King Mustafa (2-0) 141.5 vs. Katon (0-2) 97.2
Moose almost was top scorer for his second week in a row until Chase came out of nowhere with a huge Monday night game with Odell. Moose is top scorer so far this season however, having scored 295.7 points in the first two weeks to start the year. Katon couldn’t quite get it going this week with another underwhelming performance from Devonta Freeman, an injury to Michael Gallup and Delanie Walker coming back down to Earth from his monster week 1 outing. Lamar Jackson is averaging 35.1 fantasy points per game for Moose.
Brad (2-0) 134.2 vs. Jen (0-2) 96.4
Brad has scored a consistent 132.1 and 134.2 to start the season, averaging 133.2 game. A big 24.3 point outing from Chris Godwin set the tone for this matchup as Jen wasn’t able to overcome her terrible number of injuries. Some bright spots for her is Terry McLaurin looks to be a great free agent find (Wr#5 after 2 weeks) and Calvin Ridley had a big outing on SNF with 22.7. She’ll be hoping Kittle and DJ start scoring like they can and should.
Joe (0-2) 71.3 vs. JD (2-0) 114.5
Joe’s team didn’t show up to this one. Had he taken my advice and done a kicker bowl he would have won it, but CMC getting 6.1 on TNF pretty much sealed his fate. Getting a combined 0.7 from Dede Westbrook and DeSean Jackson didn’t help matters. JD got 27.5 from Dak Prescott who is looking like a great value to start the year. His starting running backs combined for 15.3 and he still was able to defeat Joe by 43.2 points. Bright spot for Joe was Antonio Brown looked like… Antonio Brown.
Scotty (1-1) 128.5 vs. Mike (0-2) 100.9
Scotty rode the NE Patriots D/ST to the tune of 37 points this week. He also got 25.6 from Aaron Jones and 24.5 from Tom Brady. Mike is kicking himself for picking Mixon over Dalvin Cook so far this season as Mixon has scored 6.4 fantasy points through two weeks. With the injury to Brees, his first round pick Mike Thomas takes a hit and Mike has more questions than answers after this week.
Kenny (2-0) 98.1 vs. Trey (1-1) 66.7
Kenny has been an enigma so far this season. He has scored the 3rd fewest points in the league and yet sits 2-0. His points against are at 152.6 compared to Jen’s at 288.4 (difference of 135.8 or 89% increase over Kenny’s PA). In this league, we don’t care how we get the wins, as long as we get them. Kenny lost Big Ben in this matchup, but got carried by Barkley with 23.7 and Kenny Golladay with 23.9. Trey had 7 players in single digits and his highest scorer was Aaron Rodgers at 14.2. Not going to win many games like that.
Chase (1-1) 142.4 vs. Tommy (1-1) 103.4)
Chase came out of nowhere to pass Moose and Brad up to be the highest scorer for the week, thanks to Odell Beckham Jr. doing Odell Beckham Jr. things. OBJ scored 29.5 including an 89-yard touchdown. Chase had Julio (29.6), OBJ (29.5) and Mahomes (36.5) combine for 95.6 points, almost enough to take out Tommy by themselves. Tommy got a respectable 14.9 from Le’Veon despite Trevor Seimen starting and a Qb named Falk finishing the game. Tommy has to be concerned with having Jared Cook, Saints D/ST, and Wil Lutz with the injury to Drew Brees, but a bright spot on his team is TY Hilton averaging 17.9 fantasy points after two weeks and Derrick Henry averaging 23.2 and being ranked #3 Rb in Fantasy.
Week 3 Preview:
***Game of the Week***
King Mustafa (2-0) vs. Brad (2-0)
The #1 Scorer vs. the #2 Scorer after two weeks face off in an epic battle for Division bragging rights. Both teams striving for that coveted 3-0. Although this matchup looks good on paper, it doesn’t take long to dive in and see that Moose is the heavy favorite in this one. Lamar Jackson who is averaging 35.1 fantasy points per game faces Kansas City in what could be the highest scoring game of the season. He also has Travis Kelce (TE#2) in this matchup and could opt to use Mark Andrews(TE#1) in the flex. In addition, he has Amari Cooper vs. Miami’s 3 First Round Picks in 2020, 2 Second Round Picks in 2020, 2 First Round Picks in 2021, 2 Second Round picks in 2021, you get the picture…. They are in full tank mode and as fantasy managers it’s our job to start every single person you can against Miami players and dump every Dolphins player you may have accidentally drafted. In addition to that juicy-ass matchup, Moose has DJ Moore @ Arizona. Arizona’s secondary has gotten torched by Matt Stafford and Lamar Jackson and now they get a struggling Cam Newton. Despite Cam’s struggles DJ Moore is averaging 10.5 fantasy points per game and has 24 targets after two weeks. Meaning his production is only a matter of time. What better time than against Arizona defense minus Patrick Peterson? Looking over at Brad’s side he has Josh Allen vs. Cincinnati or Russell Wilson at home vs. the Saints minus Drew Brees. The Bills-Cincy game opened at 40.5 O/U but has climbed up to 44, Saints-Seattle game opened at 50 O/U but has dropped to 44.5, so good luck with that shit. I might flip a coin. Conner has a banged up knee and travels to the West coast to face a surprising 2-0 49ers team. Carson is at home vs. the Saints, Godwin faces NYG, and Evan Engram (TE#3) faces Tampa Bay with Daniel “Danny Dimes” Jones taking over the starting gig for Eli Manning. Brad’s only hope lies in Dalvin Cook, who Moose passed on at the ½ turn, against Oakland. Cook is fantasy’s #1 Running back after two weeks with scores of 27.8 and 31.3. Oakland has been stingy against the run in the first two weeks, only giving up 12.6 average points to fantasy running backs when the NFL average is 19.8. That’s good for 4th best in the league in stopping opposing fantasy rb’s. Like I said, on paper close, but after further review, Moose wins this one, big.
