Week 9 Recap

Madd Skillz: 158.00
Naj Davenport's Poop: 135.75

Game Summary: What could have been a blowout turned into the week's best game. Trailing big after the early games, NDP got great efforts from the only 2 offensive players on the field during the PIT-DEN game, as Willie Parker and Javon Walker got things to within Peyton Manning range by the 3rd quarter. It was then, however, that LaDanian Tomlinson awoke and scored 3 2nd half touchdowns, putting the lead out of even Manning's reach. This is the first time since week 3 that NDP had an opponent put up more than 89.75 points against them.

Madd Skillz (8-1): Monster week courtesy of the VUFSA's new leading scorer, LDT. Drew Brees, Larry Johnson and London Fletcher also had big games. Fletcher's emergence eased the pain of playing with only 2 WRs (terrible Tim Carter doesn't count). Sits in first with eight wins and a two game lead. No team that has won 8 games in a season has ever missed the playoffs.

Naj Davenport's Poop (6-3): Viano registerd the 4th most points in a loss through VUFSA history while putting up his best score of the season. Javon Walker's 34 points represent the highest point total for a WR in the league this season; just the 3rd time a WR has had 30+. Ronnie Brown and Willie Parker played arguably their best games of the season against two of the league's best defenses. Outside those three players and a good but not great Peyton Manning, no one else on the poop topped 7 points. The loss snaps a 5 game winning streak, and knocks NDP into a 2nd place tie with TNM. NDP has a healthy tiebreaker lead, however.

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The Nihilist Marmot: 96.50
Fresh Legs: 91.50

Game Summary: A pretty decent game despite all the byes incurred by both squads. Extremely disappointing QB performances kept both teams under 100 points. FL sent 5 men into double digits, compared with just 3 Marmots; big difference was that TNM's double digit men had a floor of 17.50.

The Nihilist Marmot (6-3): Tiki Barber's best game of the season came at a great time, as the soon-to-be-retired one finally got into the end zone and got over 100 yards on the ground. Marvin Harrison's Sunday Night was the big story here, however, as the Radcliffian deficit was considerable before Marvin dominated the Patriots. Tony Gonzalez was again very good, so it's probably time to lay off the Tony G jokes for a while. Overcame a crucial and completely unforseen zero from Heath Evans to grab hold of the league's longest winning streak (4 games) and a tie for 2nd.

Fresh Legs (3-6): Solid performances from a lot of people (7 players between 9 and 13 points) but no one went off, and that ulitimately cost FL. Chris Chambers and Rod Smith were fine, as were Deuce, Thomas Jones and Ahman Green. Aaron Kampman was also notable with 7.25 points. Probably eliminated from the playoff race with the loss. Needs to win out to hit 8 wins and has to leapfrog at least three teams, while sitting two full games behind each of them.

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Who Is Ron Mexico: 109.00
ChamPeons: 97.25

Game Summary: Bullshit Cheater Marques Colston has another huge game and Champ gets Thundered. Dave has his first winning record head-to-head with another owner.

Who Is Ron Mexico (2-7): Out of the cellar for WIRM, thanks in large part to Shit-Ton Bush's -5 rushing yards on 11 carries. Maurice Morris proves to be the gem of the McGahee-Dunn deal as his 13 points helped usher in the Thunder, along with Deion Branch. Six offensive players in double digits, but the real difference maker was Jason Taylor and his undressing of Rex Grossman. His 16.50 is the reason Dave wins his second game.

ChamPeons (5-4): A devastating loss for the Fighting Kennisons, as they drop down into a three-way tie for the final playoff spot which means they'll need tiebreaker help. That's not a good thing if you're a CHM fan. If you're Herm Edwards, how can you possibly bench Damon Huard? Another 22.50 for the journeyman, keeping the 'Peons QB problems out of the equation. Three starting RBs who are all platooning keeps things uncertain, as only Joseph Addai hit 10 points. Laurence Maroney, for all his future studliness, has been pretty much worthless since torching the Bengals. Corey Dillon was the better play again this week. Champ needs to win at least 4 of the remaining 5 games to make the playoffs, and even then may need some help, as they probably won't have the benefit of a tiebreaker.

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Tice's Partyboat: 88.25
Cellar Dwellers: 57.25

Game Summary: TPB was bad, CD was much, much worse. A gift-wrapped win keeps the Partyboat rockin' and knocks CD out of the race.

Tice's Partyboat (5-4): Like TNM, in the midst of a 4 game winning streak, but like CHM, won't have any tiebreakers to bail them out if it comes down to it late in the season. Michael Vick came back to earth a little bit this week, notching just 12.25 despite 80 rushing yards. Donald Driver hit the end zone and that's all the double digit scorers for TPB. Kellen Winslow was good with 8.50 and Maurice Jones-Drew continues to contribute. Cadillac Williams is starting to look like a fluke. He's young, sure, but it's going to be hard to count on him down the stretch.

Cellar Dwellers (3-6): The 5th lowest score All-Time and lowest of Andrew Stem's career can probably be laid at the feet of Tom Brady and his -2 points. It's a good thing that Cris Collinsworth made him his pick for "player of the week" before the game even started. Kevin Jones may have finally gotten his shit together- another 26 points this week makes him the #4 back in the league thus far. Outside of Jones, managed just 31.75 points with 12 other players. Let's move on.

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The Slumpbusters: 137.50
Father Abraham: 90.50

Game Summary: A great effort from FA, all things considered, but was overmatched even at full strength.

The Slumpbusters (5-4): The RB corps was all you could ask for this week; studly effort from Steven Jackson and solid numbers (w/TDs) from Warrick Dunn and Clinton Portis. Roy Williams, Marc Bulger, Jeremy Shockey, also good. In the driver's seat with the CHM loss- in a tie for 4th, with a tiebreaker edge on anyone behind them. We've been here before, sure, but this is a league with a significant dropoff after the #4 team. Faces WIRM and CHM the next two weeks, and wins in both of those could just about slam the door on the race.

Father Abraham (2-7): We have a new last place team for the first time this season, which is weird because Lincoln had a nice week with a makeshift linuep. David Garrard was a smart pickup and paid off nicely in his one week of work, while Jamal Lewis was very effective for the first-place Ravens. Joey Galloway was outstanding again, but a pithy performance from the other WRs. Has lost 4 straight and is out of the playoff race.