Samsonite! I Was Way Off!

 



The 7-2, 1st place Marauders went against the 2nd place 6-3 team.
The ESPN projections had the Marauders scoring 139 fantasy points. Now, that is a pretty high number, so looking back at my more conservative projection from the forecast, I projected 111 points.

Slippy? 
Slappy? 
Swenson?
Swanson? 

The Marauders scored 82 points. I was WAY off!

What went right:
Hmm. Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton had 13 points in a game where the Colts got dominated.
Steven Hauschka had a day with 19 points.

What went wrong:
Pretty much everything. Everyone under-performed besides Hauschka. Dez Bryant was a "must start" according to all the fantasy pundits. Yeah. Big 4 points from him. Vincent Jackson was projected to have a big game, 2 points. On a night where the Saints were playing against cardboard cut outs, Jimmy Graham didn't do much of anything, 5 points. Also, Eddie Lacy was supposed to carry the Packers. He did get a lot of carries, but he never found the end zone, 8 points.

Thoughts:
When your kicker is your top scorer for a week, things are not going well. I got dominated by the 2nd place team and am now in a tie for 1st.

Stat of the week:
Dez Bryant had one catch for 44 yards. He was only targeted twice. Here is a quote from ESPN, "He was a must-start anyway, but Bryant owners should feel confident that he'll be his usual productive self in what could be a barn-burner against the Saints on Sunday."
Yeah, about that.

Dumb & Dumber (1994)

Oooh Wee You Good Lookin'

I'm looking at you Pierre Garcon! It's like, looking in a mirror, but...not. It's like someone took your Face Off and put it on a different player. Enough with the puns, it's time for the...

Thursday night game recap! 

Only the Besaid Aurochs had any players playing last night, but they had 3 of them playing. Adrian Peterson, Pierre Garcon, and Jordan Reed.

Adrian Peterson is back it seems with three straight weeks of double digit fantasy points. He ran for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns, good for 19 points. He was projected to get 16, so he beat his projection by 3 (math!).

Jordan Reed had 62 yards and 1 touchdown, doubling his projection of 6 to 12. So far, so good by sitting Greg Olsen.

Pierre Garcon, can you believe all it took for him to catch fire was a threat from me to end our relationship? Two games in a row now with double digit points. This time he got 119 yards and 1 touchdown, good for 17 points. He was projected for 9.

So with those three players being great overachievers, I'm ahead of the ESPN total projection by 17 points. So, I've got some room to work with if a player decides to tank.

Looking ahead to Sunday, Dezi Wezi Bryant is still listed as Questionable and it could be something wrong with a disk in his back. If that is the case and he is cleared to play, I would still be leery in starting him on 2 of my fantasy teams. I can switch him out with Kenny Stills and hope on the Aurochs. On the Marauders, I dropped Percy Harvin and picked up Ashlon Jeffrey, so I should have fairly decent replacements should Dez not be 100% come game time.

The Walls Are Moving!

From Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

"I got a bad feeling about this..."  - Han Solo

The 5-4 second place Besaid Aurochs vs. the 4-5 3rd place team.

Adds/Drops:

Dropped Adam Vinateri - K
Added Andre Ellington - RB

Thoughts:
I don't know why, but I don't feel good about the Aurochs this week. It could be because I'm only projected to get 110 points, so with my conservative estimate I would say 91. That may or may not be enough. My opponent is projected for 106 points, so it appears to be an even match. Of course everyone could have a career game and I could laugh all the way to the bank, we'll see. Half my team is playing against easier defenses, while the other half is going against better defenses. My opponent only has one player that is facing a good defense. Oh hey, Pierre Garcon earned another start with me!

Then there is my bench. Only one player on BYE this week. Giovani Bernard had a great game last week, but he's questionable for this week because of a rib injury. Plus he is going against the #1 run defense, according to ESPN, of the Ravens. So I think it would be a safe call to keep him benched, even though he has a double digit point projection. The Cardinals' secondary has a lot of interceptions, so I think I'll keep DeAndre Hopkins on the bench. I would start Greg Olsen over Jordan Reed, because Reed got a big 0 last week, but Reed has a much better match-up this week. Andy Dalton, thanks but no thanks. Kenny Stills is projected for 12 points, but he is extremely hit or miss. He will either get 0-2 or 15-21, there won't be any in between. Even though he is going against an awful Cowboys defense, eh, I don't know. This will be a game time decision. Lastly, the guy I added this week, Andre Ellington. He is going against the Texans run defense, which I thought was pretty good, but it's just average according to ESPN. He would have to go in my FLEX spot, because there is no way I am benching Adrian Peterson or Eddie Lacy. So it will be between Larry Fitzgerald, Kenny Stills, and Andre Ellington for the Flex spot.

