Week 14 Fantasy Recap

After finishing the season 9-4, my Destroyers ended up in second place in Division 2 and qualified for the playoffs. Round 1 is against the BraveGators, who were also 9-4, and finished the season in first place in Division 2. As the fourth seed (out of four), I would assume I'd be the underdog in our matchup.

The Matchup
Unsurprisingly, I was the underdog this week, with a projected loss of 116-107. In the regular season, I had held the scoring crown until the last two weeks of the season, and finished in second place behind the BraveGators, scoring just 8 fewer points. So, over the course of the entire season, we were pretty evenly matched. But in an individual game, it's hard to come up with very much confidence. My top performers are Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, LenDale White, and the Vikings Defense. His are Brett Favre, Brian Westbrook, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Terrell Owens, Frank Gore, Chester Taylor, and Fred Taylor. He's got a completely stacked team, and the only reason he's not favored by more than 9 points is because he can't play them all.

Bad Decisions

  1. Starting Jesse Chatman (0 points)
    1. I didn't realize he was inactivated for this game
    2. Still, this is inexcusable in an important game
  2. Starting Justin Fargas (5 points)
    1. I figured he'd be able to do something against the Packers
  3. Benching LenDale White (19 points)
    1. He just kept on disappointing me, and he hadn't had more than 13 carries in a game in the last 5 weeks, but in this game he had 30 carries and dominated the game
Good Decisions
  1. Starting the Vikings Defense (22 points) instead of the Giants Defense (9 points)
  2. Starting Ryan Grant (21 points)
    1. Grant just keeps racking up points: in his last 5 games, he's scored 19 twice and 21 twice
  3. Starting Peyton Manning (25 points) over Derek Anderson (13 points)
  4. Starting Marques Colston (21 points) over Dwayne Bowe (3 points)
  5. Benching Brandon Jacobs (4 points)
    1. I've been pretty disappointed in Jacobs; he seemed to have so much potential, and has had a few decent games (17, 14, 13, 13 points), but has struggled with injury and platoons far too much to be a reliable option
Bad Things That Happened
  1. Favre (16 points) had an incredible second half after starting slow
  2. Westbrook (18 points) is pretty good
  3. The Carolina Panthers are awful and allowed the Jaguars Defense to score 18 points against me
Good Things That Happened
  1. Kolby Smith (1 point) was completely stopped by an allegedly anemic Denver rush defense
  2. Terrell Owens (2 points) was silent as the Cowboys almost lost to the Lions
  3. My opponent made some Sean-like bench decisions, leaving the following players out of the game:
    1. Brandon Marshall (24 points)
    2. Fred Taylor (19 points)
    3. Chester Taylor (18 points)
  4. Randy Moss (25 points) continues to make the case that he's one of the best wide receivers of all time
Interesting Notes
  1. I didn't get to watch the Vikings game (because Fox figured it'd be better to broadcast a King of the Hill marathon instead), but I knew the game was over after the first play of the game when Kevin Williams returned an interception for a TD
The Result
Well, despite the fact that I was the underdog in this game, I ended up taking the victory, 133-76. It's only the first half of the game, which only means that the margin of victory is actually important (for once). I have to play the BraveGators again next week, and all I have to do is lose to them by less than 57 points and I'll still advance to the championship game. But you know me ... I'm going to do my best to outscore him next week too. After all, I'm now the highest scoring team in the league. (Thank you Randy Moss!)

Go Destroyers!!!

Posted by Sean Schulte at 2007-12-10 23:41:40

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