Week 2

I'm not going to lie.. I didn't have time to write a MOTW because I was too busy scouring Facebook for the pictures used above. It was difficult as a few members of our league don't even have Facebook and others have only a handful of pictures on there.

Also, week 2 is kind of early to start determining which matchups are the most important. So instead, let's do some observations after week 1. The third ever rendition of quick hit:

- So far, Mike's WR-centric strategy seems to be paying off. Even though Andre had a bad debut with the Colts, Julio went off and Abdullah could sneak into the RB1 conversation in a weak year for RBs in general. We'll have to keep tabs on Arian Foster but Mike's sitting pretty right now.
- Speaking of a weak year for running backs, of the 12 running backs taken in the first 2 rounds, half of them weren't able to get double digit points in week 1. It's only one week but you'd expect your first 2 picks not to be busts. I predict a flurry of trades as teams try to solidify their backfield.
- Paul's team suffered the most from Philly's terrible offense on Monday night. With Bradford unable to complete throws past 10 yards, Matthews dropping a crucial pass and Parkey missing the game winning field goal, Paul ended up losing by a mere 6 points. Will Philly be more like the team in the first half that couldn't do anything? Or will Kelly's system produce a high-paced, high-scoring offense, as it did in the second half?
- The scariest part of the opener was seeing how potent Brady + Gronk could be. Pittsburgh defense isn't the same quality as it used to be, but there's no reason they shouldn't be able to shut down Gronk after 2 TDs. Although the rest of his team is nothing to be afraid of, could Brady and Gronk be enough to take Alex to the ship?
- I'll be the first one to say that this season seems like a huge crap shoot. So many young players over-performing expectations and a lot of older folks finally having their age catch up to them, which are you supposed to trust: the name or the production? Does one week of Sefarian-Jenkins outweigh the years of success Jimmy Graham has had? Obviously this is a slight exaggeration but the ability to identify outlying flukes versus sustainable performance will be more important this year than ever.

Good luck to all!

Simon Kim