Are you Ready for SHC Basketball??

After 7 weeks of Fantasy Football, I am tired of seeing my players get hurt (Romo) suspended (LJ- Winslow), tired of Peyton Manning throwing for less yards and TDs that Gus, JT O'Sulivan, Jeff Garcia, Dan Orvolosky and other qb names that I cannot spell non the less pronounce.

What do we do about this you ask, well we can quit fantasy football which we talk about every year, but I am a realist and I know that will not happen, but rather we will do the next best thing which is get ready for BASKETBALL SEASON!!

We have our league draft on Saturday morning, which will cause me to miss my daughters soccer game. Think of all the family affairs we have all missed as a result of spending 12 hours in front of the T.V on Sundays hoping and praying that players like Jacob Hester might score a TD. That's the beauty of fantasy Basketball.......THERE IS A TOMORROW!!!

Week 7 Suicide Pool Pick of the Week

Remember my rules of picking games for a suicide pool, avoid division games, avoid road team, avoid Monday and Sunday night games.

Those rules don't leave us many options this week, but our Suicide Pool Pick for Week 7 would be the Dallas Cowboys vs the Rams, but since we used the Cowboys our pick this week is the N.Y Giants back at home vs the 49ers.

Who do you start this week?

Here we are at week 7, not even the half way point and this football stuff has me run down. As I sit here battling a cold I am also trying to figure out who to start at quarterback this week. Here is where I love the brain trusts at ESPN who tell us to start Peyton Manning, Eli MAnning, and Drew Breese.......

Well how about picking a starting quarterback out of this group: Who would you start this week in a 2 QB league along side Peyton Manning:
a) Tony Romo
b) JP Losman
c) Rex Grossman
d) Jim Sorgi

Fellow fantasy owners these are problems, I wish i could "start" Drew Brees like they say on ESPN, but like many other owners this week i am trying to figure out which "bum" to start who may get lucky and get some playing time. I decided to go with JP Losman, the man the Bills traded a #1 draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys for who cant pass Trent Edwards on the depth chart. Maybe Edwards will take another big hit today and have to go to JP. WISH ME LUCK!

Week 6 ALL STINK TEAM

Week 6 was a tough week with injuries to Tony Romo, Felix Jones and of course the Kellen Winslow situation with swollen you know what.....
Take a look at the names on the Week 6 All Stink Team, on paper you would think this team couldnt lose on Sunday, but this team STUNK, get rid of all of these players with the exception of Jonathan Stewart becuase due to injuries to Qb's these players will not get you to the promised land.

Qb- All but maybe 5 Qbs: what has happend to the Qb play in the NFL, its amazing how many bad quarterbacks there are out there. Matt Cassel STINKS, Matt Hasselback STINKS, Jon Kitna STINKS, Derek Anderson STINKS, Ryan Fitzpatrick STINKS, Marc Bulger STINKS, I can keep going........

WR- Terrell Owens: defenses are keying on him, but he has to stop the complaining and play. we all thought the Cards-Cowboy game would be nothing but offense and Mr Owens once again dissapointed fantasy owners with a grand total of 4 catches for 36 yards. STINKS!!!

WR- Randy Moss: this may not be all Moss's fault, but he is performing like he did with the Raiders. No Tom Brady, no more lazy route running and Moss's posted a whole 3 catches for 26 yards. STINKS! And you wanted me to trade Clinton Portis for Moss GINO???

WR- Tory Holt: I was expecting the Rams to come out and throw the ball a lot vs the Skins on Sunday and all Tory Holt did was catch 4 passes for 36 yards. STINKS!!!!!!!!

RB- Willis McGahee: This guys career may be over, a total of 8 carries for 18 yards. The Ray Rice era should begin this coming week. Get rid of Willis fast, he STINKS!!!

RB- Jonathan Stewart- just when we all started to get excited about Stewart thinking he is the next stud running back he carries the ball 6 times for 12 yards....STINKS!!!!!!! Its time to move Stewart back to the bench until he can show more consistency.

Matt Ryan a Star in the Making?

In my fantasy league of ten teams, we protect 16 players and draft only rookies and players who were not drafted the previous season who cannot me protected. Going into the draft many teams needed help at quarterback and Derek Anderson coming off a monster year was available. In a draft loaded with rookie runners Matt Ryan was selected with the second overall pick in the draft behind Darren Mcfadden. I was shocked and thought to myself what a terrible pick that was. Boy was I wrong, after this week and Matt Ryan throwing for 301 Yards 1TD and most importantly no ints, Matt Ryan is looking like the real deal and forming a nice hook up with Roddy White each week. Nice pick!!

Where's Devin Hester the $40 Million Dollar Man

Devin Hester received a 4 year $40 million dollar contract and thus far through 5 games Hester has 10 catches for 106 yards, 2 TD's and more importantly ZERO punt or kickoff returns for a TD. I dont think the Bears are paying him $10 million a season to average 2 catches a week.

In 2006 Hester had 5 punt or kick returns for a TD and in 2007 he had 6. Thus far this year he has zero. Part of this is because teams are finally starting to use their heads and not kick to him, but thus far the $40 Million Dollar Man is a "STINKER'.

