Yep, Flynn and Brian Brohm - both drafted last year.

But the Pats are the same...

There is a reason why Cassel is our Number 1 QB atm.

But, I am going to leave that here and see how Cassel does this weekend.

He is up against a weak Secondary and has had 2 weeks with Randy and they have been working closely together.

Glad we have K O'C if it goes wrong. And unless we end up 2-5 Matt will stay as QB until we are out it.

Clue that the office pool site is junk:
Google Adsense people! They'd probably make a fortune, muppets.

Nice also of them to put everyones e-mails addresses on public display, makes me even more glad that I signed up through Gmail. Oh, and we're all 108 years old apparently. :D

On a different subject I can't believe that the Patriots and Colts (in a must-win game IMO) are both only 3.5pt favourites this week. Both with the benefit of bye weeks heading to weaker opposition, they *should* both win you would think.

Off to mess up my fantasy team. Wish me luck, Paul. ;)

I've picked the Pats to lose. Either way, I'll be happy that way!

Whether you like Belichick or not his past history has shown him to be well capable of at least stalling Buffalo's high-powered no-huddle offence of the early 90s and the Rams' greatest show on turf. Given two weeks to prepare for J.T. O'Sullivan I don't see San Fran scoring in double figures unless they get some help from their defence or special teams.

It will be either 20-17 or 24-17 either way...

What do we know about the Dallas QB reserves? I admit ignorance here although I do recall a few cameo roles for him towards the end of last season in games that were already won.

Just quickly, for next year.

With the Picks/Survival/Fantasy and everything.

I think we should have these:
Yahoo Fantasy league
Yahoo Survival League (From week 1)
Yahoo Survival League (From week 9)
Yahoo Picks League
Yahoo Picks League with the Spread.

That should please Ben. ;)

Although so far I am massively preferring the Fox league.

I have not signed up to anything Yahoo. I thank you.

Right, As I am bored, I have made a list of all NFL 2nd QBs.

1st choice ... 2nd choice
AFC:
Baltimore Ravens: Joe Flacco ... Troy Smith
Buffalo Bills: Trent Edwards ... J.P Losman
Cincinnati Bengals: Carson Palmer ... Ryan Fitzpatrick
Cleveland Browns: Derek Anderson ... Brady Quinn
Denver Broncos: Jay Cutler ... Patrick Ramsey
Houston Texans: Matt Schaub ... Sage Rosenfels
Indianapolis Colts: Peyton Manning ... Jim Sorgi
Jacksonville Jaguars: David Garrard ... Cleo Lemon
Kansas City Chiefs: Brodie Croyle ... Damon Huard/Tyler Thigpen
Miami Dolphins: Chad Pennington ... Chad Henne/John Beck
New England Patriots: Tom Brady ... Matt Cassel/K O'C
New York Jets: Brett Favre ... Kellen Clemens
Oakland Raiders: JaMarcus Russell ... Andrew Walter
Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger ...
San Diego Chargers: Phillip Rivers ... John Volek
Tennessee Titans: Vince Young ... Kerry Collins

Shall move onto NFC now

Brad Johnson isn't it? As in the guy who was the starting QB for the winning team in Super Bowl XXXVII.

1st choice ... 2nd choice

NFC:
Arizona Cardinals: Kurt Warner ... Matt Leinart
Atlanta Falcons: Matt Ryan ... D.J Shockley
Carolina Panthers: Jake Delhomme ... Matt Moore
Chicago Bears: Kyle Orton ... Rex Grossman
Dallas Cowboys: Tony Romo ... Brad Johnson
Detroit Lions: Jon Kitna ... Dan Orlovsky
Green Bay Packers: Aaron Rodgers ... Matt Flynn/Brian Brohm
Minnesota Vikings: Gus Frerotte ... Tarvaris Jackson
New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees ... Mark Brunell
New York Giants: Eli Manning ... David Carr
Philadelphia Eagles: Donovan McNabb ... Kevin Kolb
San Francisco 49'ers: J.T O'Sullivan ... Alex Smith
Seattle Seahawks: Matt Hasselback ... Seneca Wallace
St. Louis Rams: Marc Bulger ... Trent Green
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Brian Griese ... Jeff Garcia
Washington Redskins: Jason Campbell ... Todd Collins


That was a lot of effort ;)

Thoughts?

I'm happy to do 2 fantasy leagues, a survival league and a picks league - don't know why we need one with and without the spread though...

If you are quoting Brady as the Pats #1 QB then Joe Flacco is not the Ravens #1. He's only #1 due to injury to the first choice and illness to the second. On the basis you have Cassel as #2, Flacco would be a #3.

And Brooks Bollinger, I think.

Fair enough then Saxon.

K O'C as the reserve.

You could appreciate the effort ;)

And doing one with the spread can make it harder as well. It also adds variety to it and means you have to be able to guess the score as well.

Well done, Paul. We appreciate your effort.

:p

As long as he doesnt expose himself on the field it would be great.

Pats - Redskins would be a great game next year.

Looking at the 32 backups, there arent many who I would be hugely confident at having walking into the Pats team ahead of Cassel.

I also have Vince Young even though he is injured, but I would love Kerry Collins for this year.

Tarvaris ;)

Damon Huard, that would be nice for history purposes ;)

In all honesty, Cassel has had one bad game out of 2 3/4 games. When the whole team especially the OL were awful. Apart from the Special Teams we were a disgrace.

Cassel done what was needed against the Chiefs and the Jets and it is up to the Runners and the WRs to make it happen. And hopefully Ellis Hobbs the 3rd can make it happen again.