The People's Pigskin bounced back from last week's defeat and beat the NFL2K10 RedZone by a score of 113-92, and we didn't even need Michael Vick's epic performance to do it. We just needed the help of you, the Internet, in selecting our lineup, and thanks to your help, we now lead the People's League with an 8-2 record. Here's the breakdown.
Peyton Manning, QB: 20 of 36 passing, 185 yards and 7 fantasy points. Here's another example of the difference between real football and fantasy football. Manning had his worst fantasy day of the season, but his team still beat the Cincinnati Bengals.
Michael Turner, RB: 17 rushes, 39 yards and 3 fantasy points. Turner played a surprisingly small role in the Atlanta Falcons come-from-behind victory Thursday night.
Knowshon Moreno, RB: 22 rushes for 106 yards, 3 receptions for 50 yards, 1 touchdown and 21 fantasy points. One benefit of being a running back on a team that's blowing out its opponent is that your team is likely to spend the second half running the ball.
Dwayne Bowe, WR: 13 receptions, 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 30 fantasy points. Of course, if you're a receiver on the other side of a blowout, you can expect to stay busy throughout the game as your team tries to come back. (Just don't expect the coaches to shake hands afterwards.)
Calvin Johnson, WR: 10 receptions, 128 yards, 1 touchdown and 18 fantasy points. Johnson nearly helped the Detroit Lions keep the Buffalo Bills winless with his late score, but the 2-point conversion came up short, and the Lions earned the title "Unluckiest Team in History."
Chad Ochocinco, Flex: 7 receptions, 86 yards, 1 touchdown and 14 fantasy points. Mister Eight-Five hurt his shoulder but stayed in the game and even recovered a late onside kick.
Tony Moeaki, TE: 1 reception, 34 yards and 3 fantasy points. Thank goodness bye weeks are over.
Tennessee Titans, D/ST: 1 interception, 1 sack, 29 points allowed and minus-1 fantasy point. It's too bad ESPN doesn't award fantasy points for knocking quarterbacks out of the game. That's the one thing this team did well on Sunday.
Olindo Mare, K: 5 for 6 on field goals, 3 for 3 on PATs and 18 fantasy points. Seattle's uneven offense can create a lot of opportunities for a kicker.
Bench: Justin Forsett, who lost a tiebreaker for the flex spot, scored 15 fantasy points. Chad Henne put up 11 before leaving his game with an injury, and Vince Young scored 4 after relieving Kerry Collins.
Now it's time to turn our attention to this week's matchup against the Hudson Valley Hawks. The football lineup polls are now open. The one on Chad Henne (who -- fair warning -- may not even start for the Miami Dolphins) will close Thursday. The others will close on Sunday. Please vote now.
We'll be back with a look at NASCAR's final race of 2010.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday Morning Crew Chief (and Football Update)
First, the fantasy football update: The People's Pigskin will go into the Monday night game with a 113-80 lead over the NFL2K10 RedZone. The RedZone does have David Akers starting tonight, and strange things are still possible in this game.
Speaking of which, it's time to review the People's Pitstop's performance on Sunday. The Internet's favorite fantasy NASCAR team scored only 222 points during the Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. That leaves us with a season total of 9,111, putting us in 84,668th place overall on Yahoo Sports and dropping us another nine spots, to 116th, in the Fans of From the Marbles league.
How did our starting drivers fare?
Denny Hamlin: Started 17th, finished 12th, 190 laps led and 88 fantasy points. How can you lead more than half the laps in a race (and garner the 20-point bonus for doing so) without finishing in the top 10? By losing a fuel-related gamble late in the race. Hamlin is still the leader in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, but only by 15 points.
Jamie McMurray: Started 5th, finished 10th and 72 fantasy points. McMurray's biggest splash, so to speak, came early in the race when he hit the outside wall and, while trying to save his car, tossed a water bottle that hit Jimmie Johnson's car. The move earned McMurray a one-lap penalty from NASCAR and a Wazzup from Dave Grayson of SpeedwayMedia.com.
David Reutimann: Started 6th, finished 26th (2 laps behind the leaders) and 40 fantasy points. Reutimann's chart for this race looks strangely like the one for Pets.com stock.
Scott Speed: Started 27th, finished 35th (5 laps behind the leaders) and 22 fantasy points. Speed was lumped into the fifth of Tom Bowles' "Five things we learned" article for SI.com:
"For people in need of potential sponsorship, the invisibility" of Speed and a handful of other drivers/teams was troubling Sunday. All of these drivers and teams in need of sponsorship and a ride for 2011 didn't do themselves any favors with Fortune 500 companies and potential new owners already hesitant to invest."
If the Pitstop is going to achieve its goal of finishing in the top 100 in that league, it will have to pass 16 other teams this week in NASCAR's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Therefore, we will need your help one more time. The NASCAR lineup polls are now open and will close as usual on Thursday night. Please vote now.
