Week 12

This week was a huge disappointment for my fantasy and I blame it all on my team's QB Troy Smith.  Personally, I think we should get Alex Smith back in there because he is much better.  I watched in anticipation on Sunday night as the Chargers played the Colts because my opponent had Phillip Rivers as his QB.  Rivers is a phenomenal QB and I was worried about losing because of him.  Luckily, he didn't throw a single TD even though the team beat the Colts by a large margin.  This left me two players on the 49ers (who played Monday) to get 9 points.  They were Vernon Davis and Josh Morgan, both starters and good players.  I LOST!  They barely got targeted, T. Smith only threw for just over 120 yards.  The game was won by running for over 260 yards.  Not to mention the team they played was the Cardinals who are struggling pretty badly anyways.  We gotta improve by next week.  Also, I play my division leader next week.  Here's hoping!

Week 11

Well this was another good week for both my fantasy team and my actual team (although I'm a week late posting about it haha).  I squeaked out a win against my opponent with less than 9 points ahead of him.  Vernon Davis, my tight end, only got 3 yards because the QB doesn't know how to target his best weapons.  The 49ers ended up getting shut out this week at home for the first time since the 70's.  Needless to say, this was a huge disappointment.  The new QB filling in (and likely to start for a while) just doesn't seem like he's up to snuff.  Only time will tell, but I still hope for Alex Smith to come back in personally. 

Week 10

Another good week for me.  I beat a team with most of my good players being on bye.  My receivers were weak to begin with, starting Anthony Armstrong from the Redskins (who got stomped by the Eagles), Brandon Tate from the Patriots, and Mike Williams from Tampa Bay (my only starter all season).  The person I played against had 3 people left to play on the Monday night game, all on the Eagles team (their kicker, defense, and TE Celek).  So when they were doing so well against the Redskins, I thought my fate was sealed.  I won though!  The 49ers this week did a great job as well.  The third string QB standing in for Alex Smith, named Troy Smith, threw for over 350 yards and a TD.  He may become the starter for the team if he keeps performing at this level.  We beat a division rival in the Rams with that victory.  This moves us up from last place in the division to third because of divisional ranking.  The Seahawks, currently leading the division, are only 2 games ahead at the moment.  Here's hoping!

Week 9

So this was actually a great week in fantasy for me.  My team won with an outstanding comeback of being down 20 points.  I had few of my actual good starters in due to byes or injuries and came back to win by 8 points.  In addition, all other 3 teams in my division lost their game, moving me up one whole step on the ladder to tie for second with 2 other people at 4-5.  The division leader (who is also the league leader) is now 7-2.  Chances of catching him are slim, but I am certainly trying.   The 49ers I didnt have to worry about this week either because they are on bye (which only hurts me with TE Vernon Davis on my team).  Here's looking forward to another great week next week!

Week 8

So, I had my top 3 wide receivers out for the week, Steve Smith with a bye week and Malcolm Floyd and Louis Murphy out with injuries.  This resulted in me picking up Josh Morgan for Carnell Williams.  I also picked up a new kicker for Matt Bryant, Nick Folk, because Bryant is on bye.  The 3 wide receivers I had did a horrible job, resulting in me getting the lowest amount of points yet this season.  I didn't even get beat badly.  I would have done great if my receivers had been there :(.  On the other hand, the 49ers had their 3rd string QB, Troy Smith, start.  After an unproductive first half for him, he finally found a rhythm and the 49ers came out beating the Broncos in England.  That brings there record up to 2-6, instead of 0-5 or 1-6, as it was a little earlier in the season. 

Week 7

Week 7 was a nail-biter for fantasy.  I finally squeaked out a win by less than 3 points.  I didn't think it would happen, but it did.  Going into the Monday night game, Giants vs Dallas, I was down almost 20 points with just Brandon Jacobs and Steve Smith left to play. My opponent still had Felix Jones to play.  Jones got shut down and Jacobs and Smith both had good games, giving me the win.  Unfortunately, the 49ers' quarterback got injured at the start of the second half of the game against the Panthers, taking him out for the rest of the game.  The backup QB who stepped in did a horrible job and the win-less Panthers got their first win of the season vs us.  SO frustrating.

