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November 3, 2003

Never Figure League, Week 9

I expected some upsets yesterday, but seven victories by underdogs (with the potential of eight with a NE victory tonight) is rare. Especially this far into the season. However, many of the games were close. The biggest surprise was SF's pounding of STL, with SF QB Tim Rattay making his first NFL start. My pickset will take a pounding this week, as I only picked IND, SD, and NE to upset. The GB-MIN game last night was interesting enough (from both a real and fantasy perspective) that I stayed up to watch it until the end.

I haven't posted about my FF teams because there hasn't been much to report. After this week I'll probably have a losing record in both of my leagues. McNabb looked much better yesterday (understatement), but you have to keep in mind it was against the Falcons. With only a few more weeks to go until FF playoffs, I'm going to have to make every move count if I'm going to have a chance.

Update (11/4): New England beat Denver in a closely contested Monday Night game. That makes eight underdog victories out of fourteen games played this week.

Posted by Alex Harden on November 3, 2003 8:28 AM |

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Though I have a good chance at winning with 3 active players in tonights game. I have decided I have next to no chance at the playoffs.

You have a good shot yet and some potential players. In our division though, 864 and Theismann have really started to look impressive the past two weeks. Unless something changes there is no way I have a shot at competing. Made a lot of disappointing draft picks this season, hopefully next year will be better. :)

Posted by: Scotbuff | November 3, 2003 10:56 AM

Yes... I was bitten by the bye week bug this week. Plugging in Shawn Bryson didn't turn out too badly. I'm hoping William Green won't miss playing time because of his questionable off-field activities, or I'll need to try and get another quality RB.

I might still trade McNabb if someone would take him; might give me a good chance to get some better WR talent.

Posted by: aharden | November 3, 2003 11:59 AM

I actually won this week - thankfully, the Jets/Giants game was wild enough that despite the 31-28 score, I got 36 points from both the Giants' defense (12 points thanks to those sacks, picks and the blocked kick in OT) and Santana Moss (24 points, mostly from 3 TDs). I'm at 4-5 right now, fifth place overall, and playing a bad team next week. I may make the playoffs yet!

Posted by: Don | November 3, 2003 3:25 PM

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