Week 7 Recap:

Moose (6-1) 123.3 vs. JD (5-2) 97.9

“Marvin is due,” I texted Moose earlier this week in a group text. I was so sure Marvin was due that I bet $10 on DFS and started him. (I won $18, +$8 net). Amari Cooper played and played well for Moose, getting 15.6. Lamar Jackson had his best game of the season with 26.2. Maybe not his best fantasy game, but if you watched that game, he was incredible. Ekeler came up big with 24.3. JD got 30.4 from Darren Waller who Moose traded to him earlier this year in the Breida-Waller-A-Rob trade. I still think everyone is winning that trade still. Brad has a Top 25 Wideout, JD has a Top Tight End, and Moose was able to package Breida to get Odell. JD got an amazing 56.4/97.9 points from his peripherals. Accounting for 57.6% of his points for the week, which is just absurd. Usually if that happens it’s a winning week, but JD had 5 players score below 6 points and couldn’t hang with Moose. Moose is back at #1.

Brad (4-3) 97.3 vs. Mike (3-4) 103.9

Brad couldn’t survive Conner and Godwin’s Bye AND himself this week. Let me tell you all a story. Week before last I picked up Chiefs D/ST to start them @ Denver, since Denver sucks. So I put them in the lineup on Tuesday morning thinking I’m good to go. Then I start looking at defenses and think the Colts look good, so I drop the Chiefs and put in the Colts D/ST against HOU on Wednesday. Then a website I like to follow for fantasy sports comes out with their D/ST rankings for the week. They have Chiefs D/ST ranked 13^th, Colts D/ST ranked 22^nd and Free Agent Seahawks ranked 12^th. Rainy weather, Lamar Jackson was getting sacked a couple times per game and throwing picks and Mark Ingram has always had fumble issues. Made sense. So had I gone with my first instinct, I would have won the game. If I had gone with my second instinct, I would have won the game. But because I changed my mind twice I lose. In Week 3 when I lost, I could have started a different Qb and Rb in the flex and beat Moose. In Week 4 I bench Godwin who was “injured” against a “formidable” slot corner and I lose. I look around the league seeing Kenny get a win while scoring 75.8, Trey getting a win in Week 5 scoring 99.2, JD getting a win scoring 70.9 in Week 4, Chase getting a win in Week 7 scoring 89.5. Joe getting a win in Week 7 scoring 85.4 And yet here I am. With Top 5 Qb, Rb, Wr, TE, with other Top 20 Rb, Wr and I have to start the perfect fucking lineup in order to win games. I have won games I should win and lost games I should lose. 0 Luck in equation. Literally have to make the right fucking decision in order to win. Am I happy I have matched my wins from last year?   Sure. It could be much much worse… but just a fucking inch of breathing room would be fucking great! Mixon got a TD, Jags D/ST got a pick 6 late, Will Fuller pulled a hammy, and Mike’s shitty ass team hands my team its 3^rd loss of the fucking season. Should be 6 and fucking 1… Don’t @ Me.

Chase (2-5) 89.5 vs. Katon (1-6) 79.8

Both Chase and Katon lost their Qb’s to injury this week. Chase losing Mahomes on TNF after he threw a touchdown and Katon losing Matt Ryan after scoring a paltry 2.4 points. Honestly the ankle injury probably helped his final fantasy output because the Rams were dominant. He also lost Devonta Freeman to an ejection for throwing a punch at Aaron Donald after Donald lifted him up like he was doing a bicep curl. Delanie Walker exited due to an injury and Melvin Gordon was stuffed at the Goalline and cost the Chargers the game. Solid 26.1 from Zeke and 15 from Brett Maher for Katon. Chase’s team didn’t crack 90, but he did get a huge 32 points from Latavius Murray, which was the difference in this one. He had 6 players score 7.2 or less this week, but the fantasy God’s came him a break after losing Mahomes on TNF for most likely a few weeks.

Tommy (2-5) 101.6 vs. Scotty (5-2) 118.4

Two teams going in opposite directions as Tommy continues his losing streak and Scotty keeps his winning streak alive. Scotty was once again led by Patriots D/ST who scored 25. The Pats D/ST would be currently ranked Qb6, Rb4, Wr3, or TE1. It’s a cheat code and Scotty’s been riding that Game Genie to a solid 5-2 record. Scotty got 20 from Stefon Diggs and 18.3 from Fournette who had that juicy matchup against Cincy and didn’t disappoint. Brighter days are ahead for Tommy’s team, but this wasn’t one of them.

Joe (5-2) 85.4 vs. Kenny (4-3) 84.1

Kenny has scored 103 or less in 6 out of 7 games this season. He is 4-2 in those games, so despite the close score he can’t really complain about losing. He’s had his fair share of luck. He definitely could complain about scoring 127.6 and losing in Week 5, but this week an 84.1 is going to be a loss most weeks. Joe started the wrong Qb, starting Daniel Jones who got 10.3 while Stafford went off for 31.4 on his bench. He didn’t have to be perfect. Kenny got 24.9 from Goff but had 6 players scoring in single digits. If he had started Cousins over Goff he would have won, since Cousins dropped 32.1 on his bench.

Jen (1-6) 72.1 vs. Trey (4-3) 149.2

Jen had 6 players score 5 or less. She was carried by Brissett’s 30.6. Cardinals pulled the David Johnson is “Active” but didn’t tell anyone that he would only be used in emergency. Jerks. Trey went off this week for his best game of the season with Aaron Rodgers getting 48.6, Hopkins getting 23.2, and Josh Jacobs getting 17.6. These three combined to beat Jen’s team 72.1 to 89.4. Not bad considering Trey had Mike Evans and Curtis Samuel on bye this week.

