THE WINTER OF GEORGE'S DISCONTENT

Everyone's heard of the summer of George. I bring you the Winter of George's Discontent in this Costanza themed weekly recap.

Well--it's decided. I hate Matt and I'm a broken man. Matt's closing sentence from last week's recap:

"Hopefully John is back soon. He’s actually in the playoffs."

Fast forward to this week:

I am not in the playoffs. Well done, Matt (still hate you). Matt wallowed in self pity last week, but he's been absolute trash-tier garbage all season. He was destined for ineptitude. My team was flawed, but I had scratched and clawed my way into 4th place entering Week 13 (for the record the top 6 finishers of 8 make the playoffs in our league). I know no one wants to hear about your bad beats, well too bad, because that's what is coming your way.

With the gift of hindsight let's look at what my four options on the table were this week (we have to start 2 of 4).

Green Bay vs Tampa Bay

Brett Hundley had a horrendous stat line. 13/22 77 yds, 0 td, 1 int, no pass plays longer than 25, a sub 50 rating. However, he decided he wasn't finished yet. Green Bay decided to let TB back in the game. Green Bay then tied the game, took it to OT and won on the opening drive. Not a good start.

New York Jets vs Kansas City

Black is white and up is down. Josh McCown has been a thorn in my side all season. Let's not forget, I'm the sad sap that drafted this team 1st overall this year. Let's take a look - 26/36 for 331 yds, 1 td passing, 0 int, 2 td rushing and a 110 rating. Anxiety intensifying.

Los Angeles Chargers vs Cleveland

Oh good - maybe I can start crazy Phil. Oh wait - they're playing the Browns. I have an obsession with drafting Philip Rivers (3 years out of 7) and my plan hasn't paid off yet. Phil's stat line: 31/43 for 335 yds, 1 td, 0 int and a 103 rating. John is getting very scared.

Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh

Maybe the Ginger will save me. Nothing crazy ever happens in Bengals/Steelers games. Dalton: 21/36 for 223 yds, 2 td, 0 picks and a 96 rating. That's it, I'm outta here.

I chose to start the Jets and the Packers. We use a modified scoring system and let me show you what our scores looked like entering Week 13:

1. High School Friend #1 - 398 points
2. College Roommate - 377 points
3. Married guy with 2 kids - 243 points
4. Me - 150 points
5. Guy who doesn't respond to our e-mail threads anymore but still makes his picks - 142 points
6. Our leagues perennial almost always last place finisher - 82 points
7. High School Friend #2 and league commissioner - 74 points
8. Matt (still hate you) - NEGATIVE 43 points

Keep in mind 1-6 make the playoffs starting next week. Now let's look at the scores after Week 13:

1. High School Friend #1 - 524 points
2. College Roommate - 422 points
3. Guy who doesn't respond to our e-mail threads anymore but still makes his picks - 194 points
4. Married guy with 2 kids - 162 points
5. High School Friend #2 and league commissioner - 116 points
6. Our leagues perennial almost always last place finisher - 76 points
7. Me - 66 points
8. Matt (absolutely hate you) - 6 points

I hate everything.

This is the 7th year of our league and up to this point only College Roommate and I have won (3 apiece) the league and this will be my first year not competing for the Blaine Gabbert Memorial Trophy (this is our league's actual trophy). It's a beautiful Blaine Gabbert Draft Day official bobblehead mounted on a square wood base. I'm officially endorsing College Roommate and hope that he wins this year. 

Hopefully you guys and gals had a better week than I did. I apologize for turning the Week 13 recap into a pity party, but I have to share my bad beats with someone. Who better than anonymous strangers on the internet and @CharlieWeber45. Lord knows my league certainly won't want to hear it. The good news is, when I return for my next recap right in the heart of the playoffs, you will have my pure and undivided attention to evaluate the weekly landscape... because I'm not in the playoffs.

See you all in Week 14.

I'm out. Check your week 13 scoring detail at THE LINK.

Cheers,
John, BadQBing.com

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EDITOR'S NOTE: WELCOME TO BQBL PURGATORY JOHN. I had to bring someone down to join me. And I don't even feel that bad since you defeated me in last year's championship match. Also, thank you for those dealing with the minor scoring issues the last few weeks, and thank you for bringing them to our attention. There is still a manual aspect to some of the scoring stats, and human error is possible.

WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT

Well, as I had mentioned on the old Tweet machine, scores this week in the BQBL were mild at best. We didn’t see anything spectacularly bad, but we did see some poor QB play by the unretired Manning, Dak I-miss-Zeke Prescott, and the young titty kisser in Chicago. Still, coming off the Nathan Peterman mother lode of the prior week, it leaves a little more to be desired. Speaking of mother lodes, I hit one myself in my league’s draft. No, I’m not talking about BQBL gold: I’m talking legitimate good offenses and quarterbacks.

It’s been mentioned in prior recaps that those that drafted the Jets this year took a huge hit on value. However, we’ve never taken a further look at things. That’s right, I’m talking about the highest average pick on Fantasizr, and my pick at number two: the LA Rams. Jared frickin’ Goff, the number one pick in 2016, saw NFL action last year to the tune of an 0-7 record, 5 TD’s, 7 INT’s, and a passer rating of 63.6. I know I’m not alone when I thought that there would be marginal improvement. May it be the support of Todd Gurley, improved options at wide receiver, or the guidance of Sean McVay, Goff has managed to sustain a noteworthy sophomore campaign. And unlike the poor folks that got stuck with the Jets this year, at least you’re not looking at a possible MVP candidate. Talk about a tough break.

But wait, it gets better! In the second round, I took Philadelphia. (Yes, this recap is pretty much a rant on my season.) Carson Wentz is another I did not expect to see much improvement out of this year as well. I drafted Philly 15th, and the average on Fantasizr was 14.8, so there were others that shared my beliefs. However, after retooling the offense, Dakota Tebow went from a 7-9 season with 16 TD’s and 14 INT’s, to 10-1 with 28 TD’s and only 5 picks. How? HOW?! Alright, now I’m upset. I’ve drafted two top quarterbacks in the first two rounds of a BAD QUARTERBACKS LEAGUE. Not to mention, ANOTHER MVP candidate?

I couldn’t possibly keep this up though. The third round is where it gets better, right? Well, only a little bit. With the 18th pick, I took Tampa Bay, which was only a couple spots above the Fantasizr average. This one I should have seen coming though. Yet another offense that picked up some weapons in the offseason, I was mainly trying to leverage Winston’s erratic tendencies for a solid third round pick. While he’s only lights out when it comes to poking Marshon Lattimore in the back of the head, he has been effective at times, and in a league where we set starters, it’s more difficult to pick the right starts. I’ve had a little relief from the Fitzpatrick appearance here and there, but it doesn’t change the fact I have another QB that ranks in the top half of the league.

Which brings us to my fourth round pick, 31st overall. I was left to choose between the Green Bay Packers and the Atlanta Falcons. You’d think this one would be easy. Aaron Rodgers is Aaron Rodgers, but the Atlanta offsense in 2016? Yeah, that’s what I thought, go with Green Bay. Unless you’re me, a Green Bay Packers fan that couldn’t stand the thought of secretly hoping for Rodgers to pass for shit with McCarthy's tenuous play calling each start. So yeah, I pick up Atlanta. They’re not as hot as they were last year, but it’s still a strong offense. Matt Ryan also is a top 10 QB, but to be fair, so would Aaron Rodgers. But he broke his collar bone, and I could’ve had Hundley, but I don’t. And my Packers season is over. And my BQBL season is over.

