Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wings and Things Power Rankings: Week 3
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| The most delicious grub in Stamford: the High School from Garden Catering, in honor of DandyBoy. |
1) Vlad Ducasse -- As Tommy Satran aka Satchy Satch said, Danny is the best teammate. I put him at the top of the power rankings and he made sure to make me look good for doing so. Soom's mouth tastes like foot because Big Vlad gave the Shape Ups the business. Amish Rifle and Ray Rice got 20 apiece, but even more impressive is the work that Dandyboy does to get 19 and 18 points from Jimmy Graham and Tim Hightower, respectively.
2) Softer Knocks -- The matchup of the week did not disappoint, but Timmy's Golden Boy QB's were no match for Joe. Matt Stafford, beast QB of the 3-0 Lions has passed for 977 yards, 9 TD's , and only 2 picks through the first three games. At this point, we can safely say that the former Elite 11 favorite of Football Jukes (below, far right), is officially and Elite NFL QB as long as he can stay healthy. The Knocks look strong even in the wake of Jamaal Charles' injury thanks to Jermichael Finley (who scored 31 points last week) and the man who is on pace to gain over 2,000 yards receiving this season.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Like a Phoenix, The Friars are Rising From the Ashes
Then came a glimmer of hope. It came in the form of a hometown hero. A man who valued integrity about anything else. Ed Cooley was the complete package. He would win and he would be at Providence for a long time.
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| Legend |
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Better-late-than-Never NFL Division Preview: AFC North
After two eventful weeks, the AFC North is all square, each team sitting at 1-1. That means it's fair game to roll out another division preview featuring two Super Bowl contenders and two...teams that have a couple young guys we like.
1. Go on record and then explain why. Who is the better safety: Ed Reed or Troy Polamalu.
Dave Hendrie: This is tough going forward because I think that Polamalu could be better going forward. Reed may only play for a few more years. Up until this point, I will have to give a slight edge to Reed. He is a slightly better playmaker and makes far fewer mistakes. Polamalu is explosive but makes too many mistakes in coverage.
Sam Widdoes: Sadly, I going to say Ed Reed. I watch every play the Steelers make, so I see ever play that Troy overcommits on and every tackle he misses, and also every spectacular interception and tackle he makes. I just don't see Ed making the mistakes Troy makes, or being out of position the way he is sometimes. I realize that's a product of the way Troy plays, but Reed seems to be just as effective without as much of the detriment. Plus, Ed ranked a couple spots higher on the NFL Network Player's Vote.
Scott Simon: Both are great players but I think, when playing at their peak, Polamalu is a SIGNIFICANTLY better safety than Ed Reed. He just does more. Reed is the league's best centerfielder- without a doubt. When he gets his hands on the ball he generally ends up in the end zone. He's a big play waiting to happen. But he can go quiet for GAMES at a time. Polamalu is more consistent and he is known to make a big play from time to time as well. Ed Reed is more Ken Griffey where Polamalu is Willie Mays. Both are top 5 safeties of all time, but Polamalu is just better.
Johhny Hendrie: Ed Reed. Slightly better big play capability. Slightly better pass defender, in a passing league. Went to The U as compared to USC.
Johhny Hendrie: Ed Reed. Slightly better big play capability. Slightly better pass defender, in a passing league. Went to The U as compared to USC.
Wings and Things Power Rankings: Week 2
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| Beef on Weck, at worst the 2nd best grub Buffalo. In honor of the 2-0 Bills. |
1) Beefcakes -- Timmy's in first place and he has a good team, so he's #1 in the power rankings now. I took my whoopin' last week thanks to 29 points apiece from Brady and Jahvid Best and 26.6 more from LeSean McCoy. Epic showdown between two of three 2-0 teams this week, the Beefcakes and Softer Knocks. Can Timmy hold on to the top spot?
2) Vlad Ducasse -- The Vlads had another strong showing in a Week 2, 152-150 loss to Dream Shake. I was all ready to give it to Soom for doubting my ranking prowess, then Will ruined everything by pulling out a comeback win on Monday night. Unavailable for comment, Soom's publicist issued a statement for Dandyboy, saying of their Week 3 matchup, "if Michael Vick is allowed to play after sustaining a concussion and not practicing all week, you're going down!"
But I don't know about you guys, I am buying what the Amish Rifle is selling. Ryan Fitzpatrick is making that magic in Buffalo to the tune of 472 yards, seven touchdowns and only one pick through two games, so it'll be up the the gritty bunch from The Estates at Benedict Canyon Woods to knock them back down to earth.
4) Kiss the Baby -- Demps made sure to put an end to all that "Jukes may go undefeated" talk with a swift, 195-139 beatdown in the battle of last year's cellar dwellers. Vincent Jackson let the charge with 36 points and both Ryan Matthews and Peyton Hillis got over 23, but it was a total team effort that his Guy has to be proud of, wherever he is.
5) G-MEN -- The fantasy G-MEN rebounded from a crappy Week 1 and panic over the QB situation to produce the biggest blowout of the week, a 197-139 win against the preseason power rankings leader, the RI Bulldogs. (The real life G-Men also won, but predictably looked like crap). Same story this week, a lot will be riding on Rodgers, Purple Jesus and Miles Austin (38 points last week, but projected for 0 this week on the matchup page as of 12:08 PM EST, is he hurt or something?) to carry the load.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Got Next: Anthony Johnson
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| Typical Freshmen Year Picture |
Amidst this otherwise typical game, a defensive tackle on LSU caught my eye. He was over 300 pounds, got off the ball quicker than anyone on the field, and made a splash play that was astonishing. Just as I was about to look this kid up, the TV crew began singing his praises, in the process dropping that he was a true freshmen.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wings and Things Power Rankings: Week 1
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| Not sure where these are from, but I want to go there. |
Week 1 is in the books, but not before some big time shake-ups in the power rankings. I tried not to be too reactionary because it's only one week, but some teams really showed me something so I had to adjust my initial evaluations of each team. As always, feel free to comment and send pics of wings and/or things.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Wings and Things Draft Recap and Preseason Power Rankings
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| Wings from Anchor Bar, Buffalo |
This year’s draft got off to a horrible start, thanks to a clerical error on my part and general confusion that I blame on everyone but myself, because I’m the commissioner so I’m the one who doesn’t have to do anything I don’t want to, like be organized. That’s my word and I’m sticking to it.
First we did a live draft lottery, in which Craig and Scott’s G-Men (present) and my Roger Goodell squad wound up with the first two picks. (Imagine the possibilities for my season!) When I went to plug in the order and the keepers, Yahoo! had already generated the random order and made changing it impossible. The best we could do was to take our keepers in the first round and go from there – meaning that Round 2 was essentially Round 1. For those keeping score at home, that makes this the most triple-randomly determined drat order of all time.
Once the dust settled, we were off and running with the third annual Wings and Things draft. The season begins tonight, but not before we look back at the draft and ahead to our first power rankings of the year.
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