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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Week 7 Match Previews with Master Sun Tzu



Week 7 marks the midpoint of fantasy regular season.  This is sink or float week for many franchises, especially with the bye-heavy weeks 8 and 9 approaching.  There were some major spending done in the waiver wire, but the impact of the stimulus is still unclear.  The middle-heavy league standings and the muddy playoff picture should get some clarity after this week.  As for the Master, he’s also hanging with the crowd in the middle (3-4 in week 6, 18-17 overall), but after this week, it’s none-stop blazing fire.  So ladies in punny printer, waaatch out. 

(1) ThePelicanBrief (4-2) vs (8) Trichotillomaniacs (3-3)
Two of the hottest teams in PSAS square off in a week 7 showdown.  Kap throwing to Vernon.  The battle of Broncos receivers (Decker & Julius vs Welker).  There’s plenty of hype in this one.

Riding a league-leading three game winning streak and atop the p0w3r r4nk1ngs, the Legal Thrillers are poised to stay the course.  The Grishamites came out of the lyfestyle treatment last week with over 120 pts scoring.  The 49ers are simplifying their offense to just passing to Vernon Davis off fake hand-off and actually handing off to Frank Gore and Co., resulting in Vernon scoring a whopping 31pts last week.  In Denver it seems the second touchdown pass of the game by Peyton Manning is always to Wes Welker.  Outside of these two and the Seattle defense, things are a bit dicey for the Pelicans.  Tom Brady keeps winning games for the Pats but in a better game management mode than in years past, which may change if and ever Gronk comes back.  Cobb was sent to the IR, leaving the Brief a tough decision.  Will they keep him on roster for next year or drop him to the waiver/draft pool.  CJ?K and Hakeem Nicks are simply underperforming.  Hit or miss is the characteristic description of both Andre Ellington and Kenbrell Thompkins.  Against the red-hot hair pullers, the Thrillers surely need them to hit.

The Trichs produced the highest scoring total of the week 6 against BDT thanks to a balanced scoring from all phases of the game.  Newly-acquired Brandon Marshall got his wishes and scored 20+ pts with 2 TDs while Keenan Allen was the MNF darling with a 16.7 pt performance.  Old-timers MJD got to the endzone (although somewhat slowly) and Gore rushed for over 100 yards again.  Orange pullers Decker and Julius were rather quiet, but Manning still found Thomas in the endzone.  The kicker Crosby had the best output of the week among kicker position with 16 pts plus a decent team D and IDP plays (except egg-laying by JJ Watt) and the benching of underwhelming Anquan Boldin resulted in Trichs scoring almost 140.  Vick is still injured, so Kap is still a go here in week 7, but Boldin will warm the bench again with Keenan’s emergence.  Ridley finally showed up in week 6 and could replace aging MJD in the line-up.  With no significant bye to speak of this week with DMC gone, overall the Far East Crew will look to keep the momentum from previous weeks.  

-Trix -3.5

(2) Polk High Panthers (5-1) vs (3) TakingTigerMountain (4-2)
Both teams are coming off tough losses in week 6 and look to bounce back with the expense of the other.  

PHP couldn’t overcome missing the ATL engine in week 6 and lost a tough one to the girlz.  Alex Smith is a great game managing QB and the Chiefs keep winning, but in fantasyland he couldn’t keep the winning streak for the Panthers going.  Good news; AJ came alive in a big way and week 6 is over.  Now they get the Atlanta duo back, though in ATL Ryan (of Matt) is missing his other receivers to throw to so the passing game there may suffer.  The Panther backfield is producing enough points, but with the strength of the aerial attack in doubt, the Panthers have to fight hard to avoid slipping two weeks in a row down to mediocrity.  Against TTM, it’s a daunting task.

The Mountain men lost a thriller to the Yellow Condiments in week 6 and have now dropped two in a row.  Jimmy Graham went to the locker-room in the first half and started his bye a week early.  Drew Brees played ok without Graham, but other than him only WR Terrence Williams and LB Alec Ogletree managed a touchdown.  Now Brees and New Orleans are on bye, which is good news only to the ailment of Graham’s leg.  The team is banking on Nick Foles getting involved in a Texas-sized shootout against Dallas this week but this is a no guarantee.  Speedy Johnson is returning amid some questions on and off the field.  Speaking of, LB Von Miller makes his 2013 debut in Mountain uniform this week.  At least Ryan Mathews showed some flashes on MNF, but in a way this only adds more to the difficulty of making decisions for the Mountain folks this week.

-TTM even

(3) Dijonnaise All-Stars (4-2) vs (t-9) GrossmanSachs (2-4)
The records of these two teams are the mid-season surprise of 2013.  

