Heartbreak..

Well.. This sucks. Braylon Edwards tried to have a big game for me.. I just needed a touchdown. I think I may have had the most yards with no TDs in the Vegas bracket. I had over 300 yards from my recievers.. 395 yards from Kurt Warner.. and I only get one passing TD out of all that? I was pretty mad at my guys for not having big weeks.. but besides McFadden and the worthless Bears defense.. all of my players played well. They racked up the yards and just didnt score.. Unbelievable. The disheartening thing about all of this is I really felt like I had a team that could win this whole thing. I had some great matchups lined up and I paired up two stud QBs in the late rounds. I always draft great fantasy teams but I struck gold this year.. I just screwed up on McFadden. Next year I will compete.. but I'm not sure I can put together a team with AS MUCH fire power as I did this year. I guess I just have a defeated attitude.. I'll be every bit as optimistic as I was this year when next year comes along.

If I had just played any other defense in the league Id be advancing this week. Good luck to everyone thats left in this. I don't feel too hot about my first and goal chances because that one is going to be nearly impossible to win. I'll set my lineups and see what happens.. but most of my focus is going on my other leagues that I'm winning right now and that I've been blowing off.

This is definitely a brilliant idea. Next year I'll try to buy more then just one team. Thanks to the FFOC for coming up with all of this.. you guys definitely gave me a thrilling 11 weeks and a lot to day dream about.

Well... yesterday I woke up and went to golden corral for my good luck breakfast. It was immediately thrown off when they didnt have the quiche that I had eaten every weekend and grown to love. I almost made a special request for it.. and I wish I had. But.. all is not lost. I have hope in Braylon Edwards tonight. The star reciever that single handedly carried fantasy teams last season. The guy that said he would score a touchdown for every medal that Michael Phelps won this year.. or was it two touchdowns? Whatever the case.. he has some catching up to do.. and it starts tonight.

As far as my superstitions go.. I have one more thing left in the bag. Last time I posted this.. I won an amazing championship game. So.. with that being said.. Braylon Edwards.. What can you do for me?

Is it over?

Not if Braylon Edwards has anything to say about it. This is the second time this year my fantasy football fate has come down to Braylon Edwards on Monday Night Football. The first time he tore up the Giants and scored me some major points. I need you one more time Braylon. I'm hearing that they are opening up the playbook more for Brady Quinn and he definitely has the arm for some big things here. The Bills are 16th against the pass this year so I have hope. Some might have called me crazy for benching Santana Moss against my Dallas Cowboys in favor of Braylon Edwards but the move has definitely paid off.. now lets just hope Braylon Edwards gives me what I need. Im currently sitting at 77.64. The cut line is 91.8. Now I dont know what I need but Im going to set the bar at 100. I feel like if I get 100 I should be advancing and thats just one big game from a WR which is very possible. Maybe I only need 95? Braylon Edwards has had many of these games in his career and he loves the spotlight. What better time then Monday Night Football? Its what I drafted him in the second round for.

What a crappy week. This is the worst week I have had in a while. My team has been so consistant. The sad thing is some of my guys racked up a lot of yards and no touchdowns. Warner threw the ball all over the place.. but only one TD. Wayne was catching balls left and right.. but no touchdowns. Same thing with Ward. McFadden didnt help either. I didnt feel good about him THIS week but I definitely do moving forward.. lets hope I get that shot. I definitely wish I had gone with my itch to play Leon Washington.

Chicagos defense is what killed me this week. Worthless morons.. all of them. Bears fans should be ashamed of you and I'm definitely ashamed of you. I'd be feeling better about my chances if I had just not played a defense.

Do I think I'm going to win tomorrow? Eh.. I am half and half. There is the side of me that was ecstatic about Brady Quinn becoming the starter and that feels like this is going to prove my point.. and there is the other side of me that doesnt know because it has yet to happen. We shall see. Some REALLY GOOD teams are getting knocked out this week and that million dollars is wide open. I think it can be mine if I survive this week.. my team is definitely good enough.

All I can do now is hope.

Footballguys.com.. I want a free subscription next year

So.. Im a subscriber to footballguys.com. Its a great site and its very useful for serious fantasy football players. David Dodds is actually a participant in the FFOC. Well.. I feel like I am owed after the heart attack and the stress that you guys caused me tonight. You set up your Week 11 Saturday Players In the news link.. So.. I go to take a look at it just to make sure nothing crazy happened with any of my players. This is what I see..

