BQBL: Week 4 Scores

Pardon the tardiness.

• Nan: 54
• Panthers - Cam Newton: 26
• Jaguars - Blaine Gabbert: 13
• Chiefs - Matt Cassel: 15
• Buccaneers - Josh Freeman: 0

Aha! He lost this week! A big zero from the Buccaneers, who played the Colts on Monday night - they didn't prove themselves legit, but they certainly raised some questions about the Colts. And that 15 from the Chiefs is apparently for an argument on the sidelines being replayed on Sportscenter. I didn't see such a thing! But to be honest, if 'sound byte' was a points-worthy offense, Alison would win every damned week, between the Eagles and the Cowboys. Then, it would be too easy for her.

• Alison: 67
• Cowboys - Tony Romo: 56
• Eagles - Michael Vick: 27, Mike Kafka: -15
• Browns - Colt McCoy: 18
• Lions - Matthew Stafford: 8

She's on the Romo-coaster, all right. Even the BQBL is up and down when you have the Eagles and the Cowboys. Who would've thought? Here's a link to a fun blog post at espndallas.com, the place to be if you need breakdowns on everything from who's at practice, to officiating statistics. Crazy place, Dallas. I quite liked it. At any rate, the article talks about how crazy it would be if we treated the Cowboys like a baseball team, and when Tony's generated a solid lead for us, the head coach, Jason Garrett, jogs out to the huddle and has a serious-face talk with him and the offense. Tony takes off his helmet and jogs of the field, waving and smiling to applauding fans as "relief QB" John Kitna comes in and patiently makes safe throws for no gain for the remainder of the game. Is this a method by which we could win games? Terrifying thought.

• Me: 73
• Redskins - Rex Grossman: 32
• Bills - Ryan Fitzpatrick: 16
• 49ers - Alex Smith: 7
• Bengals - Andy Dalton: 18

Alright team. Pep talk time. We are simply not under-performing down to our capabilities. I know you're worse than this, Alex Smith. I've seen it with my own eyes. I won't have Mark Sanchez out-BQBing you. I picked you because I believe in you, and the season's 25% over - we don't have time for you to do all this soul-searching and waffling between 'decent QB' and 'draft bust'. We need to get on the wrong track, and now. I know you've got it in you.

• Rob: 94
• Dolphins - Chad Henne: 26
• Raiders - Jason Campbell: 6
• Broncos - Kyle Orton: 52
• Colts - Curtis Painter: 10

Rob agonized through the Monday night game, outraged that Curtis Painter could continue to dump off 5 yard passes that somehow turned into 80 yard touchdowns - those count towards a QB's 'passing yards', if you did not know. Unfortunate for him that the Buc's defense is porous, but Kyle Orton finally came through for him. And this next week looks like the start of the Matt Moore era, we shall see how that turns out. He doesn't get any points for injuries benching two of his four QBs, but at this rate, Jamarcus Russell Exception might be exercised! The Colts and Dolphins both shook the QB Free Agent Barrel and heartily scraped the bottom to flesh out their rosters.

• Xian: 87
• Texans - Matt Schaub: 12
• Steelers - Ben Roethisberger: 15
• Ravens - Joe Flacco: 61
• Seahawks - Tarvaris Jackson: -1

Interesting. Xian's teams are also quite tumultuous, week to week. You'd think the Ravens and Steelers would carefully take care of the ball and steadily run, and the Texans and the Seahawks would consistently be awful, but I suppose you never know in this league. Except with Mark Sanchez. And that brings me to ...

• GOOD QB NPC: -33
• Patriots - Tom Brady: 0
• Chargers - Philip Rivers: -6
• Saints - Drew Brees: 1
• Packers - Aaron Rodgers: -27
• MEDIUM QB NPC: 124
• Giants - Eli Manning: -1
• Falcons - Matt Ryan: 0
• Cardinals - Kevin Kolb: 20
• Jets - Mark Sanchez: 105
• BAD QB NPC: 70
• Titans - Matt Hasselbeck: 0
• Bears - Jay Cutler: 37
• Vikings - Donovan McNabb: 17
• Rams - Sam Bradford: 16

WTF, Mark Sanchez! I feel awful for not picking you and perpetually-vouched-for Donovan McNabb.