FCNPFFL: Week 8 Results

Did you survive? With six teams off this week and injuries always mounting, it's difficult to piece together a quality fantasy team. Add to the fact that this is a 14 team league and we're lucky if we're starting actual starters. This game we play is not easy.

It doesn't stop. We have six more teams off and yet another fun filled Thursday night game to get things started in Week 9. This weeks teams include some high flying offenses which should bring the scoring down a bit.

The THURSDAY night game is between CINCINNATI and MIAMI.

BYE WEEKS FOR WEEK 9: DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO, DETROIT, JACKSONVILLE, ARIZONA AND NEW YORK GIANTS

Onto the games:

I promised a fire sale and I did what I wanted. I started six new players against Joel this week and guess what...it all went wrong! Who ever would have thought that? I jumped out behind Colin Kaepernick who continued to be a 1st half monster as he tallied 29 points. The 49ers D added 10, but the rest of my team went to sleep. I did leave some juicy points on the bench and other peoples rosters so there's that. Joel gave me every opportunity to win as he had three guys post 0's and another score just 1 point. Stevan Ridley scored 13 and Cardinals D added 11, but Joel was still 39 points short with three players playing Sunday night. Aaron Rodgers did his part scoring 29, but it all came down to Mason Crosby who had 10 points as he lined up a needless 45 yard FG late in the fourth quarter. Tied at 64-64 the outcome was on the line. Make it: Joel wins, Miss it: I win. He made it.

Final Score: Nikachu 68 Escaped Lunatics 64

Just like in real life where Tony Romo and Matt Stafford put on a show,  Alex (Romo) and Luke (Stafford) also put on a show. While the rest of the league struggled to put together any type of quality scoring, these two went off. There were 10 total double digit scorers and two of the top three highest score totals of the week. On the field, Stafford edged Romo, in this game it was the same with Stafford putting up 33 and Romo scoring 30. Both had a big running effort as Luke had the edge again with Gore narrowing out Alf 17-15. Alex won the battle of the kickers 17-10 but Luke took home the D edge 10-8. It all came down to the WRs. Alex had a decent effort from Wes Welker with 11 and Luke got 13 from Emmanuel Sanders. All nice and well...but holy hell did you see Megatron?? Luke went back to his dominant Lions combination of Stafford and Calvin Johnson and witnessed the WR haul in 329 yards and a TD which was good for 25 points. All together his two Lions amassed 58 points. Wowza. Luke again takes home $10 which I believe he owes at least 25% of that to the good city of Detroit (gotta start somewhere to re-build).

Final Score: Deathtongue 114 The Worthless Peons 92

In a tale of two worlds, Adam has been rolling right along while Jody can't catch a break. Without his one shining star, Philip Rivers, things didn't look good for Jody to earn win #1 on the season. That's when Andy Dalton took it upon himself to give his team a chance. He threw five TDs en route to 35 points and when Adam's QB, Tom Brady, scuffled to just 8, things got interesting. Jody also had good days from Ryan Succop who booted in 12, Demaryius Thomas who tallied 11 and MJD who had a solid 10 points. Adam flexed his muscles and showed his well balanced team in his attempt to win. With some help from his one Bengals player(s) the defense mustered 21 points, Run DMC put up 19, Terrance Williams hauled in 16 and Jamaal Charles stayed quiet but still scored 10. Vernon Davis and Matt Prater added a combined 17 and Adam kept on winning while Jody kept on losing.

Final Score: Biggums' 'Basers 93 DoggNutz 78

Nick G was looking to break his pesky 2 game losing streak, but it wouldn't be easy against fellow division mate Ben and his high flying Mannings. Peyton did his duty compiling 28 points against the worthless Redskins D, but his six other Sunday players scored just 29 points. Nick G got 26 from Jordy Nelson, 17 from Mike Glennon and 13 from AP on Sunday night to build a 11 point lead. With only Steven Hauschka left for Nick G and Marshawn Lynch left for Ben, nothing had been decided. Seattle as a whole laid an egg on MNF including Lynch and Hauschka who scored two points apiece. Good enough for Nick G.

Final Score: The Lollipop Kids 71 The Magic Wands 59

Ike and Mike....aw who am I kidding now that it's near Halloween...Mike and Ike tangled in a pretty good battle. Mike continue to score points with 22 from Dez Bryant, 14 from Jimmy Graham and 16 from Matt Ryan. Ike countered with 31 from his RB tandem of Eddie Lacy and Knowshon Moreno (wow Ike I just realized you depend on a Bama and UGA boy...for shame you Auburn grad). He still trailed by 27 with just Russell Wilson left. After a slow start Wilson threw a TD pass and then he connected on an 80 yard bomb to cut the lead to just 8 points. Then Seattle went dormant again and Ike got stuck.

Final Score: Bookoo Barbarians 80 Myra's College Fund 72

More MNF drama during a surprisingly good game. John and Nick B battled and this was quite unsightly save for the QB play. There were 114 total points scored in this game and 70 of them came from Drew Brees and Cam Newton. On the other side there were eight players who totaled 3 points! Yikes. John had the better QB and the only other double digit performer in DeAngelo Williams so he won. Nick had a chance with Seattle's D on Monday, but they came up 6 points short.

Final Score: The Situation 60 The Knacks 54

You remember how Matt bottomed out last week with just 26 points?? Well I guess Nate felt sorry for him and returned the favor against him...and then some. Nate had nobody exceed six points en route to just 20 team points! Matt got 15 from Reggie Bush, 14 from the Broncos D and 12 from Eli Manning to win easily.

Final Score: Rainbows & Puppies 53 The Bounchers 20

Standings after Week 8:

Back Wall Division:

Biggums' 'Basers (Adam) 7-1 (#1 Overall Seed)
Lollipop Kids (Nick G) 6-2 (#3 Overall Seed)
The Magic Wands (Ben) 5-3 (#4 Overall Seed)
Bookoo Barbarians (Mike) 4-4 (T-#6 Overall Seed)
Worthless Peons (Alex) 3-5
Myra's College Fund (Ike) 3-5
DoggNutz (Jody) 0-8

Critter Corner Division:

Deathtongue (Luke) 6-2 (#2 Overall Seed)
Nikachu (Joel) 5-3 (#4 Overall Seed)
The Knacks (Nick B) 4-4 (T-#6 Overall Seed)
Escaped Lunatics (Jason) 4-4 (T-#6 Overall Seed)
Rainbows & Puppies (Matt) 4-4 (T-#6 Overall Seed)
The Bounchers (Nate) 3-5
The Situation (John) 2-6

Week 9 Schedule:

Adam 7-1 vs. Nick B 4-4
Nick G 6-2 vs. Ike 3-5 (Game of the Week)
Luke 6-2 vs. John 2-6
Ben 5-3 vs. Alex 3-5
Joel 5-3 vs. Nate 3-5
Jason 4-4 vs Matt 4-4
Mike 4-4 vs Jody 0-8

A very insteresting set of games where once again the favorites have full chance to run away and hide from the teams behind them. This league could also get really interesting if we see some upsets.