Year: 2020

BBY 2020: Super Bowl 12 Preview

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BBY 2020 Super Bowl 12 Preview      

3. Mike (Regular Season: 8-5, Playoffs 2-0) vs. 1. Kenny (Regular Season: 9-4, Playoffs 1-0)

Preview: The last Super Bowl to feature two teams that had not won a title was 2017 when Jen faced Trey in Super Bowl 9.  This is Mike’s second Super Bowl appearance, but first since 2009 in Super Bowl I.  This is Kenny’s first Super Bowl appearance.

How They Got Here:

Kenny- 6th Pick.  Dalvin Cook fell to Kenny with contract and injury concerns.  5 Running Backs were drafted ahead of him and yet entering the Super Bowl week Dalvin Cook is the #1 Fantasy Running Back.  In the 2ndRound he was fortunate to have Tyreek Hill fall to him after Joe took Mike (hehe) Evans before him.  That would be #1 Fantasy Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill.  In the next two rounds Kenny took veteran running backs on different teams in 22. Todd Gurley and 17. Melvin Gordon III.  These picks weren’t sexy, but Melvin Gordon scored 5 touchdowns against me in our three matchups this season and I hate him for it.  He then took #6 DK Metcalf in Round 5 and #5 Stefon Diggs in Round 6.  For those keeping track: #1 Rb, #1Wr, #22 Rb, #17 Rb, #6 Wr, #5 Wr.  The rest of his draft sucked, but that didn’t matter.  You go 6/6 in your first six rounds and you’re going to compete.  Adding Rookie Phenom #8 Qb Justin Herbert for $21 was a superb move for a team that seemed to be a Qb away from making a run at this thing.  Kenny wind up scoring 1676.4 regular season points on his way to $200 and a Points Leader winner.  

Mike- 1st Pick.  Mike is in the Super Bowl despite not having his #1 Overall Pick Christian McCaffrey in all but three games this season.  Mike smartly bid $63 for Mike Davis once McCaffrey went down.  Davis has filled in admirably for CMC, but he’s #15 Running Back.  At the 2nd/3rd turn Mike went George Kittle and David Johnson.  Kittle has been effective when playing, but he too was injured, missing 9 games this season.  He averages 14.3 when he actually plays.  #27 Rb David Johnson also missed 5 games due to injury.  In the 4th Round Mike selected #14 AJ Brown who missed 3 games earlier in the season.  In Round 5 Mike busted with TY Hilton.  Hilton scored single digits for the first 11 weeks of the fantasy season.  In the 6thround Mike took Deebo Samuel, who you guessed it… missed 6 games due to injury.  Then in the 7th round Mike struck gold with #2 Qb Kyler Murray.  Mike’s greatest pick though came in Round 11.  He took Justin Jefferson out of LSU.  The rookie is Wide Receiver #7.  Incredible value in Round 11.  The rest was crap.  A saavy move for Mike was picking up Corey Davis for $0 from Free Agency.  He somehow is the #20 Wide Receiver. 

Summary: Kenny was healthy and crushed his first 6 rounds.  Mike was extremely injury riddled this season, but was fortunate to have BY FAR the lowest Points Against (1298.8) the next closest team was Katon with 1407.2.  A difference of 108.4 points.  Would you rather by lucky or good?  

With all that said… none of it matters.  All that matters is what happens in Week 16.

Matchups:

Mike- Mike has #2 Kyler Murray versus San Francisco on Saturday after Christmas.  He last faced San Fran all the way back in Week 1 to the tune of 26.3 fantasy points including 91 rushing yards.  #27 David Johnson faces #17 OPRK Cincinnati with Duke Johnson out of the contest.  This bodes well for DJ from a volume standpoint, which is the reason why he was drafted at the beginning of the third round to begin with.  #15 Mike Davis faces #5 OPRK against that NASTY Washington defensive line.  I’m not sure how effective he’ll be in what might be a defensive affair.  #12 AJ Brown and #20 Corey Davis is against a solid Green Bay secondary on Sunday Night Football.  Star Rookie #7 Wide Receiver Justin Jefferson faces a tough Saints defense in the Dome on Christmas Day.  George Kittle has been activated from IR in time to face an Arizona defense that has been racking up sacks lately.  We’ll have to see if Kittle if Full Go or if he is on a snap count.  As of right now Mike has Indy D/ST versus Pittsburgh instead of Tampa Bay versus a Detroit offense who will have a play caller that hasn’t called plays in forever because their coaching staff got hammered with Covid procedures this week.  Mike has darling #1 Kicker Younghoe Koo versus Kansas City.  Kickers like Koo make fantasy fun.  

Kenny- Kenny has #8 Justin Herbert versus Denver.  In Week 8 Herbert scored 21.1 throwing for 278 yards and 3 touchdowns with a couple interceptions.  #1 Rb Dalvin Cook has a tough matchup against a stout Saints defensive line.  But he’s virtually matchup proof as evident from his 27.4 against Chicago last week to spank Brad’s ass back to 1 Ball Land.  #17 Melvin Gordon faces LAC.  He only managed 7.7 fantasy points in their first outing against the Chargers.  #1 Tyreek Hill gets 32nd ranked Atlanta OPRK.  A virtual smash spot yet Kenny will have to watch as Hill gets the Questionable designation.  Hill faces the worst defense guarding receivers and Kenny’s Wide Receiver #2/3 #6 DK Metcalf faces the best defense at guarding receivers.  LA Rams with #1 OPRK.  Metcalf had BY FAR his worst game of the season going up against Jalen Ramsey and the Rams secondary for a measily 3.8 fantasy points.  We’ll see if he gets shut down again or if he gets revenge for the first outing.  At tight end, Kenny’s only weakness, he has either #18 Dallas Goedert or #17 Tyler Higbee.  Goedert gets Dallas who he scored 2 fantasy points against in Week 8 and Higbee gets Seattle who he scored 7.5 against in Week 10.  Kenny is flipping a coin and hoping one of them catches a TD in this one.  #5 Stefon Diggs Monday Night Football matchup at New England isn’t as daunting given their top Corner Stephon Gilmore landed on IR and NE is out of the playoff hunt.  #3 Dolphins D/ST against LV or #4  Rams D/ST against Russel Wilson and Seattle.  Right now Kenny has Dolphins in his lineup against a Las Vegas team that has nothing to lose as they are out of the playoff hunt.  Kenny has old Mr. Reliable #6 Kicker Justin Tucker.  

Final Thoughts:

This was shaping up to be a David vs. Goliath matchup.  Kenny looks unstoppable scoring 150.3 during the bye week and 142.6 in the Final Four.  Mike had scored 106.8 in Round 1, but then exploded in Round 2 with 151.0 points.  Kenny has the better team.  We know this.  But in Fantasy it’s all about strategy and luck.  Anybody can start the right person or the wrong person.  Last year I started the wrong Wide Receiver after losing my top Rb and top Wr and I lost by 1 point.  Whoever wins will win their first title, will win cash, and have the trophy shipped to them by Moose.  I don’t know who will win, but I’m sure we are in for a fun Super Bowl, that’s stretches over Christmas Day game, Saturday games, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football.  Best of luck to both of you.  May the odds be ever in your favor. 

Bottom Bowl:

Joe vs. Moose:

Winner gets 6 balls, Loser gets 5 balls.  Congrats guys you already “won”

JD vs. Chase

Winner gets 4 balls, Loser gets 3 balls.  Not too shabby.

Scotty vs. Tommy

Winner gets 2 balls, Loser gets 1 ball and the shame of being the worst fantasy player this season.  Come on Scotty, don’t take my high draft grade all the way down man.  My ego can’t take it.  

Thank you all for a wonderful season everyone.  God Bless and I look forward to the draft lottery next season!  Now let’s enjoy Mike and Kenny in Super Bowl 12!

BBY 2020: Round 2 Playoffs

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BBY Dream Team League 2020 Playoffs: Round 2

Quick Recap:

4. Brad defeated 5. Katon in a shootout 160-142.5 and 3. Mike defeated 6. Jen 106.8-82.2.  Bracket still appears to be lopsided setting up a potential David vs. Goliath Super Bowl.  Kenny, Katon, and Brad combined to score 452.8 (average of 150.9) as opposed to Jen, Mike, and Trey combining to score 272.6 (average of 90.9).  Of course anyone can beat anyone any given week.    

Final Four Resume’s:

Kenny: 0-1 in Final Four matchups

Brad: 5-2 in Final Four matchups

Mike: 1-2 in Final Four matchups

Trey: 1-1 in Final Four matchups

Round 2:

Round 2 brings us a beautifully symmetrical bracket.  1-2-3-4 seeds advanced for BBY Supremacy.  Also, the four remaining teams represent the contiguous United States.  Mike represents the North in North Dakota, Brad the West in California, Trey the East in South Carolina, and Kenny the South in Louisiana.  It’s kind of like Game of Thrones.   Mike is the Starks representing the North.  Which of course would make his sigil a Dire Wolf.  Kenny being from the South would make him the Lannister’s who controlled King’s Landing for most of the show.  His sigil would be a Golden Lion, which also equates with all those Points he scored.  Trey would be House Baratheon whose house traditionally rules the Stormlands on the Eastern coast of Westeros and who’s sigil is a Mighty Stag.  And Brad would be House Greyjoy because this fantasy group’s perception of a small surgery that he had on a dilated vein running from his kidney to my left testicle is the equivalent of having his dick chopped off like Theon Greyjoy.  I digress.  

4. Brad vs. 1. Kenny

Preview: Kenny beat Brad twice in the regular season, edged out Brad for Points Winner, and is more handsome.  Brad has the #1 Quarterback, #2 Running Back and #1 Tight End.  Kenny has #1 Running Back, #1 Wide Receiver, AND the #3 Wide Receiver, AND the #4 Wide Receiver, and #2 Defense.  

Matchup Notables:  Brad’s #1 Patrick Mahomes and #1 Travis Kelce (along with Kenny’s #1 Tyreek Hill) face a tough Saints Defense.  This game is being played in the SuperDome where Tyreek Hill may be able to crack the sound barrier on a deep route.  Brad’s #2 Derrick Henry faces OPRK 31st Detroit, setting up an on-paper smash spot.  Kenny’s trio of wideouts have tough(er) matchups in #1 Tyreek Hill vs. #8 OPRK New Orleans, #3 DK Metcalf vs. #4 OPRK Washington, and #4 Stefon Diggs vs. #10 OPRK Denver.  #1 Rb Dalvin Cook hasn’t done great against #8 OPRK Chicago’s defense.  But Kenny has a Diamond in the Rough in #2 D/ST LA Rams versus #32 OPRK the hapless New York Jets.  That is going to be a slaughter and Kenny could easily get north of 20 points there. 

