Showing posts with label NFL Week 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL Week 2. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Week 2: Titillating Tuesday Takeaway

Titillating Tuesday Takeaway
By: Ima H. Omer

Another week has come and gone!!!! As we learned last week, scores are not official until Thursday, but we will try to help you stay abreast of the situation. We here feel that any game within 15 points, is “to close to call” until Elias releases final stats on Thursday. We will give our opinion and hopefully, not look like a boob.

Dastardly Dozen


Chaetomorpha – 365.42 @ Eternals – 223.45
Scary thing is, I can now SPELL Chaetomorpha without looking. To the game. For the Eternals, not a single player has topped the 20 point mark. This went a long way to their demise. Dracula had left Ogletree on the bench last week and should have this one too, as he came back to earth. Clownfish had 6 TBB’s score a total of 118.82 pts. While impressive, this reporter thinks this is more of a fluke than the rule. Chaetomorpha have shown us the way to kill Eternals……feed them Sushi.

Dragons – 346.18 @ Mad Clowns – 241.52

Dragons have come out breathing fire. The Mad Clowns are in the burn unit. Led by RG3 and Amendola on offense and very good numbers on defense, the Dragons burned their way through the Clowns. The Joker managed to leave some very solid defensive stats on his bench. In the end, it really wouldn’t have mattered that much. The Clowns will need to learn how to juggle their lineup better to break this losing streak.

Headhunters – 335.98 @ Gadabouts – 264.06

The Headhunters have stuck another skull on their spears. Putting together one of the best defensive scores of the week, they overcame poor performances from Peyton and DMC. These could have been critical, except OC Ron Burgandy just has not gotten the news yet. CJ0K just cannot score him points. Add in Williams and Titus Young, you get a whopping, wait for it, 9.40 pts. No way Ron can scoop anyone at this rate. Tom Landry just keeps continuing his winning ways.

Africans – 340.92 @ Duffers – 331.94

This is one of the games that falls into the “to close to call” category. Had OC Jim Harbaugh decided not to go with Jay Cutler and used Sanchez instead, this game would not be nearly as close. Add in the 1.40 Fitz performance and this game comes down to Elias. Payne Stewart is hoping to get a birdie on Thursday to pull this one out. He was helped the most by Matthews, Bush and Bowe. Had Andre Johnson managed to chip in, this would have been a great foursome. For now, we wait and see.

Spazz – 350.00 @ Screaming Eagles – 388.04
Spazz are on the ground twitching after last night’s game. While Spiller and Nicks led the offense, Blackmon and Rodgers appeared to be on medication, scoring a total of 1.22 points. For the Screaming Eagles, solid Monday Night plays from McGahee and White have soared them to the win and the largest point total for the week. The Ultimate Warrior is still looking for loopholes to get the Eagles off the endangered list.

Legends – 317.78 @, Degenerates – 291.42

Magneto rolled out the highest defensive effort so far this week. His LB’s gave a polarizing performance of 121.00 points. For this week, he has overcome the Hernandez injury. Can he do it moving on? Note should be made, the Legends had the next to lowest winning score. On the other side, Primetimes defense scored the least total defensive points of the week. Maybe he needs to spend more time in the tape room and less in a Fairy costume.

Terrible Twelve

Slings – 288.86 @ Destroyers – 359.78
Just like their name, the Destroyers did just that. Destroyed the Slings. Randy Marsh couldn’t get the Sherriff to find his own players. The 21.04 pt. total from Manning/Bradshaw/Charles/Jackson spelled doom. Destroyers had 4 IDP players that outscored this group single handedly. Emperor Palpatine brought a Death Star to the game w/Spiller and Sproles. Add in the second best defense, you get Storm Troopers.

