Thursday night's big win by the Eagles wasn't the biggest win in franchise history, but it may have been part of the most enjoyable NFL weekend for Philly fans in memory. Consider:
-- The Eagles won on a national holiday, in convincing fashion.
-- The Cowboys lost on a national holiday, in convincing fashion.
-- The Giants jumped out to a 21-point lead on Sunday, only to lose by one point to the lowly Jaguars.
-- The Maryland Racial Slurs were embarrassed by the Colts in a game where DeSean Jackson hurt his shin.
-- The Cardinals (former NFC East foes) lost, opening up a chance for an Eagles first-round playoff bye.
-- The Patriots and Raiders (the two teams that beat the Eagles in their Super Bowls) both lost.
-- The Steelers (cross-state pseudo rivals) lost.
I'm not sure if Michael Irvin was indicted on treason charges this weekend, or if Brian Dawkins won the lottery, but there isn't much more that could have gone right.
QB: Ryan Fitzpatrick, 51.32 pts -- on the wire WR: DeAndre Hopkins, 36.87 pts -- started by Joel
RB: Tre Mason, 35.83 pts -- on Dad’s bench
TE: Coby Fleener, 24.47 pts -- on Dad’s bench
K: Matt Bryant, 18.00 pts -- on the wire
DEF: St. Louis, 37.00 pts -- on the wire
D: JJ Watt, 16.57 pts -- started by Bobert
I was wondering before I complied these if we had started any of the top performers this week. Thanks a lot, Bob and Joel, for ruining that chance at perfection.
Weird week. St. Louis and Houston produced most of the top fantasy players for the weekend, led by JJ Watt and his fifth TD of the year (two defensive, three offensive). He’s tied with TY Hilton and DeSean Jackson for TDs on the season and ahead of notables like LeSean McCoy, Jason Witten and Larry Fitzgerald. Not bad for someone who plays 98 percent of his snaps on the non-scoring side of the ball.
FYI, the top scoring kicker in the league now is Cody Parkey. Just saying.
“Skill players ” edition
3rd place: Tom Savage, -0.20 pts -- on the wire
2nd place: Damaris Johnson, -0.70 pts -- on the wire
1st place: Matt Schaub, -1.72 pts -- on the wire
Raise your hand if you knew that Tom Savage was the backup QB on the Texans. Now put your hand down, you liar.
Meanwhile, former Texans QB, now Raiders QB Matt Schaub threw for 57 yards, turned the ball over twice, and lost by 52 points. It goes without saying that your were a better QB than him this week.
At halftime of the Iowa/Nebraska tilt on Friday, ABC's sideline reporter rushed to Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz to ask his analysis of the team's 10-7 halftime lead: "Outside of turnovers, what has been the key to the game so far?"
Ferentz looked at him like he was insane. "Turnovers have been the game!"
At that point, Iowa had turned the ball over four times and Nebraska twice. Three of those takeaways came when a team was in scoring range. Both TDs came off turnovers.
The sideline idiot might as well have asked, "Aside from the game, what's been the key to the game?"
In case you missed last week’s Marshall/Western Kentucky C-USA contest, here’s some highlights:
-- Marshall’s Rakeem Cato passed for 417 yards and 7 TDs … and lost.
-- Western Kentucky’s Brandon Doughty passed for 491 yards and 8 TDs. (FYI, that’s not an NCAA record).
-- The two teams combined for 1,446 yards of offense. Both teams had an RB over 230 yards and two wideouts over 110 yards.
-- Marshall scored 42 points in the first half alone. Western Kentucky scored 49 in those two same quarters.
-- Marshall was undefeated coming into the game, but Western Kentucky won 67-66 by scoring a two-point conversion after an overtime TD.
Western Kentucky DB Branden Leston had three INTs in the game, and he doesn’t even get mentioned in the highlights. That’s a hell of a game.
In case you didn’t catch the Eagles/Cowboys game on Thanksgiving, it was pretty much a bloodbath. The Eagles dominated nearly every facet of the game and lead for more than 55 minutes of the contest. But that didn’t stop Cowboys top wideout Dez Bryant from complaining after the game that the Birds’ DBs were playing “kinda cheap” and that he’ll be ready for revenge in two weeks.
Of course, that’s what he said, but clearly not what he meant. Just look at what his complaints spell out:
Dallas Cowboys WR Bryant said Eagles team was being kinda cheap
** Wa wa. Whiny loser plays bad, begs and cries. No game. A tidal setback.
Tony Romo also tried to talk about Bryant’s play after the game, but every time he threw another complaint out there, the Eagles defense intercepted the comment.
** Picked up one more on Dad, putting me just a game behind for the season. I'm like the Dolphins, always hanging around but never actually making the playoffs.
** Four weeks left in the season, and only one team can clinch a playoff spot this weekend. If the Colts win and the Texans lose, Indianapolis punches its ticket to the post-season. But that’s it. 12 AFC teams and 11 NFC teams still have post-season hopes.
And at least half of the 12 playoff spots could come down to the final game of the season. Gotta love parity.
Week 13 standings 1 --- Stewie Griffins Head --- 1853.64 pts
2 --- Sheldon's Big Money --- 1853.34 pts
3 --- Ouch My Zach Ertz --- 1827.69 pts
4 --- Gettin' Chippy --- 1712.98 pts
5 --- The Maltese Falcons --- 1709.16 pts
6 --- Tickle me Romo --- 1707.32 pts
7 --- Blue Collar Killers --- 1599.16 pts
8 --- Show Me Your TDs --- 1543.03 pts
9 --- Car full of Clowneys --- 1539.39 pts
10 --- king hippo --- 1537.62 pts
11 --- I Mildly Like WRs --- 1218.72 pts
Forget the Dolphins -- I'm more like the Cardinals, quickly moving from atop the league to out of contention (just give Arizona two more weeks, trust me). I've fallen from first to mid-league in record time, while the top three keep getting better. Jim followed Dad's 200-pts performance last week with his own 200-plus show this week. Mike is hanging in medal position. Even Joanna is making a move up, and she's still pining for Nick Foles.
And only 0.30 pts between first and second! That’s fun. If one of Jim’s players had just broken off a five-yard run…
Just a quarter of the season left. If you've got any trick plays, it's time to break them out.
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