LT owner in my league - DID go down (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

My wife was playing the LT owner in the conference championship game (PPR league) today. She has the Dallas defense tomorrow afternoon, but she trails the LT owner (who is done) 75-74.

Blonde Bombers

Vick - 7 pts.

LJ - 18 pts.

Curry - 20 pts.

Boldin - 9 pts.

Hackett - 5 pts.

Jurivicius - 8 pts.

Stover - 7 pts.

Dallas - TBD

Champ Killer

Brees - 9 pts.

Deuce - 19 pts.

LT - 13 pts.

BEdwards - 2 pts.

Galloway - 4 pts.

TGonzalez - 14 pts.

Graham - 5 pts.

Baltimore - 9 pts.

Anyone else get burned today by no TDs from LT?

 

[GOroute]

it was bound to happen. i got burned in 1 league and am still alive in my other. i cant blame lt though. but i can blame holt, vick and jeff wilkins. what a miss that was. if he makes it i get 3 pts. if he misses i lose 1 point and then the game goes to ot where sjax goes off and my opponent gets his luck. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

 

[EdwardCat]

I'm down by 6.8 with Owens going versus his Nugent. It will be a nail biter for sure.

I had a whole team pretty much crap out on me.

Brees

LT

Barber

Harrison (lone bright spot)

Hackett (filling in for Furrey who filled in for DJax. Obviously Furrey was the flavor of the week.)

Kasay

Indy defense (they were ok last time against Houston)

I'm facing:

Vick

Bush

Driver

Cooley

Henry

B. Edwards

Nugent

Atlanta D

I average more than 30 points per game per week than this guy. Any given week...crappy that this had to be that particular week.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?

If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

 

[GOroute]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

1- i think luck is an overriding factor in fantasy football2- no doubt someone else needs to step up3- like i said before, it was bound to happen

 

[EdwardCat]

I think many people were burned by more than LT. The thing is that LT is been a given to get a lot of points for quite some time. So, when the person you can seemingly pencil into your lineup week in and week out puts up 135 yards but no TDs, that makes winning difficult. Several other top name players did nothing this week. Most teams with LT can get by with a few bad performances because even a below average game from him would make up for it. This week he performed well below average (13.5 points vs 31.9 avg). So of course LT doesn't make a whole team. It is just that LT owners rely on his performance so much to boost their teams during difficult times.

 

[EdwardCat]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

1- i think luck is an overriding factor in fantasy football2- no doubt someone else needs to step up3- like i said before, it was bound to happen

Yeah, it was bound to happen. Too bad it didn't happen 2 weeks ago instead of today against a cupcake defense. In actuality, LT did alright. The fact that Rivers basically couldn't complete a pass until midway through the 3rd quarter made it very hard for LT to get near the endzone to actually score. As a result, Seattle completely honed in on the run and shut LT down after his big run.

 

[DWidmar]

It wasnt so much LT that burned me it was carreer days by Steven Jackson and Ron Dayne. Yes I got toasted by Dayne. Who the hell starts Dayne?

 

[EdwardCat]

It wasnt so much LT that burned me it was carreer days by Steven Jackson and Ron Dayne. Yes I got toasted by Dayne. Who the hell starts Dayne?

There always seems to be a lot of freakish circumstances at this point in the year. Brees performs huge all year except for the last two weeks where he's been beyond horrible. Yeah, he's not really to blame considering NO has probably dropped 20 passes in the last two weeks. Chad Johnson disappears. San Diego stalls against an easy defense. NE being shutout by Miami. Crazy stuff.

 

[Tom Servo]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

In the case of Champ Killer (see above), Brees and Galloway didn't show up either. LT's projected point total for this week using our league's scoring system was 26. If he's "only" getting half of that, then it's going to impact a team.This guy stormed through the league like a hot knife through butter. Every move he made worked out (e.g., lost McNabb but kept rolling with Brees)...except (apparently) today.

 

[mad sweeney]

It wasnt so much LT that burned me it was carreer days by Steven Jackson and Ron Dayne. Yes I got toasted by Dayne. Who the hell starts Dayne?

