Week 2

After two short weeks, we have three undefeated teams and three teams still looking for their first win. As all fantasy football veterans know, the first two weeks are a major toss up. Major injuries aside, how you come out of the gate rarely reflects how your team will do the rest of the (long) season. I mean, look at the leaderboard so far. QB Jay Cutler is the best player in league. Philip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers are the #2 and 3 QBs. Brian Westbrook and Marion Barber are the top scoring RBs while Anquan Boldin and Calvin Johnson rule the receiving charts -- both are hypothetically number two receivers on their teams.

But that's why we love this game, because every week and every season holds surprises and disappointments. After all, fifty percent of last year's top twenty fantasy football players will disappear into semi-obscurity once this season's stats are tabulated. Yes, that's true!

Fishtorious (128.88) vs All Out of Gum (111.50)
Leading by over thirty points heading into Monday night, Kevin's All Out of Gum team was looking good enough for him to start a bit of trash talking. Having broken the century mark after last week's poor 69.96 point showing, he was feeling confident that he had the victory in the bag. Former Dallas RB Julius Jones punched in 21.10 pts to lead the troops, the Giants defense stepped up huge with 18 pts, and Reggie Wayne (15.30) and Marshawn Lynch (12.70) had good games. Ah, but many a victory has been lost on Monday nights, especially with a QB-TE combination of Tony Romo and Jason Witten still left to play.

Well, what happened during MNF's first half must have made Kevin's stomach lurch. Tony Romo and the Cowboys got into a crazy shoot out right out of the gate and Brian's boys were on their way to a combined forty point night. Romo exploded for over three hundred yards and threw three touchdowns (27.98 pts) while Witten wasn't half bad himself with seven catches and over a hundred yards. Combine that with over twenty points from both Brandon Marshall and Chris Chambers and that's all she wrote. The Fish came roaring back for a late win and set the high water mark for the young season to boot. In fact, with their WK2 outburst, Fishtorious just became the highest scoring team in the league. Congrats!

All Out of Gun will have to find an answer to their quarterback struggles as they're poised to use their third different starter in three weeks (Carson Palmer, Brian Griese, JT O'Sullivan) in search of their first win.

fobsters (90.14) vs Canadian Bacon (82.44)
In a battle for future world domination, it was Taiwan versus Canada this weekend. Soy sauce versus maple syrup. Republic of China versus Republic of America. One thing the Bacon have going for them is their team logo. Very descriptive and makes a lot of sense. Plus, Canadian Bacon is kind of a hilarious movie. Who's with me here?

Let's not have any suspense here, we know who would win in a matchup of these two economic powerhouses. Taiwan! And Jimmy proved it behind a three headed attack of Earnest Graham (19.80), Tony Scheffler (18.40), Eddie Royal (11.70), and Mason Crosby (12.00). Who?! Exactly. The fobsters should be led by Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson, and TJ Houshmandzadeh but so far these three stars have been, for lack of a better term, sucking it up. Still, 2-0 and sitting in third place isn't bad considering the fobsters have yet to get any good performances from their stars (although Brees did have a nice WK1). This team might be a serious contender once the Big Three get it together.

As for Adam's team, there a lot of good things going on. They have a premier quarterback (Peyton Manning) paired with a strong running game (Frank Gore, Jamal Lewis, Matt Forte). Then again, why is their kicker and defense putting up 14 and 12 points respectively and almost leading them in scoring? Only Peyton outscored K Jason Hanson and Buccaneers defense for them this week. Their receiving corps of Wes Welker, Jerricho Cotchery and Kevin Boss was a big disappointment to say the least, combining for under ten points. However, Santana Moss (26.10) and promising rookie DeSean Jackson (12.00) lurk on the bench. Canadian Bacon needs to resolve their TE issues right away as the position has given them -1.5 points this season courtesy of Todd Heap (already cut) and Kevin Boss. That's a minus sign as in negative.