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I'm having issues with my other blog...so I just decided to post this week's Fantasy Apprentice article here.

Team 1

RB Chris Johnson 19.4
RB Frank Gore 24.4
TE Rob Gronkowski 27.7

Total= 71.5

Team 2

RB Adrian Peterson 11.5
RB Arian Foster 13
WR Andre Johnson 29.6
WR Reggie Wayne 6.4

Total= 60.5

A close one this week was won by Team 1 with a clutch performance by Rob Gronkowski on Sunday Night Football. He caught three touchdowns from Tom Brady and helped put his team over the top. A nice fillin for Antonio Gates.

Subpar performances by AP and Foster in week 10 opened the door for Team 2. Reggie Wayne and AP get brought back to the board room. No excuses that I can see for Reggie's peformance...it was a close game so it's not that the Colts stopped throwing the ball. It's a very uncharacteristic week for Reggie but you're fired.

We're down to the final six...see you next week.

Fantasy Apprentice Week 6

Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers 23.92
RB Chris Johnson 21.1
RB Frank Gore 14.9
WR Roddy White 14.3
WR Miles Austin 3.2
TE Antonio Gates 3.2

Total= 80.62

Team 2

RB Adrian Peterson 11.3
RB Ray Rice 20.6
WR Andre Johnson 27.8
WR Reggie Wayne 13.1
WR Calvin Johnson 25.6

Total= 98.4

Team 2 was playing down a player and without a quarterback but put up huge numbers. Big days from the Johnson Brothers (Andre and Calvin) really helped.

An otherwise uneventful week came down to Chris Johnson on Monday night. He needed about 40 points, he got 20.

Miles Austin and Antonio Gates get brought back to the boardroom. They both could only muster up 3.2 points a piece. Gates got injured though, and has been a stud so far. Austin has played really well too. He actually had a long touchdown called back because of a penalty.

This was a tough one but Miles Austin...you’re fired. See you guys next week.

Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers 18.72
RB Chris Johnson 25.2
RB Frank Gore 11.3
WR Larry Fitzgerald 16.3
WR Miles Austin 32
TE Antonio Gates 20.2

Total= 123.72

Team 2

QB Drew Brees 16.36
RB Adrian Peterson 11.8
RB Ray Rice 31.9
WR Andre Johnson 14.5
WR Reggie Wayne 13.5
WR Calvin Johnson 15.4

Total= 103.46

Lots of upsets and surprising performances in the NFL week 5. Oakland finally beat the Chargers, the Cowboys lost again and the defending champs lost to the Arizona Cardinals.

We had Adrian Peterson, Andre Johnson, Ray Rice and Miles Austin back this week. Both teams were at full strength, no byes, and Calvin Johnson got moved to team 2 in order to keep things even.

Miles Austin was the point leader with 32 this week. Ray Rice had a good week with a couple touchdowns as well.

The quarterback play was unusually poor this week. Both trigger men had potential to be fired this week, and as a matter fact, Drew Brees and Reggie Wayne were brought back to the board room after team 2 lost.

Reggie was the low point total for team 2. However, Drew Brees threw 3 interceptions against a team that gave up 41 points to the Chargers last week. Two of the interceptions led to Cardinal touchdowns.

This is a tough one because Reggie Wayne is coming off of a 15 reception monster game last week. Both of his supporting receivers were a little banged up so maybe the coverage was shaded a little more towards him. Either way, I think Brees had the more disappointing performance, especially considering the Saints lost to a pretty bad Cardinal team.

Drew you made it to the final week last year but…you’re fired.

Team 1 wins again in week 3. A real close matchup though, they only pulled it out by less than 2 pts as Aaron Rodgers came through with enough points on Monday night to give team 1 the vic, even though they lost to the Bears.

Miles Austin got bailed out as he was clearly the biggest disappointment this week with only 4 pts.

Andre Johnson gets pulled in the boardroom for the second time already, but survives against Dallas Clark. Clark put up the worst point total for team 2, plus Andre was a bit banged up. If he comes in the room again, I might just have to pull the trigger next time. For this week though...Dallas Clark you're fired! See you next week.

Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers 24
RB Chris Johnson 24.5
RB Frank Gore 23.5
WR Calvin Johnson 11.8
WR Larry Fitzgerald 10.6
WR Miles Austin 4
TE Antonio Gates 23.9

Total= 122.3

Team 2

QB Drew Brees 28.6
RB Adrian Peterson 36
RB Ray Rice 13.6
WR Andre Johnson 10.4
WR Randy Moss 12.2
WR Reggie Wayne 10.5
TE Dallas Clark 9.4

Total= 120.7

Team 1 wins week 2. Except for Chris Johnson, they had a solid performance all the way around. In CJ's defense, he did play the Steelers D, so I can give him a break this week.

