Jesse - biting a guy's hand? Holy crap. Seriously, that's insane.
Brent - Dressel claimed my fantasy team was not in his top six because they were outperforming themselves. I don't think it was in reference to the guru - he just thinks my guys are getting lucky stats or something and won't be as successful down the road I guess. I don't buy into the outperforming arguement - the stats align to players performances and that's the end of the story. It's pretty silly to say that a guy who had 15 TDs
should have only had 7-8 because he's
outperforming himself.
You came along during that discussion and said that you would have beaten me if not for having two of your top picks out. I'm sure it sucks to lose F. Gore in the same week that Owens goes without a catch and that was definitely an advantage for me in our match-up. However, I still won the game by 22pts and I don't think you could have caught up with the average stats of those two even if they were healthy and playing well that week. How many points do you think you should have received for those two the week we played? It's really a moot point because we'll never really know what would have happened if Owens played better and Gore wasn't injured.
Lastly, the quote you mentioned was a jab back at you and Dressel. Your score really was aided by strong output from your kicker and defense. They both scored 14pts, which I'm guessing is the season high for both of them. But, the "over performing" bit, which I put in quotes to help signify the sarcasm was intended to be a comical reference back to DR's silly rationale behind my top-ranked team, as I already explained in the FFL thread.
Look, we're talking about fantasy football here, so it's really not worth any hard feelings. I personally think part of the fun about FFL is talking Smack - if your team wins or is doing well, then go talk big and have some fun with it. I even posted to the effect that having a little smack talk would be fun. I guarantee that if Dressel was in the #1 spot and 2nd in points, we'd be hearing something about yet another DR fantasy championship on the way. That's the way it ought to be, but for some reason a few people seem to take every little comment as a personal attack instead of just having fun with it. If you'll read thru the discussion in the FFL thread again, I think you'll find that most of the comments in there are putting down my team first and foremost, so don't dish it out if you can't take it. In fact, you may recall that my comment to you about over performing was a response to
your post...
Take it from someone who's been in the last 3 consecutive JD super bowls - JMan's squad is currently outperforming themselves, and the bubble will pop. The best 6 rosters, despite what the scoreboard says after 3 games, are Rob's, Bug's, mine, Ruiner's, Ryan's, and JayDouble's.
Dressel - have I made your top 6 yet or is the #1 team still "outperforming themselves?" 
I'm sure not worried about your team. I lost Gore after one play and had a stinker of a TE. I played you without my 2nd and 4th round picks essentially plus TO stunk out the joint having his first game without a reception in 185 games or so (though he may stink out the season if he keeps going). And then you got Golden Girls without her 1st and 3rd round picks (on bye week). I'm going out on a limb and suggesting you're too cocky at this point in the season. 
And Brent - I whooped you by 22 points, end of story. Add in the Guru's 8pts each for Owens and Gore and you still would have lost that game. Owens had what, 60 yards this week? Sorry, but he is not an elite receiver anymore. You had a nice score this week, but biggest point differntials versus the Guru came from your Houston defense and a kicker. Talk about a team "over performing" - Cutler and Gould only get to play Detroit twice my friend.
Come on - let's all agree to lighten up a little here guys.