Besaid Aurochs Projected Starters:

Position	Player	Projected Points
QB	Tony Romo	15
RB1	Adrian Peterson	16
RB2	Eddie Lacy	19
WR1	Dez Bryant	13
WR2	Pierre Garcon	9
TE	Jordan Reed	6
FLEX	Larry Fitzgerald	10
D/ST	Panthers	6
K	Matt Prater	16
Total Projection		110

BENCH:

Position	Player	Projected Points
RB	Giovani Bernard	12
D/ST	Patriots	BYE
WR	DeAndre Hopkins	6
TE	Greg Olsen	5
QB	Andy Dalton	16
WR	Kenny Stills	12
RB	Andre Ellington	7

Discovered By The Germans In 1904

From Anchorman (2004). Googled from: provine.blogspot.com

Me: Mm, drink it in! It always goes down smooth.

Reader: What a beautiful blog!

Me: I know. I love this blog. It's a... It's a fact! 

I'm still tweaking...the format here, so bear with me and give me some feedback. I thought it would be better to have my commentary and such first so that you can read immediately instead of looking at boring figures and numbers. So here we go, it's time for the week 10 forecast for the Ul'Dah Immortal Flames!

The 6-3 tied for 1st Immortal Flames vs. the 5-4 4th place team.

Adds/Drops:
Dropped Terrance Williams - WR
Added Cardinals - D/ST

Thoughts:
Only one tough call this week, on paper anyway. Should I start Matthew Stafford, who is playing in Chicago against the 8th ranked defense, but still projected to get 19 points? Or Phillip Rivers who is playing at home in San Diego, German for a whale's vag against Denver's 22nd ranked defense, but projected to make 18 points? Well, I was going to start Rivers, but all of the "experts" at ESPN are all saying that Stafford is a better pick for week 10 than Rivers. It's a fairly wide margin too. They are unanimously ranking Stafford the 3rd best QB to start, while Rivers is ranked 8th with rankings as high as 4th and as low as 9th. Now both are top 10 QBs this week, so they'll both probably do well. ESPN rankings are not the end all for predictions and rankings, because you can usually flip a coin to determine if their predictions hold true, but I'm just using them for guidance because I am in ESPN leagues.

Speaking of ESPN predictions and projections, they are predicting the Immortal Flames to score 126 points. I always like to go with a more conservative prediction, I'll go with 105, which could be low (hopefully). My opponent, if they stick with the team they are listing right now, is projected to get 117, so pretty close. However, he has 3 key players listed as questionable to my Julius Thomas listed as questionable.

Projected Immortal Flames Starters:

Position	Player	Projected Points
QB	Matthew Stafford	19
RB1	Matt Forte	18
RB2	Eddie Lacy	19
WR1	A.J. Green	14
WR2	Larry Fitzgerald	10
TE	Julius Thomas	11
FLEX	Knowshon Moreno	16
D/ST	Cardinals	7
K	Steven Hauschka	12
Total Projection		126

BENCH

Position	Player	Projected Points
RB	Ray Rice	4
TE	Rob Gronkowski	BYE
QB	Philip Rivers	18
WR	Torrey Smith	8
D/ST	Chiefs	BYE
TE	Jordan Cameron	BYE
WR	Percy Harvin	OUT

She's A Brick Hauschka: The Junktown Marauders Week 10 Forecast!

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The 1st place Marauders are 7-2 going against a 2nd place 6-3 team.

Projected Marauder Starters:

Position	Player	Projected Points
QB	Andrew Luck	17
RB1	Eddie Lacy	19
RB2	Knowshon Moreno	16
WR1	Dez Bryant	13
WR2	T.Y. Hilton	13
TE	Jimmy Graham	22
FLEX	Vincent Jackson	14
D/ST	Titans	13
K	Steven Hauschka	12
Total Projection		139

BENCH:

Position	Player	Projected Points
RB	Jamaal Charles	BYE
TE	Rob Gronkowski	BYE
WR	Mike Wallace	13
RB	Ryan Mathews	12
D/ST	Chiefs	BYE
WR	Percy Harvin	OUT
QB	Andy Dalton	16

