CFHL Week 2

Mrs. Emma Zetterberg..seems happy

Checkers vs. Goon Crew (5-1)
The two time defending champs got back on track playing the hapless Crew beating them easily 5-1. Zetterberg was the Number One Star of the game netting 3 goals, 3 assists and a big +5.  Zetterberg is clearly the Goon Crew's nemesis.  In last years playoffs it was Zetterberg's assist on the final play of an empty net goal that won the game for the Checkers against the Crew.  Stinky Stamkos also had 3 goals for the Checkers (but at press time in the third week of the CFHL Stamkos has broken his leg and will be out indefinitely).  Checker dominated in +/- (+20 to -5) and Goalie wins (4-1) as Crawford had a great week tallying 3 wins.  The week propelled the Checkers to 2nd place in the Norris only a game behind the Assassins.  The Crew are pathetic and seem to only win PIM category (fittingly).

USSR vs. Krampus Carols (3-2-1)
The USSR won a close one against he Carols, winning goals, assists and PIM by only 4 minutes.  They posted a putrid -14 though.  Both teams had 3 goalie wins Brodeur leading the way for the Krampus Carols posting 2 wins and not allowing a single goal in his two games earning him the Number One Star of the game despite the ultimate loss.  Ovechkin looked good for the USSR getting 3 goals and 2 assists. The victory moved the USSR into first place in the Patrick Division one game up on the Enforcers.

USSR had their throw back unis on

Mayhem on Ice vs. AshBusters (3-2-1)
In another close one the Mayhem were able to pull out the victory despite the AshBusters powerful offense of 13 goals lead by Bryan Little's 3 goals.  The Mayhem got 6 big assists from Patrick Sharp that helped them capture assists 16-12 while they also did some damage on the boards racking up 22 PIM winning.  Chris Steward was the Goon of the Game sitting in the sin bin for 10 minutes...all of which came on their last game on Saturday.  The Mayhem are now an impressive 8-3-1 and are tied with the Bunnies for top record in the league after 2 weeks. 

Enforcers vs. Who Give a Puck (3-3)

Getzlaf showing off his hat trick pucks

The Enforcers skated to another draw for the season splitting with Who Give a Puck.  Enforcers picked up Wins, PIM (by only 1 minute) and Goalie wins.  Ryan Getzlaf was on fire before going down with an upper body injury and not playing the last game.  But he did his Enforcing by scoring 4 goals, 2 assists a great +5 and 2 PIM.  Enough to earn him Number One Star of the game. With the Enforcers down 16-12 in PIM,  Jarome Iginla got into a fight on Saturday's game to secure the 3-3 tie.  Duncan Keith and Beauchemin were +/- beasts combining for a +11. 

Assassins vs. SLVB (3-3)
Interesting enough the Killer Smurfs also skated to another draw, this time to the Assassins.  This was a tale of two teams.  Assassins clearly the offensive minded team winning both goals and assists as well as +/-, while those crazy Killer Smurfs won the PIM and both goalie categories.  Corey Perry of the Assassins was clearly the Number One Star  scoring 3 goals, 3 assists a +6 and 2 PIM.  Kyle Turris also had a great game along side of Perry, tallying 2 goals, 2 assists and a +5.  The Ginger Twins didn't activate their power this time, or did they, because they certainly played like a Delta Bravo combining for a pedestrian no goals, 2 assists, -8 and only 2 PIM.  What a difference a week makes.  Ben Bishop came up big for the SLVB getting 2 wins and a .940 SV%.

Ginger Twins new sitcom

Rask looked good in net

Fluffy Bunnies vs. Heisenberg's Ice (4-1-1)
As is tradition the Bunnies own the best record in the league and seem to always do well in the regular season. "But cups aren't won in the regular season," says Checkers owner Rick Cherry.  This was probably one of the more boring matchups as neither team had players that played all that well. Nobody scored more that one goal.  Only Keith Yandle had more than 2 assists (he had 3).  Tukka Rask was the only sharp one winning 2 games and a solid .957 SV%. 