Final Thoughts: Brad would need to have a lot of fortunate chain of events to take place to defeat the Top Seed in the playoffs.  

3. Mike vs. 2. Trey

Preview: Trey defeated Mike 113.4 to 109.7 in Week 10.  This is their first playoff matchup.  Trey has #4 and #8 Running Backs.  Mike has #2 Quarterback and #8 Wide Receiver.  

Matchup Notables: Mike has #15 Rb Mike Davis vs. #29th OPRK GB Packers on Saturday, and his Titans Stack of #13 AJ Brown and #25 Corey Davis face #27th OPRK Detroit Lions.  Trey has all matchups which feature middle of the pack OPRK’s with the exception of TY Hilton who faces #24 OPRK Houston Texans.  TY has been on a tear the last 3 weeks averaging 21.1 points per game.  

Final Thoughts:  This matchup could go either way.  Interesting note to add is Mike’s #2 Qb Kyler Murray facing Rookie Jalen Hurts in a game against one another.  Who wins between Sophomore and Rookie?  

Bottom Bowl:

Game 1: Moose vs. Chase: 

Super Bowl 10 Rematch sets friends against one another.  Winner is guaranteed 5-6 balls in Game 1 of Round 3. Loser is guaranteed 3-4 balls in Game 2 of Round 3.

Game 2: Joe vs. Tommy

Friends become enemies.  Enemies become friends.  This is the most important and volatile game in the Bottom Bowl.  Game 2 of Round 2.  The winner is guaranteed 5 or 6 balls in Game 1 of Round 3.  The loser; however, shoots down to Game 3 of Round 3 and can either win 2 balls or only have 1 ball like the playoff teams.  Since it’s so volatile it would be a perfect time for a… kicker bowl?

Game 3: JD vs. Scotty

Winner moves on to Game 2 of Round 2 and is guaranteed 3 or 4 balls.  Loser moves on to Game 3 of Round 3 and will either win 2 balls or only get 1 ball.  

Best of Luck Everyone!  I certainly hope Justin Herbert doesn’t go to Overtime and instead of finishing with 19.7 fantasy points hit a bomb and go over 300 yards and then rush for a game winning touchdown in overtime to give Kenny a 30.8 point head start against me this week!    

BBY 2020 Playoffs Round 1 Preview

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Playoff Preview Round 1

Welcome to the Playoff Preview for the 2020 Playoffs of the 12th year of the Best Buy Dream Team League.  Couple more prepositions and that sentence would have gotten really annoying.   First analysis of the bracket shows that it is a bit lopsided.  1. Kenny (Points For: 1676.4) will play the winner of 4. Brad (Points For: 1637.2) and 5. Katon (Points For: 1506.3).  The average Points For on this side of the bracket is 1606.6.  On the other side we have 2. Trey (Points For: 1504.8) will play the winner of 3. Mike (Points For: 1508.3) vs. 6. Jen (Points For: 1282.2).  The average Points For on this side of the bracket is 1431.8.  Of course, in the Fantasy Playoffs it doesn’t matter how you got there.  It matters that you got in.  Because if you got in then you have a shot.  A shot… at winning a Championship.  Only two teams out of the six have won Super Bowls before (Trey: 2017, Brad: 2009, 2011).  Five teams have made it to Super Bowls before (Jen lost to Trey in 2017, Katon lost to Chase in 2016, and Mike lost to Brad in 2009).  Then there is Kenny.  Kenny has never made it to a Super Bowl, but he comes into the bracket as the #1 Seed and won the Points Leader Title for 2020, winning him some cash in the process.  ($180).  Of course, I would be remiss to not mention how crazy of a season it’s been.  Dealing with suspended games, players unexpectedly going on COVID Reserve lists, on top of another injury riddled season.  It has been challenging to make the right calls and it’s another reminder of how little we control in fantasy.  We control a lot, but luck and circumstance control a lot too.  Best of Luck to the four playoffs teams squaring off this week.  May the odds be ever in your favor.  

Byes: 1. Kenny, 2. Trey

Playoff Resumes’:

Kenny: Appearances: 3, Record: 1-3, SB Appearances: 0, SB Wins: 0

Trey: Appearances: 4, Record: 4-3, SB Appearances: 1, SB Wins: 1 (2017)

3. Mike (8-5) vs. 6. Jen (7-6)

Playoff Resumes’:

Mike: Appearances: 3, Record: 2-3, SB Appearances: 1, SB Wins: 0

Jen: Appearances: 2, Record: 1-2, SB Appearances: 1, SB Wins: 0

Preview: The winner of Mike and Jen will go on to face the 2 Seed Trey.  These two have not met head-to-head in the playoffs previously.

X Factor Players: 

Mike’s x factor player: Christian McCaffrey.  Run CMC was out for most of the 2020 campaign dealing with a high ankle sprain, then when he returns, he injured his shoulder/ribs.  In the three contests he participated in he averaged 27.3 points per game.  He is looking good to be active in this one to the detriment of Jen’s playoff hopes.   

Jen’s x factor player: #6 DeAndre Hopkins.  D-Hop has struggled lately as much of the Cardinals offense has struggled.  In the last three weeks Hopkins has averaged 10.3 points per game.  For the season he averages 15.6 points per game, but he hasn’t been consistent.  He has scored over 20+ points in 5 contests and less than 10 points in 5 contests.  So which Hopkins will show up for Jen?  To advance she needs the 20+, which may be a difficult ask given Hopkins potential shadow coverage from lockdown corner James Bradberry on an underrated Giants Defense.  

Matchup Notables:

Mike- #16 AJ Brown faces a very beatable Jacksonville secondary ranked 30th in OPRK.  He was out the first time the Titans played the Jags and should post solid numbers in this game, which has a weird look of a shootout to it.  #4 Justin Jefferson is at Tampa Bay who gave up 269 receiving yards to Tyreek Hill a couple of weeks ago.  Tampa is coming off of a bye and sometimes teams can be a bit unpredictable following a bye week.  Some come out and look great, others come out and get destroyed.  Will be something to watch.

Jen- #6 Deshaun Watson plays @ Chicago.  Chicago is beatable in the secondary, but they have their moments.  They sit OPRK 9th and have been tough for opposing Quarterbacks; however, in the past two weeks they have given up almost 300 yards passing per game and 7 passing touchdowns.  On Sunday the current weather projection shows a high in Chicago of 32 degrees with a low of 21 degrees.     

Brad’s Final Thoughts:

Looking at the matchups Jen’s chances are slim.  It would be a huge upset for Jen to take out Mike and advance to the semifinals against Trey.  Of course, Mike had some favorable matchups in Week 5 too.  Jen defeated Mike 148.3 to 103.3 back then.  Who wins this one?

4. Brad (8-5) vs. 5. Katon (7-6)

Playoff Resumes’:

Brad: Appearances: 9, Record: 11-7, SB Appearances: 5, SB Wins: 2 (2009, 2011)

Katon: Appearances: 4, Record: 3-4, SB Appearances: 1: SB Wins: 0

Preview: The winner of Brad and Katon will go on to face the 1 Seed Kenny.  These two met in the playoffs in 2016 with Katon defeating Brad 153.5 to 97.9. This is Brad’s 10th playoff appearance in 12 seasons.   

X Factor Players:

Brad- #1 Travis Kelce might be the most valuable player in fantasy this season.  Given how bad the tight end position has been (of course last week there was a bit of an explosion from Darren Waller and other tight ends like Mike Gesicki and Logan Thomas had solid games). His 17.8 points per game is equivalent of having the #5 Fantasy Running Back in the Tight End slot.  He is Brad’s X Factor.  He has a test this week against Miami who is striving to convince the league of their validity as a playoff contender.  Beating the Chiefs might just accomplish that, but is easier said than done.  

Katon- #5 Aaron Rodgers.  In the last 7 games Rodgers has been a model of consistency, scoring between 22.5 and 31.9 fantasy points, and tossing multiple touchdowns in every one of those games.  On the season he averaged 24.7 points per game and should be a solid foundation for Katon’s point total in Round 1.  A dome game at Detroit isn’t a bad thing to keep that production moving forward.    

Matchup Notables:

Brad- His Chiefs Stack of #1 Patrick Mahomes/#1 Travis Kelce faces Miami.  In the last three weeks the Miami defense has given up an average of 7.9 fantasy points to opposing fantasy quarterbacks.  Now those Quarterbacks came from the Broncos, the Jets, and the Bengals.  Their kryptonite has been mobile quarterbacks with Cam Newton (25.7), Josh Allen (39.5), Russel Wilson (23.9) and Kyler Murray (40.8).  Mahomes may need to use his feet more in this one, which he has done some this season.  He rushed for over 25 yards in 6 games this season.  #3 Derrick Henry faces OPRK #29 Jacksonville coming off of a game where the Titans got destroyed (although their comeback makes it look a lot closer than it was) against the Browns last week and will be angry this week.  Derrick Henry facing Jacksonville twice this season was one of Brad’s main motivations for drafting him over Alvin Kamara.  In Week 2 Henry only got 8.4 fantasy points against them.  Brad will need these three to do average or better to have a shot to advance.    

Katon- #12 David Montgomery faces Houston ranked 31 OPRK.  Since the bye week Run D. Monty has averaged 25.5 fantasy points.  Potential smash spot for Montgomery who has been a true workhorse for Chicago the past two weeks.  #5 Keenan Allen also has a great matchup against Atlanta’s 31 OPRK. Atlanta averages 38 fantasy points against them per game to the Wide Receiver position.  Unless Mike Williams or James Guyton steps up, I imagine most of those points heading Allen’s way this week.  

Brad’s Final Thoughts:

Both teams are Top Heavy with a large percentage of their points coming from 3 players.  If Mahomes, Henry, and Kelce are cancelled out by Rodgers, Montgomery, and Allen, then this matchup might come down to everyone else.  Katon has better Rb2 in Nick Chubb facing Baltimore, Brad’s Wr1 Terry McLaurin could be a factor.  Honestly this game is pretty close to a toss up.  But given the matchups I think Katon’s big 3 have more potential to go off than Brad’s big 3.  So I’m inclined to believe that Katon may be favored to win ever so slightly.  

