Fantasy Mashup

Prophetic?!

So, as part of the Fantasy Mashup loving family, we decided to offer fantasy football gear at Cafepress.com. I already have a fairly successful shop there, Guerrilla Muse, so it only seemed logical. One of the designs I came up with was one called Murphy's Laws of Fantasy Football. (Click the image to read them.)

Unfortunately for me, TWO of the laws have already COME TRUE (more or less.) Although the team owner who snaked Reggie Wayne from me is hardly clueless, it was right before my pick and the rat bastard scored 16 points on me this week already.

And now, my family has scheduled a birthday celebration for my mother at 5p.m. Today. That's right. During the Chicago/Chargers game in which I have the SD Defense and my opponent is playing Nate Kaeding. Yes, thanks to my FFB-playing brother-in-law, there will be football on but only the network game, Whatever that is. Dan and I have DirectTV Sunday Ticket on two TVs (don't be jealous) but it won't matter. I'll miss the last quarter of all but one of the afternoon games.

There's no way to weasel out of a birthday celebration for your mother. The karmic repercussions would be epic. I'm starting to smell sulphur just for THINKING about weaseling out.

I don't think I'll be adding to the Murphy's Laws anytime soon.

SM roster move: (Does it stand for Sunday Morning or sado/masochistic?!!!) I either brilliantly or stupidly changed my lineup this morning to sit Roy Williams (WR/Det) because of Oakland's 2 cornerbacks and put in Lamont Jordan because of Detroit's front line. I will be burning incense and leaving tortilla chips at the shrine of the football gods ...

Week 1: Injuries

Some reminders if you're setting lineups:

1. In case you've been under a rock, Terry Glenn is OUT. Maybe for a long time. If you're hurting at WR, consider Patrick Crayton, who's availiable in 63 percent of CBSSportsline leagues.
2. Thomas Jones is questionable, but is likely to play. You should be wary of him regardless of his injury status because of his tough matchup against the Patriots. Look elsewhere if you can.
3. Packers Donald Driver and Brandon Jackson are not healthy. Use them at your own risk. And Vernand Morency is questionable and unlikely to play.
4. Randy Moss is going to start for the Patriots. No idea what to expect there.
5. Vikings WR Bobby Wade is back, and could be a sneaky No. 3 WR start this week.
6. Ravens WR Mark Clayton is probable, but hasn't seen any action, so expect some rust and spot duty.
7. Bear rookie TE Greg Olsen is going to miss this week's game, and probably most of September.
8. OLs Levi Jones and Willie Anderson of the Bengals are both still recovering, and neither may see the field this week against the Ravens. That's a worrisome fact for anybody with a Bengal on their roster.
9. Good news for Vikings RBs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor: Falcons DT Rod Coleman is out for up to a month.
10. Y'all with the Patriots Defense might want to bear in mind that Richard Seymour and Rodney Harrison won't be on the field until October. I'm just saying...