Colonel Mustard must be a good general manager after all; his team keeps finding ways to squeak by thrillers.  Last week it was against perennial contender TTM.  This week he hopes it’s the bankerz’ turn.  The road is not easy for the Poupon Grey, as there are some injury concerns.  A-Rodg is losing his targets right and left, with Cobb placed on IR and James Jones in Mustard Yellow banged up and status game-time-decision mode.  Fitz finally had a game worthy of WR1 status in week 6 but the hammy is still an issue plus the Cardinals play Thursday night … against Seattle.  Oakland is on a bye in a week Denarius Moore’s service is required for the Yellow.  The receivers used to be the strength of this team, but this week it’s filled with question marks.  Beyond Foster who’s still b345ting in Houston, the backfield is sketchy (Mike Tolbert can’t be expected to vulture 2 TDs every week) and Colonel’s troops still lack a legitimate tight end with Pettigrew losing out to the dancer guy in MoTown.  With not much depth to speak of in any of the positions, this is probably the week that we finally see what the Mustards are really made out of.

GrossmanSachs, oh boye.  Even without many Ws in the column, at least they were scoring in the stratosphere until week 5.  This week thePelicanBrief took over as the league’s highest scoring total offense after the bankerz lowballed in week 6.  The bankerz came down to earth in netting only 93 pts, maybe just to refuel a bit, but the result was a same old loss.  Manning, AP, Gates and Jeffery all arranged their lowballing to happen on the same week, which, in a way, works out since you can only lose once in a week.  All of them are expected to bounce back in week 7, but the way things are going for Grossman, it may be Gordon, Blackmon and/or Gio’s turn to lowball this week.  With the load of talent they have, they can afford one or two lowballing, but the kicker and defense can’t keep dragging the team’s feet with 1 point/negative points performances.  Master Sun still expects this team to be in the playoffs, but there’s a sense of urgency looming in the commissioner’s office nowadays.

-GS -6

(5) Tusken Raiders (4-2) vs (t-6) Phat Girlz (3-3)
Both teams are fresh off a win in week 6 and looks to keep the upward momentum.  The coveted A-class blue chip status is just within reach.
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The Sand People scored over 120 again despite having Julio out on a bye.  Of course they’ve known for two weeks now that he’s pretty much done for the year.  Last week the combo of Jerome Simpson and DeAndre Hopkins filled in, and quite frankly the void wasn’t really filled by them.  There was a handful of good IDP scoring.  D-Jax and Jamaal Charles lead the league in scoring in their respective positions.  With RGIII facing a tough Chicago D this week, D-Jax and Charles will have to keep pulling the banthas through the deserts of Tatooine if they want to fight off the pesky Girlz.
Monique and the girlz should be commended for handing PHP their first losing ticket of 2013.  With several franchises utilizing children and their future to promote their cause, someone had to hand them the slip.  Who better than Monique for the job; she probably has no reservation calling babies names or using fists here and there to get a point across.  They did so with Stafford’s best game of 2013, a timely Kyle Rudolph TD and a rare Posluszny pick-6 off Peyton Manning despite Cecil Shorts leaving game due to injury.  Garcon and Sproles weren’t spectacular, and D-Bowe is still D-Bowe-ing.  Ben Tate got a vulture TD but otherwise is losing touches to Foster, though you never know with Shanahan-disciple Kubiak what he does with the backfield each week.  There are some injury concerns here with Shorts doubtful to play this week and David Wilson still nursing the neck, plus New Orleans and Sproles are on bye.  Other than Stafford and Lamar Miller back from bye on the beach in Miami, there’s no sure scoring option for the girlz this week.
-TR -3.5

(t-6) BldgDW3LL1NGTh1nk1ng (3-3) vs SanFranciscoFerries (2-4)
This battle of two Chris’s in California is a season defining one for these franchises.  A win here will build momentum moving forward, a loss is a beginning to the tough second half.

In week 6, the Chico boyz had a great jump start on Thursday night with Tim Jennings intercepting Eli twice.  One was returned for a pick-6 TD to reward both Jennings and Chicago D, the other resulted in Brandon Marshall TD for the Trichs.  As it turned out, these were the highlight of the week for the philosophers, as Romo and Dez were stuck in a game-management game plan in Dallas.  To his credit, Romo is being a better game-manager and avoiding being stupid this season, but, as per Alex Smith in SF/KC, good game-managing QBs don’t translate well into fantasy football.  Romo and Dez low-balled, so did Ray Rice, TY Hilton and McGahee.  DeAngelo picked up yardages on the ground and through the air without finding the endzone, and Finley had a nice garbage time 40+yd reception to salvage otherwise a subpar Sunday.  At the end of the week, only the Chicago D triple titration played well enough in the loss to the hair pullers.  This is a bounce-back week, but Amendola’s hit to the head looked pretty bad so he’s still out.  Romo and Dez are probably going to be in a Texas-style shootout against Chip Kelley’s Phillies especially with DeMarco Murray out with injury, but then will it be enough to handle the up and coming Ferries?

