Feelin' .500

It's the day before week 3 kicks off and as I look at my various teams, I realize that I am 1-1 in all of them. I also note that my five leagues are now down to 3. The Tag Team league that I described in an earlier post that used a best ball scoring format disappeared shortly after week 1 wrapped. I believe it's because the LM didn't realize how much work doing the scoring on paper was going to be. But since he has disappeared into the ether, I may never know. But that's life in the public leagues.

My team in the "Mile High Club" league has been gifted to my girlfriend. She wanted to try her hand at fantasy football and the thought of her drafting a team scared the hell out of me. So she is now managing Kornheiser's Kombover. I might be able to coax her into posting some entries from the newbie perspective later in the season. Incidentally, she is now 2-0. I think I gave away the wrong the wrong team.

My three remaining teams are all 1-1. I kicked off my office league with an ugly loss, but rebounded nicely in week 2 thanks to monster performances by Aaron Rodgers and Brian Westbrook. I'm also taking all possible credit for picking up Amani Toomer to fill in for Andre Johnson, who I had acquired to fill in for Marques Colston. I figured any team playing the Rams would make their receivers worthwhile for the week, and I was right. Toomer's fantasy point total was 1 short of Plax's for the week. I had to give up Delhomme, but there wasn't much point in maintaining 3 quarterbacks and he simply isn't tradebait yet. If he blows up with the return of Steve Smith, I can always go back out on the wire and try to snag him.

My remaining leagues are 1-1. My win in Charlie's League was nothing short of miraculous given the sad state of the QB position on the team when I acquired it. Keep in mind that this league starts 2 QB's and 2 OP's and gives points per completion, but not points per reception. In short, QB's are huge and they're at a premium. This week, I acquired Kerry Collins to boost my numbers and Matt Schaub is back in the lineup, so I may actually have a shot at a week 3 win.

The BALCO Bandits are chugging along in the Mandatory Steroids league, but David Garrard didn't help me much last week and I dropped to .500 after a monster win in week 1. It's too early to consider a move. But after the dust settles this weekend, I may end up proposing a couple trades to shake things up.