From There to Here

Thanks Drew Brees for helping to lead my fantasy team to a beating that I’m sure will rival the one your Saints took from the Colts last night.

Brees, my third pick in my fantasy league (23rd overall), posted the following line: 28-41 passing for 192 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT and 1 fumble lost. For those of you scoring at home, that was good for THREE POINTS in my fantasy league. My kicker, Olindo Mare, got a field goal and grabbed FOUR POINTS.

My KICKER outscored my THIRD PICK, my FIRST OVERALL QB. What a way to start.

My opponent has Joseph Addai, who carried 23 times for 118 yards and a touchdown. He added three catches for 25 yards. That’s good for 19 fantasy points.

So he has ten players left to go (I have nine, minus my QB1 and kicker), he has both his QBs (our league starts two QBs) and I’m down 12 points. Spectacular. With my top pick (Larry Johnson) probable to see limited time this week, I think I should begin to prepare myself for starting the season 0-1.

For posterity reasons, here’s my team.

WhoLetTheDogsFight?
QB1: Drew Brees, NO
QB2: Tony Romo, Dal
QB3 (Backup): Matt Schaub, Hou
RB1: Larry Johnson, KC
RB2: Edgerrin James, Ari
RB3 (Starting at W/R): Chester Taylor, Min
RB4 (Backup): Ron Dayne, Hou
RB5 (Backup): Brian Leonard, StL
RB6 (Backup): Selvin Young, SF
WR1: Javon Walker, Den
WR2: Darrell Jackson, SF
WR3: Mark Clayton, Bal
WR4 (Backup): Greg Jennings, GB
WR5 (Backup): Wes Welker, NE
TE: Tony Gonzalez, KC
K: Olindo Mare, NO
DEF: Miami
DEF (Backup): Minnesota

Actually starting Minny this week against Atlanta, and I’ll start them other times this season, i.e. when Miami has NE.