After eaking out another miracle win, the Dirty Birds are about to change their name to "The Tebows." Or perhaps "The Gronks" would be more appropriate, as Rob Gronkowski set an NFL record for tight end touchdowns and scored 31 points to lead the upset of high powered Ante Up -- who almost came back on a huge MNF run by the Seahawks defense. Now the newly dubbed Gronky Tebows face off against Buffy, another two time champion. There's a lot on the line here, as historically, both franchises win it all when they reach the Super Bowl round.
Roger's team boasts Wes Welker and that could be a huge factor, as he and Gronkowski tend to trade off big games for New England. It could be Welker's turn this weekend. QB Matt Ryan had a career game during the bye, and he's going to continue his steady leadership. The big question for Buffy is if they'll leave Arian Foster as the lone back or think about substituting Steven Jackson. As of now, Welker is joined by Victor Cruz, A.J. Green, and a very healthy Antonio Gates. Of the four, Cruz seems to be sliding a bit but he's fantastic overall. There's a lot of depth on this team, it's just a question of which players will get the starting nod.
For Jon, he'll have his Big Four wide receivers too, in some combination of Gronkowski, Roddy White, Larry Fitzgerald and either Dwayne Bowe or Miles Austin. The question is if Adrian Peterson will return to balance out the running game. Rookie Roy Helu has been good the past few weeks but he's unlikely to replace All Day. As we noted in a previous post, it's going to take at least a 100+ game to beat Buffy, as they haven't dipped below that plateau in two months. Does Tebow have one more magic upset left in him? We're about to find out!
Fat Jubas (7-6) vs Battle Angel (6-7)All it took for Battle Angel to dispatch the Fobsters was Drew Brees and some defense. Brees scored 29.45 points and Packers defense added another 20.0 for Vu. Nobody else scored in double digits for them though. However, Jimmy's team didn't fare much better, with Tom Brady exploding for 34.65 points but then his Cowboys defense adding a whopping negative ten points to the till. This has to be the first case of a defense costing a team a playoff win. I mean, without that -10, and having any standard defense in for the Cowboys to accrue one point, the Fobsters would be facing off against division champ Fat Jubas instead.
It looks like Eric's team could be in for an easy weekend if they can just clear the century mark. Heck, scoring 90+ could be enough as Vu's team is dinged up all around. Andre Johnson is iffy, Greg Jennings is out, and there's a murderer's row lineup of Cedric Benson, Mike Tolbert, Malcolm Floyd, and....need I go on? Vu's team is in big trouble this week, and it might not matter what Drew Brees is capable of.
The Fat Jubas are just too strong right now in comparison. They have their own ultra-fantasy quarterback in Cam Newton. They have Frank Gore and Chris Johnson in the backfield. Vincent Jackson will clearly be better than his teammate Floyd. And there's Jimmy Graham around to take a little juice off of Brees' points. To be honest, we don't see how Eric loses this one, short of a total meltdown, as they've been consistently near the century mark all season long. It would be nice to say both of these former champs have an equal chance of winning their second Super Bowl, but the numbers are showing us a beat down by Fat Jubas.
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