*** Saturday Update *** RB Darren McFadden (OAK) is a game-time decision this weekend, but he is reportedly on the doubtful side of questionable. There are reports that the team will shut him down to allow his two turf toes to fully heal.


Im thinking GREAT! I am pissed at Mcfadden for saying he is good to go. Im pissed at the Raiders for saying he was cleared to play. Im pissed at every single report that Ive read that said hes good to go this weekend. Im pissed that I would have started Leon Washington as a last resort but now I cant.

Well guess what? You guys linked your week 10 news to your week 11 link. I didnt realize that until I threw a tantrum and lost 27 years of my life.

My login name is icemavs41. I feel like I should be given a lifetime subscription but one year will do.


IM READY TO GET THIS WEEKEND STARTED! Good luck to everyone with a similar starting lineup as me and I'll throw some support Scotts way for being a fellow blogger. Other then that.. I wish everyone else luck in the 1st and goal bracket AFTER this week and beyond. :)

Feeling good...

Well.. One game down.. I started Thomas Jones and I'm sitting at 17.9. When you can get 119 total yards and one touchdown out of your running back you have to be happy and I am. Especially after that first half.. That Patriots defense was filling the holes and hitting hard.. I honestly felt like Thomas Jones might only get me 7 points or so after the first half and Im glad he finished strong. I would like to send out a special thank you to the Patriots defense for getting pentalties and putting the ball down on the inch line for him to run it in. I definitely gave up hope on Thomas Jones a little early but Manginis play calling drives me nuts. It even drove me nuts last night. Sure by the end of the game Jones got 30 carries.. but I can not stand it when the Jets go empty back field.. or they set up in the shot gun with Leon Washington. They do it all the time on critical plays.. and they do it a lot when they are near the goal line. It drives me crazy and thats why Thomas Jones got benched last week in favor of Mewelde Moore. I have Leon Washington handcuffed to Thomas Jones.. but honestly if Washington were to get hurt it would probably make Jones a much better fantasy option because he would be on the field more.

I'm feeling good about my chances at advancing this week. I love my WR matchups. I believe Braylon Edwards will come through this week and I think Hines Ward will have a MONSTER game against the weak Chargers defense.

You know what else I love to see? The teams carrying Matt Cassell and Randy Moss hanging around for a few weeks. Cassell can have some great games.. but I have no doubts that he will flop one week and there will be lots of Cassell teams that are eliminated that week. Maybe it will be next week? Randy Moss is a terrible fantasy football reciever. He will be great and he will disappear and kill you when you need him the most. I hope LOTS of teams have him in the Vegas bracket.

Well.. I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend. I'm liking my Darren McFadden news that I'm getting. If he blows up I could be in for a monster week!

I have to roll the dice..

Fragile Willie Parker is killing me this week. He's going to try to play.. and hes going to hurt himself again. The problem with that is I would LOVE to have Mewelde Moore this week. I dont need him for the entire Vegas bracket.. but I would love to have him just this last week. I drafted Darren McFadden for a reason. I believe he is a gamebreaker. He has shown that ability in the preseason and up until his turf toe situation. He has a very favorable fantasy schedule and I think he could be a major difference maker for me as the season winds down. Im just not sure about this week with it being his first game back. I feel like if he plays he will be 100%. The Raiders havent sat him because he was too hurt to play.. they sat him because they wanted to get rid of the injury all together. But.. any player coming off of injury you dont feel too good about in their first game and I would prefer not to have to start McFadden just yet. I may have no other choice though if Willie Parker is a go. My other options are Felix Jones, Lamont Jordan, or Leon Washington. Lots of question marks there. If I knew Felix Jones was going to be a full go for the Redskins game I would consider him.. but they may just ease him back into game action and that wont help my fantasy team too much.

I actually dont think Mewelde Moore would have that great of a game against the Chargers. Something about the Chargers run defense just scares me. Maybe Moore not starting will be a blessing in disguise and McFadden will break out this week. I can hope right? I've had many good weeks without my running back doing much. Michael Pittman had 20 yards in the game he got hurt.. he was in my starting lineup and I put up a good score fairly easy. I think my team has enough fire power to survive a mediocre running back position on my team for this one week. When Parker gets hurt I'll have another option in the coming weeks but I cant wait until McFadden gets rolling.. thats my game plan.