And I feel for everyone out there who’s had a rough year. I hope you didn’t hit the jackpot like me and draft three top ten quarterbacks, but I know how you feel if you drafted the Jets or LA, thinking you were getting a solid first rounder. Hell, Houston believers were about to catch it bad before Watson went down. And if you thought you were getting a good value pick in the 2nd round with Philly or Minnesota, I really feel your pain. We’re all in this together. To those on the other side of the coin drafting Dallas or Buffalo late, good for you. I guess.

But the BQBL giveth, and the BQBL taketh away. While it taketh my entire season, it does give. It giveth a couple weeks ago with Peterman; one for the record books. And it giveth again going into week 13. Despite my grumbling, you didn’t think I was going to miss this, did you? That’s right, I’m talking about the triumphant return of Geno Smith. Geno put up big BQBL numbers with the Jets, and surely we should only expect the same out of him with the Giants. I truly feel bad for Eli. He reminds me of that one kid from college that was alright to hang around with. He was fun, kinda derpy looking, even had a couple of legendary nights. But now, he’s old. All his friends have graduated, but he’s still showing up to house parties, trying to mack on chicks, and everyone is like, “ewe, why?” Still, he plays it cool, he doesn’t brag about the good ol’ days, and just plays it out as he thinks more and more about calling it quits and working at his brother’s Papa John’s in Colorado. Just doing his thing. And then Geno Smith shows up, steals yo girl, and all you’re left with is the derp face. Man, I wish I took the Giants instead of the Bucs.

Hopefully John is back soon. He’s actually in the playoffs. Week 12 scores are at THE LINK.

Until next time,
Matt, BadQBing.com

THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS

Even I have to break my vow to always begin a writeup discussing that QB I always discuss -- I have to. For this week in the NFL we saw a falling star flash upon our horizon in a ball of fiery glory and just as quickly disappear never to be seen again. I'm referring to Nathan Peterman of the Bills. 

Let's rewind the clock a week and review the decision Sean McDermott made to bench Tyrod Taylor. For what it's worth I think TyGod may be the reincarnation of the still (barely) living Alex Smith. As far as BQBL standards go Alex Smith has always been a very frustrating performer. He never turns the ball over and is a seemingly more competent QB than people want to give him credit for. Meet Tyrod Taylor (Alex Smith 2.0). Tyrod has had 11 TD's and 3 picks on 64% completion and was surprisingly benched in favor of Nathan Peterman.

Whenever a BQBL owner sees a new QB enter the mix they're generally hoping for the same thing. That the new guy is bad; really bad, but not so overtly bad that they never see him again and the starter and his frustrating mediocrity returns. This is where we return to the flight of Icarus. You ever heard the adage about not flying too close to the sun? That refers to the Greek mythological figure of Icarus who had wings fashioned out of feathers and wax. His father warned him to not fly too close to the sun as his wings would melt. Icarus ignored his father's warnings and flew too close to that sun. His wings melted, he fell into the ocean and he drowned. If Tyrod Taylor is Alex Smith 2.0, then Nathan Peterman is Icarus 2.0.

Nathan Peterman tried to summit BQBL Mt. Zeus and take his place among the BQBL gods. He threw 5 picks. 5 picks in one half. He had a higher passer rating as a Chargers QB than as a Bills QB (that's really bad). He was too bad, too fast. Benched after one half and likely never to be seen again in a position of prominence in the NFL, Nathan had a falling star performance.

I pray all our Buffalo owners had the foresight to start him this week as it was something miraculous.

158 points

Dallas Cowboys

Our Dallas owners struck gold this week. Scores overall the last few weeks have been somewhat timid. Not this week. Dak had his worst game as a professional on national TV and it was not pretty. Dak offered up a smorgasbord of BQBL incompetence this week, take a look:

• Total passing yards under 150 (113)
• 0 TD
• 3 INT
• Longest passing play under 25 yards (19)
• 1 Fumble
• 1 DEF TD (fumble return)

Considering I'm a Washington fan and was in a very dark place after our collapse, Dallas cheered me up by reminding me misery loves company. Grab a seat, crack open a beer and join me in misery Dallas fans. We had a bad week.

87 points

P.S - I know this is a BQBL column, but can we just talk about this Jerry Jones vs. Goodell thing? I don't have much too add except this is riveting stuff. The NFL is turning into the WWE. I have no idea what's going to happen, but I'm certainly getting my popcorn ready.

Cleveland Browns

The BQBL era has been around what, 7-8 years now? There's only really been one team that has been pure, uninterrupted trash during that time -- Cleveland. Yes, you can make arguments for some other select teams (Jacksonville mainly), but in the 7-8 years only Cleveland has failed to clean their act up in any way. And you know what Cleveland, that's why you're #1 in our hearts. Even if you can't be good at anything else, at least you're the unquestioned best at this.... what a sadness factory.

And if you think I'm being rough on Cleveland; I am. But haven't they earned it? 

I know DeShone has been awful, but I'm not sure how much of it is his fault. You have to adjust for the Cleveland incompetence variable. Otherwise known as the anti-Midas touch (everything they touch turns not to gold, but a turd). Even with Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers do you feel comfortable the outcome would be all this different? And god help Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott or Deshaun Watson if they'd been drafted by Cleveland. We'd likely never see how good they were.

DeShone had a 50% completion rate, sub 150 yd, 2 pick, 3 fumble (with defensive TD) performance. Nicely done. Take the points and run.

75 points

Green Bay Packers

Green Bay is artificially keeping my season alive in our league. I pretty much destroyed my season when taking the Jets 1st overall (I still stand by that choice at the time). My others teams aren't up to much, but after Aaron got hurt, I did receive Brett Hundley.

Nothing against the kid, but when you're replacing Aaron it's going to be hard to look competent in any shape or form. Unless you're Matt Flynn. But only Green Bay Matt Flynn. What a weird situation that was. Matt Flynn had superpowers in Green Bay, but nowhere else.

Back to Brett, well there's not a whole lot to say. Brett also finished bereft of TD's (in fact he put up zero negative points). As far as his positive contributions: total passing yardage under 200 (190), 0 TD's, 3 picks, 1 lost fumble. 

Solid play. Keep your eyes on GB the rest of the season.

51 points

Additional Callouts

• Playoffs are nearly upon us. Make sure you've got all your starts in if your league has a starter minimum
• That's a pretty bad beat you took if you started New Orleans this week. For 3.5 quarters, that's a hell of a start. The last .5 quarters +, a very poor start. (-28 points)
• I think we can finally put Alex Smith's MVP candidacy to rest with that loss to the Giants. (37 points)

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone. Week 12 starts today. Check your official week 11 scores at THE LINK. Follow us on Twitter for more commentary during the week.

Cheers,
John, BadQBing.com

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

After another week of relatively tame scores in the BQBL, I had thought that the league was beginning to settle. Besides a handful of injuries that have led to the return of some BQBL greats, the drama seemed to have dissipated. Contrary to this thinking, and considering Cleveland’s track record this year, I thought for sure that a Cody Kessler sighting was a Kizer benching and not due to injury! But alas, it was in fact due to injury (the score has been corrected), and we were back in our BQBL doldrums. The NFL is perpetually spewing out drama and controversy and despite my expectations, week 11 is no exception. Another quarterback, which the team has said they are 110% behind a couple days before, has been benched for a rookie starter. So who could be shitting the bed so bad that they’re going with an unproven rookie? It’s gotta be Eli, right? He’s out? We get Davis Webb now? NOPE!