Team 2 was one man down, and pretty much got a no show from Maurice Jones-Drew. It's pretty shocking to see him have such bad stats. The Jags never got it going in San Diego, and he fumbled once. He leaves me no choice. MJD you're fired. See you guys next week!


Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers 30
RB Chris Johnson 10
RB Ray Rice 15
WR Calvin Johnson 12
WR Larry Fitzgerald 15
WR Miles Austin 24
WR/RB Frank Gore 35
TE Antonio Gates 22

Total= 163

Team 2

QB Drew Brees 22
RB Adrian Peterson 29
RB MJD 4
WR Andre Johnson 33
WR Randy Moss 11
WR Reggie Wayne 22
TE Dallas Clark 19

Total= 140

Team 1 wins Week 1 in the NFL Fantasy Apprentice this year. A big performance from Chris Johnson and Miles Austin helped pave the way for an easy victory.

Two guys from Team 2 stand out and will be brought to the board room...Andre Johnson and Michael Turner. Andre Johnson's lack of production is a little more surprising. He only had 3 catches for 33 yards. Of course his stats took a hit to the Arian Foster show, who had 3 touchdowns in his debut as the Texans starting running back (I picked him in the 6 & 7th rounds in both my leages btw :). His team won the game, and he is a perennial stud, so I think I will have to give him a pass for this week for Team 2's sake.

Even though he is a consensus first round pick, I don't expect much from Michael Turner this year, especially in PPR format. Therefore I have to let him go. Michael Turner...you're fired.

On a personal note, even though I have Arian Foster in both my leagues, I am not too optimistic about my teams chances this year. I don't feel like I got good value drafting out of the 2 spot. I waited too long to draft a quarterback, and picked Larry Fitz over other studs like Miles Austin, Roddy White and Anquan Boldin, who all look like they will have great years. Maybe I can pick up some magic on the waiver wire, you never know. See you next week, thanks for stoppin by!

Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers 16.42
RB Chris Johnson 31
RB Ray Rice 8.2
WR Calvin Johnson 8.5
WR Larry Fitzgerald 13.3
WR Miles Austin 30.6
WR/RB Frank Gore 14.3
TE Antonio Gates 18.6

Total= 140.92

Team 2

QB Drew Brees 14.48
RB Adrian Peterson 13.1
RB MJD 14.3
WR Andre Johnson 6.3
WR Randy Moss 10.9
WR Reggie Wayne 22.9
WR/RB Michael Turner 5.9
TE Dallas Clark 25

Total= 112.88

Hello Folks, that’s right…the fantasy apprentice is back! I didn’t know if I would have time to do it again this year, but its looks like time will permit. I will admit, I got a little burnt out last year…started writing fantasy articles in May last year…by the time the season rolled around I wasn’t even really that excited about it. This year I stored up all my energy, and after ordering the NFL channel for the preseason games…I got the fever again.

To refresh everyone’s memory, and for anybody that may be new to the game, basically I create two teams that face off against each other just like normal fantasy football teams. The only difference is, at the end of every week, a player off the losing team that I feel performed the worst gets eliminated or fired (like the tv show the apprentice with Donald Trump). Many times the player who performed the worst overall was not fired, because he saved by the play of his teammates, who helped his team win the game. So, there is a little bit of luck involved as well.

If a player happens to get injured, I simply replace him with the next best available at his position. If this is debatable, I always turn to my twitter clan to take a vote.

The scoring system is PPR. 1 pt for each reception, 6 pts for each touchdown regardless of position and 1 pt for every 10 yards RB/WR and 1 pt for every 25 yards for QB.

I had a great time doing it last year. I actually did an NFL and college apprentice in 09’. This year I’m just sticking with the NFL. I feel like there is a great deal of legitimacy after crowning the first champion last year. Peyton Manning ended up winning the Fantasy Apprentice in 09’. It was a testament to not only his stats that he put up all year long, but also to his consistency.