Katon (0-2) vs. Jen (0-2)
On the other side of Division 1 we have two 0-2 teams searching for their first win. These teams are #1 and #2 in Points Against to start the season after facing Moose and Brad. Katon has Zeke against Miami in Dallas and he may break the single game rushing record for most rushing yards in a game this week. Jen is battling so many injuries, it’s hard to imagine she escapes that one matchup alone this week.
***Rivalry Game***
JD (2-0) vs. Tommy (1-1)
Is this a battle over who is the better hunter or a battle over pretend football? Either way, it’s going to be good! JD has Dak Prescott vs. Miami in Dallas and he may break the single game rushing record for most rushing yards by a Quarterback in a single week. He also has both running backs in the Bal @ KC matchup. Tommy has Le’Veon @ New England. I wonder if they are going to try taking Le’Veon out of the of gameplan or concentrate on the Qb Luke Falk? It’s Bell, they are shutting down Bell, okay! Tommy was most recently spotted wearing Tennessee Titans gear and he has Derrick Henry @ Jacksonville. You may recall that it was against Jacksonville that Henry had his ultra-super-mega-epic almost 50 fantasy point scoring week last year. To win this one, Tommy might need that to happen again…
Trey (1-1) vs. Mike (0-2)
In Week 1 Mike scored 85.9 and in Week 2 Trey scored 66.7. ESPN opens up the projected score at 103.5 to 103.6, which is obviously the closest projected matchup of the week. Trey has Dallas D/ST against Miami who just gave up 37 fantasy points to New England… at home. Before they traded their starting safety… Mike has Mixon @ Buffalo and Michael Thomas @ Seattle. He has Jag D/ST vs. Tennessee. Are you sure? Mike I’m worried about you. You keep starting Jaguars D/ST and they’ve scored 6 points in 2 weeks. That’s not good Mike. Derrick Henry went off against them last year. Do you remember Mike? Do you remember the 200+ yard 3 touchdown game from Derrick Henry last year against Jacksonville? Whatever, Yolo, am I right?
Chase (1-1) vs. Joe (0-2)
Chase has Patrick Mahomie in the Baltimore shootout, and Hollywood Brown @ KC, who might be for real. My brother, Andy, sent me a video of Hollywood hanging out with Lamar Jackson after the game on Sunday, so it appears as though they are good friends… incredible pickup prior to Week 1. (That’s right, Chase picked up him prior to Week 1, before the big game, and the second big game. Chase has done it again- cue Britney Spears singing “Oops I did it again…”). Chiefs D/ST vs. Baltimore. Yeah Chase is getting a new D/ST this week…. For sure. He has Cowboys kicker vs. Miami, so he may break the single game record for most points by a kicker in a single game. Joe has whatever quarterback he picks up off waivers versus whoever they play, Christian McCaffrey @ Arizona. Antonio Brown vs. the Jets unless he gets suspended or something comes of him being accused of fucking rape. Looking at the matchup it certainly appears Joe needs help. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a desperation trade out of Joe, which may be difficult given his best asset is untradeable Christian McCaffrey.
Kenny (2-0) vs. Scotty (1-1)
Kenny is 2-0 despite being 3rd lowest scoring team in the league. He has Saquon who gets elevated with a shimmer of hope from Daniel Jones getting his first career start. This Tampa team was able to slow down CMC last week, but can they contain Barkley? Thielen faces Oakland, Golladay @ Philly and Zach Ertz vs. Detroit. Don’t sleep on Harrison Butker’s ability to score big in this one. Unstoppable offense vs. somewhat decent defense. Scotty has a now week in and week out stud in Tom Brady who has the best receiving corps in all of football. Kamara takes a hit with Brees injury (maybe?). Fournette plays Ten on TNF. Sammy Watkins in the shootout game, TJ Hockensen vs. Philly. Patriots D/ST get NYJ being quarterbacked by Luke Falk a week after playing Miami. It’s not even fair at this point… Will Kenny’s luck streak continue?
Good luck to all, but Moose this week!
-Commish B-Razzle
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