Monday NFL Update

Since I haven’t done an NFL update yet, I’m gonna provide brief thoughts on Weeks 1-3 and then talk about Week 4. 

 Week 1:  I was in LA, and missed the Eagles.  I did see a little bit of the Reggie Bush action, and he looked great for a rookie.

Week 2:  The absolute worst loss for Philadelphia sports in recent history.  Anybody disagree?

Week 3:  The Eagles try to redeem themselves against the 49ers.  They won the game, but a 14 point swing on a Mike Patterson fumble return isn’t enough to show fans that you’re serious.  However, I love seeing defensive lineman stagger down the field.

 Week 4: The Eagles play the Packers tonight.  With Lito Sheppard back in the Eagles secondary, they should be fine, but Favre will still play well enough to keep the Packers in the game.

Crooked Soulz Play Of The Week: Byron Leftwich steps into a big hit on 4th down in order to throw a pass setting up the field goal to tie the game.  Sadly, the Jags lose in overtime.

Fantasy Update: Overall, I’m 4-4 right now….however, after the Eagles play tonight I should be 5-3, which might move me into 3rd place in my division.  It’s gonna be a tough end of season for me if I’m gonna make the playoffs.

Draft Night!!!

This year I’m playing in the Riverside Fantasy Football League.  The draft was last night, and it was pretty fun, but harder than i expected.  The list of players I’ve acquired is below:

Quarterback
      Donovan McNabb
      Jake Plummer
 

Runningback
      Ladanian Tomlinson
      Clinton Portis
      Fred Taylor
      Chris Brown

Wide Receiver
      Randy Moss
      Plexico Burress
      Joe Jurevicious
      David Givens
      Travis Taylor

Tight End
      Alge Crumpler
      Heath Miller

Kicker
      Shane Graham

Defense
      Philadelphia Eagles

 I’m reasonably satisfied with this line-up – we’ll see how it goes!

Fantasy Football

So, the fantasy football draft is tomorrow night and I need a name for my franchise.  Here are my ideas so far:

The Busdrivers – We Be Takin’ You To School
The Flaming Blue Iguanas
Revenge of the CheeseSteaks
The Handsome Devils
The Caucasian Sensations
Sunday Slackers
The Velvet Elvises
Intentional Grounding
The Amish Electricians

Any thoughts?  I’m kind of leaning towards The Busdrivers.