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Week 8 Picks

2012-10-27T23:19:00.000-04:00

Here's this week's quick picks:

Fred, Ian, Taylor, Daniel, Steven, John

Week 7 Picks

2012-10-21T00:54:00.001-04:00

Picks for this week:

Ryan, Steven, Fred, Jon, John, Daniel

May the Fabs be with you all....except Ryan. I hope your whole team tears their ACL.

Week 6 Picks

2012-10-14T00:07:00.001-04:00

Sorry that I have been a real slacker on picks but this is going to be another quick pick segment.

Winners: Jon, Steven, Ryan, Kevin, Ian, Fred

Week 5 Picks

2012-10-07T01:24:00.000-04:00

This is going to be quick since I forgot to do this earlier today.

Winners: John, Ian, Jon, Steven, Taylor (even if Daniel sets his lineup), Ryan

Week 4 Picks

2012-09-29T15:19:00.001-04:00

This week is the beginning of inter-league games. That means it's time for the SFC to show the NFC that we're the best conference. And I'm feeling really lazy so this will be quick.

Game of the Week

EL GRANDE THE TACO KING vs Q

Both teams have good matchups but Mex has the better team this week. I found more players on John's team that are iffy to me than I did on Daniel's which was only Brandon Marshall. Daniel gets the W.

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs Imperialist Separatist Movement

For me, Sproles is kind of a meh player for the moment. Johnson has a favorable matchup and I think Thomas will do well in the spot of Reggie Bush. For Taylor, Williams will have an excellent game and I'm not really feeling Pats defense. In the end, I think I will pull out the win just because of the fact that a couple of Taylor's players, like Ponder and Holmes, won't be as good as they have been in the past week or two.

The Injured Knee-groes vs El Champion

I don't like Jonathan's RBs this week but Williams might do better since the run game is better when both Stewart and Williams are playing. Steven is at a disadvantage since Pitta put up a goose egg on Thursday. Roddy White will do good but with Jones on the field, his production is lowered and it doesn't help him that Jon has him. Jon wins this game easily.

The Lance Armstrongs vs The Ox

Ian's already had 4 players play on Thursday and they did pretty well except Rice. He should've been able to have done more against the Browns. Richardson did well against the Ravens for Ryan. Minus Manning and Falcons defense, I don't like the rest of Ian's team that much. Ryan will barely get the win over Ian.

Eleven's Sick Joke vs Sho is good

Garrick's team is much better than Jaime's team this week. Jaime has Nicks starting but he is out for Sunday and looking at his bench, he only has Hillis and Meachum to start. Neither of them have been impressive so far this season. He does have Bush that might play on Sunday but we would have to wait on that. Garrick finally gets his first win of the season this week.

A Dark Fantasy vs Superduperstars

Don't know who to pick on this one so I'm gonna keep it in the SFC and say Fred wins this game.

Week 3 Picks

2012-09-22T17:17:00.000-04:00

Game of the Week

Superduperstars vs EL GRANDE THE TACO KING

Wow....that is the first word that come out of my mouth when I saw this match up. This definitely is going to live up to the Game of the Week status. On Daniel's team, he's got a pair of deadly RBs on the ground in MJD and Murray and Floyd and Marshall to catch the ball. For Kevin, he has McGahee and Foster for RB and Bowe and Austin for his WR. For their flex, I am feeling both of their players. When I saw Kevin's lineup, a red flag popped up for McGahee because of the fact that he is going up against the Texans defense. I think that McGahee will be the key player in determining whether or not Kevin gets the win or not. The Texans will contain McGahee pretty well, causing Kevin to get his first loss of the season.

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs The Lance Armstrongs

Eli already played for me and did ok in his win against my Panthers (that faggot). I have faith in my WR and hopefully Johnson gets the ball thrown to him more. I am a little worried about the Bills defense going against the Browns even though the opposing defense has scored at least 10 points against them. For Ian, he has a 3-headed monster for RB: Rice, Gore, and Bush. We all know what they all are capable of but we do need to keep an eye on Bush since for some stupid reason, the Bears want to rely more on Cutler than their already great rush offense. When it comes down to it, how well his RBs do will determine if he gets the win or not. I think they will do well so once again, I'm going against myself and picking my opponent, Ian to win it.

Eleven's Sick Joke vs Q

John is starting the season out strong against a still winless Garrick.They both had a player play already. Brown had a monster game for Garrick while Smith had a decent game for John. The Steel Curtain will stop McFadden, since no RB so far had gotten more than 7 points against them and Moore hasn't been very impressive at all this season. Tamme is a guy to watch out for. Texans have a pretty good defense and Manning isn't playing on the level he has been pre-neck injury. For John, he has Brown going against a weak Raiders secondary as well as Johnson against the Browns. Both good matchups. I always seem to bad mouth Lynch but I do believe he will have a good game against the Packers. Look for a big run due to a bad play on the Packers. In the end, I think this will be close but I really do feel like John will still get the win.

A Dark Fantasy vs The Injured Knee-groes

Well Fred already has 13.3 points from his TE which puts him in a good spot. If Gates is able to play for Jon, I think he could match or at least come close to matching his points in the position. Looking at Fred's lineup, I like the start of Spiller after seeing what he is able to do last week, almost single-handedly giving Fred a win over me and that's about it for the most part. Peterson and Harvin going against the #1 defense in the league doesn't seem good to me. And I'm not sold on Charles still but he is a player to watch out for as he goes up against the Saints. And now I go to Jon's lineup. I'm feeling everyone in this lineup. Greene is a hit-or-miss guy, but with a game against Miami, this is definitely going to be a "hit" for him. In the end, Fred is going to keep getting his Garlic on and lose his third straight game of the season.

The Ox vs El Champion

For Steven, since I haven't seen what Leshoure is capable of, I'm not expecting much from him, especially because of the fact that he is still behind Kevin Smith. Martin will have a good game since Dallas can seem to stop opposing RBs. And his WRs this week have good matchups. For Ryan, I expect Matt Ryan to have a good game again. I like all of his WRs but Ridley against the Ravens is kind of a tough call for me. And the fact that Cruz didn't play as well as he normally does hurts Ryan. In the end, the rest of Ryan's team can compensate for how Cruz played and pull out the win.

The DAWGS vs Carnegie PantyRaiders

I'm still not liking Chris Johnson. Until he puts up numbers, I'm still not going to believe in him as a player. The rest of Taylor's lineup is ok but I'm also not too sure about Lloyd neither. He has been putting up just under 7 points for Taylor every week so far. As for Jaime, I really like his RBs this week. Bush is going against the Jets D but that's not going to stop him from having a great game. I like his WRs as well, but I am not feeling Meachum at all. He hasn't done much at all since the middle of the preseason. Despite the fact that he has a dud in Meachum in the WR position and the poor performance by Newton, Jaime will get his second win of the season while Taylor and Fred are going to eat tubs of ice cream as they cry over their lack of success in the SNFL this year.

Week 2 Recap

2012-09-20T17:38:00.002-04:00

You guys are lame for constantly changing your team names every week. Just wanted to say that before I started the recap. Also, this recap won't be as lengthy neither because of the fact that I want to play Borderlands 2 right now.

Game of the Week

Fred Jackson's Glass Knee vs Q

This was the only game where both teams had a winning record. Jon was at a disadvantage from the start because of horrible play from James Jones and John's team was able to take advantage of that, mainly his RBs and WRs.

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs The Amazing Core Protection

So much for that redemption you were going to get, Fred. O the irony in this situation. In case you don't remember, Vernon Davis was Fred's last player to go and because of him, I was beaten by Fred and didn't make it to the PWC Bowl II. But after what looked like a sure victory for Fred turned out to be a huge disappointment for him, all thanks to MAI BOI, VERNON DAVIS!!!!!

Eleven's Redemption vs The Lance Armstrongs

Well, Stafford isn't to blame on this one even though he didn't put up good numbers. Even though Ian's QB didn't do well neither, his RBs and WRs came to play.

El Champion vs Superduperstars

Almost everyone on Kevin's team got a TD. Steven, you really need to change your name. You haven't won a single game yet and you are calling yourself El Champion? Not cool. But seriously, if you need my help, just ask. Kevin is now the new leader of the SNFL and Steven is still getting beat up in his rookie season.

The Ox vs The DAWGS

Ok, Ryan definitely proved me wrong on this call. Ryan asked for an apology from me so here I go: I apologize that you don't have an older brother that lives up to the big brother role who always puts little brother in his place. There, you happy Ryan? That's the best I could do. Ryan is now one of three remaining players who are still undefeated where Taylor, who was third overall last year, is near the bottom of the league.

Carnegie PantyRaiders vs EL GRANDE THE TACO KING

Dang, Daniel. Jaime didn't even have a player start and still beat you. That's a shame. I don't know why I had trouble in picking the winner of this one last week.

I was 3-3 in Week 2 picks, making my season record 7-5, with an overall record of 21-9. Not too bad. Week 3 picks will be up Saturday and will be more in depth this time so have your lineups ready by then.

Week 2 Picks

2012-09-15T17:55:00.001-04:00

So far I'm 4-2 for the season, 18-6 all-time. Let's see if I can keep improving on this record. And I'm going to wait another week before I start doing Upset Alerts again. This is going to be short since I'm going to a BBQ in an hour.

Game of the Week

Fred Jackson's Glass Knee vs Q

Only reason this is the game of the week is mainly because it's the only game where both teams have already won a game.

Jon: So far, his team is not on a good start, losing .1 points from James Jones. Plus, losing Fred Jackson is no good. I'm not feeling Greene up against the Steelers too much but I do feel like Williams will turn things around this week. Then his two remaining receivers have good match ups so should have solid performances.

John: Looks like he can't rely on Rodgers this week, who put up horrible numbers for a player of his caliber. The rest of his team looks good to me. Even if Steve Smith doesn't play, I think it won't hurt John too bad. I'm not feeling Seahawks Defense too much. Homo is a hit or miss to me so if they can put the pressure on him, I feel like they will do well.

Final Decision: John has more players with a better match up the Jon does. Plus, he's basically playing eight players against nine since Jones had negative points. Though John did overcome that last week, I don't think Jon will do it this week. John gets the win.

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs The Amazing Core Protection

Quinton: This team got screwed over with the injury of Forte in the middle of the game. The WRs are the one who are going to look good once game day arrives.

Fred: He had two players play on Thursday and they put up some good points, especially Crosby. And after looking at the rest of his team, I don't see why the rest won't do the same. I have nothing negative to say about their match ups for this week.

Final Decision: Fred will definitely get his redemption this week.

Eleven's Redemption vs The Lance Armstrongs

Garrick: He is still trying to get his first regular season win since some time in 2010. His RBs should put up some good numbers as they have a favorable opponent. Tamme and Thomas did well last week with Manning as their QB and I feel like they will have that same connection again unless Decker gets more involved.

Ian: I believe that Revis is out with a concussion so that favors Wallace. Rudolph is going to have another good game against the Colts. Gore did do well last week, but he's not going to be as good against the Lions. And Lions defense against the 49ers....dicey call there.

Final Decision: There are a lot of "ifs" with Garrick's team. If Maclin starts or not....if Stafford can play well against a strong 49ers defense.....if Manning goes to Decker more instead of Thomas.......with that being said, I think Garrick will somehow pull out the win over Ian. And if he doesn't, it's all Stafford's fault again.