Bombers – 302.10 @ Pigskins – 316.68

Game is close. Thursday is coming. Stanislaw is hoping for some decaying Uranium to blow up his stats. Although, had Einstein nuked Jay Cutler they would be in much better shape. Oxy-moron, Cutler/Einstein in same sentence. For the Pigskins, Joe Gibbs rolled out RG3 and AJ Green to lead the offense, with a lot of help from the D. London Fletcher showed he still has it with a 23.00 pt. output. We feel Dave will regret the Cutler move and will fall to the Piggieskins.

Steel Cats – 323.44 @ Demons – 313.68
Another close game. Again, the heavily dogged Demons are trying to pull one out of the ashes. The Steel Cats had nice numbers from Eli and the entire defense, while Ozzy, on the Demons side, had big fat 0’s from Avril and Nick Perry. In the end, we feel Puss N’ Boots will perform an Exorcism.

Empire – 366.82 @ Crime Syndicate – 284.24
These aren’t your Daddy’s legends here. Leonidas rebounded from last week with a defense of the Pass. Get it? After Thursday, he stands a chance of the top defensive score. Chicago was arrested by another down performance by his starters. Even with 100% efficiency, Capone would only have shot out a 309.60 score. No where good enough. He brought guns to a sword fight and lost.

Legionnaires – 260.92 @ Golddiggers – 348.34
Obviously, the Legionnaires were still drunk from their victory last week. Going from the high score, to the 2nd lowest score, they were massacred. Good thing Napoleon is not on staff, this would have been a Waterloo. We could add right here, that Hamish Campbell really needs to know who his players really are, but that would almost be cruel. The Golddiggers pumped out the second highest offensive total for the week. Led by 26+ scores from Foster/McGahee/Harvin/Davis, Genghis Kahn took the field of battle. When last seen, owner Justin Pullis was pounding swords into plowshares.

Killers – 314.24 @ Werewolves – 301.62
Close enough to be interesting. Jack Sparrow saved Nicks from the gangplank, now we need to see if it was enough. Maybe the Werewolves aren’t who Dennis Green thought they were. For DC Buddy Ryan, only 2 players topped 20 points. Had he been able to add a little more, outcome may have been different. Had Eva been able to pull this off, could have taken a much needed when in the 6th Chapter. No one may notice though, she is just too damn hot!!!!! We feel Killers hold on.

That’s it from here.

Come back next week for the worst, and the breast, in Roster Wars!!!!!!



Monday, September 17, 2012

Week 2: The 2-Minute Drill

The 2-Minute Drill
Week 2 of the RW Season
By: Mike Diggs
YTD Record: 12-0
Welcome back for another edition of the 2-Minute Drill. What a crazy weekend of football once again, but what else can be expected from the first couple weeks on the NFL season. Strange things happen each year and this year is nothing different. Who would have seen Arizona breaking the home-opener winning streak in Foxborough? Dallas goes from looking dominate against the defending champions to getting dominated by Seattle. The Eagles outslugged the Ravens. And probably the biggest head scratcher, the 0-2 Saints. But enough of the NFL headlines… Let’s dive into the RW headlines!

Florida Chaetomorpha 365.42 (+0) vs Minnesota Eternals 223.38 (+0)
Umm… Andy apparently forgot to tell his players that they were playing on Sunday and not on Monday. I’m afraid that many of them decided it wasn’t worth showing up this week. No drama, just an old fashioned ass kicking by the Chaetomorpha this week. Florida evens their record at 1-1 while the Eternals drop to 1-1.

England Dragons 335.18 (+1) vs New Mexico Mad Clowns 181.82 (+4)
Very solid showing by the Dragons in this one. One of the higher scores of the week and he still awaits some points from Wesley Woodyard. The Clowns just happened to pick a fight with the wrong team. Even monsters games out of Turner, Von Miller, Mike Adams, and Thomas DeCoud won’t be enough to claw back into this one. The Dragons easily jump to the top of the division at 2-0 while New Mexico continues to “clown” around at the bottom, dropping to 0-2.

