Week 3 Results

Another week is in the books but there is still a lot of season left. There were certainly some surprising results in the NFL but only one real surprise in our league this week. Here are the scores and game summaries:

DharmaHelper 0 - G-MAN 37
This is the surprise of the week. DH's team laughed in the face of our bets against him in Weeks 1 and 2. This week, however, some tough match-ups stood in his way of going 3-0. DH's Jets defense played G-Man's Eagles offense. This game opened a 48-point divide in G-Man's favor but DH's Ravens offense scored as many points as the Jets gave up, reducing G-Man's lead to 24. G-Man's Patriots offense put up an insane 51 points against the Jaguars (but was anyone really expecting the Jag to keep it anywhere near close?). Heading into the afternoon games, G-Man led 75-0. DH still had two games to help him out- his Bears offense and G-Man's shaky Chiefs defense. After the Bears finished with zero points scored, DH's odds of a victory were virtually nil. Though the Chiefs would have needed to let up the most points ever by an NFL team, they only squandered just over half of G-Man's lead.

Epignosis 31 - GOLDEN 56
In the battle of the 0-2 teams, Epi found himself short-handed. His Panthers defense played his Saints offense, forcing him to rely on the Minnesota Vikings offense to bring home his first win of the season. Minnesota showed up to play this week, amassing 31 points- more than their first two weeks combined. Unfortunately for Epi, Golden's New York Giants offense put up similar numbers and his Buffalo defense held strong against a Dolphins team caught in a perpetual identity crisis. That left Golden needing just two touchdowns out of the Green Bay Packers, who complied and then some. The Packers shoved 38 points down the throats of the Kansas City Chiefs, giving Golden a solid win.

MovingPictures07 28 - TURNIPHEAD 35
This was the nail-biter of the week because both MP and TH were dependent upon only one of their teams for the outcome. MP's Houston defense took on his Tampa offense, leaving him with the Dallas Cowboys to move him to 2-1. TH's Steeler's offense collided with his Rams defense, leaving him to look to the Indianapolis Colts to prevent him from dropping to 0-3. Both the Cowboys and the Colts played early games on Sunday but the scores remained close. This match-up went down to the wire and even looked like it might end in a tie, but the Colts got one final touchdown, giving TH a much needed win.

Leggyorlyb 26 - METALMARSH89 37
This was another game where the result wasn't much of a surprise but the score was closer than anticipated. Leggy was yet another team hampered by team schedules, with her Detroit defense playing her Denver offense. But if you have to rely on one team for a weekend, the Seattle offense against the hapless Bears offers quite the silver lining. The Seahawks didn't put up as many points as the Bears Week 1 and 2 opponents, which held Leggy back in the end. MM's early games left him with a score of -10. His Chargers offense struggles for a second week in a row and his Cincinnati defense let the Baltimore Ravens back into the game. Heading into the afternoon games, MM needed his Arizona Cardinals to work their offensive magic once more and they did so in spades. The Cardinals lit up the 49ers, pushing MM into first place in both the Civvie Conference and the entire league.

Here are the current league standings:

With Week 4 of the NFL season comes bye-weeks. This week, G-Man's New England Patriots offense has the week off. This means G-Man needs to select a supplementary team to fill the void on offense from the eight teams that went undrafted at the start of the season. Week 4 also brings us to our first non-conference games.

WEEK 4 MATCH-UPS:
DharmaHelper (2-1) v. Epignosis (0-3)
G-Man (2-1) v. Golden (1-2)
Leggyorlyb (2-1) v. MovingPictures07 (1-2)
Metalmarsh89 (3-0) v. TurnipHead (1-2)