Adds/Drops:

Added Titans - D/ST

Dropped Kenny Stills - WR

Thoughts:

As of this writing, Dez Bryant is questionable for Sunday's game with a back problem. I could switch him out with Mike Wallace in an emergency, but I'd rather not. They are both projected to get 13 points, but I just don't see Wallace getting there. I'm starting Luck over Dalton because of last week and because Luck will be at home against the Rams, while Dalton will be on the road against the Ravens. Hopefully T.Y. and Luck will have another great game. Since the Chiefs elite D/ST is on BYE, I picked up the Titans off the waiver wire. They are going against the Jaguars, so they should do pretty well I hope. 

ESPN is predicting my team will get 139 points, I am going to predict a more conservative 111. My opponent, if they are going with their current lineup is projected to get 96 points, so I'm feeling pretty good about this week right now. (Famous last words). 

Taking Out The Trash: Besaid Aurochs Week 9 Recap!

The 4-4 Aurochs vs. a 2-6 team.

The Besaid Aurochs:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Tony Romo	19
RB1	Adrian Peterson	23
RB2	Eddie Lacy	21
WR1	Dez Bryant	6
WR2	Pierre Garcon	17
TE	Greg Olsen	12
FLEX	Kenny Stills	3
D/ST	Patriots	5
K	Adam Vinatieri	6
Total Points		112

The Opponent's Team:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Ben Roethlisberger	26
RB1	C.J. Spiller	14
RB2	Alfred Morris	18
WR1	Vincent Brown	1
WR2	Vincent Jackson	1
TE	Tony Gonzalez	14
FLEX	Mike Wallace	8
D/ST	Steelers	-7
K	Randy Bullock	4
Total Points		79

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What went right:

Adrian Peterson had a great game with 140 yards and a TD. Tired of me talking about Eddie Lacy? Well, too bad! He, as you already know from my previous two recaps this week, had himself a game. I spent all last week trashing Pierre Garcon and guess what? He must have heard me. He had 172 yards receiving, good for 17 points. The Steelers defense taking 7 points away from my opponent. I've seen -1 a few times and -2 once or twice, but never have I seen a -7 before. Thanks Tom Brady!

What went wrong:

Kenny Stills wasn't a good waiver pick up. I had the Panthers defense, who scored 20, on the bench. The Patriots only got me 5. Also, remember my rant about Giovani Bernard last week, yeah. Other than that, nothing went terribly wrong.

Thoughts:

The Aurochs needed this one, an easy team to beat to get back over .500. At 5-4 I am now 4th place in the league, 2nd in the division. Charge!

Stat of the week:

The Aurochs were projected to get 127 points. I was more bearish on them, just predicting 101. They just about split the difference getting 112. I'll take that all day. 

A Swift Kick To The Balls: Immortal Flames Week 9 Recap.

My 6-2 team vs. a 4-3-1 team.

Ul'Dah Immortal Flames:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Philip Rivers	18
RB1	Matt Forte	23
RB2	Eddie Lacy	21
WR1	A.J. Green	12
WR2	Terrance Williams	3
TE	Jordan Cameron	0
FLEX	Ray Rice	3
D/ST	Chiefs	16
K	Steven Hauschka	9
Total Points		105

Opponent's Team:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Tony Romo	19
RB1	Jamaal Charles	9
RB2	Giovani Bernard	21
WR1	Dwayne Bowe	6
WR2	Golden Tate	2
TE	Jimmy Graham	23
FLEX	Vincent Brown	1
D/ST	Panthers	20
K	Adam Vinatieri	6
Total Points		107

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What went right:

Well, Matt Forte and Eddie Lacy tore it up last night on Monday Night Football getting 23 and 21 fantasy points respectively. The Chiefs defense continues to shine. 

What went wrong:

Life and luck. Only 2 players on my bench we not on BYE, one of them was Rob Gronkowski who scored 20 points. Even if I started Torrey Smith over Terrance Williams or Ray Rice, I would have won. Ray Rice, what an awful 1st round pick so far. It's not all his fault with the terrible offensive line, but he's also been playing hurt this year. With Forte, Lacy, and Knowshon Moreno on my team, the clock is ticking on Rice. I wouldn't ever start Jordan Cameron again, except Gronkowski is on BYE for week 10. 

Thoughts:

Ughhhh. This one hurts. A 2 point loss that could have easily been a win. Thankfully, the team I was in a 1st place tie with also lost so this team is still tied for 1st place.

