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2006 Week 1 Report
What a great way to kick off the 2006 Taunt FFL
season! Week One featured three games decided by exactly one point. So
you know three teams are reeling right now, while three others are breathing
a sigh of relief. Two of these one-point games played out on Monday night
with four teams praying they would be on the administering end of the dreaded
MNC.
Here are the results from the opening week of
play:
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Feature game of the week
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Special Team (1-0)
defeated Schwein Fire
(0-1), 86-85.
This close game was decided on Sunday, when WR Marvin Harrison scored
just enough points to give Special Team a one point win. It's nice when
your franchise players step up to the plate and deliver the knock out hit.
Schwein Fire must feel like crap knowing that their lack of managerial
skills cost them this week. They forgot to play their top ranked defense,
Pittsburgh, who were defendng their Super Bowl title at home in the NFL's
Thursday night kickoff. Because they didn't call in the Steelers on Thursday,
they had to play the N.Y. Giants defense, who scored zero points. And as we all saw, Pittsburgh scored a defensive TD in their opener.
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Here are the rest of the results for Week One:
P.O.B.'s Pounders
(1-0) defeated Gold
Grill (0-1), 101-80.
The defending fantasy champs started the defense of their title with a
nice Week One victory. RBs Tomlinson and Chester Taylor came up big on
Monday night as the Pounders coasted to the easy win. Gold Grill, who thankfully
no longer call themselves that bad Asian porno flick name (Who-Dey Delight),
really had no chance this week when their #1 draft pick, QB Carson
Plamer, posted only 6 points. Which brings up the question most of you
have already started to ask, why in the hell would they draft this QB in
the first round? They had to know he would be available in the 2nd round,
if not the 3rd!
Bush-Whacked (1-0)
defeated Jo-Boo's Browns Backers (0-1),
66-65. What a
crappy game. Jo-Boo picked up where he left off last season scoring the
least amount points of all teams. Franchise RB Lamont Jordan managed
to put up 2 points on Monday night, as they received the chisel. The other
Jo-Boo franchise player, WR Chris Chambers, scored 6 points in his
2006 debut. Which officially means Jo-Boo is once again the shittiest team
in the league. But the Bush-Whacked squad can't be too happy either this
week, despite getting the narrow victory. Their team is in shambles after
the trade of WR Branch to Seattle. That leaves them with 3 receivers
on the same team, two of which are injured. And their star franchise WR
Steve Smith is still hurt himself. This may be a long season for Reggie
and the boys.
Old Joe (1-0) defeated
The Savants (0-1),
115-86. Inspired
by their traditional "Open letter to The Savants", Old Joe came
out firing this week. Their QB and two RBs combined for 71 points and it
was over from there. The Savants can find solace in the fact that they
were the 4th highest scoring team of the week. But losing to their rival
will leave a mark. These two teams will face off once more during the regular
season - in an all important Week Thirteen showdown. It should be a good
one.
The Fat Bus (1-0)
defeated The Steins
(0-1), 72-71.
It all came down to Monday night. Trailing by three points, The Steins
just needed their last active player to get 25 receiving yards to secure
a tie. And 35 receiving yards would give them the Week One win. Unfortunately
for them, WR J.J. Stokes only caught one pass for 18 yards... errr....
my bad. It was WR Keenan McCardell. He finished with just two points,
leaving the Steins salty. Seems like fate was not on their side this week.
They only had two kickers to choose from, and one of them, Vanderjagt,
was inactived earlier in the week. They were forced to go with Titans
placekicker Rob Bironas, who never even attempted a kick the entire game.
Because the Jets missed their earlier PAT on Sunday, Tennessee trailed
16-0. So both of the late Titans touchdowns were followed by 2 point conversion
attempts. Ouch!
One week is in the books. Taunt you later...
The Commish
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