Bottom Bowl Preview:

Let’s talk about what you really came here for.  Balls.  That’s right, lottery balls that can won to increase one’s chance at a higher draft pick.  It worked out well with those with a Top 4 Pick this year.  The draft picks that made the playoffs were 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12.  So either you need to be #1 or get an even number.  Except of course for Scotty at #10 who got Brad’s Draft Grade kiss of death.  I digress, Bottom Bowl!

7. Chase (6-7) vs. 8. Tommy (6-7)

Chase won both regular season matchups against Tommy and they meet yet again.  The winner of this game will be in Game 1 of the second round and will already guarantee themselves 3 or more balls in the draft lottery next year.  So there is a lot at stake.  Chase opens up as a near 29 point favorite.  Had Chase’s luck gone slightly differently in the regular season his team has the potential of a post season run.  That run is still available just to win a potential higher draft pick next year.  Russell Wilson faces the Jets who are decent at stopping the run, but have given up 29+ fantasy points in 5 games this season.  Davante Adams faced Detroit, so 30 points isn’t a bad projection for him.  He averages 23.6 for God’s sake.  Tommy’s team is decent on paper with Top 10 Qb, 2 Top 10 Rb, 2 Top 18 WR, but Zeke getting neutered from the Dak injury, Kareem Hunt crapping out since Chubb’s return, and Kenny Golladay’s hip injury have pushed Tommy to the outside looking in.  And now a tough match against Chase.  A loss would put him in the Game 2 of Round 2, which is the most volatile Bottom Bowl game of the postseason.  Can Tommy pull off the upset and avenge his two losses in the regular season?

9. JD (5-8) vs. 10. Moose (5-8)

Moose won back-to-back titles and was striving for a three peat but wasn’t able to scrape together enough wins to make the playoffs despite scoring the third most points in the league and scoring the most in his division.  The salt in the wound thing about this season for Moose has to be the fact that the three other teams in his division all made the playoffs.  As you know in this league we practice “prima nocta” with the Champion being able to select the first team to be in their division.  JD started off rough, but he pulled off possibly the most lopsided trade in history this year.  Securing #3 Qb Josh Allen and #6 Rb Antonio Gibson for #11 Rb Kenyan Drake and a handcuff.  Unfortunately for JD he won’t have Gibson this week due to a turf toe injury, so he’ll have to rely on someone else to try and get him past Moose and into the coveted Game 1 of Round 2.  His key to victory will be #5 Aaron Jones versus Detroit.  Moose’s team exploded last week and enters this matchup out for blood.  Lamar Jackson @ Cleveland could help with that. 

11. Joe (4-9) vs. 12. Scotty (4-9)

Just realized the symmetry of the Bottom Bowl.  6-7 vs. 6-7, 5-8 vs. 5-8, and 4-9 vs. 4-9.  Joe stacked the Steelers this season and coupled them with Rookie Running Backs.  It looked good and I thought the strategy was going to work.  Then Steelers spread the ball out a lot making JuJu inconsistent and have a capped ceiling.  The rookies were impacted by crowded backfields, with Chiefs signing Le’veon Bell and the Colts relying on a rotation with Nyheim Hines stealing a lot of the valuable touches from Jonathan Taylor.  Scotty just got hit with the injury bug and he got hit hard.  Ekeler, Sanders, Conner, Dak.  Too many assets missing too many games to catch any momentum.  He traded injured Sanders for healthy Godwin and Godwin breaks a finger.  Par for the course.  The winner of this game moves on the volatile Game 2 in Round 2, the loser already is out of a chance at 6 and 5 balls and will secure 4 or less.  

Good Luck Everybody!

BBY 2020: Week 10 Recap & Week 11 Preview

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I’m back!

Week 10 Recap: 

Jen (7-3) 104.3 vs. Brad (6-4) 75.0 

Jen was leading throughout this one as Brad was exposed for being exactly who we thought he was.  Mahomes and Kelce.  Jen got a beautiful DJ Moore touchdown, 16 points from Matt Prater including a 59-yard game winner and DeAndre Hopkins caught a miracle end of the game, knockoff touchdown on a hail mary pass from Kyler Murray.  Jen gets the coveted 7th win. 

JD (4-6) 101.2 vs. Chase (4-6) 87.9

(Cue image of JD listening to “Staying Alive!”)  JD avoids the dreaded 7th loss.  This game was decided by Brad’s draft capital Josh Allen (26.7) and Antonio Gibson (20.5) who were sent to JD from the past in order to defeat Chase because Brad fears Chase’s team the most come playoff time.  Those two accounted for 46.6% of JD’s total point output.  Chase got 42 from his peripherals and 45.9 from his Qb, Rb1, Rb2, Wr1, Wr2, and Flex positions.  Just a rough day.    Chase got Terminator-d.   

Kenny (7-3) 92.8 vs. Tommy (5-5) 163.9 

Tommy rides Tom Brady’s 34.8 and 8/9 starters in double digits to handily defeat the 1 seed as of Week 10.  Kenny had Tyreek and Gurley on byes, but his starting lineup was decent.  Tommy put up his highest point total of the season without Zeke, Golladay, and Crowder, which should scare us a bit. 

Moose (4-6) 127.8 vs. Scotty (3-7) 58.3

Scotty decided to sit this one out.  8/9 starters in single digits, Brees got destroyed on his bench.  Just terrible.  Moose had a solid game scoring the 3rd most he’s scored all season and most since Week 6.  Lamar Jackson had a solid 21.3, Kamara continued his dominant season with 31.3 and a couple rookie wideouts combined for 3 tds and 35.5 points.  Moose will face an uphill climb with his 3 games remaining coming against all .500 or better teams. 

Trey (6-4) 113.4 vs. Mike (6-4) 109.7 

Josh Jacobs decided to unretire for Trey getting 30.6 points after averaging 11.3 the previous three weeks.  Trey started Wayne Gallman who got a solid 18.5 points in the flex.  Mike got 29.9 from Kyler Murray and was looking bleak heading into MNF, but JJ got him 20.5 and had a slight chance at the end to put Mike ahead.   

Joe (3-7) 109.9 vs. Katon (5-5) 85.3 

Joe won Week 1, lost 4 straight, won Week 6, lost 3 straight, won Week 10.  Boding well for JD and Kenny the next two weeks (😉).  Joe squeezes out a victory against Katon who had a top-heavy disappointing week.  Rodgers (28.4) and Chubb (21.6) combined for 58.6% of Katon’s total point total.  Joe was solid despite more disappointing weeks from his running backs.  It helps htat JD McKissic is getting 15 targets per game from Check Down Alex Smith.   

Week 11 Preview (Divisional Games!) 

3 Weeks.  Teams will rise, teams will fall.  Some will make the playoffs, half will not.   

Division 1 

Jen (7-3) vs. Katon (5-5) 

You know what I love about Jen?  She fucking tries.  She rolled out Kalen “F-You” Ballage and kicked my ass last week.  This week she gets Katon.  Jen has all but locked up a playoff berth, but now sets her sights on a potential division crown and a bye week.  #7 Qb Deshaun Watson gets NE, which is pretty tough.  #16 Darrell Henderson gets tough matchup against Tampa.  Kalen “F-You” Ballage gets the Jets and is projected a handsome 13.2.  DeAndre Hopkins gets Seattle’s porous secondary.  He had an efficient 12 target, 10 reception 103 yards and a touchdown in the first outing.  #14 DJ Moore gets Detroit and Tim Patrick gets Miami.  Katon has some tough matchups with #5 Aaron Rodgers versus Indy, Nick Chubb versus Phillly, Joe Mixon at Washington, #9 Keenan Allen has a smash spot against the JETS.  Nyheim Hines against Green Bay.  What could go wrong?   

Trey (6-4) vs. Moose (4-6)  

What a damn rematch.  Trey edged out Moose in Week 1 134.3 to 132.2.  Moose strives to avenge that loss.  Trey is looking for the coveted 7th win.  Cam Newton is @ Houston, #5 Josh Jacobs versus KC who he scored 21.5 against in Week 5.  #4 James Robinson gets Pitsburgh, #16 Tyler Boyd is @ Washington, Will Fuller is versus NE, Diontae Johnson has been on a tear that should continue against Jacksonville.  Moose has #10 Lamar Jackson who has disappointed this season.  It’s hard to replicate the ridiculous success of last season, but something doesn’t seem right.  He’ll look to get back right against Tennessee.  #1 Rb Alvin Kamara (who Brad passed on) versus Atlanta.  #26 Chase Edmonds versus Seattle on TNF.  #21 Julio Jones versus New Orleans, #11 Chase Claypool versus Jacksonville, #6 Rb Ronald Jones against a tough Rams team.  Last time Rams traveled across the country they got destroyed by Miami.  Moose also has #1 Kicker Jason Sanders.  Moose is favored, but anything can happen here.  Should be a good one.  

Division 2 

Kenny (7-3) vs. Brad (6-4) 

D2 Crown on the line in this one.  Kenny with a win could lock it up.  Brad is getting to full strength and is looking to make a late season run into the playoffs.  K-Dub gets Justin Herbert at home against the New York Jets.  Mahomes dropped 41.6 against them a few weeks ago and this looks like a smash spot for the talented rookie Herbert.  He also features #2 Fantasy Rb Dalvin Cook against the Dallas Cowboys.  Dallas was getting destroyed on the ground, but with Sean Lee coming back and some reinforcements on the defensive line they have been shutting down teams the past two weeks.  Allowing 94 rushing yards to the Eagles and 30 rushing yards to the Steelers Running backs.  I’m sure Dalvin will be fine.  #9 Rb Todd Gurley gets the Saints #1 ranked run defense, #2 DK Metcalf gets Patrick Peterson match #2 on TNF, #4 Tyreek Hill faces the LV Raiders who he scored 16.8 fantasy points against in Week 5.  Kenny will be without #3 Wide Receiver Stefon Diggs.  Yes that is correct, Kenny has 2 Top 10 Running backs and 3 Top 4 Wide Receivers.  Brad’s strength comes from #3 Qb Patrick Mahomes who gets a rematch against the Raiders.  He scored 32.7 fantasy points against them in their first meeting. Brad also has #3 Derrick Henry who has gotten at least 18 touches in every game this season.  He has a tough matchup against Baltimore, but he did alright against them in the playoffs last year.  Rushing 30 times for 195 yards.  Brad also has #18 Rb Kenyan Drake and #29 Wr Christian Kirk on TNF against the Seahawks.  #7 WR Terry McLaurin has been very consistent despite mediocre Qb play and has a good matchup against Cincy this week.  Brad’s main differentiator is #1 Tight End Travis Kelce.  Kelce would be Rb#4 if he were listed as a Rb.  He has scored 54.3 more than the next closest tight end.  Make no mistake, Brad has 6 wins because of Travis Kelce.  Will it be 7?   

