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Get Tackled Here - Week One Recap

News Type: Event — Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:49 AM EDT
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Hello all you out there in fantasy football land. What I have here for you today is a new weekly column recapping the goings on in newsvine's own fantasy football league, Get Tackled Here.

For the players, feel free to use the comment thread for trade talk, league talk, and general trash talk. That's right, if it is related to fantasy football, consider this thread COH-free. Trash talk away!

TomPitysFools's StrongDudeArchetypes - 63.81 vs Yours Truly The Commish - 80.81

Thanks to a near 300 yard, 3 touchdown day by Peyton Manning, 2 touchdowns by Laveranues Coles and utter domination by the Packer's defense I easily dispatched TomPitysFools who wasn't helped much at all by Steven Jackson's negative points.

gecko85's Gecko's Army - 76.47 vs. Sheil Naik's Make It Rain - 60.09

This was old fashioned quarterback battle with Make It Rain scoring 24.14 points on the arm of Tom Brady and his near 300 yard and 3 touchdown day against Gecko's Army's Ben Roethlisberger's 27.32 points on 4 touchdowns. Gecko's Army was able to pull off the win using the old adage, if you can't have Peyton Manning on your team, own the guy Peyton Manning throws to. That would be Reggie Wayne and his 2 touchdowns on 115 yards that sealed the win.

Eric Atienza's The Replacements - 77.64 vs. ajs's Melchizedek's Mafia - 69.08

The Replacement's sailed to victory like so many other's on the arms of a quarterback. In this case those arms belonged to the lesser Manning and his 300 plus yards and 4 touchdowns. Chad Johnson contributed as well with 95 yards and a touchdown. The Mafia had a more balanced week with contributions from Randy Moss, 183 yards and a touchdown, Joseph Addai, 143 total yards and a touchdown, and San Diego's defensive domination including three sacks and interception and only a field goal allowed. Regrettably the Mafia lost due to a week performance by Donovan McNabb netting less than 200 yards and only 1 touchdown to go with one interception.

Andrew Min (formerly Online Apps)'s Da Geeky 11 - 33.74 vs Fast Eddie's The 'I' in Team - 60.09

The ugly game of the week. Neither team scored many offensive points, with The 'I' in Team relying on Minnesota's defense to record 6 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 touchdowns and allow only a field goal. That's right, just like in reality, Minnesota's defense scored more touchdown's than the entire rest of the team, in this case just Calvin Johnson's lone score. Da Geeky 11 had no chance with only the Chicago defense scoring in double digits at exactly 10 points and with Drew Brees doing his best Tim Couch impression for negative points.

mikeomatic's Mangelers - 57.72 vs HonkyTonk's Pagan Turtlecesters - 79.65

The Pagan Turtlecesters got the ball rolling defending their title thanks to two crazy performances by Tony Romo's 300 plus yard passing and 4 scores and Pittsburgh's defense manhandling the Ravens to 6 sacks, 2 interceptions and 3 fumbles with only a touchdown scored against. Torry Holt didn't hurt either 73 yards and a score. The Mangelers gave a solid well rounded effort that just wasn't enough. Carson Palmer contributed with 2 scores and almost 200 yards passing, Marvin Harrison gave 83 yards and a score, LDT rushed for only 25 yards but contributed a score, another 51 yards receiving and another score threw the air for 17 yards. Even when a defense can stop him running, they can't ever really stop him!

Kyle B's The Elway Project - 42.63 vs someone's Black & Blue - 79.89

Black & Blue was part of an old school romp staring Plaxico Burress with 144 yards and 3 scores and co-staring Marc Bulger with almost 200 yards and a score, Shaun Alexander and Antonio Gates both with 100 plus yards and a score. The Elway Project could have used Elway himself with only his quarterback, Jay Cutler and kicker scoring over 10 points and just barely.

This Week's Match Ups

  • Make It Rain vs. The Commish
  • The Elway Project vs. StrongDudeArchetypes
  • Gecko's Army vs. Melchizedek's Mafia
  • The Replacements vs. The 'I' in Team
  • Da Geeky 11 vs. Pagan Turtlecesters
  • Mangelers vs. Black & Blue

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Adam Hobson

Just remember, if you keep it to fantasy football only, this is a COH-free zone. So please trash talk away. Because really, what is fantasy football without a little trash talk amongst friends...

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Reply#1 - Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:52 AM EDT
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Andy Min

Da Geeky 11 had no chance with only the Chicago defense scoring in double digits at exactly 10 points and with Drew Brees doing his best Tim Couch impression for negative points.

Aw shut up.

And who made me against the #&%)@# Pagans??? They scored like the second highest points!

Looks like I'm off to another great start for fantasy football.

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Reply#2 - Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:02 AM EDT
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Andy Min

Oh yeah, and thanks for the week's summary. It makes it a lot more fun than last year. Now I can gloat about how my team will have the longest losing streak in the history of fantasy football!

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Reply#3 - Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:03 AM EDT
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Eric Atienza

The Replacement's sailed to victory like so many other's on the arms of a quarterback.

You forgot about the heart. Miles and miles of heart.

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Reply#4 - Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:10 AM EDT
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gecko85

Great start! Here's hoping Wayne breaks all receiving records this year (except the week I play him in another league...) I'm a bit worries about my RBs, though...It's all a house of cards.

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Reply#5 - Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:21 AM EDT
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HonkyTonk

You're worried about RBs? Unless Peterson becomes an instant superstar, I'm going to have a long, long season.

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Reply#6 - Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:39 PM EDT
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Adam Hobson

I guess that means you are just assuming Larry Johnson's legs will fall off. Why then did you draft him? Maybe you should try to trade him while he still has value.

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    #6.1 - Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:51 PM EDT
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    gecko85

    I'll gladly take LJ off your hands... ;-)

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      #6.2 - Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:58 PM EDT
      {"commentId":1024306,"authorDomain":"HonkyTonk"}
      HonkyTonk

      Yeah, I pretty much hate LJ at this point. I think he's going to single-handedly destroy my season. It'll be like dating a really hot, devout Catholic chick. She's not going to put out, but man, you just keep buying her dinner, hoping.

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      #6.3 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:35 PM EDT
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      gecko85

      You're hanging around the wrong Catholic chick's, my friend...

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      #6.4 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:44 PM EDT
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      Adam Hobson

      I second what gecko85 said ;-)

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        #6.5 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:48 PM EDT
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        Sheil Naik

        I'm winning so far this week. Why? Because the GORE TRAIN rolled into town yesterday. Two TD's, including a spectacular highlight-reel run. Truly amazing.

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          Reply#7 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:49 PM EDT
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          Adam Hobson

          You still have to wait for both the Westbrook train and the Portis train to enter the station. No premature celebrating.

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            #7.1 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:30 PM EDT
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            TomPitysFools

            Stephen Jackson might end up losing me two leagues this year...

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              Reply#8 - Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:32 PM EDT
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