Bengals Player Pick 'Em Week 11 vs Buffalo

Is there anybody out there surprised that we lost again?  Not really.  I'm not really even surprised they managed to make a game of it before fumbling it away yet again.  I wish the heck I was, but this is a team with tons of talent yet no leadership, no proper coaching, little fire (except maybe when it's already too late), and no hope.  I don't even know if we have hope this weekend.  If the Lions had pulled off that 2pt conversion and gone on to win, I'd be certain we'd lose this week, now maybe we'll catch the Bills still a bit too giddy over finally winning a game.  Maybe.

Well at least the Bills have a weak enough rating on defense (27th PPG, 26th YPG) that maybe we can at least score some points in this game.  Our offensive weapons still exist, though I have to hope that TO decides not to take any more weeks off when I get around to picking him again.  And their offense has similarly putrid ratings (29th PPG, 28th YPG) and they've tossed about 1 INT per game on average and lost a few fumbles as well, so our defense has a shot to make some noise as well.

Anyway, place your picks for this coming week in the comments.  Scoring recap post from last week is repeated below the jump as well as the summary version of the rules.  (Review the original full write-up of the rules here if you like.)  Pick your player in the comments and have fun!

I’m running out of words that don’t need asterisks and such in them to describe this train wreck.

In the mean time, we need to figure out scores for this week. Despite a relatively impressive showing in yards, our defense did absolutely jack squat in the turnovers department. The offense at least had two touchdowns. At least Chad Ochocinco finally shows up again when all but one of us gives him up for dead, and Jermaine Gresham continues to show hope for if we ever find competent coaches. We had 27 legitimate entries for a max score of 26.

Our weekly scoring then is as follows:

26 points – The Dealio (Chad Ochocinco)
25 points – WHYUS!! (Jermaine Gresham)
25 points – TruWhoDey (Jermaine Gresham)

This leaves us with a 10 week leaderboard of:

1. FriarBob – 196 points
2. CincyMike56 – 191 points
3. Purple City Middie – 190 points
4. Cry – 173 points
5. Mr. X – 172 points
6. The Dealio – 155 points
7. James Schmid the great – 151 points
8. quickslant – 149 points
9. jimbasa – 147 points
10. CincinnatiCyanide88 – 138 points
11t. Jake Liscow – 122 points
11t. TruWhoDey – 122 points
12. WHYUS!! – 120 points
13. BradDwayne – 111 points
14. the Flying Pig – 110 points
15. Jcon77 – 109 points
16. Rocket_Man_G – 104 points
17. Throw the ball – 97 points
18. Alexneyer – 89 points
19. BonnieBengal – 88 points
20. duffmane – 86 points
21. BoomerEsiasonsLoveChild – 77 points
22. tafjag1 – 75 points
23t. Boomer Lion – 73 points
23t. TrickyD26 – 73 points
23t. jimmer9 – 73 points
24. TheCinWin – 67 points
25. Carsonorbust – 64 points
26. MCSubtext – 62 points
27. Oregonbengalsfan – 58 points
28t. darth zalmer – 54 points
28t. Bengal mayhem – 54 points
29. emeybee – 53 points
30. whodey?? – 52 points
31t. Jaegner – 49 points
31t. ephr – 49 points
32. Richard L – 37 points
33. ritalin – 31 points
34. Rockhound-11 – 30 points
35. featherman – 12 points

Here is a quick recap of the rules.

1. Pick one player (Make it easy on me, make him the title of your post.  Both first and last name please, and please try to avoid nicknames or blatant misspellings.) who is NOT officially listed as a QB, P, or PK on the roster.
2. An offensive score is worth one point per participant who did not pick your player.
3. A defensive player is worth 2/1/0.5 point(s) per participant who did not pick your player based on if he 2) actually scored, 1) gained possession of the ball for the team but didn't actually score, or 0.5) allowed the Bengals to gain possession by causing a fumble (or blocking a kick) that another Bengals player recovered.  Sacks or tackles behind the line of and by themselves are not worth anything unless they are a strip-sack (0.5 points if we recover) or they are also a safety (2 points).  All half-points will be rounded down.  A blocked FG is always 0.5 for the blocker, a blocked punt is the same unless the blocker is the only person (on either team) to touch the ball before it becomes a safety (in which case it becomes 2 points).
   
4. You score the maximum possible points for your player but only one time.  So a defensive player who forces an opponent's fumble that Cincinnati recovers and recovers another opponent's fumble at a different point in the game is worth 1x points (not 1.5x cumulative).
5. Keep commentary to the bare minimum please.
6. Predictions on how they will score are not required, and if you provide one they don't net you any bonus if you are right nor do they detract if you are wrong (so long as they do actually score by game rules).
7. Try to be original yet still pick somebody you think has a realistic chance to score or cause a turnover.
8. Only ONE (1) player entry per contestant, per week is allowed.  Unless your first player was on the roster at the start of the week and is put on IR/cut/traded before the next week, your first comment is your player, so pick carefully.
9. Deadline for player entries each week is THIRTY (30) minutes prior to kickoff.