JD (4-6) vs. Joe (3-7) 

Moving on from people who can win the division to people who are scraping and clawing to try and make the 6th playoff spot.  JD enters this pivotal matchup and will lose #2 Qb Josh Allen to his bye week this week.  #7 Aaron Jones has a tough matchup against Indy, #13 Antonio Gibson has a favorable matchup versus Cincinnati.   #32 DJ Chark gets Pittsburgh, #12 Robby Anderson gets Detroit, and #48 Marquise Brown gets Tennessee.  Joe has Big Ben who asked Mike Tomlin if he could skip practice all week after skipping practice last week and having his best outing of the season.  Big Ben and Joe, match made in heaven.  He should torch the Jags.  #12 CEH faces Vegas who held him to 9.5 points last time, his second lowest output of the season.  #17 Johnathan Taylor still has lot to prove after getting left in the dust for Hines last week.  He gets Green Bay’s run funnel defense.  #8 Calvin Ridley faces New Orleans, #13 Mike Evans gets Jalen Ramsey this week, and #24 JuJu is the 3rd best wide receiver on the team, but poses a favorable matchup.  Steelers D/ST can eat against Jake Luton.  Didn’t know whether to make a Futon joke or a nut on joke.  Hurts that his name is pronounced Lut-on instead of fu-ton.  So I guess the Steelers will nut on Futon?  Maybe it’s not there.  I’m open to suggestions.   Do a kicker bowl you cowards! 

Division 3 

Scotty (3-7) vs. Mike (6-4) 

D3 is wide open, unless Mike slams the door shut here.  Scotty was my highest draft grade, he got the kiss of death.  Injuries have ravaged his team.  He has Carson Wentz against Cleveland (who has had crazy weather the past two home games), #11 James Conner who has had two sad weeks in a row with less than 6 points.  Some bright spots for Scotty has Chris Godwin who torched the Rams last year to the tune of 14 target, 12 receptions 172 yards and 2 touchdowns (memorably on my bench because I thought he was hurt).  #6 Tyler Lockett faces the Seahawks, the same Seahawks he destroyed a few weeks ago with 20 targets, 15 receptions, 200 yards and 3 touchdowns (50.5 fantasy points).  He also has #27 Cooper Kupp and #3 TJ Hockensen @ Carolina.  Mike who probably felt confident before reading this has #1 Fantasy Qb Kyler Murray who also went off a few weeks ago for 40.1 fantasy points including 360 yards passing, 3 touchdowns and rushing lines of 14-67-1.  Murray is the #1 Rb on the Cardinals.  No CMC, No David Johnson, but Mike has both of their backups in #15 Mike Davis versus Detroit’s 32nd ranked OPRK and Duke Johnson gets New England.  #25 AJ Brown has a rough matchup against Baltimore and #23 Justin Jefferson has a great looking matchup against Dallas.  Despite the discrepancy in record, this will be a battle.    

Chase (4-6) vs. Tommy (5-5) 

Neither team is out of the playoff hunt, nor out of contention for the division crown.  That could be a different story after this week.  Chase has #4 Qb Russell Wilson in a tasty shootout against Arizona slated for TNF.  Miles Sanders is back and gets Cleveland.  #1 Davante Adams has had a brilliant season so far.  He has a tough matchup against Indy, but he is matchup-proof.  Michael Thomas has a favorable matchup against Atlanta.  Will Jameis come in and lead the Saints to the promise land?  Can he at least get Michael Thomas going?  Tommy just went HAM last week.  This week Tom Brady gets Aaron Donald and the RAMS defense.  Tom Brady has stated he goes to bed at 8:30pm with his early to bed, early to rise mindset.  This kickoff will be 8:15pm Eastern time for Monday Night Football.  Rams will beat up sleepy Brady.  8. Kareem Hunt gets Philly, #14 D/Andre Swift gets Carolina’s 29th OPRK in a smash spot.  Adam Thielen should keep up his solid season against Dallas, and Tommy should get Zeke and Golladay back for reinforcements.  Chase won the first matchup 141.7 to 104.1.  Tommy has been gaining strength.  Does Chase climb even with Tommy at 5-6?  Or will Tommy drop Chase down to 4-7 and potentially out of the playoffs? 

BBY 2020: Week 6 Recap & Week 7 Preview

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I apologize for not doing a write up last week.  The week simply got away from me.  This week’s write up was late as well due to a migraine on Tuesday.  All is well. 

Week 6 Recap

Katon (3-3) 84.8 vs. Tommy (3-3) 89.6

Katon got 15.0 points from the New York Giants Defense and 3.8 points from Aaron Rodgers and only lost by 4.8.  Tommy was led by Kenny Golladay’s 15.5.  Difference in the game was Kicker with Katon getting 2 from Stephen Gostkowski and Tommy get 10 from Joey Slye.  Tommy abandoned Stephen Gostkowski and Katon tried to turn him against him. Gostkoswki’s loyalties lie with Tommy. It sometimes comes down to the kicker.

Jen (5-1) 97.4 vs. JD (1-5) 85.7

The other “close” game of the week was Battle of the J’s.  Jen got 35 from Deshaun Watson who accounted for 35.9% of her total point output.  JD 5 starters in single digits and nobody scored over 15.  Another tough loss for JD who falls to 1-5 and has a tremendous uphill climb if he is to make the playoffs. 

Kenny (5-1) 78.3 vs. Mike (4-2) 150.1

Kenny’s first loss of the season comes at the hands of a 71.8 point ass whooping from Mike.  Kenny’s worst game of the year corresponded with Mike’s best game of the year.  Kenny had averaged 132.6 per game prior to this matchup.  He was without DK Metcalf (Bye) and Dalvin Cook (injury) and started the wrong Qb Bridgewater (9.4 points) over Ryan (34.6).  Mike was destined to smash in this contest.  His starting lineup put up 150.1, but had he started the right defense and flex he could’ve scored 182.5.  Justin Jefferson got him 38.1, Kyler Murray 28.8, George Kittle 23.4, and AJ Brown 20.1.  That’ll do.

Trey (4-2) 89.4 vs. Brad (3-3) 159.0

Brad rebounds from his 0.1 loss in Week 6 with a near 60 point curb stomping of Trey.  Trey was without his first two picks Josh Jacobs and Chris Carson.  His 89.4 was a noble effort and would’ve beaten half the league this week with 26.3 from Will Fuller and 17.9 from Cam Newton.  Mike Gesicki retired for some reason.  Brad had his first monster outing from Derrick Henry as he exploded with 46.4 points.  Brad went into Monday down by 10.4 points and got a combined 71.1 from Mahomes, Kelce, Drake, and his kicker.  This was capped off by a long touchdown run in garbage time by Kenyan Drake. 

Chase (2-4) 72.7 vs. Moose (2-4) 145.2

Moose exploded for his best game of the year getting 32.7 from Julio Jones, 31.2 from Lamar Jackson, 28.1 from Ronald Jones, 19.9 from Trey Burton, and 16.1 from his $66 man Chase Claypool.  No Alvin Kamara, no Darren Waller, no problem for Moose who has won 2 out of his last 3 games and looks poised to be a problem down the stretch.  Chase was without Russel Wilson, Michael Thomas, and Hunter Henry due to byes and their replacements combined for less than 30 points.  7 starters in single digits and nobody scored more than 14.6.  Where was this last week? 

Scotty (2-4) 86.6 vs. Joe (2-4) 103.1

Scotty’s team has been ravaged by injuries.  He picked up Andy Dalton who struggled mightily against the Cardinals, Miles Sanders injured his knee and missed the rest of the game, and he got a 0 from his Tight End.  Joe got solid performances from CEH with 21.9 and Steeler’s D/ST with 19.  Enough to get the W.

Week 7 Preview:

Brad (3-3) vs. Katon (3-3)

A couple middle of the pack teams fighting to stay in the playoff race.  Brad draws some terrible matchups with his KC Stack versus Denver @ Denver, Derrick Henry faces the Juggernaut Pittsburgh Defense, and Kenyan Drake faces Seattle who has been good against the run.  Terry McLaurin is his one bright spot this week drawing the ghost of the Cowboys team who got torched by the Cardinals last week.  Katon has Aaron Rodgers in a potential shootout against the Texans.  David Montgomery faces the Rams, Amari Cooper in the Washington game.  He has other players with favorable matchups like Mixon vs. Cleveland, Noah Fant vs. KC and Keenan Allen vs. Jax, but they are all questionable for the contest.  In 3 Wins Brad has averaged 147.1.  In 3 Losses Brad has averaged 98.6.  This certainly looks like a 98.6 week and not a 147 week.

Trey (4-2) vs. Chase (2-4)

Trey gets back Josh Jacobs and Chris Carson, which is the good news.  The bad news is Jacobs plays Tampa’s underrated defense who just donkey stomped the Green Bay Packers.  Also there are reports of Raiders linemen getting covid and not following protocols on the bye week, so Jacobs might be getting demolished all game.  Carson is @ Arizona.  In 2 games against the Cardinals last season Carson averaged about 70 rushing yards, 30 receiving yards, and didn’t score in either contest.  Tyler Boyd faces Cleveland again after getting a solid 7-72-1 stat line in their first outing, good for 16.7 fantasy points.  Chase is starting to get healthier, but then trades for another injured player in Miles Sanders.  Chase gets Russel Wilson back and hopes to have Michael Thomas back, but he now is battling ankle and hamstring injuries.  He’s starting two Eagles on Thursday Night Football against the Giants, what could go wrong?  Chase may or may not win this game, but if his team can get fully healthy for the back half of the season he can make a run to the playoffs and beyond.  Wilson-Sanders-Gaskin-Adams-Thomas-Le’Veon sounds dangerous.

Joe (2-4) vs. Mike (4-2)

Joe has some tough matchups this week with Big Ben @ Ten, CEH @ DEN, McKinnon @ NE, and JD McKissic being in Joe’s lineup.  Mike has Kyler Murray in a potential shootout with Seattle.  David Johnson who’s strengths matchup well with GB’s weakness.  This matchup also features some young studs at Wideout with Calvin Ridley for Joe and AJ Brown and Deebo Samuel for Mike.  This should be a good game, but Mike looks to be the early favorite.