As I sat down to write the recap for week 10, the news broke that the Bills would benching Tyrod Taylor for Nathan Peterman. From 2015-2017, Taylor ranked 12th in total QBR, and on the season, according to Football Outsiders, has been at the very least, average. Why they wouldn’t want him to go up against the Chargers pass rush is creating some very entertaining reaction. It seems from an outsider’s point of view that the Bills have no idea where they’re going. And in the wise words of another, more well-known Peterman, “Well that’s the best way to get someplace you’ve never been.”

Buffalo Bills

Quarterbacks are benched because of one thing: terrible performance. While Tyrod has been not terrible the last few years, he was very much terrible on Sunday. He completed 9 passes on 18 attempts for a total of 56 yards, and one interception. The Buffalo score would have been even higher, however, Peterman came in and nailed a garbage time touchdown scoring drive. While Tyrod didn’t play great, neither did his defense as New Orleans didn’t have to punt the entire game. Be on the lookout for a 5th round, rookie QB getting the start this week. Buffalo owners, rejoice in your good fortune.

62 points

Houston Texans

Welcome back Tom Savage! While he put up a mediocre performance in his return last week, we all knew it was only a matter of time before we got the usual crap we’d expect from a QB out of Rutgers. Savage even won Deadspin’s Bad Quarterback Performance of the Week. Savage managed to turn the ball over 4 times, two picks, and two fumbles. He also had three sacks for 27 yards, which dropped his net yardage below 200. With that many turnovers, I don’t know how we didn’t get a defensive TD, but there weren’t any at all this week in the league, and that makes me a little sad. Still, it must be rough in Houston. I can’t imagine the pain and heartache of the Houston fan base that had to see their team go from a hot quarterback lighting it up to hot garbage due to an injury. OH WAIT! I CAN! BECAUSE I’M A PACKERS FAN. (Godspeed Aaron.)

45 points

A Few Other Things:

• I know our boy John would have loved to gush over Cutler’s return to “meh whatever” quarterbacking™, but I’m not John. Let’s just assume that Jay got strung out binging on coke from his performance last week. J. Peterman understands. (15 points)
• On the other side of the Miami game, Cam Newton put up 4 TD’s, 250+ yards, and ran for over 75 yards, giving him that elusive 8 point penalty. (-28 points)
• It’s good to see Ryan Fitzpatrick back in the mix. Hopefully Jameis dealt increased damage to his shoulder by his rude pointing last week and will need a couple more to fully heal up. Oh, and while you’re at it, hire an inspirational speaker to come in and help with this pep talk shit cuz, damn. (26 points)

Well that’s it from me this week. I hope you’re all enjoying the benefits of Fantasizr, and that the site is working well for you. As we head into the latter part of this season, our league will be deviating slightly as we enter a playoffs stage for weeks 14-16, so our commentary may reflect this a little. If you would like to know more on how we do this, just let us know via Twitter or in the comments. While the playoff option would result in some manual labor on your end if you wanted to implement for your leagues (Fantasizr is not currently built for this), if there’s enough interest, we can possibly provide some tools to help out. Otherwise, keep on working it through Fantasizr as you have been. Until next time! Scoring detail at THE LINK.

Matt, BadQBing.com

THE PRINCE WHO WAS PROMISED

It's time to talk about Jay. Let's not even act like we're surprised that I am going to start another column off talking about Jay Cutler. Smoking Jay had himself a heck of a week and you might expect me to be disappointed because of the incredible performance. As Lee Corso would say, "Not so fast my friend!"

Let me start by sharing an excerpt from our league's weekly e-mail thread:

Me: Was that a great game of QBing from Jay Cutler? I like that.

Guy who started Miami: @$#! you.

Me: Listen pal. I love you but I also love Cutler. Any more bed wetting from him and his 2018 NFL prospects were over. I need a few red herring performances from him to trick another owner into letting him play next year. I'm not ready to live in a non Jay Cutler NFL.

For the greater good. 
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The greater good.

Guy who started Miami: Touche. Please forward to everyone. Important message to share.

Guy who started Miami initially felt like Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz, but he saw the light. A great Jay Cutler performance is for the greater good. I know you felt it as well - that if Jay Cutler sucked any more the possibility of the NFL shutting him out next year was plausible. I'm not saying this has punched his ticket for another ride in 2018, but it gives us a chance.

Jay had a masterful week putting up 300+ yards on 30+ completions with 3 TD's and 0 picks.

-11 points

New York Giants

This might be the end of an era we're witnessing. The Giants got absolutely run over by a Jared Goff freight train. Eli's performance was mostly meddling this week (220 yards, 2 TD's, 1 pick, 1 fumble), but the main value you got out of starting him was a garbage time benching and mop up duty for Geno Smith. For BQBL reasons I would be sad to see Eli go, but if the Giants turned over the keys to Geno Smith, it would be a decent trade (I'm not holding my breath).

44 points

Washington Redskins

Those who started Washington had a pretty good week, but nearly had an amazing week. Buoyed by the early safety he took plus some pretty unimpressive passing stats, Washington owners were on the path to a hell of a week. Captain Kirk threw for 247 yards but after you subtract the sack yardage he lost on 6 sacks (54), his passing total fell under the all important 200 yard threshold. Toss in 0 passing touchdowns and two fumbles and you're thinking it.

However, Kirk pulled a W out of his ass hanging you with a game winning drive, leaving you with this question.  God, that video makes me incredibly sad. One year later, GM Scott McCloughan was run out of town unceremoniously and Kirk still doesn't have a long term deal.

As an unabashed fan boy, please PAY HIM!

27 points (would have been 39 without the GWD)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

We talked about Jay. Now we have to talk about Jameis Winston. Jesus, that guy is insufferable and can somebody please explain to me what the hell this is:

Jameis' Week 9 Pre-game Speech

What. The. @#%!. That dude is certifiable. I've been on the anti Jameis bandwagon since Florida State. He always feels like he's trying way too hard. DeSean Jackson's reaction does a pretty apt job of summing up my opinion.

Forget that for a moment and let's discuss his conduct after getting injured and taking up a clipboard.

Jameis. Just go away (reports are he's injured for 1-2 weeks). That's the best possible news for the BQBL. Enter one of the BQBL demi-gods - Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzmagic has a real voodoo about him. Follow any team he's been with in recent history and each of their starting QB's gets hurt. I for one welcome our BQBL overlord as he moves to take on the Jets this week (I'm still insanely bitter about the Jets not being as bad as they should be).

113 total yards, 1 TD, 0 picks. Nice!

22 points

Remaining Callouts:

• Bortles and Hundley both performed a rare feat and had a 0 point game. Nothing ventured. Nothing gained. (0 points each)
• HOT TAKE ALERT!! Matt Ryan... are we sure he is good? (-1 point)
• NOT HOT TAKE ALERT!! Joe Flacco... I'm certain he's not good. That's good for BQBL owners. (24 points)
• Pour one out for Deshaun Watson's ACL. Deshaun you will be missed this year. Make way for Savage. (19 points)

Outside of the Giants game, scores were pretty modest this week. Here's to a high week of scoring next week. See you all in Week 10 - I'll bring the beers. Join us on Twitter for more insightful (ok it's mostly memes) commentary. Check your week 9 scores at THE LINK.

Cheers,
John, BadQBing.com

BRING BACK JAY CUTLER

Matt Moore - get that trash out of here. I want Jay Cutler back. I can hear it now, "John, you mention Jay Cutler every time your write a weekly recap. You can't possibly begin another column talking about him." WRONG. This is probably the last season we will see Jay Cutler and I want to savor every moment of it as he is one of the most mercurial and prominent QB's of the BQBL era.