Wyoming Headhunters 305.74 (+2) vs Sanibel Gadabouts 264.06 (+0)
The Headhunters went for blood this week and they got it. The Gadabouts were out classed in this fight. Already with a 40pt cushion, Lance is still yet to trot Peyton Manning and Demaryius Thomas out to play on Monday night. As for the Sanibel crew, it’s just another week of disappointment. Headhunters remain leaders of the Second Chapter at 2-0 while the Gadabouts are left to ponder change at 0-2.

Atlanta Africans 301.36 (+2) vs St. Louis Duffers 318.44 (+1)
Finally, we get to a real contest. The Africans and the Duffers put on a great show on Sunday and we look to be in for a photo finish on Monday night! Ian will send its’ field general, Matty Ice, into battle along side of one of the defensive MVPs of Week 1, Stephen Nicholas. The Duffers will try and hold off the attack with Tony Gonzalez and a 14.08pt lead. Frankie’s only hope will be a TD or two to Tony G. Don’t think that is going to happen so I have this one ending up in the Africans’ favor. Atlanta climbs to 1-1 while the Duffers duff to 1-1.

Utah Spazz 308.48 (+3) vs Colorado Screaming Eagles 326.78 (+4)
With seven guys waiting to play, we all know what that means. These two squads have way too many Broncos and Falcons on their rosters! Jacquizz Rodgers, Matt Prater, and William Moore are going to need to outscore Willis McGahee, Eric Decker, Roddy White, and Derek Wolfe… AND make up 18pts. When you’re done laughing, you’ll agree with me that it’s not going to happen. Spazz drop to 0-2 while the Screaming Eagles cement their place as one of the best teams in Roster Wars at 2-0.

Omega City Legends 289.28 (+2) vs Las Vegas Degenerates 268.52 (+2)
Sorry, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. What a shitty game, and I’m not just saying that because I’m a LVD fan. Both teams were plagued by underperformers this week. At least the Legends have a shot to get to a respectable score with Julio and Weatherspoon waiting to play. The Degenerates only have a kicker and the #1 defensive player from Week One, Tracy Porter. Not a chance for Vegas in this one. Legends cruise to 2-0 while LVD starts to eye the #1 pick in the 2013 Rookie Draft at 0-2.

Singapore Slings 280.42 (+1) vs Minnesota Destroyers 346.78 (+1)
Another case of one team showing up and the other hitting the snooze button six times too many. The Slings were outmatch in this one, no doubt about it. Not even Peyton Manning will be able to make up the 66pt deficit. As for the Destroyers, they may think about benching Von Miller simply out of compassion. Yea, I didn’t really think so either. Minnesota bounces back from a tough loss to even out at 1-1 while the Slings drop to 1-1.

Norfolk Bombers 302.10 (+0) vs Philadelphia Pigskins 316.68 (+0)
No drama. No Monday night players. The Pigskins had a fight on their hands but in the end got the job done without the need to running the 2-Minute offense. Philly remains atop the Fourth Chapter at 2-0 and the Bombers implode at 0-2.

Hamilton Steel Cats 323.44 (+1) vs Decatur Demons 279.38 (+1)
The Demons showed up to the gun fight with a squirt gun full of catnip and got clawed up. The Steel Cats fired on all cylinders on Sunday and left really nothing for Derek Wolfe to do on Monday night. Decatur still has William Moore waiting in the wing, but even if Moore picked off Peyton a couple times... AND returned all of those picks for touchdowns… AND racked up a couple tackles… It still wouldn’t be enough to salvage this one. Hamilton improves to 2-0 while the Demons drop to 1-1.

Adelaide Empire 305.52 (+4) vs Chicago Crime Syndicate 244.68 (+2)
Yikes! The Chicago Crime Syndicate looked like the Wilderness Girls of America in this one. Matt Ryan and Stephen Nicholas could both put up thirty point games and the Syndicate would still be behind. And oh yeah, the Empire is still waiting for Demaryius, Roddy, Tamme, and Woodyard to take the field. Good ole fashioned butt whoopin’ in this one! Adelaide rises to 1-1 and the Bicycle Thieves fall to 0-2.