El Champion vs Superduperstars

Steven: His big pluses are Johnson and Hernandez. White will have a good game, not a great one. I'm not sold on Crabtree at all niether even though he is looking like Alex Smith's favorite receiver.

Kevin: I'm feeling his whole team this week except I'm not on the Kevin Smith bandwagon like I was last week only because of the 49ers defense being as great as it is in stopping the run.

Final Decision: Kevin....done.

The Ox vs The DAWGS

Ryan: Awww junk, it's the Brother Bowl! I like his WRs and his RBs. But you need to keep an eye on McCoy. We all know what he is capable of but the Eagles failed to use him to his fullest potential last week. If they continue to do so, that may hurt Ryan.

Taylor: Pretty much the same how I felt about Ryan's team. I like the match ups but just not feeling a RB. I'm still not sold on Johnson and the fact that they are going to be playing in San Diego, that just makes things a little tougher for him. And like I said before, unless Manning starts looking in Decker's direction more, I don't see him doing that great; last week proved that point.

Final Decision: In the end, big brother puts little brother in their place and shows them who the Alpha DAWG is. Taylor gets the win.

Carnegie PantyRaiders vs EL GRANDE THE TACO KINGS

Jaime: Not really feeling this team at all right now. Nicks is questionable but is good to go supposedly so no worries there. Mathews is also questionable but is a game time decision. I like Bush and V Jax but not Hillis. The only big plus isn't even on his team. It's the poor performance by Marshall and Finley on Daniel's team.

Daniel: Like I just said, Marshall and Finley both played horribly. But the rest of his team should be fine with the exception of Britt.

Final Decision: This is a tough decision. Daniel has 7 players with 3 points and Jaime has 9 players to go......eff it. Even with Hillis, who I think will have a bad game even though they are playing the Bills, will get at least 3 points, matching Finley and Marshall. Now, if the rest of Jaime's team plays, like I think they will, Jaime will get the win, with or without Mathews in his lineup.

May the Fabs be with you.....except Fred. I hope the Madden curse gets transferred to your team somehow or they get Fred Jackson-ed.

-Quah

Taylor's Wednesday Wavier Wire

2012-09-12T19:53:00.002-04:00

I just want to start off with a brief preface that gives you guys an idea of what I hope becomes a weekly article on the SNFL blog.

Have you ever been sitting outside of class surfing the internet on your phone wishing that Matthew Berry or Peter King had new articles out every 30 minutes? Well, hopefully I can solve your unquenchable thirst for everything football. Wavier Wire will be set up into several different sections, ranging from a headline stories and ending with my power rankings. In between will be whatever the fuck I want to write about. So, if it's how awesome Tom Brady is compared to any other quarterback buckle up, shut up, and enjoy. If it has to do with politics, get ready to be informed. In other words, my article... my rules!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MVP WINNER...
Peyton Manning returned to football Monday night, in case you haven't heard, and displayed what has made him a surefire Hall of Famer: pinpoint accuracy, command of the huddle, and making his teammates better players. Of course, since Manning ended up winning the game, he is undoubtedly the 2012 NFL MVP and there's no point in playing out the rest of the season. I mean seriously, the Bronco looked unstoppable! The Steeles just could not stop the no-huddle offense, this is the same team that fell to the prolific Tim Tebow who is now a renowned hands teamer. Not to mention that the Bronco defense couldn't get the Steelers off the field (11-19 on third down, 35:05 TOP). If not for a clutch interception by Tracy Porter, we could be talking about how the Broncos have to play Atlanta, Houston, Oakland, New England, San Diego, and New Orleans in the next six games. They'll be lucky to go 4-2, and if they do then I'll talk about a Denver Broncos Superbowl... but till then I'll hold off on the accolades and tip my hat to one of the greatest of all time. For now, I'll give my overreaction MVP award to Matt Ryan who had a masterful Sunday.

ALRIGHT I'LL ADMIT IT...
I didn't expect RGIII to actually be a capable quarterback. Now before you formulate some smart ass comment like how could I possibly think RGIII wouldn't be the next Michael Vick, Cam Newton, or whatever black quarterback you see fit, let me defend myself. I had convinced myself that RGIII was too cocky (and maybe he is) to play in the big leagues, and that when he dropped back and saw the speed of a NFL defense, he'd inevitably try to make plays with his legs instead of with his arm. Because he'd rely exclusively on his legs, RGIII would eventually suffer the big hit that would continually hamper him his entire career. This would result in him being released from the Redskins, ridding them of the cost of having RGIII play, at most, 6-7 games a year.... or so I thought.
Griffin was ridiculous, and against a decent team (more on that later). Not only did he make all the right decisions, he did it in an offense that will change the foundations of the NFL landscape (this is a great article on that). Mike Shanahan has taken the spread offense and transformed into a lethal attack that combines the mind of Peyton Manning, the arm of Tom Brady, and the legs of Michael Vick into one offense. Aaron Rodgers is only the beginning, soon we will see more and more quarterbacks like Cam Newton, RGIII, and Andrew Luck (who can actually run) that have the ability to pass and run, forcing defenses to think on the fly. Added with the no-huddle, nearly unstoppable. I am whole-heartily convinced this type of offense is the future of the NFL. Don't think so? Check this out... it has already begun.
But lets get back to the original point. I'm not one of those people who thinks that RGIII was the better option over Andrew Luck, but he demonstrated why the Redskins gave up an ass-ton to get him and the transformation of the NFL. Time after time the Redskins habitually made costly and stupid decisions. However, just maybe they found the next great thing that we'll be talking about for generations.

NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO HEAD COACH...
Well it turns out losing your head coach for the entire season could have a small effect on a teams performance. RGIII and the Redskins looked like an entirely new team, but I don't think it was solely Mike Shanahan's doing. In fact, the outcome of Redskins-Saints game was largely due to the huge void on the sideline. Losing Sean Peyton is going to have far reaching consequences throughout the season that Drew Brees won't be able to fix himself. The amount of game planning and strategy Peyton designed for the Saints can't be replicated by some interim head coach (sorry whoever is HC of the Saints right now). Just imagine if the Patriots lost Bill Belichick, chaos. These guys (Peyton, Belichick, Andy Reid, etc.) spend an inordinate amount of time game planning, thinking up different situations, and finding players that fit into their own designed system. The Saints are asking guys that have never been head coaches of a NFL team to suddenly run one, and lead it to a Superbowl! The Saints will win games purely with the arm of Drew Brees, but I wouldn't be surprised if they finished anywhere between 9-7 to 6-10. The Saints have a pretty manageable schedule coming up, but soon... the shit could hit the fan.

RECORDS, STREAKS, AND FANTASY FOOTBALL...
Week 1 of the SNFL season is in the books, and it couldn't have been a bigger pile of horseshit (Looking at you Ronnie Brown you waste of a roster space! I don't how a first round second overall pick could suck so much ass given all the opportunities he's been given to succeed. Sure the Dolphins sucked, but shit they brought the wildcat to the NFL and allowed you to waste everyone time watching a RB try and throw TD passes just because their shitty ass QB Chad Pennington has no arm. But then you get to go to Philadelphia and play for the dream team and do THIS?! How did you get picked up by the Chargers? Clearly they wanted to fuck fantasy owners like me who had hope that maybe, just maybe, Ronnie Brown figured it out. Let's pretend we're in Ronnie Brown's mind... obviously you know you're only good for 20-30 yards a game, maybe a TD once every five games. But guess what, Ryan Matthews is out and you can prove to the NFL you might just have what it takes to be a reliable backup [shit maybe a starter again{I realize this has been a long as parenthesis, bare with me, this is serious}].... fuck where was I... you know what fuck it. Ronnie Brown doesn't even deserve to be acknowledged. Let's get on with the record book.):

Fred and I both saw our win streaks end in week 1, they were at 7 straight and 6 straight respectively. Fred is tied with Kevin for longest win streak in SNFL history.

Garrick continues his never ending losing streak (14 now).

Kevin now has 6 straight wins (regular season and postseason combined).

I'D BE WILLING TO PUT MONEY ON IT...
This is a good article for anyone wanting information concerning the upcoming election: http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/barack_obama_is_winning/

Whether or not you like Obama or Romney, this election is heavily in favor of President Obama. Romney needs Ohio or he might as well call it quits. Obama could lose NC, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and Virginia (all battleground states) and, as long as he has Ohio, still win this race. If Romney can't win Ohio, which is not looking good for him right now, he must win Michigan and Wisconsin to have any chance. Both have been Democratic strong holds, and even with Paul Ryan, are going to be damn near impossible to switch over.

5 THINGS THAT WERE PRETTY AWESOME IN WEEK 1...
1. Having football back was the best part. Thank god for the Olympics because I don't know how long I could last watching baseball... little league baseball... major league baseball... softball... women's basketball (not baseball but just as boring). At least the Lakers made spiced up the off-season by creating a super team to challenge the Heat.

2. Seeing the Dallas Cowboys beat the Giants was so sweet. I'll say it, I thought the Giants were going to win, but Romo showed why he is a great quarterback. If their line can hold up, I could see the Cowboys, Falcons, and 49ers all vying for home field advantage in the playoffs.

3. Seeing Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees lose in week 1 could not be any better. In fact it was literally perfect. Not only did both lose, but they lost at home! You know what funny, Rodgers and Brees were ranked ahead of Tom Brady in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011, but only one of the three is 1-0 right now... can you name that quarterback?

4. Having Peyton Manning back has brought back balance to the NFL. He's not my favorite quarterback but not having him play was a real loss and made a lot of game less exciting: Colts v. Patriots especially. Now that he's back we got to see him play the Steelers, and he looked to be back to his old self. Next we'll see him play the Falcons, Patriots, Saints and much more. A definite upgrade over Curtis Painter vs Drew Brees.

5. THIS!

NOW LET'S HEAR IT FOR CAROLINA...

We hail thee, Carolina, and sing thy high praise...
For crushing ECU 48-10, demonstrating a well rounded passing game that saw 11 different receivers catch the ball. There's no doubt Connor Shaw could have had similar results had he played, which goes to show how much depth is on the Carolina offense.

With loyal devotion , remembering the days...
When the 2011 Gamecocks started their first few games of the season winning close games. This trend continued later into the season with Shaw against SEC teams. That year the Gamecocks finished 11-2, proving that with a good run offense and stout defense, they could win games. This year we should have a much better passing game, and once Marcus Lattimore returns to form, we could (*cough* will be * cough*) be unstoppable.

When proudly we sought thee, thy children to be...
Unfortunately, those children left the game a little early at halftime. Now it was ridiculously hot and we were crushing ECU, but it was a little sad that there was such a mass exodus. UAB is at 7 and should see a greater amount of loyalty, especially since it will be Spurrier's 200th win.

Here's a health, Carolina...
And Connor Shaw's arm/shoulder. We don't need him for UAB, but I'd like to see him get maybe a quarter to play just so he's not rusty for the Mizzou game. Mizzou couldn't grow some balls and knock off Georgia, so they shouldn't be a problem for Carolina!

Forever to thee!

