with 4 wins, when they beat the Kings, 96-92. |