Speaking of beating a dead horse, I wonder how our BQBL brethren @CharlieWeber45 is doing. Last time we checked in with Charlie he was bemoaning his fate as Deshaun Watson was doing everything in his power to ruin Charlie's season. @CharlieWeber45, I have to know... did you start Deshaun in week 8? 

We here @badQBing would love to hear from other members of the league if you're taking a bad beat with a team that is not who you thought they were (shout out to my boy Wee-Bey holding it down for his man Avon in prison). If there's one thing I know, misery loves company, so I'll start by sharing. I drafted the Jets with the first overall pick. There's no way I'm the only one being screwed over by maddeningly competent Josh McCown. Feel free to make me feel less bad about my decisions if you also have made an awful pick this year. The BQBL gods both taketh away and giveth away. Silver lining update, I also have the Rodgers-less Packers for the rest of the season, so that's OK.

WEEK 8 SCORES

Miami Dolphins

Matt Moore is a thief. He stole that bed wetting performance from Jay Cutler - crappy QB performances are Jay's birthright. Moore only threw 2 INT's, but he made them count as they were both pick sixes. Add in a 150ish yard outing with 0 TD's and you had a great day. On a BQBL unrelated note, Howie Roseman strikes again. Miami, how do you trade Jay Ajayi for a 4th round pick? Don't trade with Howie Roseman, you will lose.

66 points.

San Francisco 49ers

Brian Hoyer? Gone. C.J Beathard? Benched. Enter Jimmy Garappolo. The BQBL waters are swirling in the Bay area as San Francisco needed 6 quarters to decide he is not their guy. I can't help but be a little gleeful or hopeful, because San Francisco fan boys have been unbearable the last year assuming that Kirk Cousins is going to be theirs. I can't help but hope that this diminishes those changes. San Francisco, I'm talking to you -- keep your hands off Kirk.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming, Beathard sucked. 17/36 for 144 yards, 1 TD, 2 picks (one returned for a TD). Take your points and run.

57 points.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Famous Jameis might be the front runner for biggest disappointment in the NFL this year. Copious offensive weapons, a supposed QB guru and fresh off Hard knocks propaganda, many assumed the Bucs were primed to make the leap this year. The BQBL gods had other plans for Jameis. For what it's worth, I've never been a fan of Jameis ever since Florida State. Maybe I'm alone, but he always struck me as a total and complete phony.

Jameis put together a cornucopia of bad QBing this weekend, scoring in a variety of ways. Less than 200 total passing yards? Check. 0 TD's? Check. 2 INT's? Check. Fumble? Check. At least you can be good at sucking Jameis. 

52 points.

Seattle Seahawks

Everyone expects a shootout when Seattle and Houston get together, right? Right? G'lord were there fireworks in this game yesterday. For your BQBL prospects, I hope you stayed away from this game, particularly Seattle.

Russel the Love Muscle Wilson was showing off all his moves this weekend, not to mention his Halloween costume. 446 yards and 4 TD's (1 pick), and a game winning drive = a bad day at the BQBL office if you started Russ.

-25 points. Ouch

Other Callouts

• Remember when Alex Smith was a MVP candidate? Yea, me neither.
• Are we done with the London games yet? Please, no more. As an American, I feel terribly about the quality of game we export to London annually. (Editor's note, we are done with London games this year.)
• It seems the Panthers brass is also giving up on Cam. They just traded his big target, Kelvin Benjamin away to the Bills? Any Panthers fans able to explain to me why? Prepare yourself for approximately 15 more Christian McCaffrey targets.
• Cleveland is a sad place for sad people. Just when you think they can't possibly grow more inept - they do! The recent story about the failed AJ McCarron trade fiasco support what we already know.

Next week starts the second half of the season. The next couple weeks will really start to set the stage for the BQBL playoffs. Best of luck to everyone and look forward to seeing you in week 9. Week 8 scoring detail at THE LINK.

Cheers,
John, BadQBing.com
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EVERYBODY HURTS SOMETIMES

Let’s face it; us fans of the BQBL love this game so much that we’re committed to even the worst players. It’s incredible to think that out of the 7+ billion people on this Earth, only a handful are capable of playing football’s prime position at an elite level, consistently. What’s even more astounding in a league of 32 teams is the disparate talent level from the best starter to the worst starter. As the lower ranks of QB starters are seemingly, at times, completely inept, it emphasizes the secondary class in which backup QB’s reside. It could be argued that a few backups are better than some of the current starters in the league. However, in most cases, when a backup QB enters the game, it is great news for the BQBL. As fans of the game, we prefer to see backups enter the game through a good old fashioned benching due to a terrible game, or declining performance over time. Hell, as fans we enjoy benchings as a symptom of the completely incompetent leadership of a team *cough* Cleveland *cough cough*. Unfortunately, the last couple weeks has seen the exit of starting QB’s due to injury. As fans of the game, this is terrible. But regarding the BQBL, the entire dynamic of the league is changed.

After the Packers lost Aaron Rodgers to a broken collarbone last week, Brett Hundley made his first NFL start against the Saints. In summary, the Packers’ BQBL value shot up this week, but more on that later. By the time week 7 was over, two more starters had suffered serious injuries. Smokin’ Jay cracked some ribs and Carson Palmer broke his arm, meaning backups entered the game on Sunday with varying results. Hopefully these QB’s can recover quickly so Rodgers can return to lighting up the league, Carson Palmer can retire, and Jay Cutler can smoke again without any pain.

And to kick us off, let’s just take a second to recognize the Browns benched Deshone Kizer for Cody Kessler. Again. For the SECOND WEEK IN A ROW. Cleveland leads the league with three benchings this year, and we’re not even halfway through the season. Cleveland is about as good at making personnel decisions as you and your girlfriend are at deciding what to eat for dinner. Rumor has it, Kizer was out PAST MIDNIGHT on FRIDAY, and that’s apparently a bad thing. If this kid is having two day hangovers at the age of 21, he’s got more problems than his performance on Sunday. That shit shouldn’t start until you’re pushing 30. In addition to the benching, these two threw for three interceptions, leading to the second highest score of the week. 72 points.

BQBL Injury Report

Green Bay
Hundley had an entertaining first half with a play drawing the defense offside in true Rodgers fashion (even though he couldn’t cash in on it), and a rushing TD. However, he couldn’t get much going in the passing game, completing less than 50% of his passes for less than 100 yards, and an interception. The Packers head into a bye week from which they hope to improve, but this offense faces a tough remainder of the season. Get your Green Bay starts in folks. 49 points.

Arizona
Late in the 2nd quarter, Carson Palmer stepped up to deliver a deep pass, only to break his non-throwing arm as he was taken down by Alec Ogletree. Enter Drew Stanton. Drew went 5 for 14, only adding 62 yards of passing, and the Cardinals were blanked in this contest against the Rams. There’s talk about Palmer returning at the end of the season, but with a 3-4 record, third in the NFC West, and Drew Stanton leading an offense tied for 25th in scoring, is there even a point in bringing him back? 35 points.

Miami
As John from BadQBing.com has mentioned on multiple occasions, a league without Jay Cutler is not a league we want to be in. Unfortunately, Cutler suffered multiple cracked ribs, taking him out of the game against the Jets, and bringing in the Dolphins number 2, Matt Moore. Fans that had cooed for Moooooooore in prior weeks got what they were waiting for. Moore put up comparable (average) numbers to Jay, and thanks to a perfectly placed McCown pass to CB Bobby McCain of the Dolphins, was put in excellent field position leading to a GWD a la field goal. Of the starting QB injuries, Cutler shouldn’t be sidelined for long, and we’ll welcome him back to the BQBL with open arms. -18 points.