JD (1-5) vs. Tommy (3-3)

Tommy lost when he scored 139.8 and won when he scored 89.6.  JD lost when he scored 138.9 and won when he scored 107.8.  So really there’s no telling what the hell is going to happen in this one.  JD’s team isn’t the best, but he has some great matchups.  Josh Allen vs. the Jets, Aaron Jones in potential shootout with Texans, Antonio Gibson in a breakout spot against the shell of the Cowboys, and Phillip Lindsay against KC who will try to keep Mahomes off the field with ball control.  Tommy has Tom Brady @ LV, Zeke @ Washington who’s front seven is highly talented and can take advantage of a severly banged up Dallas O-line, Kareem Hunt is in a smash spot against the Bengals.  He got 23.1 against them in Week 2, his highest point total of the season and that was sharing time with Nick Chubb.  Tommy’s Lions stack of Golladay and Swift face Atlanta’s defense that got Dan Quinn fired.  This has the makings to be a great game with more than likely one of these teams getting another unfortunate loss in a close game.

Moose (2-4) vs. Kenny (5-1)

Kenny was dominating the competition until last week.  Moose was struggling mightily until last week.  Can Kenny bounce back?  Is Moose for real?  Moose will be without Lamar Jackson who is on a bye and Kenny is without Dalvin Cook due to injury/bye.  Moose has Stafford @ Atlanta, Alvin Kamara coming off a bye vs. Carolina, RoJo coming off a monster outing against Vegas, Julio in the Detroit game and Waller vs. Tampa Bay.  Allen Robinson gets his date with Jalen Ramsey.  Kenny has Matt Ryan and Gurley in the Detroit game, Melvin Gordon’s drunk ass against KC, where he also has Tyreek Hill.  Diggs is in a smash spot against the hapless Jets who still haven’t fired Adam Gase for some reason.  DK Metcalf is a monster and Wr #6 post bye week, but will most likely face Patrick Peterson in a fun Wr/CB matchup to watch.  Should be a great game and I can see either team pulling this one out.

Scotty (2-4) vs. Jen (5-1)

Jen in Forrest Gumps voice, “I just kept winning…”  Scotty has been ravaged by injuries, he has Wentz versus the NYG on TNF, Conner @ Tennessee in a marquee AFC matchup, Justin Jackson versus Jacksonville, Jared Cook vs. Carolina, Brandin Cooks versus Green Bay.  So between the Jacksons and the Cooks Scotty is hoping to get a win in the books… Jen loves the D.  Meaning of course that most of her players names start with a D.  Deshaun, Devin, Devery, DeAndre, and DJ are going to battle it out and try to move Jen within 1 game of playoffville population 6.  Scotty makes a trade with Chase to bring in some reinforcements but loses his Miles Sanders in the process.  Now Scotty just has to make the correct starting lineup decisions.  I like Jen’s chances in this one. 

As always, best of luck everyone!

-Brad

BBY 2020: Week 4 Recap & Week 5 Preview

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Week 4 Recap:

Katon (3-1) 147.2 vs. JD (0-4) 138.9

JD entered Week 4 with a new team and a new dream.  He took a risk and traded his first round pick Kenyan Drake to Brad for thoroughbred Josh Allen and “This Year’s Miles Sanders” Antonio Gibson.  He was rewarded with 25.3 from Allen and 20.8 from Gibson.  He had 5 players score 19.2 or more and scored his highest point total so far this season with 138.9.  Unfortunately, fate had other plans, and it wasn’t enough to overcome Joe Mixon’s explosion of 42.1 points, Aaron Rodgers 32.5 points, and Amari Cooper’s 30.4 points.  Katon lost Nick Chubb in the Dallas game, but you couldn’t tell with his 147.2 points scored.  JD remains beaten and moves to Week 5 still searching for his first win.

Moose (1-3) 114.0 vs. Joe (1-3) 109.0

Speaking of first win, Moose started non-division games a perfect 1-0 after skunking the first few weeks.  Lamar Jackson set the pace on this one with his 50+ yard rushing touchdown to the tune of 26.9 points.  Kamara continued his excellent season with another 19.4 points.  Ronald Jones played a Chargers defense riddled with injuries and got a respectable 18.8.  Allen Robinson enjoyed having Nick Foles throwing to him with 22.6.  It all came down to Monday Night Football.  CEH got 10.6 for Joe, setting up the Julio vs. Ridley +0.2 match.  Julio got 5.2 in the first half and exited the game due to injury.  Ridley couldn’t corral a would-be touchdown late in the game, when the GB defender punched it out of his hands.  Joe got a 24.7 from Mike Evans, 24.3 from Ryan Fitzmagic, and 19.2 from Jerick McKinnon who received every single first half snap against the Eagles.  Congrats on the first win Moose!

Tommy (1-3) 139.8 vs. Trey (3-1) 154.0

Tommy’s patience in Tom Brady paid off to the tune of 35.3 fantasy points.  Zeke had 16.5, Kareem Hunt had 19.1 and Adam Thielen had 25.2.  Trey’s team was just too powerful.  Scoring his highest point total so far this season with 154.0.  Trey had 7/9 starters in double digits and had 4 of those starters get 22.3 or more.  #6 Rb Chris Carson got 23.5, #5 James Robinson got 12.7, but most impressive was Odell Beckham Jr’s big day with 37.9 points.  He went off against the familiar foe Dallas Cowboys.  Tommy’s best scoring week of the season was still not enough for Trey this week. 

Jen (3-1) 91.6 vs. The Corpse of Chase’s Team (1-3) 85.5

I like Jen’s team because it’s fun.  Joe Burrow who got 18.1, CeeDee Lamb got 22.7, and Devin Singletary got 16.1.  Chase had a noble effort.  The only preseason-intentioned starters were his Qb and Tight End.  His Qb is #2 and got him another 23.9 this week.  His Rams D/ST got him 12.  Everybody else was held to single digits.  When you are starting two tight ends, Devonta Freeman, Myles Gaskin, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Greg Ward wins will be tough to come by. 

Mike (3-1) 139.9 vs. Brad (2-2) 86.5

Enough of these close games, let’s look at a good ole’ fashion ass kickin’.  Super Bowl I rematch ended with Mike trouncing Brad.  Mike got 23 from Kyler Murray, 19.6 from Mike Davis, and 20.8 from two random ass touchdowns for Latavius Murray.  He put the stank on it on SNF with George Kittle’s 35.6 point outing.  If you don’t enjoy watching George Kittle play football then you do not enjoy watching football.  He’s a football player and he’ all Mike’s.  Brad wind up with an impromptu bye week for Derrick Henry and several questions about the KC-NE game that wind up getting postponed a day and wind up a bit of a defensive battle anyway.  Add the (what appears to be) lopsided trade to JD and here Brad is 86.5 points and a bad loss.  Can’t win many games when 4 players score 3.9 or less. 

Kenny (4-0) 141.3 vs. Scotty (2-2) 102.1

Kenny continues his revenge tour, crushing Scotty.  Because of unknowns of the NE-KC game Kenny benched Tyreek Hill and it wind up not mattering.  He got 30.6 from Dalvin Cook, 27.8 from Melvin Gordon III, and 18.8 from Todd Gurley II.  Scotty lost Austin Ekeler to an unfortunate hamstring injury that is looking to sideline him for several weeks.  With Jared Cook out, Scotty turned to Adam Trautman, who was more effective as an almost $0 DFS play rather than a start in season-long leagues.  Tyler Lockett decided not to show up this week and Miles Sanders was held to single digits.  Dak’s 42.2 accounted for 41.3% of Scotty’s point output this week. 

Week 5 Preview:

  1. Kenny (4-0) vs. Katon (3-1)

Putting some respect to Kenny’s name by having his matchup be first this week.  Kenny will have #3 Dalvin Cook @ Seattle on SNF, #10 Melvin Gordon @ NE, #3 DK Metcalf vs. Minnesota, #5 Stefon Diggs @ Tennessee, Tyler Higbee @ Washington, and #8 Tyreek Hill vs. LV.  Two top two running backs and three top eight wide receivers.  4-0.  His challenger this week is Katon.  Katon just lost Nick Chubb for 4-6 weeks and has Aaron Rodgers on a bye.  In comes Jared Goff @ Washington.  He’ll have #7 Joe Mixon @ Baltimore (who just gave up 20+ points to Antonio Gibpson), and #28 Rb David Montgomery on TNF vs. TB.  #2 Amari Cooper faces the exploitable Giants, and #20 Robert Woods joins Goff for the Rams Stack.  This game looks like it’ll come down to Keenan Allen vs. New Orleans on MNF for Katon.  Looks to be a close game. 

Joe (1-3) vs. Tommy (1-3)

Potential Kicker Bowl early in the season here with 1-3 Rivals engage.  Joe will have his Steelers Stack back to attack the Eagles on Sunday.  CEH faces LV, Jonathan Taylor Thomas plays @ Cleveland.  Mike Evans is on TNF against the Bears maybe.  Calvin Ridley may or may not play vs. Carolina.  Tommy has Tom Brady in the Chicago game on TNF.  Zeke faces the Giants and Kareem Hunt faces the Colts.  Adam Thielen will be featured in the SNF Seattle game where the Seattle secondary has been toasted so far this year.  Joe looks to be the favorite here, but in a rivalry game anything can happen.

Trey (3-1) vs. Scotty (2-2)

Another great game this week, features Trey and Scotty.  Trey’s success this season has been overshadowed by Kenny’s undefeated season, but he is right there in the conversation of contenders.  With Cam Newton most likely out next week due to having COVID and Matthew Stafford having a bye week, Trey might be garbage bin hunting Qb’s on the waiver wire.  Scotty will have #1 Qb Dak Prescott against the Giants.  Trey will have #6 Chris Carson who at this point might be more machine than man since he can’t seem to get injured.  He gets knee twisted on dirty hit, still plays.  Concussion protocol during the game, nah he’s fine.  By the end of the year he’s going to look like Red at the end of Pineapple Express.  #5 James Robinson is @ Houston, who may be motivated following the firing of the dictator BOB.  Will Fuller may also be unleashed upon news of BOB’s departure.  Josh Jacobs faces Kansas City.  Scotty won’t have Austin Ekeler for awhile, but he gets back James Conner.  Conner has a tough matchup against Philly.  On the opposite side of the field he’ll also have Miles Sanders going up against a well rested Steelers front.  Scotty will be hoping Tyler Lockett comes back to life in a much anticipated shootout on SNF. 

