Well well well. This has been a very interesting week to say the least. We had Sweaty Balsagna go from the High with 169 to possibly a record low of 57. We had three huge trade’s that included the names Welker, Matthews, Green, Jackson, McGahee, and the number 3 (as in RG3). The defending champ, myself, is 0-2. Bambi is 2-0. And the first round of Divisional match-ups will come to an end this week.

I am also happy to see that most of you ended up filling out your trading block for others to go by.

VOTING ON TRADES
Aside from the trading block I encourage people to check the ESPN site at least once a week, preferably Thursday before the night game starts and vote on any trades that have been accepted. In the case that a trade may include players that are involved in the Thursday night game, the two teams can ask me to send out a text and get everyone’s vote so that I can process the trade in time for the game. The two day wait period for trades to process is simply used so that people have time to vote on the trade. I, as league manager, can see the number of votes for ‘Allow’ or ‘Veto’ but I cannot see who voted what. If, AT ANY POINT I see that a trade has 7 ‘Allow’ votes I will process the trade. With that being said, if, AT ANY POINT I see that a trade has 6 ‘Veto’ votes, I will cancel trade on the site, notify the league, and send the trade information to the Trade Panel to further review. They will get back to me within 24 hours with their decision and…. if it passes I will edit the team rosters without the two involved needing to go through the whole Send/Accept/Wait phase… if it fails I will do nothing, but either way I will send out a text notifying everyone of the result and will include the panels review in words on the next update(on my site) and also in the message board.

Anyways, this week we have the likes of Kenny and Justin for Kurt’s Interview, 5 Quick Questions, Power Rank, and the Weekly Photo/Video.

I also added a ‘Pick-Up Report’ section directly below the Deadlines.

Finally, I will be sending out a text to everyone regarding a league vote for next season.
Q: Should we pay out the highest scoring team for each week?
A) Yes: up the entrance fee by a buck or two each week (i.e. $16-32).
B) Yes: but leave the entrance fee where it is and take a percentage from that.
C) No: no weekly payout.
D) I have another idea.

Deadlines

Money Due: Monday October 15, 2012 (End of Week 6)

Trade Deadline: Wednesday November 7, 2012 (Noon)

Playoffs: Week 13, 14, 15&16

Year End Party: TBD

Pick-Up Report
As of 7:30PM on 20 September 2012
Lawrenceville United: 4
Revis and Butthead: 4
Suck My Ditka: 4
Sweaty BALSAGNA: 2
C[][]L BREES: 2
Krack: 1
Stuart Scott’s Eye: 1
No One RUns With My Bulls: 1
Discount Double Check: 1

Kurt’s Weekly Interview:

Kenny Martin (Monday NightShift) – @KamKenniff

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Justin Crawford (Monday NightShift)

(Best pictures I could get)

(Ku)rt: After two weeks of play how are you feeling about your team? Specifically, your team has scored a good number of points in the first two weeks and you guys run out a solid starting lineup, but are you worried about your teams depth (seemingly due to significant injuries)?

(KJ): We feel good about our team and our chances this year. Any teams depth can be tested by injuries, we’re not too worried about that.

(Ku): I find your team interesting, so I am going to steal from the commissioner; five quick questions: Who scores more points this season, Mike Vick or Alex Smith?; Who scores more points Gronk or Graham?; Will Jackson miss more or less than 3 games? Will Demaryius be a top five receiver by years end? Will Ingram ever be productive, (i.e. more than 10 points per week)?

(KJ): Vick because of his rushing yards but both QB’s are solid. Flip a coin, I feel they’ll be fairly similar in output. He’ll miss two games this season, one because of a sore Achilles and a second because his dog will die. If Manning keeps looking his way then yes he will. He got 11 points last week, next question.

(Ku): You seem to be the main team that is taking advantage of the change to the flex position (adding the TE). Did you guys go into the draft with the intention of drafting two top tight ends or did the draft itself determine your decision of grabbing both Gronk and Graham?

(KJ): We had talked about how we’d take advantage of this if we had the chance but it wasn’t our top priority. The draft unfolded how it did and we just picked the players we felt would put up the most points.

(Ku): Many fantasy games are determined by small margins. With that in mind, I have noticed that most owners, including myself, don’t give a second thought to the kicker position, but there are a few kickers doing much better than many of the players that people are starting. Those few extra points could be the determining factor between a win and loss. So, what type of attention do you guys give to the kicker position (insignificant or not)? Explain.

(KJ): We just picked Hartley because he was a kicker on a high scoring team. We really don’t put too much thought into who’s racking up points at that position.

(Ku): Who wins each division and why? Where do you finish in your division and why? Who finishes with the best and worst records and why?

(KJ): Picking Revis and Butthead to win the Drugs division because of Megatron and Manning to Cruz connection. We’re picking Andrew and the boys from Balsagna to win the Sex division barring anymore two point games from that douche canoe Jay Cutler. We’re winning our division because we said so. M-Sides year will finish with the worst record due to the lack of production we think he’ll get from some of his players. As far as best record, that will be us. If you put a mic in anyone’s face and they name any team but their own as the best, Staudt should hand them their pink slip right then and there.

(Ku):Dual ownership is always an interesting thing to me. So, I have a couple questions regarding that subject:
How do you make decisions regarding trades, draft day and waiver pickup?

(KJ): We just put two of the greatest minds in fantasy football together and get shit done.

(Ku): Have you guys ever had a serious disagreement and how was it resolved? Be detailed as possible.

(KJ): We once got into a scuffle over who’d get the last mozzarella stick. We settled that dispute inside the octagon.

(Ku): Being dual owners must mean that you guys are pretty close buddies. I want you guys to reveal one thing about yourselves that the other would not know and then let us all know.

(Justin): Every third Wednesday of each month I lead an expedition into the Pacific Northwest to look for Bigfoot.

(Ken): I sold Whitney Houston her last 8ball… And snorted it with her.

(Ku): Post a picture, video or both that best characterizes, exemplifies or epitomizes the type of relationship that you two have (or the tandem that you are) as owners.

(KJ):

(Ku): Winners/losers? High score/low score?

(KJ):
Keef > Patrick
Michael > Walter & Mark
Andrew > Nathan
Kevin > Bricksquad
Jack > Kurt
Us > Dillon

High Score : Monday Nightshift
Low Score : M-Sides Year

5 Quick Questions
1: Beef, Chicken, or Fish?
2: Pats @ Ravens?
3: Favorite current TV show?
4: Player who is the most surprising after two weeks (good or bad)?
5: If your house is on fire and you can only grab one thing (no pets or humans), what do you grab and why?

Week 2 Power Ranks
What a big shake-up from last week. I added in a column for the differences from the previous week.

Image/Video of the Week: Hoodie Guy Videobombs Smith and Crabtree after Sunday Night Game

~Staudt