I was tempted not to award the Tom Landry Hat to anyone this week. I think the fact that Kenny Britt wasn't even sitting on any of our benches makes all of us somewhat culpable on poor management fronts this week. Others simply mailed/vomited it in (John). But then last night happened, and Bilbo pushed all his Baggins to the middle of the table. I felt pretty good about a 38 point lead and Everett only having Green Bay's D and Eli left. I mean the Giants and Packers faced the two pre-eminent "Backs Against the Wall" teams, so you knew those matchups would be tough. Nay, nay, gentlemen. Everett got a dynamite performance from Eli, leading him to a 114-113 win. Yes, he Milton Berled my Milton Berles. He also reanimated the corpse of Dwayne Bowe, getting a solid 20 out of him. Everett played the slow roll to perfection, essentially giving Chris Johnson a bye (a mere 6 points from CJ...18 below his projection). I was all excited about Michael Turner starting a new era, but I was a fool. The Tom Landry Hat is yours, Everett. Wear it well.
In lesser news, I got a great performance from the Washington Defense. Some of you may think that it was just another example of my tremendous foresight. I must admit to you, however, that I was excited when I awoke last Wednesday, and scurried down the stairs to pick up Denver's D to play against the hapless Raiders. I was all upset when I saw that Steve beat me to the punch, so I settled on Washington, hoping that maybe Cutler could keep sucking a little bit longer. Steve got negative points from Denver and I got 26 from the Skins. Even former champions like myself know that it's always better to be lucky than good.
Not sure if I deserve Landry level recognition--that was really a pretty lucky game. Especially considering I was only playing Eli because of Schaub's bye.
ReplyDeleteEither way, your prediction of a Ware forced fumble at the end of the game scared the crap out of me when it actually happened (thank you Giants o-line guy for falling on it).