5 THINGS THAT PISSED ME OFF...
1. Don't get me wrong, I love that Fred lost in week 1, but the way he lost just grinds my gears. I don't know where Fred got the idea that sitting Adrian Peterson would be a good idea. I don't know why that idea even manifested itself into Fred's mind. Adrian Peterson could have polio and his only method of movement is to do a half crab-walk crawl and still produce more points than Rashad Jennings and Marques Colston combined.

2. Notre Dame joining the ACC is utterly ridiculous. It's just a way to give a conference that is despite for football notoriety (even though ND is not playing football as an ACC school) a school that's focused on their past success. Notre Dame is a B1G school (they're in Indiana right next to Chicago) that has multiple rivals in that conference (Michigan, Michigan St., and Penn State). Of course, Notre Dame needs dat bowl money, only underlining the absurdity of their move.

3. Chris Johnson had a pathetic performance against the Patriots Defense. Not only did he cost me a game, but now he's got me wondering what could be. Are the Titans that shitty at run blocking or are the Patriots that great of a defense. I don't know, and I'm not ready to say the defense will keep up a run average of 0.05 yards (aw that'd be sick), but I definitely think they are vastly improved from last year thanks to Chandler Jones and Dont'a Hightower.

4. Fucking Georgia has to be a bunch of dicks (no surprise) and teach Missouri a lesson. Whoever is in charge of SEC scheduling is clearly in bed with Georgia, Arkansas might be shit but avoiding Alabama and LSU gives them a huge advantage in the SEC East. Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee all having a good chance to win the East, all have to play either LSU or Alabama. Luckily, the East doesn't seem as crappy as it was in years past. Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee are all ranked and could be hoisting the SEC Championship trophy this year.

5. The kid who couldn't hold his liquor this past weekend after taking five shots of everclear and threw up all over my kitchen floor. Now right off that bat I'm shocked he didn't die, because that was five shot along with about two full cup of pj. Second, who thinks it's a good idea to take shots of what is essentially hand sanitizer. I can't really be too angry thought, he ended the night throwing up all over himself on our balcony. Thank god it rained...

SNFL POWER RANKINGS...

These are based off of my rankings only. The () indicates my preseason ranking:

1. Ryan (3): The addition of Steven Ridley could be huge.

2. Daniel (7): MJD, Kenny Britt, and RGIII were on his bench.

3. Garrick (8): I seriously doubt he goes 0-13 again.

4. Quinton (2): I don't like his bench, but he scored the most points.

5. Kevin (9): He loses to me, he stays at 9.

6. Jonathan (4): Don't like the Fred Jackson injury.

7. Taylor (N/R): Matthew Stafford threw one TD pass... to Kevin Smith.

8. John (10): They're alright, but the win is tainted.

9. Fred (1): If they spent more time setting their lineup instead of bashing USC and Tom Brady, they would have won.

10. Ian (11): This team could jump up fast.

11. Steven (6): Nice showing from a newbie.

12. Jaime (5): I expected this team to have a better outing, good thing Ryan Matthews is returning.

-Taylor

2012 Week 1 Recap

2012-09-11T20:29:00.006-04:00

Started out the season with a 14-4 all time record. As I recap the events of this past weekend, I'm going to include Studs and Duds for each team as I analyze how their team performed.

Game of the Week: The TRONS II vs. Superduperstars

Kevin went into this week having never beaten Taylor in the regular season. I said that in the end, Kevin will get that first regular season over Taylor. And he most definitely did. Taylor's RBs and WRs did not show up at all this past weekend. His other players made up for the lack of points but because of one player on the Superduperstars, he was able to make a difference and help Kevin get the win. Kevin Smith was the Stud in this match up that made it easier for Rivers to seal the victory for Kevin. The biggest dud of this match up is also on the Superduperstars, Gregg Jennings.

Studs: The TRONS II - Bryant, Patriots Defense, Graham

Superduperstars - Smith, Foster, Austin

Duds: The TRONS II - Brown, Decker, Johnson

Superduperstars - Jennings and Bowe

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs Eleven's Redemption

Say hello to the current leader of the SNFL, yours truly, QUAHHHH!!!!!! Anyways, after the games on Sunday, it was Jainikowski and the Ravens D vs McFadden with Garlic having a double digit lead over me. Thought it was game over for me, but Ravens showed out for me and helped me get the win of the season. Johnson and Forte played like I expected them too, as well as Wayne. And as I said with Thomas and Decker, Peyton did go with Thomas in this game and not Decker which caused Taylor to suffer. The biggest disappointment for Garlic, who is also the guy who I said will have a great game, was Stafford. He put up good yardage and only one TD but the 3 picks he threw made a big difference. Also, another costly mistake was Succop missing a field goal. This was a great match up between us but missed opportunities cost Garlic the game. Looks like he has to wait until next week to get that redemption.

Studs: Las Tortugas Bombardero - Johnson, Forte, Wayne

Eleven's Redemption - Thomas, Maclin, Texans Defense

Duds: Las Tortugas Bombardero - none

Eleven's Redemption - none

The Lance Armstrongs vs Fred Jackson's Glass Knife (Blue's Kluwes)

After suffering a loss of his star RB, Fred Jackson, Jon's team was still able to pull out a win. Both teams had their share of poor performances as well as having outstanding players show up to make up the lack of points. Rudolph definitely didn't live up to the sleeper status like I thought he would and Turner decided to make Rice do all the work apparently. I didn't expect a big game from Fred Jackson but I didn't expect it to be true because of injury (sorry Jonathan.....not really). Williams' performance was a surprise to me, making him the dud of this match up. This should've been a much bigger win for Jon but that injury killed it for him but hey, a win is a win and injuries is a part of the game. Let's see if he can adapt to the loss for now.

Studs: The Lance Armstrongs - Rice, Manning, Gore

Blue's Kluwes - Greene, Jones, Brees

Duds: The Lance Armstrongs - Turner and Lions Def

Blue's Kluwes - Williams, Jackson, Gates

The Amazing Core Protection vs Q

I think John has a thing where he tries to prove me wrong. I noticed that I seem to go against him and I'm usually wrong. I was completely wrong in this pick. Wrong about Green-Ellis, biggest surprise to me honestly, and Johnson managed to pull out a TD. The only thing I said that was true was Coby Fleener is someone to keep an eye on. Fred....I don't know where to begin. Eff, I don't even know what to say. All of his best players were chilling on his bench, straight up trolling.

Studs: The Amazing Core Protection - His bench

Q - Rodgers, Green-Ellis, Garcon

Duds: The Amazing Core Protection - His starters

Q - David Wilson

Carnegie PantyRaiders vs The Ox

Well Newton and Jackson didn't live up to my expectations but Gonzalez pulled through for me. Bush managed to be a key factor in Miami's offense and Meachum didn't do very well. All the players I said were key for Ryan's team played well, especially Matt Ryan who is the Stud of the Week for the SNFL. McCoy should have more points but the Eagles are fools and didn't work him like the did last year. Ryan pulled off the win with the biggest margin for this week by 40.7 points.

Studs: Carnegie PantyRaiders - Kaeding and Bush

The Ox - Ryan, Ridley, Bears Defense

Duds: Carnegie PantyRaiders - Gerhart, Nicks, Meachum

The Ox - Welker and Cruz

EL GRANDE THE TACO KING vs El Champion

Well, looks like Steven wasn't able to get his first win on his own. If you want, I can help you out since you have never won without me on your team....just saying. I thought the rookie was going to get his first win of the season by beginner's luck but the Fabs don't think he's worthy of a win just yet. Mex was screwed with that last WR position but that didn't matter since Marshall and Floyd covered for him. Vick didn't show out like I thought he would. And the Jets Defense just went crazy to be this match up's stud. Not surprised at Wells' performance and Fitz was a disappointment as a dud for this team.

Studs: EL GRANDE THE TACO KING - Murray, Marshall, Jets Defense

El Champion - Akers, Hernandez, Martin

Duds: EL GRANDE THE TACO KING - Benson and Dwyer

El Champion - Wells and Fitzgerald

So I was 4-2 for the first week of football. Not too bad; this brings my overall record to 18-6.

Week 1 picks

2012-09-08T21:15:00.000-04:00

It's that time again for me to start doing picks for the week. I don't know my overall record for sure, but last I saw, it was 14-4 after starting to do it in Week 7 I believe. But anyways, since I don't have cable and don't care for the preseason, I don't know how good players are this year for the most part. So I will just be going off of how they played last year and from what I did heard from ESPN and NFL.com. So without further ado, let's begin with the first set of picks for Week 1 of the 2012 season.

Game of the Week

The TRONS II vs. Superduperstars

Usually I go off of a team's record and the performance of their players to determine the game of the week but since we haven't seen what each team has to fully offer, I really can't do that. But choosing this week's game of the week was easy. I chose them because of the great rivalry between these two. If I remember correctly, when these two face each other, Taylor is undefeated in the regular season while Kevin is undefeated in the post season. Will Kevin finally get a regular season win against Taylor or will he just troll and upset Taylor later in the playoffs or when Taylor needs a win?

The TRONS II

Both players had one player each play in the Dallas/NY game Wednesday so they already have some points up. Homo put up some good points (big surprise for me) for the new and improved TRONS. A big plus that I see for this team is Brandon Lloyd. A player of his caliber is always a dangerous weapon for a team and with a QB like Brady, he should rack up some points for Taylor. Too bad it's not the great Drew Brees or Eli(te) Manning throwing him the ball. A setback that I possibly see is Chris Johnson. I feel like if Taylor gets good points from him it'll be because of a bad play on the defense. After last season, I feel like he's a hit or miss for whether or not he puts up good points or not. And I think this game will be a miss. One player you have to look out for is Ronnie Brown. Mathews is out with an injury, making him the starter, and he has a pretty favorable match up against the Raiders.

Superduperstars

Austin did some good work last Wednesday for his team that are not just superstar, but superduperstars. Philip Rivers, watch out for this guy. I read that he is 5-1 against the Raiders with a QB rating or 102.2. Not only that, but he has a healthy Antonio Gates which usually means great success for Rivers. And then there's Arian Foster. He's questionable but they say he'll be starting. Foster will do what Foster does and just score points for Kevin. I don't think his knee will slow him down much unless a defensive player hits his knee hard enough. I'm kind of on the fence with the Packers defense. They did have one of the worst pass defenses in the league last year but they did make key plays when they really needed it. Alex Smith is a good QB but doesn't have that great of receivers even though they did get Manningham. If the Packers defense can put enough pressure on him, I think they will do well.

Final Decision

I felt like both teams were evenly matched but I think Kevin will finally get that regular season win against Taylor. And the player that gives Kevin the edge over Taylor is Kevin.........Smith, that is. Best is out and Leshoure is suspended so he basically is getting all of the carries and is the feature back for the Lions.

Las Tortugas Bombardero vs Eleven's Redemption

Las Tortugas Bombardero

Las Tortugas Bombardero looks to start of the season strong as he did last year. Once again, both teams had players play this past Wednesday with Eli starting for the Bomber Turtles. He put ok numbers but could've done better. Johnson and Forte are going to be the top two players for the turtles since Miami won't be able to shut Johnson down completely and Forte was the Bear's offense for the mos part last season and I don't see why they won't continue to use him as they have been before. One player to keep an eye is Reggie Wayne. Just like Steve Smith was last year by Cam Newton, he has been revived and his value went up because of Andrew Luck. For most of the preseason, he was Luck's favortie target. But with that being said, facing a defense like the Bears is going to be a test for the rookie QB. If that defense is all in his face and gets hits on him, Wayne may not be much help to the turtles.

