Position MVP's

Each week I will make a post regarding which units performed better than any other in the league. The categories include Quarterback, Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End, Defense, Kicker, and Bench. Note that these are weekly rankings, not cumulative over the season.

Quarterback: Red Tiger. Matt Schaub lead all quarterbacks in points this week and seeing as you can only have one quarterback starting, John gets this award. Schaub is the QB of the explosive Houston Texas and I look forward to him hooking up with Andre Johnson many more times this season.

Running Back: The Champ of 2009. Adrian Peterson rebounds after a disappointing week 1 with a 24.60 point performance this past Sunday, and he wasn't even the highest scoring running back on Ryan's team. LeSean McCoy finished third among running backs this week with a 3-TD effort on 120 yards of rushing, only 111 yards less than Adrian Foster in week 1.

Wide Receiver: Mud Eaters. Despite a disappointing performance by Hines Ward of 0.9 fantasy points, I managed to reel in the Wide Receiver MVP award. I'd like to add however that the primary cause of Ward's disappointing score is because Dennis Dixon was taken out of the game with a knee injury and the passing game was abandoned. Andre Johnson and Malcom Floyd rebounded from poor performances in week 1 with clutch TD receptions in the 4th quarter to seal the deal.

Tight End: Las Tortugas Negras. Once again, there is only one Tight End who can start in a game so the award goes to "The Black Turtles" as they have recently been called. Gates seems to be the top receiving option in San Diego due to the holdout of Vincent Jackson and he has answered the call so far. After being double teamed in the rain last week, Gates lead all tight ends in scoring this week with 17.7 points .

Defense: Core Protection. Is it ironic that the team that has held opponents to a league low 127.2 points against has the highest scoring defense? I think not. With the top 2 defenses sitting the bench this week and the others as free agent (groups?) Core Protection managed the top defense this week. Defense wins championships, something that we all must remember in the weeks to come.

Kicker: Team Canuckistan. What is it with this guy and kickers? First the MNF game comes down to a kick that sealed a win for him, as well as 2 other teams. Then his kicker came in second in scoring while almost tying for the second highest score on his team. Then Jonathan has nothing better to do with his time but write a Haiku ABOUT a kicker? It must be because he lives in Canada. Nevertheless, the kicker MVP for this week goes to Team Canuckistan. Congratulations, man.

Bench: Las Tortugas Negras. This team could have had a shot at the highest point total in SNFL history but instead he had Jahvid Best, the leading fantasy scorer in week 2, sitting where you ask? Yes of course, on the bench. It also cost Quinton the win and dropped him to 0-2 on the season. On a side note, The Champ of 2009 actually had the highest total bench score at 71.45 points with the Miami Defense and Kyle Orton sitting out but the award had to go to Las Tortugas Negras due to the fact it was the leading fantasy scorer on his bench.

-Kevin