Player of the Week:  Corey Perry, Assassins - 3 Goals, 3 Assists, +6, 2 PIM.
Corey Perry was all over the ice helping the Assassin split with the SLVB. 

Clearly a Delta Bravo

Delta Bravo of the Week: Shea Weber, Enforcers.  0 goals, 0 assists, -7 and no PIM.
This D-Bag of a performance earned him a trip to the bench for Week 3 action.  What a Delta Bravo!

CFFL Week 9 Recap

and so did Cooper

There was a lot of high scores this week in the CFFL....here is how some of the highest flying teams of week 9 faired....


TY scored 3 times!

Juggernauts 49 Killer Bees 44
This game was a barn burner with some pretty incredible performances.  This game was locked at 31 going into Sunday Night. Riley Cooper for the Bees tallied 18 big points to lead the way.  The Juggs had 14 from Russell Wilson and 12 from Ridley.  On Sunday Night the Bees looked good getting 13 points from Andrew Luck...but unfortunately, 3 of Luck's TD passes went to Juggernauts' T.Y. Hilton giving the Juggernauts the 49-44 lead.  Monday night the Bees last hope was the Bears Defense and they could score at any point and almost did picking off a pass at the line of scrimmage but was unable to make it to the endzone.  The Juggs are still 4 games back of the Sinistars, while the Bees, thanks to a loss by the Dragons still hold a 2 game lead in the South.

Wrecking Crew 49 Crush 19

Graham, best trade of year?

It what the media has made into a big rivalry, the Crew had no problem with them.  Drew Brees had an mediocre day getting only 2 TDs....both to Crew TE Jimmy Graham!  The Crew got 10 points from Newton which included a 10 point connection to Greg Olsen.  In fact every player on the Crew scored except for their Defense and Arian Foster.  Foster who didn't play because of a back injury.  "Not sure why the media plays up this match up, I mean I don't find the Crush at all a challenge for us, so they really are not a rival to us," said owner Roy Cherry of the Crew. The victory puts the Crew at 8-1 still 3 games up on the Chislers.  Crush fall to 6-3 and are now tied in the West with the Bums.

Mayhem 48 Roulette 35
The Mayhem who had a total of 2 wins all year appeared to really have no chance against a 6-2 team lead by Peterson, Calvin Johnson and Peyton Manning.  "That's why they play the games!" or "Not so fast my friends"  Manning and Johnson were on byes.  So Roulette had to rely on Alex Smith..who scored nothing.  Amazingly the Roulette still managed 35 points thanks to 14 points from Raven WR Marlon "Brando" Brown.  But the Mayhem came storming back being down 35-30 going into Sunday Night.  Then former Roulette Andre Johnson finally woke up and scored 3 huge TDs giving the Mayhem the 48-35 victory!  Roulette are falling further back, now 2 games behind the Sinistars in the East. 

Mayhem were good in this one!

Chiefs D scores 2!

Sinistars 41 Titans 20
The Sinistars keep on rolling and like they needed a bye week, they got one as they played the winless Titans, who at one point looked like they may pull the upset, starting out with a 14-0 early lead.  Then only the kicker scored for the Titans the rest of the weekend as the Stafford-less Sinistars won with 9 from Joe Flacco and 12 points from their defense the Chiefs.  That is a sign of a team of destiny, when key players are on bye, you get your defense to score twice!  The win widens the Sinistars lead in the East by 2 games over the Roulette.

Player of the week: Andre Johnson, Mayhem.  T.Y. Hilton, Juggernauts. Riley Cooper, Killer Bees - all had 18 points.