Stat of the week:

Ray Rice had 11 carries for just 17 yards. That is 1.5 yards per carry. 3rd and 4th string running backs could do better than that. 

LOL WUT: Junktown Marauders' Week 9 Recap!

My 6-2 team vs. a 6-2 team. 

Junktown Marauders:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Andy Dalton	6
RB1	Jamaal Charles	9
RB2	Eddie Lacy	21
WR1	Dez Bryant	6
WR2	Kenny Stills	3
TE	Jimmy Graham	23
FLEX	Ryan Mathews	3
D/ST	Chiefs	16
K	Steven Hauschka	9
Total Points		96

Opponent's Team:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Matt Ryan	6
RB1	Marshawn Lynch	13
RB2	Maurice Jones Drew	BYE
WR1	Emmanuel Sanders	9
WR2	Tavon Austin	0
TE	Jordan Cameron	0
FLEX	Kenbrell Thompkins	0
D/ST	Ravens	5
K	Garrett Hartley	10
Total Points		43

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What went right:

Half of my opponent's team was on BYE week and three other players were either out or on IR. Throw in some bad luck on the part of Matt Ryan and Jordan Cameron and there was no excuse for me to lose. 

In regards to my team, Eddie Lacy had a great game running for 150 yards and a touchdown. Jimmy Graham had 116 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Chiefs defense is always great. 

What went wrong:

See my rant on Andy Dalton from the Thursday night game. Kenny Stills was a bad waiver pick up with only 3 points. Then the bad benching decisions. First was benching Rob Gronkowski for Ryan Mathews because of the projections. Gronk was going against a good TE defense (supposedly) and Mathews was running against the worst run defense. The matchups were in my favor, but it didn't work out that way. Gronkowski destroyed the Steelers with 143 yards and a touchdown, good for 20 points. Mathews, however, ran for 34 yards. Remember me benching Andrew Luck? Yeah well he only threw for 271 yards and 3 touchdowns, good for 24 points. T.Y. Hilton has been a benchwarmer for me all season, he had a career game with 121 yards and caught all 3 of Luck's TD passes which led to 30 fantasy points. 

Thoughts:

In a battle between two 1st place teams, it sure turned out to be one sided. Luck of the BYE week draw was in my favor, even though my bench almost scored as many points (83) as the team I started (96). All is well that ends well, The Marauders are now 7-2 and that's good for the best record in the league. 

Stat of the week:

Had I started Luck, Hilton, and Gronkowski over Dalton, Stills, and Mathews I would have scored 158 points. That is ridiculous!

Exposures - In Retrospect And Denial Part 1

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. - Claudia Ghandi

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Just imagine that guy surrounded by flowers instead of random plants. I know baseball season ended less than a week ago, but I already miss it. Fantasy Baseball has been over since October 1st and all I have are my trophies to console me until next season. As promised, I will be posting about this past fantasy baseball season on Mondays. So let's start with my first team, the Pandora Vault Hunters. You can also see the draft recap here!

The Pandora Vault Hunters

10 team league, standard 5 x 5 roto scoring, snake draft. I had the #1 pick in the draft.

Draft Recap:

Round	Name	Position
1	Ryan Braun	OF
2	Adrian Beltre	3B
3	David Price	SP
4	Billy Butler	1B, DH
5	Matt Holiday	OF
6	C.C. Sabathia	SP
7	Jason Kipnis	2B
8	Aaron Hill	2B
9	Alex Gordon	OF
10	Martin Prado	OF
11	Elvis Andrus	SS
12	Dan Haren	SP
13	Carlos Beltran	OF
14	Lance Lynn	SP
15	Greg Holland	RP
16	Matt Harvey	SP
17	Chris Davis	1B, DH
18	Miguel Montero	C
19	Todd Frazier	3B
20	Lance Berkman	1B, DH
21	Kenley Jansen	RP
22	Andrelton Simmons	SS
23	Carlos Marmol	RP
24	Garrett Jones	1B, OF
25	Jose Veras	RP