Eleven's Redemption

After setting the record for the worst record in SNFL history, Garrick is looking to get redemption I guess and show the league that he is worthy of winning the PWC Bowl this year. Bradshaw had a pretty good game while Bryant could've done better (I have high expectations for players, by the way). The biggest plus I see for Garrick is Matthew Stafford playing the Rams. He pretty much is going to have a field day on them. I currently don't see a kicker on his team period so that's hurtful to him and I want to say that he played a game last year without one, I don't remember. Thomas is a good weapon to have now that the Broncos have Peyton and he loves to spread the ball, especially to Decker and Thomas. With that being said, there could be the possible Saints effect with the two of them. Doubt it but seeing as Peyton already spreads the ball out, usually when he has success with a player, he tends to go to the receiver more often. If he does it with Decker, that just hurts the production of Thomas.

Final Decision

In the end, I fill like the Bomber Turtles will pull out the win. I feel like the Turtles have more talent and we actually have a kicker ready to go. Looks like Garrick is going to have to begin redeeming himself next week.

The Lance Armstrongs vs. Blue's Kluwes

The Lance Armstrongs

If he doesn't try, then Ian could possibly win it all since when he doesn't try he seems to have more success. But whether or not he is trying, I will still analyze his team for the picks. He already had his kicker go who did well for his position last Wednesday. The key players on his team are Ray Rice and Michael Turner. Out of everyone in his line up, they seem like they are going to be the workhorse for his team this week even though Bengals do have a pretty good defense. He does have Mike Wallace but I'm not sure how good the Broncos defense is. Is Champ Bailey still in the NFL? I seriously don't know. Anyways, Frank Gore is a dicey call in my opinion since he has like 2 or 3 other good RB's to share the ball with. And the player I feel like is a sleeper for this week is Kyle Rudolph. He is the #2 guy for Christian Ponder behind Harvin and I'm pretty sure last season the Jags gave up the most points to opposing TEs. Or it might be the other way around. Either way, he's still my sleeper on this team.

Blue's Kluwes

Just saw he has the greatest QB of all time on his team. Not Brady but the great Drew Brees! And he's going against Washington? That sounds like success to me. Julio Jones against the Chiefs is also a great match up for him. Not to mention a healthy Antonio Gates going against the Raiders. I think Fred Jackson is a good RB but I don't think he'll do well against that Jets defense. But he will still do good. And at the flex position is going to be a huge impact. Deangelo Williams is going to be getting the bulk of the carries due to Stewart being out against a sorry Bucs defense.

Final Decision

Do I really need to say who I think is going to win this? I obviously know that Jonathan will win his first game of the season.

The Amazing Core Protection vs. Q

The Amazing Core Protection

So this team is amazing now? I won't believe that until I see some proof of that. Winning your first game of the season is a start. Let's see how this team matches up this week. Tom Brady and Nate Washington are the two top players that I see. We all know what Brady can do and know how talented he is (though not nearly as talented as Brees, greatest QB of all time). And with Britt suspended one game and going against a poor Pats defense, Washington will have some success. Jamaal Charles is a player to watch for. He's coming back from missing last season for tearing his ACL. So coming back from that he may not be up to the level he was two seasons ago but at the same time, he may just come in as if nothing happened.

Well John is already in a hole with negative points due to a poor performance from rookie David Wilson. That sucks since that is almost the same as just not starting a player. So in a sense, he's playing with only 8 players. Hopefully his team can make up for that and carry him to a win. Let's see....ok there's Aaron Rodgers, we all know what he can do. I think I heard the Seahawks defense is better this year. Plus, they are going up against the Cards. Green-Ellis against the Ravens? Stevie Johnson against Darrelle Revis with a groin injury? The Ravens defense is typically good for stopping the run so dicey call there. And I read that Johnson did pretty good against Revis the last two games but Revis is 100%, Johnson isn't. He usually does a lot of cuts but that would be hard to do with a groin injury. So that's also a dicey call right there. Coby Fleener is a player to keep an eye on.

Final Decision

There are more negatives than positives for John this week so definitely a win for Fred.

Carnegie PantyRaiders vs. The Ox

Carnegie PantyRaiders

Well both players had a WR from the Giants already play so they have some points up on the board but Ryan has the upper hand, I guess, for now. Key players I see for Jaime are Newton, V. Jackson, and Gonzalez. Cam and Vincent are both going against each other, with both teams not having good defenses. We all know the magic that Cam Newton can make and Freeman and Jackson were both making good connections with one another in the preseason and he is definitely Freeman's top target. Gonzalez has always been a reliable TE in the past years though I feel like his production does go down every year since his prime days are behind him now. I like Reggie Bush but I'm not feeling the match up against the Texans. He is a key part to the Miami offense so that's a plus for him. And Meachum hasn't been much of an impact in the preseason, already is competing with Malcolm Floyd who already has a good bond with Rivers, and then you also have Antonio Gates, who is one of Rivers favorite targets.

The Ox

He has Ryan going against the Chiefs, McCoy against the Browns, Welker against the Titans, and Pettigrew against the Rams.....that sounds like ballin match ups to me. Ryan is good and should do well against the Chiefs, McCoy seems to get at least 15 points every week, Welker is just a tricky guy to cover, and I don't need to say much about Pettigrew's match up. I was going to include Steven Jackson but I feel like he will only have success if he can get past that Lions D-line; so I have him as a player to keep an eye on.

Final Decision

Ryan definitely has the better match ups from what I can see. This is also an easy call for me: Ryan gets the win.

EL GRANDE THE TACO KING vs. El Champion

EL GRANDE THE TACO KING

I understand why you capitalize you team name. Are you yelling it at us? Or are you trying to emphasize how bad your team is? If I had hurt your feelings with that one, then suck it up. No room for emotions in the SNFL. Or is it capitalized because that's one big acronym? Just tell me later. So far, Murray put up a pretty good performance but not good enough to cover for your RB2. But I will say that you do have some good match ups this week. Vick against the Browns, done. Marshall against the Colts, done. Malcolm Floyd against the Raiders, already done. I'm trying to figure out what the best lineup would be for you since you have an empty spot. You're pretty much screwed with the WR position. And you would have to wait until Sunday to see if you can start the back up RB for Seattle, Turbin.

El Champion

I know you're the sumo champ back in Japan and all but no one cares about that so I think you should just change your name. Moving on, I'm definitely liking Calvin Johnson against the Rams, no need to explain why there. Hernandez is always a reliable target for the not-as-good-as-Drew-Brees Tom Brady. The Fitz is always reliable too and going against the Seahawks will prove to be an advantage for him. And Doug Martin getting the start over Legarette Blount against the Panthers is a plus too. The only player I'm worried about is Beanie Wells since apparently Seattle does have a tough defense. I still think Fitz is going to have a good game.

Final Decision

Steven has the upper hand in this game mainly because of Daniel's RB and WR situation. So in advance, congrats on getting your first win on your own in the SNFL. It was beginner's luck.

I remember the last record I had after predictions was 14-4 for 3 weeks; not too bad if you ask me

Good luck to you all and may the Fabs be with you all.....except Garrick. I hope all your players get injured.

-Quah

Power Rankings: Season 4, Week 0

2012-08-19T21:11:00.000-04:00

Here are the Week 0 (preseason) power rankings! Since we don't have any games played yet (duh), the records shown are those from last year's regular season. For the "previous ranks" (the ones in parentheses) I used the playoff results for the top 6 teams and the regular season results for the bottom 6 teams. This is because the losers' playoffs are such a joke that even Garrick's 0-13 team won a game last year.

TEAM	RANK	REC
The Ox	1 (11)	3-10
Core Protection	2 (2)	11-2
Team Canuckistan	3 (8)	6-7
Superduperstars	4 (1)	8-5
Eleven's Redemption	5 (12)	0-13
Unnamed Team (Steven)	6 (x)	N/A
The Lance Armstrongs	7 (10)	5-8
Las Tortugas	8 (4)	7-6
Carnegie PantyRaiders	9 (6)	7-6
The TRONS II	10 (3)	10-3
The Taco King	11 (9)	6-7
Q	12 (5)	8-5

For those interested, here is breakdown of the votes, in the form of a fun color-coded table. Feel free to verbally assault those who ranked your team badly.

-Jon

Vincere est totum. Victoria aut mors. Vivat SFC!

Pre-season Projection Rankings

2012-08-18T09:16:00.003-04:00

Hey,

I was bored and I didn't feel like actually forming opinions about all the teams for my rankings yet, so I decided to try to approximate rankings from the Madden 13 projections that NFL.com gives all the players. We all know the projections are terrible, so there is no need to point how unreliable my data source is. I know it's unreliable. Ideally, the inaccuracy of the projections would average out across the teams and affect each teams standing about equally, but that probably isn't the case.

There are certain explicit cases in which idiosyncrasies of the projections could drastically affect a teams ranking. One example is Daniel: The current projection for two of his players is 0, which could mess with his teams total on the first three of my rankings (although in the last ranking, subs are removed, so those players probably wouldn't have mattered anyway). Additionally, the projections obviously can't take into account cases like MJD continuing to hold out; I assume that the projections have him playing every game.

Also, I took all this data down tediously from the NFL.com player pages yesterday by filtering by team. If you have done any transactions since then, they aren't represented in the data. However, once again, the final ranking does not include your subs, and I doubt any of you have changed your upper ranked players. Similarly, if your projections have changed for some reason, that won't be represented in the data.

I started out with a simple ranking that sums all of your players projections and sorts based on that total. Essentially, it ranks us based on our average player projection. That ranking is not very useful for several reasons that I address in the later rankings. Here are the results:

That ranking included kickers, an unfilled position for some currently. I figured the best way to account for that was removing the kickers from the teams who have them and removing the lowest projected substitute from the teams that don't. The results are shown below:

Another position skewing the data severely was the second QB position. All QBs put up a lot of points, even alternate ones, so teams that had 2 QBs had a large advantage over those who don't (Taylor, Fred, and me, I believe). The other substitutes constitute depth and are much more likely to be used at varying points in the season so they probably should count for something. Ideally I would weigh substitutes less, but that was too much work for a system based on unreliable projections. So for this ranking, I left the subs in, except for either the 2nd QB or the lowest projected sub if there wasn't a second QB. This changed the rankings quite drastically, and looks to have normalized the three owners who don't have 2 QBs (I definitely liked how far it moved me):

The last adjustment I made is beneficial in some ways and detrimental in others. Because owners have chosen to stock different numbers of subs at each position, the data is skewed in different directions for different owners. Although the skew created by the other position subs is certainly less than the effect the QB subs had, it is still there. For example, if an owner has more TE subs than another (1 as opposed to 0), their total will be skewed downwards since TEs earn less points than WRs and RBs, on average. The simple solution to the sub's complication of the data is removing the subs from the totals, however doing so removes a lot of depth from the ranking. If two teams have equal starters, but one teams bench is much better than the other, then the team with the better bench has a better outlook for the season. I went ahead and tried removing all of the lowest projected players from the teams such that each position was filled by the player with highest projection. This did raise the people without depth beyond their starters and lower those who had depth in their subs. I should have increased fairness by comparing apples to apples, but I'm not sure if that was worth the cost. Here is my ranking of teams by their starters using NFL.com projections.