I own LT and was burned by Dayne. All is not lost as I have a pretty good corp aside from LT. But going into tomorrow I am down by 7 and have Garthia vs his Cotchery.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Good. Most of those teams were being carried by LT all year anyways. I like to see a complete team win.

 

[Browns Rule!]

Up 25 with Romo left, bad thing for me is he has Westbrook, Stallworth, and Barber III left. Stupid LT

 

[EdwardCat]

Good. Most of those teams were being carried by LT all year anyways. I like to see a complete team win.

Nah, most of these teams were solid. I have Brees, LT, Barber, Harrison, Owens, and DJax (until last week) starting for me. Unfortunately 4 of those players tanked this week or were out. Who knows what Owens will do.

 

[Keith R]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

That describes our #1 seed to a T. And his luck ran out today!

 

[Sinrman]

Yeah, in my main league (TD only) all my guys decided to throw up a stinker. I can't place it all on LT. Shockey did nothing. Fitz got me one. Holt got nothing. My QBs were already suspect, so I was forced to either start Campbell (which I went with) or Tarvaris Jackson, so I got little out of that. Overall, just a bad, bad week. All that, despite scoring the most points in the league by a LOT, having the best record overall, and the #1 seed (1st round bye).

In two other leagues, I lost last week, and was playing in consolation games. Again, no support from others. Can't blame it all on LT. No one else stepped up, really...

 

[Blue-Kun]

*shrug* 13.5 points is pretty good for most RB. I mean it's obviously not Dayne like proportions... but I'll settle.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

In the case of Champ Killer (see above), Brees and Galloway didn't show up either. LT's projected point total for this week using our league's scoring system was 26. If he's "only" getting half of that, then it's going to impact a team.This guy stormed through the league like a hot knife through butter. Every move he made worked out (e.g., lost McNabb but kept rolling with Brees)...except (apparently) today.

Those points don't make any sense. So yahoo projected him to score 26 points, what did the guy do leave his other RB slot empty to make up for it and then not get the 26 points?Nobody drafted LT expecting him to score 40 points a game. No one made their lineup or waiver moves because of it. They didn't bench guys that were going to score more points to be fair.If a guy doesn't even show up and goes for 4 yards, or twists his ankle on the 1st play and leaves the game that's one thing. But to blame your loss on a guy for *only* putting up 135 yards just because you've grown to expect more is foolish, and as I said if you're in the championship in spite of the rest of your team not being able to hold up to the guy *only* putting up 135 yards one time then you should be thankful that the guy drastically exceeded the expectations of any player and got you that far. To blame him when he still outscored all those other guys you listed is ungrateful.

 

[EdwardCat]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

In the case of Champ Killer (see above), Brees and Galloway didn't show up either. LT's projected point total for this week using our league's scoring system was 26. If he's "only" getting half of that, then it's going to impact a team.This guy stormed through the league like a hot knife through butter. Every move he made worked out (e.g., lost McNabb but kept rolling with Brees)...except (apparently) today.

Those points don't make any sense. So yahoo projected him to score 26 points, what did the guy do leave his other RB slot empty to make up for it and then not get the 26 points?Nobody drafted LT expecting him to score 40 points a game. No one made their lineup or waiver moves because of it. They didn't bench guys that were going to score more points to be fair.If a guy doesn't even show up and goes for 4 yards, or twists his ankle on the 1st play and leaves the game that's one thing. But to blame your loss on a guy for *only* putting up 135 yards just because you've grown to expect more is foolish, and as I said if you're in the championship in spite of the rest of your team not being able to hold up to the guy *only* putting up 135 yards one time then you should be thankful that the guy drastically exceeded the expectations of any player and got you that far. To blame him when he still outscored all those other guys you listed is ungrateful.

I agree that it makes no sense to pin it on one player. People need to put it in perspective and realize the rest of their team sucked as well.

 

[Slider]

Nah, I had MJD too....

It's never about 1 player.

