Bengals Player Pick 'Em Wk 2 @ Denver
by FriarBob on Sep 16, 2011 3:48 PM EDT
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PrintWell, I don't know about you, but an opening day win over a division rival is always a bit sweeter when the opponent was so much better than us they should be "embarrassed" if they lose to us. :)
But that's just week one. There are 15 more games over 16 more weekends. And while 1-15 is a whole lot better than 0-16, I'd like our record to be just a bit better than that. Wouldn't you? So hopefully our boys will come out and play hard at Denver (where, by the way, they haven't won since before the Carter administration) and maybe we can come out with a win there too. It won't be easy. Kyle Orton is clearly a legit QB, and while Quinn may suck and Tebow is unproven the rest of the team is at least decent. Of course, we haven't even seen whether they're any good this year yet, because they don't play until later tonight. But I know John Fox and he's not a superstar coach but he's also quite good at making lemonade out of lemons (i.e. making decent teams out of pretty crappy ingredients). Even if the entire team sucked he'd still find a way to make them put up a fight. And the entire team doesn't suck.
Still, if our team is resilient and Dalton is healthy enough to play, I expect we should at least put up some points in this game. And that's the point of these posts, after all.
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!
Note: I do not delete previous week threads in case there is any dispute over the scoring. If you gave last week's post a rec, please go and undo that so it can vanish into the history in a timely fashion.
Well, so much for the Grossi under-estimation of our team. They weren’t exactly great, but they were good enough to get the job done. I will take it. And as for this game, wow, we do tend to have immense opening weekends. With 80 legitimate entries there are going to be a lot of points scored and some massive early leads for those who picked right. But without any defensive touchdowns there probably won’t be anybody leaping out to a completely insurmountable lead just yet.
This week, we had Cedric Benson, Jermaine Gresham, and A.J. Green scoring points offensively by the rules of this game. On defense only Michael Johnson scored defensive points. While Chris Crocker tried his best to give us some points, he only forced the fumble and neither he nor any other Bengal recovered it so it doesn’t count.
This gives us a week one scoreboard (and leaderboard) of:
1. biggie22 (Michael Johnson) – 79 pts
2t. duffmane (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. diehard bengals fan 20 (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. Grizzlyfox (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. Cry (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. bengalsfanforlife (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. ephram (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. TruWhoDey (A.J. Green) 72 pts
2t. LookingDeep (A.J. Green) 72 pts
3t. Boomer Lion (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. BonnieBengal (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. Paul Cannon (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. i am will (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. Cedric Benson Boat Party (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. Aether (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. The Dealio (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. jim0ijk (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. James Schmid the great
3t. JADefense (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. Mr. X (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. K312 (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. bill schwab (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. Joe Goodberry (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. JerseyBengal (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. Throw the ball (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. BradDwayne (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. CincyMike56 (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
3t. Pardon_My_French (Jermaine Gresham) 70 pts
3t. emeybee (Cedric Benson) 70 pts
Here is a quick recap of the rules.
- 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.
- An offensive score is worth one point per participant who did not pick your player.
- 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).
- 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).
- Keep commentary to the bare minimum please.
- 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).
- Try to be original yet still pick somebody you think has a realistic chance to score or cause a turnover.
- 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.
- Deadline for player entries each week is THIRTY (30) minutes prior to kickoff.
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Thomas Howard
nice game for him this week , so ill give him some love one more time
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat.
by BoomerEsiason'sLoveChild on Sep 13, 2011 5:15 AM EDT reply actions
R. Malaluga
"At the very end, somebody took a dump right where I stood in the dugout every day." Dusty Baker
sorry-Maualuga
"At the very end, somebody took a dump right where I stood in the dugout every day." Dusty Baker
Leon Hall
he had a less than stellar game last week, I’m hoping he stops those big plays and makes some of his own
Flying is as simple as throwing yourself at the ground and missing
Cedric Benson
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
A.J. Green
it worked the first week. here’s hoping we can pull another okey-doke TD play lol
"I got this comeback locked down tight, like a little girl's tuna. This is totally locked down tight, like a girl's private parts ... who's small ... Lockeroom talk, baby.."
"You want to know about relationships? I know all there is to know. Just ask my second wife Tina. Yeah, she was a stripper. And if Montel Williams wants to talk sh*t some more then he can go f*ck himself cause those charges were dropped."
Cedric Benson AND
Bernard Scott. Watched Denver’s defense last night against McFadden and Bush and they looked porous
AJ Green
When you see it open up and all you can see is the end zone, it’s hard to describe how relieving it feels." -Ced Benson
by ItsAlwaysSunnyInDayton on Sep 14, 2011 7:51 AM EDT reply actions
Bernard Scott
Andy Dalton: An American Hero
by Pardon_My_French on Sep 14, 2011 11:44 AM EDT reply actions
Jermaine Gresham
" I don't lie, I tell a different version of the truth."
by Purple City Middie on Sep 14, 2011 4:45 PM EDT reply actions
Jermaine Gresham
Not sure what happen to my pick last week. Finally get one right with Jermaine and then find out the post didn’t go through. Here’s hoping two weeks in a row.