I would say that my 3rd and 4th rankings are the most significant. The 3rd seems closer to where I think the rankings should be (although I really don't think I should be at the top), but there are a lot of confounding variables that don't exist in the 4th. My main problem with my final ranking is that it deviated from my initial direction with these rankings. I wanted to take depth into account in my rankings, but unfortunately the variability of depth strategies makes it difficult to compare depth statistically.

Anyway, I hope you guys maybe got something from my ramblings. If you'd like to take a look at the spreadsheets, I have them here. Feel free to leave comments of derision or encouragement.

NFC Records

2011-12-29T15:39:00.001-05:00

Taylor

Career (Regular Season): 20-21 (.488)

Career (Post Season): 1-2 (.333)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 13-5 (.722)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-6 (.333)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 1-5 (.167), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Fred: 1-2 (.333)

Quinton: 1-4 (.200)

John: 1-1 (.500)

Garrick: 0-1 (.000)

Ian: 1-0 (1.00)

Kevin: 4-0 (1.00), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 4-5 (.444), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Bhavik: 2-2 (.500)

Jaime: 3-1 (.750)

Daniel: 2-0 (1.00)

Kevin

Career (Regular Season): 20-7 (.741)

Career (Post Season): 4-1 (.800)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 12-6 (.667)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 8-1 (.889)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 1-1 (.500), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Fred: 1-0 (1.00), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Quinton: 1-0 (1.00)

John: 3-0 (1.00)

Garrick: 1-0 (1.00)

Ian: 1-0 (1.00)

Taylor: 0-4 (.000), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Ryan: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Bhavik: 4-0 (1.00)

Jaime: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Daniel: 2-0 (1.00)

Ryan

Career (Regular Season): 18-23 (.439)

Career (Post Season): 3-1 (.750)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 6-12 (.333)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 5-4 (.556)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 3-2 (.600)

Fred: 1-1 (.500)

Quinton: 3-5 (.375), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

John: 0-1 (.000)

Garrick: 2-0 (1.00)

Ian: 0-0 (.000)

Taylor: 5-4 (.556), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Kevin: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Bhavik: 2-2 (.500)

Jaime: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Daniel: 0-2 (.000)

Bhavik

Career (Regular Season): 12-15 (.444)

Career (Post Season): 0-0 (.000)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 6-12 (.333)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 6-3 (.667)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 2-1 (.667)

Fred: 1-0 (1.00)

Quinton: 1-1 (.500)

John: 0-1 (.000)

Garrick: 2-0 (1.00)

Ian: 0-0 (.000)

Taylor: 2-2 (.500)

Kevin: 0-4 (.000)

Ryan: 2-2 (.500)

Jaime: 1-3 (.250)

Daniel: 1-1 (.500)

Jaime

Career (Regular Season): 13-14 (.481)

Career (Post Season): 0-2 (.000)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 10-8 (.556)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-6 (.333)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 1-1 (.500)

Fred: 1-0 (1.00)

Quinton: 0-1 (.000)

John: 0-2 (.000)

Garrick: 1-2 (.333)

Ian: 0-0 (.000)

Taylor: 1-3 (.250)

Kevin: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Bhavik: 3-1 (.750)

Daniel: 2-0 (1.00)

Daniel

Career (Regular Season): 6-7 (.462)

Career (Post Season): 0-0 (.000)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-7 (.300)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-0 (1.00)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 0-0 (.000)

Fred: 1-0 (1.00)

Quinton: 1-0 (1.00)

John: 0-0 (.000)

Garrick: 0-0 (.000)

Ian: 1-0 (1.00)

Taylor: 0-2 (.000)

Kevin: 0-2 (.000)

Ryan: 2-0 (1.00)

Bhavik: 1-1 (.500)

Jaime: 0-2 (.000)

SFC Records

2011-12-29T14:25:00.003-05:00

Jonathan

Career (Regular Season): 25-16 (.610)

Career (Post Season): 2-1 (.667)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 11-7 (.611)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 4-5 (.444)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Fred: 1-3 (.250)

Quinton: 6-3 (.667)

John: 3-1 (.750)

Garrick: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Ian: 2-0 (1.00)

Taylor: 5-1 (.833), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Kevin: 1-1 (.500), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Ryan: 2-3 (.400)

Bhavik: 1-2 (.333)

Jaime: 1-1 (.500)

Daniel: 0-0 (.000)

Fred

Career (Regular Season): 17-10 (.630)

Career (Post Season): 1-2 (.333)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 13-5 (.722)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-6 (.333)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 3-1 (.750)

Quinton: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

John: 3-1 (.750)

Garrick: 4-0 (1.00), Postseason 0-1 (.000)

Ian: 1-1 (.500)

Taylor: 2-1 (.667)

Kevin: 0-1 (.000), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 1-1 (.500)

Bhavik: 0-1 (.000)

Jaime: 0-1 (.000)

Daniel: 0-1 (.000)

Quinton

Career (Regular Season): 20-21 (.488)

Career (Post Season): 1-2 (.333)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 8-10 (.444)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 5-4 (.560)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 3-6 (.333)

Fred: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

John: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Garrick: 3-1 (.750)

Ian: 1-1 (.500)

Taylor: 4-1 (.800)

Kevin: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 3-3 (.500), Postseason 0-1 (.000)

Bhavik: 1-1 (.500)

Jaime: 1-0 (1.00)

Daniel: 0-1 (.000)

John

Career (Regular Season): 14-13 (.520)

Career (Post Season): 0-1 (.000)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 9-9 (.500)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 5-4 (.560)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 1-3 (.250)

Fred: 1-3 (.250)

Quinton: 3-1 (.750), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Garrick: 3-1 (.750)

Ian: 1-1 (.500)

Taylor: 1-1 (.500)

Kevin: 0-3 (.000)

Ryan: 1-0 (1.00)

Bhavik: 1-0 (1.00)

Jaime: 2-0 (1.00)

Daniel: 0-0 (.000)

Garrick

Career (Regular Season): 6-21 (.222)

Career (Post Season): 1-1 (.500)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-15 (.167)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 3-6 (.333)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 1-3 (.250), Postseason: 0-1 (.000)

Fred: 0-4 (.000), Postseason: 1-0 (1.00)

Quinton: 1-3 (.250)

John: 1-3 (.250)

Ian: 0-2 (.000)

Taylor: 1-0 (1.00)

Kevin: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 0-2 (.000)

Bhavik: 0-2 (.000)

Jaime: 2-1 (.667)

Daniel: 0-0 (.000)

Ian

Career (Regular Season): 5-8 (.365)

Career (Post Season): 0-0 (.000)

Career vs. SFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 5-5 (.500)

Career vs. NFC (since 2010 [Regular Season]): 0-3 (.000)

Career vs. SNFL teams:

Jonathan: 0-2 (.000)

Fred: 1-1 (.500)

Quinton: 1-1 (.500)

John: 1-1 (.500)

Garrick: 2-0 (1.00)

Taylor: 0-1 (.000)

Kevin: 0-1 (.000)

Ryan: 0-0 (.000)

Bhavik: 0-0 (.000)

Jaime: 0-0 (.000)

Daniel 0-1 (.000)

8 Helpings of SNFL Story Lines to Feast On

2011-11-23T16:39:00.004-05:00

NFC Dog Fight: After The DAWGS shocking comeback win over My City Team, the NFC playoff race got a lot more interesting. Three teams sit at 6-4 with Bhavik holding a 7-4 record. Week 12 is sure to be some interesting theater with Bhavik playing the 8-3 DAWGS, Jaime playing The Ox, and Kevin playing Daniel. Assuming The DAWGS win and Jaime defeats The Ox, that'll probably end up putting Jaime ahead of Bhavik. This weeks Game of the Week, Kevin v. Daniel will give the victor the inside track to the ever allusive third playoff spot in the NFC. However, week 13 is where all hell will break loose. With The DAWGS and The Ox playing one another, 4 possible playoff opponents will have to battle it out mono y mono. AWWWWW YEAH!!!!
Dominate Fred: It pains me to say this, but Fred is the cream of the crop in the SFC this year. With Ray Rice, Vincent Jackson, and Victor Cruz Fred has become an unstoppable force that preys on the weakly fantasy wenches of the SFC (except Ian). Unfortunately (and I guess rightly), the only teams that look like they could stop him are The DAWGS and EL GRANDE THE TACO KINGS. Prepare to raise up a conference championship banner Fred, you got this one locked up.
Turning Their Seasons Around: At one point sitting at 1-4, THE TACO KINGS are tied for third in the NFC. With the dynamic duo of Arian Foster and DeMarco Murray they've gone 5-1 and are probably the only NFC team that can defeat The DAWGS (because it's obvious Kevin never will WOOOOOSH). However, Daniel's not the only one in the NFC to turn things around. Jaime, after reeling from six straight losses, has pulled off two consecutive wins against Garrick and Bhavik. He also sits in third place, with an up and coming matchup against.... The Ox. The luckiest son of a bitch in the SNFL may just eek into the playoffs thanks to a light schedule to end the season.
Driving Their Seasons into the Ground: Could it happen again? Just like last year, Quinton is projected to make the playoffs two games away from the end of the regular season. Just like last year, Quinton is on a losing streak (4 losses) that threatens to end his playoff hopes. Is Quinton destine for heartbreak once again? Also feeling the season slip through his fingers, Bhavik may miss out on a epic "worst to first" comeback. With Adrian Peterson possibly out, Bhavik has no real starting running back to count on. After starting 4-2, and looking like the top dog of the NFC, Bhavik has begun to fall. The 66.50 points against Jaime explains it all.
End of an Era: Coming into this season, Jon was 19-9 all time. Now what looks like a possible losing season, Jon is 5-6, the most losses he's ever had in a season. At one point he was on a four game losing streak. Now matter what happens in week 13, it is apparent that a new SNFL Champion will be crowned.
Pursuit of Imperfection: In the SNFL's two previous regular seasons, no team had ever has more than seven straight losses. In week seven, Garrick set a record for most consecutive losses. Last week, Garrick broke The DAWGS record for most losses in a regular season (10). He's already gurenteed himself the least amount of wins in a season (previous record 4). Now Garrick sits two games away from completing the worst season in SNFL history. It remains to be seen if Fred will spare Garrick that humiliation, but no matter what we've witnessed history... luckily for Ryan.
The Trade that Defined a Season: What would this season look like with The DAWGS had never traded with Garrick. The trade that may have shaped the SNFL season unlike any other has led to one team dominating their conference and another with no wins. The trade of Ben Roethlisberger, Fred Jackson, and Greg Jennings for Micheal Vick and Beanie Wells is one that will be remembered in the annals of SNFL history.
The Greatest Comeback in SNFL History: If you watched the Chiefs-Patriots game Monday night you got an unexpected treat. Down by a little over 30 points, The DAWGS came into the final game of week 11 with just the Patriots defense and their kick needing to make up those 30 points. What ensued was perhaps the most amazing comeback in SNFL history. The Patriots unleashed on the Chiefs offense with three sacks and three intercepts. Stephan Gostkowski helped in the kicking game with 10 points. However, it wasn't enough as the Patriots held the Chiefs to 3 points. The DAWGS needed a miracle... and they got one in Julian Edelman. With a punt return for the ages, Edelman guaranteed The DAWGS their fourth consecutive victory against Kevin, bringing the series to 4-0.

