fantasy storylines

Let's start with Mark's matchup...he loses by 5.5 and Fred Jackson got 0 at flex. A bad time to have Chris Johnson, Kevin Smith and Brandon Marshall all on a bye. Any one of them should get 6 in a given week. Of course, he could have started Maclin and gotten the win (5 for 53, 7.5 points).

Plus, his opponent traded away 14 points this week, by starting Roddy White instead of Ricky Williams, but still won.

Ricky Williams was one of four players on Boss' team that got 20+. In fact the only player that wasn't in double digits? His newly acquired Manningham (6). How about that Vernon Davis, 3 tds all in the second half with Alex Smith off the bench, for a 30.5 day. Welker and Maroney both score in London, and Kaeding puts up good numbers despite being banged up. The guy that let down Stevo? Cutler. Sucks to have your hometown QB blow your fantasy day, wasting such good performances.

On the other side, Burnsy starts Rodgers and Grant and both go off. V-Jax torches the Chiefs as expected, but Miles Austin gets another 34? I was supremely confident that Austin was a flash in the pan because of poor Chiefs' tackling. Wow. So Burnsy beats him by 16, and Stevo left 25 points on the bench with Romo. I know Cutler has been sorta good lately, but you're still starting Romo, right?

Harlan got 25 from Desean Jackson on Monday night, too bad Savan had the unstoppable combo of Palmer and Benson. Seriously, Palmer and Benson outscored Team Bloopy--but more on that later. Savan benched Steven Jackson, and it worked out for him.

Kirat's Peyton Manning pick looks pretty good right now. Kirat and Niraj are sitting at 5-2, tied for first. Last week, Matt set a new weekly low at 72.5. He told me he didn't think anyone could sink lower. He was sort of right. He got 61 this week, and rightfully deserves that Double Red Banner of Shame.

And then there's me. Tom Brady showed up, even across the pond. Jacobs got 9 more than Manningham. And my defense du jour worked out. I'm just glad that I wasn't closer going into Monday, or God forbid, up by 5 or so. I had Westbrook and Celek, who should be good for a solid 25 or so, right? And he had Akers. Westbrook gets a concussion, Celek gets shit, and Akers outscores them both by 8.5.

It wasn't the reason I lost, but it didn't help that Westbrook, Brown and A. Johnson all left with injuries. Of course, Boldin who was injured on my bench actually had a decent game.

Thanks a lot Bears, for letting Ocho Cinco look good (30.5). And Schuab to Daniels got Swag 20.5 points on one play, so that sucked.

Basically at this point, I'm trying to avoid buying the trophy. I'm one of 3 teams at 2-5, and Matt's alone at 3-4. So there's that.