Nick..Nick "The Dick"

Around the League...Chislers took down the Twins 34-16 despite the Twins' Zac Stacey "Bonus Back" 12 points, who was at one point drafted by the Chislers.  Jugghead Rivers continued to have a good season getting 8 points, but the story for the Chislers was Nick "The Dick" Folk's 14 points.  Chislers now above .500 making a run at a wild card spot...
Mafia survive the Animals 31-30 which if it wasn't for the draw play inside the 5 on Monday Night by Forte early in the game the Animals would have won with the late TD by Alshon Jeffery..who did not win this time.  Playoffs for these two teams are quickly fading away as both are 3-6...In this weeks lamest game of the year, the Ferrets beat the Bums 10-9.  Yeah that's right 10-9.  Jake Locker and Matt Bryant were the only players to score for the Ferrets.  The Bums got 9 points from their kicker Hauschka, which ordinarily is great for a kicker, but when you are starting bunch of players on byes its not enough...The Dragons were dealt a tough loss by the Krauts who took out Aaron Rodgers.  The Dragons were hoping for just one 10 point connection on Monday night to win the game 23-22, but instead the Krauts blitzkrieged Rodgers taking him out with a shoulder injury.  The Dragons had a chance to get to one game back of the Bees, but now their future is uncertain.  Oh by the way, Krauts had Nick Foles on the bench with 28 points....

Krauts take out Rodgers...but for how long?

CFHL Drops the puck!

The CFHL finally dropped the puck on their 3rd season as the Cherry's Checkers begin their defense of the Cherry Cup. 

CFHL fans are ready!



Fluffy Bunnies vs. Checkers (4-2)

The Bunnies don't mess around!

The  Checkers got off to a rough start to their quest for a 3rd straight cup going up against the Bunnies, who they stole "Stinky" Stamkos from.  The Checkers dominated in the nets getting 5 wins and a SV% of .924.  Crawford lead the way with 3 wins.  However that was where it stopped for the Checkers as the Fluffy Bunnies won the rest of the categories, goals by just one (11-10). Stamkos did his part firing in 3 goals, but the Number One Star of the game was Chris Kunitz who racked up 4 goals and a +3.  Kunitz and Stamkos will be forever linked from the draft day trade between the Bunnies and Checkers.  Okposo for the Bunnies tallied 5 assists and 6 PIM and earned Second Star Honors.

Hossa and his wife...well done Marian!

Goon Crew vs. Assassins (5-1)
In an early divisional match up the Assassins crushed the Goon Crew 5-1.  The Crew could only manage 4 goals and a pathetic +0.  To make matters worse the Goalies for the Crew had one of the worst weeks in the league getting no wins and a terrible SV% of .888.  Needless to say the Crew have a lot of work cut out for them this season on the waiver wire.  Interesting enough is that former Crew Marian Hossa (Hassa) was the Number One Star for the Assassins scoring 2 goals, 4 assists and a +3.  Marc-Andre Fluery earned Second Star honors with his 3 win, .940 SV%, but the Assassins didn't need much considering the Crew were obviously not ready for the start of the season.

Krampus vs. AshBusters (4-2)
In yet another lopsided game, the Krampus were getting ready for the season stuffing the AshBusters into their sack and beating them with a stick.  Kris Letang was doing most of the beating, leading all players with 8 PIM. Jason Pominville for the AshBusters earned Number One Star honors despite the loss tallying 4 goals, 2 assists and a +4. This also earned him Player of the Week.  Krampus was lead by a balanced attack with Backstrom (3g,1a), Kane (2g,2a) and Moulson "Canadian" (2g,2a).  The AshBusters had some promise in goal between Lundqvist (2 wins, .964) and Howard (2 wins, .911). 

Player of the Week Pominville

Mayhem on Ice vs. Who Gives a Puck (5-1)

Who's the #1 Star?  This guy is!

Who Gives a Puck?  Not the Mayhem who hammered the Expansion Pucks.  They beat them and bloodied them going 32-18 in PIM.  John Tavares was the Goon of the Game and the week, with 18 PIM!  It was also enough to earn him Second Star honors as to go along with the 18 PIM, he scored 2 goals in a low scoring game.  Patrick Sharp had 2 goals, 2 assists, and +3 to earn the Number One Star honors.  The Goalies in this game were certainly weak and lucky for the Mayhem, who only had 2 wins and a .895, went up against the Pucks' lame goalies...well make it Goalie, singular.  Jonathan Quick was the only Puck who gave a fuck but only got one win and a putrid .811 SV%.

