** CBS Sports — Eagles, #1: “Wentz has three straight games with at least three touchdown passes.”
** NFL.com — Eagles, #1: “Wentz's mobility is what gets me. MVP?”
** Bleacher Report — Eagles, #1: “Philadelphia has announced itself to the world as one of the league's top teams.”
** USA Today — Eagles, #1: “Is Wentz ready to lead his franchise on Super Bowl magic carpet ride?”
** Yahoo Sports — Eagles, #1: “There should be as much excitement as possible about Carson Wentz.”
** ESPN — Eagles, #2: “The Patriots, the #1 team in football, are the clear favorites to win their division.”
There’s always that one guy...
QB: Carson Wentz, 39.02 pts — on Ant’s bench WR: Amari Cooper, 32.36 pts — started by Bob
RB: Ezekiel Elliott, 38.00 pts — started by Jim
TE: O.J. Howard, 21.53 pts — on the wire
K: Kai Forbath, 24.00 pts — on the wire
DEF: Chicago, 33.00 pts — on the wire
D: Eddie Jackson, 18.50 pts — on the wire
Welcome to the top fantasy performers list, Mr. Wentz. That will be the first of many.
How’d your offensive starters do? Bears S Eddie Jackson had interception for a TD and one fumble recovery for a TD, for the highest individual defensive player point total on the week. Only 28 offensive players did better this week. And that includes QBs Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco, Marcus Mariota, Eli Manning and Cam Newton. In fact, all of those points came directly from Panthers QB Newton, in a 17-3 win for the Bears. So he outscored both his opponent and his own team this week.
“Just sad” edition
3rd place: Tavarres King, -0.23 pts — on the wire
2nd place: Cincinnati, -1.00 pts — on the wire
1st place: San Francisco, -6.00 pts — on the wire
Congrats to the 0-7 Niners, who managed no turnovers, no sacks and allowed 40 points to score the lowest total possible for a defense in their game against the Cowboys. Way not to show up at all.
** Former Braves pitcher John Smoltz, offering color commentary after the final pitch of the ALCS, said the 4-0 victory for Houston was a stunner for him but then added “the Astros holding this Yankees roster to no runs tonight was short of incredible.”Not “nothing short of incredible.” That would mean it was great. This shutout performance was apparently just “short of incredible,” which I guess means simply OK. But at least they won.
** NFL Red Zone channel host Andrew Siciliano, as always quickly switching between games on Sunday, gave the best update of the weekend:
“In the Bills game, we’re in an injury timeout. Karlos Dansby got hit on the last play, but it doesn’t appear to be too serious … oh, wait, there’s a finger pointing a way it’s not supposed to. Nevermind.”
** ESPN carnival barker Jon Gruden, boliviating during the Eagles’ games Monday night, called the close contest in the first quarter “a fist fight on Broad Street.”
Or maybe he was referring to something else, since Lincoln Financial Field has never been on Broad Street. I’ll give you Pattison Ave, even though that’s across the parking lot. But there is an entire hockey/basketball area between the football field and Broad.
The best team in the league right now? It might be the Injured Reserve Squad (go Fighting Peglegs!). Consider their roster:
QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB1: David Johnson
RB2: Davlin Cook
WR1: Odell Beckham Jr.
WR2: Julian Edelman
TE: Greg Olsen
OT: Joe Thomas
OT: Jason Peters
DE: JJ Watt
DE: Cliff Avril
DT: Haloti Ngata
LB: Tamba Hali
CB: DeAngelo Hall
S: Eric Berry
K: Sebastian Janikowski
KR: Darren Sproles
I’ve got a few gaps in there, but I’m pretty sure I could grab some fill-ins off practice squads and go 8-8 in the AFC South with that talent.
The Cowboys coaching staff made a surprise move before Sunday’s game, promoting third-string QB Cooper Rush to the #2 spot. The shift was largely unimportant — starter Dak Prescott stayed in the whole game — but it left a lot of experts wondering that the change meant. What made him qualified to assume such a potentially important job?Obviously, it’s clear when you break down his name.
New Dallas backup QB Cooper Rush
** No passer, lewd chub bro, real quack
Yep, he sounds like a qualified Cowboy QB to me.
** Dad and I split our picks this week, leaving me up five in our yearly contest. No, I don’t know why I picked Tampa Bay over the Bills. No, I don’t know how Oakland beat the Chiefs. ** I realized that since the last two Eagles games were prime-time affairs, and I had to stay up until midnight for both, I am in fact tired from all the winning this year. Thanks, Trump.
** Delaware beat FCS powerhouse Richmond 42-35 in double overtime on Saturday, vaulting the team into the top 25 (of FCS) for the first time in three years. It's not too late to order your FCS playoff tickets for December.
Week 7 standings 1 — Gronky Tonk Man (Joel), 879.25 pts
2 — Foles me Wentz (Capt. Awesome), 844.63 pts
3 — For Who? For Wentz? (Ant), 806.76 pts
4 — Animal Crackers (Mom Doyle), 760.16 pts
5 — Foles v. Sproles (Jo), 715.12 pts
6 — ThePigskin Predators (Dad), 713.94 pts
7 — Dat CTE Lyfe (Sam), 710.60 pts
8 — Cosby's Sleepers (Mike), 688.93 pts
9 — Tiny Trump Gloves (Jim), 646.27 pts
10 — SmartyPants on Fire (Paul), 644.25 pts
11 — Last Exit 2 Kutztown (Bob), 636.19 pts
12 — Blue Collar Killers (Jeff), 624.80 pts
Joel holds onto first place, but his days may be numbered up there. At 140-plus-pts week from me tosses me within a solid Carson Wentz game of the top spot, and puts some breathing room between me and Anthony.
The gulf between first and fourth place is about the same as the points difference between fourth and 11th, so all y’all got some catching up to do. Bob and Paul have been working on that, pulling their teams out of the basement and leaving poor Jeff down there for the first time this year.
This week features another Thursday game, another early morning London game, and a mess of byes, so don’t forget to check your rosters early.
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