Week In Review

Thank you. That's all I can say. Thanks so much for all the love and support everyone showed by writing to let me know how valuable you found my writings last week. You've given me inspiration to continue on! So, without further ado, here are my top ten observations on how our fantasy week broke down:

1. SxC may be better than anyone gave them credit for.
1. There were some good looking QBs on this roster this week with Roethlisberger and Eli going for big numbers, and Matt Schaub didn't look too shabby either.
2. Figure in good production from Roy Williams, Laveraneus Coles and ADP and they put together a winner....this week.
1. SxC may be in more trouble than they give themselves credit for.
1. Eli went down, and it sounds like it might be for a while
2. Roethlisberger was playing the Browns.
3. Schaub was playing the weak 'D' Chiefs.
2. Black Hand landed a major upset last week, but don't look for a repeat this week as I think the Pumas lineup will prove to be too powerful for the upstart Hand.
1. The Hand did show some life this week though, which is more than I figured they would. Good for them.
2. Chad Johnson is not going to ever make it to the Hall of Fame, but he'll look like he should against the pitiful Cleveland defense.
   
3. The Sunshine aren't as good as they looked last week.
1. Minnesota's 'D' won't have another 39 point day.
2. Not to mention I don't have high hopes that any of their players from the state of Texas will be scoring like that consistently.
4. The Runners looked solid against a weaker looking Pumas team.
1. If The Runners had started Pittsburgh's D over Chicago's D (A tough choice to make), I'd be talking about that upset too.
2. Again, the only real question mark in their lineup is the RB position, and it's early enough in the season make a move and get a solid replacement/backup for Cedric Benson.
5. The Amish are still a good team, no matter what the final score of Week One (112-67, go Red Dogs!) was.
1. Philip Rivers is going to have better weeks, but not next week either. New England is going to crush him, the Amish will be better off starting Alex Smith. Yeah, its that bad.
2. Same thing goes for Larry Johnson, who is facing the Chicago D, that last week smacked LT in the mouth. The only reason LT scored was the TD pass he threw to take away potential points from......Philip Rivers.
3. Todd Heap on the other hand, should have a much better week against a weak Jets defense, if he can hold onto the ball and not get screwed by the refs.
6. The Short Bus Bullies took it hard because of under-performing role players.
1. Deion Branch, Laurence Maroney and the Dallas defense lost that game for the Bullies, who otherwise looked strong. They'll need to keep a careful eye on those guys and be ready to yank them if they don't start showing up.
7. The Green Helmets will not have another showing like that again.
1. MoJo Drew and Stephen Jackson are just too damn good to do that again, and with Jon Kitna getting new life infused to him through the creator of the 'Greatest Show On Turf' look for the helmets to score some huge numbers.
8. Space For Rent could be worse than we thought.
1. Yeah, even with Frank Gore and L.T. they went down, and its due in a large part to a lucky week for The Black Hand, but also due to poor performances from his big names.
2. With Matt Leinhert throwing to Larry Fitzgerald, he may really underachieve this year.
3. Same goes for J.P. Losman to Lee Evans.
4. And Dallas Clark just doesn't get the big numbers.
9. The Pumas are still the best team, but only by the skin of their teeth
1. And yes, that's because I still believe they'll have to be knocked off first.
2. And no, that's not happening this week.
3. But L.J. Smith and Reggie Brown are going to hurt them, especially when (not if) Donovan McNabb goes down for the season.
10. The Red Dogs are still pretenders....
1. But them against The Runners will be the matchup of the week. Its going to be a nail biter, so watch it closely.

Coming soon: Week Two's Featured Match Up and Power Rankings