USSR vs. Heisenberg's Ice (3-3)

What kind of "ice" we talking about here?

The Ruskies and the Ice skated to a draw.  If you thought some of the earlier performances were bad how about these two teams who had a total of 3 goals between all the players.  Couture was the only USSR to score a goal, while Phil Kessel was the only one to score goals for the Ice (2 goals) and earned the Number One Star getting 2 assists and +2 to go along with it oh and 9 PIM to also earn Goon of the Game.  The Ice dominated assists thanks to Sid "The Kid" Crosby's 5 assists.  Heisenberg's Ice goalies were no help either with no wins and a .805 SV% (lowest of the week), but managed to split the week with the USSR.

SLVB vs. Enforcers (2-2-2)

Doublemint Gingers

Well how sweet was this game between husband and wife as they end in the most complete tie you could have 2-2-2, tying in goalie wins and +/- (which is maybe one of the hardest categories to tie in next to SV%).  The Sedin Twins combined for 3 goals, 4 assists, +6, and 4 PIM.  This could be one of the best draft strategies of the year.  "Ginger Twin power...activate! Form of D....form of Bag!" Lets just give the combination of the Ginger Twins the Number One Star and they can share it....(gay).  Mike Smith for the Enforcers had 2 wins and an impressive .967 SV%.
 

Next Weeks Key Matchups:
Goon Crew vs. Checkers - Biggest rivalry in Fantasy Sports takes center stage in the CFHL as both teams need a big week to keep up with the Assassins who have quickly taken a strong lead in the Norris Division. 

CFFL Week 8 Review

8 weeks in the book and the dreaded home and home series are finally over.

Pryor runs for 92 yards and the win!

Game of the Week: Twins 23 Mafia 17
Yes this was a game between two teams pretty much out of the playoffs with 3 wins between them.  But it ended in thrilling fashion!  Late in the game (late Sunday  Night) the Twins were down 17-11 when Micah Hyde returned a punt 93 yards for the Packers to tie the game at 17-17.  In overtime Terrelle Pryor scampered for 92 yards and a TD to win the game for the Twins!!

Comeback of the Week: Killer Bees 33 Mayhem 30
In a see-saw battle that saw the Mayhem take the lead with 14 points from their Kicker Mason "Consolidated" Crosby 30-21 it looked like it was all over.  Only player Bees had left was Golden "Taint" Tate.  One TD wasn't going to be enough down 30-27.  But Tate would get a second TD late in the game (and was a real dick about it) and with no time left the Bees won 33-30.  This game's box score was a strange one with 41 points scored from both their kickers and defenses.

Marvin "Garden" Jones 4 TDS

Player of the Week: Marvin "Garden" Jones - 24 points - Chislers
The Chislers needed every one of those 24 points, well maybe just 12,  as they split the home and home against the Animals 46-31.  The 24 points made it a lot easier to watch "Beast Mode" Lynch play on Monday night, but as it turned out Lynch couldn't crack the goal line once.  The win puts the Chislers still 3 games back but back to .500 at 4-4

Performance of the week:  Wrecking Crew 56 points
The Crew swept the Ferrets beating them 56-29, which at one point looked like it might be a game at 26-16 but the Ferrets could only manage points from their QB, Kicker and Defense.  The Crew got double digit scoring from 4 players (Newton-14, Gore-12, Graham-12, Bailey-12).  Newly acquired Jimmy Graham was happy to be back with the Crew who he spent his past two season with and didn't show any signs of his planter peanut foot bothering him. 



