And we're on our way! Football is now once again back in my life--or our lives--as suggested by the numerous missed calls I did not even bother responding to over the weekend. No longer are the days where I have to peruse the afternoon TV lineup only to see Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2 being stacked back to back on a Sunday afternoon. So yes, if not for football alone, I was a happy happy man this weekend. Now to the action:
- How awesome are the new Nike 'Leave Nothing' commercials featuring Shawne Merriman and Steven Jackson? Seamless editing, and no proclamations of protecting ones house. That's a football commercial done right.
- Thursday night's opener fell way short of its billing and expectations. While it is generally recognized that the NFC does not hold a candle to the AFC talent-wise, I didn't expect the Colts defense to open up a 55 gallon barrel of whoop ass on one of the league's most prolific offenses in 2006. From a fantasy perspective, the usual suspects were great: Manning passed for 3td's, two going to Reggie Wayne and the other going to Marvin Harrison. Jason David, formerly of the Colts, was burned on all three touchdowns and told to go home and get his f'n shinebox. After a quick scare that sent Jon Rossi into the most panic-filled 10 minutes in his life, Joseph Addai came back to the game in midseason form, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown.
- Reggie Bush was a huge dud on opening night, as the Colts defense left him looking out of the earhole of his helmet all night. Bush finished the night with a very pedestrian 3 points, which would give him the highest commercials per fantasy point ratio. At this rate, Peyton Manning will have to pimp himself to more companies just to keep pace with Reggie. Ronco Showcase Rotisserie Grills anybody?
- Ditto Drew Brees in the dud department. Week 1 was not good for anyone with any Saints players unfortunately. Thankfully, yours truly was left unscathed from the Thursday night ownage. Comparable in their suck factor were: Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, and Phil Rivers. I don't have the math in front me but I would imagine that Tony Romo (43 points; more to come) have the three of them covered points wise.
- Speaking of ownage, Neil's Team Fatback are out to a 145-69 point lead over Choz's Enviro Kidz. It does bear mentioning that Choz has 4 more players who will be going in tonight's games, so after it's all said and done, the ownage factor may be no more. I'm sure that Choz is hoping that Matt Leinart is focused on something other than ridding metropolitan Phoenix of all its virgins tonight.
- Seriously though, who would have expected a combined 71 fantasy points from Jon Kitna and Tony Romo of all people? Last time we saw him, Romo seemed like he'd rather be asking people how hot they wanted their Chang sauce. To his credit, it's nice to see the new contract has not left complacent. I certainly am not complaining after Romo helped Jason Witten get stud TE of the week honors (116 yds, 1td for 17 points).
- Fantasy Dilemma: As relieved as I was to see Matt Schaub's solid outing in his debut for the Texans, it also kinda sucked that the bulk of the yards were going to Andre Johnson, who is on Scott Hazleton's team. On the other hand, Jon Zimmerman enjoyed 14 points from Matt Hasselbeck with absolutely none of them going to Deion Branch of Frankie's Bayside Tigers. Fantasy undermining must become a trend that catches on if I'm to win this thing.
- The rookies are starting out strong! As always, rookies can always be counted on to put up some good week 1 numbers before hitting the wall in weeks 8-11. Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson were certainly sights for sore eyes for both Lions and Vikings fans.
- New fantasy strategy for 2007: Start every receiver matching up against Jason David, and start every defense playing against Joey Harrington.
- Also thought I'd mention that
Joey Harrington is a masterful Jazz Piano player. - Many redemption projects (not including Joey Harrington) are well underway after strong week 1 outings from Big Ben, Eli Manning, Jake Delhomme, and the aforementioned Tony Romo. The QB is always the most scrutinized position, but I couldn't even fathom the type of public outrage that would have resulted from bad games from any of these quarterbacks. Maybe I should get a head start on drafting David Carr for 2008?
- Great to see RB Chris Brown rush for 175 yards and then deliver one of the best performances of the (incredibly unwatchable) VMA's last night. Good job pulling double duty man.
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