Cedric Benson
okay i have cerebral palsy arthris and chronic fatigue as well i have a great life and loveing folks some days are better than other days i got a make-a-wish in 2001 and saw my favorite team the broncos it was the trip of a lifetime i wish everyone couild have gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that okay but i bleed organ and bule for my mnr fans but i bleed orange and blue denver will rise again resident broncos fan for every blog resident broncos for stampede bule thanks shvd98z24 real name jeremy woodard nettleton high class of 02 yes i am a raider
Whitworth
Dalton was looking for him on gresh td last week, love to see it happen
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Speaking of...
Do you get bonus points for picking an O-lineman, too? I’d think getting this one correct would be worth more, right?
Fair enough.
Definitely something to consider for next year, though.
Just a thought..
I like this.. Missed the first week but I’m in now.. Maybe we can pick one “O” and one “D” player next year..Just a thought…
2012 - Playoff bound!!!
Carlos Dunlap
May have the most dominant game since Odom Vs Green Bay
It must be inordinately taxing to be such a boob. ~ The Brain
Leon Hall
Needs Orton to be rushed in making his throws.
Well, another close game this week, another week in which we truly weren’t remotely close to “dominant” but we at least showed a good bit of “potential”, and unfortunately, this week, a loss. Still, I’m not joking or whistling in the wind about that potential. Any of you notice that on Michael Johnson’s strip sack he was literally being held onto for dear life and he still got around the guy and made the play? That kid is a beast. Hope he keeps that up… and we keep him for many years to come. And plenty of other guys showed there is talent on this team… we just gotta string together four good quarters instead of only 1.5 to 2.5 or so.
As for this game, we got a good bit of scoring out of our boys, which was nice to see. Offensively A.J. Green and Andre Caldwell both scored TDs, so 1x points for both of those. Well, there would be, except nobody picked Caldwell. Oops. Green scores points for his adherents however. Defensively, both Michael Johnson and Reggie Nelson forced fumbles, and this week we got the turnover on both plays so those are worth 0.5x points. And Leon Hall and Domata Peko both recovered those fumbles for the team, giving them each 1x points for those who picked them.
Some other interesting or amusing stats for the week: 13 people picked Cedric (maybe they got unlucky?) and he was the most common player chosen. The most common player picked who did score was Leon Hall, by 5 people. The most unique player chosen who actually scored was Michael Johnson, picked only one time by ThreeofSpades. Last year in week two we have 54 legitimate entries, and this year we had 57, so looks like we have a fair number of repeat players as well as a trickle of newbies. Also, to the best of my recollection, this is the first time since the 0.5x point rule was established that TWO players qualified for those points and BOTH got picked by somebody.
This gives us the following week 2 scores:
jimbasa – 53 pts (A.J. Green)
duffmane – 53 pts (A.J. Green)
ItsAlwaysSunnyInDayton – 53 pts (A.J. Green)
TruWhoDey – 53 pts (A.J. Green)
The Dealio – 52 pts (Leon Hall)
bill schwab – 52 pts (Leon Hall)
MCSubtext – 52 pts (Leon Hall)
Richard L – 52 pts (Leon Hall)
FriarBob – 52 pts (Leon Hall)
ThreeofSpades – 28 pts (Michael Johnson)
70sav – 27 pts (Reggie Nelson)
biggie22 – 27 pts (Reggie Nelson)
Added to previous standings, this gives us a week 2 leaderboard of:
1t. duffmane – 125 pts
1t. TruWhoDey – 125 pts
2t. The Dealio – 122 pts
2t. bill schwab – 122 pts
3. biggie22 – 106 pts
4t. diehard bengals fan 20 – 72 pts
4t. Grizzlyfox – 72 pts
4t. Cry – 72 pts
4t. bengalsfanforlife – 72 pts
4t. ephram – 72 pts
4t. LookingDeep – 72 pts
5t. Boomer Lion – 70 pts
5t. BonnieBengal – 70 pts
5t. Paul Cannon – 70 pts
5t. i am will – 70 pts
5t. Cedric Benson Boat Party – 70 pts
5t. Aether – 70 pts
5t. jim0ijk – 70 pts
5t. James Schmid the great
5t. JADefense – 70 pts
5t. Mr. X – 70 pts
5t. K312 – 70 pts
5t. Joe Goodberry – 70 pts
5t. JerseyBengal – 70 pts
5t. Throw the ball – 70 pts
5t. BradDwayne – 70 pts
5t. CincyMike56 – 70 pts
5t. Pardon_My_French – 70 pts
5t. emeybee – 70 pts
6t. jimbasa – 53 pts
6t. ItsAlwaysSunnyInDayton – 53 pts
7t. MCSubtext – 52 pts
7t. Richard L – 52 pts
7t. FriarBob – 52 pts
8. ThreeofSpades – 28 pts
9. 70sav – 27 pts
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