Other Notes

Carolina
The last time I wrote for the weekly recap, Carolina had a rough game. I had stated that the offense was struggling and it was a good time to get your Panther starts in. Since that time, Cam completed 67% of his passes, averaged over 300 total pass yards per game, and threw for 9 touchdowns and 4 interceptions (3 coming against PHI). Needless to say, I’m glad I wasn’t writing then so I didn’t have to entirely own up to that poor prediction. That’s because against Da Bears, Cam gave up two touchdowns to the defense. The first came early in the game on a jacked up, lateral/shovel pass (in the box score as a fumble by Cam) which was promptly picked up by the Bears and returned for 75 yards. I was quick to point out the play on Twitter, only to have a Cam Newton groupie from South Carolina try to put the blame on the receiver. However, I pulled the old “SCOREBOARD” move, and that settled it. Later on, after Cam’s pick six which was tipped by a receiver, I explained that it still counts as an interception for Cam. But, alas, I did not @ her, which would have been the pro Twitter move. Also worth noting, Trubisky got a win with only 4 pass completions on 7 attempts. 82 points.

That should about do it for this week. Have a spooky/scary week 8. Scoring detail at THE LINK.

Matt, BadQBing.com

Football fans were still recovering from a lackluster college football schedule turned slaughterfest of Top 10 teams when the NFL rolled into week 6. By now we should have a pretty good idea of what to expect from our teams and QBs, right? Wrong!

Things I Knew I Knew
Brown’s Edition:
I knew that the Browns were awful and Deshon Kizer or Kevin Hogan (it doesn’t matter) are proving to the rest of the league that they have no business being starting QBs and the Browns front office has no business being employed in the NFL.The Browns are god awful and someone will get fired over it.  
88 points

Raven’s Edition:
Marty Mornhinweg has been ruining teams throughout the NFL over the past 5 years. Marty’s tenure with the Eagles started off strong but soon regressed. His regressing offense was a major contributor to Reid’s departure from the City of brotherly love. Marty was soon snatched up by Rex Ryan to lead an offense quarterbacked by “King” Geno Smith. Marty eventually ruined the Jets and moved on to the Ravens. I hypothesize that Joe Flacco’s recent regression can be blamed on Marty’s role as QB coach in 2015 and promotion to OC in 2016. Joe Flacco looks flatout awful and continues to underperform compared to his paycheck. In week 6 Joe posted a QBR of 14.9 and threw 2 INTs including one returned for a TD. Marty’s trail of destruction continues. Who will stop this man?
56 point

Things I Thought I knew
Lion’s Edition:
Jim-Bob Cooter has resurrected Matt Stafford’s career and so far this season Stafford had 9 TDs and just 1 INT.  The only explanation for Stafford’s performance in Week 6 is that he regressed into his previous frat boy form and spent the night out on Bourbon St. pounding beers, calling everyone “Bruh”, and objectifying women. Stafford’s hangover on Sunday resulted in 5 turnovers and 3 defensive TDs.   
107 Points

Packer’s Edition:
Green Bay(-3) v. Minnesota was my stone-cold lock of the week. I was soo confident that a surging Aaron Rodgers could beat a hobbled Sam Bradford or regressing Case Keenum. I still felt good about this pick after 2 punts by the Pack, and then Anthony Barr broke Rodgers collarbone and the cholesterol filled hearts of Packers fans across the world. Never fear Packers fans, Brett Hundley’s first pass upon replacing Rodgers was an INT, sooooo buckle up. Hundley finished the game with 3 INTs which is not very Rodgersesque. I still contend that Rodgers would have rewarded my display of confidence in the Pack and my pick was justified.
37 Points

Thing I thought I knew and Apparently Had No Idea
49er Edition:
I thought Kyle Shanahan was smart enough to recognize that his quarterbacks are Brian Hoyer and CJ Beathard and he would think better than to have them throw the ball for a combined 47 times--Brian Hoyer is god awful and must have some blackmail on the NFL to explain how he reappears every year on a different team with a shot at starting. Hoyer was benched after just 11 attempts after posting a QBR of 6. CJ Beathard (Beat? Hard?) came in and put up serviceable numbers but the benching leads to a respectable BQBL score.
45 points

Chief’s Edition:
I was adamant that this was the year that the wheels fall off for Alex Smith. I was convinced that Andy Reid wanted a big armed QB in the mold of Donovan McNabb to usurp the perennial game manager. I was sooo sure of these things until I wasn’t and Alex Smith started compiling a 5 week resume that would have put him in consideration for the MVP. I had just started to accept this new alternate-universe where Alex Smith was a top tier QB when week 6 rolled around Alex Smith returned to his usual form of being Mr. Average.
0 points

Other Notes:

TB - Jameis got injured but had already posted 290 yards with 3 TDs and 2 INTs. Harvard’s very own Ryan Fitzpatrick stepped in to go 5/10 and post a QBR of 22.6.  -1 Points

OAK - Derek Carr returned early from a broken bone in his back and probably wishes he hadn’t. The more successful Carr only posted 171 yards on 21 completions with 2 INTs.  30 Points

Catch your week 6 scoring detail at THE LINK.

Lane, BadQBing.com

JAY CUTLER... HE IS WHO WE THOUGHT HE WAS!

Before we get into the scores, I just wanted to apologize for the delay in getting the score recap out this week. We dropped the ball a bit (insert joke about how we dropped the ball like one of the bad quarterbacks) -- won't happen again.

When we posted on Twitter that the Week 5 scores were going to be delayed, we got the following reply from @CharlieWeber45, "The game log should just be one rambling sentence about how HOU is really killing my title chances." Well, Charlie, your wish is my command.

Houston Texans (edited for readability)

Good lord - Houston is dashing league owners title hopes worse than Chris Foerster dashed his job hopes. The problem here is we can fire Chris Foerster, but not Deshaun Watson. Whether or not you felt Deshaun's performance against KC last week was largely accumulated during garbage time or not, too bad, because the BQBL cares not about garbage time. Deshaun piled up 5 TDs on only 16 completions for 248 yards. 

Unfortunately, this performance so far hasn't been an anomaly as Deshaun is putting up monster numbers for a rookie. On the year he's over 1,000 yards, 12 TD's and only 4 picks. After a slow start to the season, he's really coming into form and league owners are hoping he hits the rookie wall sooner rather than later. Add in the fact that Houston was a prized commodity in the offseason and likely drafted high, this is causing tumultuous results in leagues across the country.

Do you feel that dread in your stomach, that the problem is going to get worse? If I owned Houston I sure would. Watson seems to have that "It" factor. But trust in your friend Bill O'Brien. P.S Do you all remember when Bill O'Brien was somehow a quarterback whisperer? What a load of crap. Trust that he fulfills his nature and also ruins this quarterback.

Then again, maybe he's just been waiting for the right quarterback and Deshaun is it. And that this season is just going to be a Groundhog Day of weeks 3-5. Every Sunday you start Houston hoping and hoping that they'll be awful. And again and again and again Watson puts up 3 touchdowns, 4 touchdowns, 0 picks, 100+ ratings.

And then, when you finally sit Deshaun, he's going to blow up for a 100-burger score in the BQBL (because he's a rookie and they always have that crap the bed game). Then, you overreact and sign up for another 3 or 4 weeks of starts trying to chase that dragon. And you know what? You'll never catch that dragon. Deshaun's back to his top form, and again just hanging you with multi TD, 0 pick, 300+ yard games. 

It's the team you can't get right all year long, and you decide to swear off Houston forever, and you remain eternally bitter about the rest of Deshaun's career.

I feel for you @CharlieWeber45. I hope this write up made you feel better about your prospects!

