Mikey D

I think I'm a jinx. A couple of posts ago I listed, in order, Brees, Gore, Jennings, and Ronnie Brown has the most valuable players thus far... And the four combined for zero touchdowns this past week. Talk about backing me up. Not only that, Reggie Bush, another guy on my list, is gone for a couple weeks with whatever the hell he did to his leg. If I ever do a list again, I have to make sure none of my guys are on it (shouldn't be too hard...).

Talk about a double-edged sword. The difference between my score and Dave's this past week was essentially Calvin Johnson's 96-yard TD catch and 2-point conversion. Essentially, that big play is what did it. Now Dave works with Grace and they are both in an Enterprise fantasy league and happened to be playing each other this past week. The difference in their score? A 96-yard Calvin Johnson TD and 2-point conversion...except Grace owned Johnson. I wonder how you celebrate that? Are you happy you won in one, but got beat at the same time in another? Not often one play makes you a winner and a loser at the same time.

Alright, after 7 weeks here are the standings:
Mike: 68
Kevin: 59
Adam: 59

Go make those Week 8 picks!

Week 8
New England over St. Louis
Baltimore over Oakland
Philadelphia over Atlanta
New York over Kansas City
Carolina over Arizona
Washington over Detroit
Tampa Bay over Dallas
Miami over Buffalo
New Orleans over San Diego
Houston over Cincinnati
Jacksonville over Cleveland
Pittsburgh over New York
San Francisco over Seattle
Tennessee over Indianapolis

Upset Pick: Miami over Buffalo. I know the Bills are 5-1, and they've played great football...but Miami is better than their 2-4 record indicates. Division game, Dolphins at home coming off an embarrassing loss last week, and the Bills a smidge overconfident...I like the Dolphins and Chad Pennington.

Fantasy Guys I Was Impressed With This Week
QB-Jamarcus Russell. Okay, perhaps he doesn't belong here. His 200 yards and 1 TD are far from extraodinary fantasy numbers, but that's still more point than Drew Brees this week. I have to give him his props for not only beating the New York Bretts, but also leading their last overtime drive. He made some big time throws to Javon Walked to get them into field goal range, and he deserves some recognition.

RB- LenDale White. Run, fat boy, run! The Chiefs should be ashamed of themselves...

WR- Donnie Avery. If Deshaun Jackson was a Ram, he'd be Donnie Avery. That kid is a playmaker and he easily could have had 3 touchdowns if it weren't for a penalty and a poorly thrown ball too far out in front of him (he was WIDE OPEN. Bulger, just get it in the vicinity!!!). The rookie has a future.

TE- Owen Daniels. I didn't think the guy would ever find the endzone. Then he did. Twice. The Lions are good for getting touchdowns.

Fantasy Guys I Like This Week: QB-JT O'Sullivan (back home against a Seattle defense that is god-awful), WR-Devery Henderson (bombs away in a Saints-Chargers match-up...and who catches bombs for New Orleans the most?), RB-Ahman Green (The Bengals can't stop the run...cough Mewelde Moore cough cough...and Green has been splitting with Slaton. He's good for a score), TE-Dustin Keller (Favre will find him against the Chiefs)

Last week I was one out of four. I hit on Jake Delhomme, but missed on Kevin Walter, Justin Fargas, and Alex Smith. None of those guys had awful days, they just didn't find the endzone, which is all that truly matters.

Holla.

~Mikey D