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1/24/01
Email Commish
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Welcome
to the final edition of the Commish's Cuisine. It has been a lot
of fun this year and I hope that Mike has me back next season.
Even though I have stressed that FFToday is not my site I must tell
you, the hard work behind the scenes at the FF Today is done by
Mike Krueger. He spends countless hours researching and updating
the site with quality information. I try to provide a little comic
relief and some levity to the site. OK, on to the business at hand...
Some time ago… about a month ago, I asked for you to send me your
Super Bowl winner's line-up. I was inundated with e-mails and there
were also a good number posted at the FF
Today Forums. This article will show the results of that study
and we shall see if we can figure some trends.
Problems With My Theory
I mentioned my theory in my last article...
I think that there are common ties (i.e. players) between teams
that win the Super Bowl in most every league.
There were some problems with my research methodology. First of
all I was dependent on the honesty of the owners to send me the
correct winners. I was also dependent upon the fact that each owner
didn't send in the same team more than once or for that matter different
owners from the same league didn't turn in the same winning roster
for their league.
Another problem I had was being given winners from dynasty leagues,
keeper leagues, re-draft leagues all mixed together and finally
inconsistent scoring systems that makes comparing league to league
and team to team difficult at best. Furthermore, some people just
sent their starting line-up while others sent their entire roster
and some sent me a list of every transaction and trade while others
sent nothing. All of this makes my study very unscientific.
I would propose for next year to make the study/my theory work better
that Mike make a separate area of his page where people can input
their line-up in each week. At the end of the year we all would
be able to see which players contributed week in and week out to
a Super Bowl win.
The Results
I had 125 Super Bowl winners contributed to this study in one form
or another. I didn't compile a list of defenses because very few
leagues seemed to use them. By position, there was more variability
in the wide receivers than any other position with 65 different
players listed. However, 26 of the 31 eligible kickers was on at
least one Super Bowl roster.
Quarterbacks
If you had to look at one position for it's importance you'd have
to look at the QB's first. Only 31 quarterbacks were listed. I know
you are thinking... "how is that possible?" Well, many
owners were able to win with the back-up quarterback that took over
after their drafted starter went down. The single most successful
quarterback was one of the most maligned prior to the drafts. In
retrospect we can see how it happened. He played on a team with
a terrible defense so he had to throw the ball a lot to keep his
team in the game. He had an extremely talented receiving corps and
the running back and offensive line were actually better than most
people counted on. The top five vote getters were:
| S U P E R B O W L Q
B ' S |
| RANK |
PLAYER |
#VOTES |
| 1 |
Jeff Garcia |
31 |
| 2 |
Daunte Culpepper |
28 |
| 3 |
Gus Frerotte |
12 |
| T-4 |
Kurt Warner |
10 |
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Brett Favre |
10 |
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Rich Gannon |
10 |
| 7 |
Donovan McNabb |
9 |
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Running Backs
The running backs defined the winning teams. Forty-five different
players were voted for and one player received 45 votes. That's
not to say that he was on every winning team but he was 36% of the
teams I received. Remember, I had 125 teams turned in and some of
those entries listed as many as 6 or 7 running backs while others
listed 1. The top running back was on the champion's roster in every
league that I participated in and is pretty easy to figure
out. Here are the top five:
| S U P E R B O W L R
B ' S |
| RANK |
PLAYER |
#VOTES |
| 1 |
Marshall Faulk |
45 |
| 2 |
Fred Taylor |
23 |
| 3 |
Edgerrin James |
22 |
| 4 |
Jamal Lewis |
21 |
| T-5 |
Ahman Green |
20 |
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Eddie George |
20 |
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Wide Receivers
As I mentioned before there were more variables in the receiving
position than in any other. If you made a mistake in your draft
then this was the position to do it in because any number of players
could have helped you if you had the right quarterback and running
back. The top guy, by a nose, benefited from his quarterback's great
year. He had a record-breaking year when his mentor was supposed
to get the spotlight. Here are the top wide receivers:
| S U P E R B O W L W
R ' S |
| RANK |
PLAYER |
#VOTES |
| 1 |
Terrell Owens |
30 |
| 2 |
Torry Holt |
29 |
| 3 |
Randy Moss |
24 |
| 4 |
Eric Moulds |
20 |
| 5 |
Jimmy Smith |
16 |
| T-6 |
David Boston |
14 |
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Amani Toomer |
14 |
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The Tight Ends
This position was most homogeneous. There isn't much to choose from
and most everyone had the same guy… Mr Kansas City.