-20 points

Pittsburgh Steelers

Ben said this week, "maybe I don't have it anymore". Ben, we agree! But don't you go anywhere and retire in the middle of the season, you're finally hitting your BQBL prime. This game against the Jaguars was hard to watch. Ben threw 5 picks! FIVE PICKS! Including two pick sixes and some overall ineptitude and you've got the perfect recipe for an amazing week in the BQBL.

93 points

Miami Dolphins

Disclaimer: I love Jay Cutler and don't want to live in a world where he is not in the NFL. But first, a question - was Jay Cutler ever a good QB? I'm really not sure and I've watched his whole career. He's had his moments in Denver and the occasional Chicago success, but the longer I watch him I grow more confident that he's a slightly more successful Jeff George.

When you're getting drastically out quarterbacked by Matt Cassel, you've got a problem. Jay Cutler went under 100 total passing yards again. 12 completions for 92 yards (with sack yardage removed it's actually 78). 1 TD, 1 pick and a 50 plus passer rating. And then you have Jay being Jay. Can Miami really ride this QB all season? Well you're hoping so if you have him on your roster.

45 points

Cleveland Browns

This has not been a good week for The Land. I feel bad for Indians fans. Between last year in the World Series and now losing a 2-0 lead to the Yankees, that's a tough pill to swallow. Yeah, you have the Cavaliers, which is your saving grace, but on the other hand you have the Brownies.

I'd be eternally bitter as a Cleveland fan watching how management does all they can to ensure this team remains bad, forever. On a side note, both Deshaun Watson and Carson Wentz were selected with picks that originally belonged to Cleveland. That's bitter enough as is, but even if they had selected one of those quarterbacks I doubt they could rise above the quagmire of Cleveland. The all-encompassing fog of ineptitude that surrounds Cleveland is inescapable.

Is DeShone Kizer talented enough to rise above that fog? Decidedly not! Before getting the yank for Kevin Hogan, Kizer put up 87 yards, no touchdowns and another pick. Hogan, however did look pretty good in mop up duty. Don't get your hopes up Cleveland fans: he too will suck.

61 points

Minnesota Vikings

Speaking of teams wallowing in self-pity and misery right now. What could have been for Minnesota - they have had awful luck the last few years. Between Bridgewater mangling his knee (ACTUAL INJURY FOOTAGE), having to start Sam Bradford, and now losing Dalvin Cook for the season they've taken some tough blows (insert Chris Foerster joke here).

Bradford, clearly still hampered by his injury should not have played this week. But we're glad he did. Before he too got the hook he put up 36 yards on 5 completions. Not to mention that he would fall over in a stiff breeze (4 sacks). Keenum was competent in his performance, but couldn't undo what Sam did.

60 points

Remaining Callouts:

• It's growing clearer each week that I may have made a slight mistake drafting the Jets 1st overall in the BQBL draft. 11 points
• Andy Dalton? Stop this nonsense! Revert back to your weeks 1-2 form. 4 points
• Jacksonville appears to be a good team right now. This in spite of the fact the Bortles is their QB. It's quite a spectacle to watch a competent team, completely work away from having their quarterback leave any noticeable imprint on the game. And it's working! 40 points

The remainder of your week 5 scores can be found at THE LINK.

That's a wrap on week 5. Week 6 starts tonight with Philly and Carolina - an actual good game. For one night only I'm going to take off my BQBL hat and just enjoy this game. See the rest of you in week 6!

Cheers,
John, BadQBing.com

DOESN'T-GIVE-TWO-SHITS SMOKING JAY IS BACK!

That is exciting news indeed! Before we get into those details I have to offer a few mea culpas. When I last wrote two weeks ago I may have made some mention that the Bengals could be the steal of the BQBL draft. Turns out that may have been a bit premature. The Bengals fired their OC and since then Dalton has been on an absolute tear. Let's look at some of the teams who had an interesting week.

Cincinnati

Umm... yeah, about that benching. It may still happen -- I refuse to believe this charade happening the last few weeks, but Dalton absolutely crushed it this week. 25/30 passing, 250+ yds, 4td, 0 picks and a nice 140+ passer rating. It would definitely suck if you started Dalton this week (I begrudgingly have to raise my hand here). -6 points.

Side note, I still like the start possibility against Buffalo next week.

New York Jets

What the hell McCown?! You were supposed to be the chosen one -- you're killing me. I drafted you first overall and you're breaking my heart. McCown's actual stats were pretty good by BQBL standards: 0 tds, 1 pick, 5 sacks, 3 fumbles. That's on one hand, on the other there's that stupid OT GWD, ouch. By the way, I now have an irrational hatred of Paul Posluzny for that foolish penalty. Anyways, I'm over dramatizing this, you actually got a good start, just not as good as I wanted. 23 points.

Cleveland

I'm just going to put it out there. Cleveland? Not good. I know that's hard to hear, but that's the truth. DeShone Kizer has been a gold mine so far and didn't disappoint this week. He's leading the league in picks and shows an amazing proficiency to end up being a league leader in suckitude. Between the picks, low yardage and everyone's favorite... a benching, you had a damn fine week. 61 points.

Arizona/San Francisco

To the victors go the spoils. This game was a BQBL clash of the titans. Both teams were quarterbacked pretty poorly, but one of these teams won in OT and one did not.

Arizona: -25 points, San Francisco: 36 points

And now for the star of the show:

Miami

Our league mourned the loss of Jay Cutler this offseason. A BQBL league without Jay Cutler is not a world we wanted to live in. Then, Cutler came back to us like manna from heaven after Tannehill tore his ACL. Now we have our favorite malcontent, doesn't give two shits about your feelings, Smoking Jay back.

It seems Miami should be better than they are with decent wideouts and a QB/coach who have worked well together before. But again, Smoking Jay doesn't give TWO SHITS! That bad man got shut out by the SAINTS. Under 150 team passing yards, 0 TD, 1 pick, 4 sacks and a fumble. But the true gem was this snap in the wildcat.

You dare put Jay Cutler in the wildcat lined up out wide and take the ball out of his hand?! Well see if he gives two shits (Hint: see above). The answer is - he doesn't. Look at that pose, hands on the hips and not feigning to give a flying f#@&. That's the kind of ornery, apathetic Jay Cutler that made me fall in love with Jay Cutler. Glad to have you back buddy. Classic Jay, never leave us again. 41 points.

Other callouts:

• I may have been wrong about Dalton, but I don't think I was wrong about Rivers. Last time we discussed Philip we talked about how our league suspects he has to suppress his temper and is verging on going off on his teammates? We're getting closer!
• Pencilman Glennon is out. Mitch "I love to kiss titties" Trubisky is in. For all of you enjoying the Glennon party bus, I'm sorry to say your ride has ended. I'm pretty sure that's two prequel Star Wars gifs in one column. I'll let Samuel Jackson speak for me again.
• This was a good week to get an Atlanta start in. After losing Julio Jones, Matty Ice put up 2 picks and a FART.
• If you're sad about the Glennon party bus ending, jump on the Brissett party bus. Indy is really, really terrible. 65 points.
• A round of beers for all the Tennessee owners. Mariota and Cassel combined for 0 passing TDs (2 rushing for Mariota), 4 picks and a party platter of other misplays. 85 freaking points!

Hats off to another great week of bad QBing. See you all in week 5! Week 4 scoring detail at THIS LINK.

