Week 3 Recap

Markinson

Gina earns her first career Heineken! Hubert loses to her by 40 despite posting the third-highest score of the week. Through the first three weeks, Hubert's opponents have scored an average of 145 points(!) and earned two Heinekens, so it's impressive that he even has one win. Gina's win moves her into second place.

Scott gets his first win of the season in either league, taking down Amer by 30 points. Amer still has the league's highest point total but only one win to show for it.

Eddy squeaks by Lisa by 2.5 points to remain undefeated and in first place. Lisa started a late scratch at WR, which seemingly cost her the win, but her lone bench WR scored only 1.2 points, so maybe not. Eddy is now the only one in the league without a loss.

That's because Drew falls just 1 point shy of Jason, getting completely screwed by Gore's opening-drive injury. Jason says he knows people on the Vikings, and luck had nothing to do with it... Too bad there are no points for trash talk, or Drew would have won easily!

Hmm, there should be points for trash talk.

One versus two next week as Eddy and Gina face off!

Montoya

Hubert earns another Heineken this week, beating Scott by 47 points. The loss drops Scott into last place, an unusual vantage point for the Montoya powerhouse. Hubert moves back into his customary spot in the top three and has the league's highest point total.

I remain undefeated and in first place after beating, er, defeating my wife.

Andrew also remains undefeated after taking down Jeremy by 40, and the two undefeateds will face off next week in a battle for supremacy! Jeremy started a legitimate lineup and somehow ended up with only 63 points. Just a bad week.

This just isn't Lisa's week. She started an inactive RB, and this time her mistake definitely cost her the win. She goes down to Dan by 2 points, allowing him to collect his first win of the season.

Dufresne

Dean easily earns his second straight Heineken and crushes Amer by 44 points, handing Amer his first loss and moving Dean into his rightful spot in first place. He also leads the race for Starling by 75 points over Hubert.

Eddy also takes his first loss, falling to Drew by 23 in Drew's first win. Eddy posts a 71-point turd following two high-scoring weeks.

Nalu pulls out the win over Russell by 2 points to move into second place! After a tough first season in which he lost Tom Brady in the opener (I feel your pain) and finished 7th, it looks as though he's ready to see what Markinson is all about.

Speaking of tough first seasons, Steve has already experienced the agony of the 0.38-point loss, and the helplessness of losing to Heineken, but for the first time in his brief Dufresne career, he enjoys the thrill of victory, dropping Jason by 9 points. In ten years, Jason will be the answer to a trivia question. Congrats, Steve!

Predictions

For karmic purposes, Hubert always votes against himself, and Andrew always votes against himself, so in fairness, I will remove those games from their records. Hubert went 2-1 this week, Andrew 0-3. For the season, Hubert is 6-3, Andrew 4-5.

Yahoo went 4-0 in Montoya this week. Andrew, stop picking against Yahoo! In all leagues, Yahoo is now 24-12 on the season. If Yahoo likes you, chances are you're gonna win!

Interesting Monday Night

A lot of games riding on MNF!

In Markinson, the two undefeated teams are in dogfights. Jason needs DeAngelo Williams to outscore Patrick Crayton by 0.4 to pass Drew (Yahoo projects that Jason wins handily). Eddy needs Tony Romo to outscore Steve Smith by 6.05 to pass Lisa (Yahoo says flip a coin).

Lisa is also in a close one in Montoya. She needs 9.5 points from Roy Williams to pass Dan (Yahoo says you'll regret starting Westbrook this week).

In Dufresne, Steve needs Jason Witten and Felix Jones to combine for 11.9 points to pass Jason (Yahoo says congrats on your first career win). Nalu needs 5.1 points from DeAngelo Williams to pass Russell (Yahoo says if DeAngelo can't score 6 points, you don't deserve to win anyway).

Good luck!