Picks of the Week

2011-11-13T00:03:00.000-05:00

I'm not going to write much again like last week since Skyrim has me distracted at the moment.

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg vs THE Taco Kings

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg

Key Players: All WR's and Brent Celek

Both Jackson and Celek are going against a weak Cards defense, Welker is always a reliable target for Brady, and Thomas is going against no defense in Indy.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Cedric Benson and Matt Ryan

Benson is starting to share carries with Bernard Scott and Ryan has been ok overall for the season.

THE Taco Kings

Key Players: Arian Foster, Demarco Murray and Julio Jones

Both RBs are going to have Foster-like games and Jones is Matt Ryan's top receiver.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Packers Defense

They have one of the worst pass defenses but they do go against a rookie QB in Ponder.

Final Decision: Because of weak RBs on my team, Mex will win by 14 points.

Team Canuckistan vs. themadoompaloompas

Team Canuckistan

Key Players: Tony Romo, Jackie Battle, Calvin Johnson and Jordy Nelson

I feel like Romo will have some success over the Bills, Battle has been the Chiefs key player for the past few weeks, Johnson is Johnson and Nelson is a reliable target for a WR2.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Frank Gore

I feel like the Giants will be able to slow him down so he won't produce as much numbers as he can.

themadoompaloompas

Key Players: Jeremy Maclin

He's going up against a weak pass defense in the Cards.

Setbacks: A.J. Green

He's going up against a very tough Shitsburgh pass defense.

Players to watch out for: LaDanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson and Larry Fitzgerald

LT hasn't been able to put up good numbers this season except once or twice but goes against a poor pas defense in New England; so maybe he'll get some points through the air. AP has to go against a tough rush defense in Green Bay and The Fitz has to worry about Asomugha and Samuel.

Final Decision: Jon wins by 7 points

Carnegie PantyRaiders vs. ElevensElevenElevolutionaries

Carnegie PantyRaiders

Key PLayers: Lesean McCoy, Percy Harvin and Eric Decker

McCoy is always a big contribution to the Eagles offense, Harvin is going against a weak pass defense in Green Bay and Decker is turning out to be Denver's top receiver.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Reggie Bush

Bush has been playing much better these past couple of weeks and I feel like he will continue to play well.

ElevensElevenElevolutionaries

Key Players: Micheal Vick and Steve Smith

Vick is going against a weak Cards defense and Smith still Newton's top receviver.

Setbacks: Chris Johnson

What a disappointment.

Players to watch out for: None

Final Decision: Jaime wins by 15 points.

The Lance Armstrongs vs. The DAWGS

The Lance Armstrongs

Key Players: Brandon Jacobs and Anquan Boldin

With Ahmad out, Jacobs will be the go to guy in the run game once again.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Brandon Tate

He may be a back-up but he is still capable of putting up some good numbers.

The DAWGS

Key Players: Cam Newton, Steven Jackson, Willis McGahee, and Gregg Jennings

Newton is going to continue to have success over the Titans, Jackson will run all over the Browns tush defense, McGahee is going against a weak Chiefs defense and Jennings is Rodgers top target.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: None

Final Decision: Taylor wins by 20 points

Mud Eaters vs. Q

Mud Eaters

Key Players: Maurice Jones-Drew

MJD is running up against no defense in Indy.

Setbacks: With Harvin on the field, Jenkins won't be able to get many yards.

Players to watch out for: None

Key Players: Aaron Rodgers, Dwayne Bowe and Santonio Holmes

Rodgers is a beast, Bowe is the Chiefs top receiver and Holmes seems to always get a TD every game.

Setbacks: Deangelo Williams

What has he done all season? Nothing really and I don't expect that to change with a QB like Newton.

Players to watch out for: None

Final Decision: Kevin wins by 7 points.

Core Protection vs. The Ox

Core Protection

Key Players: Eli Manning and Ray Rice

Eli is starting to play like an elite QB (better than Brady) and Rice is going against a weak rush defense in Seattle.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Darren Sproles

Sproles is a perfect flex but Atlanta is capable of containing him.

The Ox

Key Players: Matt Forte

Matt Forte is the Bears offense.

Setbacks: Benjarvis Green-Ellis

The Jets will be able to contain him.

Players to watch out for: Gregg Olsen

He will be a top target in the red zone.

Final Decision: Fred wins by 25 points.

-Quah

Week 9 Recap

2011-11-09T21:06:00.000-05:00

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg vs Q

Desean had another miss this week and DHB having no points at all didn't help me at all. And Marshawn Lynch had a very good game surprisingly against the Dallas D. With the clutch play by Lynch and Rodgers, John was able to pull of the 20+ point win against me, with both of us going to a 6-3 record

themadoompaloompas vs THE TACO KINGS

I thought Mex would upset Bhavik but not by this much. Foster and Foster, Jr. (Murray) ran the ball well but the real surprise was Julio Jones. I can understand the fact that he was going against the Colts defense, but after coming off of an injury, I don't think any of use could've expected that. Mex is starting to look like a team to worry about now. Mex improves to 4-5 and Bhavik goes down to 6-3.

The DAWGS vs Carnegie PantyRaiders

This was just another bad week for Jaime. Cassel couldn't take advantage of the Miami defense and which hurts Baldwin as well and everyone else, excluding McCoy, was just eh. Taylor was able to pull off the win with the help of his RBs which includes the Jackson Duo and McGahee. Taylor improves to 6-3 and Jaime continues his losing streak to 5 with a 4-5 record.

ElevensElevenElevolutionaries vs The Lance Armstrongs

Anybody could've called this one. Vick was the only player to get double digits on Garrick's team and Carter got negative points for him. Ian was able to blowout Garrick and improve to a 4-5 record and Garrick is still winless.

Mud Eaters vs The Ox

This week, Garcon was no help at all but Hasselbeck was able to be one of the only guys Ryan has on his team. Forte wasn't able to put up numbers like he usually does but it didn't matter since the rest of Ryan's team didn't do well at all. With the help of Turner and Thomas (and the fact he played Ryan), Kevin was able to put up another W, improving to 5-4 and Ryan going down to 2-6.

Team Canuckistan vs Core Protection

Looking at the score of this game, this could've been considered Game of the Week as well. The difference makers in this game for each team were Jon's RBs and V. Jax. Jackson had an amazing game because of that poor New England pass defense. And for Jon, if his RB's had played like the rest of his team, this game could've ended differently. But once again, after being one of the league's top scorer for the week, he still lost and goes down to 4-5 and Fred improves to 7-2 and is still the king of the SNFL.

This week, I had a record of 5-1 in picks with the one wrong pick being my game. Overall, I am now 14-4 for the season (started in Week 7). Remember to have your team set up at some point Saturday night for picks.

Picks of the Week

2011-11-04T23:51:00.000-04:00

I am feeling very lazy at the moment so this won't be that great but it's better than nothing and at least I put stuff up when I say I will unlike some people we know. *cough*Fred*cough*

Game of the Week: LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg vs. Q

Two of the SFC's top teams battle it out.

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg

Key Players: Matt Ryan, Cedric Benson, and Raiders Def

Matt Ryan is going against a non-existent defense in Indy, Benson will continue to pick up where he left off before his bye week and put up good numbers, and the Raider Def is going up against Tebow.....enough said.

Setbacks: Rashad Mendenhall

Mendenhall had only one good game and going against the Ravens, he will still only have one good game once the week is up.

Players to watch out for: Brent Celek and Wes Welker

Welker is going to try to bounce back from his worst game of the season with a neck injury. Celek has a favorable match-up against the Bears as well since they give up a good number of points to opposing TEs.

Key Players: Aaron Rodgers and Dwayne Bowe

Rodgers is going to continue to play like a boss and Bowe has a very good match-up against the Miami defense.

Setbacks: Marshawn Lynch

Lynch is going against the Dallas defense who is still a top 3 rush defense even after the collapse last week.

Players to watch out for: Daniel Thomas

Daniel Thomas is still splitting carries with Bush and I still don't think he is that great of a player, but he has a good chance to put up god numbers against the Chiefs defense.

Final Decision

In the end, I think I will pull out the win by no more than 5 points.

Upset Alert: themadoompaloompas vs. THE TACO KINGS

themadoompaloompas

Key Players: All WRs

Maclin seems to be more reliable than Jackson, Fitzgerald is the Cards only receiver, and Green is one of Dalton's top targets.

Setbacks: LaDanian Tomlinson

LT is a solid flex player since he can run and catch, but he hasn't really done well in either category so far except for one game.

Players to watch out for: None

THE TACO KINGS

Key Players: Arian Foster, Dez Bryant, and Julio Jones

Foster vs. Cleveland, Bryant vs. Seattle, and Jones vs. Indianapolis; those are some very good match-ups.

Setbacks: Joseph Addai

He only had double digits twice this season and has one TD. Plus, I think the Falcons defense can contain him.

Players to watch out for: None

Final Decision

Mex wins by 10 points.

The DAWGS vs. Carnegie PantyRaiders

The DAWGS

Key Players: Gregg Jennings and Miles Austin

Jennings is always a reliable target for Rodgers and Austin is going up against the Seahawks.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Fred Jackson

Jackson has been putting up some solid numbers but the Jets defense may come in and shut him down.

Carnegie PantyRaiders

Key Players: Jonathan Baldwin and Owen Daniels

Daniels has a good match-up against the Chiefs and with Johnson out again, Daniels should be getting more looks.

Setbacks: James Starks

He won't be able to do much on the ground and will get most of his points through the air.

Players to watch out for: None

Final Decison

Even if Nicks does play, I think Taylor will still win by 7 points.

ElevensElevenElevolutionaries vs. The Lance Armstrongs

ElevensElevenElevolutionaries

Key Players: Beanie Wells and Roddy White

Wells going up against a weak St. Louis defense and White should have a good game versus the Colts pass defense.

Setbacks: Chris Johnson

He's not having a good season and is going up against a very good Bengals defense

Players to watch out for: None

The Lance Armstrongs

Key Players: Brandon Jacobs

With Bradshaw out, Jacobs will be starting and run over the Pats defense.

Setbacks: Mike Wallace

He's not really a setback but he won't put up his usual numbers this week against the Ravens.

Players to watch out for: Mike Tolbert

Tolbert is another back who gets to start because of an injury the starter. He's able to fill in the premiere back role but I don't think he will do it well against the Packers defense.

Final Decision

Garrick continues his losing streak to 9 as Ian wins by 17.5 points

Mud Eaters vs. The Ox

Mud Eaters

Key Players: Michael Turner, Brandon Marshall, and Falcons Def

Any player going against the Colts has a good game and Marshall will be used to dominate the Chiefs pass defense.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Pierre Thomas and Mario Manningham

With Ingram out, Thomas will be getting some more carries. Whether or not he gets yards is up to how well he plays. With Nicks possibly being out, Manningham will probably be Manning's go-to-guy.

The Ox

Key Players: Matt Forte and Pierre Garcon

You know what I think about Forte and Garcon.

Setbacks: Benjarvis Green-Ellis

I think the Giants D is too good right now and will shut BGE down.

Players to watch out for: Brandon Lloyd

Bradford was able to use Lloyd last week and will continue to do so against the Cards pass defense.

