Big game.. and both teams show up!

Well.. this week I didn't have the luxury of having my NFL Sunday ticket for the majority of Sundays games as I was at the Cowboys game. You can bet between every punt and every timeout I was up and looking at the TVs. You can also bet I was blowing up my friends phones to login and look at my teams score. This weeks game was enormous as it matched up my second place team against the 3rd place team. Well.. it lived up to its billing and we are the two highest scoring teams in the league this week. If I could win this week I get to put one step in the door for that championship game.

You rarely should lose a head to head matchup when you put up 126 points. What would make it even tougher is scoring 126 points with your season on the line and losing. Thats exactly what my opponenet is looking at. As of Monday afternoon he is the highest scoring team in league 214. He is 1 game behind me for second place and absolutely has to knock me off. His team showed up. I guess I should thank Brad Johnson for being terrible because if Romo was playing Im sure TO would have done better than his 33 yards that he put up. But hey.. The cowboys won so this definitely works in my favor. My opponenet is looking at my score probably right now and thinking you gotta be kidding me. 119-126. If he beats me I'll still be ahead of him due to points but that definitely makes the race very very interesting. A win puts me 2 games up and I have the tie breaker. What do I need for a win? A little over 7 points from Reggie Wayne AND Dallas Clark. A little over 70 combined yards or a touchdown and a little over 10 yards. Obviously there is a little nerves on my part until it actually happens.. but then I think about what I'm thinking through the eyes of my opponent and I'm a little reassured. I'm thinking my seasons over if Im only up 7 with Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark still playing against me.

Mewelde Moore came through again for me this week. I got so lucky with Willie Parker being downgraded on Friday. I was going to start Darren McFadden just because I had no one else. Pittman was on his bye week. Well.. I didn't want to start McFadden against Baltimore and the second that Moore was going to start I put him in. If Parker had been scratched last minute on Sunday then I would have had McFadden in.. and I wouldnt have been home to see that he was scratched at the last minute. Talk about relief! Im glad he sat out and didnt have to take the pounding from Baltimore. I need him in Vegas!

I started Santana Moss over Hines Ward. This was a decision I went back and forth on for the weekend. Hines Ward is usually pretty consistant while Santana Moss is pretty hit or miss. I took the chance on Moss and man did that pay off. Not only that but his punt return scored a TD for my defense also! I'm glad I got it right because Ward did nothing this week.

I really wish Derek Anderson could throw an accurate ball to Braylon Edwards. I dont understand why the Browns dont play Brady Quinn. Its not like they have a hall of famer in Anderson. Quinn is the future and that team is never going to be anything above decent with Anderson at QB. They have the tools to be an awesome team and they are wasting time on Anderson. They are also holding back my star WR and its really aggrivating me!

Other then that.. Favre and Warner had good numbers. I finally had a good scoring week from the kicker position. Washingtons D let me down as I thought they could shut down Detroit but the Punt return gave them respectable numbers. Thomas Jones disappointed me in what was supposed to be a huge week for him. Im glad he at least scored a TD to get a respectable score.

It all comes down to Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark tonight. Get me over 7 points and I take a major step in reaching fantasy football glory come December. These are the kind of games that feel the best in Fantasy Football. It always sucks to score a ton of points and play the lowest scoring team. This week I'm going to need every single point that I get.. and hopefully I knock out the second highest scoring team that is fighting for their season.

Is it Monday night yet?