 

[GOroute]

and a lot of the times your team can go off, but the unluck of the macthup made it pointless as they went off more than your team. that is out of our control as is this game- sorta.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

 

[ShaqAttaq]

as i was consoling LT after this game, i told him, "we didn't lose because of you, we're here because of you.

 

[theToes]

I'm playing the LT owner in our SB.

I trail by 23 with Romo, Owens, and Miami D still to go he's done.

The funny thing is the other team is my Boss' team and he has been destroying everyone this season and was doing a lot of chirping all last week.

If all goes teh way I think it will, I will take the chamionship.

Major problem for me is I'm a huge Eagles homer. I hate like hell to have to root for the stinkin cowgirls tomorrow but money is money.

 

[stingy]

Also might be worth noting that LT had a 48 yard TD at the beginning of the 2nd half called back by a face mask penalty. That's worth 12.8 in my league (2 point bonus for 40 yard TD's). If that play stands, he gets 26.1 points for me and I'm very much in it. I blame Reggie Wayne, not LT!

 

[Sticks2u]

LT had a TD called back per a FLAG....he did all he could today for us...

Luckily i have sjax and it appears i might win my SB game anyway....never put all your eggs in one basket...LT's ride was a mirale one

 

[SwampDawg]

Kitna stepped up for me and gave me the LT type performance this week, add in strong games by Housch and Fitz and I'm laughing all the way to the bank even with LT's limited day (which was still better then my oppenents two RB's Barber and Dillon)

 

[bkerney]

Dayne had a long TD called back today too.

 

[raidergil]

Losing with LT here but not because of him. FWP (expected), Wayne and Shockey were the killers. Scored 50 pts less than my average and sad thing is my avg would have easily been enough.

 

[EdwardCat]

Also might be worth noting that LT had a 48 yard TD at the beginning of the 2nd half called back by a face mask penalty. That's worth 12.8 in my league (2 point bonus for 40 yard TD's). If that play stands, he gets 26.1 points for me and I'm very much in it. I blame Reggie Wayne, not LT!

I would rather not have known this...

 

[Norseman]

Harrison,Houshmachampionship,and Cooley all out scored LT for me, so even with S Smith putting up a goose egg I am up about 20 with Romo and MB3 vs. his Coles and Glenn.

In FF just like in NFL, it is a team game!!

 

[pizzatyme]

I am playing the LT owner in the championship. He's done a lot of talking all year. Now, he gets his due!

Unless a complete meltdown happens, that is.

I have Garcia and Westbrook left. He has Reggie Brown and Akers left. I'm up 2 points in a standard scoring league.

My combo of LJ/Westbrooke/Gonzo versus his LT/Mike Bell/Gates was the difference.

Many LT owners just didn't have the depth at RB2 to absorb a "down week" for the great one.

1st place gets $600

2nd place gets $0

 

[cr8f]

Anyone else get burned today by no TDs from LT?

No TD's means youi are burned? God LT owners are such a spoiled lot. I can hear the whining now.

 

[smackdaddies]

It wasnt the LT low score that hurt so much - it was the FWP and Reggie Wayne goose eggs

Good thing I have started Ron Dayne for 3 weeks

 

[Slider]

Many LT owners just didn't have the depth at RB2 to absorb a "down week" for the great one.

Yep. I'm in 2 Bowls and have LT in both. Got MJD and Chester Taylor in both drafts. People were giving all the credit to LT. I didn't talk at all and MJD kinda squandered all that talk. One player will never win it for you.

 

[Sticks2u]

LT didnt wear his black shield yesterday?? Wonder why and if that had a lil bit to do with the over all game etc? He looks diferent without it for sure, but I know he had one long TD called back per a flag

 

[WhoDat]

Good. Most of those teams were being carried by LT all year anyways. I like to see a complete team win.

In all of my leagues it was an even split between... Very good teams owning LT and ripping through the league, while withstanding the fact he did not score 2-4 times today and still winning the title...these teams deserve credit...or Teams that were absolutely (blanking) horrible and were carried by Tomlinson's scoring...all season. LT was essentially like having an additional 2-3 players every Sunday. Those teams got pounded today and their luck ran out. LT had an amazing run and played a great football today. Anyone expecting or needing him to score 2-4 additional touchdowns...again...probably had a team that finally needed the law of averages to catch up with it.

