Blast From the Past

Less Talk More Head would happily let Tyreese play RB. 

Is it me or does it feel like it's the first year of the league again? No? Then I guess it's just me. Let me tell you, I'm getting sick and tired of it. Slightly Buzzed is trapped in the cellar at 1-5 and it starting to look a lot like the Gore-Gasm days. In 4 0f the 5 losses, their opponent has not only beaten their season average but also have had their highest point total of the season. How is this even possible?! I can understand for a season, maybe you can talk me into two but three is ridiculous. Right now Slightly Buzzed is staring down the barrel of its third consecutive season having the MOST points against. 

Despite luck being the biggest factor of them all, there are a few other facts for the struggles of Slightly Buzzed. They have dealt with an inordinate amount of injuries this season (Rashard Jennings and A.J. Green went down in the same week) and this past week was the first game all season where a player did not leave mid-game because of an injury. Even with their health "intact" this past week they still weren't able to pull out the W because of the disappointing performances of Matt Ryan and Eddie Lacy. Lacy leads us to our next point, this team has not been able to draft particularly well, especially with their first pick. Chris Johnson, Doug Martin, and Lacy is a sad list of names to read. Maybe the Oakland Raiders are the only other team to draft worse in the first round. You could argue that there is still time for Lacy, but the Packers need to give him opportunities and have the patience to establish the run. We all saw two Thursdays ago when Lacy looked like Tryeese taking done walkers with his bare hands in the Season 5 premiere.    

Apologizes for the rant, probably did not help that I received this alert as I started writing this post: 

On the bright side I did get a "new" phone.

Enough with the disappointments, let's discuss some other happenings in the league. In a stunner, Dickle Pickle playing David took down the Goliath that is (was?) Seagrape Security. It should be noted that it took a whopping 151 points to accomplish this upset, because Seagrape Security averages 120 points. Averages! It was still a fairly close contest, so it will be interesting to see how they rebound this week coming off a defeat. They will be without Nick Foles, it will be a difficult decision to decide who is gonna be the one to lead their troops into battle. Dickle Pickle was able to accomplish their win without Drew Brees, their regular starting defense, and Steven Ridley exiting the game early with a season ending injury. Kudos to them for gambling on Ryan Tannehill and the Philadelphia Eagles defense. Their reward this week is a matchup with the desperate Less Talk More Head, who will be sure to throw everything at them including the kitchen sink.

In another "minor" upset LastCupChris suffered their second loss in two games. To make matters worse their opponent had a solid game from Lamar Miller who LastCupChris traded for Victor Cruz, which unfortunately did not turn out so well for them. They are also on the record as saying they are "still butthurt trading and losing to (LOADING...)." LastCupChris is in need of magic this week with LeSean McCoy on a bye and Montee Ball and Cruz sidelined by injuries. However, they still have heavy hitters in Andrew Luck, the Cardinals defense, Dan Bailey (the most accurate kicker in history??) and Le'Veon Bell. LOADING... arguably had their best showing of the season and perhaps they found a turning point with Colin Kaepernick. They are stockpiled with talent and perhaps their biggest struggle week to week is deciding who to start--that is unless they are making a trade. They appear to be clicking at the right time with the emergence of Brandon Oliver, Miller's new status, and Kaepernick looking like his old self. Their matchup this week leads us to their next team...

Smooth Saddles have suffered their second loss in a row and there was not much that could be done with several players going missing for them. Their box score has been nearly identical the last two weeks, including the points against. They should be bolstered by the return of Jamaal Charles and the favorable matchups of Julian Edelman and their defense. The keys to the bus have been given back to Matt Stafford who is an excellent candidate for a bounce back against the porous Saints defense. It would seem unlikely for them to continue averaging around 75 points. Smooth Saddles' opponent this past week, Those magic fingers, have been having a seesaw season. They have been trading between losses and wins every week so far, if that pattern is to continue this week it does not look so good for Those magic fingers. Still they have cleaned shop on their bench and most of their players have good projections for this weekend. The addition of Odell Beckham Jr. could benefit them sooner than later, OBJ looks to improve with the loss of Cruz and Larry Donnell coming back to Earth. 

Gentle Vibrations, the opponent for Those magic fingers this week, had a great week scoring their highest point total of the season. They will always be a factor with the 1-2 punch of Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb. Their running back situation is not the most stable, though it looks like Khiry Robinson will get some more work with Mark Ingram slow to return. They had a winning formula last year with Matt Prater and the Seahawks defense and they are looking to strike rich again with their acquisition of Prater. Arian Foster looks to be back to his old self and Jordan Cameron proved he wasn't a walker on the field last week. With the three headed monster of Rodgers, Cobb, and Foster maybe the vibrations of Gentle Vibrations won't be so gentle. 

One club back to their winning ways has been House Hodor. Despite Percy Harvin drawing negative points they were able to pull out a much needed victory. Jordy Nelson is probably one of the most consistent players in fantasy and DeSean Jackson is always one play away from having a huge fantasy day. House Hodor currently has the steal of the wavier wire in Ahmad Bradshaw, who has turned into a solid RB 2; imagine if the Colts stopped given equal work to Trent Richardson, however some people like to watch the world burn. 

AND I JUST WENT OFF thought they turned the corner with their first victory, the returns of D-Mart Thomas and Andre Ellington, plus the near returns of Knowshon Moreno and Ryan Matthews. Those plans were dealt a devastating blow when Moreno was placed on IR after tearing his ACL and Matthews's return looks to be in another week or two. On the bright side, Shane Vereen looks to be in line for a bigger role and Jay Cutler will always be slinging the ball around. AND I JUST WENT OFF should be going off at least a few more times this season. 

For some this has been a frustrating season, for those some there is the new season of The Walking Dead to fall back on...too bad it's only on one day a week.