Watchdog Week 10 - Quick Quiz!

Quick quiz #1 - have you ever seen a better catch than this one?





Check it out on Youtube for the full impact. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WoqiBsqDd8




Yeah.



Quick quiz #2 - Have you ever seen a guy high-step backwards into the end zone?


At least that he learned something from his rookie season: he refrained from spiking the ball until he was all the way in this time. If the Cowboys had fired Wade Davis three weeks ago (or 10) how different might their season be? Or the Red Bandits'? 31 points from Kitna and 19 from Felix Jones against the #1 defense in the NFL. Such a shame. It may well be a lost season for the Red Bandits, but for one week anyway, they led the league in scoring, putting up eleventy-one on Pep & Cheez. P&C missed out on a 42-point performance from Matt Cassel?!?! Which is more improbable - that Cassel or Orton would put up 40+ fantasy points in a game? Or is it that they'd both do it in the same game?

"Lord, it's hard to be humble when you're as talented as I am."




Quick quiz #3 - who is #20 on the Seahawks? I don't know either.







Quick quiz #4 - which rookie TE did Tom Brady throw three TDs to this week?



A hint for Dunder Mifflin - it wasn't Aaron Hernandez. Hernandez went the first 9 games with 54 fantasy points. Sunday night he had 0. Rob Gronkowski went the first 9 games with 30 fantasy points total - 14 catches for 148 yards and 3 TDs. Sunday night he had 25.


The Wombats were down 24 going into Monday Night, with just 42 points, but managed to edge past Dunder Mifflin behind a 6-TD night for Michael Vick. I will leave you with this thought though as you prepare to overspend for Vick next season: remember Randall Cunningham, Dante Culpepper, Steve Beuerlein and all the other one-year wonder QBs. Eagles QBs are now averaging over 28 points per week.



Quick quiz #5 - True or False: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" is now official policy in the NFL.


Hint: You're supposed to wait until AFTER a play to hug your teammate.



Hint #2: These guys play on the same team as Tom Brady's hair.



Quick quiz #7 - which team got the better of the Moss/Torain for Gates trade, Dunder Mifflin or Natural Disaster?

For Dunder, they did have enough points on the bench to win it (99-98) if they had the perfect lineup in. They alertly picked up Mike Goodson on waivers, but then left him on the bench in favor of Ryan Torain, who spent last night riding an exercise bike on the sidelines. Not quite as deflating as seeing him show up in street clothes, but a close second. As you can see from the picture, Moss had trouble adjusting to his new team. Brady accounted for 4 TDs, which in other weeks would have easily been the best performance by a QB, but this week was good for 4th best. The answer to the quiz is closer than you might think - Moss and Torain total 31 points, Gates, Royal, Walter and Titans D combined have 21 points for Disaster while in the lineup.

Quick quiz #8 - a two-parter: a) who played QB for the Lions this week? and b) is he saying:


"I can't believe we just lost to the *^@#&# Bills!?!?"


or


"Wow, that's a lot of B.O!"










Quick quiz #9 - True or False: the Broncos O-Line got called for holding against the Chiefs at least once on Sunday.

Believe it or not, I know this one! The answer is false, despite what you see in the picture here. Nevertheless, Knowshon took full advantage leading I in I/T to their third straight win, this one over the mighty Hundering Turd. Sure, the Turd got a lucky TD on Roddy White's Michael Irvin-like push-off for a TD, but with Rodgers out and TO taking a turn from Muchostinko in quitting on his team, it left an opening for I/T. Any time you have four guys score 20+, chances are your team will do pretty well. Strangely, for the 5th time in 9 games, the Ravens' D scored 3 points or less, though they have vaulted all the way up to 27th on the fantasy D ranking.

Quick Quiz #10 - True or False: Coach Shanahan's "hawk a loogie onto my hand just before offering a handshake" ploy, passed down to all future Broncos coaches, was known by Chiefs' coach Todd Haley (which is why he refused to shake Josh McDaniels' hand). Part two - Andy Reid a) somehow didn't know about the ploy? or b) knew and didn't care?

For the Fatties, they fell one point shy of their 5th 100+ point game in 10 weeks, as David Akers got only 8 extra points. The Fatties' victim this week? Semi-P, who fall to 3-7, 2 games out of the playoffs with 3 to play. The 3-Lion starting lineup didn't help, but, their best-case scenario was a 3-point loss.





Quick Quiz #11: The Redskins gave their new "franchise QB" a $78mil apology for calling him a) too old; b) too fat; c) too crappy; d) too slow; or e) all of the above



Speaking of awful, Mets fans finally have a group of fans they can pity. Unfortunately, that would be you, Redskins' fans. Now granted, if you read Peter King's article today on SI.com, it's really something like $3.5mil guaranteed unless he is still their QB next season and then it's $25mil guaranteed, unless he gets hurt, in which case it's $40mil guaranteed. Maybe somebody better explain the word "guaranteed" to me - I don't think it means what I think it means. Anyway, the ink was still wet on the contract and McNabb had "led" his team to a 35-0 deficit, 2 minutes into the second quarter. I mean, even the Mets' season lasts longer than that before they're eliminated (usually).


Quick quiz #12 - Which team had already quit on their season, the Boys or the Gints? Yeah, I don't know that one either.





Meadowlark Lemon, eat your heart out!














Quick Quiz #13 - who does a better one-handed hand-stand push-up, LaGarrette Blount or Rocky Balboa?


No wonder Blount is a two-hit man (him hitting you, you hitting the floor). Such was the pain that Dale's Doormats brough on Team Brokerage. DD moved to within one game of a playoff spot while Brokerage maintained a narrow lead on Team Gump, though both are now 5-5.







Quick Quiz #14 - which team is most likely to offer Michael Vick $120mil guaranteed next year, the Vikings or the Vikings?



It's a trick question - the answer is the Vikings.


I wanted to find a picture of Favre attempting the leaping body-slam celebration. It would have been sweet justice if he had injured himself doing it and ended his career on that note after all the crap he's put us through over the last 6-8 years. Not that I'm sick of him or anything. I am looking forward to the Vikings offering Vick $120mil in the off-season and all. But isn't it hard not to feel sorry for the ol' gunslinger? Well, maybe not...

By the way, yes, those are Brett's Wranglers Jenn Sterger is wearing. And he's playing like a little girl. Coincidence?








Quick Quiz #15 - which team QB did Natural Disaster play, for the third time this season, the 18th-ranked Ravens or the 2nd-ranked Broncos?



If you guessed Broncos, you obviously haven't been following this space very long. What does that have to do with the picture here? Not a thing - I just liked the "group hug" the Boys were giving Ahmad.

I wanted to write about how unfair it was that Greg Olsen had a TD called back by a cheap penalty, but he scored for real on the next play. Fact is, Manning and Adrian Peterson put up a total of 14 points and Gump still won. Look at that again - Peyton had 185 yards and no TDs. Adrian had 51 rushing and 24 receiving and also no scores. But the Gumpsters had two WRs from the Shoot-out at the Mile High Corral and Bowe and Lloyd combined for 51 points. That was all she wrote. Interestingly, the Gumpsters are still carrying three TEs: the two on their bench totaled 30, while Tony G scored 3. Oops. Still, the Gumpsters are sitting 1 game back of the playoffs and are tied for most points scored in the division (remember, points scored is the first tie-breaker).