Musings

[av8rmike]

Corporate sent out an e-mail asking us to observe a moment of silence at 8:59 AM today, or 9:37, or whatever. Given that during this time of day I'm usually just sitting silently at my desk, is there something different I should be doing? Not typing or clicking the mouse? Turn down my radio? I certainly wasn't going to do that, they were playing Copland's "Lincoln Portrait", with narration (Adlai Stevenson), and that's something you never hear on the radio.

Instead I'll talk about football. I'm getting killed this weekend, both in office pool and fantasy, because there were so many upsets. The problem was, when in doubt I went with the home team, and most of the visiting teams won this week. And who'd have thought the Saints, Bears, and Rams would do so well this week? I must have to check the fantasy news before every game, because Cincinnati must have benched Houshmanzadeh just before kickoff. Tom Brady had a good day, unfortunately Chad Pennington had a better one. If Clinton Portis has a good night tonight, it'll thrown my whole world into doubt... =(

Comments

[tidesong.livejournal.com]

Fricking Bears.

Grrr.

[violaman.livejournal.com]

It's a good idea to check your fantasy lineups on Sunday morning, especially if there are any starters on your team that are listed as "game-time decisions" earlier in the week. But don't sweat it too much. There's only so much you can do, and even if the team says they're going to play someone, that doesn't mean they will, or that the guy will be effective. I don't think Portis is going to play tonight. And long-term, Tom Brady is your better fantasy QB. Remember that Pennington has had 2 shoulder surgeries and not much help on offense, and Brady has won 3 Super Bowls and has one of the best coaches in the game, plus a bunch of great players around him. Each week, you want to play the guys who will give you the best chance to win, and Brady is one of those guys. He may have a bad game once in a while, but he's going to produce FF points most weeks. I realize that I'm saying all of this after winning my first fantasy game this season. I usually start 0-1, so thus far it's all good.

As for the Packers... um, they suck. Don't blame the Bears. It's not all Brett Favre's fault, but he needs to get out of the game. They need to see what Aaron Rodgers can do. It's going to be a long season there, but if they start getting the kid into games now, that will help in the next few years to get the Packers back to winning form.

[karlgrenze.livejournal.com]

The Saints won a football game???

Hey, you were rooting for LSU, then, right?