Jen (3-1) vs. Mike (3-1)

Second highest combined win total squaring off in Week 5 features Jen vs. Mike.  Jen has Burrow @ Baltimore or Watson vs. JAX.  Devin Singletary is @ Tennessee and Devery Henderson faces Washington.  Hopkins plays the Jets who might be led by Joe Flacco this week.  DJ Moore has a pretty matchup vs. Atlanta.  CeeDee Lamb faces the Giants.  For Mike he has Kyler Murray in that Jets game.  David Jonson in the Jax game, and Mike Davis in the Atlanta game.  Interesting juxtaposition of players playing in the same game against one another for Jen/Mike.  I don’t know who wins, but I’ll have nightmares of what George Kittle did to me last week.

Chase (1-3) vs. Brad (2-2)

Chase will be without Davante Adams, Mason Crosby and TJ Hockensen due to bye weeks.  Chris Godwin and Leonard Fournette are Questionable to play on TNF.  We’ll have to wait and see if Michael Thomas and Raheem Mostert are ready to rock or not.  CGM plays on MNF so Chase will need to plan yet again for a MNF person to be potentially out.  But we do know Chase has #2 Russell Wilson in a shootout on SNF.  Brad is still recovering from the ass kicking he received last week by Mike, Covid, and himself in what may go down as the worst trade in the history of the league.  Despite all that, Brad is at full strength (as of Tuesday morning anyway).  #4 Patrick Mahomes faces the Raiders, Derrick Henry has a tough matchup against Buffalo, Kenyan Drake has one last chance to not make Brad look moronic against the hapless Jets.  #12 Terry McLaurin gets Jalen Ramsey and the Rams this week.  Julian Edelman will have God-knows-who throwing him the ball against Denver who will be starting God-knows-who at Qb as well.  #2 Travis Kelce faces the Raiders and Michael Gallup faces the Bears.  Gallup will remain in my Goddamn flex spot every week this year.  I’ll lose weeks because he’s getting less catches and yards than Cedric “Who the hell is” Wilson while Dak throws 500 yards every f-bomb-ing week.  I’d like to imagine Michael Gallup running on the football field like he’s in a field of clovers.  Just prancing around, skipping along, not a care in the world.  Might as well because Dak doesn’t look for the mf-er.  After having the #1 Qb on his bench, Brad now somehow has the #1 TE and #1 Kicker on his bench.      

Moose (1-3) vs. JD (0-4)

Last and certainly least: The matchup with the least number of wins.  Moose finally stopped the madness last week securing his first victory while JD got bum rushed by Katon.  Moose has Lamar Jackson vs. Cincy, #1 Fantasy Rb Kamara vs. the Chargers who made Rojo relevant last week.  Rojo @ Chicago on TNF.  Julio vs. Carolina, Allen Robinson in the TNF game and maybe a couple more starters on MNF.  JD has #3 Josh Allen vs. Tennessee, Antonio Gipson vs. LAR, Hollywood Brown and Mark Andrews vs. Cincy and Robby Anderson vs. Atlanta.  Cardinals D/ST against Joe Flacco’s Jets.  Moose is hoping Lamar Jackson rushes more than he passes this week as JD has his top two pass catchers.  Should be a great game. 

Best of Luck everybody!  Make sure to make as many trades as possible, they always work out, trust me.  😉

BBY 2020: Week 3 Recap & Week 4 Preview

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Week 3 Recap:

Katon (2-1) 124.9 vs. Trey (2-1) 91.7

T- Money goes down!  Katon forces a three-way tie for first place in Division 1.  Katon was led by Nick Chubb’s 26.5 point outing and finished strong on Sunday Night Football with 24.4 from Aaron Rodgers who carved up our beloved Saints.  Trey’s Cam Newton watched Rex Burkhead steal all the Touchdowns and disappointed with 11.1 fantasy points.  Nobody scored higher than Cam except for James Robinson’s 27.9.  6 total players in single digits. 

Moose (0-3) 114.2 vs. Jen (2-1) 127.7

Moose got a monster 43.2 from Alvin Kamara on Sunday Night Football, setting him up for a Monday Night Football showdown where he needed 27.6+ points from Lamar Jackson to win.  He disappointed and looked shook against KC, only getting 14.1.  Jen had a pretty solid outing from most of her players and even correctly started Joe Burrow over Deshaun Watson.  Darrell Henderson looks like the real deal for the Rams, getting 21.5 points for Jen.  DeAndre Hopkins put up a solid 21.7 as well.  Moose is one loss away from starting out the season with as many losses as he has titles. 

Brad (2-1) 142.8 vs. Joe (1-2) 118.4

Brad got much needed reinforcements from Derrick Henry who had his best game of the season with 29 points on a 2 touchdown day.  He also called his shot on Michael Gallup, who scored 25.8.  He went into Monday Night Football down 16.4, but he had Mahomes, Kelce, Butker against Joe’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire.  Mahomes carved up Baltimore making them look like the Jets to the tune of 43 points and a Brad victory.  Joe had solid production with 8/9 starters getting 9 or more points, but none of them cracked the 20 point mark, while Brad had 3 players over 25. 

Kenny (3-0) 122.8 vs. JD (0-3) 95.6

3-0!  Kenny has taken his Mamba mentality and has been balling like the late Kobe Bryant.  He exits the divisional games undefeated and #1 in the division and the league.  JD made a Qb change, dropping Daniel Jones for Gardner Minshew, who wind up playing poorly against the Dolphins defense.  Jd’s best player was surprisingly Allen Lazard who got 26.4.  Kenny got 27.9 from Dalvin Cook (haha Brad sucks), 20 from DK Metcalf, 16 from NE D/ST, and 18.7 from Tyreek Hill on MNF.  Kenny did lose Dallas Geodert to a broken ankle, but he has Tyler Higbee in the wings ready to jump in for next week.

Chase (1-2) 110.5 vs. Scotty (2-1) 171.6

Chase with a noble effort, breaking 100 points with starters that include Leonard Fournette, Myles Gaskin, Laviska Shenault Jr, and Tre’Quan Smith.  On my draft grades I said the only Qb in the league that can throw 60 touchdowns was Patrick Mahomes.  After 3 weeks Russell Wilson has thrown 14, on pace for 75 touchdowns.  He got 39.8 this week, or 36% of Chase’s total point output.  Scotty absolutely exploded this week.  Good grief.  One of the Top 10 highest performances ever with 5 players scoring 24.2 or more.  His peripherals combined for 15.1.

Mike (2-1) 106.7 vs. Tommy (1-2) 107.5

Mike loses his first game of the season to Tommy.  Tommy stuck with the aging corpse of Tom Brady at Qb who scored 23.8 versus the practice squad of the Broncos after the starters have suffered devastating injuries so far this season.  He finally benched washed Rob Gronkowski and started washed Jimmy Graham who rose from the dead for 21 fantasy points on two lucky scores after the Bears made a Qb change.  He dropped Gostkowski and picked up a new kicker, so naturally Gostkowski got 25 points on the waiver wire and the Vegas kicker got 7.  Mike tried out his new $63 dollar Mike Davis and a solid 19.1 from him.  He had 5 starters get single digits and wind up getting edged out by Tommy on some end of the game Zeke catches.  Mike had Colts D/ST on his bench get 27 and Justin Jefferson on his bench get 32.  Not sure why he would choose Buc D/ST @ Denver against an elite talent at Qb in Jeff Driskel when he could have started the Colts D/ST at home against the abysmal NY Jets who are going to fire Adam Gase on Thursday night after they lose to the Broncos next week.  Difference between 3-0 and 2-1. 

Week 4 Preview

Mike (2-1) vs. Brad (2-1)

Since I left off on Mike, figured I’d start there this week.  Super Bowl I rematch features two 2-1 teams trying to keep their winning record.  On paper Mike appears to have the better matchup and everyone is waiting to see if there will be any changes of the Titans-Pittsburgh game which could impact Brad’s first round pick Derrick Henry.  Mike will have Kyler Murray scorching the Carolina Panthers this Sunday, David Johnson facing a Minnesota defense that gave up two goal line scores to Derrick Henry last week, Mike Davis in the Arizona game, TY Hilton vs. Chicago, Corey Davis vs. Pit (Maybe), JJ @ Houston.  Brad has scored back to back weeks over 140 points and looks to keep the hot streak alive.  Unfortunately for him his KC stack faces the brilliant mind of Bill Belichick.  Derrick Henry has a rough matchup against Pittsburgh if he plays at all, Terry McLaurin will face an angry and motivated Baltimore defense, and Brad still cannot choose the correct Rb2 to save his life.  (0-3 on picking the right one so far this season).  Should be a great game, like Brad’s team better, but Mike may have the matchups this week.

Kenny (3-0) vs. Scotty (2-1)

These two teams are hot-hot-hot!  Kenny has #8 Matt Ryan @ GB on MNF vs. Scotty’s #3 Dak Prescott against Cleveland.  Kenny has #3 Dalvin Cook vs. Houston and #21 Melvin Gordon against the crappy Jets in one of the worst games of the year on Thursday Night Football.  Can’t wait to watch underprepared Sam Darnold vs. a Qb named Rypien!  (Pukes).  Scotty features #9 Austin Ekeler @ TB who is playing much better with Justin Herbert under center and #28 Miles Sanders on a beat up Eagles team facing a beat up 49ers team.  Kenny has #6 Tyreek Hill vs. New England and #4 DK Metcalf vs. Miami.  Scotty has the other Seattle wideout #2 Tyler Lockett and #20 Cooper Kupp vs. the NYG.  Will have to monitor if Scotty will have James Conner @ Tennessee due to the Covid stuff and whether his kicker will be able to play through injury this week.  Great game right here with potential playoff implications. 

Moose (0-3) vs. Joe (1-2)

Moose’s #1 Fantasy Rb (that Brad passed on) Alvin Kamara has averaged 32.8 per game to start the year.  And somehow the fates have landed Moose a huge 0-3 hole to start the year.  His team looks solid on paper, with Lamar Jackson, Kamara, Allen Robinson, Darren Waller.  But in Week 2 when Waller went off, A-Rob only got 4.8.  In Week 3 when A-Rob went off with 26.3, Waller only got 1.9.  His team hasn’t been able to put it all together, coupled with 3rd highest Points Against and he exits the divisional games winless.  He’s hoping to come out swinging this week against Joe who has lost 2 in a row after an opening game win against JD.  Moose has Angry Lamar @ Washington, Alvin Kamra @ Detroit, Joshua Kelley and Ronald Jones against one another, Allen Robinson with Nick Foles at the helm now against Indy.  Waller faces Buffalo.  Joe has Big Ben/JuJu/Steelers D/ST who need to monitor the Tennessee Covid cases to see if the game gets changed or moved.  He has CEH vs. New England, Jonathan Taylor @ Chicago, Mike Evans vs. Chris Harris-less LA Chargers, and Calvin Ridley on Monday Night Football.  Surely Moose wouldn’t lose another one on Monday Night Football, right?

