Monday, September 19, 2011

Our First Victory of the Season

It's easy to get nervous when you're playing fantasy football against someone who has Michael Vick as a starter, but the People's Pigskin can now breathe a sigh of relief.
The Internet's favorite fantasy football team beat Glen Gardner's Finest by a score of 109-71. That lifts our season record to 1-1.
Here's how we did it.
Tony Romo, QB: 20 of 33 passing for 345 yards, 2 touchdowns and 21 fantasy points. How do you extinguish questions about your ability to perform under pressure? By making a big play in overtime to lead your team to victory. Of course, the pressure questions have been replaced with questions about his ribs, which we'll have to monitor closely this week.
Ray Rice, RB: 13 rushes for 43 yards, 5 receptions for 53 yards, 1 touchdown and 15 fantasy points. Yes, his production against the Tennessee Titans dropped from last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But he's definitely a keeper.
DeAngelo Williams, RB: 5 rushes for 13 yards, 4 receptions for 23 yards and 3 fantasy points. Yes, it's hard to shine in Cam Newton's shadow, but eventually Williams has to start performing like a player who signed a big contract in the off-season.
Larry Fitzgerald, WR: 7 receptions for 133 yards, 1 touchdown and 19 fantasy points. Play like this one are what everyone had in mind when Arizona traded for Kevin Kolb.
Wes Welker, WR: 7 receptions, 81 yards and 8 fantasy points. No, Welker didn't get another 99-yard touchdown, but he will remain a fantasy factor as long as he's running patterns for Tom Brady.
Percy Harvin, Flex: 2 rushes for 18 yards, 7 receptions for 76 yards, 1 fumble lost and 6 fantasy points. This shows that you can get just as much fantasy production from a player on a struggling team as you can from a player on a Super Bowl contender.
Jason Witten, TE: 7 receptions, 102 yards and 10 fantasy points. If you're paying attention, you've noticed that four different starters for the People's Pigskin caught seven passes. We're sure that's a coincidence and not some football conspiracy.
Pittsburgh Steelers, D/ST: 5 sacks, 0 points allowed and 13 fantasy points. It seems as if the Seattle Seahawks had the cure for whatever ailed the Steelers.
John Kasay, K: 3 for 3 on field goals, 3 for 3 on extra points and 14 fantasy points. This 53-yarder helped Kasay post a double-digit fantasy score for the second time in as many weeks.
Bench: Joseph Addai, who lost this week's flex faceoff to Harvin, scored 9 points. Michael Bush scored 8 points. We'd give you Eli Manning's score, but he plays Monday night against the St. Louis Rams.
Now that we have that first win, it's time to start working on collecting our second against the VinSethVaughn Bears. To do that, we'll need your help. The polls are now open and will stay open through Saturday night. Please vote now.
We'll be back with NASCAR results when (and if) they become available.

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