Jersey Legionnaires 232.52 (+3) vs San Francisco Golddiggers 311.28 (+2)
I’m kind of left scratching my head in this one. Didn’t the Legionnaires post the first 400pt game in Roster Wars history last week? Didn’t we have to listen to Justin gloat all week about how he was the top overall scorer in the league last week? My God did fortunes change in Jersey Shore! Julio, Matt Bryant, and Tracy Porter have a good shot of outscoring McGahee and Decker for sure… But no chance in hell of making up the 79pt deficit they find themselves in. Golddiggers rebound to shock the world and move to 1-1 while Snookie is left to scratch her crabs and wonder at 1-1.

San Diego Killers 314.24 (+0) vs Carolina Werewolves 270.62 (+2)
And finally, we end the 2-Minute Drill with a tiny sweat for Sihao and the Killers. Carolina will put its hopes on the back of Tony Gonzalez and Mr. Dumervil to rescue them on Monday but I’m thinking Elvis has already left the building and Jason is a couple seasons late on Tony G. The Werewolves close the gap but in the end, fall short in this one. San Diego rises up to 1-1 and the Wolves drop to 1-1.

And that does it for Week Two of the 2-Minute Drill. A couple interesting story lines to watch on Monday night, but many games are in the books here at Roster Wars. Check ya next week, stay classy San Diego!
-Mike Diggs

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Week 2: The Dragons Gambling Den

Johnny English is back for another week’s gambling. I attempted to get drunk on last week’s winnings but $5 didn’t go very far so I’ve added a 4th bet this week in an attempt to boost profits. And for your amusement. Let’s take a look at this week’s selections:

Week 2

We have a week of proper form in the books to help us now. The danger is it’s only one week. We don’t really know who came out of the gates slow last week, who started fast, who played to their potential, who had an off day. But it’s more to go on than we had last week so we’ll run with it…

Bet 1 – The Banker Treble
Running totals: Bet $10 / Returns $25 / P/L +$15


Cardinals @ Patriots – taking the Patriots at odds of 2/19
Banker bet of the week. Skelton is out and Kolb starts. Kolb looked good in limited snaps last week but it won’t really matter how well he plays. The Patriots will be far too good here and win at a canter. Over by half-time.

Lions @ 49’ers – taking the 49’ers at 10/31
Detroit looked pretty horrible last week. Stafford was wayward and threw multiple picks in a game he should have dominated. The Lions may be one of those teams that had an off day last Sunday as they are clearly dangerous. But I thought San Francisco were San Fantastic at Green Bay last week. Their all-round game was excellent and I expect them to see off Stafford and co in a cracking match.

Broncos @ Falcons – taking the Falcons at 4/7
Both winners in week 1. The Falcons were impressive in Kansas who failed to cope with Atlanta’s air game. Expect more of the same from Ryan and his receivers. It was great to see Peyton back, healthy and looking good and you can see the Broncos putting up points here. I think we will see another high scoring game with the Falcons winning by a TD or so.

The Patriots, 49’ers and Falcons all have to win. The suggested bet is $10 returning $22.97 if they do.

Bet 2 – The Handicap Treble
Running totals: Bet $6 / Returns $0 / P/L -$6


Ravens (+1) @ Eagles – taking the Ravens at 23/20
I’m sorry. Did you say you are giving me a 1 point start and better than even odds that the Ravens will win in Philly…? Did you see the Eagles play last week? I did. They were horrific. And did you see Baltimore dismiss Cincinnati? They were pretty impressive. The 1 point start is a small bonus (although it only helps if they draw after OT or Philly win by 1 point) but they should be giving the Eagles a 3 point start in my opinion.

Chiefs (+3.5) @ Bills – taking the Chiefs at 5/6
This could be a trap game. Buffalo were awful and actually made the Jets look like a decent team last week. They’re not. But they got it together a little later in the game and I was confident they would do well before the season started. They might bounce back this week though the loss of Fjax hurts. The Chiefs played well for long stretches in week 1 against a much better team than Buffalo and I think this will be tight. The 3.5 point start tips it to Kansas for me.

