Week 1 Results

Week 1 is in the books!  The first week of the NFL season held several surprises and it was no different in our EZ Fantasy Football League.  Here's a look at how the Week 1 games turned out:

DharmaHelper saw all of his teams play early on Sunday.  With his Ravens locked in a tight defensive battle, DH turned to the Bears for victory.  They put up decent numbers against the Packers and his Jets defense held strong against the scrambling Browns.  MovingPictures got off to a rough start with his Texans defense giving up a pile of points that turned out to be too great to overcome.  His risky pick of Tampa Bay, last year's bottom-feeders, turned out to be a bad gamble this week.  He entered the Sunday night game needing more points that his Dallas offense was capable of producing.

Epignosis v. Leggorlyb was the nail-biter of the week.  Epi's Carolina defense held the hapless Jaguars to only 9 points while Leggy's Lions defense seemed full of holes, costing her 33 points, erasing any gain her Seattle offense built for her early on Sunday.  That tight Denver-Baltimore game made things even more uncomfortable for Leggy.  Epi entered Monday night's game between San Francisco and his Minnesota offense needing only 8 points to steal a win in Week 1.  Sadly, the Vikings stole defeat from the jaws of victory by only putting up a field goal in a dismal opening week performance.

G-Man v. Turnip Head opened the season for us on Thursday night.  Their offenses put up respectable numbers, making their remaining offensive and defensive performances critical to their success.  When the dust settled on Sunday, Turnip Head was hanging his head in disappointment.  His Indy offense underperformed and his St. Louis defense gave up a lot of points against Seattle despite their thrilling overtime win.  G-Man's Kansas City defense was the difference maker, leaving him assured of the win even before his Philadelphia offense took the field Monday night.

Golden v. Metalmarsh was a battle of too offensive titans.  They're defenses were excellent as well.  Golden's Green Bay offense cancelled out MM's Arizona offense but Golden's New York Giants just couldn't keep pace with MM's San Diego Chargers, clinching a Week 1 win for the marmot.  One team had to win in the end but perhaps everyone should take notice of their potent offenses.  These two might ruin plenty of competitors days as the season rolls on.

Interestingly enough, neither of the two top offenses nor the top defense in the NFL this weekend were active in our fantasy league.  The top two offenses were the Tennessee Titans (undrafted) and the St. Louis Rams (who are being used as a defense).  The top defense in the league turned out to the be undrafted San Francisco 49ers.

Here are the standings after Week 1.  I will post a listing of our tie-breaking procedures in a future post.

WEEK 2 MATCHUPS:

DharmaHelper (1-0) v. Turnip Head (0-1)

Epignosis (0-1) v. Metalmarsh89 (1-0)

G-Man (1-0) v. MovingPictures07 (0-1)

Golden (0-1) v. Leggyorlyb (1-0)