Record Book

Some raw stats you won't find in the Record Book:

Career Overall Wins
55 Dean
54 Hubert
46 Scott
45 Jason
42 Chang
34 Amer
31 Jeremy
30 Lisa
29 Eddy
28 Drew
26 Andrew
21 Dan
17 Gina
16 Russell
7 Nalu
0 Steve

Career Overall Points
8503.54 Scott
8365.74 Hubert
8365.14 Dean
8225.34 Jason
7656.62 Chang
6220.36 Lisa
6130.84 Jeremy
5271.94 Amer
4560.34 Eddy
4532.64 Gina
4502.50 Andrew
4500.90 Drew
4387.10 Dan
4152.74 Russell
1553.24 Nalu
203.86 Steve

Career Overall PPG
116.18 Dean
114.91 Scott
114.61 Amer
113.05 Hubert
111.15 Jason
106.34 Chang
105.70 Jeremy
103.67 Lisa
102.33 Andrew
101.93 Steve
99.71 Dan
99.14 Eddy
98.54 Gina
97.85 Drew
97.08 Nalu
94.38 Russell

Career Overall Heinekens
21 Scott
19 Dean
11 Hubert
10 Jason
9 Amer
9 Jeremy
8 Chang
7 Eddy
4 Lisa
3 Andrew
2 Dan
2 Drew
2 Nalu
1 Russell
0 Gina
0 Steve

Career Premier League Wins
31 Scott
30 Dean
29 Hubert
23 Drew
23 Jason
22 Lisa
21 Andrew
21 Chang
21 Eddy
21 Jeremy
18 Amer
18 Dan
15 Russell
13 Gina
6 Nalu
0 Steve

Career Premier League Points
5430.78 Scott
5116.34 Hubert
5089.04 Dean
4955.80 Jason
4700.42 Lisa
4673.16 Jeremy
4614.90 Chang
4502.50 Andrew
4387.10 Dan
4349.38 Gina
4296.74 Eddy
4271.18 Drew
4152.74 Russell
3445.32 Amer
1553.24 Nalu
203.86 Steve

Career Premier League PPG
123.43 Scott
116.28 Hubert
115.66 Dean
114.84 Amer
112.63 Jason
106.83 Lisa
106.21 Jeremy
104.88 Chang
102.33 Andrew
101.93 Steve
99.71 Dan
98.85 Gina
97.65 Eddy
97.08 Nalu
97.07 Drew
94.38 Russell

Career Premier League Heinekens
18 Scott
13 Dean
8 Hubert
7 Eddy
7 Jason
7 Jeremy
4 Lisa
3 Amer
3 Andrew
2 Chang
2 Dan
2 Drew
2 Nalu
1 Russell
0 Gina
0 Steve

Week 2 Recap

Markinson

Hubert rebounds from last week's biggest beatdown to lay down one of his own, a 52-point whooping on Lisa. Lisa scores a respectable 106, but it's no match for Hubert's 11th career Heineken.

In the early battle for first place, Eddy comes through with an 8-point win over the defending champ, boosted by 57 points from his wide receivers. Amer still retains the top point total but drops to third in the standings.

That's because Drew matches Eddy at 2-0 after a big 40-point win over Scott, despite getting -1 points combined from his D and top WR. Perhaps you should consider benching those positions next week, Drew?

Montoya gets its first win over Dufresne this season, courtesy of Gina's 24-point win over Jason in a matchup of the week's two lowest scorers. Jason has Brady, Moss, and Welker, so when they get shut down, so does Jason. It doesn't help that Welker unexpectedly sat out.

Montoya

Scott scores the week's second-highest total but loses to me by 3. My 8th career Heineken helps me move into first place. I now have two wins by a combined 5 points.

Andrew also moves to 2-0, also with a 3-point win. A bad call by the refs cost Lisa's D a touchdown and 6 fantasy points, and maybe the win.

Gina notches her first win by 22 points, getting three times as many points from Chris Johnson as Jeremy does from his three RBs combined.

