For all your fantasy questions, feel free to Ask Papa Weimer @ papaweimer@hotmail.com. As for questions directed at me, good Ol’ Lucky Lester, throw your questions to lester@luckylester.com. Let the Fantasy season begin the point tallies – and feel free to knock me on my picks! How’d I do? Check it out.This Week’s Top Team: ? No! But these donkey’s put 104 up…
QB: Drew Brees vs. Colts: 2 points… 2 freaking points, talk about a kick in the butt… I had to decide between this guy and Peyton, and I took the guy rated lower to make my self look cool. Real good that did. Freaking Brees, guy couldn’t miss in the pre-season, then comes out and gets nothing done against the Colts vaunted defense. Bad start for Ol’ Lucky.
RB: Frank Gore vs. Cardinals: 13 fantasy points for Frank. I expected more from the man in San Francisco, but the Cardinals were making Alex Smith beat them. Gore still compiled 55 rushing yards and a touchdown while grabbing a pass for 21 yards. He dropped a couple, too, but no negative points for that.
RB: LaDainian Tomlinson vs. Chicago: LT showed why he’s LT and everyone else isn’t. LT started off the game with 9 carries for -1 yard, and it looked bad in San Diego. Then this super hero threw a dime to Antonio Gates for a touchdown. Then he broke 3 tackles on his way to a rushing score. LT had 17 fantasy points in my league, good for 4th place tie this weekend.
WR: Steve Smith vs. St. Louis: Steve didn’t have a Plaxico 34 point day or a pair of touchdowns like Reggie Wayne or Terrell Owens, but he did collect 118 yards and a long score on way to 19 fantasy points. That was good for 6th in the league, tied with Ronald Curry.
WR: Chad Johnson vs. Ravens: 95 yards, a touchdown, and an over-hyped touchdown celebration for my favorite player in the league. What can you say about this guy, he’s a gamer. Chad talks a lot, but its always for humorous intentions, everyone loves this guy. A smooth 15 fantasy points. Not awesome, but solid. I think Chad will do this all year.
TE: Todd Heap vs. Bengals: Mr. Heap had a touchdown catch that was called back because of an absolutely terrible offensive pass interference call in the end-zone at the end of the game. He then had a chance to make up for it by snagging Kyle Boller’s bullet pass, but it bounced off his chest, got picked, and the game was over. Sweet redemption, eh Todd? 2 fantasy points. 4 catches for 29 yards.
K: Jeff Wilkins vs. Carolina: Jeff only put up 8 fantasy points, which meant there were 10 guys who did better than he did from the kicker position. What can you say, Steven Jackson fumbled twice, and the Rams just didn’t get down the field.
D: Steelers vs. Browns: In my league the Steelers finished 3rd overall on defense, just 4 points behind the 1st place Vikings. Pittsburgh looked good while making the Browns look even worse than I imagined, and they totaled 28 fantasy points. Yes, my defense led my squad in Week 1.
LUCKY’S Week 1 SLEEPERS
Ben Roethlisberger: I believe Big Ben busted out the Browns to the tune of 4 touchdown passes. He didn’t break out the yardage totals like I imagined, but in all reality, he had a perfect day, and I must give myself a fat A+ for this pick.
Jason Campbell: Campbell didn’t get the start in many leagues, and deservedly so. He didn’t do dick, but he handed the ball off a lot. Campbell will be good, mark my words, but yesterday, he was a bench player at best, grabbing 8 points. I’ll take a D.
Julius Jones: Jones didn’t get the goalline looks, but he did tally 78 total yards for 7 fantasy points. Not a huge day, not really worth starting, except he ranked tied for 19th in the league with Ronnie Brown, DeShaun Foster, Brandon Jackson, and Laurence Maroney, at least 2 of which were 1st or 2nd round picks. So, Jones did okay. C.
Ahman Green: Ahman Green wasn’t a great starting option, but as a sleeper, he didn’t do to shabby, collecting 9 fantasy points and finishing in the Top 15 for running backs. Two more points than JJ, I’ll take a B.
Santonio Holmes: Holmes showed why I like his so much with that long touchdown he had in Week 1. Holmes will be a starter this year, and in my league, finished with 14 fantasy points, tied for 11th with Marvin Harrison. I’d say that’s at least worth a B+.
Ronald Curry: I love Curry’s chances to finish in the Top 15 for fantasy receivers, and as I’ve been saying for months, this guy is a steel wherever you get him. In some leagues, you can still pick Ronald up. He’s a stud. If he stays healthy, he’s a champ. He finished yesterday tied for 6th in the league, going for 133 yards and a touchdown for 19 fantasy points. A+!
Daniel Graham: Graham didn’t get as many looks as I thought he would, but I have a feeling, after Jay Cutler goes into the film room, he’ll see Graham in a whole different light. Next week, DG will get his. However, this week, he just made me look bad. He wasn’t shut out, and 2 points from a TE isn’t the end of the world, but I’ll take a D-.
Falcons DST: The Falcons couldn’t stop Adrian Peterson, and from the looks of it, I don’t know who will be able to. The young Sooner is a beast. I was wrong. Blast! F.
LUCKY’S Week 1 Randy Moss’s
(This section will be renamed this week, as Randy Moss decided to come back and ball… Any suggestions will be appreciated.)
Mike Vick: On his way to jail. Still being talked about. Yeah, he had a bad Week 1.
Trent Green: Okay, Trent wasn’t as bad as I thought he’d be. But the fact that he finished 13the overall means he probably shouldn’t have been a starter in Week 1. However, the fact that he outproduced Donovan McNabb, Marc Bulger, Vince Young, Brett Favre, Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, JP Losman, Jason Campbell and more means he shouldn’t have been on this list. So I was only 1.5/5, not counting Mike Vick. He’s an idiot.
Cedric Benson: 19 carries for 42 yards… I’ll take a big A+ for this call. Many started Benson in Week 1, and surely, that was a mistake. Cedric had 50 total yards and a fumble. He was good for 3 points in Week 1. The same as Reggie Bush, Maurice Jones Drew, and Deuce McAllister. So I guess you could have had one of those guys who all got picked ahead of Benson, but either way, you probably didn’t win in Week 1.
Warrick Dunn: Dunn was tied for 19th overall, so while he wasn’t a great starting option, he definitely didn’t belong in the section formerly known as the Randy Moss’s… Dunn was by no means effective, though, rushing for 55 yards on 22 carries… Yuck. His 4 catches only netted him 26 yards, but overall he was average for fantasy production.
Calvin Johnson: Calvin did well. 51 yards and a touchdown are two solid stat-lines for this youngster. So hell, I was wrong, what can I do?
Laveranues Coles: The only Jet that did anything. Coles caught 7 balls for 59 yards and two touchdowns. Ah, I was wrong. Coles was a baller, and my fantasy team paid the price. Looks like I should have taken Coles over Reggie Brown in Week 1.