I am one of the many suckers who drafted the Atlanta Falcons (Michael Vick) as my fantasy offense. Suffice it to say I'm next to last in my league, and I have no other choice but to bench him in favor of my backup offense, which is Pittsburgh.
I hate to go with Pittsburgh - though Rothlisberger is a good rookie - but what can I do? Vick put up 7 fantasy points this weekend (7!) while Culpepper and Manning and whoever else was putting up 35! I'll soon be the laughing-stock of my league - if I'm not already. At least I didn't own the Atlanta efense (that's right, no "D") that got schooled for 56 points by the Chiefs. Sheesh.

Of course as soon as I bench him the offense will get it together and he'll go off for 38 points... but at this point even that won't help my team. I could also trade him but nobody would give me anything for him anyway. I'm screwed.

The only silver lining is that I don't have to actually LIVE in Atlanta, and I can watch the Broncos stomp the Bungles tonight on Monday Night Football.

Sorry to hear about that Masher......in my league we only pick individual players and have one defense/special teams. Priest Homes and Fred Taylor are my running backs and both had pretty good days. I wisely benched Matt Hasselbeck this week and activated Jake Plummer so I hope he does well tonight. Sure can't do any worse than Hasselbeck did yesterday.....geez, the guy is an interception machine right now. I am a little thin at receiver....D. Driver and D. Mason are my usual starters and they are playing well enough to at least keep my competitive since my RB's are strong enough to carry most of the load......

You're better off with two decent RB's than WR's, I have some good WRs (Joe Horn, etc.) and they are not helping at ALL because nobody's putting up consistent numbers this year outside the top 2-3 guys (T.O., etc.). I'd give my eye teeth for Priest Holmes right now. It looks like the Chefs Offense is starting to wake up and look like Chiefs.

You'll be happy with Jake today -- I think he's good for a couple of passing TDs.

I thought Seattle would be a contender but Hasselbeck is starting to come unglued for some reason -- was it smoke and mirrors, or will they straighten out? Hard to say . ..

Ahh...see political topics i might not know much about, but I love fantasy sports like football.

i'm first in my league. with a core of mcnabb/green TO/mason/ward and my rb core is huge with westbrook/james/green/droughns/brown...I had a good draft this year.

Vick is the most overrated player in football. I've been saying that since last year. He's worth nothing fantasy wise, and in the next few years i think people will realize he's not worth much IRL either

I wasn't able to attend my draft, and Vick ended up being my #2. I was pretty pissed. Week after week, he only gives me a few points, several times in the negative! I benched him in favor of Carr in week 6 and he blows up!

Every time I see that stupid Mike Vick Roller Coaster commercial, I want to choke him!

Oh yeah, bub838 you bring up a good point. My league is 16 teams, so ALL the players are snapped up, even if they're just riding the pine on somebody else's roster.

I was talking to this scrub I work with who's in like, a 6 team league, so he's gotta decide who to play between Culpepper/McNabb, and whether to start Tiki Barber over Priest Holmes. Jackass! Come on over to my league and try to pick up a Free Agent -- you'll Get Nada.

I also tried to pick up Droughns a couple of weeks ago but I couldn't get him because the *one* player below me in the league standings wanted him also, in my league aquisitions go to the team with lowest standing in case of a tie ... So I got hosed yet again.

Also since the league is so big, I really took it in the shorts by picking Vick. Every wasted/wrong pick really hurts a LOT.

Yeah, the number of teams makes a drastic difference as far as FA's go. But as far as competition goes it's still pretty stiff because every team in my league has all stars. Players like Droughns are what win larger leagues.

I'm in a ten person league which is just about right. It's a keeper league though, so the top ten players are pretty much taken (one a team) every year. I'm doing horrible in the standings (like third to last) but I've got the 3rd most points scored and the 3rd most points scored against me. I've lost 4 games by under 8 points, 2 of the games by 1.

Oh, to get back on track, Vick is a sucker, I too have been saying that for a couple of years. He's got potential..........................to end up on the IR.

I'm doing well in mine. My first pick was Manning, then I got lucky and TO dropped to me. I then picked up Roy Williams as a free agent. My backs are Martin, S. Davis and Barber. Davis was my nuber 3 pick. Barber and Martin were late drafts. I also drafted Q. Griffin who had a awsome week 1 but nothing since then. I wish I tried to trade him for a WR. My team would be unstopable. I got the most points in the league so far and sit atop the standings with a 5-1 record.

OK, now I have to eat crow because of what I said about the Bungles -- I mean Bengals.

They spanked the Donkeys last night -- looked like the Donks phoned in their performance and got surprised by a team that is getting well. Made Champ Bailey look like a punk.

Oh well guess I'll be watching Indy kick our butts in the playoffs again this year... depressing.

Sad.

I'm a longtime Denver fan, and was actually getting excited about this season.....5-1 going into Monday? Wow!

Yeah......wow. That line looked like a house of cards in a hurricane......

Oh well......someday we'll have another season like 97 and 98.....*sigh*

dragoman