Tuesday, November 15, 2011

We Have Another Winning Streak!

It only took until the middle of November, but the People's Pigskin has its second two-game winning streak of the 2011 season.

The Internet's favorite fantasy football team beat the Minneapolis Fantastic Houll by a score of 122-74. The win lifted our season record to 4-6, and given the tight standings in the People's League, a playoff berth remains a distinct possibility.

Here are all the juicy details.

Eli Manning, QB: 26 of 40 passing for 311 yards, 2 rushes for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 16 fantasy points. Once again, our quarterback had a strong day -- right up until the end.

Ray Rice, RB: 1 for 1 passing for 1 yard, 5 rushes for 27 yards, 8 receptions for 54 yards, 1 touchdown and 11 fantasy points. It's a good thing Rice got a chance to throw for a score. The Baltimore Ravens seemed bound and determined to give this game to the Seattle Seahawks by keeping the ball away from Rice.

Michael Bush, RB: 30 rushes for 157 yards, 3 receptions for 85 yards, 1 touchdown and 29 fantasy points. You never want to celebrate a player's injury, but Bush is making the most of his opportunity.

Larry Fitzgerald, WR: 7 receptions, 146 yards, 2 touchdowns and 26 fantasy points. Who would have thought all Fitzgerald needed to light up the scoreboard was a new quarterback?

Plaxico Burress, WR: 3 receptions, 39 yards, 1 touchdown and 9 fantasy points. Burress made the most of Mark Sanchez's limited (and possibly hesitant) production Sunday night.

Wes Welker, Flex: 6 receptions, 46 yards and 4 fantasy points. The New York Jets defensive plan seemed to be "Use Darrelle Revis to stop Welker and let the New England tight ends run roughshod over us."

Jason Witten, TE: 5 receptions, 37 yards and 3 fantasy points. We don't get fantasy points for having our tight end pass Ozzie Newsome on the all-time reception list. Too bad.

Pittsburgh Steelers, D/ST: 2 interceptions, 17 points allowed and 7 fantasy points. The Steelers clearly are not the fantasy force they once were, though they are doing enough to beat their opponent most Sundays.

John Kasay, K: 4 for 5 on field goals, 2 for 2 on extra points and 17 fantasy points. Kasay is used to taking advantage of opportunities, even when they are presented to him by the opposing coach.

Bench: Not that we needed it, but Tony Romo did score 22 points on Sunday. Damian Williams scored 16, and Percy Harvin put up 6 points Monday night.

This week is going to be a busy one poll-wise. Our opponent this week is Glen Gardner's Finest. And, in addition to the bye week holes covered in a previous post, we have a Thursday night player on our roster. Burress and his New York Jets take on the Denver Broncos this week. So we have a poll up on whether Burress should take one of the receiver spots. That poll will close Thursday evening and can be found right below the defense/special teams and kicker polls, which will close today. So please get your votes in now.

We'll be back with the results from those waiver wire polls.

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