NCL Week 2: Review/Preview

Brett Favre looks old. I mean like, Alan Alda on top of James Carville's mom old; with all of the sagging skin and silver-tinged pubes combining to churn stomachs across the globe. I'm not quite sure that last sentence makes much sense, but as I'm trying to hammer this bad boy out between conference calls at the office, I'm going to go with it.

After a multi-turnover, afraid-to-look-at-anyone-other-than-Visanthe Shiancoe performance, Favre looks just about done. Especially when he quoth, "Doesn't really know what we're (team, coaching staff) doing." Looks like trouble in the Twin Cities. Somewhere everyone's favorite Norweigian Austin Salonen is gripping his blankie and praying to the alter of Randall Cunningham and a pair of semen-covered Crocs (not a blast against you, Austin, more a blast against Favre's 'text-messaging).

Start Best, for the LOVE OF OBAMA

While Jahvid Best was scoring TDs, I had Martin down for a 'stone cold lock' win. When I checked STAT TRACKER, however, I noticed a gaudy number of Best's sitting somewhere on Martin's bench. Note to Martin: Now that he's a 'must start', he's going to go for 40 yards on 15 carries. That seems to be how these sorts of things always work out. If Best keeps it up, Martin will contend.

Metz: Is His Squad for Real?

After I came out in the preseason blasting Metz for his franchise tag of Dallas Clark, he promptly responded by tossing himself into the title picture. Nice starts from Manning (predicatbly), Wes Welker (nice to see him healthy), Austin Collie (screw you Pierre Garcon), and Clinton Portis discovering the fountain of youth (WTF?). Does he have a shot to challenge the Jace's and Justin's of the world?

Jay Cutler: The Reversal of Booby's Fortunes?

649 yards, 5 TDs and only 1 int. Looks like the lovefest between Mike Martz and Jay Cutler is finally paying off. With Cutler's resurgence, and franchisable talents like Larry Fitzgerald and Ryan Matthews (jury's still out, admittedly), Bobby's 4-year plan could be paying off.

NCL NOTES

-Anyone miss the Doosh this week? With the Cowboys about to go 0-3, it'd be fun to pick on Bingham. That said, he did start Ryan Grant in another FF league last weekend. It's probably for the best that he's gone.

-I still hate Matt Forte. I hope Clay Matthews curb-stomps him.

-If there's no conceivable way you're going to place in the money (my team), do you keep blowing $5 per transaction to right the ship?


Pick-up-of-the-Week

Tom's pick-up of Mike Vick is decent, but Jace snagging Mike Tolbert and Marshawn Lynch was a nice move. When I saw those moves, I realized how much Jace cares, despite his steadfast denials of Keeper League Love. Lynch has been featured in Buffalo, and he's obviously disgruntled. The Bills aren't going anywhere, so why not feature Lynch? His most likely landing spot: Green Bay, where Ryan Grant is on IR for the season.