Sketchy At Best's blog: "Fantasy Report"

I somehow missed a week, so it must have been bad. But this week, when by all rights and means I should have lost, I actually won. And let me tell you, it was butt pckeringly tight. I had a decent lead going into monday night, and his one player did good, and my player, the kicker for Denver, got no opportunities because Denver decided to keep giving the ball to the Patriots. But a win is a win, and the Rams won for real, and my Nascar team won for the second week in a row...so a great week. Roy Williams was traded to Dallas, so his numbers should go up, ans soon as Dallas figures it out. Kyle Orton is on fire, never thought I'd say that. But I have a few solid players, and picked up a few solid players, so hopefully good things in the future. In Nascar, I just don't want to finish last. I have a game and a half lead over the last place guy, and with a little luck, I think I could finish 8th. I'm not holding my breath though. Go Rams!

I lost again, my quarterbacks failed me, and my main running back didn't score a touchdown. Matt Forte scored two touchdowns, but didn't get any yards. My All World tight end is doing nothing, my wide receivers are flat, and this great team i though I had isn't. Nascar sucks, can't wait for the season to end

I got killed this week, lost by 50 points. It was rather ugly. My best player was my kicker, and everyone else seemed to take the week off. In my defense, it was my bye week for half my team, and I cobbled together a lineup, but it should have been closer. An add factoid, in four years, six leagues, I've never beaten the person I played against. I'm hoping I break this ugly pattern sometime this year, but who knows. In Nascar, Jimmy Johnson got first, and Joey Logano got close to last, and I lost by 30 again. Johnson has finished high each week, and I'm 2-3 the last 5 weeks, because whoever I match him with runs like shit. I still have high hopes for football, I can't wait for the Nascar to end, just a few more weeks, thank God!

Week 3 was a good week for Team Priapism. I started out hot, with just two players playing the early game, and they hit for a combined 33 points. Luckily for me, because the rest of my recievers didn't do much of anything. Marion Barber had his usual good week, my kicker and defense were average. Looking back, I played the wrong defense, but it didnt cost me too much. Jacksonville outscored Green Bays by 4 points, and I had played Green Bays. I'd be singing a different tune if I had lost by 3 lol. By Monday, I still had two players playing, they had one, and I was leading by 25. Philip Rivers throwing an interception for a TD on his first pass didn't help, but then they settled down, and pasted the Jets, so I won, by 32. I actually won in my Nascar League. Brian Vickers finished towards the back of the pack, but the two drivers against me lumped together in the lower teens, so I won handily. I'm still in last place I think if I win out, I could finish third, but that would take lots of luck, but JJ would win the Chase then lol.

I went into Monday night down by 9 points, and by the time I tuned into Dallas vs Philly, the score was 21-20. I figured that Marion Barber had to have scored one of the TD's. I was wrong. In fact, most of the scoring was by passing, and he didn't have hardly any rushing yards. But by halftime, he had caught a few passes, one for a TD, so I knew it was sewn up, and my record for the season is 1-1. I have battled with yahoo for stat tracker, so I can't track during the day how scoring is going, so I mostly have to calculate in my head. So I knew Philip Rivers was doing okay. I picked him up to replace Tom Brady, so yay for me. Larry Fitzgerald had a good yardage day, but no TD's. The Rams got a few fieldgoals, so my kicker covered. And so on, and so on. I'm excited for the season, I have a pretty well balanced team, spread amongst the divisions, so when bye weeks occur, I should be in good shape. In my Nascar league, I lost again. Jimmy Johnson finished second, and Jamie MacMurray finished 35th. So I lost by 30. The team I played against had both guys finish average, but he finished so far behind, I was screwed. It was still a good week.

Week 1 of 2008 almost never came. I've been in the same league the last few years, and this year an invite wasn't extended, and the other league we were all pised at the end, because somehow the points got changed mid year, then changed back once it was found out. I know, geek wars! So at the last second, our league got it together, and we picked out guys, auto drafted, and away we go to week one. I was glad we drafted late. I got Tom Brady as my quarterback, so I'd have worried all preseason because he wasn't playing otherwise. So no worries, like I said, we drafted late. So imagine how sick I felt, when 5 minutes into my Sunday viewing, the image of a Chief's defender falling into Tom Brady's knee filled my screen. I immediately flashed back to last season, where I decimated my team with trades just trying to field a decent running back. I was killed with injuries. Later in the day, I also had a running back go out, but he'll be okay for week 2. And I'll be honest, I lost by 2 points week one. If Brady had stayed in the game til halftime, I'd have won. I have a good team. And the Patriots put him on IR Monday, so I was able to replace him with a decent quarterback. I know Phillip Rivers won't put up Brady like numbers, but I know he's a winner, and that means low turnovers, and solid numbers. But other than that, I have 5 good recievers, and decent running backs all around. My defense is solid, my Tight End is an all pro, and his back up is the favorite target for the Tennessee quarterbacks. Now if I could just get the beloved Rams to score, their kicker would put up fat points for me. So between Tom Brady going down, and the Rams keeping Josh Brown off the field, I lost by two. The skies are sunnier this year for sure. P.S. Jimmy Johnson keeps finishing high, but MacMurray and Vickers take turn finishing last when I play them, so my Nascar fantasy league is almost over...thank GOD!