By: Josh Perdew, eSFL Correspondent
After an exciting week of double headers in the eSFL, this week’s headlines include some monster trades. I will break down the trades, last weeks games, and give a preview this week’s games along with projections.
A move that made league history:
During the eSFL Postgame radio show on blogtalk radio last week, Jesse Zima, manager of the Ruskies, called in for the first time and made history. The Perdew Pulverizers general manager informed Zima that they were interested in Dallas Clark or Antonio Gates. Perdew stated that he would ship Eddie Royal and Zima countered with Royal and Chris Cooley. Perdew accepted the trade, and Commissioner Rhodes made the deal official. This was the first ever trade over the eSFL radio and many listeners got to hear how this stuff really works. I spoke with the commissioner later on in the week and he stated that both teams seem to be happy with the trade.
On Monday, the final game of the week showed that no lead is safe and many teams came storming back on their opponents. The Kavanators took brutal losses in both games with a whopping 155 points to the hands of two of the best ball clubs to ever play in the eSFL in Temps Texas Boys and Fields Fanatix. Frost came back and beat D Crownholders by 1.3 points in one of the closest games in history. Zima dropped a heartbreaker to Pardue with a 3.46 loss but Pardue split for the week with a pounding that McKinney gave him. Viall nearly squeaked out his first win of the season, but lost to Perdew by 6.9 points and G Man almost won his first game, but fell short by .3 points (the second closest game in league history).
A breakdown of the double header week:
McKinney showed that he is a contender this season during the doubleheader week with two solid victories over Pardue and Boot Hill Balut. The rednecks were lead by Arian Foster with 36 and Charles Woodson with 33 on defense.
Temp Texas Boys had one close game with Kav and a blowout win vs Viall. Two victories this week and Temp showed off the Peyton duo with Manning racking up 31 and Hillis running for 22.
Pardue Bruisermakers dropped a big division game vs McKinney but squeaked by Zima for a split. He was lead by Frank Gore with 22 and Hakeem Nicks 19 points.
Frost Flurries, 1-1 split, won really tight game vs D Crown and took a beating by Zima. Frost was lead by Carson Palmer’s 25 points and Austin Collie with 14.
Zima Ruskies, with the 1-1 split, found out the hard way that no lead is safe, and lost a heartbreaker to Pardue but a victory over Frost was some good news. Zima was lead by Drew Brees with 23 points and Darren McFadden’s 20 points.
Boot Hill Balut, also went 1-1, found himself in a big hole vs McKinney and threw the dirty from that hole on D Crown. The Boot Hill gang got solid games from both big play receivers Calvin Johnson (26 points) and Reggie Wayne (31 points).
D Crownholders, the only 0-2 team in the Global Division this week, dropped games to Boot Hill and Frost. The Frost game was very close but his WR’s are what beat the Crownholders this week. Two wideouts laid goose eggs for D Crown. He was lead by LaDainian Tomlinson with 34 points and Mark Sanchez with 23.
Fields Fanatix, 2-0 this week, dropped a 183 point bomb and sent Kav and Whit to bed early. Fields had monster games from Terrell Owens with 38 and Maurice Jones-Drew had 29.
Perdew Pulverizers, 2-0 this week, won a blowout and a squeaker. He got just enough from his WR’s to lay down Viall late Monday night and knocked the Bruisers around with Lesean McCoy dropping 28 points and Phillip Rivers thowing for 26.
Whitmore Workhorses, 1-1 this week, dropped G Man like a bad habit and got smacked around by Fields. Whit had solid games from D. Bess with 24 points and Joe Flacco with 18.
Texan Bruisers, 1-1 this week, won with a pathetic 86.4 points. He knocked off Viall but took a thumpin’ from Perdew. The Bruisers were lead by Rashard Mendenhall with 27 and Brandon Pettigrew with 17.
Kav Kavanators, 0-2 this week, dropped a big 155 point bomb, and nearly had a heart attack. Temp had to sweat it out on Monday night as Patrick Chung went off for 20.5 points. Fields had a comfortable lead all weekend and cruised to the victory. Kav had a solid performance from newly acquired James Anderson (30 points) and the rest of his defense was stout. I would like to see the records for highest defensive score in a game. I believe Kav may have taken the top spot in that category with 78.5 points this week.
Viall Vigilantes, 0-2 this week, almost took home their first victory of the season in close game vs Perdew but eventually fell short by less than 7 points. They didn’t have a chance against Temp. Viall was lead by Brandon Lloyd with 22 points and Ricky Williams contributed 20 in a losing effort on Monday night.
G Man, 0-2 this week as well, and winless in his eSFL career, nearly took home his first win of the season as well. He dropped a heartbreaker to the Texan Bruisers by less than a half of a point, and got slapped around vs Whitmore. G Man was lead by Lawrence Timmons with 14 points and Nate Kaeding kicked 13 points in the losing effort.
Big trade with big names involved:
Later in the week, one of the biggest trades of the season so far took place between two division rivals. Kavs Kavanators and G Man hooked up a big trade that involved five players. Lets breakdown this trade:
Kav sent Ronnie Brown, Mike Wallace, and Dwayne Bowe to G Man for Chris Johnson and Kevin Walter.
I understand that G Man is trying to upgrade his WR corp and roll with the young RB’s he has, and also sell high on Chris Johnson who has been fairly good this season but not spectacular.
Kav, whom could be a serious contender in the Appalachian division despite his slow start, could potentially have the best 1-2 running back punch in the history of the league. Ray Rice and Chris Johnson are both studs and without any injuries, they could lead this Kavanator team to the playoffs and beyond.
I feel like G Man might be going backward rather than forward and his losing streak could continue unless his newly acquired players perform to expectations. Mike Wallace will reunite with Big Ben after the bye week and has big potential. Dwayne Bowe is adjusting to QB Matt Cassell and Ronnie Brown is the wildcat formation’s wildcat. He has been the most successful wildcat runner or passer to date. But its points scored that matters and I think Kav might benefit more in this trade. We will see in the upcoming weeks.
Week 5 Preview
Each and every week is a battle in the eSFL. This week’s action has some highs and lows. Let’s take a look at the matchups and project the winners.
Battle 1: Texan Bruisers vs Perdew Pulverizers. A repeat of one of last week’s games, Perdew comes into this game with a newly acquired TE in Dallas Clark. The Bruisers expect a better showing this week and put up more than 86 points. Perdew 153-Bruisers 137
Battle 2: Frost Flurries vs Fields Fanatix. Fields is like butter, he’s on a roll! Frost is looking to knock off the cream of the crop in this week’s non division matchup and extend the Global win streak to 6 in a row vs the Appalachian Division. Frost pulls the upset of the week. Frost 135 - Fields 115
Battle 3: Viall Vigilantes vs Gman. Garbage! Both of these 0-5 teams are searching for their first victory of the season. Vaill has been close and so has Gman. These two teams are possibly the worst two teams in the league EVER. Gman 81 Viall-76
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Now everyone knows why Josh is an official corrospondent. Nic piece Josh and thanks for posting.
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