Vikings (-1) @ Colts – taking the Colts at 21/20
Interesting one, this. The Vikes fought hard and picked up a well deserved week 1 win. AP looked great and Ponder was, well, an NFL quarterback. But they should have seen off the weak Jaguars much more easily than they did. Andrew Luck was hit and miss in a tough debut at Soldier Field and he’ll have learnt a lot about pro football. Both of these defences will allow yards and points galore and I think the Colts pick up a cosy win in Luck’s first home start.

The Ravens need to win or draw, as do the Colts and the Chiefs need to lose by 3 or less, or win. The bet is $5 paying $40.40 if it hits. Tasty.

Bet 3 – Stabs In The Dark
Running totals: Bet $4 / Returns $0 / P/L -$4


Only one game showing TD markets at time of writing so just the one selection this week. Dunno what the bookies are playing at…

Saints @ Panthers – first touchdown scorer – $1 on Cam Newton @ 8/1
With Stewart likely out and DeAngelo looking pants, if the Panthers get close I can see Newton adding to his multiple running TD’s from last year. If the Saints haven’t already scored 3 times by then…

Bet 4 – Total Points Tot-up
Running totals: No bets yet


The bookies calculate how many points they think both teams will score in the game. They add them up and set the line there. We have to predict whether both team’s scores added together will be over or under the line they set. Simples.

Browns @ Bengals – under 38.5 points @ 20/21
If you hadn’t noticed, the Browns suck on offense. Weedon has made them worse. If he actually finds Greg Little (with a mis-thrown pass, obviously), Little will drop it anyway. But the Browns look good on D and will give the Bengals problems. Could well finish about 17-6 to the Bengals. I’m banking on less than 39 points in the game.

Jets @ Steelers – under 41.5 points @ 20/21
Jets suck. I hope they get minus points for sucking. They scored 48 points last week so have used up their points allowance for September. The Steelers – my team by the way – just look so slow. They take about 8 minutes per drive. So I see the Steelers getting about 5 scores, 3 of them FG’s. Steelers win 23-10. Way under 41.5.

Both games need to finish under the points total to win the bet. I’ve had a $4 double which returns $15.25 if it happens.

Total stake this week is $20 again. Fingers crossed for another positive week.

Johnny English out.

Friday, September 14, 2012

NFL Week Two - Best Value on FanDuel

I have become a big fan of the Daily Fantasy sports websites and have really took a liking to FanDuel. I want to run a weekly blog post on the best value plays at each position each week and thought I would start by diving into week one of the NFL season. I will give the best 3-5 value plays at each position and see how this plays out in Week 1 of the NFL season. I will try to give one top play, one medium play and one value play at each position.

Some strategies that I like to hold to on FanDuel are to look for QB's with running ability that can give you bonus points as throwing TD's are only worth 4 points. Also like to take stud RB's that I know have good matchups and can get me TD's. RB's are the guys that are going to touch the ball 20+ times a game and have the chance at getting 0.5 points per catch so I want to invest a lot of money here with some studs. WR's are the ones that are always tough to predict, I like taking lower end guys with strong matchups and hope for the best. At TE I love the idea of taking either Graham or Gronk each week as they are on great offensive teams and they get the ball a ton. They are expensive but with only one TE position you have lock it up. Kickers are tough I usually take ones that are playing indoors and have long legs to kick long FG's. Defense I like to look for the ball hawking teams that give you a chance to get extra points for TD's.




QB
Cam Newton $9000 - You saw what RG3 could do against the Saints in his first career NFL start and Newton bombing in week 1, make me believe that he is ready for a huge game. He doesn't come cheaply with such a high price tag but I think he has potential to be the number 1 fantasy QB this week.

Robert Griffin III $7500 - You had to be impressed at what he did in his debut against the Saints. This week look for him to build on that against the Rams. I should offer a tiny bit of warning though that the Rams secondary is much better then what RG3 faced off against last week.