Final Decison

Kevin wins by 12 points.

Team Canuckistan vs. Core Protection

Team Canuckistan

Key Players: Tony Romo and Jackie Battle

Romo will have a lot of success against the Seahawks and Battle should run over the Chiefs defense

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Jordy Nelson

Rodgers is going to share the love with all of his receivers in the shootout between him and Rivers.

Core Protection

Key Players: Victor Cruz and Vincent Jackson

Both players are both going against two of the league's worst pass defense.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Ray Rice and Vernon Davis

Ray Rice will put up good numbers but not as good as he normally would and I think the Redskins give up a good bit of points to opposing TEs. Regardless, he is one of Smith's top targets.

Final Decision

Fred wins it by 5.5 points.

Week 8 Recap

2011-11-02T19:53:00.000-04:00

So this man right here got every single pick right this. Too bad I wish I ended being 5-1 with that one wrong pick being the upset I called against me but oh well. Let's recap this past week

Game of the Week: Carnegie PantyRaiders vs. Mud Eaters

Well this game was truly lived up to Game of the Week. Jaime's team definitely had the better match-up this week but Kevin's defense was this match-up's difference maker. If it wasn't for the Lions defense destroying the Broncos, giving Kevin 30 points, this game could've most definitely gone either way.
In the end, both teams end up with a 4-4 record

Upset Alert: LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg vs. The Lance Armstrong

Man, what a mediocre game between these two teams. Half of their teams did very well while the other half was meh. Plus, not having a TE doesn't help but it doesn't matter because I would've picked Miller up and still would've lost. I had barely had the lead going in to MNF but Sofag.......excuse me, my bad, I meant Novak, kicked a 40+ field goal in the first half to seal the win for Ian
I lose my throne on top of the SNFL and shot to Kevin's win streak record and drop down to 6-2 while Ian improves to 3-5

Team Canuckistan vs. ElevensElevenElevolutionaries

I just wanted to leave this blank because we know that Garlic can't win, but I think Jonathan would want me to say something about his team.......Team Canuckistan sucks because it's run by a Canadian and no one likes Canada. There we go. But in all seriousness, Garlic had a lead on Jonathan but with both Battle and Mathews playing in MNF, Jonathan gained enough points to beat the laughing stock of the SNFL.
Jonathan improves to 4-4 and Garlic's losing streak continues on with a record to 0-8
Also, I think Garlic should be called something else. Garlic seems like to good of a vegetable name for him, even though that's closest to his actual name. I think he should be Rutabaga or Cabbage.....no one likes cabbage. Food for thought (get it?).

Q vs. Core Protection

Record-wise, this could be Game of the Week. But looking at the match-ups, it's more like what John Lee likes to call, "Rape Feast" and that it was. Without Rodgers and DMC, John Lee didn't have a chance. And even if he did have them, I still don't think it would've been enough to beat Fred. This game is as bad as what I'm going to do to Fred when I play him in basketball: I'm going to go for the lay-up and while I'm in the air, my nuts end up dragging across Fred's face. While in mid-air, I see Taylor in the corner, wide open, and pass to him and watch him as he sinks the 3 from the corner for the game winning shot, crushing Fred's soul........oh, my bad. This is a football blog. Just imagine everything I said exactly how it is except we are using a football instead of a basketball.
Now that my day dream is over, Fred improves to 6-2 and takes over the top spot in the SFC and John Lee drops down to 5-3.

THE DAWGS vs. THE Taco Kings

Mex took down one of the projected PWC Bowl III teams, can he do it to the other one? Nope. Minus his WR2 and TE, everyone on Taylor's team came to play. This is like what Fred did to John Lee. Refer to what I said in the previous segment.
Taylor improves to 5-3 and Mex drops down to 3-5.

themadoompaloompas vs. The Ox

Again, I really don't want to say anything about this match-up since Bhavik was only playing Ryan, who is Taylor's brother and team motto is, "HELP!" for those who forgot about him. Literally, the only good thing going for Ryan is that he has Jamaal Charles and can keep him for next year. But then again, I've heard rumors that we may get rid of that before next year starts. In that case, Ryan has nothing good for him.
Bhavik takes over the throne of the SNFL with a 6-2 record and Ryan drops to 2-6.

So after 2 weeks, I now have a record of 9-3 for picks after going 6-0 this past week. Getting work done son. Remember to have your lineups set Friday since I won't be able to do it on Saturday. May the Fabs be with you, except John Lee.

Picks of the Week

2011-10-29T22:04:00.000-04:00

Hello there, my subjects. Your leader of the SNFL is here to give you the Week 8 edition of picks. After last week, I came out being 3-3 in the picks but could've been 4-2 but Scobee came in and put up enough points for Bhavik to prevent the upset of the week from happening. But that is the past and this is a new week of games, so let's get started.

Game of the Week: Carnegie PantyRaiders (4-3) vs. Mud Eaters (3-4)

Jaime is on a 3-game losing streak after being atop of the SNFL in the early weeks of the season and needs to turn things around. Kevin, with his 3-4 record, is hoping to come into this game and steal the win from Jaime to get the #3 spot in the NFC.

Carnegie PantyRaiders

Key Players: Joe Flacco, Lesean McCoy and Hakeem Nicks

Flacco hasn't been looking to hot in the past couple of weeks but look for him to play well this week against the Cards. The Ravens will still pound the ball on the ground since the Ravens are a run first team, but Flacco is going against a weak pass defense in Arizona. McCoy is going against the top rushing defense in the Cowboys but McCoy has been a beast for Jaime this season. The Cowboys may slow him down in the run game, but McCoy can do more than run the ball. He is also a threat in the pass game which is where he will get most of his points. He won't put up as many points like he has been in past weeks but he will still put up a decent amount of points. Nicks is Manning's favorite target and will be able to get past the horrible pass defense in the MIA, simple as that.

Setback: Reggie Bush

He really isn't that much of a setback but I really see him putting up good numbers. He hasn't been putting up that good of numbers this season and we basically expected this from him. Not only that but he has to share carries with Daniel Thomas, decreasing his value. Unless the G-Men's defense collapse, Bush won't be a big factor to Jaime.

Player to watch out for: Owen Daniels and Percy Harvin

Jacksonville doesn't do well in defending TE's for some reason. With Johnson out, Schaub is going to have to spread the ball out to his other receivers and will take advantage of the Jags Achilles heel and pass to Daniels. The only reason why he is on this list is because of his rib injury. He says that he can play as long as he can tolerate the pain. Even if he can handle the pain, I don't think he will have a great game but he will still be helpful to his team.

Mud Eaters

Key Players: Maurice Jones-Drew, Marques Colston and Jimmy Graham

MJD goes up against a team with a good pass defense as well as a rush defense. But out of the match-ups of Gabbert against the Texans defense and MJD against their rush defense, MJD is definitely going to have the better game since Gabbert is still trying to get into a rhythm with his team. As we saw last week in the Saints/Colts game, Brees spreads the ball out to everybody against a team with a weak pass defense. He will do the same exact thing with the Rams, so look for Colston to have another good game like last week. The same thing goes for Jimmy Graham but he's mainly going to be that red zone threat.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Matthew Stafford, Pierre Thomas and Mario Manningham

Stafford is going against a horrible defense in the Broncos. The only reason why he is on this list is mainly because of the fact of his ankle. He is suppose to start but he won't be as mobile as he normally is. Thomas had a pretty good game against a poor defense in the Colts and should do the same against the Rams this week. As for Manningham, he goes against a horrible pass defense in the MIA, so he could get some more targets from Manning.

Final Decision

I feel like Kevin just has much more going for him than Jaime. Kevin doesn't have any setbacks and if Stafford, Thomas, and Manningham can take advantage of their match-up, then Kevin should have a spectacular game this week. Kevin beats Jaime by 17.5 points this week

Upset Alert: Las Tortugas Negras (6-1) vs. The Lance Armstrongs (2-5)

Yeah, I may not be the leader of the SNFL after this week. Ian hasn't have much success this season with only two wins so far this season, but looking at his player's match-ups, he can have a pretty good game this week.

Las Tortugas Negras

Key Players: Desean Jackson, Wes Welker and Jermaine Gresham

My WR's are really what I have going good for me this week. Welker has gotten me at least 10 points every week this week except for one and is a key player not only for me, but for Tom Brady, so Welker should be putting up some good numbers as usual. Jackson is a hit or miss every week but this week definitely will be a hit. The Eagles are going up against an OK pass defense in Dallas with their speedy WR's. Gresham is going against the Seahawks........that's it. That and Gresham is legit making a name for himself as a starting TE in the world of fantasy.

Setbacks: Rashard Mendenhall

Mendenhall has basically been a let down this whole season. He never get anything going when he has a very good match-up so I don't expect him to do anything against a team that is solid in defending the run. The only way for success for Mendenhall is in the passing game but Roethlisberger is going to use his receivers to try and destroy the Pats.

Players to watch out for: Maurice Morris and Bernard Scott

Both RB's are filling in for the starters of their team because of an injury and a suspension respectively. Both players are going up against teams that are decent in rush defense, Seahawks being a little bit better than the Broncos. I don't know if Scott can fill in the shoes of Benson well enough for me this week and Morris didn't have that great of a game last week after taking over for Best.

The Lance Armstrongs

Key Players: Drew Brees, Ahmad Bradshaw, Mike Wallace and Nate Washington

Drew Brees had a field day against the Colts and will do it again against a terrible pass defense in the Rams. Bradshaw is just going to do good against the Fins. They have a good rush defense but Ahmad is a better player. The Pats are last in the league in pass defense and Mendenhall can't seem to run the ball at all, so the Steelers are going to have to rely on Roethlisberger to win the game. Look out for Wallace to get a couple of touchdowns. Washington is going up against a poor pass defense from the Colts. If Hasselbeck can actually do good, then Washington should have an amazing game.

Setbacks: Mike Tolbert

He's only a setback mainly because of the fact that he may not play Sunday. And even if he does, it doesn't matter because the Chargers are still going to put more work on Mathews. The only good thing going for Tolbert is that the Chargers will stick him in on the goal line to be a touchdown vulture.

Players to watch out for: Anquan Boldin and Jared Cook

Arizona has a 28th ranked pass defense but Flacco isn't looking too hot. I still think the Ravens will rely heavily on Rice to win the game, so Boldin won't be able to fully take advantage of the weak Cards defense. Jared Cook is also going against a weak defense from the Colts. Like I said earlier about Washington, if Hasselbeck can play well, he should get some good numbers

Final Decision:

This pains me to say but I am seeing this upset by Ian. I have too many players on my team that can do good but not necessarily will where as Ian, whose only weak link is Tolbert, has players that will do good. At the end of the week, Ian will win by 23 points.

Team Canuckistan (3-4) vs. ElevensElevenElevolutionaries (0-7)

This is actually a key game for Jonathan. We have been saying the majority of the season that the SFC playoff picture is basically locked up with Fred, John, and me being the three who goes. But the loser of between Fred and John is going to have to look out for Jonathan if he were to win since he will actually have a chance to steal the #3 spot.

