Week 6 Mistakes

7-7.

I know I'm a little tardy to the party this week when it comes to posting, but I had somewhat of a football hangover the past 2 days. It was a rough week all over.

First, I had to get up at 5:45 to catch a flight back from San Fran. Which lead directly to me falling asleep during the Cardinals-Seahawks games... although it might have been the game itself... Second, the Chargers lost a very important game and I am now forced to accept that the Broncos are most likely going to win the division. Third, I lost both of my fantasy match ups (one because I once again played the person with the highest score in the league, and one because I am a HUGE idiot).

You may recall that I briefly mentioned that I would be starting Hasselbeck over Brady in my last blog post. I would love to tell you that I changed my mind at the last second and went with Brady, but that would be a lie. Here was my thought process in choosing Hasselbeck:

1) I lost in week 5 because I DIDN'T start Hasselbeck. He had a huge 4 TD week and Brady just looked completely out of sync with everyone. He was throwing balls behind people, over their heads, missing wide open guys.

2) Although Brady was playing a horrible Tennessee pass D, Hasselbeck's opponent was even worse. I'm sure it has changed now, but before this week, Arizona had the 32nd ranked pass defense.

3) Brady had scores of 9, 16, 20, and 23 points in his last 4 games. Hasselbeck had only played 3 games total and had 2 scores (25, 30) that were higher than all of Brady's.

Even after I had decided on Hasselbeck early in the week, I almost switched to Brady multiple times before Sunday. The last straw was when I woke up on Sunday morning and found out that a freak snowstorm had hit New England. It was freezing cold and snowing, not exactly ideal passing conditions.

Also, I was not aware at the time that Tennessee would be without both starting cornerbacks. As I hinted at earlier, I was in Berkeley Thursday through Sunday and I was not sitting in the hotel room watching ESPN or checking injury updates on my laptop all weekend.

But enough of my whining. I made a mistake, it won't happen again.

Here are the games I picked correctly:

ATLANTA (-3.5) over Chicago 21-14
Houston (+5) over CINCINNATI 28-17
Kansas City (+6.5) over WASHINGTON 14-6
St. Louis (+9.5) over JACKSONVILLE 20-23 (Ballsy Pick of the Week SUCCESSFUL)
Carolina (-3) over TAMPA BAY 28-21
GREEN BAY (-14) over Detroit 26-0
NEW ENGLAND (-9.5) over Tennessee 59-0

Here are the games I didn't:

MINNESOTA (-3) over Baltimore
Score: MIN 33, BAL 31
What happened to the Vikings in the 4th quarter? They went up 30-17 with 10 minutes left and their defense completely imploded. It was like watching a visual time line of Lindsay Lohan's life. I can't believe they didn't cover a field goal spread up 14 in the 4th. They almost lost the game too! If Steven Hauschka wasn't such a failure at life...

New York Giants (+3) over NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Score: NO 48, NYG 27
The Saints have a good offense. Real good. Scary good. Apparently unstoppable good. They did whatever they wanted against the Giants secondary. They ripped through that defense like Andy Reid rips through Sour Cream and Onion potato chips. There was no resistance. I think the Colts and Saints are interchangeable at the 1 and 2 spots right now. That match up would be REALLY good.

SEATTLE (-3) over Arizona
Score: ARI 27, SEA 3
I don't want to talk about Matt Hasselbeck right now. It might make my head explode.

SAN DIEGO (-3.5) over Denver
Score: DEN 34, SD 23
I don't want to talk about the Chargers right now. It might make my head explode.

PITTSBURGH (-14) over Cleveland
Score: PIT 27, CLE 14
I did not give Derek Anderson near enough credit. I didn't think he would have more than 3 completions this week. He had 9. You really showed me, Derek. This game was never in any doubt. The Steelers scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter and just coasted through the second half. It would have been nice if they could have added another field goal, or even a safety, but no.

Philadelphia (-14) over OAKLAND
Score: OAK 13, PHI 9
FLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE!!!

NEW YORK JETS (-9.5) over Buffalo
Score: BUF16, NYJ 13
This game was a fluke too, but not as much as the Raiders victory was. I told the Jets it was silly to put all their eggs in the Mark Sanchez basket. He threw 5 picks in the game and is, for all intents and purposes, the reason they lost the game. On the other side, we saw a quarterback play for the Bills who wasn't Trent Edwards!!! He wasn't much better, but that's not the point. I watched the overtime portion of this game, and I had all kinds of jokes ready to text out if the Bills had lost - "Only the Bills could manage to lose a game in which the opposing QB and place holder combined for 6 INTs." But no!! Thanks a lot Bills!

Overall Record: 40-34
Ballsy Pick of the Week Record: 4-1

I'm so angry about fantasy football that you guys aren't getting a formal update this week. Deal with it.

I lost both match ups. I am currently 2-4 in both leagues, and I will never sit Tom Brady... EVER ... AGAIN.