The Denver Broncos weren’t the only ones excited to have Brandon Marshall back from his one-game suspension in Week 2. But as talented as Marshall is, it’s doubtful anybody could have predicted the monstrous way he was going to open his 2008 season.
But neither the Broncos nor Jules McLean were going to argue with whether Marshall’s game was out of this world or just heavenly sent. After dropping 40.6 points, Marshall helped McLean’s Pimpin' Trigger Jr. team in Las Vegas League 5 lead the way in the NFFC Primetime event last week with 204.65 points.
Philip Rivers (37.65), Julius Jones (21.6), Earnest Graham (19.3) and Frank Gore (17.4) also had strong weeks.
“Having Brandon Marshall back from a one game suspension was the key aspect for a huge week,” Jules said. “Phillip Rivers going nuts was another aspect. How about that Darren Sproles making Rivers numbers look great.
“Julius Jones in my flex outperforms both Frank Gore and Earnest
Graham. What I'm most thrilled about is getting almost 14 points
from John Carlson. I spent $113 on him in free agency this week, so it was great getting production.”
A fantasy sports veteran, McLean picked ninth in the Primetime event and she took advantage of everything 3RR had to offer.
“From (the ninth) position and with 3RR I would go Running Back/Wide Receiver/Wide Receiver with my first three picks,” she said. “I loved the value you could get in the third round of a 12 teamer with 3RR. I took Steve Smith in the third, so I played Week 1 without my top two wide receivers.
“I just wanted to get through the first two weeks with decent point totals. With that in mind, I went wide receiver heavy, drafting Bowe in the fourth, Coles in the sixth and Kevin Walter in the eighth to compensate for my top two wide receivers missing time.
“I sacrificed a stud tight end when I pushed the pedal on WRs. Hopefully Carlson keeps getting targets and I won't have dug myself a tight end hole.”
McLean didn’t just focus on wide receivers early; she also held off on targeting a quarterback until the latter stages of her draft. So far, that strategy has also worked extremely well.
“I took Schaub in the ninth and Rivers in the 12th,” Both I view as pretty good value there.”
Jules lives in Los Angeles and works in the film industry. She also co-owns Fantasy Freakin' Football (
www.fff-football.com). She has won NFFC league titles each of the past two years and has amassed more than $42,000 in career fantasy football earnings.
