As we say in the gaming industry: BENCHING=OP
As in, "overpowered". Points for benching are too high! They almost always make the difference between winning and losing week to week. But use your head, coaches! You had weeks of preseason to evaluate who you had on your roster, and you decided, based on weeks of workouts, who you would give your best chance to. Every week, you have the chance to evaluate every person on your roster, and give the first-team snaps (for those of you not in the know, that means practice time with the primary team instead of the backups) to the guy you believe in. And now, in the middle of a game, you're going to just change your mind and throw some unprepared nobody to the sharks?!? It's just not reasonable to expect a backup - the guy YOU decided was not your best player - to do better than your starter under any circumstances. Period, the end. Now stop benching people on random whims, and coach your stupid football team, even if you're losing! I'm looking at you Jim Caldwell, and your "put Painter in and then bench him for Orlovsky twice in two weeks because I have no idea what to do now that Peyton is gone"
- Nan: 84
- Panthers - Cam Newton: 31
- Jaguars - Blaine Gabbert: 12
- Chiefs - Tyler Palko: 37
- Buccaneers - Josh Freeman: 4
- Alison: 5
- Cowboys - Tony Romo: -17
- Eagles - Vince Young: 27
- Browns - Colt McCoy: 11
- Lions - Matthew Stafford: -16
Whew! Matt Stafford went from a 70-point week to a negative-16-point week? That's rough. But she has Vince Young, who is a frontrunner for the BQBL Heisman. We'll call it the JaMarcus Trophy.
- Me: 93
- Redskins - Rex Grossman: 2
- Bills - Ryan Fitzpatrick: 58.5, Tyler Thigpen: 7.5
- 49ers - Alex Smith: 5
- Bengals - Andy Dalton: 20
- Rob: 22
- Dolphins - Matt Moore: 1
- Raiders - Carson Palmer: 16
- Broncos - Tim Tebow: 5
- Colts - Curtis Painter: 0
Hah! Take that, you cheater! Zero points from Painter, and he actually stayed in the game this week!
- Xian: 29
- Texans - Matt Schaub: 0
- Steelers - Ben Roethisberger: 0
- Ravens - Joe Flacco: 7
- Seahawks - Tavaris Jackson: 22
What a week, when Tavaris can score the same points as Rob's entire team. Looks like you don't even need those other schlubs, Xian.
- GOOD QB NPC: 5
- Patriots - Tom Brady: -5
- Chargers - Philip Rivers: 10
- Saints - Drew Brees: 0
- Packers - Aaron Rodgers: 0
- MEDIUM QB NPC: 114
- Giants - Eli Manning: 10
- Falcons - Matt Ryan: -6
- Cardinals - John Skelton: 63.5, Richard Bartel, 11.5
- Jets - Mark Sanchez: 35
- BAD QB NPC: 67
- Titans - Matt Hasselbeck: 5
- Bears - Jay Cutler: 0
- Vikings - Christian Ponder: 29
- Rams - Sam Bradford: 33
And now Jay Cutler will be replaced by Caleb Hanie - it's been a banner year for season-ending injury... Of the 32 QBs that started at the beginning of the year, somewhere around 14 have been replaced, and (most alarmingly) many QBs have been picked up off of waiver wire and out of retirement. Guys who hadn't even seen your team a few weeks ago are starting games! It's the Year of the Crazy Unknown QB.
