Three teams out of four made the playoffs. One of them has the #1 seed, another gets a first-round bye.
Sit Ubu Sit, Good Dog: 9-4, best of 10 teams in an ESPN public "plus" league. (It's unclear how much the "plus" part outweighs the public part, especially since I (and at least two other owners in that league) got the team as a free apology for ESPN's fantasy baseball screw-up.) As is standard for public ESPN leagues, top four teams reach the playoffs and each match is actually the sum of two weeks of action (semis Weeks 14-15, Weeks 16-17).
Core players: Roethlisberger, Westbrook, Portis, Jamal Lewis, Plaxico, Galloway, A. Gates
Big lineup decisions: Favre instead of Roethlisberger? L. Coles instead of whoever?
Whom to root against: Matt Hasselbeck, Gore, Edge. Larry Fitzgerald if healthy.
Alaska Ulu: 8-5, #2 seed in a 12-team league of erstwhile baseball statisticians (despite ending the regular season on a three-game skid). The week off gives one particular player more time to heal.
Core players: Bulger(!), Westbrook, Jones-Drew, M. Lynch(?), B. Edwards, Plaxico
Big lineup decisions: Garrard (off the free agent wire!) over Bulger? Fred Taylor over Jones-Drew? Both Jaguar backs if Lynch never comes back? Wouldn't a Jacksonville backfield trifecta be a hoot?
Whom to root against: TBA
^@^ ^@^: 6-6-1, #4 seed in a 10-team Coen et al league
Core players: TBA, W. Parker, S. Jackson, S. Smith, H. Ward, K. Curtis
Big lineup decisions: OK, Donovan or Kurt Warner? Finally pull the plug on Steve Smith (understudy would be Dwayne Bowe or Roddy White)?
Whom to root against: Peyton Manning, the good Adrian Peterson, and Terrell Owens. That's the nucleus of a team that started out 1-7(!) (and has since won five in a row).
Posted by Matt Bruce at December 4, 2007 05:25 PM