Moose Tracks
11.21.08 ISSUE 1.10
A JOURNAL OF THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MOOSE RIVER HUMMER LEAGUE
Something for Everyone to Be Thankful for
With Thanksgiving just points since the trade. Then he
The Rock- should be thankful that turned around and picked up
around the courner, Bailey
their effiency rating is tops in the Jonathan Stewart and Anquain
brings some good to the MT entire league at 77.8%. Without Boldin from the The
and looks at what each their ability (and luck) to play the Underclassmen.
team has to be thankful for right guys every week they would
be on the outside looking in on The Underclassmen- Should be
the money. As it is, they need to thankful that this is a keeper
Shark Tank continue this string, casue their league, I mean look at the young
team just isn't scoring enough talent this team has amassed.
The Foolanders- should be and they only have one point Adrian Peterson, Steve Slaton,
thanking the good lord that they lead on Come Back Jessica. Matt Forte, Darren McFadden,
are in first place despite using DeWayne Bowe, Anthony
their first three draft picks on LT, Come Back Jessica- Should be Gonzalez, Steve
Joseph Addai, and Ryan Grant. thankful that Jessica Simpson has Smith.....wait....what's that....this
How could you blunder all three stayed away from Cowboys isn't a keeper league?....uh
of your first picks and still be in games. Despite Romo going nevermind.
first? You have a 72.4 efficiently down they have managed to be
rating, that's how. the #3 scorer in the league. This
continued page 4 “Bailey”
includes a total of 12 points
Phat Bastard Returns- should be scored in the three games Romo
very thankful that his team missed.
started off on the torid pace they In This Issue
did, because since then they The Burnin Bush- Should be
have looked VERY ordinary. thankful for the two good trades Week 11 Recap 2
They started off the season with they have made this season.
118 points and followed that up They fleeced CBJ by trading
Top 5 QB’s
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with weeks of 94 and 82. Since Willie Parker for Reggie Bush Trivia Question 2
then they have cracked the 70 and his 62 points since the trade.
point mark once and have seen For comparison sakes "FAST" Playoff Race 3
weeks of 35 and 42. Willie has put up a total of nine
This Week
Transaction Deadline
Get all the wheelin’ and dealin’ out of your system in
the next week. The last waivers are this week as well
as the trade deadline. Check the league calendar.
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Top 5 QB’s
so far in 2008
1. NO QB 132 pts
Its a big surprise when Brees
doesn’t throw for at least 300
yards in a game. He has definitely
paid off no matter what pick he
was taken with.
2. ARI QB 113 pts
After the week 7 bye ARI has put
up 11, 17, 14 and 8 throwing for
over 300 yards in each contest.
Their easy schedule down the
stretch bodes well for them.
SD QB’s leads all scorers
with 39 fantasy points
3. DAL QB113 pts
weeks of the year. They
Week 11 Recap dismantled the Foo by 28 and
Despite scoring only 18 points
since week six, this QB is still on
Now the MRH League moves into its got scoring from all over their pace for about 180 points. With
inner divisional play for the next three lineup. They got 21 from Romo coming back look for them
weeks before playoffs begin.
DeAngelo Williams and 17 to be #1 before too long.
Greatest 64, The Rock 30- from Steve Slaton to lead their
The Elder Butenschoen son attack. The Foo got even 4. DEN QB 109 pts
more than double up his dad scoring from their lineup, but After looking like an early season
fluke DEN QB’s had the single
and secured himself a first no player scored in double
highest scoring week by a QB in
round bye in the head-to-head digits. They were hurt by
week 10, but then they laid an
playoffs. Meanwhile, The Rock leaving Joseph Addai on the egg in week 11. Which Cutler will
is slipping big time. A miracle bench instead starting Eddie show up in weeks 12-17?
is needed for them to slip into Royal. Both teams still need
the playoffs and they’ve one more win to secure a 5. SD QB 109 pts
scored a combined 72 points playoff spot next week. These QB’s came out of nowhere,
the last two weeks. They got but have been up and down all
13 from Frank Gore, but had Come Back J 48, Gator 43- year. They have had weeks of 0, 3
only 5 more points out of their CBJ continued his winning ways and 4 points as well as 14, 20 and
picking up his 3rd straight win 27 points.
positional players. Greatest,
and improving to 8-3 on the
however, had 16 from Michael
year. He’s clinched a playoff
Turner and had only 3 zeros
spot and is only 1 point out of
in his lineup. Trivia Question
the money in the Shark Tank.