We'll be back with the full fantasy football results.
Speaking of which, it's time to review the People's Pitstop's performance on Sunday. The Internet's favorite fantasy NASCAR team scored only 222 points during the Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. That leaves us with a season total of 9,111, putting us in 84,668th place overall on Yahoo Sports and dropping us another nine spots, to 116th, in the Fans of From the Marbles league.
How did our starting drivers fare?
Denny Hamlin: Started 17th, finished 12th, 190 laps led and 88 fantasy points. How can you lead more than half the laps in a race (and garner the 20-point bonus for doing so) without finishing in the top 10? By losing a fuel-related gamble late in the race. Hamlin is still the leader in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, but only by 15 points.
Jamie McMurray: Started 5th, finished 10th and 72 fantasy points. McMurray's biggest splash, so to speak, came early in the race when he hit the outside wall and, while trying to save his car, tossed a water bottle that hit Jimmie Johnson's car. The move earned McMurray a one-lap penalty from NASCAR and a Wazzup from Dave Grayson of SpeedwayMedia.com.
David Reutimann: Started 6th, finished 26th (2 laps behind the leaders) and 40 fantasy points. Reutimann's chart for this race looks strangely like the one for Pets.com stock.
Scott Speed: Started 27th, finished 35th (5 laps behind the leaders) and 22 fantasy points. Speed was lumped into the fifth of Tom Bowles' "Five things we learned" article for SI.com:
"For people in need of potential sponsorship, the invisibility" of Speed and a handful of other drivers/teams was troubling Sunday. All of these drivers and teams in need of sponsorship and a ride for 2011 didn't do themselves any favors with Fortune 500 companies and potential new owners already hesitant to invest."
If the Pitstop is going to achieve its goal of finishing in the top 100 in that league, it will have to pass 16 other teams this week in NASCAR's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Therefore, we will need your help one more time. The NASCAR lineup polls are now open and will close as usual on Thursday night. Please vote now.
We'll be back with the full fantasy football results.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The People's Choice - Week 10
The results are in. Here are the players that you, the Internet, selected for the People's Pigskin and its People's League fantasy football matchup against NFL2K10 RedZone.
Quarterback: It's not as if he needed help in the form of Chad Henne's benching or Vince Young's injury question, but once again, Peyton Manning won this poll handily. He gets the Cincinnati Bengals today.
Running back: We already played Michael Turner on Thursday night. The winner of the poll for the other running back spot was Knowshon Moreno, who's coming off a bye week and plays the Kansas City Chiefs in a late afternoon game.
Wide receiver: Two familiar faces dominated the voting in this poll. The starting spots go to Calvin Johnson (who faces the Buffalo Bills) and Dwayne Bowe (who faces Moreno's Denver Broncos).
As for the flex spot, we have a tie between Chad Ochocinco and Justin Forsett. We are using the ESPN points projection as a tiebreaker. Ochocino wins that by a score of 12-2. He goes up against Manning's Indianapolis Colts today.
Kicker: We have a winner, and, fortunately, we also have a backup plan. Josh Scobee won the poll but was picked up by a team with a worse record than the Pigskin. The runner-up in this poll was Olindo Mare, who's starting for us now and will face the Arizona Cardinals in a late afternoon game.
The Tennessee Titans defense/special teams (playing the Miami Dolphins) return to our starting lineup, and in an earlier poll, you voted to pick up Tony Moeaki to fill our bye-week-addled tight end spot. He gets the Broncos today.
Thank you very much for voting. The results appear below, and a quick poll about a certain well-traveled wide receiver is open for voting now. We'll be back with game/race results.
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Quarterback: It's not as if he needed help in the form of Chad Henne's benching or Vince Young's injury question, but once again, Peyton Manning won this poll handily. He gets the Cincinnati Bengals today.
Running back: We already played Michael Turner on Thursday night. The winner of the poll for the other running back spot was Knowshon Moreno, who's coming off a bye week and plays the Kansas City Chiefs in a late afternoon game.
Wide receiver: Two familiar faces dominated the voting in this poll. The starting spots go to Calvin Johnson (who faces the Buffalo Bills) and Dwayne Bowe (who faces Moreno's Denver Broncos).
As for the flex spot, we have a tie between Chad Ochocinco and Justin Forsett. We are using the ESPN points projection as a tiebreaker. Ochocino wins that by a score of 12-2. He goes up against Manning's Indianapolis Colts today.
Kicker: We have a winner, and, fortunately, we also have a backup plan. Josh Scobee won the poll but was picked up by a team with a worse record than the Pigskin. The runner-up in this poll was Olindo Mare, who's starting for us now and will face the Arizona Cardinals in a late afternoon game.
The Tennessee Titans defense/special teams (playing the Miami Dolphins) return to our starting lineup, and in an earlier poll, you voted to pick up Tony Moeaki to fill our bye-week-addled tight end spot. He gets the Broncos today.
