SCRUF – Week #7 Summaries

By Paul Pearson

Team EMAC at Team Gary Boys

No single starter put up dominant numbers in this matchup, but a balanced attack helped the EMACs defeat the Boys by a score of 98.1-81.4. It could have been much easier for the EMACs, who left Kenny Britt and his jaw-dropping 44 points on the bench. The top EMAC starters, with 14.6 points apiece, were Cadillac Williams, beneficiary of that late touchdown that helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the St. Louis Rams, and Santana Moss, who is probably pleased as punch that DeAngelo Hall wasn’t covering him on Sunday. The Boys did get 19.9 points from Joe Flacco, who beat the Buffalo Bills in overtime. But the donut put up by Driver, the forgotten receiver on the Green Bay Packers lineup, was too much for the Boys to overcome.

More Cowbell at Springfield GMEN.

Tony Romo’s collarbone fracture did more than just hurt the Dallas Cowboys’ chances this season. It also proved fatal for the GMEN, who got only 5 points from their quarterback and fell to the Cowbells by a score of 108.1-86. Marques Colston did rack up 24.2 points in a losing effort against the Cleveland Browns, but Romo was one of six GMEN starters with single-digit scores, including Ronnie Brown, who was held to 4.4 points by the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. By contrast, the Cowbells got double-digit scores from six of its starters, including Chad Ochocinco, who led the way with 23.8 points. Ironically, both teams left a 21-point quarterback on the bench (Eli Manning for the Cowbells and Matt Ryan for the GMEN).

Devlin Magregor at Springfield Flush.

Even though no individual player broke the 25-point barrier, this was the highest-scoring matchup of the week. The Magregors had the third-highest point total in the league, but they had the misfortune of playing the Flushes, who put up the second-highest score and prevailed in a 143.3-122.3 shootout. Adrian Peterson of the Magregors led all players in this game with 24.2 points, but Deion Branch, a week after announcing his return to the New England Patriots in a bold way, was held to 5.9 points by a San Diego Chargers defense that’s far better than the team record would indicate. The Flushes had an outstanding Monday night. Steve Smith of the New York Giants led all Flush players with 22.6 points, followed by Jason Witten with 20.

KILLER B’s at Pigskin Fetish.

The Fetishes had the misfortune of running into a buzzsaw this week. The B’s put up the league’s highest point total in a 148-87.8 blowout. There were plenty of stars in the B’s lineup, but Roddy White shone the brightest with 37.6 points. The only single-digit score for the B’s came from the Philadelphia Eagles defense/special teams, who scored only 2 points and seemed to make a pregame resolution not to tackle Kenny Britt. Mike Williams of the Seattle Seahawks led the Fetishes with 20.2 points, and his namesake Mike Williams of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers added 10.7 points of his own. However, the third Williams on the roster (Roy E.) was shut out in a game that may seal the Dallas Cowboys’ fate as cellar dwellers this season.

B G Express at The Hoagies.

Every fantasy football player has “one of those weeks” from time to time. This week, it was the Hoagies’ turn. They got very little production from any of their players and fell to the Express by a score of 115.4-48.7. It’s never a good sign when your top scorer (Hoagie QB Philip Rivers with 13.9) wouldn’t even crack the top three on your opponent’s squad. The Hoagies also didn’t get any help from the New York Giants defense/special teams, who put up 0 points despite spending the majority of the Monday night game facing the immortal Jon Kitna. Speaking of the Giants, Hakeem Nicks led the Express with 29.3 points, followed closely by Carson Palmer with 28 and Michael Turner with 27.4. In fact, the score could have been even more lopsided if the Express hadn’t left Willis McGahee and his 13.9 points on the bench.

Wonder Twins at Rocky Mountain Oysters.

The Twins have to be kicking themselves for not starting Darren McFadden, who had missed the previous two weeks with a hamstring injury. McFadden’s league-high 44.6 points would have made all the difference in a game the Twins lost by a score of 100.3-78.8. Instead of benefitting from McFadden’s epic performance, the Twins had to absorb a negative-2 score from Mike Thomas and a 7.8 score from the very mortal Matt Forte. The top Twins starter was Greg Jennings, who scored 16.4 points in a Sunday night nail-biter. The Oysters were hardly perfect themselves, taking a negative-3-point hit from the ambushed New Orleans Saints defense/special teams. But Hines Ward racked up a team-high 24.6 points for the victorious Oysters, while Knowshon Moreno put up 22.5, despite running for a Denver Broncos team that was finished well before halftime.