Week 6

This was a week in which I really wanted to win the match-up for my fantasy team because I was matched up against my best friend.  Unfortunately, my receivers didn't agree with this and all three of them did terribly (less than five points total amongst the three.  It gets so frustrating.  On the other hand, the 49ers actually won their first game!  I'm not getting my hopes up yet or getting excited yet because it was the first win of the season, they are 1-5, the team they beat was the Raiders, one of the worst in the league, and it was a sloppy win.  But, I had a collective sigh of relief that at least they won.  I have my doubts for the staffing of the team, but I will save that for next week and see how they do against the Panthers this upcoming week. 

In my opinion though, they should go to the spread and stop trying to power run the ball because it obviously ISN'T working. 

Week 5

Things are looking grim for the 49ers.  They are now 0-5 after being expected to be at lease 3-2 at this point.  They are in the weakest division in the NFL and practically had the playoffs given to them.  I'm not giving up yet, because it is still possible for them to make the playoffs, however unlikely.  For fantasy, I have modified the team a little bit due to a lack of performance.  Matt Bryant is now my kicker instead of Joe Nedney.  Berrian has to be dropped and I haven't yet found someone to replace him.  In addition, I dropped James Jones and picked up the Houston Defense.  I won last week by a landslide, making me now 2-3, which is still at the bottom of my division, but better than 0-5 ;D

Looking forward to next week.  I believe the 49ers can dominate over the Raiders.  Here's hoping!

Week 4

I finally won a match-up!  After doing some math, before this week I was number 4 of 16 for points earned in the league.  That means with me being 0-3, I was having people whose teams would have a great week against me.  For the number of points AGAINST my team, I was 1 out of 16, which proves my theory.  I had a good team, but people were getting lucky against me.  After this past week, I am now number 3 overall for points done and the number of points against me has dropped down to number 2 overall.

On the bad note, the 49ers still lost, again.  I have faith in the team still, but it's hard to come back from a 0-4 streak at the beginning of the season.  In my honest opinion, we have only legitimately lost 1 of the 4 games, the other 3 we gave away. 

Here's hoping for next week!

Week 3

Another week of disappointments.  My football team, the 49ers, lost AGAIN!  This time it was embarrassing.  At the last moments of the game, we scored a touchdown to bring it from a disgusting 38-3 to 38-10.  Things aren't going much better in my fantasy either.  Yet again, I had another good week, breaking 100 points but the person I was matched up against had another freakishly good week and beat me.  I figure if you want a your team to do well, get matched up against me.  So how does it look so far?  My team is 0-3, my fantasy team is 0-3, so things are not looking the best. 

On a separate note though, the 49ers fired their offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye, so things could start looking up!  Here's hoping...

Week 2

So my team did really well this week, almost 94 points.  I had Aaron Rogers doing his magic in addition to Malcolm Floyd putting up a lot of points.  The problem was the guy I was matched up against.  His team had a stellar week, making almost 120 points, beating me by about 25 points all in all.  So how is it looking thus far? Gloomy.  Its hard to watch your favorite team go 0-2 and then have your fantasy team go 0-2 as well haha.  Here's hoping for next week!

Week 1

So I lost this week.  It was a lot of fun watching and getting involved in other games going on instead of just my own team's.  The decision process makes all the difference in the world.  If I had swapped out the two wide receivers I have from the Chargers, I would have won my match-up.  Instead, I went with what was supposed to be the "sure thing."  Lesson learned, lets see how next week goes :D

Summary

From the time of the draft up to and beyond the super bowl, I watch football, specifically the San Francisco 49ers.  Even though I have been an avid football fanatic for several years now, I have never participated in any sort of fantasy football league.  This year, I have decided to join a league and see what all the talk and hype was about.  I have decided to write on here about my endeavors, be they failed or successful ;D.