 

[Synthesizer]

Went into the championship game with LT and the #2QB (Brees) and #1WR and #2WR (Wayne and C.Johnson). Basically a group effort in losing the game.

 

[thehobbit]

Nah, I had MJD too....It's never about 1 player.

It about more than 2 players though.I had LT, MJD, and Green Bay D. Got burn by the failed productions of Holt, Boldin, Favre.He had Vince Young!, McGahee, Gore, Walker.Pending 60 yards and a TD from Witten tonight, I am toast.

 

[Tecumseh]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

That describes our #1 seed to a T. And his luck ran out today!

Yup.My opponent:Starters: QB Romo, Tony DAL 0.00 PHI, Monday 5:00 PM RB Foster, DeShaun CAR 7.30 R:28-102 C:1-5 @ATL, FINAL RB McGahee, Willis BUF 14.33 R:22-95 C:2-20 TD:R1 TEN, FINAL RB Tomlinson, LaDainian SDC 9.20 R:22-123 C:1-10 @SEA, FINAL WR Edwards, Braylon CLE 0.47 C:2-7 TBB, FINAL WR Jenkins, Michael ATL 0.80 R:1-2 C:1-9 CAR, FINAL TE Gates, Antonio SDC 6.30 C:2-63 @SEA, FINAL K Kasay, John CAR 4.00 XP:1 FG:42 @ATL, FINAL DT Buffalo Bills BUF 2.00 Pts Alwd:30 Yds Alwd:396 Sacks:1 Ints:0 FumRec:0 Pts Alwd Def:30 TEN, FINAL Total 44.40Me:Starters: QB Garcia, Jeff PHI 0.00 @DAL, Monday 5:00 PM RB Drew, Maurice JAC 24.83 R:19-131 C:6-41 TD:R74,R1 NEP, FINAL RB Taylor, Chester MIN 5.07 R:15-49 C:3-18 @GBP, FINAL RB Westbrook, Brian PHI 0.00 @DAL, Monday 5:00 PM WR Burress, Plaxico NYG 9.67 C:1-55 TD:C55 NOS, FINAL WR Driver, Donald GBP 6.60 C:9-99 MIN, FINAL TE Smith, L.J. PHI 0.00 @DAL, Monday 5:00 PM K Scobee, Josh JAC 3.00 XP:3 FG:-53 NEP, FINAL DT Minnesota Vikings MIN 16.00 TD:IR47 Pts Alwd:9 Yds Alwd:319 Sacks:1 Ints:2 FumRec:1 Pts Alwd Def:9 @GBP, FINAL 65.17I have 3 to play, he has Romo. I feel good.

 

[One]

Same here. Our #1 (LT Owner) seed is going down to a guy starting Dayne and SJax.

 

[Tom Servo]

How exactly do you get burned by a guy *only* going for 135 yards?If you needed all 35 of LT's points every week, you were lucky to get as far as you did.

In the case of Champ Killer (see above), Brees and Galloway didn't show up either. LT's projected point total for this week using our league's scoring system was 26. If he's "only" getting half of that, then it's going to impact a team.This guy stormed through the league like a hot knife through butter. Every move he made worked out (e.g., lost McNabb but kept rolling with Brees)...except (apparently) today.

Those points don't make any sense. So yahoo projected him to score 26 points, what did the guy do leave his other RB slot empty to make up for it and then not get the 26 points?Nobody drafted LT expecting him to score 40 points a game. No one made their lineup or waiver moves because of it. They didn't bench guys that were going to score more points to be fair.If a guy doesn't even show up and goes for 4 yards, or twists his ankle on the 1st play and leaves the game that's one thing. But to blame your loss on a guy for *only* putting up 135 yards just because you've grown to expect more is foolish, and as I said if you're in the championship in spite of the rest of your team not being able to hold up to the guy *only* putting up 135 yards one time then you should be thankful that the guy drastically exceeded the expectations of any player and got you that far. To blame him when he still outscored all those other guys you listed is ungrateful.