So without further ado, here are the teams I choose for the Fantasy Apprentice in 2010:

Team 1

QB Aaron Rodgers
RB Chris Johnson
RB Ray Rice
WR Calvin Johnson
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR Miles Austin
WR/RB Frank Gore
TE Antonio Gates

Team 2

QB Drew Brees
RB Adrian Peterson
RB MJD
WR Andre Johnson
WR Randy Moss
WR Reggie Wayne
WR/RB Michael Turner
TE Dallas Clark

I thought I would take a page from Pat Caputo and give you some of my random fantasy football thoughts this year.

- I can’t believe many fantasy football magazines and writers are still telling everybody not to draft RB/RB in the first two rounds. This is considered “expert” advice??? C’mon anybody that watches the NFL nowadays should know that the tables have turned a while ago…if you don’t know it’s a passing league by now, then I surely hope you are not in any sort of a competitive type league

- That being said, I actually think it’s a deeper draft for WR’s, QB’s and TE’s than I’ve seen in recent years. Therefore I think it puts more of a premium on getting top tier running backs, so I will try to get two in the first three rounds if I can.

- Quarterbacks have the best value in the late first and early second round in my opinion…especially if you get 6 pts for throwing td’s. My list goes A-Rodg, Brees, then Peyton. I also think Brady is good value right now. He’s currently going early third in most drafts I’ve seen. One more year removed from the surgery, he has looked pretty good so far too and it's looks like they will be in many shootouts as well.

- I don’t have enough time to keep up with all the NFL teams, but I do know a thing or two about my Lions. One thing I can tell you, Jahvid Best is the real deal. Yeah he’s a little risky because of the injury factor, so you can find better value in the first two rounds. However after that, I would take a chance and grab him if you can. He’s gonna play a lot, get the ball a lot and score a lot. I suspect the Lions will be in many shootouts this year, and I’m not saying their record is going to be much better, but they have potential on offense to have some fantasy studs…Best and CJ especially. Best could easily give you round 1 production in the 4th round. That’s the type of stuff that can win you championships. He catches the ball well too, so he should be even more valuable in PPR leagues.

- LT has looked good the few times I saw him this preseason. Def good value in the 10th round and later. He looks like he still has something to prove. His cuts have been sharp, and still looks like he has a good burst of speed. It doesn't hurt he's playing behind one the best lines in the league now either.

- Here’s some PPR sleepers for ya: Chester Taylor, Eddie Royal, Brian Westbrook, Julian Edelman, Anthony Gonzalez.

- Overall sleepers- Malcolm Floyd, Mike Williams from Tampy Bay, Arian Foster, Steve Breaston, Greg Camarillo

Btw, the fantasy apprentice will be back this year. I'm currently working on the teams so if anybody has any suggestions feel free to send them over or hit me up at twitter.com/daveseidl.

Team #1

Drew Brees 0 + 16 + 15= 31

Team #2

Peyton Manning 1 + 7 + 34= 42

It was a rather disappointing finish to the Fantasy Apprentice season. Neither quarterbacks were able to finish their season undefeated. Neither put up any stats to ride home about in the final two weeks either. In fact both didn't even play in the final week. Well Peyton played very sparingly, enough to throw for 95 yards and an interception.

Everything came down to the week 16 stats. Brees made a bit of a comeback but only threw for 258 yards and 1 score while Manning threw for 192 yards with no touchdowns. He scored 16 points while Peyton only scored 7. However, Manning was already up almost 20 points due to his huge week 15 performance in which he threw for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns.

So the time has come for the final firing of the 2009 season. Drew Brees...you're fired. Congratulations to Peyton Manning for becoming the first Fantasy Apprentice Champion!

Manning wasn't even on the original rosters if any of you die-hard Fantasy Apprenticers out there recall. He was actually added after Tom Brady was fired in only the second week. Peyton had an MVP type season in 2009. He was very consistent and deserving of the crown. Although his stats weren't always stellar, it was always enough to get the job done. He did have 4 games in which he threw for 4 touchdown, 3 games in which he threw for three touchdowns and only 3 games that he didn't throw for any touchdowns (only 1 if you don't count the last two games). He threw for 300 yards or more in 10 of his first 11 games. Final stats for 2009 look like this: 33 Td's, 16 Int's, 4500 yards, rating of 99.9...very solid.

Thanks for tuning in everybody. Hope to see you next year. Keep in touch on twitter in the meantime www.twitter.com/daveseidl and let me know if you have any questions or comments. God Bless.