Overall I think this was a solid draft, even though the #1 pick ended up a bust because he (finally) got busted for PEDs. Beltre and Price were great. Butler had a disappointing year, but it was still decent. Holiday was a stud. Sabathia was fair. Kipnis was the 2nd best 2B and was a nice get in the 7th round. Aaron Hill on the other hand was a bust. Yeah, his average was ok, but he barely played all season. Alex Gordon took a big step forward and was a solid player. Martin Prado was good too, but I lost patience with him early and dropped him. Elvis Andrus was low on a lot of people's lists, but he stepped up this season and ended with the 2nd best stats for SS. Dan Haren, bad, dropped him fairly early on. Carlos Beltran, even though he was rested once a week or so, turned in a great season. Lance Lynn started well, but the last couple of months were not kind to him. I think I dropped him in late August. Greg Holland had a great year. Matt Harvey was outstanding until his elbow exploded late in the season. Wow, I can't believe I got Chris Davis all the way in the 17th round. Amazing value there, will probably be in the top 10 next season. Miguel Montero was pretty disappointing, but he wasn't around long enough on my squad to bring me down. Todd Frazier wasn't as advertised. I cut him in May or so. Lance Berkman, I really wanted him to have a bounce back season, but it went the opposite direction. He was dropped early on. Kenley Jansen was a great get in the 21 round. He wasn't the closer to start the season, but it only took about a month of awfulness from Brandon League before he became the closer. Andrelton Simmons had a decent rookie season, but I dropped him after a month or two. Carlos Marmol didn't last long. Garrett Jones wasn't the utility player I thought I was getting, so he got dropped early too. Jose Veras had a pretty good half season as the Astros' closer, he got dropped once he was traded to the Tigers. 

Curious to see what my squad looked like on the last day of the season? I know I am! 

Position	Name
C	Wilson Ramos
1B	Chris Davis
2B	Brian Dozier
3B	Adrian Beltre
SS	Elvis Andrus
2B/SS	Asdrubal Cabrera
1B/3B	Matt Adams
OF	Matt Holiday
OF	Wil Myers
OF	Leonys Martin
OF	Brandon Moss
OF	Denard Span
UTIL	Jason Kipnis
Bench	Billy Butler
Bench	Alex Gordon
Bench	Carlos Beltran
P	Greg Holland
P	Trevor Rosenthal
P	Rex Brothers
P	Brad Ziegler
P	LaTroy Hawkins
P	Francisco Rodriguez
P	Sean Doolittle
P	Bryan Shaw
Bench	Julio Teheran

I don't remember how long Ramos was on the squad, but the Cather position was pretty volatile on my team, overall decent production though. Chris Davis = MVP, until after the All-Star break, then he was just pretty good. Brian Dozier was a nice surprise from the Twins, I'm not sure when I picked him up though. Beltre, solid cash money. Elvis Andrus, great productivity from SS. Asdrubal Cabrera, kind of decent utility. I don't remember when I added him. Matt Adams was picked up after Allen Craig went down. Good get by me! Matt Holiday all day every day. Wil Myers was a beast after they called him up mid season. Leonys Martin did a pretty decent job of filling Nelson Cruz's void. Denard Span was a late, but great addition. Kipnis was fantastic. Butler was not himself, but the production was ok. Alex Gordon was very good. Carlos Beltran was Carlos Beltran.

Because I reached my Games Started limit about halfway through September, I eventually dropped all my starters and added closers and solid set-up guys to help Saves, ERA, and WHIP. So most of those guys pitching for me have only been on the squad for a week or a couple of days. 

Final Breakdown of points:

Place	PTS	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	K	W	SV	ERA	WHIP
1st	78	1119	294	1137	188	0.2739	1375	82	87	3.447	1.185
Rank	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	7th	5th	5th

Final Thoughts:

I tried roto (rotisserie) scoring for the first time in the 2012 season and finished around the middle in the leagues I was in. This season I had 4 roto teams and fared much much better. The Pandora Vault Hunters were 1 of 3 teams that finished 1st in roto leagues. 

While my batting stats were ridiculously good, my pitching was barely decent enough. I didn't want to pay for saves in the draft and that shows in finishing 7th in saves, but my starters did enough to keep me on top.

I made 56 roster moves, which was tied for 2nd. 

There wasn't or didn't seem to be much of a challenge in this league, I was in 1st for the last couple of months straight. 

It's A Madhouse! Or So They Claim...

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It's time for your medication Mr. McMahan.

It happened. I drafted a fantasy basketball team.

I have no idea what I'm doing, I followed a draft guide, but I'm still not sure.

Without further adieu, your 2013-2014 Red Rock Canyon Great Khans!

10 team league, roto scoring, snake draft. I had the 8th pick.

