Total Mayhem League - Week 9

by Andrew Mishler

Team Tuch vs. Go Blue!
At the beginning of the season, there were people in fantasy who questioned when
Peyton Hillis’ fluke would be over. He would prove to be a substandard running
back who had just taken advantage of weak defenses. But as we enter the second
half of the season, Hillis is still putting up week in and week out. In Week 9, his
success continued as he racked up 33 points off of 184 yards and two touchdowns,
leading Team Tuch to 129.30 points and a win over Go Blue! to tie for a league best
record at 7-2. Team Tuch also made a great start of note this week, promoting James
Jones (18.30) into the starting lineup, knowing that Donald Driver would be out
with an injury in the Packers game against Dallas. For Go Blue!, mostly everyone on
his team outside of Philip Rivers (37.05) put up poor numbers. He drops to 4-5 with
the loss.

The Stigs vs. Balls Deep
Balls Deep had a perfect storm of monster games in Week 9. Aaron Rodgers (36.55),
Arian Foster (31.70), Ahmad Bradshaw (21.20) and Mike Wallace (17.00) each
make some big contributions to a big overall score of 153.55 for Balls Deep on his
way to easily defeating The Stigs. With the win, his record went above .500 at 5-4.
While The Stigs received one of Jay Cutler’s (25.30) better games against Buffalo, the
same unfortunately could not be said for Johnny Knox (4.90), who was left out in the
cold in Chicago’s passing attack. Either way, The Stigs might find condolence in the
fact that his team didn’t play well enough to be a completely wasted week against
such a high score from Balls Deep.

Da Birds vs. Boomstick’sPimpHand
A close match between these two teams highlighted just how underrated Eli
Manning might be in the fantasy world. Manning (32.40) went head-to-head against
Drew Brees (23.65) in this matchup and came out on top. His play vaulted was
enough points to vault Boomstick’sPimpHand to the six-point win over DaBirds.
Dallas Clark’s injury replacement, Jacob Tamme (16.80), and Rashard Mendenhall
(19.00) were some other solid contributors for Boomstick’sPimpHand, who
improved to 7-2, tied for the league’s best record. Unfortunately for DaBirds, two
blank scores from Kevin Walter and Darrius Heyward-Bey crushed his chances at
winning the match.

Skins Domination vs. howbouththemcowboys
99.60 to 99.25. Obviously, every point counted in this matchup, as Skins Domination
escaped by the skin of his teeth for a win over howboutthemcowboys. It was also
Skins Domination’s first win of the season. While some of his players like Devery
Henderson (0.00) and Justin Forsett (0.40) barely contributed anything, Brett
Favre (35.40) came through for the team with one of the largest scores of the week.
Howboutthemcowboys had some great scores from Josh Freeman (22.05) and the
Packers defense (28), but in the end, it all came up just a bit short. Luckily, he only
fell to 4-5 because of the loss.

Necessary Roughness vs. Team WTF
Whether or not Mark Sanchez is improving as a real quarterback in the NFL, he’s
gradually becoming a more consistent fantasy option, proving that this week
with a 28.90 performance against Detroit. His play, along with Michael Turner
(22.70) and Dwayne Bowe (12.30) led Team WTF to an easy 30-point victory. His
record improves to 3-6, giving him a little life at a chance to make the playoffs. His
opponent, Necessary Roughness, had solid games from Steve Johnson (14.50), Dez
Bryant (12.60) and Matt Schaub (12.45), but when he needed an excellent game
from one of his players that never came. He moves to 3-6 as well.

Notorious ego vs. Plan B
There wasn’t much that could go wrong for notorious ego in this matchup, save for a
horrid performance from Beanie Wells (-0.20). Tom Brady (23.30), Adrian Peterson
(26.40), and Hakeem Nicks (18.80) all had outstanding weeks for him on his way
to a comfortable win over Plan B. His record moves up to 6-3, which is just one win
behind the league leaders. Plan B fared well with Carson Palmer (23.40) and Greg
Jennings (14.00), but Miles Austin and Felix Jones, both scoring 1.60, carried the
Cowboys trend of failure this season into the fantasy realm. Plan B only drops to 5-4
with the loss, which shouldn’t affect her chances at a playoff birth much.