| S U P E R B O W L T
E ' S |
| RANK |
PLAYER |
#VOTES |
| 1 |
Tony Gonzalez |
28 |
| 2 |
Freddie Jones |
9 |
| 3 |
Dwayne Carswell |
8 |
| T-4 |
Chad Lewis |
7 |
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Frank Wycheck |
7 |
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Jay Riemersma |
7 |
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Kyle Brady |
7 |
| 8 |
Rickey Dudley |
6 |
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The Kickers
We've all said it at one time or another "ahh kickers are all the
same." Well, now there is proof that this is the case. As mentioned
earlier, 26 of the 31 potential kickers got a vote. Here are the
top vote getters.
| S U P E R B O W L K
' S |
| RANK |
PLAYER |
#VOTES |
| 1 |
Matt Stover |
16 |
| 2 |
Ryan Longwell |
13 |
| T-3 |
Jason Elam |
12 |
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Martin Gramatica |
12 |
| 5 |
Mike Hollis |
11 |
| 6 |
Sebastian Janikowski |
8 |
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Here is your kick-ass definite
Super Bowl winning team although I am not sure anyone would have
called that a definite winner before the season started. Good luck
drafting it next year...
QB Jeff Garcia
RB Marshall Faulk
RB Fred Taylor
WR Terrell Owens
WR Torry Holt
TE Tony Gonzalez
K Matt Stover
I would like to thank all of you that sent kind comments and of
course your line-ups in to me. You can view the entire results at
the FF Today Board. Hopefully we can do it next year as well!
One final recipe for your Super Bowl Parties this weekend...
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E F S T E W |
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2 1/2 lb onions, sliced |
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About 1/2 cup canola oil |
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2 garlic cloves,
finely chopped |
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1/3 cup all-purpose
flour |
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2 teaspoons salt |
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1 teaspoon black
pepper |
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3-lb boneless beef
chuck, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes |
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1 1/2 tablespoons
soy sauce |
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1 1/2 tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce |
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1 1/2 tablespoons
steak sauce |
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2 bay leaves |
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2 teaspoons dried
thyme |
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1 1/2 to 2 (12-oz)
bottles of beer (not dark) |
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1 tablespoon light
brown sugar (optional) |
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Garnish: chopped
fresh |
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1flat-leaf parsley |
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Accompaniment: cooked
potatoes, rice, or noodles |
DIRECTIONS:
Cook onions in 2 tablespoons oil in a 6 to 8-quart ovenproof
heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until
lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Add garlic and cook,
stirring, 5 minutes. Preheat oven to 325°F.
Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat
beef dry and toss with flour mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons
oil in a large heavy skillet until hot but not smoking,
then brown beef in batches, adding as browned to onions
and adding more oil to skillet as necessary.
Add soy, Worcestershire, and steak sauces, bay leaves,
thyme, and enough beer to pot to just cover beef and
onions, then bring to a simmer. Cover pot and braise
stew in middle of oven, stirring in brown sugar after
about an hour if desired, until meat is tender, about
2 hours.
Season stew with salt and pepper.
Cooks Note: Stew improves over 2 to 3 days and
freezes well. Cool stew completely, uncovered, before
keeping chilled or frozen, covered.
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| C O M M I S H ' S R
E C O R D |
| LEAGUE |
TYPE |
RECORD |
PLAYOFFS? |
| CCL |
Dynasty |
2-13 |
Lost in the toilet
bowl first round |
| Madison FFL |
Keeper |
7-8-1 |
Toilet bowl runner-up |
| Hoosier FFL |
Re-draft
performance |
8-9 |
Super Bowl runner-up |
| CBS Sportsline |
Re-draft
yardage |
9-7 |
Lower Level Winner
3rd Place |
| Grote FFL |
Idiot
performance league |
11-5 |
Cake Walk Winner |
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