Newton and Olsen hook up for 10 pts

Man that dude knows how to party

Around the League: Crush prevent the sweep as Drew Brees was back racking up 20 points in the Crush's 39-28 win over the Bums, tying them for first in the West at 6-2.  Malachi's 20 points were fro naught for the Bums...Dragons cruise to a 31-9 victory in their bye week over the Titans.  2 10 point connections from Rodgers to Nelson were key. The win helps them stay 2 games back of the Bees...Titans are a hot mess...Sinistars keep rolling and sweep the Krauts 27-15 staying one game above the Roulette. Sinistars were lead by Stafford's 10 points (6 of which came with 12 seconds left in the game)...Roulette kept pace with the Sinistars beating the Juggs 37-33. The Big Three for the Roulette finally all hit on the wheel,  Peyton Manning threw for16 points this week, Peterson had a TD and Calvin Megatron Johnson had one as well...

What the heck...Go Twins!

CFFL Week 7 Review

As we are at the mid point of the season and smack dab in the middle of the dreaded home and home series, here is how Week 7 went, and where we stand after half of the regular season is in the book.


"I WIN!"

In the North:  Animals 40 Chislers 25 and Wrecking Crew 27 Ferrets 19
The North see the Wrecking Crew begin to pull away from the rest in the North moving to 6-1 and a three game lead now.  Frank Gore's knee lead the way with 12 points this week as the Ferrets continue to struggle finding the right mix of stiffs...The Animals put up a 40-burger over the defending champ Chislers.  The Animals were well balanced getting scoring from every player except the defense and Alshon "I WIN" Jeffery.  Animals actually have the best offense in the North and could make a run...

Megatron scored 2 TDS

In the East:  Roulette 31 Juggernauts 11 and Sinistars 29 Krauts 21
The East its between the Sinistars (6-1) and the Roulette (5-2).  The Roulette easily dispensed the Juggs and got some big production from Megatron (12 points) and of course Peyton Manning (12 points).  With those two plus Adrian Peterson, the Roulette should continue to roll and will set up a big match up at the end of the year with the Sinistars.  Speaking of the Sinistars, they came from behind late in the game with 11 points from Josh Brown "Eye" to defeat the Krauts despite 12 points from Vincent "Price" Jackson. 

In the South:  Killer Bees 39 Mayhem 19 and Dragons 41 Titans 24

Rodgers had no problem vs the Titans

The Bees are beginning to run away with the division at 5-2 and hold a 2 game lead right now over the Dragons.  The Dragons were hoping for some help from the Mayhem as the Dragons playing his brother the Titans really have a 2 week bye in this home and home series.  Can never count out Dragons with Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson who combined for 18 points this past week.  Bees who for years had had Brees now lands Andrew Luck who has proven to be a fantasy star.  He earned player of the week award with 18 points this week. Going to be hard to catch the Luck lead Bees.

Malachi is ready for the Corn fields!

In the West: Mafia 43 Twins 23 and Bums 34 Crush 15
With the home and home series pitting 5-1 Crush vs. 5-1 Bums is how it should be.  Advantage to Bums as they take the first game in impressive fashion. Malachi Dalton played like he should  scoring 12 and as long as Jamaal Charles continues to have his career year they may  take game 2.  Brees will be back for the Crush next week making this the game of the week.  Twins and Mafia playing for the basement of the West.  What has happened to the Twins?

Players of the Week: Matt Forte and Andrew Luck - 18 points
Andrew Luck are leading the Bees to a 2 game lead in the South.  Matt Forte had a rare 18 points for the 2 win Mafia.

Luck tallied 18 points!

Mid Season Awards:

Manning having amazing year

Top Player: Peyton Manning - 106 points - Roulette.  Yeah that's right, 106 points! that's 36 more than the next player on the list (who is a kicker).  Manning has two weeks of 20+ points.

Top Running Back: Jamaal Charles - 48 points - Bums.  Charles "In Charge" is having his best fantasy year yet tying his career best  TDs of 8 already and its only week 7!

Top Wide Receiver / TE: Julius Thomas, Bums and Wes Welker, Crush - 48 points.  No surprise that top wide outs are Broncos.  Interesting they play for divisional rivals in the West.

Top Kicker: Matt Prater - 70 points - Killer Bees. Yet another Bronco. 

Top Defense: Bears and Chiefs - 30 points (Bees and Sinistars).  No surprise the Bears are at the top here but the Chiefs were a surprise. 

