Post by jets on Nov 25, 2009 12:15:34 GMT -5
Haven't done one of these in a few weeks, my apologies to my multitude of fans out there!!!
Top scoring team - Oorang by a twat-hair over Philly. I'm all of 35 points ahead of the Iggles. They are FAST approaching me
Top scoring offense - The Eagles, Steelers and Cowboys have completely set themselves above everybody else here, as they have all scored over 1000 points, with no one else breaking 980. The Eagles are actually at 1144, and the Steelers and Cowboys trail @ 1067 and 1046
Top scoring STs - Carolina and Oorang are a solid 35-40 points ahead of the nearest competitors. Carolina has Darren Sproles @ KR however, so no doubt he will continue to dominate.
Top scoring defense - Oorang still has this one, but the injuries he's taken to his LB and DB corps have allowed Atlanta to really close the gap. Both Oorang and Atlanta are over 1100. No one else has hit 1050 yet.
Top scoring RBs - Here is where the Iggles are killing me (and everybody else) by nearly 100 points. He has 443 points with his RB stable, no one else has hit 370 yet. We'll see how long that lasts with Cedric Benson being gimpy though. The Oilers seem like the best bet of anyone to possibly overtake the Eagles at RB with Forte piling up receptions and DeAngelo piling up yards although Carolina has MJD and Mendenhall, who look like great options the rest of the way
Top scoring WRs - Tampa, Steelers, and Oorang are all within 5 points of each other, with Arizona just ahead. Oorang will be dropping like a fly, as Calvin Johnson is injured YET AGAIN. Tampa, with Brandon Marshall, Fitz, and Housh look solid, but how long will Warner be out? Steelers have Colston, Moss and Mason, but Michael Crabtree is coming along strong as well
Top scoring TEs - Eagles and Chargers are miles ahead of everyone. Eagles spent the first half of the season starting both TGonzo and Owen Daniels. The Bolts have a healthy Brent Celek and Dallas Clark, so I cannot for the life of me see them NOT taking over the lead within a few games.
Top DL - Philly and Oorang are separated by all of 0.334 points, with San Fran and the Bolts a mere 8-10 points behind. Oorang has Jared Allen and Aaron Schobel, whereas Philly's strength is much stronger at DT with John Henderosn and haynesworth. I'd look for Oorang to extend the lead slightly in this area
Top LBs - Oorang @ 531 is about 60-70 points beyond the nearest teams (Iggles, Bolts, 49ers and Rams). Durant went down, Hawthorne has filled in nicely as a complement to Willis. Although 49ers are beasting now with the consistency of David Harris and Ray Lewis.
Top DBs - Falcons have set the standard as the only team over 500 points with the DBs. Carolina and Arizona are within striking distance however.
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Top QB - Peyton. Honorable mention goes to Aaron Rodgers for his consistency, with no game below 14, and none below 18 since week 2.
Top RB - Chris Johnson and MJD are far ahead of the rest. Honorable mention goes to Ray Rice who has broken 20 points every week since week 4, and of course gotta go honorable mention for AD who hasn't been beneath 13 points all season. Tough to go against CJ though as he is the #1 point scorer overall and has broken 40 points twice and currently holds the record for single-game points
Top WR - Reggie Wayne and Larry Fitz - tied. Wayne has a few more points, but he has been beneath 10 points twice. Fitz has been his usual insanely consistent self. Welker gets honorable mention as he is averaging nearly 3 full points per game more than anyone, but missed weeks 2 and 3. Otherwise, he hasn't been beneath 16 points, outside of his injury.
Top TE - Just as TGonzo ran away with this last season, Dallas Clark is running away with it this year. Since week 1, he has dropped into single digits only once
Top DT - Marcus Stroud was running away with this earlier, but several solid, if not spectacular, performances by Darnell Dockett ging him closer to the top
Top DE - Jared Allen is still so far ahead of everybody, it's almost ridiculous. 2 very weak performances the last 2 games has not really lessened his lead. Of note is how well Andre Carter is doing, and how rapidly Ray Edwards is shooting up the charts. Obviously defenses are really keying on Allen
Top LB - Patrick Willis is still so far ahead of everyone else. The name of his game is consistency. Only 1 game this entire season under 12 points. Curtis Lofton is climbing the charts though. Honorable mention goes to David Hawthorne who, since taking over as starter in week 8, leads all IDPs in scoring by nearly 5 ppg
Top CB - Charles Woodsen, appropriately enough, is the best CB so far by over 1 PPG. Appropriate because he's the best all-around CB in the game.