Kevin Kolb $5700 - No one in their right mind would dare starting a Arizona QB with money on the line right? Well maybe that is to your advantage, Kolb has a very low salary and has a matchup against the Patriots that favors the passing attack. They also could be playing catch up and garbage time points may come into play for Kolb.

RB
Darren McFadden $8100 - He is the best weapon the Raiders have and against a softer matchup against the Dolphins look for them to really put the ball in McFadden's hands at every opportunity. Great pass catcher out of the back field as well.

CJ Spiller $6600 - Freddie Jackson is down and Spiller was dynamite in replacing him last week. At this price tag you are a fool not to start him. (The problem is I thought the same last week with Russell Wilson for $5400)

Stevan Ridley $5900 - On paper Ridley looks like an excellent play this week as the Patriots could build a big lead and try to run out the game and clock. Problem is you just never know with NE, it could be a week where they go back to Welker on quick passes. Ridley did look really good last week against the Titans in a similar role.

Alfred Morris $5600 - The guy got the ball 27 times last week and Shanny seems to love the guy and will continue playing the hot hand. They get the Rams this week who Kevin Smith found the endzone twice on last week. Can you say VALUE?

WR
Victor Cruz $7000 - Disappointed with his drops in week 1? Well so is Cruz, look for a rebound game and one where Eli comes to trust him once again and the connection warrants some Salsa dancing. YUCK! but yeah good for Fantasy.

Percy Harvin $6600 - Harvin is so explosive and is a perfect lottery ticket type player every week. He has a nice matchup this week against the Colts who's secondary has so many questions. There are going to be points scored in this game and why not take the most dynamic player on either team?

Andre Roberts $4900 - This guy may be the most underrated player in the entire NFL. Kolb loves him and looks for him often. You think it would be Fitz as the one he took a shinning to but nope it is lesser known Roberts. The matchup is a nice one against the Pats who will be more focused on shutting down Fitzgerald.

TE
Aaron Hernandez $6400 - Pick your poison here, it is easy to just plug either Graham or Gronk in as your TE and not even worry about things but for $1000 less you can grab Hernandez who may have a tad bit more upside this week.

Brent Celek $5300 - With Maclin likely out this week and the Eagles facing a tough matchup against the Ravens I suspect they look Celek's way a little more and he acts of a security blanket for Vick. 5-7 catches seems likely.

Greg Olsen $5200 - Newton needs someone to count on in the crunch and Olsen is on the verge of going to that next level. Not many receiving targets after Steve Smith in this offense. Olsen is also a great Red Zone target so at least one TD is very likely.

Kyle Rudolph $5200 - Huge target for Ponder to find, and entering year 2 for both players the chemistry is building and with potential of a ton of points against Indy this week could be a sneaky play.

PK
Blair Walsh $5200 - The guy can kick a long FG. Don't believe me watch last weeks game.

Nate Kaeding $5000 - Was automatic in week 1, and should have some more chances in week 2 against the Titans.

Justin Tucker $5000 - The Eagles defense is pretty darn good not giving up a TD the entire game to the Browns even with the Eagles offense giving them the ball on 5 turnovers. I know the Ravens offense is a million times better then the Browns but still I think they can hold them to at least 2-3 FG's.

DEF
Houston Texans $5300 - The Texans are team built on defense and they get to head to Jacksonville to show what they can do in week 2. Division games are sometimes tough but I think the Texans can get a few turnovers and get to Gabbert plenty of times.

Washington Redskins $5000 - The Rams offensive line is well..... CRAP. Bradford hasn't showed anything in the last year and a half either as he has no WR's to throw to. Look for the Redskins to have a field day with this Rams offense. Don't forget about Banks as a returner either.

Cincinnati Bengals $5000 - Bengals got their buts whooped on Monday night against a great Ravens team, now they get to take out their frustrations on an awful offense in Cleveland.