What to look for in the second half of the season....Can the Crew keep winning?  Well they may have to when fighting off top offense in the North Animals and the luck of the Chisler...With the line up of the Roulette they are still the odds on favorite to make it to the Fantasy Bowl and don't count on Manning sitting at the end of the season if the Chiefs keep winning....Dragons will challenge Bees, but will not be easy as long as Luck keeps playing like he does.  But you can't count out Rodgers...but on thing you can count on or out is the Titans, who have yet won a game.  Will they win a game?  Who knows.  There has never been a winless season...could this be the first.  Epic battle next week with Crush and Bums going round 2 and this time Crush have Brees back.  Both teams have a shot going deep in the playoffs. Again what happened to the Twins???  Oh wait..here they are!

CFFL Week 6 Review

Stafford Celebrating again!

Not a lot of exciting action this week.  Some blow outs.  Some close scores.  No come backs.....Here's how Week 6 ended up...

Top Team of the Week:  Sinistars 49 over Crush 26
The Sinistars stomped the formally undefeated Crush as Stafford tallied 16 points and DeSean Jackson finally showed up scoring 2x.  The Crush were to busy trying to figure out if they loose to a bunch of teams that score a lot of points how he can still make the playoffs. 

Top Team second honors: Krauts 47 Twins 9
What the heck has happened to the Twins?  In a complete shellacking, the Krauts put the Twins in the oven, showers, you name it!  Krauts were lead from an unusual source...Nick Foles in for Vick had 18 points, while Vincent Jackson scored a rare 2 TD game!  The Twins fall to 1-5.  The win puts the Krauts at 3-3 but still 2 games back of the Powerful Sinistars.

SuperStiff was finally Superman

Player of the Week: Cam Newton and Nick Foles - 18 points
An unusual pair for sure.  Cam "SuperStiff" Newton finally managed to live up to his first round billing throwing for 3 TDs and running in for another as the Wrecking Crew improve to 5-1 with a victory over the Mayhem 37-29 (didn't hurt that Brady only had 4 points).

Around the league...The Bums just keep winning and beat the Juggernauts 32-22 lead by 12 points from Jamaal Charles "in charge" who is having maybe his best ever fantasy year.  He's already got 7 TDs on the year only 1 away from his career high, and its only Week

6...Roulette played to an uncharacteristic low scoring affair out lasting the Mafia 16-12 surviving the Monday Night game which had Ryan "Glass" Mathews for the Mafia.  The mighty Roulette who traded for Megatron, and now have Peterson and Manning managed only 8 points from Manning and 8 from the kicker....Bees beat a lackluster Ferret team 23-9 with 6 from MJD and Cooper and as always the Bears D.  Ferrets sported a lineup that included Rashard Jennings at RB, Ted Ginn Jr. and Jeff Cumberland (who??) as wideouts...The Animals got a bye week this week taking on the Titans, winning 29-17.  Beast Mode had 12 points in the effort. It was only the 2nd win for the Animals as the Titans remain winless...The Chislers handed the Dragons their 2nd loss in a row thanks to 24 points from their kicker ("Survey Says" Dawson) and the Rams D...yeah I said the Rams D...go figure.  Aaron Rodgers had only 4 points...

"Norman" Bates scored the first Rams D TD!

I would have to say the toughest Division right now is the Eastern Bloc.  With the Sinistars at 5-1 and the Manning, Peterson Megatron lead Roulette at 4-2 hard to argue.  Oh and Krauts and Juggs are a respectful 3-3 as well.  The West is a Division of two tales.  Crush and Bums 5-1 while Mafia and Twins are 1-5...

And incase you missed my response to the Crush's ridiculous proposal and poll here it is:

At least the Crush got this in the news!

Call us MLB, but That is insane.  If you want to get into a rotisserie league that only goes by points, go right ahead.  Who needs to play head to head then?  Just total points is all that matter.  Hell lets just not submit a line up and just play all our players because its total points...doesn't matter.  Please give me a break.  There are plenty of leagues out there that you can get into that play like that I suppose.  So feel free to join those leagues Randy. I'm sure there are many owners in this league that are in "other" leagues.  What has been amazing about this league is the realness of this league to actual football games.  We don't have to start a TE, or we can start 5TEs if we want to.  We can go with a one back set, don't always have to start 2 RBs. 