Thank you very much for voting. The results appear below, and a quick poll about a certain well-traveled wide receiver is open for voting now. We'll be back with game/race results.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Assessing the Damage
It's safe to say the People's Pigskin will not be attending any Amish barn-raisings in the near future.
The Internet's favorite fantasy football team lost for the second time this season. And for the second time this season, the opponent who delivered the crushing blow was the Fighting Amish. The final score: 116-69.
Here's a look at how our players fared.
Peyton Manning, QB: 31 of 52 passing, 294 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions and 11 fantasy points. A very un-Peyton-like performance against the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe he finally lost one reciever too many.
Michael Turner, RB: 24 rushes, 107 yards, 2 touchdowns and 22 fantasy points. Turner did his part to help the Pigskin, and he helped the Atlanta Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the process.
Darren McFadden, RB: 17 rushes for 89 yards, 4 receptions for 25 yards, 1 fumble and 8 fantasy points. The Oakland Raiders veered from their script and relied on Jason Campbell to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime.
Calvin Johnson, WR: 1 reception, 13 yards and 1 fantasy points. Maybe "Revis Island" really is more than just a way to sell shoes.
Dwayne Bowe, WR: 5 receptions, 63 yards, 1 touchdown and 12 fantasy points. This Bowe knows how to find the end zone.
Chad Ochocinco, Flex: 1 reception, 15 yards and 1 fantasy point. Ochocinco also had a catch nullified by a penalty. Other than that, he might as well have stayed home looking for love.
Randy McMichael, TE: 2 receptions, 23 yards, 2 touchdowns and 14 fantasy points. You'll recall that McMichael was filling in for the injured Antonio Gates and joined our lineup at the last minute. He picked up where Gates left off in the scoring department. Too bad his performance was wasted.
New England Patriots, D/ST: 1 fumble recovery, 34 points allowed and minus-2 fantasy points. The Patriots found themselves in a hole before Tom Brady had a chance to break a sweat.
Jason Hanson, K: 2 for 2 on extra points and 2 fantasy points. It's never a good sign when your kicker is injured to the point where you're asking your nose tackle to make extra points.
Speaking of Hanson, it looks like he will miss some time with his injury, so this week's lineup polls will include one where we ask you, the Internet, to find us a new kicker. The Internet's favorite fantasy football team faces the NFL2K10 RedZone this week. The tight end poll will close tonight. The poll about Michael Turner will close Thursday before his game. The other football polls will close Sunday morning. Please vote now.
We'll be back with a look at this week's NASCAR race site.
The Internet's favorite fantasy football team lost for the second time this season. And for the second time this season, the opponent who delivered the crushing blow was the Fighting Amish. The final score: 116-69.
Here's a look at how our players fared.
Peyton Manning, QB: 31 of 52 passing, 294 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions and 11 fantasy points. A very un-Peyton-like performance against the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe he finally lost one reciever too many.
Michael Turner, RB: 24 rushes, 107 yards, 2 touchdowns and 22 fantasy points. Turner did his part to help the Pigskin, and he helped the Atlanta Falcons beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the process.
Darren McFadden, RB: 17 rushes for 89 yards, 4 receptions for 25 yards, 1 fumble and 8 fantasy points. The Oakland Raiders veered from their script and relied on Jason Campbell to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime.
Calvin Johnson, WR: 1 reception, 13 yards and 1 fantasy points. Maybe "Revis Island" really is more than just a way to sell shoes.
Dwayne Bowe, WR: 5 receptions, 63 yards, 1 touchdown and 12 fantasy points. This Bowe knows how to find the end zone.
Chad Ochocinco, Flex: 1 reception, 15 yards and 1 fantasy point. Ochocinco also had a catch nullified by a penalty. Other than that, he might as well have stayed home looking for love.
Randy McMichael, TE: 2 receptions, 23 yards, 2 touchdowns and 14 fantasy points. You'll recall that McMichael was filling in for the injured Antonio Gates and joined our lineup at the last minute. He picked up where Gates left off in the scoring department. Too bad his performance was wasted.
New England Patriots, D/ST: 1 fumble recovery, 34 points allowed and minus-2 fantasy points. The Patriots found themselves in a hole before Tom Brady had a chance to break a sweat.
Jason Hanson, K: 2 for 2 on extra points and 2 fantasy points. It's never a good sign when your kicker is injured to the point where you're asking your nose tackle to make extra points.
Speaking of Hanson, it looks like he will miss some time with his injury, so this week's lineup polls will include one where we ask you, the Internet, to find us a new kicker. The Internet's favorite fantasy football team faces the NFL2K10 RedZone this week. The tight end poll will close tonight. The poll about Michael Turner will close Thursday before his game. The other football polls will close Sunday morning. Please vote now.
We'll be back with a look at this week's NASCAR race site.
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