John, BadQBing.com

STAND, LINK ARMS, OR TAKE A KNEE, WE'RE ALL BAD QUARTERBACK FANS

Oh NFL, you never cease to impress us. Going into week 3, the stories all around the league echoed the less than exciting offensive production across the board. With 31 games in the books, clearly it was safe to assume that the NFL was coming apart at the seams, and we would never see anything but field goals ever again. However, in week 3, offenses came alive. For the second week, the number of touchdowns increased, and the NFL was back from the dead! Even with this exciting uptick in entertainment, there were even a couple noteworthy BQBL performances. This was going to be the story! This was going to be the narrative going into week 4!

Buuuuuuut just as the Thursday Night shootout in San Francisco came to a close, a storm was to be unleashed all over the league. The POTUS with the Mostus - Twitter Category, took a shot at the millionaire "sons of bitches" (*cough* hypocrite), and EVERYTHING EXPLODED in an emphatic, non-violent show of unity. Then Twitter and Facebook actually exploded. And just like that, all of the great performances (good and bad) of the weekend were overshadowed by how each team protested this attack on the National Football League.

OK, deep breath everybody. Whatever your opinions or beliefs may be on the situation, we're here for one thing and one thing only. Bad Quarterbacking. But first, we start with some actual good QB play.

The "Good" - SF -6, JAC -10, MIN -14
Brian Hoyer, Blake Bortles, and Case Keenum walk into a bar. The joke ends there because all three of them put up big numbers this week. Unforunately, good QB play results in bad BQBL scores. When most of the league puts up some offense, chances are even this usually lackluster cast can have negative BQBL days. Each of these quarterbacks put up 3+ touchdowns, threw for mucho yards, and only had one turnover between all three of them (a Hoyer pick). Good outings by historically bad QBs happens. Multiple in one week? That's just a tough break. The silver lining is that there is no indication that this will be the norm. For all we know, they'll be back in the BQBL's good graces next week.

The Bad - NYJ 8, ATL 47
Two sides to the bad coin here. First off, Atlanta's 47-burger; a bad performance with a positive BQBL impact. For teams that manage lineups week to week, an Atlanta start this week was a great move. For those that don't set lineups, you received some relief from what will be a long year, with Atlanta likely to put up multiple strong performances. While the staunch Detroit defense had not been tested with an offense like Atlanta's, it was arguably worth the risk to get a start in (like ME!). While Matt Ryan was 69% for 250+ yards, he threw three interceptions, one of which was taken back for a Touchdown. While the Falcons offense remains strong (they did win the game after all, albeit controversially), we know there will be opportunities to capitalize. Just gotta pick the right starts. Easy, right?

Onto the other side of the bad coin: J-E-T-S  EIGHT, EIGHT, EIGHT; a good performance with a negative BQBL impact. For the second week in a row, Josh McCown put up a somewhat competent performance. I know it's still positive BQBL points, but with the number one overall pick turning out to be mediocre, teams that drafted the Jets are taking a hit on value. It's still early, but if McCown can keep putting up a few touchdowns a game without turnovers, it might be a disappointing season for those high on the Jets' BQBL prospects. I guess it really helps to earn an extra $125K per start. Throwing money at some problems may actually solve them.

The Ugly - BAL 80, CAR 76
Finally, onto a couple of terrible QB performances this week, aka, why the BQBL exists. We haven't had a week with multiple benchings since... two weeks ago. Still, benchings never gets old.

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are in a world of hurt right now. While their defense is helping them win games, Greg Olson is out multiple weeks with a broken foot and Kelvin Benjamin suffered a knee injury that could keep him out the next week or two. On top of this, whenever Cam Newton is mentioned it sounds like he is some sort of injury royalty: Cam Newton, Viceroy of Offseason Shoulder Surgeries, Earl to Still Recovering in Week X. With three interceptions this week, sub-200 net pass yards, and a benching, Carolina had the second best score in week 3. While the shoulder surgery seems to be mentioned plenty, there is no sign that there is any injury hampering Newton, and that the only issue is recovery not being an instantaneous thing. Still, as he gets back to 100%, he'll have limited options to throw to, which could continue Carolina's rocky start on offense. Get those Panthers starts in while they're hot.

That brings us to a royally awesome BQBL performance in LONDON! ELLO GOVNA! If Blake Bortles was the Queen of England, Joe Flacco would be Karin Vogel. By the time the knackered Flacco was benched in favor of Ryan Mallett, he went 8 of 18 for 28 pass yards. Net of sack yardage, that's a grand total of SIXTEEN YARDS. Throw in two interceptions, the only thing missing was some defensive touchdowns. Even though Ryan Mallett was able to get a rubbish time TD, Baltimore still finished with just 40 net pass yards. What a cock up of a game by the Ravens that left us all brilliantly gobsmacked, courtesy of that damp squib Flacco... bloody wanker.

So there you have it folks. Plenty to go around, and not one mention of the controversy surrounding the NFL. In the end, it's about getting together with friends and family to watch this spectacular game of football, and explain to them why you were whooping and hollering so loud for a Matt Ryan pick six that the neighbors were concerned (which I may or may not have done). Bring on week 4. It's hard to imagine that we're already up to the quarter season mark.

Week 3 scoring detail at THIS LINK. Until next time!

Matt, BadQBing.com

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SCORING UPDATE: As metioned in last week's game log, and also mentioned on Twitter, the week 1 and week 2 scores have been updated. This change was primarily due to switching from total pass yards, to pass yards net of sack yards. As explained last week, this change was to keep in line with how the pass yards component was scored in previous years, and is also what the BadQBing.com score system uses. The other change, also explained last week, had to do with incorrect counts of total turnovers being calculated in the scoring algorithm. A table of the changes in scores, complete with explanations, is included for your reference below.

Modesty Prevails

After a red hot start to the season, scoring went down slightly for week 2. Let's take a look at who really showed what they were made of this week.

A cut above:

Chicago

Mike Glennon, brother to the greatest VT quarterback of all time, Sean Glennon, is not a good quarterback. Chances are Mitch "I love to kiss titties" Trubisky won't be either. Mike is stepping up his game to out suck Trubisky though and has a clear lead over him. MIke nearly put up 300 yards through the air, but sack yardage dipped him below that 300 yard scoring penalty. That's where things stop being good for Glennon and start to get very bad. Bad like throwing two picks (1 returned for a TD), fumbling the ball, taking a sack and overall just a solid BQBL performance. 50 points.

San Francisco

Kyle Shanahan may be an offensive genius, but his quarterback is Brian Hoyer. Let's find out what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. The answer? Bad QBing! Brian Hoyer, like Mike Glennon -- also a shitty QB. P.S, for those who love bad QBing, this game was a gold mine. Brian Hoyer (after sack yardage) put up a whopping 89 yards of passing yardage. Brian didn't even need any fancy pick sixes to inflate his score (just a normal interception). 50 points.

Cleveland

Cleveland, the old guard of BQBL greatness, is set to show us why we love them so much here. No one is closing the book on DeShone Kizer yet, but his first two starts have not been great. We thought we had a benching here when Kevin Hogan came in, but alas, DeShone only had a migraine. Could be there is a correlation between taking 10 minutes to get rid of the ball and letting Terrell Suggs have clean hits at you all day. The two together, put up a combined 4 INT (3 Kizer, 1 Hogan), sub 300 yard, sub 50% completion percentage, 1 fumble, 3 sack performance. If Cleveland was a baseball prospect, they'd be considered a five tool player. 47 points.

