Week 3 Preview and other thoughts...

Blockbuster trade alert!

The first big trade of the season. Chris procures the #3 pick in the draft and pairs it in his backfield with the #5 (who should have been #4 if Mario was alive during the draft) and can now safely enter into league's best team discussions in spite of his modest 1-1 record, especially after the beating he was handed by big underdog Z. Onto the week 3 preview...

Papa Bravo vs. Pork Fried Rice

0-2 Albert's knee-jerk reaction to his 0-2 start is sure to haunt him throughout the season as LJ gets into shape after the training camp holdout and the Chiefs' brutal schedule relinquishes a bit. By Week 9, LJ will be averaging 120 yds and 2 touchdowns per game as Chris' Brady-lead aerial attack slices and dices enemies and LJ-Gore two-headed backfield monster plow through opponents and leave a bloody mess in its wake. Forgotten in all this is Jeff's big 2-0 start after a turbulent offseason . Albert 's new arrival MJD should make some noise this week after being quiet for the first two weeks, but probably just a TD. Nothing major. The horrendous WR corps will finally get a decent option in Anquan Boldin, but Boldin is a WR2 at best. Good job trading away Joey Galloway. Great trade for Albert all around. DeAngelo Williams, who can't even beat out Deshaun Foster will probably be thrust into WR/RB duty for the week and any positive yardage will be a step up from what he has been doing. I see this matchup being a blowout in Jeff's favor.
Prediction: Papa Bravo 103.6 - 61.87 Pork Fried Rice

Leaguechampyear2 vs. Bastards

Just like the previous game, this too will be an absolute whuppin'. Mario made it close last week against me, but I happened to have an exceptionally poor week and if not for that defensive struggle that was the Cincy-Cleveland game and Chad Johnson's 30 pts, I would have lost easily. Mike had a huge lead on Eric last week and hung on Sunday night while Gates got a late touchdown to make it close. He won't have to wait til Sunday night to put Mario away this week.
Prediction: Leaguechampyear2 98.78 - 54.21 Bastards

pacman jones vs. J.Jones

Gary had what could likely be the highest scoring weekend of the year last week and it's probably not likely that it will happen again although the Cin D is horrible so you never know. As dumb as Andy Reid is, he can't possibly be dumb enough to not keep giving Brian Westbrook the ball. Westbrook is awesome. Lee Evans can't possibly suck any more. We're seeing Peerless Price in Atlanta numbers here. If Gary can score 130+ pts with Evans sucking and SD Def coming up with 1.00 pts then oh boy are we in for a long season. Of course, common sense tells us that some of the prime beneficiaries of the fantasy gift that was the Cincinnati-Cleveland shootout: Jamal Lewis and Carson Palmer, wouldn't continue doing what they did. This one will go down to the wire and Eric will come from behind...only to fall short again.
Prediction: J.Jones 100.19-91.00 pacman jones

The Michael Bethanys vs. Moss...Zefross Moss

Z destroyed Chris last week after a solid effort from throughout his team especially Andre Johnson. However, Johnson is a no-go for Sunday against the Colts, meaning Z will start 4 Patriots, after acquiring Donte Stallworth and Julius Jones from me earlier this week in exchange for DeShawn Wynn and Mark Clayton. Chirag's fast start has been one of the lead storylines of this early season. At 2-0 and having scored 220 pts, good for a close 2nd in the league, Chirag would like to keep his fast start going and with a WR corps as good as that, he will put forth another strong outing. Reggie Bush has frustrated his owners again this season after limping out of the gates like he did last season. For a 1st round pick, he's been a bust so far. This matchup will likely turn into a shootout akin to last week's.
Prediction: Moss...Zefross Moss 112.79-104.67 The Michael Bethanys

Akon vs. T-Pain

I'm probably sneaking into the last week before LJ rounds into form and starts hurting NFL defenses so the hope here is that Minny D can hold LJ close to what they held Tatum Bell the puss to (14 yds). This might be the game of the week especially with the star QBs Manning and Brady now having equal firepower. The big X-Factor is DeShawn Wynn in this game. If he gets 10-15 meaningful carries including some goal line action, this game would turn in my favor, but if he ends up more a Wali Lundy than Maurice Jones Drew then I'm in trouble.
Prediction: T-Pain 89.97-83.81 Akon

Ice Man vs. Maverick

The Iceman has yet to cometh into the Winners' Circle this season however his opponent faces a similar disposition. Jack wanted to avoid having to repeat what he did to make the playoffs after a dismal 1-5 start last season, but he is faced with a similar situation after a quick 0-2 start in which he is less than a point away from having the lowest point scored total. Steven Jackson just hasn't looked sharp in that offense and the defense is abysmal yet again creating ample passing opportunities for Bulger at the expense of Jackson and Jackson has yet to get involved significantly in the passing game. One must start wondering whether we were too quick to crown Steven Jackson. Kent's team will finally wake up from its slumber and explode this week while Jack's team continues to dig itself a deeper ditch to climb out of.
Prediction: Ice Man 116.01 - 72.77 Maverick

As always, have a great FF Sunday!