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Which athletes shocked, embarrassed, and burst your teams chance to win this past weekend? The list is heavy this week, but the baggage can’t be trashed yet. No matter how bad they’ve stunk they have to remain like excess clothes. You may not wear them every day but knowing that they’re available is a nice resource. So don’t pack it up yet on those athletes, but let’s rag on them for the time being.

O where o where is Mike Vick’s arm, o where o where can it be? Fifty percent of the time it’s tucked to his side as he scrambles. The dramatic win over the Eagles in week one, was countered by a lowly loss to the Seahawks. Atlanta is the type of team that has talent, but any given week any team could beat them.

It took almost five years, but the Ravens have been completely figured out. Either that or there are bigger problems that haven’t came to the surface yet. After two weeks of football, a season in which the Ravens were expected to be serious contenders, they are now 0-2. Early excuses are sometimes a factor, but that isn’t the case here. Baltimore is in serious trouble of having a dangerous setback year, that they may not come back out of for a few years.

If you were able to make all correct selections for your weekly pool last week, than luck won’t be on your side much longer. A few games here and there went to the hole of week one disasters. That is over now, and from week two beyond averages should cover for week one’s horrible start.

Throw week one’s stats in the garbage, as they will have no factor in future stats. In fact assuming any trend currently would be a bad idea. It’s going to take a good four to five weeks for the level of consistency to begin to show. Week two should be a sharper week all around as one game is under everyone’s belts.

Change can’t go out of control in one week. So for the most part teams will hang around the top ten that were ranked there in the preseason. Even teams that start off 2-2. Just because a record is average doesn’t mean that team isn’t better than someone 3-1 or 4-0. When late October comes by that’s when a true picture of the real teams will begin to be foreseeable.

Cupid must have set a one day date between a football and Frisman Jackson. The date went well but I think the football was only interested in a one day stand. One week wonders tend to get stood up when they plan repeat success.

Downgrades due to surroundings are often the case for plenty of highly potential athletes. If your supporting cast is weak, than it’s just a part of the territory. The athlete that could be great on a strong team slips to a bench or free agent list in fantasy leagues. We all know how predictions can be wrong. Especially in today’s world of sports, where the change is so rapid that grasping a feel for a team is hard to do. Now that week one is over though, there are some opportunities. Players that stock were low a week ago have been placed into the radar category.

Danger, danger. It’s a terrible sign if you are scouring the waiver wire list, one week deep into the 2005 NFL season. Chances are if that is the case, you might as well pay off whoever in your league you made a bet with. Then again, your moves to scoop up pass on players may help you get back into realistic competition. Lets begin the impossible voyage of trying to excavate your fantasy football team. The possibility of an undefeated season has already collapsed on you. What desperation attempts will you try to make?

Who cost you a week one win? Naming one supposed super star athlete may not be the best solution. There were way too many athletes that didn’t bring their fantasy value to the field. After all the trash talking you did during the off-season, you started off the year with a loss. Let’s point the blame.