BQBL: Week 5 Scores

The first of the bye weeks, we should have expected a drop in scores, but this week was insane. Now, only a choice few QBs are performing badly enough for major points, and some of them are on teams that no one took.

• Nan: 38
• Panthers - Cam Newton: 2
• Jaguars - Blaine Gabbert: 15
• Chiefs - Matt Cassel: -10
• Buccaneers - Josh Freeman: 38

For a moment, I thought he had the Cardinals (who benched their starting QB, Kevin Kolb), and I raged against the injustice. Oh how I raged. But then I realized I had mixed up two bright red teams. He has the Chiefs - it's all right, people! Go ahead and stand down. You can cancel the hit on Nan. (For now.)

• Alison: 47
• Cowboys - Tony Romo: bye
• Eagles - Michael Vick: 42
• Browns - Colt McCoy: bye
• Lions - Matthew Stafford: 5

Two teams on byes, but a solid week out of Michael Vick - a savvy BQBL pick if I've ever seen one!

• Me: 5
• Redskins - Rex Grossman: bye
• Bills - Ryan Fitzpatrick: 11
• 49ers - Alex Smith: -5
• Bengals - Andy Dalton: -1

What's going on, world? Why are you upside down? Where's the much-loved 'league parity' we're always talking about? If these perennially atrocious teams are all suddenly contenders, who are the new bottom-dwellers? Huhn? Answer me that, league.

• Rob: 78
• Dolphins - Chad Henne: bye
• Raiders - Jason Campbell: 11
• Broncos - Kyle Orton: 67
• Colts - Curtis Painter: bye

Two teams on byes, and one of his remaining teams gets a benching! You can't get this lucky every week, Rob! *shakes fist

• Xian: -11
• Texans - Matt Schaub: 5
• Steelers - Ben Roethisberger: -15
• Ravens - Joe Flacco: bye
• Seahawks - Tarvaris Jackson: -1

Again, tumultuous. Works for me, though, because despite my atrocious week of 5 BQBL points, at least someone did worse than me.

• GOOD QB NPC: 6
• Patriots - Tom Brady: -1
• Chargers - Philip Rivers: 32
• Saints - Drew Brees: -16
• Packers - Aaron Rodgers: --9
• MEDIUM QB NPC: 189
• Giants - Eli Manning: 41
• Falcons - Matt Ryan: 26
• Cardinals - Kevin Kolb: 70.5, Richard Bartel: 25.5
• Jets - Mark Sanchez: 26
• BAD QB NPC: 28
• Titans - Matt Hasselbeck: 7
• Bears - Jay Cutler: bye
• Vikings - Donovan McNabb: 21
• Rams - Sam Bradford: bye

Some of the sleeper teams none of us picked:

Vikings - every week someone has to vouch for Donovan McNabb. And fans clamoring for Christian Ponder? Not so promising for him

Jets - we knew they were covering for Mark Sanchez, but we didn't know that his bad QBing could overcome all that compensating

Cardinals - what!? Philadelphia is making a business of pretending they have good QBs and then pulling the rug out from under you once you're halfway on the bandwagon.

Giants - No one talks about the Eli-Coaster, or the Roethlis-Coaster. They just like piling on when someone's got a star on their head, you know?