Has the best team won  the Super Bowl in the NFL every year?  I would think not.  Many times its been the team that got hot at then end, or got some lucky bounces.  Nor has the Super Bowl team been the team that scored the most points through out the regular season, in fact that is a rare occasion.

Plus in the league where points are at a premium, unlike some of the "other" leagues where you get points for just about anything, if you happen to fall behind in points significantly it is very hard to make up that ground and your season is over.  But under our current format, maybe a team gets lucky, wins some games and fights for a playoff spot at 7-7.  Certainly don't want some "unlucky" team with a record of 5-9 making the playoffs....

Lets stop this nonsense and crazy talk!  Please!

Week 5 Preview

Cherry's Chislers (-4) at Michigan Mayhem
The Defending champs are 1-3 and now face the Mayhem who are 2-2 and tied in the South.  Mayhem are lead by Tom Brady but the Chislers have their Packers back in James Jones and Randall Cobb.  Mayhem have some pretty good backs too in Bell and McCoy.  Somehow I don't see the defending champs going 1-4. Chislers win but take the Mayhem and the points.


Chislers have fan club in SF

Alex's Animals (-3.5) at Georgia Killer Bees
Animals got their first win last week and are looking to make it 2 against the Bees.  Animals have some fire power in Lynch, Demaryius and Jordan Cameron.  Bees are 2-2 thanks to Luck and Prater and the Bears D.  While the Bears D is good can't count on them every week.  Animals cover.

R.C. Wrecking Crew (-5) at Monclova Dragons
Yet another road favorite travels to the South.  Rodgers is back after his bye just in time for a big game against the North leading Crew.  Julio Jones, Nelson for 10 points, and Victor Cruz will come up big.  Crew's trying to ground it out with Newton, Foster and Gore.  Take the Dragons to upset the Crew and win outright.

Fez's Ferrets (-19.5) at Toledo Titans
The Ferrets get a bye week this week as they take on the hapless Titans and are a huge favorite.  A.J. Green best player for the Titans and the turmoil at QB.  Ferrets who looked to trade some players away are now only game behind in North.  Ferrets win but take the Titans and the points.

Oh those crazy Ferret Fans!

Cabucki Crush (-16)at Kretz Krauts
Hard to go against a Drew Brees lead team in the Crush.  They also benefited from Richardson going to Indy.  Krauts camp not happy and hoping to end the 2 game skid. Krauts #1 pick Alfred "Mo Mo" Morris has been a disappointment as has their wide outs.  Too many points on the road take Krauts and the points but Crush remain undefeated.

Barcardi's Bums at Stamm's Sinistars (-15)
Sinistars are a surprise big favorite over the Bums and once again the Bums get no respect.  Sinistars go as Matthew Stafford goes.  Bums keep doing it with mirrors.  Won last week with no points from QB.  I'm seeing another stunning upset by the Bums.  Take Bums, points and to win.

Bums fans after the game...before the game..during...

Thomsen Twins at Russian Roulette (-9)
Twins trying to right the ship after being preseason favorites to go to Fantasy Bowl. Graham has been the one bright spot as Martin and Spiller have disappointed at RB.  Can Sproles keep picking up the slack. Roulette are coming off stunning upset at the hands of the Ferrets.  With Manning and Peterson, just a little help from anyone else and they should always win.  Twins woes continue.  Roulette cover.

Mark's Mafia at Jakes' Juggernauts (-4)
Maybe the game of the week.  Both teams are 2-2 and looking to make moves in their divisions. Juggs are tough with Russell Wilson and Dez Bryant.  Mafia rely on Megatron.  QBs are lame (Palmer or Geno Smith).  Looks like Juggernauts cover on this one.

Juggernauts Phoenix fan club.