Trick or Treat

It’s trick or treat time and in celebration, I figured we should look back through the draft to see who everyone’s tricks (sucky-ass players like Tommy B.) have been and who people’s treats (Matt Forte) have been. We’ll go team by team. Some teams have more tricks than treats or vice versa. Don’t get mad if you’re team sucks, it’s just the Halloween hand you were dealt this year. Suck it up! Note- Keepers aren’t part of this trick or treat edition.

In order to be in the “treats” section, you needed to score at least 60 points as a RB/WR/TE and at least 110 points if you were a QB- for the season.

To be in the “tricks” section, you needed to score 40 or less points for a RB/WR/TE or 80 or fewer if you were a QB.

There were many teams with a majority of their players in the middle zone. Most likely you would’ve put them in the “tricks” column as you probably think that they suck. More importantly, I want to point out how bad we are at drafting. Every team made some very poor decisions. Good to know going into next year.

Here are the results:

Bush (number one pick overall):

Treats- LT, Jacobs, McGahee, and D. Bowe,

Tricks- S. Holmes, K. Jones, J. Fargas, J. Hardy, H. Miller, J. Gaffney, and D. Keller

O’Hara (number two pick)

Treats- A. Johnson (just traded), D. Williams, and J. Campbell (2nd to last pick overall)

Tricks- Pretty much my whole team: Brady, S. Young, R. Mendenhall, M. Morris, J. Walker, R. Williams, D. Stallworth,

Jeff’s Curse (Jon- number three)

Treats- AP, L. Evans, M. Schaub, and Aaron Rodgers (147th pick out of 168 total picks)

Tricks- Palmer, Holt, Winslow, R. Williams, Kolby Smith

Coatu (Kinger- number four)

Treats- Westbrook, C. Johnson, S. Slaton (recently traded), P. Rivers, and S. Moss

Tricks- W. Parker, C. Perry, R. Curry, and A. Crumpler

Pump (Mark- number five)

Treats- B. Marshall, G. Jennings (Should I put Manning and MJD in the treat section?)

Tricks- N. Burleson, T. Bell, J. Galloway, B. Engram, M. Clayton, and J. Porter

Legged (Ryan- number six)

Treats- S. Jackson, M. Turner, H. Ward, and D. McNabb (Cuz has a lot of middle of the road type guys- Whitten, Edge, Chambers, etc.)

Tricks- Vinatieri, K. Curtis, and Kitna
Quevin (Kev- number seven)

Treats- M. Lynch, R. Brown, A. Boldin, L. Coles, K. Warner (138th pick overall)

Tricks- Maroney, C. Johnson, V. Davis, and L. Jordan

Nasty (Matt- number eight)

Treats- Portis (MVP), Bush, LenDale Fatty, Gates, and I guess Favre (for his one big game)

Tricks- M. Harrison, A. Green, D. McAllister, and R. Johnson

Chester (Craig- number nine)

Treats- C. Johnson, S. Morris (even though he dropped him), V. Jackson (even though he dropped him)

Tricks- TO, D. McFadden, F. Jones (for where you picked him at #40), R. Williams, R. Rice, A. Gonzalez, A. Bradshaw, B. Watson, J. Russell

dc (Dan- number 10)

Treats- J. Lewis, T. Jones, S. Smith, Matt Forte, B. Berrian

Tricks- F. Taylor, T. Gonzalez, K. Watson, M. Hasselback

Gamers (Amanti- number 11)

Treats- Houshmandzadeh, J. Jones, R. White, E. Manning?

Tricks- L. Johnson, D. Anderson, C. Taylor, P. Crayton, T. Heap, B. Jackson

Crusaders (Greg- Number 12)

Treats- R. Wayne, E. Graham, J. Stewart, J. Cutler, and T. Hightower

Tricks- J. Shockey, S. Rice, J. Norwood, Bryant Johnson, R. Meachum, LJ Smith

Now, let’s get to the much anticipated O’Hara Power Rankings:

Nasty- When you’ve been ranked number one and you continually find ways to win, how could you be bumped down to number two? I think Kinger’s team is solidifying themselves as the legitimate two seed, with a chance every week to become number one. I’m wondering if LenDale White made fun of Deuce for taking a weight loss supplement. The only bummer here is that Deuce will be suspended four games while LenDale will be just getting fatter. Both of these things aren’t good news for Coach Nasty.

