Last Place Wisdom: Shouldn't the Articles be called something else by now?

Well, the 49ers and Jaguars got done playing their games in Britain this week, in what can only be described as a game “For British Eyes Only”. London has now been treated to football teams that have a combined record of 9-21. Take out the 49ers, who everyone hates, and its 3-19. Great job in promoting the NFL globally, NFL. Londoners can now go back to watching out for Mary Poppins and enjoying their bread soup. 

As was brought up on the podcast last week, this week saw the top 5 teams in the league play the bottom 5 teams. In an unsurprising and boring outcome, everyone that was probably expected to win did, while everyone who wasn’t did not. The only real exciting matchup was probably between Andrew and Mike, coming down to Monday night. The Seahawks did just enough for Andrew to pull it out, in what was otherwise an incredibly boring game.

This week had one major outcome, and that was that it adds a bit of clarity into who makes the playoffs. At this point, the top 5 look to be fairly secure, but the last and final spot is wide open. It will be exciting to watch that last spot being fought over, as it could come down to tiebreakers and the final couple of weeks.

It was a bit of a heartbreaking week for Aaron, as he put up the third best number of points, but unfortunately ended up going against Calvin Johnson. On the plus side, he is still only 1 game back of the final playoff spot.

Mr.Manager of the Week Award

I’m going to give it to Andrew this week, for picking up and starting the New Orleans Saints D/ST. They ended up putting out an extremely solid game, and ended up making a big difference in a tight matchup.

Waiver Wire

Not a great week for the Waiver Wire. Philip Rivers is an interesting option at QB, while Mike Tolbert is the only RB I would consider. Marvin Jones will probably turn his best game ever into a wavier pick up, while I could see Andrew picking up Golden Tate simply to be the poster boy for taunting the opposition.

Injuries

Not nearly as many major injuries this week. Mike Vick had a totally unsurprising injury that nicely sums up how well John’s season has been going so far. Julius Thomas had to leave his game with an ankle injury, but it doesn’t sound too serious and they have a bye this week.

Random Thoughts

I know, I know, everyone always looks forward to my random thoughts. I just don’t have a lot of thoughts to share this week.

The only football game I really watched this weekend was Dallas-Detroit, and it was pretty fantastic. As a Stafford owner, it was incredibly frustrating to watch him and Calvin Johnson get continually tackled at the 1 yard line and taking point away from me, or else to watch the Lions thrown and fumble the game away. I also got to watch an 80yrd touchdown to Dez Bryant that helped Dawson out in a big way.

Stafford to Megatron was a thing of beauty however, and watching Stafford call his own number to catch Dallas off guard and score the winning touchdown was fantastic.

Week 3 Preview

Sexy Sacks Men vs BISP – It’s not looking good for Mike this week. He has 4 players on bye, Foster is still injured, and he hasn’t had his bench players step up. The most interesting thing to watch will be to see if Kenny Stills can start to play like a #1, or go back to being inconsistent. John watching his pre-season sleeper benefit Mike would probably crush his spirit completely at this point. I’m hoping I can find an adequate replacement for Stafford, but otherwise I like my chances.  

NINERS vs The Fear Boners – John catches a small break with the 49ers on bye this week. Personally, it would be nice to see John get some more wins, as it would help separate the top teams from one another.

Oh that’s nasty vs The Miracle Mets 1969  – This game is probably the biggest when it comes to playoff positioning. If Aaron can win, he puts himself right into the conversation, where Dawson can give himself the inside track on the last playoff spot. Aaron will be in tough, considering that the QB situation in Philly has hurt Desean Jackson’s value, and Reggie Bush is on bye.

What are the Chances vs Sideliners – Curtis has 6 players on bye this week, so it’s going to be a rough one for him. On the plus side, he has both Rice and Jackson playing for the first time since Week 1 I believe, so it would be nice if he can get his top picks going. Steve continues to roll.

Andrew’s Team vs NFL Owner – The other big game of the week, this time with 1^st place on the line. It’ll be interesting to watch how the backups perform, as Denver’s entire passing game is sitting on the bench in this game, and players like Dwayne Bowe and Nate Washington could end up being the difference.  

On the next Last Place Wisdom:

I recap Week 9, which isn’t as exciting without Peyton or Megatron to go crazy in it.

Andrew, learning from Golden Tate, steps his smack talk up to new levels.

John pulls out all the stops in convincing Mike to trade him Kenny Stills.