...but I really need to make kickoff!

You picked up who and won by what?...Eagles' D should be great!...it means nothing, but I'm still gonna kick your ass...Graham. Jimmy Graham...Cruzin' for a bruisin'...

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Maurice Morris, Greg Little and Donald Brown were all on the scrap heap very recently.  I added them all.  I got 45.5 out of them in one week.  I'm not a genius, but I clearly know how to use the waiver wire.


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Jason, I'm not gonna say that this week was lost solely due to your ill-advised start of the Eagles' D, but there were four defenses on the waiver wire that would have solved your problem (Titans, Bucs, Rams and Cards).  Did you forget that that they haven't been playing "lights out" football, or that they were going up against New England?  Perfectly good outings by Welker and Harvin, wasted.  Oh, and I'll bet Scott doesn't sit Beanie Wells this week.

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This week's so-what game gave us a royal smackdown by Brian to Senor Simon.  Denarius Moore riding the pine made this look worse than it was.

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Bob kept the dream alive by starting Jimmy Graham over Dustin Keller.  Yours is the first team in my memory that has two TEs worth a damn.  The real reason he beat Nieve was Sidney Rice going down for the season.  Ouch.  He's a keeper, but needs his bell un-rung.

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And then there's the chess match.  The 15-round battle that can only be summed up in pictures, starting with a logo.

Or maybe you'd like this one...

Either way, we all win from a spectator's perspective.  We started with a "shenanigoats" claim by Barak, who managed to land a solid hit by gaining sympathy amongst some of the owners...

...but then Mr. Tennen and Mr. Simon used strategery to sway the voters...

...and ultimately carried the day, using the power of persuasion, and stuff.  My favorite moment came from Nieve, one of the aggrieved, who closed the battle with this handsome quip:  "That gunshot you all just heard was me shooting myself in the head."  I'm not sure anyone could have said anything quite so succinctly.  Regardless, I enjoyed the craziness so much that I bought a memento, to remind me how much fun it was.

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Much Motion In Your Ocean (as of 12:00am, 12/1)

Simon:  22

Brian:  23

Tennen: 17

Russ:   16

Barak:  14

Jason:  13

Bob:    13

Scott:  13

Nieve:  12
Smyth:   2

High Scorin' Mo-Fos

Team: 156.0, Nieve

QB:    47.0, Rodgers (Tennen)

RB:    42.5, Foster (Bob)

WR:    42.0, Welker (Jason)

TE:    27.0, Gronkowski (Russ)

DE:    29.0, Ravens (Russ), Lions (Scott)

PK:    23.0, Seabass (Brian)

Insert Snarky Reference To Silly Pic Here

One top dog earns it...no more winlessness...holy half point!...Tebow + sign of the devil = no...start Delone Carter at your own risk...




The spread on the Tennen-Feinberg game was 18.5, in favor of Eric.  I lost by 19.  The projections were a little off, though.  CJ Spiller was supposed to break out (and I fully believed this).  Demarius Thomas, too.  Both were responsible for my serious loss.  On the flip side, I don't think anyone should rely on the Bengals' D for 20+ points on any week.  Either way, congrats, you earned it.  I'm sinking like a stone here!

The other division leader (by a tiebreaker over me, I might add) couldn't quite make it over the hump.  I'm blaming this one on Ryan Matthews, Barak.  The guy doesn't seem to want to make it through the season without an injury.  And I'm with you playing DeSean Jackson without thought, but that might have been a killer, too.

This week's Skin Of Their Teeth story comes courtesy of Jason, whose whopping half-point victory brings the Mo-Mo's to .500 this year.  This is all due to Nieve leaving Hines Ward active, even though he didn't play (announcement about an hour before game time).  OUCH, NIEVE.  You have too many players to keep, to not either drop an IR guy, or deal one for an able body...unless you're stockpiling and sucking for Luck.

Bob went long (figuratively, obviously not literally) by dumping all other QBs in favor of Mr. Loopy Throw.  Tebow + Jabar Gaffney (6 points) + Texans' D (6 points) + Ryan Longwell (6 points) sentenced him to this week's low point total.  Four regular starters on the bye didn't help, but if you're looking for more consistency this season, give me a holler.  I gots the Fitz.

I'm not sure what to say about Scott's loss, other than when you roll with an Indy RB, you force yourself to roll deep.  As soon as they get behind, it becomes an all-pass-all-the-time show.  The nice thing about Carter is that you have a solid keeper for next year, pending Peyton's return, of course.

Much Motion In Your Ocean (as of late 11/2)

Simon:  18

Brian:  13

Tennen: 12

Russ:   11

Nieve:  11
Jason:  10

Bob:    10

Scott:   9
Barak:   5

Smyth:   2

High Scorin' Mo-Fos

Team: 156.0, Nieve

QB:    47.0, Rodgers (Tennen)

RB:    42.5, Foster (Bob)

WR:    42.0, Welker (Jason)

TE:    24.0, Jimmy Graham (Bob)

DE:    29.0, Ravens (Russ), Lions (Scott)

PK:    20.0, Seabass (Brian), Cundiff (Russ)