2010 Toilet Bowl – Round 1 Recap

Dirty Birds wins squeaker over Tiiite End Jammers
A furious comeback that just made it. It was supposed to be much easier. The Birds were down by 32 but they had Joe Flacco, Adrian Peterson, Mario Manningham and Neil Rackers going into Monday night. After the Giants/Vikings game was moved to Monday after the Metrodome lost their faceoff with Minnesotan snow, the Birds had their big guns play on an unusual Monday doubleheader. However, Manningham left early in the game with an injury and scored a big donut for Jon’s Birds. More importantly, Adrian Peterson found no running room all night (it should be noted that this was the day Brett Favre’s streak of 297 starts came to an end). Peterson managed only 26 rushing yards for 2 points. Ouch.

Fortunately, Flacco pulled out a solid 23 points but most importantly, Neil Rackers came through in the clutch with 2 FGs to finish with 8 points. Just enough scoring to squeak by Lei’s Jammers with a final score of 85-84. For Lei, it was a weekend of missed opportunities. Despite another heroic effort from Mike Vick (28 pts), the Jammers got double bageled by Crabtree and Knox. Furthermore, they had Romo, Harvin and Ryan Grant sitting on the injury due to injury. Just one point, that’s all it took. Birds advance, Jammers take a seat (again).

The Ugly Toilet Bowl
Wow. Team Gang Green defined suckage. A full slate of starters – check. No bizarre mid-game injuries-check. Team full of suckage – double check. Between 8 starters, Gang Green assembled 59 points. That’s a 7.35 points / starter. Wow. Five players including surprise stars, Stevie Johnson, Brandon Lloyd and potential comeback star Sidney Rice, had less than 10 points.

On the flip side, the Angels did their thing. Brees scored 25, AJ scored 30 and the rest of the roster did crap. Sounds about right. Final count Angels 86 to Gang Green’s 59. It was, as usual, clutch performances that catapulted the Angels to the first championship round of the first ever CTDB toilet bowl.

Quick Preview – Angels vs. Birds.
This is a pretty good match up with a bunch of superstars in the house. We’re talking about Adrian Peterson, Andre Johnson, Michael Turner, Drew Brees, Miles Austin and Larry Fitzgerald. Its basically the Pro-Bowl. Will be a great match up for first pick – get your popcorn ready!