What I’m watching: Jersey Shore

But that was one heck of a final week of the regular season. Every game was close, there were upsets and the team that was ranked #1 just 2 weeks ago didn’t even make the playoffs as the #5 team that is going to lose 3 balls in the lottery knocked off the #2 team tied for the best record and stole the #4 seed. I mean the Golden Tate Warriors got ~11 points from Eli Manning/Brandon Jacobs all in the last ~4 minutes of the the game. And all because Ahmad Bradshaw stayed out late and missed curfew or something and was benched the first half of the game. It made what would have been a really crappy Cowboys vs. Giants game on Sunday night pretty exciting. Lets hope this week is just as exciting.

What I’m watching: Chuck

What I’m watching: Fantasy Football Now

Did I also mention I started “how is Shanahan going to screw me over?” Ryan Torain and Bernard Scott? I looked, I did the math, I did more math, I carried ones and double checked my work… the only thing that added up was that Antonio Gates gives me a way better shot at winning Week 11 than a WR gave me winning this week. I thought about dropping Bernard Scott and rolling with a WR and an injured Beanie Wells against the Ravens Def however I think Scott gets me more points than a WR/Wells combo. Wells is active but they’re saying limited role. Limited role against the Ravens just doesn’t sound good. And again, I got 5 total points from my WRs last week total so I’m never too excited to start anyone at that position.

The only way this backfires is if I lose this week by something like 5 points and Antonio Gates re-injures his foot before Week 11 or just has a miserable game in Week 11. So did any of this really matter? (I may or may not have written this while I was driving myself crazy setting my lineup before the games started. I mean really driving myself crazy.) Were there any lessons to be learned from any of this?

Yes. I learned… who cares? You can’t win em all. Sure, if I had started Beanie Wells and picked up one of the few WRs I was eyeing, I would have won easily. But I didn’t. I left Beanie on the bench and he scored 18 points against that tough Ravens Def and I left my WR spot empty; both WRs I would have picked up found the end zone.

So in the end, it looks like I Andy Reid’d myself this week. I overthought and just needed to do a better job of putting my team in a better position to win. Man, oh, man, did I overthink myself to death. Actually it’s probably more like a Denny Green moment. I let him off the hook. I guess it’s time to hop back on the horse and move on to next week. Time to start building my UFL Fantasy Squad.

What I’m watching: Beavis and Butthead

If Tim wins this year, or even makes the playoffs, he better get the “Cakest schedule ever” award.

This was a trap game if I ever saw one. I was forced to look ahead at Week 8, against a divisional opponent who at the start of the week was ahead of me in the standings because I’ve already lost to him once and I’ll be without my #1QB and #1RB. How can I not look ahead? Besides, the team I was playing this week was not only without Tom Brady but without LeSean McCoy as well. Things don’t always go so smoothly though. I was playing the team tied with me atop the league in scoring and of course they call me the injured tortoises for a reason. I was finally getting ready to start Sam Bradford when he went down with a sprained ankle last week on, what I think was, the last play of the Week 6 game. So saddle up and get ready to ride Matt Moore. I need you this week against that bum Denver Broncos Def… 12.58 points. Shoulda had 15 but threw a very late, worthless pick. I’ll still allow it.

And then low and behold, the instant Karma came. Again, they don’t call me the injured tortoises for no reason. Not only did I lose Santana Moss very early in the game, 1.63 points, but Beanie Wells goes down in the red zone (6.6 points), gets a TD vultured by some dude I’ve never heard of and doesn’t return after that. Moss has a broken hand but its the Beanie Wells injury that is really bad. This dude is always injured. When healthy this year, he’s playing out of his mind but he’s just always getting hurt. Now he’s probably going to miss 1-2 weeks for the 2nd time this year.

So my WRs wind up with 2.88 points total. His WRs end up with over 30. Let’s just leave it at that because I had a 11 point lead heading into Sunday night and figured I’d be good with 20 more points from Jimmy Graham and the Saints Def combined. Well what I got was more than enough. 6/54/2 for 17.1 points from Graham and 17 points from the Saints Def. Sure it was nails in the coffin but it’s nails in the coffin that should keep me atop the league in points. Who knows where that can come into play but I’m sure it can’t hurt.

Aaron Rodgers is insane. He’s a guaranteed 25+ points a week. I just wish he didn’t have a bye week. Which he does this upcoming week. So does Michael Turner. Oh, and Beanie Wells is out and so is Sam Bradford again probably. If Bradford doesn’t play, I’m doomed. And Sam Bradford isn’t someone you want to rely on so I’m probably doomed regardless. Irregardless. There are only so many spots on a roster and I’m out of em. Wish me luck.

What I’m watching: Tosh.0

Every week somebody’s team has to have that big stinker, that one player who single handedly tries to submarine your entire effort. This week, that cruel fate belonged to my team in one, Rex Grossman. I didn’t expect much from him this week, I never really do. I just ask for 10-15 points and let Aaron Rodgers pick up the slack. This week, Grossman’s -0.98 points brought my QB average down to 13.61. Negative points. You have to love seeing that on the scoreboard. The only thing I’m more shocked at is how it was only -0.98. With his play today, I’m shocked it wasn’t -10. And that crap only brought down Santana Moss as well. Oh well, what can you do?

Even with that horrible mess that cost Rex Grossman his job, I still got the W with a little help from my friends. This week, my friend started Joseph Addai despite him being listed as Questionable and clearly not even traveling with the team as well as my friend losing Jason Campbell very early in his game. If those 2 things don’t happen, I probably lose. I have Vincent Jackson and Beanie Wells on byes and got a whole 0 points from the Saints Def. The Saints Def is awful. They can’t stop a thing and never get the turnovers they got me consistently last year. They showed promise Week 1 when I thought Sproles may run one back a few times this year but that hasn’t come to fruition and they’re only averaging me 5.5 points a week. Besides that, it was Aaron Rodgers and Michael Turner’s stellar 139/2 that carried me to victory. I’ll take it. The next few weeks are going to be ugly.

What I’m watching: NFL Football: Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions

What I’m watching: Big Bang Theory

And I am going to miss that Cylon.