The exciting thing about my team is I feel its very unique. My second and third round picks were Braylon Edwards and Darren McFadden. I really dont think many teams with them on their rosters are in the Vegas bracket. The cool thing about that is my team has been on fire lately without them performing. Reggie Wayne hadnt really had a big game until this last week. Those are three key guys that I will be starting that I dont feel like a lot of teams in this bracket have. I also havent seen many Kurt Warner Jay Cutler combinations at quarterback. A lot of people were trying to team up Tony Romo and Tom Brady so they could have monster QB games in their lineup. I achieved this in the later rounds and put some good players in between them. That is the making for a million dollar team in my opinion. It also appears that I gave up on Thomas Jones a bit too soon and he is now the focus of the Jets offense. I'm pretty thrilled about that.

One thing I have noticed is that people are saying Braylon Edwards will struggle and the Browns wont go verticle with Brady Quinn. My question to these people.. did you not watch Brady Quinn at Notre Dame? He has a great arm and Notre Dame was constantly airing it out. The Broncos were keying their defense on Edwards and Winslow was open all day. Add to that the fact that Brady Quinn was named the starter on Monday before the Thursday night game. He had gotten hardly any time with the starting unit. Well.. that trend has shifted this week.. he has until the end of the Thursday Night game until the Monday Night game to practice. He will go long this week and Braylon Edwards will have a good game. Bank on it. He will be in my lineup and he will be a difference maker as he wont be in many teams lineups.

The difference between me and a million dollars is Darren McFadden. There have been whispers that he could be a great late season fantasy performer and I believe in it. If that happens I look forward to meeting some of you in Vegas!

Can I get a Johnny Drama.... VICTOOOOOOORY!!!

Well.. what I expected to happen tonight did. Warner got his 300+ yards and 3 scores.. and Gore got his around 100 yards and stayed out of the endzone. Thats pretty much what I expected but still.. when you are neck and neck nerves will go crazy.

My game was freakin crazy. I had a sizeable lead after Thursday. My problem for Sunday was that I had absolutely no players playing in the morning games. I got to watch my 48 point lead shrink to 8. Crosby missed that 50 yard fg and that really would have had me nervous if he had made it. Well.. the afternoon games started quick. First Mewelde Moore scored. Then Reggie Wayne scores on that miracle bomb. Mewelde Moore comes right back and scores another TD. Hines Ward was racking up yards. Dallas Clark catches the touchdown before halftime. I was just getting comfortable. I had a 32 point lead with Mewelde Moore at the 1 yard line. He gets freakin stuffed! Then all of a sudden Tyler Thigpen and Tony Gonzalez decide that they want to be John Elway and Shannon Sharpe. That last second touchdown hurt. I mean seriously.. I was mocking Thigpen a few weeks ago and mocking this guy for playing him. He almost beat me!!! Instead of going up by 38 with the Moore TD I thought I was going to get.. That Gonzalez TD dropped me to a 22 point lead. At that point I had Warner versus McNabb and Gore. After McNabb I was up 2.78 heading into Monday Night Football..

That brings me today. You know how things just arent going right? I mixed up something horrible on my biology test which led to me probably getting 10 questions wrong. I'm going to be pleading with my teacher to let me get those points back because it was a reasonable error. So anyways.. Im in a horrible mood coming home. I rush home to see the game obviously. Well.. Here in Texas we got some severe thunderstorms tonight. The game wouldnt come in for the majority of the first quarter. I was absolutely livid. When I finally got it on I was in a nail biter. Warner got me out in front by a few points and then Gore closed the gap. Remember that 20 yard toss to the right he had? I thought he was gone on that one. I felt my season slipping away and I was beside myself. I was going to score close to 130 and lose. Doubt crept in.. and after that tackle I was winning by .2. After that the rest is history. Warner had a big game, I won 142.10 to 124.7. I actually kind of feel for the .357 Magnums. Last week they were all but done and they made it to the title game by a miracle. Then they put up a very respectable week like they did which probably would have beaten a lot of league winners.

I really wish the Denver game wasnt on Thursday last week. I wanted to play Moore and Jones but Parker wasnt for sure out and I didnt have another option. I almost rolled the dice on Parker being out and if I would have done that and played Jones over Torain I would have broken 160. Oh well.. 142 to start out the Vegas bracket is not bad at all.. Im very curious to see where I am in the standings.

I wonder how many of the top teams got knocked out this week? A LOT of star players struggled and that could be interesting to see.

I am so freakin pumped about my win tonight and I believe my team is poised to make a run at the grand prize. Congrats to all the league winners and I look forward to seeing what I'm up against!