Two points of clarification:1) Champ Killer is NOT my team - it's someone else. My team name is below my avatar. Thus, I'm not "blaming" LT. My starting this thread was to see who got burned by the fact that he didn't score a TD. Clearly, there are guys and gals here who won in spite of it. I was seeing what the relative percentages were.2) Scoring projections come from FBG's lineup dominator. CK had Deuce as his other RB (who was projected to score 14 and got 19).I will also agree that LT's performance is WAAAAAAAY out there on the bell curve; I don't think anyone would dispute that. My points are:1) Multiple TD games are like crack - high rush and highly addictive. The crash is probably pretty devastating.2) If you're the oppponent of LT's team (in this case my wife), you would have as your expectation that LT's probably gonna drop a 20-burger on you. Anything less than that is a bonus.

 

[Tom Servo]

I did some looking back at the Champ Killer's season. He went 10-2-1. His tie was to the other conference champion. One of his two losses...yep, that's right. Week 5 to my wife in which he lost 97-95 when LT scored no touchdowns.

One huge coincidence, or...

 

[RedBird33]

LT owners in two of my leagues (1 final, 1 semi) both lost as a result of the "off day". That's Fantasy Football!!!

 

[terpdx]

Good. Most of those teams were being carried by LT all year anyways. I like to see a complete team win.

In all of my leagues it was an even split between... Very good teams owning LT and ripping through the league, while withstanding the fact he did not score 2-4 times today and still winning the title...these teams deserve credit...or Teams that were absolutely (blanking) horrible and were carried by Tomlinson's scoring...all season. LT was essentially like having an additional 2-3 players every Sunday. Those teams got pounded today and their luck ran out. LT had an amazing run and played a great football today. Anyone expecting or needing him to score 2-4 additional touchdowns...again...probably had a team that finally needed the law of averages to catch up with it.

I, personally, am deriving a GREAT deal of satisfaction watching 2 lousy teams with LT on their rosters both lose their championship games. It's a shame that other owners with more well-rounded squads have lost out to the luck of some of the Crap+LT teams this year. I agree that luck does play a role in fantasy football, and those who drafted LT have certainly found a great deal of luck this year. But it gives me greater satisfaction to see a team win whose owner prepped well for the draft and worked hard throughout the year making wise choices in setting lineups, making trades, and scouring the waiver wire.So, to those who won it the hard way - Merry Christmas!To those who played well through the season PLUS enjoyed LT as 'icing on the cake' - Merry Christmas!To those who lazily rode the coattails of one of the greatest individual seasons ever (not that I can blame you, but I can still hold a grudge against you) - Bah Humbug, and I'll see you next year!

 

[BoltBacker]

It wasnt so much LT that burned me it was carreer days by Steven Jackson and Ron Dayne. Yes I got toasted by Dayne. Who the hell starts Dayne?

I think the new rule is.... "Never bench your studs..... or a RB starting against INDY". Dayne was a must start this week.

 

[bbuster]

My whole team lost it for me, but of course I'm frustrated that LT didn't have one of his monster games during my championship game. The real whiners here seem to be the guys who didn't have the opportunity to draft LT. I didn't get lucky with the first overall pick...everyone in my league had the chance to get LT because it is an auction league.

My team around LT also isn't a "crap" team

Brees

LT

Brown

Harrison

C. Johnson

Witten

Wilkins

Pittsburgh

this one is only a 10 team league.

 

[Tom Servo]

UPDATE

Dallas defense - 2 sacks & 1 INT = 3 pts. My wife is playing for the title next weekend!!!

 

[hellz_fireflies]

From the 5 leagues I'm in all who had LT was in finals..but all also lost...and just for the hell of it I checked alot of leagues and 90% with LT lost...just goes to show you..LT is the one who took them there not their team..never depend on one player!

 

[Slider]

I just won 2 leagues with LT on my team. One had Marion Barber left and one had TO, Romo and Reggie Brown. I have Coles and the Miami D left. Don't need em...