Football Blitz II

SSFFL

Let's kick off with some premier fantasy football league coverage:

Since week 1, Amanda and Andy have each recorded their first SSFFL league win! Amanda has racked up two, actually, defeating two heavy weights in the Stripes division.

It's early, but the cream is already starting to rise to the top. The Stars division is led by Zach and Eric, and the Stripes are led by Jamie!

Biggest surprises thus far (and yes, it's still early!):

Positive surprise: Amanda sitting at 2-1

Negative surprise: Becky at 0-3 (Between this season and last, Becky has really taken some close losses)

Flacco or Flucco?

In part 2 of our Flacco or Flucco saga, we will quickly investigate a few pertinent stats.

Flucco's total QB rating is 48.6 through his first three games. 

(Remember, total QBR is a relatively new statistic that gives a more accurate measure of a QB's performance than simply the QB rating. Total QBR ranges from 0-100, and you can find a much more detailed explanation here.)

Flucco ranks 20th in total QBR. 20th. Are we surprised? No. But if you look at his salary and believe the media hype surrounding him, you'd expect him to be in the Top 5. I'm not sure who the sports broadcasters were watching last year, but this is pretty typical Flucco performance.

If you look at your standard QB rating, you'll find Flucco ranks 24th. He ranks 17th in completion percentage, 19th in passing yards, 23rd in passings TDs, and 27th in yards per attempt. 

Stay tuned. There's still plenty of season remaining for Flucco to rebound...

Buckeye Football!

I almost waited until the next Football Blitz to talk about the Buckeyes because OSU has only played Florida A&M since the previous Blitz, and the Buckeyes have a HUGE game tonight against Wisconsin... But, how can you not mention a 76-0 win? Sub-par competition? Sure. But every big school plays some pretty lousy competition sometime throughout the season. However, it's not every week your "backup" (?) QB throws for a school record 6 TDs.

The biggest question surrounding the Buckeyes is what to do at the QB position. Does Miller automatically reclaim his spot? Or does Meyer roll with with hot hand in Guiton? My concern is Miller coming off the bench for the past 2 weeks cold and playing some stiff competition. Will he be ready to jump into game speed against the Buckeye's (most likely) second toughest game of the season? Meyer has listed both QBs as co-starters, so it will be interesting to see how he handles the quarterbacks.