Mikey D

So I lost all my money. The Ravens could not lose by less than 14, so I'm out my ten bucks. Oh well, there's always next year.

I stand by my rules for picking though. The NFL can be crazy sometimes, and you'll have weeks where the Ravens lose by 28 (28!?!?). I am very happy I was not only correct, I was very correct on St. Louis and Green Bay. Somebody probably fell into Vegas' trap and took the Skins and the points, somebody also probably picked the Vikings to destroy the Lions (they won, but they didn't cover...stay away from division games), and somebody undoubtedly said New England will take care of San Diego (back to back west coast games=death).

Michigan State, rising up...congrats.

Okay, updated standings:
Mike: 58
Kevin: 50
Adam: 49

Kevin got 10 picks right this past week...nicely done. Go make your week 7 picks!

Week 7 Picks
Buffalo over San Diego
Carolina over New Orleans
Chicago over Minnesota
Pittsburgh over Cincinnati
Tennessee over Kansas City
Miami over Baltimore
New York over San Francisco
Dallas over St. Louis
Houston over Detroit
Indianapolis over Green Bay
Oakland over New York
Washington over Cleveland
Tampa Bay over Seattle
Denver over New England

Upset of the Week: Oakland over New York. Nothing about the Jets last trip out west (blowout in San Diego) makes me feel they travel well. At home against the Bengals (who didn't have C. Palmer...), the Jets didn't exactly come out with an impressive win. Oakland was embarrassed last week, are back home, have a game under their belts with the new coach, and will come out blazing.

Fantasy Guys I Was Impressed With This Week:
QB- Matt Schaub. The fans were chanting the backup's name throughout the game, especially after he threw two early picks. But 379 yards later and two total TDs, including the game winning touchdown run on 4th down, and he was a hero. I like Schaub a lot, not just because he's on my fantasy team, but because I want to see him to do well. He was behind Vick in Atlanta, and for one reason or another, can't seem to stay healthy enough to play that full season. I think he's good, and I was glad to see him do well against Miami.

RB- Correll Buckhalter. Brian Westbrook's shoes are big and tough to fill. And all he did was post a Westbrook stat line: 93 yards rushing, 85 yards receiving, 1 TD. Didn't see that coming at all.

WR- Marion Barber. That's right, Marion the Barbarian!!! 11 catches for 128 and a score! Nobody had more catches than him Sunday, and he was right up there yardage wise with the week's best. His 70-yard scamper was awesome (by the way, I know that game had an exciting finish, but that was some terrible football...I had to turn it the game was so sloppy. Both of those teams have a lot of work to do...). I will definitely take this output from my running back any day.

TE- John Carlson. I want to give Adam props for this one. The guy doesn't have a single touchdown catch all year, and Hasselbeck is out with an injury. Everything screamed that this guy wasn't going to do jack shit, and 22 yards receiving would indicate that, except it was 22 yards receiving with a touchdown. Good call, Adam, on the replacement for your starter!

Fantasy Guys I Like This Week: QB-Jake Delhomme (he'll bounce back from a 3-INT day at home against a weak New Orleans secondary), WR- Kevin Walter (he was targeted a lot by Schaub, and with Detroit coming to town, I see no reason why they wouldn't keep throwing to Johnson and him), RB- Justin Fargas (he's done nothing all year...but now is his time. He'll be the leader of my upset pick of the week, the Raaaaaaaaaaiders), TE- Alex Smith (Jeff Garcia likes him and he's a red-zone target. I'll take him against a weak Seattle defense at home).

Last week I was 2 out of 4. I hit on Matt Schaub and Calvin Johnson, and I missed on Le'Ron McClain and Greg Olsen (although I suppose 3 catches for 41 yards isn't terrible...but no TD). Not bad.

And it was good to have Donald Driver back and performing to his usual standards! It's even better that I basically dropped Marvin Harrison for him, because, silly me, I thought he'd have a better match-up, and thus a better day. Haha, ohhhhhhhh fuck you Donald Driver.

~Mikey D