Week 8 Preview:

***Game of the Week***

Scotty (5-2) vs. Brad (4-3)

The two teams projected the most in week 8, square off in a big matchup. Brad has scored the 2^nd most points in the league through 7 weeks (891.9) and Scotty has scored the 3^rd most (867.8). Both teams are looking to be fully healthy and with no major bye weeks, as long as Alvin Kamara can come back for Scotty.  Both teams have great matchups too. This could easily be another 150-148 type game that Scotty has been apart of this season. Scotty features Qb #8 Tom Brady vs. Cleveland, Rb#7 Fournette vs. NYJ, Rb#5 Aaron Jones @ KC, #14 Rb Alvin Kamara vs. Arizona, #7 WR Stefon Diggs vs. Washington on TNF, #11 Courtland Sutton @ IND, #14 TE TJ Hockensen vs. NYG, #1 Pats D/ST vs. Cleveland, and Matt Bryant vs. Seattle at home. Brad has the butter spread this week, with players playing on TNF, 12pm Sunday, 3:05 Sunday, SNF, and MNF. Brad will feature Qb#3 Russell Wilson vs. Atlanta, RB#2 Dalvin Cook vs. Washington on TNF, #15 Rb James Conner vs. Miami on MNF, #1 Wr Chris Godwin @ TEN, Tyreek Hill vs. GB on SNF, #17 WR Allen Robinson vs. LAC. #5 TE Evan Engram @ Detroit, Steeelers D/ST vs. Miami on MNF, and Robbie Gould vs. Carolina. If Kamara sits again then Scotty will need to rely on Tevin Coleman to step up vs. Carolina. Should be a great game!

Joe (5-2) vs. Trey (4-3)

Joe loses Kerryon Johnson for the year, so his 1.3-point victory over Kenny came at a price. He’ll now rely on Duke Johnson as he doesn’t have another running back on his roster besides #1 Rb CMC and Duke. Trey has #7 Qb Aaron Rodgers at KC on SNF, #12 Rb Josh Jacobs @ HOU, #16 Marlon Mack vs. DEN. #10 Fantasy Wideout DeAndre Hopkins, #21 Wr John Brown, vs. PHI, and #11 TE Hunter Henry @ Chicago. Joe right now is starting Jameis Winston, #4 Cooper Kupp vs. CIN, #1 TE Austin Hooper, and his two stud D/ST play each other. Should be a good game!

***Rivalry Game***

Katon (1-6) vs. Mike (3-4)

It certainly seems to be raining shit on Katon right now. In comes Mike Grote with #2 Fantasy Qb Deshaun Watson vs. an Oakland team that just made Aaron Rodgers look like a GOD. Then they traded one of their cornerbacks away after the game. Mike will have #2 Wr Mike Thomas vs. Patrick Peterson in the Dome, #5 WR DJ Chark vs. NYJ, and #12 WR Tyler Lockett @ Atlanta. Katon has Zeke on a bye, Melvin Gordon @ Chicago and do I need to go on?

***Rivalry Game***

Chase (2-5) vs. Moose (6-1)

Super Bowl 10 Rematch! Last year Chase was dominant, and Moose squeaked into the playoffs and ran the table. This year Moose is dominant, and Chase is barely surviving. Chase will be streaming Qb’s until he can get Patrick Mahomes in a few weeks. Moose will be without #1 Fantasy Qb Lamar Jackson and #3 Fantasy Wr Amari Cooper. Chase will be without Marquise Brown, Mark Andrews, and Michael Gallup, the latter two will be denied a revenge game against their former team. Moose will have 4-TD Marvin Jones Jr. vs. NYG, Odell Beckham Jr. @ NE, Travis Kelce vs. GB on MNF with Matt Moore throwing him the football. Chase will have Golden Tate @ DET, Julio Jones vs. SEA with Matt Ryan/Schaub? Throwing him the football. Sony Michel faces Cleveland, Vikings D/ST is against Washington on TNF.

JD (5-2) vs. Jen (1-6)

JD limps into this contest having lost 2 in a row after starting 5-0. JD is 8^th in total PF with 731.1 and Jen is 10^th with 699.7. JD has had the least amount of Points Against at 629 on the season, while Jen has had the most at 943.9. That’s right. JD has averaged 89.9 points against him, while Jen has averaged 134.8 a difference of 44.9 points per game. This is looking at one of the luckiest teams in the league vs. the unluckiest team in the league. JD has Dak and Mark Ingram on byes this week. Chris Thompson is banged up, Davante Adams is banged up, Damien Williams has been losing snap count % and Mahomes is now hurt. He does have #2 Fantasy TE Darren Waller @ HOU, JuJu in a confidence-boosting game against Miami. Jen has a solid lineup with Jacoby Brissett playing great (up to Qb#14), Chris Carson ranked #9 Fantasy Rb, David Johnson is a bit banged up, so it’s worth monitoring this week. He was active last week, but wasn’t really. She has Frank Gore vs. PHI, Calvin Ridley vs. Seattle and F1 Terry McLaurin @ MIN. Despite the records, Jen comes in heavily favored in this one. Jd will be competing with Chase and a couple other teams for QB streamers this week.

Kenny (4-3) vs. Tommy (2-5)

Tommy has lost 3 in a row and Kenny has been alternating wins and losses since Week 2. Kenny has the matchups this week. I think with Cousins vs Washington on TNF, Barkley @ Detroit, and Kenny Golladay vs. NYG, Kenny has the edge. Tommy has Wentz and Goedert @ Buffalo, Le’Veon @ JAX, Derrick Henry vs. TB (Who has been terrific against the run), and Todd Gurley vs. CIN (Who is the worst against the run). Big game from Gurley, but will it be enough? I predict a close, lower scoring game.

Good Luck Everybody!