Top S - With Darren Sharper being gimpy the last 2 weeks and some insane performances by Tyvon Branch and Danieal Manning, they've pushed ahead of Darren Sharper by a hair.
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Most likely to overtake top score - both Dallas and Philly have outscored Oorang over the last 6 weeks, with Atlanta right on Oorang's tail. This is especially true on defense as Atlanta's D has outscored Oorang's D by nearly 20 points over that span. Of particular note is how Philly and Dallas' offenses have scored. In the last 6 games alone, each of them has outscored every other team by over 100 points on offense alone. Dallas has gotten extremely solid QB and WR play and Philly's RBs have gone wild.
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Offensive bust of the year
QB candidates - none really. Most seem to be producing who were expected to produce. I guess McNabb and Cassel are the 2 most obvious for this category, although some may have mistakenly thought that Jake Delhomme would produce.
RB candidates include Brian Westbrook and Ladainian Tomlinson. Some may think that Slaton belongs, but he is still producing as a near RB1, @ RB19 (16 team league)
WR candidates have to be topped by Dwayne Bowe who many projected as a WR1, yet has produced barely as a WR3, being outscored by mid-round rookies like Mike Wallace and former nobody's like Pierre Garcon and Andre Caldwell.
Overall- has to go to Brian Westbrook. Drafted as a RB1, performing as a RB4. Injuries have been the primary culprit, but that's Westy for you.
Defensive bust of the year
DT - no such thing. Anyone who expects consistent production from a DT is fooling themselves.
DE - Jon Abraham, easily. Last season, he pops off 17 sacks. This season, he's on pace for 6 and he has been held under 8 points in all games but 1. He's put up less than 5 points 7 of the 11 weeks this season.
LB - DeMarcus Ware was one of the first IDPs off the board. He is presently LB38, and is averaging all of 9 PPG. The problem with sack specialists not named "Harrison" is that they simply don't produce the tackle numbers. Ware has been held to 3 or less tackles 6 times and held sackless 6 times. Boom or bust with the 3-4 OLB.
DB - probably has to be Troy, simply due to injuries. In games where he plays the entire time, he has put up an average of 13 ppg, which would be a top scorer in our league.
Overall - gotta go with DeMarcus Ware, simply due to his draft placement. A top 5 draft pick MUST produce, and Ware has been healthy all season. LB3 (and a tenuous one at best) simply doesn't cut the mustard for a top IDP pick.
Top scoring team - Oorang by a twat-hair over Philly. I'm all of 35 points ahead of the Iggles. They are FAST approaching me
Top scoring offense - The Eagles, Steelers and Cowboys have completely set themselves above everybody else here, as they have all scored over 1000 points, with no one else breaking 980. The Eagles are actually at 1144, and the Steelers and Cowboys trail @ 1067 and 1046
Top scoring STs - Carolina and Oorang are a solid 35-40 points ahead of the nearest competitors. Carolina has Darren Sproles @ KR however, so no doubt he will continue to dominate.
Top scoring defense - Oorang still has this one, but the injuries he's taken to his LB and DB corps have allowed Atlanta to really close the gap. Both Oorang and Atlanta are over 1100. No one else has hit 1050 yet.
Top scoring RBs - Here is where the Iggles are killing me (and everybody else) by nearly 100 points. He has 443 points with his RB stable, no one else has hit 370 yet. We'll see how long that lasts with Cedric Benson being gimpy though. The Oilers seem like the best bet of anyone to possibly overtake the Eagles at RB with Forte piling up receptions and DeAngelo piling up yards although Carolina has MJD and Mendenhall, who look like great options the rest of the way
Top scoring WRs - Tampa, Steelers, and Oorang are all within 5 points of each other, with Arizona just ahead. Oorang will be dropping like a fly, as Calvin Johnson is injured YET AGAIN. Tampa, with Brandon Marshall, Fitz, and Housh look solid, but how long will Warner be out? Steelers have Colston, Moss and Mason, but Michael Crabtree is coming along strong as well
Top scoring TEs - Eagles and Chargers are miles ahead of everyone. Eagles spent the first half of the season starting both TGonzo and Owen Daniels. The Bolts have a healthy Brent Celek and Dallas Clark, so I cannot for the life of me see them NOT taking over the lead within a few games.
Top DL - Philly and Oorang are separated by all of 0.334 points, with San Fran and the Bolts a mere 8-10 points behind. Oorang has Jared Allen and Aaron Schobel, whereas Philly's strength is much stronger at DT with John Henderosn and haynesworth. I'd look for Oorang to extend the lead slightly in this area
Top LBs - Oorang @ 531 is about 60-70 points beyond the nearest teams (Iggles, Bolts, 49ers and Rams). Durant went down, Hawthorne has filled in nicely as a complement to Willis. Although 49ers are beasting now with the consistency of David Harris and Ray Lewis.