Start Em & Sit Em Week Five Review

We all love to play Monday morning quarterback when it comes to who to start and who to sit in our fantasy leagues. We all have the stories of "if I started Issac Bruce over Chad Johnson" I would have won this week. The fact of the matter is, this is the beauty of fantasy football and it is also what drives us all crazy.

Week 5 Start Em Review:
Issac Bruce A+: We predicted a good week and recommended starting Issac Bruce last week and he came through with 2 TDS.

Matt Cassell B: We predicted last week the Pats would open things up a bit, which came true with an 80 yard TD pass to Randy Moss. I look for Cassell to get better each week.

Patrick Crayton C+: Crayton had one catch for a TD last week and is an interesting player each week With the Cowboys high powered offense he is going to be feast or famine each week.

Week 6 Power Ratings

1) New York Giants: The G-Men really proved this week that their Superbowl run was no fluke steam rolling past the Seahawks this week. Eli Manning may be the best fantasy QB in the league

2) Tennessee Titans: NO Vince Young, NO PROBLEM, Chris Johnson is for real, the defense is as strong as it gets....

3) Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys bounced back this week beating the pitiful Bengals, but they have the best talent in the league and should be in the top three all season.

4) Pittsburgh Steelers: The Steelers looked good this week vs Jacksonville even with all the injuries. As long as Big Ben is healthy the Steelers are going to be a tough team.

5) Washington Redskins: A big come from behind win vs the Eagles. Jason Campbell is developing into a solid QB and Clinton Portis is carrying the offense setting up he play action. Once Jason Taylor gets healthy the defense will get a big boost and the schedule is easy the next 4 weeks.

Turbulent Economic Times and Fantasy Sports

In these times of stock market turbulence and a global economic crisis many of us find some peace and relaxation in fantasy sports, OR DO WE???? All of us have experienced the tough fantasy loses because some "bum" we never of heard of plucks in two tds in the final 5 minutes of a Monday night football game. A few years ago, my fantasy team went into a Monday night game up one point. My opponent had no one playing and I had Charles Johnson of the Pittsburgh Steelers going. I cant lose right??? WRONG....Charles Johnson had ZERO CATCHES for NO YARDS which got me 0 points, so most of you would thing that I won, but guess what else Charles Johnson a WR did for me, he carried the ball once time for MINUS 14 Yards that cost me -1.4 points and I lost.
CAN ANYONE BEAT THIS ONE??

Week 5 ALL STINK TEAM

Below is the ALL STINK Team for Week 5 and boy are there some real stinkers.

QB- Jon Kitna: kitna is another case of the team STINKS, the coach STINKS, the owners STINK and its time for the Lions to go in a new direction. Kitna was 8 for 16 for a whole 74 yards before giving way to Dan Orlovsky. Sorry GINO, but it looks like the start of the Orlovsk era and not the Drew Stanton Error. Nice job dumping this bum last week!

RB- Larry Johnson: 2 yards, are you kidding me 2 YARDS, the guy STINKS, the team STINKS and the coach STINKS......Get rid of LJ and all other KC players while you can still get something for them.

RB- Ladanian Tomlinson: I really hope LT is hurt more than they are letting on, because this guys has STUNK up the place this year. He was once again no help to fantasy teams on Sunday with a total of 35 yards rushing.

WR- Santana Moss: Moss had ZERO catches this week in a win vs the Eagles. Santana never has been a consistent wideout. Moss will drive fantasy owners to drink.....

Week 5 Start Em & Sit Em

If you are like me, you are all sick of reading ESPN and all the other websites about who to start and who to sit. What kind of leagues to these media outlets think we are in?? Do you think we need to be told to start Marion Barber, start Donovan Mcnabb, i am sitting here wondering if I should start Selvin Young or Ricky Williams. These are problems, i wish i had the luxury of deciding to start Marion Barber or LT each week.....

Lets start with the "SIT EM's"
1- Chris Johnson: if you have some depth at running back and as good as CJ has been this may be the week to sit him. The Titans are facing the Ravens this week who not only havent allowed a running over 100 yards in 22 straight games, they knocked Rashard Mendenhall OUT for the season last week.

2- Patrick Crayton: Crayton is going to drive fantasy owners nuts all year. He had a solid week last week vs the Skins, but the team lost and TO went wild again. Look for TO and Felix Jones to get those touches that went to Crayton last week. I wish I could take my own advice and bench Crayton in my league, but I dont have anyone else to play. Lets hope I am wrong on this one, but I doubt it.

3- Bengal WRS: I would sit both Ocho Cino and TJ Housh with the questionable QB play, especially if Carson Palmer cannot play.

Week 5 "START Ems"
1- Matt Cassell: coming off a bye week look for Cassell to start to throw the ball down field more to Randy Moss and open up the offense. I anticipate 275 yards and 2 TDS from Cassell.

2- Steve Breaston: You saw the post about Breastons stock up with Boldin out, look for Breaston to have another big day this week.

3- Issac Bruce: He has scored TDs the last two weeks and should be playing from behind vs the Patriots coming off a bye week.

4- Armani Toomer: with Plaxico Burress out this week, who else are they going to throw to.....