Survivor pool update:
Vic, Edible, and yuyukos are all still out at 0-1 and I utilized my additional time well this past weekend by taking an extra close glance and ensuring the neck line of my beard was just perfect and hope you spent your additional seconds equally well.
kagiyamahina: 4-0 (Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Yinzers)
Kilga: 4-0 (Minnesota, New England, Washington, Tampa Bay [why])
PX: 3-1 (Dallas, Indianapolis, Jets, Jacksonville [also why]) OUT!
With that said, I actually had the Jags pegged to win that game as well. Given the horrendous state of football in Miami (and the likeliness of that continuing after they hired Generic Tough High School Football Macho Bullshit Guy) and the complete lack of improvement in Tampa Bay after adding shellfish enthusiast Winston under center, Jacksonville in all their "hurf durf worst team not named the Browns" ineptness had a fantastic opportunity to become the undisputed King Of Florida, which is a title that no one should really want. I have to wonder what the issues with the Jags (and the Browns to a lesser extent) are, because year after year and pick after pick and coach after coach they remain a model of staggering mediocrity at best. Bortles is developing into a decent passer and Hurns is a promising receiver, but they have no other players of note currently and will likely be adding another high draft pick to start next year alongside Fowler. Frankly I would love for the Jags to be relevant in the national scene because I'm sick of the Colts and I'm sick of the Houston Watts and seriously does anyone actually like the Titans!?!?
Speaking of knee injuries, I find myself wondering often what is causing the rise in ACL tears in the modern NFL. With Jamaal Charles tearing his right ACL last weekend (after tearing his left in 2011) and the NFL recognizing 31 ACL tears in 2013 (while independent sources have the number pegged at higher than 60) the question must be asked: Is this only an effect of the athletes becoming much bigger and stronger than ever at the expense of their bodies not being able to keep up? A significant number of ACL tears come from non-contact injuries, as seen in Charles and Kelvin Benjamin in this preseason, so the problem can't just be waved away as "the game is too violent these days" (though that's a discussion for another time). Is it a side effect of the specialized and exact nutrition in which many of the players now partake? Gone seem to be the days of guys eating and drinking whatever and then hoping to burn it all off on the field. Can it be contributed somehow to the current move to less intense practices within the league? Even though it's no longer the career-ending injury that it once was, and it's certainly not an epidemic like CTE and associated degenerative brain damage, I remain curious as to why this injury is on the rise.
I have both Chiefs RBs now hmu for trades, need QB or WR
Before launching into my usual Panthers-centric post, I need to make a confession. The Atlanta Falcons are probably the best team in the NFC South. Matt Ryan to Julio Jones is quite possibly the most unstoppable tandem in the league right now, and Freeman is pounding the rock like nobody's business. Dan Quinn has shored up the defense apparently through sheer willpower and while they aren't world-beaters on that side of the ball they can make the big stops when needed and provide the offense their chance to come back on the field and win. So far they've beaten the entire NFC East and the completely inept Houston J.J.s, and while they needed comeback wins against the Giants, Eagles and Washington they were able to show that they were the dominant team. Their only decisive wins so far came against Brandon Weeden and Ryan Mallet, and yet no one seems to be regarding the their schedule as soft. Meanwhile the Panthers schedule against Luke McCown (who almost won that game), Jameis Winston, Bortles, and that same Houston team is seen as soft. Rather than split hairs I will declare that both these schedules are "good" and both teams are "great". The Falcons will carry their momentum into tonight's game with the Saints and on against the Titans and Tampa, and their schedule is easier than the Panthers moving forward because they do not play the Seahawks or the Packers, so there is a remarkable chance that their upcoming series against each other could be to decide NFC South champ vs Wild Card team. I hate the Falcons so much but damn do I respect them this year.
MY F-ING FANTASY TEAM RGHGHGHRHGRHGRHGHRGHRHGHRGGHH!!!!!111111111111111 Tom Brady is the only decent player on this team and if it weren't for him I would have started fielding Tim Tebow in an attempt to win the number 1 pick next year! Bridgewater is now my only other QB after I jettisoned Winston and he's coming off a bye so I just PRAY THAT HE REMEMBERED HOW TO NOT SUCK AT FOOTBALL!!! Antonio Brown may as well be a ghost because Michael Vick sure as shit isn't trying to establish him as the center of the offense LIKE HE FUCKING SHOULD BE!!! "Oh Vic but what about Le'Veo-" HE'S NOT ON MY TEAM SO I HATE HIM! BRING BACK DEANGELO WILLIAMS HE WAS PRODUCING MORE! NO SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR STATS AND NUMBERS!!! OBJ has apparently decided to no longer make amazing catches and has thus exposed himself as WORTHLESS AND TERRIBLE!!! T.Y. Hilton more like T.Y. Do The Colts Think You're A Good Receiver When The Only Good Player On Their Entire Roster Is The Actual Sasquatch Disguised As A Man. MIKE EVANS YOU FUCK I HATE YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE THE BUCS LOSE EVERY GAME AND YOU RUINED MY TEAM! HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL!?!?! Gio Bernard continues to show that he's a better player than Hill but the Bungles clearly know better and take great pleasure in my suffering every week as they continue to refuse to give Gio the rock on every down. Chris Ivory is coming off a bye and better perform against Washington because if he can't clown them like he did Miami then holy shit just fucking retire in the post-game interview. Jason Witten is on bye and I wound up having to grab Jordan Cameron again who is trying to catch passes from a QB who gets clowned by his practice squad, TANNEHILL YOU BETTER NOT SCREW ME THIS WEEK!!! Willie Snead and Travis Benjamin better turn out as the WR1 that they both secretly are and only I know that which is why they're stashed on my team ahahahahahahahahahaha. Knile Davis and Charcandrick West: Y'all better figure out this weekend which on y'all is the RB1 because I don't need any RBBC production split between a starter and my bench OR ELSE!!!!!!!!