Jen (2-1) vs. Chase (1-2)

(Redacted) squaring off against (redacted) in a battle of the (redacted).  Hopefully this one ends in a (redacted) to spare the league from (redacted).  Jen features Joe “Big Dick” Burrow against the Jaguars who made Ryan Fitzpatrick look like Ryan Fitzmagic.  #31 Devin Singletary faces Las Vegas, #18 Darrell Henderson faces the Giants, DeAndre Hopkins is at Carolina, DJ Moore in the same game against Arizona, Zach Ertz faces an injured San Fran team with all other Eagles pass catchers banged up.  CeeDee Lamb faces Cleveland who have injuries to their secondary.  And it certainly appears to be continuing to rain shit on Chase’s 2020 season.  Chase has Russel “MVP” Wilson @ Miami, Leonard Fournette vs. LAC, Myles Gaskin vs. Seattle, hoping for Mike Thomas @ Detroit and Davante Adams vs. Atlanta.  Those would be two huge additions to this lineup if they are healthy enough to go.  Chase is also hoping Raheem Mostert returns from a sprained MCL, but we’ll have to see how that progresses throughout the week.  If Chase’s star players can’t go again this week, Jen has the matchups to drop Chase to 3 straight losses. 

Tommy (1-2) vs. Trey (2-1)

#17 Tom Brady (who was drafted ahead of #2 Qb Josh Allen) faces a reeling LAC defense riddled with injuries.  #5 Zeke and #14 Kareem Hunt face each other, #10 Adam Thielen faces a beatable Houston defense, Kenny Golladay returns in times to crush the hapless Saints.  ☹.  Trey has Cam Newton @ KC.  KC shut down Lamar, can they shut down Cam too?  #8 Josh Jacobs gets a tough draw against Buffalo, #6 James Robinson is @ Cincy.  #16 Tyler Boyd is against Jax.  Will Fuller vs. Minnesota, Mike Gesiki in shootuout potential with Seattle, and Odell Beckham Jr. is @ familiar foe Dallas.  On paper I like Trey’s chances in this one, but should be interesting matchup.

Katon (2-1) vs JD (0-3)

Katon who hasn’t paid his dues, but team name is “Just here to Pay dues” is now 2-1.  Aaron Rodgers has a butter matchup against Atlanta on Monday Night Football.  #4 Nick Chubb faces Dallas, #38 Joe Mixon faces Jax.  Amari Cooper will face Cleveland and their beat up secondary, Robert Woods faces the NYG in a juicy matchup, Noah Fant will have Rypien throwing him the ball, but plays the Jets, so that entire statement is disgusting.  David Montgomery gets a boost with Tarik Cohen heading to IR and Nick Foles taking over as Chicago’s Qb.  JD is hoping to get his first victory of the year, but it’s a tough road ahead.  Gardner Minshew faces Burrow in a low key shootout spot.  #25 Kenyan Drake hopes to get going @ Carolina, #2 Aaron Jones is in that MNF match against Atlanta.  JD’s wideouts are #50 Marquise Brown, #7 Robby Anderson, and #8 Allen Lazard.  Had you told me JD would have two top 10 wideouts after three weeks and they were Robby and the Lazard King I would have thought you were crazy.  But fantasy football provides us with lots of fantasy scenarios. 

As always, best of luck this week everybody! 

BBY Week 2 Recap & Week 3 Preview

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Week 2 Recap:

Moose (1-1) 112.2 vs. Katon (1-1) 132.3

Moose has had 5 touchdowns scored from his opponents Rb1 Slot in the first two weeks.  After Trey went off for 134.3 last week, Katon gets 132.3 this week bringing Moose’s average Points Against to 133.3 in an 0-2 start.  Katon’s team was solid all around with 7/9 starters getting to double digits.  You know it’s bad when even the Bears Running Back gets 20 points.  Moose on the other hand appeared to have drew a stinker of a week prior to MNF.  Even the incredible Lamar Jackson had a pedestrian 17.4 outing.  Moose had 6 players score in single digits.    When your players in your Rb1, Rb2, Wr1, Wr2 slots combine for 21.6 you’re going to have a bad time.  Moose entered MNF down by about 80 points.  Darren Waller and Alvin Kamara combined for 59.2 points and winning Brad $17 on DraftKings Showdown slate. 

Jen (1-1) 95.1 vs. Trey (2-0) 147.6

The biggest story for Jen is obviously her losing Saquon Barkley in this one.  #2 Overall pick looking like he tore his ACL and will be done for the year.  Jen’s Wideouts Hopkins, DJ Moore, and CeeDee Lamb carried her team combining for a solid 53.3 points.  Just didn’t have enough for Trey’s team.  Trey got 37.5 from Cam Newton, 18.3 from Chris Carson, 15.4 from Odell Beckham, 15.7 from Hayden Hurst, 14.7 from Mark Ingram, 19 from Bal D/ST, and 15 from Justin Tucker.  Trey outscored Jen’s peripherals 49.7 to 15.7.  This was even more impressive considering Trey got 0 from Will Fuller, who unsurprisingly pulled a hammy in the game.  Trey has now started off the season with games of 134.3 and 147.6, averaging 140.95 and is in 1st place.      

Bradley (1-1) 139.6 vs. JD (0-2) 119.4

This was a hell of a comeback victory for Brad.  JD came out swinging with a MONSTER 48.6 point explosion from Aaron Jones.  After the early afternoon games at 3:07pm Central time Brad was down 90.8 to 10.9.  ESPN at that moment projected JD to win 140.6 to 95.3.  Brad had drafted Derrick Henry so he can smash Jacksonville and they held him to 25 carries for 84 yards.  Luckily for Brad his 2nd and 3rd Round pick combo of Kelce-Mahomes combined for 49.9 points.  He also got much needed reinforcements from McLaurin and Edelman who combined for 49.9 points as well.  Harrison Butker added two 58 yard field goals and amazingly Brad wind up winning by 20.2 points.  JD couldn’t ride Aaron Jones into the sunset due to four starters getting single digits and everyone else on his team scoring 13 points or less.    

Joe (1-1) 112.0  vs. Kenny (2-0) 134.5

2-0 K-Dub!  This is a classic scenario.  Someone gets excited about Thursday Night Football.  They want to watch their player play because there is nothing else going on.  So they start someone that they probably shouldn’t.  Joe threw in AJ Green into his flex spot.  Green got an impressive 13 targets, but only caught 3 of them for a paltry 29 yards.  Meanwhile come Sunday Calvin Ridley went off for the 2nd week in a row to the tune of 29.4 points on Joe’s bench.  Joe had a pretty solid outing otherwise with 21.2 from Big Ben, 21 from Jonathan Taylor who looks like the real deal in Indy, 22.9 from Mike Evans with Chris Godwin out.  Kenny followed up his 134.1 week 1 with a 134.5 week 2.  Matt Ryan got 28.4, Dalvin Cook got 16.1, Tyreek Hill got 21.3, Metcalf got 19.2, and Melvin Gordon sans Philip Lindsay got 15.4 against a tough Steelers defense.  Kenny’s team is for real. 

 Mike (2-0) 140.9 vs. Chase (1-1) 103.3

Yikes.  Chase has now had the following lost to injuries this season: Picks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9.  That is just awful luck.  Chase was still able to eclipse 100 points this week with about a third coming from Russel Wilson’s 33.3.  Raheem Mostert started the game with an 80 yard touchdown, but didn’t do much more after that  and didn’t play the second half due to a knee injury.  Davante Adams pulled a hammy.  Chase’s peripherals combined for 35.3, but even that was outmatched by Mike’s 53.4 peripheral performance.  Mike got 32.1 from Kyler Murray who is doing it all this season.  Mike also got 22.8 from Christian McCaffrey who also succumbed to the injury bug.  He injured his ankle and couldn’t finish the contest.  A glimmer of hope left for Chase lies in Leonard Fournette who seemed to have taken over the Bucs starting running back duties with a 28.6 point explosion on Chase’s bench.  And he has Devonta Freeman who very well may sign with the Giants to take over their lead back duties after the loss of Saquon.  Chase is one of the best managers in the league, but it appears this season he will be tested with some early adversity. 

Tommy (0-2) 98.4 vs. Scotty (1-1) 137.5

Tommy’s picks of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkoswki look to be his kryptonite.  The dusty old timers combined for a pathetic 8.6 fantasy points this week.  Tommy almost got to 100 total points mainly due to Zeke and Kareem Hunt combining for 42.3 points.  Scotty’s team exploded this week.  It was good to have Miles Sanders back in his lineup to the tune of 18.6 points and he looked good doing it.  Ekeler is splitting time with Kelley with Ekeler getting 57% of the snaps and Kelley getting 52% (yes there were a few plays with both of them on the field).  Scotty benched James Conner after a terrible Week 1 and he looked as though Week 1 never happened with 22.1 on Scotty’s bench.  Of course, the main man for Scotty this week was Dak Prescott who scored 4 total touchdowns including 3 rushing touchdowns for a total of 44.8 fantasy points outscoring Tommy’s top two scorers combined.  It hurt Tommy even worst seeing Dak get all those goal line scores considering Tommy had Zeke.  What could have been. 

Week 3 Preview:

Katon (1-1) vs. Trey (2-0)

First place Trey enters Week 3 on fire.  He tries to move to 3-0, but standing in his way is Katon who just out Moose.   Katon has Aaron Rodgers against New Orleans, who just let Derrick Carr (pukes) throw for 282 and 3 touchdowns.  Rodgers will hope to have Davante Adams to throw to in this one.  #9 Rb Nick Chubb faces Washington who has done a decent job against the run to start the year.  Chubb played last Thursday, so a little extra rest might set him up for success.  Mixon faces Philly who is also decent against the run.  Amari Cooper plays @ Seattle, a should-be shootout.  Robert Woods gets a tough draw against Buffalo, in what might also become a shootout.  David Montgomery should do okay against Atlanta.  49ers D/ST looked a lot better two weeks ago.  Some significant losses on the defensive line will make it interesting to see how they play against Barkley-less NY Giants.  Trey has #3 Qb Cam Newton vs. Las Vegas, #4 Rb Josh Jacobs in the same game.  #7 Rb Chris Carson is in the Dallas @ Seattle game.  This game will come down to Monday Night Football with Trey having Mark Ingram and Raven’s D/ST going up against Kansas City. 