Assorted callouts:

• How dare you doubt Kirk Cousins?! The specter of Cousins haunted BQBL owners this week with a GWD after eking out a rather meager performance.
• Cincinnati may be the steal of the BQBL season. Andy Dalton looks DONE two weeks in. Things could change if he turns it around, or we may see AJ McCarron. I'm placing Cincinnati on high alert for a benching. Cincinnati owners be aware, you do not want to miss this. Or as Kyrie just said on national TV, "Oh if you're very woke, there's no such thing as distractions." Yeah, he said that -- Kyrie is a weird dude.
• What the heck is that Josh McCown? You were supposed to be the chosen one to lead us from darkness. If I'm not mistaken, that was a competent quarterbacking performance last week. Nah, that didn't happen -- everything is fine.
• We have a long running belief in our league that Philip Rivers is a complete psycho who suppresses his homicidal rage through decent QBing and victories. If this keeps up, Rivers might actually murder one of his teammates.

Things to watch for in week 3:

• Indy owners, get your starts in while they're hot. Jacoby Brissett might actually be ok, but that team is a pure dumpster fire. BUY BUY BUY!
• A Cam Newton resurgence going into New Orleans next week. Carolina has looked bad, but that Saints defense has a habit of making QBs look very, very good.
• Thursday night trash. A sane football fan would want nothing to do with Thursday night's matchup between the Rams and 49ers. However, to the BQBL these are two titans squaring off in a crap fest that is sure to delight owners.
• The return of Sam Bradford? Minnesota owners should keep an eye on the injury wire. I like a Minnesota start much more with Case Keenum than Sam Bradford.
• Cincy benching? A night game at Lambeau facing a Packers team seeking redemption is an exciting proposition.
• A murder spree by Phillip Rivers?

Cheers to another great week of bad QBing and best of luck in week 3. See your week 2 score detail at THIS LINK.

John, BadQBing.com

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SCORING UPDATE: Later this week, a scoring adjustment will be made to Week 1 and Week 2 scores. First, the Week 1 Indianapolis score and the Week 2 Philaelphia score had the incorrect number of total turnovers due to fumbles not lost being counted. These scores will both be reduced by 12 as they each will drop below the positive points for a 3+ turnover game.

There will also be a change to scoring for pass yards. As pointed out by BQBL_OG on the Week 1 game log comments, prior years used passing yards net of sack yardage. In keeping with prior years, and since the BadQBing.com system follows the same convention, this score will be changed.

A Twitter announcement will be made when the scores are updated, and the detail of changes will be added to this game log.

TWO BENCHINGS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

All of the preseason analysis pointed to this being a banner year for the BQBL, and BAH GAWD, Week 1 did not disappoint!

This week saw some of the best bad quarterbacking scores in recent memory, and featured seven defensive touchdowns off quarterbacks, and TWO benchings. Not bad for week 1! We’ll run through a few of the standouts below for this week’s recap. Also below is an explanation of some of the minor scoring changes from us at BadQBing.com for the 2017 season, for anyone who is interested.

To start things off, we go to IN-DE-ANNAPOLIS, where the Colts turned out a score of 117. With Andrew Luck still not ready to play (seriously, how is he not ready?), Indy turned to Scott Tolzien. Bottom line, DOES NOT GO WELL. Scotty threw two pick sixes, fumbled once, was 52% for 128 yards, and was sacked four times before being benched for Jacoby Brissett. With the way things went against the Rams, I doubt things will get much better whenever Luck does return. It will be interesting to see how things develop over the next few weeks.

That takes us to our second benching of the week! I’m assuming that “Texas Strong” does not apply to Tom Savage. Tom Savage (the QB out of Rutgers that apparently struck fear in me during our league’s championship weekend last year… alcohol may have been a factor) finished the first half with 62 passing yards, and was sacked SIX times. Late in the second quarter, he had the ball stripped and returned for a Fumble And Return for Touchdown (FART), leaving Houston down 19-0. The Texans decided to bring in Deshaun Watson at the half, who managed to look marginally more competent than Savage, putting together a TD drive. However, the Texans offensive line continued to hold as well as off-brand masking tape, and Watson was sacked an additional four times. 94 points for Houston.

Also worth mentioning was Cincinnati. Andy Dalton put up 64 points after throwing FOUR interceptions. He had a QBR of 0.7 (that’s ZEE-RO DECIMAL SEVEN). There hasn’t been a QBR that low since Peyton Manning’s Week 10 game against the Chiefs in 2015, and Manning didn’t even play that whole game.

One of the bigger surprises of the week was on the opposite end of the spectrum with Kansas City. I usually deride Alex Smith for being spectacularly average when it comes to BQBL play, but Smith was in rare form for the first game of the NFL regular season. Alex Smith put up two 75+ yard TD bombs among all his 7-yard crossing-route checkdown fiddle-faddle, and made Brady look like this. While I don’t think we’ll see this sort of production each week with KC, it’s just a cold reminder that Alex Smith is actually capable of passing beyond ten yards.

The BQBL season is off to a strong start. We have plenty of football left to play, and even more bad quarterbacking to enjoy. Week 2 starts off with a bang on Thursday night. If week 1 is any indication, the matchup between the Texans and the Bengals has great BQBL potential. Scoring detail for week 1 is at THIS LINK. Until next week!

Matt, BadQBing.com

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2017 Scoring Changes:
I wanted to cover a couple of minor scoring changes from last year. Aside from dropping a couple of the 24/7 categories, there were some changes to the scoring year over year for stats driven scoring. If you don't care, don't bore yourself!

Change – Fumble Into SafeTy (FIST) changed to QB Safety – 10 points to 15 points
The definition of a safety has been expanded for those special occasions, besides a fumble, that can lead to a safety caused by the QB. This would apply to scenarios such as intentional grounding in the end zone, or taking six steps out the back of the end zone, a la Dan Orlovsky. The reason for the change? So all QB screw-ups in their own end zone are properly captured.

Change – INT for TD, INT (non-TD) changed to Defensive TD, INT
In last year’s scoring, 25 points were earned for every interception returned for a TD, yet there were only 10 points for a QB fumble returned for a touchdown. For 2017, each interception will still count for 5 points, and a defensive TD courtesy of the QB will count for 20 points. It’s the same point value as 2016 for both, but is simpler to score.

Change – Fumbles Lost, Fumbles Kept changed to Fumbles – 2 and 5 points, respectively, to 4 points
The change to fumbles is two-fold. First, it simplifies scoring to fit better with our scoring tools. Second, analysis of fumbles shows that the split between kept and lost fumbles is just about 50/50. Since whether or not a fumble is recovered or lost is left up to chance, no benefit is given to either in the scoring, and any fumble will be worth 4 points. Additionally, with the Defensive TD above, any QB fumble returned for a TD will come to 24 points. Last year, a fumble returned for a TD was only 10 points, and it didn’t make sense to have a discrepancy between two different scoring plays that have essentially the same weight.

Change – Pick Six to Lose a Game changed to Game-ending F@$& Up
This is a change in definition only, and remains the highest single scoring metric. Any QB whose team holds the lead or a tie in the final two minutes that performs an action leading to the direct loss of his team will score a GEFU. This definition is expanded so fumbles and safeties can qualify. Any other possible GEFU is at the discretion of the BadQBing.com Supplemental League Oversight Board.

Change – GWD in OT
The last change is an additional scoring metric introduced for 2017. A Game-winning drive is any drive led by the QB that results in his team taking the lead with less than two minutes in the game, and subsequently winning the game. Since the pressure increases dramatically in Overtime, a game-winning drive in OT will count for double the GWD points. This does not have to occur in the final two minutes of the OT quarter, but can occur at any time.

I hope that explains some of the changes to the scoring from 2016 to 2017. We haven’t received many questions, but wanted to explain why some of the changes were made, just in case. In some of our future content, we will be analyzing the Grantland scoring model and comparing it to our proprietary continuous scoring system, but more details to come on that. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on Twitter, or leave a comment below.