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I want to try a new format this week for the Fantasy Football Week 9 recap.

Rather then actually look just at the specific match-ups and regurgitate obvious statistics, I am going to highlight both obscene performances and strong showings from individuals as well as disappointments from others. I will attempt to touch on the actual SRQ 2010 match-ups, but I am going to try to make it a bit more mainstream of a write-up then solely for just us. I look forward to your responses and feedback.

Alright, even with the new format, I still need a template to tie the week too. In the past, I have used such stalwarts as Jersey Shore, characters from The Office, Epic Fail people (I.e. Charlie Sheen, Jesse james, etc) & Adam Sandler characters.
After some completely ridiculous thought and deliberation, I am leaning towards either catering the template towards “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” characters or tailoring the article after NFL players who are less then admirable, morally. Let’s start writing and see what happens. {I eventually decided to go straight up, and save the silly antics for the Predictions write-up, later this week}

Obscene Performers
Look, by now we have come to expect Phillip Rivers to go bonkers every week and throw 3 or 4 TD passes to either mainstream studs like A-Gates or Malcolm Floyd, but this week, he dropped 34 FF pts on us throwing to Seyi Ajirotutu (27 pts), utter washout Patrick Crayton (7pts) and Randy McMichael (14 pts) (didn’t he used to wrestle in the NWO or something?)

Peyton Hillis (33 pts) went schitzo by dropping 184 rushing yards and 2 Tds on the NE Patriots and Bill Simmons #1 poll ranked team (see article here), although, to be fair, his article basically boasted of the parity and confusion in the Nfl this season and how there really is no clear cut favorite. (evidenced by Brownies dominating Patriots, Steelers basically ripping a victory out of Jordan Shipleys hands on 4th down & Indianapolis playing with some substitutes backups and falling just short against the Philadelphia Eagles.)

T.O.(32 pts) , The Packers Defense (30 pts) , Jacoby Ford (24 pts), James Jones (22 pts) , Jacob Tamme (22 pts), Nate Burleson (21 pts) and hell, we will even include Brett Favre (28 pts) on this list as if you believed Favre would break his personal best record for yardage in this game, you should be writing this and not me. I almost started him over Matt Stafford (26 pts), but fortunately, they had similar point games! While the Pack may have won a fantasy match-up for you (wink, wink! Team EV All-Stars) Jacoby Ford was not on a starting roster and only won the game for the real Raiders. That guy was playing on a different level.

On the other end of the spectrum, in no particular order of stinky failure;
Jon Kitna (5 pts) made the packers Defense look like the steel curtain. We thought Kitna was going to have a big week throwing a ton of passes to Jason Witten (4 pts) trying to avoid Clay Matthews baring down on him. Oops!

Brandon Marshall (5 pts) somehow has become a pretty good candidate for one of the largest busts of the year. Save for 2 weeks when he scored double digit FF points (28, 18) he has been in single digits every game since then, with the last one the lowest yet. Oy Vey!

Another star receiver, Andre Johnson (4 pts) did a lot of nothing. Now he has Matt Schaub throwing to him and he is constantly nursing injuries, but 4 points is low, even for Andre, especially after he was clutch the past two weeks.

Roddy White (4 pts) A 38 point dropoff from the previous week, notwithstanding, this was a scary game for Roddy White owners (Hasselbeck Girl) as he left the game with a knee injury and did not practice on Tuesday Nov 9. We’ll just have to see what happens, but if you have another serviceable WR, you may want to consider starting them in place of Roddy as he plays on Thursday night against Baltimore.

Thomas Jones (3 pts), Calvin Johnson (1 pt on Revis Island), Chad Henne (2 pts), Miles Austin (1 pt) & Felix Jones (1 pt), only because if the cowboys can’t pass and Marion Barber is an actual zombie and they lied to us about using Tashard Choice more, then how does Felix not get any FF points? Maybe now that Wade Phillips has rejoined his walking dead counterparts, Felix will get a boost, but we ain’t holding our breath. For fear of asphyxiation.

Now, heading into Week 10, another 4 teams are on Byes and this can severely affect teams rosters and waiver wires. Throw in a couple more injuries and watch the waiver wire fireworks!

Bye week studs include;
Drew Brees
Aaron Rodgers
Greg Jennings
Philip Rivers
Antonio Gates
Darren McFadden
…
Brandon Jackson (although calling him a stud is a stretch)
The above mentioned Jackson is reason enough for not putting players like Ryan Matthews and Marques Colston here. Not quite enough consistency to be considered star worthy players.