Team #1

Drew Brees 15

Team #2

Peyton Manning 34

Well Peyton got the best of this first round matchup. Both were quarterback of undefeated teams coming into this week. The Colts took care of business on Thursday night beating the Jags in another close game. The Saints did not play their best game and lost at home to the Cowboys. A huge win for the Cowboys, the Saints lost their undefeated season but did not lose a game in the NFC playoff standings because the Vikings also to the Panthers.

A brief breakdown of the stats shows Peyton throwing for 308 yards, 4 TD's and 1 Int while Breese threw for 298 yards 1 TD and 1 Int.

How long the Colts starters will be playing this week has not been announced yet but since they are undefeated I'm assuming they will at least give a good shot against the Jets. The Saints are still playing for home field advantage so I'm assuming they will be playing their starters most of the game as well. We'll see how things go, this may end up being the last week for fantasy apprentice. Drew Brees would have to come up big if that is the case and he has a good matchup at home against Tampy Bay...

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 29
WR Randy Moss -.4

Total=28.6

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 26

Total= 26

Well the day has finally come for me to get rid of Randy Moss. Technically Peyton should be gone since he was the losing team but Randy only managed one catch and...he FUMBLED IT!!! No doubt about it and there is no need for me to justify this. Plus it sets up a dream matchup of two undefeated quarterbacks. If they're both playing for the next couple weeks we may have a two or three week playoff between these two. We'll see how it goes and I'll still be updating the fantasy apprentice weekly. As for Randy Moss you're finally fired!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 26
WR Randy Moss 12.6

Total= 38.6

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 16
RB Chris Johnson 14.1

Total= 30.1

It was another close one between these two with Drew Brees's last minute 53-yard touchdown to Robert Meachem verse the Redskins pretty much the difference. What a game btw huh? Seems like it might just be New Orleans year when the opposing team's kicker misses a 23-yard chip shot that would've put the game away late in the fourth quarter.

Even when Brees threw a pick it turned into a touchdown when Meachem stripped the ball away from the defender and returned it into the end zone. Drew threw another touchdown as well for a total of two on the day but he also put up 419 yards passing in a cold-weather game against the leagues fourth best pass defense according to nfl.com...wow. He simply can't be stopped. I would definitely consider him the favorite to win the first Fantasy Apprentice crown. Only two more weeks left and the Saints play at Atlanta then home verse the Cowboys.

Randy Moss survives another week...have I mentioned that I would really like to fire him already. Hopefully next week is it for him as we will only have three players left and I can't see him making the final game.

Peyton Manning continues to plug along putting up solid but not great stats and the Colts continue to do just enough to keep winning games. The Colts beat Chris Johnson and the Titans this week. Johnson accumulated over 140 all-purpose yards but was not able to get in the end zone and when you're still around this late in the year, you gotta get in the end zone or you're probably done for...Chris Johnson you're fired. See you guys next week!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 44
RB Chris Johnson 24.6
WR Randy Moss 6.7

Total= 75.3

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 23
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 11

Total= 34

Well Drew Brees was definitely the MVP of week 12. He threw for 371 yards and 5 touchdowns in an awesome performance by the Saints on Monday Night Football. In fact, he single handedly beat team 2 by himself scoring 44 fantasy points.

Randy Moss had another off-week. I'm shocked he has made it this far. I had Chris Johnson fill in for Michael Turner, who re-injured his ankle and looks like he won't be returning to his 2008 self anytime soon. It became pretty apparent that Johnson would be the next line now after his 2 touchdown performance this week. Some are arguing that he is the most valuable and complete back in the game. While I'll disagree, I still think he deserves to be in the conversation. Did you see the Titan offensive line on one of his touchdowns after he broke the first tackle? All of their hands went up because they knew he was gone...dude is explosive no doubt.

Peyton Manning and the Colts came from behind to win again this week and remain undefeated. He had a good game throwing for 3 touchdowns, but nothing spectacular with only 244 yards and 2 interceptions.

MJD seems to be the odd man out this week. Even though he did score double digit fantasy points, he did not score any touchdowns and his team only managed 3 total points in a loss against the 49ers. Maurice Jones-Drew you've had a great year but...you're fired.

See you guys next week as Chris Johnson will be joining Peyton Manning and Team #2.

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 25
RB DeAngelo Williams 13.1
WR Randy Moss 9.4

Total= 47.5

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 15
RB Adrian Peterson 9.8
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 14.4

Total= 39.2

A rather uneventful week saw the Saints and Colts stay undefeated along with a thrilling last-second Lions victory for a battle of the league's two worst teams. The Saints continued to steamroll behind Drew Brees' 3 touchdowns tosses, while the Colts were rather lucky that Joe Flaco threw a red zone interception that cost the Ravens a chance to take advantage of a sub-par 2 interception performance from Peyton Manning.