Top DBs - Falcons have set the standard as the only team over 500 points with the DBs. Carolina and Arizona are within striking distance however.
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Top QB - Peyton. Honorable mention goes to Aaron Rodgers for his consistency, with no game below 14, and none below 18 since week 2.
Top RB - Chris Johnson and MJD are far ahead of the rest. Honorable mention goes to Ray Rice who has broken 20 points every week since week 4, and of course gotta go honorable mention for AD who hasn't been beneath 13 points all season. Tough to go against CJ though as he is the #1 point scorer overall and has broken 40 points twice and currently holds the record for single-game points
Top WR - Reggie Wayne and Larry Fitz - tied. Wayne has a few more points, but he has been beneath 10 points twice. Fitz has been his usual insanely consistent self. Welker gets honorable mention as he is averaging nearly 3 full points per game more than anyone, but missed weeks 2 and 3. Otherwise, he hasn't been beneath 16 points, outside of his injury.
Top TE - Just as TGonzo ran away with this last season, Dallas Clark is running away with it this year. Since week 1, he has dropped into single digits only once
Top DT - Marcus Stroud was running away with this earlier, but several solid, if not spectacular, performances by Darnell Dockett ging him closer to the top
Top DE - Jared Allen is still so far ahead of everybody, it's almost ridiculous. 2 very weak performances the last 2 games has not really lessened his lead. Of note is how well Andre Carter is doing, and how rapidly Ray Edwards is shooting up the charts. Obviously defenses are really keying on Allen
Top LB - Patrick Willis is still so far ahead of everyone else. The name of his game is consistency. Only 1 game this entire season under 12 points. Curtis Lofton is climbing the charts though. Honorable mention goes to David Hawthorne who, since taking over as starter in week 8, leads all IDPs in scoring by nearly 5 ppg
Top CB - Charles Woodsen, appropriately enough, is the best CB so far by over 1 PPG. Appropriate because he's the best all-around CB in the game.
Top S - With Darren Sharper being gimpy the last 2 weeks and some insane performances by Tyvon Branch and Danieal Manning, they've pushed ahead of Darren Sharper by a hair.
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Most likely to overtake top score - both Dallas and Philly have outscored Oorang over the last 6 weeks, with Atlanta right on Oorang's tail. This is especially true on defense as Atlanta's D has outscored Oorang's D by nearly 20 points over that span. Of particular note is how Philly and Dallas' offenses have scored. In the last 6 games alone, each of them has outscored every other team by over 100 points on offense alone. Dallas has gotten extremely solid QB and WR play and Philly's RBs have gone wild.
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Offensive bust of the year
QB candidates - none really. Most seem to be producing who were expected to produce. I guess McNabb and Cassel are the 2 most obvious for this category, although some may have mistakenly thought that Jake Delhomme would produce.
RB candidates include Brian Westbrook and Ladainian Tomlinson. Some may think that Slaton belongs, but he is still producing as a near RB1, @ RB19 (16 team league)
WR candidates have to be topped by Dwayne Bowe who many projected as a WR1, yet has produced barely as a WR3, being outscored by mid-round rookies like Mike Wallace and former nobody's like Pierre Garcon and Andre Caldwell.
Overall- has to go to Brian Westbrook. Drafted as a RB1, performing as a RB4. Injuries have been the primary culprit, but that's Westy for you.
Defensive bust of the year
DT - no such thing. Anyone who expects consistent production from a DT is fooling themselves.
DE - Jon Abraham, easily. Last season, he pops off 17 sacks. This season, he's on pace for 6 and he has been held under 8 points in all games but 1. He's put up less than 5 points 7 of the 11 weeks this season.
LB - DeMarcus Ware was one of the first IDPs off the board. He is presently LB38, and is averaging all of 9 PPG. The problem with sack specialists not named "Harrison" is that they simply don't produce the tackle numbers. Ware has been held to 3 or less tackles 6 times and held sackless 6 times. Boom or bust with the 3-4 OLB.
DB - probably has to be Troy, simply due to injuries. In games where he plays the entire time, he has put up an average of 13 ppg, which would be a top scorer in our league.
Overall - gotta go with DeMarcus Ware, simply due to his draft placement. A top 5 draft pick MUST produce, and Ware has been healthy all season. LB3 (and a tenuous one at best) simply doesn't cut the mustard for a top IDP pick.