Injuries to keep an eye on;
Matthew Stafford – looks done for the season
Austin Collie – out for a couple weeks but should return eventually
Roddy White – Knee tweaked, but returned to game and says will play on Thurs
DeAngelo Williams – Out for a couple weeks and even if he returns, will anyone care?
Jonathon Stewart – Head injury. See above DeAngelo notes
Matt Moore – Out for season – Not easy to be Carolina Panther these days!
Joseph Addai – Shoulder still not healed – most likely out for a couple more weeks
Stephen gostkowski – Out for Season
Hakeem Nicks – Mild Ankle Sprain – Probable
Alex Smith – I have no idea
Matt Hasselbeck – No idea here either, but even if he comes back, he has been BUNK this season
The Redskins backfield – Who knows with Shanahan . Torain, Portis, K-Williams or even james Davis? Your guess is as good as mine

Quick recap from last week.
Even with little to no help from Lucifer, I mean, LeSean, Can I get a Hot Tub holds off Benbowski. Big Ben dropped such a stinker on Monday Night, that he snuffed out Benbowski’s hopes of the playoffs as well. At 3-6, there is still a chance, but it reminds me of a certain Dumb & Dumber moment about 1 in a Million, and such. Hot Tub at 4-5 is better suited to regroup and claw their way back into contention, but with Aaron Rodgers on a BYE and getting stonewalled on the waiver wire. How do you not put in a back up bid for Colt McCoy and let him go to Peyton/Rivers for $1, I’ll never know. I had a back up bid in place in case you outbid me for Shaun Hill. Well, there is always Tony Pike or maybe Tim Tebow, as he could run for a TD.
PREDICTION – BENBOWSKI – 105 HOT TUB – 102
Final Score – Hot Tub – 108 Benbowski – 92

M & R, Inc versus Calvin & his Munks. Oy Vey. The hits just keep on coming. Before the games started there was an upbeat hope to this match-up. Maybe Derek Anderson could go off or Calvin Johnson would duplicate his 3 TD day, but alas, once the games progressed a bit, reality set in. M&R, inc sits near the top of the division at 6-3 and looks poised to take over the top spot soon. Thanks Paulie! Grrrrrr. Calvin heads into a winnable match-up next week and at 2-7 is playing for pride and to also keep others from making the playoffs! Go Get Em, Calvin!
PREDICTION – M&R, INC – 137 CALVIN – 90
Final Score – M&R, Inc – 130 Calvin – 112

Just utter destruction here. Nothing to see. Please keep moving. Henne & Kitna could be a cancelled detective show on Lifetime. Their respective performances were so bad (that the criminals got away, the crime still remains unsolved and they had to call in Monk to try and solve the case), that they crushed RC chances through and through no matter how the rest of the team performed. Add in Chris Johnson and Steven Jackson on BYES and fuhgettaboudit.
6-3 Austin looks legit (See luckiest team in the league notes) enough to stay near the top of the league and if they get consistency from Bradshaw and Brandon Jackson then why not them? Team RC has a good chance to shake up the league and save their season by attempting to upset the league leader in their week 10 match-up. At 3-6, they need a win to resurrect their season.
PREDICTION – RC -99 AUSTIN – 97 (Went for the upset, though Kitna would actually do well. FAIL)
Final Score – Austin – 124 RC – 68

I Ain’t No Hasselbeck Girl squeaked by Team Stop the Bleeding this week. Both teams got great performances from some players. Arian Foster (33 pts) vs. Turner the Burner (24 pts) & DeSean (22 pts) and next thing you know, Bleeding had a chance heading into Monday Night. Well, the smack talk early on became a quiet mumble as T.O. scored again and again for Cincy and eliminated the Steelers D pts. But alas, a good effort by both teams. Hasselbeck Girl 7-2 sits atop the league with 6 Wins in a Row (En Fuego!!) and looks primed to make the playoffs, but a loss looks very likely this upcoming week as the dreaded BYE week doldrums set in. Bleeding is 4-5 and needs some TUMS, stat! 3 losses in a row and this week they face scrappy Calvin who will battle. Its gonna be a good fight.
PREDICTION – HASSELBECK GIRL – 139 BLEEDING – 134
Final Score – Hasselbeck Girl – 132 Bleeding – 119

The Best game of the week, hands down. Every play the Cincinnati offense ran on Monday night made the score of this contest change and switched leads! It was Carson Palmer for Rooster versus RB Cedric benson and EV’s ALL-stars had a 5 point cushion heading into the game. Now, against steelers defense, you gotta think the run is non existent and Carson will have to throw because the Bungles will be down by 30 points at halftime, but low and behold. A pretty even matchup became the best game of the week.
EV hangs on for the win thanks to the Packers Defense DOING WORk (30 pts) and she left some points on the bench as well. Impressive. She will need to start all the right players next week as EV’s 5-4 record and 3 game winning streak come up against M&R, INC (6-3). Important game! As for Rooster, their ability to battle each week, just missed but they find themselves at 5-4 and should rebound nicely as they head into a match-up with Benbowski. That should define some futures, fo sho.
PREDICTION – ROOSTER – 109 EV’S – 79
Final Score – EV’s – 118 Rooster – 115

Well, all in all, a 2-3 week brings my overall prediction record to 10-10. I’m actually kind of disappointed that I’m .500 after this long, I would have thought I would do better. I’ll just have to enjoy my 7-2 record and first place seeding, as I feel a loss coming on this week. I mean, does Drew Brees, really need a week off?

Good luck all!