Team Canuckistan

Key Players: Frank Gore, Ryan Mathews, Calvin Johnson and Rob Gronkowski

Gore has too much power to be slowed down by the Browns rush defense, who ranks 20th in the league. Plus, believe it or not, the Browns have the top passing defense in the league, so the 49ers may have to rely on Gore throughout the game. Ryan Mathews is going to be getting more work since Tolbert is hurt and may not play. With a weak Chiefs defense, look out for Mathews to have a good game. Calvin Johnson is still a beast receiver and I don't really need to say much about him going against the Broncos. Gronk is one of Brady's favorite targets. He hasn't put up some big numbers lately but I feel like this week he will come in and turn things around.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Jackie Battle and Jabar Gaffney

Battle is looking to be the feature back for the Chiefs and going against the 21st ranked rush defense in San Diego, Battle is going to put up some good numbers. Gaffney has Tebow as his QB and Tebow isn't starting off to hot. Going up against a poor pass defense in Buffalo, Gaffney can have a good game if Tebow can relax in the pocket and not try to run the ball for yards much.

ElevensElevenElevolutionaries

Key Players: Ryan Torain and Steve Smith (Carolina)

Torain is going up against Buffalo whose defense overall is not good at all. As for Smith, he is going to continue to be that deep threat for Cam Newton.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Chris Johnson, Reggie Wayne and Robert Meachum

"This is it." - Taylor Oxendine. That quote summarizes what I think about this game for Chris Johnson. This is the week where Johnson is finally going to have a breakout game. The Colts are not doing well at all defensively, especially in the rush defense. What's almost as bad as the Colts defense is their QB Painter. With a so-so defense and a horrible QB, Wayne is a hit or miss in terms of having a good game. Meachum wasn't able to join all of the fun Brees had last week against the Colts but this week, I think he will be able to since Brees likes to rotate with which receiver he wants to throw to.

Final Decision

I have no setbacks for either team but I feel like Jon's team has the better team and will outplay Garrick's team. Jon will win by 12 points.

Q (5-2) vs. Core Protection (5-2)

Without Rodgers and McFadden, John has already said that he has basically lost as Fred comes in with most of his team back from byes. Will John's lack of belief in his team cause him to lose this game?

Key Players: Dwayne Bowe

I actually wanted to leave this blank but I figured that Bowe is a threat. The Chiefs will have to rely on the pass game eventually and Bowe is really the Chiefs WR corp.

Setbacks: Marshawn Lynch, Daniel Thomas and Braylon Edwards

Lynch may not even play this week and even if he does, the fact that he won't be 100% and he's going against a tough Cincy defense, he is basically useless. Thomas is out for this week so he is even more useless than Lynch. and Edwards is going up a top pass defense in the Browns.

Player to watch out for: Andy Dalton

Dalton has come out and is doing pretty good for a rookie QB. Going up against a weak pass defense, he may have a good game.

Core Protection

Key Players: Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, Ray Rice, Darren Sproles and Vincent Jackson

Yeah, Fred has a lot going this week for him. Eli and Cruz versus the Miami pass defense is success for the two of them. Ray Rice against the Cards defense equals domination for him. Plus, Flacco isn't doing too hot at all so they will rely his running abilities. Darren Sproles against the Rams is going to be a repeat of last week against the Colts. And Jackson will be getting some good looks from Rivers against this weak Chiefs defense.

Setbacks: NONE!

Players to watch out for: Vernon Davis

I know I have said the Browns have the #1 pass defense in the league but with Edwards being a non-factor, Vernon Davis really is the best receiver that the 49ers have. If Smith has to throw the ball, he will look for Davis.

Final Decision

Fred is going to dominate John. He's going to take his theoretical dick and shove it up John's ass and as John begs for mercy, Fred is going to just give him some more. That basically is what's going to happen. I actually think Fred will break the record for largest margin of victory.

THE Dawgs (4-3) vs THE TACO KINGS (3-4)

Taylor is in a position where he needs to be careful as everyone is trying to focus on making it to the playoffs. Daniel, who hasn't been doing that great this season, actually may be a force with Arian Foster and Arian Foster, Jr. (Demarco Murray).

THE Dawgs

Key Players: Cam Newton, Fred Jackson and Antonio Brown

Cam Newton has been on fire this season except for that mud fest earlier in the season and will torch the Vikings defense, ranking 29th in the league. Fred Jackson has been dominant this season as well and will run over the Redskins whose defense in only good in defending the pass. As I said earlier, Roethlisberger is going to have a good game and Brown will be joining in on the fun.

Setbacks: None

Players to watch out for: Knowshon Moreno
With McGahee out, Moreno will be taking over the starting role once again and will look to try to keep it. He goes up against a Detroit defense and unless Tebow shows out, the Broncos will rely on Moreno to open up some opportunities to allow Tebow to make some big plays.

THE TACO KINGS

Key Players: Philip Rivers, Arian Foster and Demarco Murray
Rivers is going to have a good game against the Chiefs, who have struggles against the pass this season. The Jags was able to prevent Rice from having a good game but this isn't Rice they are going up against. This is Arian Foster. He will have a beast game like he always does. Murray had an explosive game last week and I feel like he will do the same thing against Philly.

Setbacks: Jonathan Stewart
Last week, I said he wouldn't have a good game and he actually did better than Williams but this week, he definitely won't do that good. Well at least not RB1 or RB2 good.

Players to watch out for: Antonio Gates
Gates is probably but his injury is not enough to slow him down against the Chiefs. As usual, he is going to be Rivers top receiver along with Jackson and will be a threat in the red zone.

Final Decision
Taylor will be the victor in this game since he has more clutch players on his team than Daniel. Taylor wins it by 12 points.

themadoompaloompas (5-2) vs. The Ox (2-5)

This is an interesting match-up for the two teams since they are both missing a player.

themadoompaloompas

Key Players: Tom Brady and Adrian Peterson

This game is going to be a shoot out between the Steelers and the Pats. The Steel Curtain does have a top pas defense, making things tough for the Pats but being a clutch player, Brady will still put up some good numbers for Bhavik. As for AP, he's going up against a very weak Panthers defense and should be able to run all over them.

Setbacks: no RB2

Umm there's not much to say about this. Having no RB2 means less points for you, simple as that.

Players to watch out for: Larry Fitzgerald and Devery Henderson

The Fitz is going against the Ravens defense who has been very dominant in both rushing and passing. With no other true weapons in the Cards pass game, Fitz will be getting a lot of targets but will most likely be shut down. And starting Henderson is risky but with the Saints going against the Rams, he could be getting some big points for Bhavik.

The Ox

Key Players: Pierre Garcon

Like I said last week, Pierre Garcon is one of the only players he has going good for him this week. Even though the QB isn't good at all, Garcon is still able to put up some good numbers and will continue to do so this week.

Setbacks: Peyton Hillis and Sebastian Janikowski

Well Hillis isn't playing this week so that's no help and Janikowski is on a bye and that doesn't help neither.

Players to watch our for: Benjarvis Green-Ellis and Brandon Lloyd

Green-Ellis has to go up against a tough Steelers defense. Not only that but he will be playing with an injury. As for Lloyd, he has the potential to be an amazing player but with a QB like Bradford, that is going to be tough for him to do.

Final Decision

Once again, Ryan has literally nothing going good for him except for Garcon. So I have to go with Bhavik to win this by 24 points.

12 Questions: Week 8

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LasTortugas AmarillasHwangsaeg: This is the only team run by two owners…and they’re in first place… interesting… maybe the SNFL needs to do an investigation to see if the players are receiving any “improper benefits”?

themadoompaloompas: Why are all the minorities on top this year?

Q: Seriously, what the fuck?

Core Protection: Did The DAWGS lose last week due to a deal that would guarantee Florida beating Georgia this Saturday?

The DAWGS: Seriously, who’s a better looking owner than theirs?

Carnegie PantyRaiders: Since they’re on a 3 game losing streak, maybe they should go back to their original name?

Team Canuckistan: What’s worse to deal with: when they win or when they lose?

Mud Eaters: Did this owner shed a tear on Sunday after Arian Foster’s performance?

*EL GRANDE THE TACO KING: If I said "ladies and gentlemen, may i present the next Arian Foster" referring to DeMarco Murray, would you take me seriously?

*The Lance Armstrongs: If this owner went back to not trying, would his record improve?

The Ox: How beast is Matt Forte when this team scores 48.70 points, and Forte scores 24.30 of those points?

*Eleven'sElevenElevolutionaries: What shitty name will they think of this week?

*Quinton’s questions

Records

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The Ox (Oxendine) broke Eleven'sElevenElevolutionaries (Robertson) record for lowest point total in a regular season game.

- Old record: 53.70

- New record: 48.70

Eleven'sElevenElevolutionaries (Robertson) broke Core Protections (Varn) record for most consecutive regular season losses.

- Old record: 6

- New record: 7

Record Watch: LasTortugas AmarillasHwangsaeg (Wilson) has won 5 straight regular season games. The record for most consecutive regular season wins (7) is held by Mud Eaters (O'Leary).

Week 7 Recap

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As we have another week of inter-league play, we all saw many upsets and surprises. We even had a couple of records broken, but I'm sure that those guys aren't too proud of them. Let's get started with this recap.

Game of the Week: The DAWGS vs. Core Protection

Looking at the stars on these teams, both teams should've at least gotten to 100 points, but it didn't happen and doesn't matter. Fred managed to pull off the win even after his top player, Ray Rice, had a bad game against the Jags D. Too bad Taylor's WR's, excluding Jennings, didn't put up the numbers that they should've put up; otherwise, this would've been a much closer game.

The DAWGS goes down to 4-3 and Core Protection improves to 5-2

Upset Alert: Eleven'sElevenElevolutionaries vs. themadoompaloompas

Garlic actually did good this Sunday and could've had the win but it all came down to Bhavik's kicker. I remember someone earlier in the week (Jaime) told me that having the kicker in doesn't really make a difference. Or at least that's what I got from what he said. Anyways, the kicker mattered in this game since it was the difference between a huge upset and another loss for Garlic.

Eleven'sElevenElevolutionaries goes down to 0-7 and themadoompaloompas improve to 5-2

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg vs. The Ox

Once again, I have another easy team to play this past week and was once again, completely lucky. With 2 inactive players and relying on just on Matt Forte, Ryan basically handed me an easy win.

LasTortugas NegrasHwangsaeg improves to 6-1 and The Ox goes down to 2-5

Team Canuckistan vs. Mud Eaters
This was another game where if the kicker (Kevin's kicker) were to make that 50 yard field goal, this would've been a win for him. Injured Best and starters benched because of a bye (Gronk and Gore) didn't hurt Jon as much as everyone thought it would, just barely getting that W.

Team Canuckistan improves to 3-4 and Kevin goes down to 3-4 as well

Q vs. Carnegie Panty Raiders
This was one of those weeks for Jaime. With only his defense being the only player to have double digits, Jaime lost by a huge margin and could've been bigger if Lynch and DMC for Q weren't injured.

Q improves to 5-2 and Carnegie Panty Raiders goes down to 4-3

THE TACO KINGS vs. The Lance Armstrongs
Ok, we would expect Foster to put up 42 points, but not Murray putting up 32, being that difference maker for Mex to get that W.

THE TACO KINGS improve to 3-4 and The Lance Armstrongs goes down to 2-5

Now this man right here was 3-3 in the picks this week. Not bad for a rookie. And because of Battelfield 3 being out right now, I was kind of slack in writing this, so it will be better next week. I'll be back on the blog this Saturday for Week 8's set of picks.