WEEK 7 RECAP

Raise your hand if you just realized that winners of rivalry week get 50 bonus points added to their scores! Okay, let's get down to business. We have been through two straight weeks of players dropping like flies from various injuries, causing much stress and anxiety among our league-mates (looking at you, Billy. I know how stressed you get about marching band games). Despite these trials and tribulations, rivalry week had many close calls, and all in all it was a fun week for football. Let's get down to business with your weekly recap before heading into week 8.

1. DC Khaleesi (6-1) was happy to see Peyton Manning back to his usual self. The team’s performance was a mixed bag, but Miranda greatly benefited from surprise TDs for Eifert and Chris Johnson. She squeaked out the closest match up with bonus points, the 2nd time which she has beaten Anthony due to bonus points.

2. Love Me Harbaughs’ (5-2) win streak came to an end last week. Vincent Jackson continues to be the only receiver Mike Glennon will throw too, and Ryan Mathews put up back-to-back solid games. Unfortunately,T-Rich was benched after a fumble, Andre Ellington didn’t get any snaps for Arizona, and Betsy lost Reggie Wayne for the season. Luckily, she has TY Hilton eager for a full work load.

3. Sunday Funday (5-2) had two reasons to be happy about Washington’s win last week because not only are they alive in the NFC East, but RGIII is starting to look like his old self. Too bad Roy Helu vultured 3 TD’s from Alfred Morris. One has to wonder if goal line duties have changed hands.

4. Think Like A Manning (4-3) couldn’t survive the rematch from Week 6. Injuries also took a toll on Dana’s team with Nick Foles getting a concussion and Jermichael Finley’s season-ending spinal injury. Even with these injuries, Dana was still so close and only lost by 11 points (before Amanda's 50 points bonus for winning Rivalry Week).

5. Crannogmen (4-3) is on at two game win streak. Kaepernick is finally running again, and Jacquizz Rodgers is capitalizing on Steven Jackson’s injury. Jordy Nelson should be getting more looks with the loss of Finley, and benching CJ Spiller with his lingering injury are positive signs for the team.

6. Bukkickers (4-3) is on a three game win streak. Calvin Johnson seems to be back in Megatron mode and Matt Ryan seems to be able to throw to anyone. Billy has to be hoping that Ray Rice has a huge game due soon, and Golden Tate should be better when Percy Harvin returns and takes on the opposing team's’ best defender.

7. TEAM(youbetta)TWERK! (4-3) had an overall disappointing week, scoring 20 points less than projected. Justin Blackmon cooled off, and Larry Fitzgerald had a tough matchup against Seattle, the league’s best defense. The good news is that Aaron Rodgers seems to be able throw to anyone since he has lost 3 of his top receivers the past 2 weeks.

8. Double Ent-Andres (3-4) has put together a two game win streak. Matt Forte put in the best game of his season, and Eddie Lacy is picking up the slack from GB’s holes at WR. Doug Martin’s shoulder injury may be a blessing in disguise for Jon allowing him to just move on from this first round bust.

9. Tebow's Tingle (3-4) got her revenge this week. Frank Gore had his best game of the year, and Russell Wilson seems back to his 2012 self and should only be better with the return of Percy Harvin. Adrian Peterson’s 2nd straight mediocre performance might be an unfortunate trend while the Vikings keep trying out QBs.

10. Touchdown Yeezus (2-5) suffered from a major injury for the 2nd straight week with Arian Foster leaving with only 1 point. Harry Douglas proved to be a decent substitute for the injured Atlanta WRs, Carolina dominated the Rams, and Gronk finally came back! He had a great game without scoring a TD, so things should be looking up for Anthony.

11. 50ShadesofRay(Lewis) (1-6) is on a 6 game losing streak and had 2 injured players in her starting line up. Enough said.

12. Lightning McCoy (1-6) lost her starting QB due to an early groin injury, and LeSean had a disappointing 11 pnt game. The bad new is that Krittika has lost 4 in a row; the good news is that Decker seems to be a most consistent deep threat for Denver, and Tom Brady won’t have many more weeks without throwing at least 1 TD to his buddy Gronk.

The next league event is Sunday, October 27th at 2pm for some pizza and fishbowl!

PS. Good luck to team EJW this week!