“We feel pretty good about our Q: Which three Offenses are
Fab Four 80, Foolanders 52- chances now that we have Romo tied for the league lead in
The Fab Four has gone from back” said owner Brent points with 65?
record-setting low scoring to
back-to-back best scoring continue “Butenschoen” page 3
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“Butenschoen” from page 2 Hookers 76, Down With Al 47-
Playoff Race Dickerson. They were once again
Another week, but the results are the
same for DWA: still 2nd in points,
Top 12 teams make the top led by DeAngelo Williams and his but one of the worst head-to-head
playoffs. The bottom 6 battle it 21 points, while Gatorbait got 13 teams. They were one of a number
out in the loser bowl from Frank Gore. Their big mistake of teams in week 11 not to get
was leaving NE QB’s and their 20 anybody over 9 points in their
points on the bench. lineup. On the other hand, Hooker
1. Greatest 9-2 seems to be hitting their stride. They
2. Sons of Jacob Sons of Jacob 94, Phat Bastard 42- own the longest winning streak in the
8-3
A week after scoring big, PB is back league and find themselves only 5
3. Come Back Jessica 8-3 into his week 4-10 funk putting up a points out of the money in the
pathetic 42 points. “What’s the Rookie Division. They got 21 from
4. Banana Hammock 7-4 difference” you may ask. It’s all DeAngelo Williams and 17 from
about QB play for him. Week 11 he Steve Slaton.
5. Fab Four 6-4-1 got a combined 12 points from his
6. Phat Bastard 6-5 QB’s, in week 10 he got 47. SOJ Franchise 60, Banana H 40-
was led by 20 points out of GB D, Joseph Addai scored 17 and GB D
7. Foolanders 6-5 but also got 16 from Michael Turner. netted 20 and that was about all
They locked in their playoff spot and they needed to beat Banana H’s 40
8. The Whites 6-5 grabbed a very firm grip on the in week 11. The steadiest franchise in
Rookie Division point lead. the league finds itself only 40 points
9. Purple Haze 6-5
out of 2nd place and placing itself
10. Hookers 6-5 Underclassmen 47, D-X 32- back in the Shark Tank for ’09.
The Underclassmen kept their Banana’s hopes to jump all the way
11. Gatorbait 5-6 playoff hopes alive with a win over to the Shark Tank are slipping away.
a hapless D-X team. They were led It was a good thing they bucked the
12. Burning Bush 5-6 by 17 from Steve Slaton, but could trend and were the only team to
have really had a great week with start Marshawn Lynch. He scored
13. The Underclass 5-6
Lynch and IND K’s in their lineup. 1/2 of their points. On the bright
14. Frachise 4-7 That cost them 26 points. Instead, side, Banana’s 7-4 record has
they find themselves one week close secured him a playoff spot and is on
15. D-Generation 4-7 to being this year’s Father Nelson. pace for a first round bye.
D-X had all single digit scoring out of
16. Down With Al 3-7-1 his players and was led by PHI QB’s Purple Haze 49, The Whites 41-
17. The Rock 8 points. Purple was led by 19 from his ARI
3-7
K’s and only had two zeros in his
18. Rip City 1-10 Burnin Bush 74, Rip City 72- lineup. However, all of his other
Rip City scored over the 70 point players scored 5 points or fewer. It
mark, surprisingly for the 3rd time was still good enough to beat a
this year, but the results were the struggling Whites team who were
same: another loss. Burning Bush also led by their K: BUF’s 10. Owner
came out on top because of his O, Dan Whitely said, “This was
D, and K. They combined for 46 probably the worst matchup of the
points while no other player scored week. When both teams are led by
them more than 8. Rip City was led their K and no other player gets
Trivia Answer by Joseph Addai’s 17 and got a double digits . . . thats not a good
healthy 13 from Frank Gore. Their sign for either team.”