The Boatmen of the West Bay won the second game in a row.  Except for week 1 loss, the Ferries are actually playing very well thanks to the potent backfield committee of Bush, Morris and Knowshown.  Knowshown is getting to endzone like crazy in Denver, so much so that he’s actually pushed Lacy off to the bench, although the future value of this rookie is a huge asset to the Ferries.  With SD running game dominating on MNF, Rivers had a so-so outing.  The aerial attack, especially the receivers, leaves something to be desired, but then this is where Gronk is eventually to come back (maybe before the holidays?) and boost this club.  Knowshown will probably not get into the endzone three times again this week, but the Ferries don’t lack the weapons to knock off another contender.

-BDT even

(t-9) AEthernauts (3-3) vs (13) the Goslings (2-4)
In this battle of two young budding stars and their titration, the Big Sky faces the Little Birds.  Cam and Carolina Panthers manhandled the mourning Vikings, while Luck and Wayne were manhandled by the Chargers last week.  How the youngsters and their veteran titration fair is the key of this match.

The Space Travelers had the second highest scoring total of week 6 thanks to Cam Newton explosion on the road.  Steve Smith was a recipient of one TD pass but was otherwise contained.  Lynch Mob did it again and had 27plus pts, and KC defense keeps surprising everyone with a dominant performance week in and week out, putting up 25pts this time.  But the sky is not all clear, with injury concerns to Lynch playing on Thursday night and DeMarco clearly being held out this week.  The travelers went out and signed Murray-handcuff in Joseph Randle and paid a premium for it (well not that much compared to “the signing”), but this guy is a fifth-rounder.  Rookie running backs tend to have questions when it comes to blocking, but that is not a concern to the Nauts (it is to BDT) as long as he can put up fantasy points.  Underwhelming Colston is on a bye this week, so they are also thin at the receiver position.  But probably Cam has it figured out now, and the Travelers can go far on his back.

The Goslings were hopeful that Andrew Luck and Reggie Wayne would bail them out on MNF in week 6; didn’t happen.  Now they’ve dropped two in a row and face the Nauts that is full of upward momentum.  Shady McCoy didn’t find the endzone but was still responsible for 16+ pts, and Jordy Nelson’s targets will clearly increase now that Cobb and, possibly, Jones are out this week.  Bilal Powell and Le’Veon Bell are still hit or miss candidates.  Regardless, this team needs Luck (and Wayne), pure and simple.  Luckily, Indy plays Denver this week, so plenty of scores are expected all around in the passing lanes.  This is going to be a close match.

-Nauts -2.5

(11) HomeSpunNeckBloodz (3-3) vs (14) Pr1m0rdi4lLyfestylz® (0-6)
One of two longest losing streak in PSAS will end with this match.  Will it be the spinnerz’ or stylz’?  I’ve seen the best of these two owners after they’ve gulped double-digit drinks, so they can both hang, take the pound and still show what they are made out of.  

The Spinnerz were victimized by the Nauts in week 6.  Jay Cutler was re-inserted at QB and had a decent game.  Quietly Cutler is having a great season of real and fantasy football, and kudos to the bloodz for picking up this bargain.  V-Jax also played amicably in his return, while Forte and Andre Johnson both did their share of scoring.  The spinnerz just lack one or two pieces to be a week-in-week-out contender in the bye season.  Until now.  There’s a new $87 man in town.  His name is Brandon Jacobs.  He wears #34, no relation to the one that celebrated after every two-yard runs a couple of years ago for the Blue.  The master is not against spending, especially in the stagnant PSAS economic climate anything that gets the wheel spinning has merit.  But...

Stylez lowballed for the second week in a row and failed to crack 75 pts despite at least rallying up everyone in the starting lineup to be on the field.  Demarius Thomas have been relatively quiet for Denver standard this season, and Doug Martin and T-Rich couldn’t get to the endzone.  Dallas Clark had a one-week wonder coming out party but Schaub got hurt and was replaced by Yates much to the rejoice of barbaric Houston fans.  Ok, I’m just going to say this one out loud, because it probably doesn’t matter anyways.  If it does, well, that’s the kind of seasons these two teams are having.  Hey B-Dawg, Schaub is not playing this week!  

HSNB -14

1 comment:

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