Hakkapeliitat / ‘99ers - week 5
Another week, another split for the teams. Hakkapeliitat endured their first loss of the season, whereas ‘99ers took down the only remaining team with a clean slate in the league.
Hakkapeliitat indeed lost, to a team with a 0-4 record in the previous weeks. But a team with some serious receiving power - both Andre Johnson and Roddy White pulled in close to twenty points. Even though Aaron Ridgers played yet another great game and T.J. Houshmandzadeh finally pulled in a double TD, the rest of the team was out if synch. Marion Barber had a very quiet game and Redskins’ Santana Moss didn’t catch a single pass. Vernon Davis at the tight end has overstayed his welcome, yet another zero-point evening for the guy who seems to be relegated to a blocking role in the niners rollicking offense.
Niners opponent in the game suffered a might blow early, when their quarterback, Bills’ Trent Edwards was lost to a concussion. His replacement, J.P. Losman, played well and his favorite receiver (Lee Evans) ended up being the highest-scoring player in the match. But the loss of all the points from the QB was too much to withstand, especially when the niners old guard (Jason Witten and Devery Henderson) was more than adequately supported by the rookie brigade (Tim Hightower scored twice, showing that Edgerrin James is far from being a lock in the red zone). When the Chicago defense almost shut down Detroit, that was basically the game. The extra points from Saints’ odd loss in MNF were just icing on the cake.
This was a busy weekend roster-wise:
Picked up Marques Colston off a waiver for niners as a long term solution (a broken thumb keeps him sidelined for at least a week). And since the Broncos’ receiving corps got pretty much decimated in the game against Tampa Bay, picked up the likely secondary target for Jay Cutler - Brandon Stokley, who served well in Hakkapeliitat a couple of years back (when playing in the Colts).
For Hakkapeliitat it was indeed time to replace unproductive Vernon Davis (took Oakland’s Zach Miller as the new tight end) and upgraded my kicker from low-scoring Cleveland to high-rolling Denver.
Bring on week six.
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