Round Recap:

1. Marc Gasol - C
2. Serge Ibaka - PF
3. Tony Parker - PG
4. Larry Sanders - C
5. Kemba Walker - PG
6. Jeff Green - SF
7. Wesley Matthews (Great name!) - SG
8. JaVale McGee - C
9. Greivis Vasquez - PG
10. Gordon Heyward - SG
11. Jamal Crawford - SG
12. Ben McLemore - SG
13. J.J. Redick - SG

Too many SG? Yes! Although several of them have "multi-positionality", that is valuable in fantasy baseball so I'm hoping that is true for basketball as well. 

I'm not sure how often I will post updates for these guys. Maybe once or twice a week during football season, 2-4 times a week after football is over. We'll see. I'll make a page for the draft recap for easy retrospective purposes. Here!

Oh and so far I'm in last place!! But there haven't been that many game yet, a lot of my players only have 2 games played so far, so we'll see how it goes. 

Week 9 Thursday Night Recap!

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Since Thursday night games are on the NFL network, they rarely involve big or exciting match-ups. That also means that there are usually few to zero of my fantasy players involved. Last night stayed true to that, but it also set up a very disappointing beginning to week 9. 

Junktown Marauders:
I started Andy Dalton at QB over Andrew Luck. It didn't seem like that big of a decision either. Dalton has been on fire of late and he scored 31 points in his last game. He was projected for 17 points. Luck has been good lately, but he is going up against a tougher (on paper) Texans defense. He is projected for 14 points. The Dolphins have a pretty good defense, but last night they had a great defense. They intercepted Dalton 3 times and forced him to fumble once. Dalton had a lot of yardage (338), but 4 turnovers and 0 touchdowns equals 6 fantasy points. 6 fantasy points isn't good for any player, but it is horrendous for a QB. The Marauders went from 124 projected points to 116, so I would be lucky if I walk away with low 100s.

Ul'dah Immortal Flames:
A.J. Green did not have a touchdown, but he did get 128 yards on the night for a total of 12 fantasy points. He was projected for 15, so all in all he did as expected. I'm fine with this.

Besaid Aurochs:
One bullet dodged, while indecision hurts like a knife.
I chose to start Tony Romo over Andy Dalton (see awful performance with the Marauders), so that is a bullet dodged. Assuming Romo can do better than 6 points, and you know what assuming does...

Meanwhile my indecision between playing Pierre Garcon or Giovani Bernard is not looking good so far. Bernard was projected to get only 5 points, but Matthew Berry (fantasy football guru/savant) was all for starting him. I should have listened... Bernard ran for 79 yards and 2 touchdowns, which is good for 21 points. Meanwhile, Garcon is only projected to get 13 points, which probably will translate to 3. Garcon is already on my bad side and even if he somehow lives up to his projection of 13 points, it still won't be good enough to win back my love.

Besaid Aurochs Week 9 Preview

The Aurochs are 4-4 and tied for 2nd. They are playing a 2-6 team.

Besaid Aurochs

Position	Player	Projected Points
QB	Tony Romo	22
RB1	Adrian Peterson	15
RB2	Eddie Lacy	16
WR1	Dez Bryant	14
WR2	Pierre Garcon	13
TE	Greg Olsen	11
FLEX	Kenny Stills	13
D/ST	Patriots	11
K	Adam Vinatieri	12
Total Projection		127

BENCH:

Position	Player	Projected Points
WR	Larry Fitzgerald	BYE
RB	Giovani Bernard	5
K	Matt Prater	BYE
WR	DeAndre Hopkins	6
TE	Jordan Reed	7
D/ST	Panthers	5
QB	Andy Dalton	17

Adds/Drops:

Dropped WR Mike Williams (Injured Reserve)

Added QB Andy Dalton

Dropped RB Steven Jackson

Added WR Kenny Stills

Dropped WR Brian Hartline

Added K Adam Vinatieri

Thoughts:

I know there was already a Thursday night game and I will post about that after this. I'm looking to Adrian Peterson to string together some good games. It may be too soon to drop Steven Jackson, but he has been dead weight dealing with injury all season so far and his offensive line doesn't look to good either. Hartline has been awful all season and I needed a kicker since Prater is on BYE. Also, this is Pierre Garcon's make or break game for me. As much as I would love for him to have a good game, I also want the satisfaction of cutting him with the fist of an angry (fantasy sports) god. I've never seen a team make the projections, so I am predicting 101 points and a win.