One-Fifth Season Awards By The Todd If you read enough articles and listen to enough radio about fantasy football, you're familiar with the tacky, once-a-year patterns that even the best columnists can't help but indulge in. In January there's the "resolutions" article begging players to do more, in November there's the "what I'm thankful for" spin-off, there's pre-season rankings and end-of-the-year "What we should have done" rankings. And, of course, the awards. There's always the awards article just after the season's finished, naming the NFC fantasy rookie of the year, the Bust of the year, and so on. And, because that's such a hoot for the readers, the concept has evolved to twice a year, with mid-season awards. Just in case you thought a "Comeback player of the year after 6 weeks" award by some new ESPN writer with no friends was going to provide you with some entertainment and insight. The truth is...

Week 2 of AldenLeague saw a brotherly bludgeoning, a reversal of fortune, and a second straight Monday night letdown. CheektoWojo got 40 point performances from his duo of Chargers, Philip Rivers and Darren Sproles, en route to a 90.67 slaughtering of Fireseed, and a 2-0 record. Todd now last in the league in total points, clearly feeling the loss of Donovan McNabb. The Skyns, meanwhile, rebounded from posting the lowest Week 1 score by posting the highest Week 2 score…getting incredible days from Frank Gore and Andre Johnson. Andy’s Red Hots entered Monday night with the lead for the second straight week, and for the second straight week, ended up taking the loss. This time Joseph Addai burned Morrish, giving the Boys of Summer just enough to take the match and improve to 2-0. Also climbing to 2-0 were Ice Cold Bruschi’s and Most Murderous, both teams putting up impressive scores. This week, the Bruschi's put their 2-0 record on the line against Boys of Summer. In a matchup that f...

Week 1 of AldenLeague had its share of ups and downs. Among the ups, the Boys of Summer, who disposed of his older brother, topping the league in scoring with every player except the Cardinals defense scoring in double digits. 1st overall pick Tom Brady lived up to his billing with an over 41 point outing. Brady, though, would play 2nd fiddle to number 2 overall pick Drew Brees for Ice Cold Bruschi’s, whose 61-point, 6 touchdown performance vaulted Dan to an easy Week 1 win. Among the downs…The Skyns failed to break 100 points after Jake Delhomme turned the ball over 5 times en route to a -5.8 output, and a Week 1 defeat. Andy’s Red Hots entered Monday night with the lead, despite posting just 101.48 points. However, in the end, too much Monday Night Football firepower for Cheektowojo proved to be Andy’s undoing. Andy will have to overcome league points leader Boys of Summer in order to avoid an 0-2 start. As of Thursday night, Justin has Larry Johnson slated to start against th...

By The Todd Here's a list off the top of my head of things that we've learned historically after Week One: -Duce Staley is a dynamic back and worthy of a first round pick, if the Draft were held just before Week 2. -Buffalo was clearly a better team than New England after winning 31-0 in 2003. -Dan "Freight Train" Leonard was a rushing force to be reckoned with in the AldenLeague Thanksgiving Day Football Extravanza. -This year the Cardinals are obviously incapable of passing the ball. -New England's 2008 season was going to be a failure after Brady went down with a season-ending injury. -The XFL was going to be hugely popular. -Frisman Jackson, hot off a 128-yd, 1-TD game in Week 1, 2005 with the Browns, was immediately scooped up from free agency, and not one, not two, but THREE comments appeared on the message board lamenting the fact that people had not been fast enough to get him . -Corey was on pace to get laid more than once before he graduated from college...

The tenth season of AldenLeague kicks off with a full slate of divisional matchups that, although they may seem inconsequential at the moment, could be the ones that cost somebody a division title or playoff spot. Highlighting the opening weekend is the fraternal clash of the Hartman clan. The Boys of Summer take #1 overall pick Tom Brady into battle against older brother Michael and the L.A. Ninjas. The two brothers split the regular season series last season, and Mike beat Justin in the 3rd place game. Mike also leads the all-time series 3-1, postseason included. Rounding out the Westwood Division, C-Men take their aim at SynCity, also known as the "30-and-Over Club" 2-time defending champion Cheektowojo commences their bid for a 3-peat against Andy’s Red Hots. Adam has won 7 straight games, including the playoffs, and will look to his band of kick-returners to carry his team against Andy’s tandem of Packers, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Grant and Donald Driver. Meanwhile, in the ot...