Hakkapeliitat / ‘99ers - week 2
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Both of the campaigns continued with victories on the second week of the season.
Hakkapeliitat had an easier time this time, winning with a comfortable margin. Though the team’s composition is far from the original. The Cincinnati Air Force is having terrible problems hittings its stride, and I’m truly glad I benched Carson Palmer in favor of Aaron Rodgers. The kid replacing the Cheeseheads’ icon in Green Bay has had a running start for his first season, fortunately dragging Greg Jennings from the reciving corps with him. And even when T.J. Houshmandzadeh continues to wilt alongside with his quarterback, the WRs were not a problem this week as the Washington team got their act together from a lopsided game in the first week. The triple-scorer from week one, Steelers’ Willie Parker had a quiet night, just like the rest of the team. The defense and kicking were both OK, though nothing spectacular.
Haaga ‘99ers had an extremely tight matchup, only pushing ahead of the opponent on the shoulders of two players having a successful bout of MNF. Consistency was the key this week, no player scored north of twenty points, but apart from the two highest offensive picks (and a curiously off-key Devery Henderson) everybody contributed to the pot. LaDainian Tomlinson is having a very slow start of the campaign, just like last year. Unfortunately this year he’s nursing a hurt toe, and not just having some random issues in the red zone. All of the three rookies in the team played well, and even with the return of Brandon Anderson to the bucking Broncos’ offense Eddie Royal put up respectable numbers. Kicking and defense (Dallas’ Nick Folk and Chicago, respectively) continue to be pillars of the team.
Next week looks scary, with both opposing teams fielding prolific Jay Cutler as the QB. But it’ll be the games on sunday that decide and not statistics.
Bring on week three.
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