On Sunday night, I came over to Hai's place to grill the steaks pictured above. Hai invited Tuna but he cancelled out at the last minute. Lily wanted to come, but it was going to be past her son's bedtime and dinner, so that was a no. The steaks came out pretty tasty with almost a buttery taste due to their prime rating marbling, despite me having left them on the grill a couple of minutes too long. If you are a Costco member, I recommend looking for their prime cut steaks, but they're not always available. However, after I ate them, Bill's two players almost scored 40 points, so don't eat them before your fantasy team's scoring has settled. Now, on to the ratings feast:
1. Kevin - Another win, another high score of the week. Ho-hum. I think there are like 6-8 FADUCO owners regretting that they didn't select the bottom pick to be able to get Antonio Gates and Hakeem Nicks. Another investigative project when I have more time - The success percentage of the #10 pickers with their first 2 picks versus, say, the #5 pickers' first 2 picks during FADUCO's history.
2. Lily - Escaped with a win when Purple Jesus didn't score a TD on Monday night for PJ. She really feared losing to PJ and showing up on his 1st and 11 report. Only black mark on the record is having a socially irresponsible sexual harasser on the roster.
3. Hai - Can pull away from the rest of the division with a win over Katy this coming week. Successfully pulled off the three WR offense last week and with his Pittsburgh Steelerz back on the lineup, is the heavy favorite to beat Katy. I think Hai finished off all the steak by now, so he's also in good shape karma-wise vs. the upcoming matchup against Katy.
7. Tuna (tie) - Seriously, the gap between the top 3 teams in FADUCO and everyone else is wide enough that I don't think anyone deserves a #4,#5, or #6 ranking. Tuna is probably regretting that he started Bradshaw over Forte. However, the real story is how two weeks ago I allowed Tuna to pick up Hillis because I added a TE at a higher priority over my waiver wire request for Hillis. Without Hillis, Tuna would have been forced to start Forte. My strategy of promoting managerial inefficiency is working. Yeah, I know what I just said is utter crap.
7. PJ (tie) - Yeah, the hex works so well that PJ is now 0-2 since the spell was cast. This time, a painful narrow loss where he was pretty much managing at almost 100% efficiency. Eagles also eked out a win, so I think the side-effects of the spell last longer than the main effect.
7. Katy (tie) - I can't in good conscience reward Katy for that win. She's winning ugly like the Redskins. Tuna is the latest victim to Katyditis, a condition affecting fantasy owners who experience severe regret on decisions that in hindsight were idiotic. Ex: "Why did I bench Malcom Floyd vs. Jacksonville's secondary?" and "Why did I bench Matt Forte when Chicago had no QB that week?".
7. Donny (tie) - Very consistent scoring around the 60-points mark since week 1. However, that may be an indicator of the limited upside on his team. Having Calvin Johnson injured is not good either. Near blind faith in Redskins caused him a loss this past week when he started Ryan Torain over known contributor LeSean McCoy.
8. Victor - Team is showing signs of life after replacement of Gregg Williams as defensive coordinator (ie. dropping the Saints D). Has scored 70 points or higher in two straight weeks and almost earned high score of the week. Unfortunately, is 2-10 in past 12 games vs. Asian teams and the next 4 games are all vs. Asian opponents.
9. Bill - Put up a rally with last two players thanks to Victor's steak feast. If it's any consolation, still would have lost to Victor had he started Ray Rice. Next two games are against Kevin and Lily, ouch. Bill may be out of playoff contention after week 7.
10. Andrew - Has no useful RBs in his roster, which has long been a problem with his WR-centric strategy, except for one year when his wife or Darth Vader took over managing duties. Seriously, this is a team that has a thin roster yet is dead last in team efficiency. Hmm, a Redskins fan with a very poor track record of running a team by ignoring obvious needs. Are we sure "Andrew" is not an alias for one Vinnie Cerrato?
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