Coatu- Not sure how this team was assembled. No one should have the talent Kinger has in a 12-team league. For as long as I’ve been around, I don’t think King has ever come close to smelling playoffs or any of our championships. There’s no way he doesn’t get a one or two seed in these playoffs and therefore will get a bye. Even if he gets hit with the injury bug, his bench is better than most teams. I really feel like King will have to royally screw up not to win it all this year. Can’t wait to see this all play out.

Bush- I traded for LT in my other league and I can’t tell you how much I’m hoping that he returns to his old self. Last week he showed the Brits his moves and now he has a bye week. Kyle may have an off week with LT resting this week, but I’m thinking there are good times to come when he returns.

Stro- Embarrassing Craigger will always get you to move up the power rankings faster. But embarrassing him when you have three of your top players on your bench (Marshall, Jennings, and Addai), is just wrong. Have you no sympathy in your heart, Stro? There’s definitely some potential on this team. Getting them all to show up on the same week is what is proving challenging.

Curse- Anyone notice that my team has won three in a row? Yup, ever since I initially dropped him out of the playoff picture, Jon has finally motivated his team to three straight victories. I’m guarded in saying that he has an easy match up this week against Amanti, but with Gore on a bye, I’m actually a little nervous. Hopefully the week off has given AP a much needed rest and he’ll be ready to post 45 points on Houston.

Crusaders- Nothing like having your defense score 20 points to help you pull out a 73-72 victory over the woeful Quevin team. I will admit that I made fun of Greg about his Pennington pick up and of course my doubts led Pennington to a very solid game. The interesting piece to this team to keep track of is Tim Hightower on his bench. Already being the goal line back for the Cardinals, it’s now rumored he may take over the starting duties from Edge. If this happens, Greg has a chance. If not, he’ll still be one player away from making it to the promised land.

Legged- This week’s performance from Cuz is the type of outing that I’ve been calling for all year. I’ll stick with my gut and say that this team is not very good. Now at 4-4, he is only a couple bad weeks away from being out of the playoff picture. Yes, he’s playing my Smokey Burt team this week, but this is no easy win anymore. This guy (Smokey Burt) has had two solid weeks of 96 and 97 points. Legged will have to get his old foggies motivated to beat the young guns on Burt.

dc- I’ll be the first to admit that I have no idea how Steve Smith is so good. I’ve never once drafted him in any league because I continually think that someone that small will never be successful in the rough and tough NFL. The catches this guy makes are miraculous. Even with all of his success, I still think at some point defenses are going to figure him out. Sitting at 2-5-1, every week is a must win and this week’s opponent is Pappa Pump. It’ll be interesting to see how this game plays out.

Smokey- Starting with dc and continuing down to Chester, we’re all in need of consistent wins from this week until the end of the season. We’re all staring down being eliminated from playoff contention and the rest of you can expect our best efforts from this point forward. My trade with King was viewed as good for King, bad for me. It’s up to my new crew to show that I knew what I was doing when accepting this trade. This week is the beginning of the season for me.

Gamers- Amanti knows this team is bad and is just trying to stay afloat for a few more weeks. Out of all of the bottom feeders, he actually has the best chance to make the playoffs. With a game against Jon this week, I don’t foresee a win for Amanti.

Quevin- Losing six in a row with the talent he has on this team takes effort and a certain amount of talent. He faces Bush this week who is without LT and Brees, so to break his six game losing streak may actually be possible. I haven’t run the numbers, but he and Craig are either already out of the playoff picture or will be with their next loss. What a disappointing season for a team that had so much potential.

Chester- What I love about Craig, is that no matter how bad his team is, he’ll still be looking to make moves to improve his team. Unfortunately for him, all of his work on the waivers has only led his team to a ridiculous six game losing streak. Anyone remember when Craig was 2-0… yeah, me neither. He may stop trying after a loss this week to Greg.