Hubert also gets his first win, taking Dan down by 21. He is now sixth in the league in point total but just 14 points behind the leader. Parity reigns!

Dufresne

Dean's luck is so bad he decides to leave nothing to chance this week, scoring his 19th career Heineken (just two behind Scott) to smack down rookie Steve by 45 and move into third place. He also moves into first place in the race for Starling, leading Eddy by 20, followed by Nalu, Drew, and finally someone from Montoya, me.

Eddy holds down first place (tops in both leagues!), doubling up Jason 120-63. As in Markinson, Jason has Brady, Moss, and Welker. Next time they play the Jets, I recommend a lineup change!

In an epic matchup, Nalu squeaks by Drew 145-143. Drew gets 75 points from his three RBs, 30 points from his 3 WRs, 20 from his QB, and he LOSES? Nalu's TE, K, and D outscore Drew's 39-18.

Amer keeps pace with Eddy in the standings by taking down Russell by 30, despite getting just 6 points from his 3 WRs. More precisely, he gets 6 points from one of his WRs, and 0 points from the other two.

Predictions

Every week, Hubert and Andrew make predictions on each Montoya game. I am going to track their records here. After two weeks, Hubert is 5-3, Andrew 4-4. You're a monkey, Andrew, a flip of the coin!

For those of you wondering how good those Yahoo projections are, they are 5-3 in Montoya, 16-8 in all three leagues combined. Not too shabby!

Week 1 Recap

Markinson

The reigning champ makes a statement! Amer whacks Hubert by 80(!), and in doing so comes up less than a point short of breaking the Markinson single-game scoring record of 174.76, posted in 2007 by... Hubert. Still more than enough for Amer to score the first Heineken of the season.

Eddy also posts a huge victory in his Markinson debut, crushing Scott by 70.

Jason joins the blowout party, smoking Lisa by 55.

And Drew completes Dufresne's week-one sweep of Montoya with a 4-point win over Gina. C'mon, Montoya, represent! Collectively, Dufresne outscored Montoya by 210 points!

Hmm, on second thought, I don't want anyone from Montoya snagging an automatic bid. Go Dufresne!

Montoya

From first to worst... to first again? After last season's washout, Whoosh is back in a big way, scoring the Heineken in a solid 30-point win over Fantasia Orins.

But reigning champ Collateral Estoppel isn't giving up her crown so easily. She posts a 35-point win of her own over Da Big G to kickstart her title defense.

Andrew takes out Dan by 22 in a battle between the two Montoya managers still looking for their first Markinson bids. Andrew's quest is off to a solid start.

In the only tight matchup, I eek out a 2-point win over Hubert, with both of us sweating out the end of the Chargers/Raiders game. The Raiders' late score provides me with enough cushion to withstand the Chargers' game-ending INT. More on that later.

Dufresne

Picking up right where he left off, reigning champ Eddy scores another Heineken, after collecting a six-pack last season. Eddy also takes the early lead in defending his Starling Cup.

Also picking up where he left off, Dean posts the second-highest score of the week and loses by 10. If luck evens out over time, Dean is still waiting for evidence. It's pretty tough to lose when you get 48 points from one guy.

Meanwhile, Russell posts the second-lowest score of the week and wins by 5 over Drew. These are the kinds of wins Drew specialized in last season to finish second despite having the second-lowest point total. Now it's Russell's turn!

Jason picks up a solid 20-point win over Nalu, largely thanks to an impotent showing by Tsunami's wide receivers. 9.90 points combined? Yikes.

Back to the end of that Chargers/Raiders game. Steve is down 0.38 points to Amer, with Chargers D and LT still active. The Raiders' late score drops Steve behind by 2.38, but now LT will certainly come out and help the Chargers on their final drive, right? Instead, Sproles gets ALL the playing time, meaning the Chargers' game-ending INT still leaves Steve 0.38 points short of Amer. Welcome to the league, Steve.