I had Deangelo Williams fillin for Michael Turner, who may be out another 4 to 6 weeks. Team 1 also got 9.4 points from Randy Moss who caught a touchdown, but only had 34 yards receiving as Wes Welker was Tom Brady's favorite target verse the Jets.

Team 2 got another solid contribution from MJD, but Adrian Peterson and Peyton Manning both had below average weeks. AP's stats suffered because of a great day by Brett Favre who threw for 4 touchdowns.

So it comes down to Peyton vs. Peterson. One of my twitter connections @candacearm helped me out with this decision and reminded me how important Peyton has been to his team this year. He has been a great leader and helped make newbies like Garcon and Collie into solid contributors on an undefeated team in 2009. AP is still the best back in football but he got overshadowed by Favre this week, and in the fantasy apprentice game it only takes one bad week and you can be gone. Adrian Peterson, you're fired.

Team #1

WR Golden Tate Notre Dame 19.5

Team #2

WR/RB Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State 32.4

In what ended up being great finale to the first Fantasy Apprentice season, Jacquizz Rodgers of the Oregon State Beavers edged out Notre Dame's Golden Tate to become the first College Fantasy Apprentice Champion!

Rodgers scored two rushing touchdowns and totaled over 200 all-purpose yards this week. The speedy little sophomore running back only stands 5 feet and 7 inches tall, however he has put up huge numbers this year tying the Beavers school record with 19 touchdowns while gaining 1,313 rushing yards. He has been very consistent throughout his 2009 campaign, in fact there was only one game verse UCLA in which he did not score a touchdown. His best games coming against Stanford in which he had 189 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns and his last two games verse Washington and Washington State in which he rushed for over 150 yards and scored twice in both. Although he has been pretty under that radar this year in my opinion, he has a chance to really get on the national scene with a huge game against #8 Oregon next week. It's been a pleasure watching him this year and it's great to have such a worth champion. Congratulations Jacquizz Rodgers!

Golden Tate put together a great year too. It seemed that every game Notre Dame played this year went down to the wire, thus allowing Tate a "golden" opportunity to put up big numbers and make a name for himself creating a formidable duo with quarterback Jimmy Clausen. He took full advantage of it, setting school records for catches in a season (83) and season yardage (1,295), scoring 12 touchdowns along the way. Tate only had one game in which he didn't score as well, the first game of the season against Nevada. Although very championship-worthy, it has come time for the last College Fantasy Apprentice firing of the year...Golden Tate you're fired.

See you guys next year, thanks for following! We still have a couple more weeks until we crown the NFL Fantasy Apprentice so stay tuned. Feel free to let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions or advice.

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 16
RB Michael Turner 11.1
WR Randy Moss 29.9
WR Calvin Johnson 8.4

Total= 65.4

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 33
RB Adrian Peterson 26.3
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 20.5

Total= 79.8

In a stunning upset, Team #2 beats Team #1 down a man. A great performance by Peyton Manning in the Sunday night game made all the difference where he threw for 327 yards and 4 touchdowns.

AP ran for another 2 touchdowns and I really feel for all MJD owners as he should've had two scores as well but took on the one yard line to burn valuable time as the Jets had no remaining timeouts. Jones-Drew even apologized to his fantasy owners in the post-game press conference, mentioning that he owns himself as well. I understand that he doing this for his team, but it's this kind of stuff that can get you fired in Fantasy Apprentice. Thankfully for MJD his team came out ahead.

Team #1 saw another good performance from Randy Moss with 2 scores and 179 yards but that's about it. I really expected more out of Drew Brees playing the lowly Rams and Michael Turner ran for 111 yards on only 9 carries before sufffering a high-ankle sprain.

That only leaves my beloved Megatron who scored the least amount of points last week too. CJ had eight receptions for 84 yards, but no touchdowns and at least two drops that I saw. Him and Stafford will works things out eventually but still have a ways to go. The good news is that the Lions play Cleveland next week. The bad news is that Calvin Johnson is fired.

Team #1

QB Tim Tebow Florida 21.6
WR Golden Tate Notre Dame 17.5

Total= 39.1

Team #2

QB Jimmy Clausen Notre Dame 15
WR/RB Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State 27.5

Total= 42.5

Wow, we had ourselves a close game this week. The Notre Dame vs. Pitt game got off to a slow start but led to an exciting finish. Clausen and the boys tried to make another fourth quarter comeback after being down 18, Tate scored on an 87 yard punt return but they eventually came up short 27-22.

Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators beat South Carolina 24-14 to become the first undefeated team in the conference since Steve Spurrier's 1996 national championship Gator team. South Carolina scored an early fourth quarter touchdown to take the lead but Florida ended up prevailing. Although Florida is undefeated, they have not been very impressive offensively this year.

Oregon State rolled over Washington 48-21 with the help of two touchdowns and 159 rushing yards from Jacquizz Rodgers.

Normally Tate would be the most likely to go here but his punt return didn't count for any points, so a tough decision was made even tougher. After looking at the schedules for the coming weeks I decided that it would be best to have our final showdown next week. In my opinion Golden Tate and Jacquizz Rodgers have been the best two players all year so... I'm setting up a final showdown for them next week. Tim Tebow and Jimmy Clausen you're fired!

See you guys next week when we will crown our first College Fantasy Apprentice!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 17.4
RB Michael Turner 30
WR Randy Moss 20.7
WR Calvin Johnson 2.7

Total= 70.8

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 16
RB Ryan Grant 15.6
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 19.4
WR Andre Johnson 10.3

Total= 61.3

Boy did Larry Fitzgerald make me look bad this week. After firing him last week, he only had 9 receptions for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns verse the Bears.

Calvin Johnson came back after missing the last three fantasy apprentice games and...stunk the joint up. It seemed that Stafford underthrew a couple balls his way but they are definitely not on the same page currently and Megatron has been a major fantasy disappointment so far this year. He was saved by Michael Turner's big two touchdown 166 yard performance against the Redskins.

If I had my choice to replace Adrian Peterson in week 9 I would have chosen Deangelo Williams, but I didn't want his two touchdowns to be the difference between the two teams so I chose Ryan Grant who put up a solid 96 yards and a touchdown. MJD was solid as always, Manning had a less than stellar game with over 300 yards passing but only 1 touchdown and 1 interception and Andre Johnson didn't have a touchdown but caught 10 passes for 103 yards.

This was a tough one but when it's a close call I have to go with past performance and Peyton has been very consistent all year. Andre has had two games with only two catches and one game with only 4 catches and 35 yards. Peyton has only had one game of under 300 yards passing. Andre Johnson...you're fired.

Team #1

QB Tim Tebow Florida 22.7
WR Golden Tate Notre Dame 19.4
WR/RB Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State 15.7

Total= 57.8

Team #2

QB Jimmy Clausen Notre Dame 28
WR Dezmon Briscoe Kansas 13.6

Total= 41.6

The Notre Dame Boy's put up good numbers again, although they lost to Navy for the second year in row. I wish I could fire him but it wasn't Jimmy's fault they lost. He put up 452 passing yards and two touchdowns. Actually if it was just Clausen and Tate vs. Tebow, Briscoe and Rodgers the game would have been decided by only about 3 points even though they would have been down a player.

That only leaves one option, Dezmon Briscoe. He's scored pretty much every week this year and been very solid but I have no other choice.

Next week Jacquizz Rodgers will join Jimmy on Team #2 and we will be down to the final four, see you next week!

Team #1

QB Drew Brees 22
RB Michael Turner 21.1
WR Larry Fitzgerald 6.6
WR Roddy White 16.8

Total= 66.5

Team #2

QB Peyton Manning 13
RB Adrian Petersen 20.1
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 29.7
WR Andre Johnson 6.3
WR Reggie Wayne 20.7

Total= 89.8

Reggie Wayne and Roddy White filled in this week for the injured Calvin Johnson and Randy Moss who was on bye.

Maurice Jones-Drew carried the load this week for Team #2. Adrian Petersen and Reggie Wayne turned in nice performances as well, with down-weeks for Peyton Manning and Andre Johnson. Manning was held without a touchdown by the 49er defense and Johnson was still fighting off the chest contusion he suffered last week.

Team #1 tried to mount a furious come back on Monday Night with three players Drew Brees, Michael Turner and Roddy White featured in the game. However, they fell short mostly in part because they were down a man and Larry Fitzgerald's numbers suffered due in large part to a poor performance by Kurt Warner.

Fitz is one of the best and if I had to build my team around one receiver it would probably be him. I would've way rather fired Randy Moss a long time ago, but this is just how the chips fell...You're fired Larry.