A: Arizona, New York Avg. score went up to 49.3. That’s
Giant, and New York only .1 higher than the lowest Avg. -Tyler Butenschoen
Jets. since MRH went online in 2002.
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Gatorbait- Should be thankful that QB's and Saints QB's because the
Franchise Needs Bailout is in his rest of his team is very pedistrian.
division or his record would be even The only other position players he
worse than it is. Coming into the has that have scored above 30
week he sat at 5-6, but didn't have a points are Santana Moss, Matt
winning record against anyone else Forte, Clinton Portis and Marshawn
in his division. He holds a 45 point Lynch. Despite it all Hammocks sits
advantage over Bailout for the in the #2 spot in his division hoping
season, bad news is these two teams to make a move out of the Rookies
don't face each other in the regular division.
season again.
The Whites- Should be thankful
Purple Haze- Should be thankful he for...man, just looking at the stats it is
Justin Gage came out of nowhere week is not in last place in the Posers a wonder how this team is sitting in
11 with 25 points. division. These are his first six picks third place currently. He doesn't
in order; Steven Jackson, Randy have a single player that has scored
“Bailey” from page 1 Moss, Browns QB's, Jamal Lewis, over 100 points, even though 14
Darren McFadden, and Roy players have cracked that barrier.
Posers Williams. He did have two good He sits in 11th place in scoring
picks with Chargers QB's and Boldin effeciency, at 68.8%, but somehow
Greatest Show on Paper- Should be but followed that with "Fast" Willie, his team has remained scoring and is
thankful his other owners suffered Marvin Harrison and Dallas Clark. trying to hold on.
numerous brain farts during their OUCH!!!
draft. Not only did Trevor get Greg Hookers and Blow- Should be
Jennings, Michael Turner and The Fab Four- Should be thankful thankful after a dismal first week his
Arizona QB's in rounds 10, 11, and they have a winning record and team rebounded and has been the
12 but none of those were his most should make the playoffs. While most consistant team in the entire
productive draft picks. GSOP was they are pretty much out of it for the league. They had 40 points in the
able to acquire Green Bay QB's in top three in their division, they do first week, since than he hasn't
the 22nd round. have a chance to salvage some of scored more than 76 points in a
their season in the playoffs. They week, but he hasn't scored less than
Down With Al- Should be thankful currently have scored 583 points on 48 and his next lowest week is at 57.
that records don't play into the big the season and have a record of
money for the Moose River Hummer 6-4, while two teams are under .500 De-Generation X- Should be thankful
league. Yes, it is nice to win games while scoring over 700 points as a that it looks like they won't be
but in the end it is about scoring the team. finishing in last place in the Rookies
most total points that gets you the division. So far they have finished
recognition and a chance to move Rookies last in 2007, last in '06, and fourth in
up in divisions. Nobody really cares '05. Not exactly a great run for
about the playoffs, it's about pride these owners. Now they are looking
Sons of Jacob- Shoud be thankful
and being in the top division. at another year in the bottom
they are in the rookies division. Not
division, at some point this team may
only are they sitting at 9-4 but more
Franchise Needs Bailout- Should be need to look for another GM, cause
importantly they have an 84 point
thankful for his even keeled teams it just isn't working.
lead in the division. They have
performance. For the season this scored 85 or more five different
team has scored between 51 and 66 Rip City:Dynasty Edition- Should be
times, including weeks of 110 and
points every week of the season thankful that he has only been last in
103. This team after being mocked
except for two. In the two weeks he scoring for two weeks this year
last season for being the first from
hasn't scored in there, he has a very (ignore the fact that he's been within
the Shark Tank to the Rooks division,
low week at 44 and a high week at two points of being last four other
is looking to storm back to the top
91, which divided by two lands him weeks). Oh well, at least Olds has
division next season.
right back in that 60's range. the Trailblazers and those hideous
new duck unis to look at.
Bannana Hammocks- Should be
thankful for Reggie Bush, Broncos -Ryan Bailey
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