But enough with my problems, let's move onto your sad states - ladies and gentlemen, The Week 2 Mop-Up:

Hat's off to our top dog of the week, Todd's Turd Burglars. Riding the wave of Jamal Lewis' 41 points, the Burglars easily weathered the last-minute benching of Koren Robinson. Team that up with 21 points from Marc "Rick Don't Need Me" Bulger, 17 points from a kicker, and 21 points from the Ravens Defense, and you've got yourself a well-deserved 129 point win. Word on the street is that Todd has been very humble in regard to his recent success (don't get too cocky, bro. Look how far Tom sank from his week 1 dominance).

Also notable, despite being picked as the 11th best draft in the league, Steve's Meat has posted 3rd and 2nd place finishes so far. This week, he offered a little wake-up call to (as Keith puts it) the self-proclaimed fantasy genius, Richard Reitz and the Baio Clones. Don't get me wrong, Rick put up a respectable 100 points, but his decision to skip Bulger in the draft is already having an impact. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say it was the biggest draft day mistake of 2003. Bulger vs. Trent Green was the difference in his head-to-head loss.

 

With that said, let's talk QB. Steve - and to a lesser degree, Dave - was widely criticized for drafting 5 quality quarterbacks (I got Bledsoe on the bench; that's depth). We're only at week three folks, and weakness at the QB position is evident:

 

Rich Gannon (Garner) - 4 pts. in week 2

Joey Harrington (Troy) - 9 pts.

Steve McNair (Nick) - 11 pts.

Trent Green (Rick) - 11 pts.

Kelly Holcomb (Eric) - 11 pts.

Donovan McNabb (Bruce)- 12 pts.

Now, if your QB is struggling, you can just go out and grab a free agent, right?

Wrong.

Topping the free agent list at the position is Doug Johnson, followed closely by Jake Delhomme. After that, it's all back-ups. It wouldn't be a bad idea for someone to grab these last two. Considering the demand, they actually have value.

And just because I like brining up the Bulger issue, we'll run down the top QBs of week 2:

The surprise here, three of the four on the above list are quality players. Gonzalez is the victim of what looks like a one-dimensional offense in K.C., Robinson sounds like he's got dog house issues with Coach Holmgren, and Heap is in heap of trouble if the Ravens QB situation doesn't improve.

The only thing more frustrating than a guy who scores zero points - a guy who scores one:

 

Quincy Morgan (Keith) - 1 pt. - "Thanks Kelly!"

Marcus Pollard (Andy) - 1 pt. - Dallas Clark is the man.

Billy Miller (Eric) - 1 pt. - inconsistent offense.

WEEK 2 SURPRISES:

 

1. Travis Henry scores 20 pts., despite rushing for a mere 26 yards.

2. Stacey Mack - 3 pts. - Where's the Mack Scoreboard from week one?

3. McNabb - The worst pick of the first round? Or is this the curse of Bruce Morgan?

4. Cowboys win on Monday Night - There's some fantasy talent on this team.

5. Anquan Boldin is only worth 6 pts. - We thought he'd have over 200 yards receiving every week.

6. Christian Fauria's 2 TDs - He looks like the go-to guy in the New England red zone. 13 pts. for Dave.

7. Troy decides to start Joey Harrington over Peyton Manning - I challenge anyone to explain this logic. It appears that Alge Crumpler is now Troy's best player.

8. Tom's flip-flop - Garner scores 9 and Randy Moss 3.

9. Charles Rogers didn't catch 2 touchdowns. Sorry Brendan, the week 1 magic was against Arizona. It won't happen again.

10. Curtis Martin scores 3 points. I'd rather have Stacey Mack.

Well folks, that's about it for this week's Mop-Up. So we'll say goodbye with a parting thought:

Eric Kilhefner decided keeping Tommy Maddox was a bad idea (for which Tom is very thankful), so he stocked his squad with Jake Plummer and Kelly Holcomb. Who should he start this week? I say he should pick up Doug Johnson.

Thanks for reading.

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Steve Seeber is the holder of Grandpa's Meat. His "Mop Up" column will appear every three weeks.

Next week: Rick Reitz provides his analysis of Week 3 in this space.

In two weeks: Keith Schweigert chimes in with his thoughts on the league and Week 4.

This column will be written on alternating weeks by Keith, Steve and Rick.