Moose (0-2) vs. Jen (1-1)

Moose hasn’t started 0-2 since 2016 when he went 7-6 and wind up missing the playoffs.  He’ll look to avoid 0-3 against Jen this week.  He has Kamara in his flex due to the late start time, so Rojo and Joshua Kelley are holding down Rb1 and Rb2.  Rojo looks to have been usurped by Leonard Fournette this past weekend.  Would not be surprised if Moose looks elsewhere this week and beyond.  #23 Rb Joshua Kelley appears to have taken the Melvin Gordon role and looks good doing it.  Carolina was just gashed by Buga, so look for Kelley and Ekeler to both have success.  Julio Jones faces Chicago, Allen Robinson is @ Atlanta, #3 TE Darren Waller is @ NE, and #2 Rb Kamara faces GB.  Kamara fell to Moose after Brad picked Derrick Henry.  A decision we will continue to monitor.  Jen is rolling out a barn burner of a Rb1 and Rb2 combo herself with Devin Singletary and Devery Henderson.  Henderson balled out last week and with injuries to Cam Akers (ribs) and Malcolm Brown (finger) look for Henderson to get the bulk of carries versus a solid Bills team.  #4 Wr DeAndre Hopkins has an incredible 22/25 reception to target ratio to start the season.  Kyler Murray’s hot start has helped skyrocket Hopkins value and further dunking on Brad’s draft grades.  Jen also has DJ Moore who is setup for a revenge game against his former manager.  He looked great last week when Carolina was playing from behind catching 8 of 13 targets for 120 yards.  Chargers defense is formidable, but Moore’s floor is reassured.  😊CeeDee Lamb has outscored Michael Gallup and is currently Wr#24.  His matchup against Atlanta is sexy and is setting this up to be a very good matchup.

Brad (1-1) vs. Joe (1-1)

Both Brad and Joe enter Week 3 after receiving beat downs courtesy of Kenny.  This game is for 2nd place in D2.  Brad features the #1 Fantasy Qb Josh Allen… on his bench.  Which I’m okay with.  He’s not dropping 35 points per game for any of you idiots.  #8 Patrick Mahomes rebounded nicely from his Week 1 stinker with a 30 point performance against the Chargers.  This week he’ll battle it out versus Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.  The last two times Mahomes has faced the Ravens he has averaged 375.5 passing yards, 2.5 touchdowns, and 0.5 interceptions.  Joe features #13 Qb Big Ben who faces the Texans.  This could be a shootout or a blowout, as Houston’s defense has looked pretty bad the first two weeks.  Houston started this season against the Chiefs-Ravens-Steelers, which is absolutely brutal.  But good for Joe’s Big Ben-JuJu-Steelers D/ST stack.  This battle might be decided by Rookie Running Backs.  Joe has Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Jonathan Taylor.  Brad has Antonio Gibson or JK Dobbins or someone else, he’s a mess.  Which one would you rather start:           

Player A: 10 Touches, 83 yards, 2 touchdowns

Player B: 25 Touches, 96 yards, 1 touchdown

Brad has #18 Derrick Henry who is already feeling the TD regression this season.  His choice of Henry over Kamara and CEH is looking worse and worse by the week.  Terry McLaurin and Julian Edelman had nice outings last week.  They’ll look to continue with Terry facing the Browns and Edelman facing the Raiders.  Joe has Mike Evans against the Broncos and #1 Fantasy Wr Calvin Ridley vs. Chicago.  Maybe one day the #1 Qb and #1 Wr will actually be in their teams’ starting lineups.  Should be a great game.    

Kenny (2-0) vs. JD (0-2)

Put some respect to his name!  Kenny has come out smoking hot.  Averaging 134.3, 1st place in D2 and #2 overall in the standings.  He faces JD who couldn’t capture a victory last week even with Aaron Jones 48.6 point explosion.  Kenny features #6 Qb Matt Ryan vs. Chicago, #8 Rb Dalvin Cook vs. Tennessee, #15 Melvin Gordon against Tampa Bay, and Todd Gurley.  JD has #1 Rb Aaron Jones @ New Orleans, #25 Kenyan Drake vs. Detroit.  As of right now JD is riding with Daniel Jones at Qb, but after averaging on 12 points per game he may turn elsewhere either via trade or waiver wire.  Kenny also has #6 DK Metcalf who is looking more and more like this year’s Kenny Golladay.  This game will come down to Monday Night Football with Kenny’s Tyreek Hill and Justin Tucker versus JD’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Mark Andrews.  Should be fun to watch!

Chase (1-1) vs. Scotty (1-1)

Yikes.  Chase’s injuries have included Michael Thomas or as he refers to him “CGM” which is from his twitter handle “Can’t Guard Mike”, Davante Adams, Chris Godwin, Le’Veon Bell, Raheem Mostert, Brandon Auyik, Jerry Jeudy, etc.  Any who it looks like he’s starting #14 Rb Leonard Fournette and #27 Rb Myles Gaskin.  It helps that he has #2 Russel Wilson against Dallas.  Third shootout to start the year?  Yes please.  Chase is hoping CGM, Adams, and Godwin are all available this week otherwise he’ll have to get creative.  Scotty has the other Qb in the Seattle-Dallas game in #4 Dak Prescott.  He also has Miles Sanders against Cin and Austin Ekeler against Panthers.  Both Miles Sanders and James Conner looked great last week after both sitting Week 1 (pretty much).  This should be a great game and it’ll be interesting to see how Chase’s team plays out up until Sunday kickoff.    

Mike (2-0) vs. Tommy (0-2)

Mike tragically lost Christian McCaffrey to a high ankle sprain leading him to start David Johnson and $75 FAAB money (cough cough) I mean Latavius Murray against Green Bay.  We’ll see if his Rb2 gets swapped out tomorrow.  😊  Mike is hoping to have AJ Brown and George Kittle back in his lineup, but he might be digging for starters as Sunday approaches.  Tommy is wheeling out the Ghosts of Fantasy Past with Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski still somehow implanted into his starting lineup.  Must be that sexy 15.6 fantasy points per game they are averaging together.  He has #5 Zeke @ Seattle, #10 Kareem Hunt vs. Washington, Adam Thielen vs. Tennessee and John Brown vs. the Rams.  Mike is hoping #5 Kyler Murray’s juicy matchup with Detroit and TY Hilton squaring off against the hapless “why haven’t they fired Gase yet” Jets.   This is another matchup who’s starters could look a lot different come Sunday. 

As always, best of luck everybody!  I look forward to seeing how much yall drop in FAAB money tonight!  (Probably too much)

BBY 2020: Week 1 Recap & Week 2 Preview

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Week 1 Recap:

Moose (0-1) 132.2 vs. Trey (1-0) 134.3

T- Money Sizzle knocks off the defending defending champion Mustafa in a barn burner of a week 1 matchup!  Brad crapped on Trey for taking Jacobs in the first and Carson in the second, so naturally they combined for 5 touchdowns and 55.5 fantasy points.  Josh Jacobs broke 12 tackles. Moose was led by his top three picks with Lamar picking up where he left off last year with 27.5, Kamara with a studly 21.2, and Julio Jones with 23.2.  Kamara had a third touchdown, but it was ruled down at the millimeter line because Kamara’s finger was “blocking” the ball from crossing the plain.  This was LITERALLY the difference in this matchup.  A millimeter.  Moose got great support from his peripherals with 36.5 points.  Cam Akers disappointed in the Rb2 spot as Malcom Brown scored both touchdowns for the Rams Rb’s.  Trey must be happy to see Will Fuller look solid on TNF, but was not happy to see Odell disappear and for Mark Ingram’s touchdowns to be sniped by JK Dobbins.  Great game to open the season fellas!

Katon (0-1) 96.9 vs. Jen (1-0) 105.3

Sticking to Division #1, Jen takes out Katon in a lower scoring affair.  Most impressive for Jen was DeAndre Hopkins’ 25.1 point explosion in his Arizona debut.  Many analysts recommended fading Hopkins due to lack of rapport with Kyler Murray.  They looked pretty fucking in sync to me!  Katon’s top two picks in Nick Chubb and Joe Mixon underperformed greatly combining for a paltry 10.7 points.  Aaron Rodgers made it close with 33.6 (34.7%) of Katon’s 96.9 points. 

Brad (0-1) 100.1 vs. Kenny (1-0) 134.1

Black Mamba indeed.  K-Dub’s team performed like the late Kobe Bryant in this one.  Crushing the Super Bowl runner up from 2019.  Kenny got 28.9 from Matt Ryan’s 450 yard shootout performance and another 21.3 from his top pick Dalvin Cook.  Cook got paid and then he immediately rewarded the Vikings (and Kenny).  The rest of Kenny’s lineup was just plain solid.  All other starters scored 12.7 or more and his three peripherals combined for 26.5.  Brad started out with TNF with 44.4 between his KC stack of Mahomes-Kelce-Butker.  But his lack of touchdowns (0 from Rb1, Rb2, Wr1, Wr2, Flex) was his downfall.  Solid peripherals with 36 points, but no ticky (touchdowns)…no laundry (victory).

Joe (1-0) 142.1 vs. JD (0-1) 108.9

Joe with the highest scoring week to begin the year.  He was instantly rewarded with his selection of LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire to the tune of 22.8 fantasy points.  Jonathan Taylor looked like a rough pick after the Colts turned to Marlon Mack, but Mack exited the game (and the season) with an Achilles injury.  Joe’s Steeler Stack combined for 55.8 with Big Ben and Juju both scoring 21.9 fantasy points.  His highest point total was achieved with the help of Calvin Ridley’s 32.4 fantasy points.  Several analysts predicted Calvin Ridley to take a leap forward this year and with a 12 target, 9 reception 130 yard and 2 touchdown performance it appears those analysts might have been right.  JD’s lone bright spot was Mark Andrews who looked phenomenal.  He snagged a one handed touchdown and then caught another one later in the game.  JD’s combination of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Mark “Go Up and Grab It” Andrews finished with 35.9 points combined.  Unfortunately, just couldn’t keep up with Joe’s hot start.

Mike (1-0) 109.0 vs. Scotty (0-1) 87.8

Scotty received the highest praise and remarks from Brad’s draft grades, so naturally he starts out the season with the lowest score of the 12 teams.  Scotty’s James Conner got injured, Austin Ekeler was barely targeted in the passing game, and Cooper Kupp was pretty much shut down against Dallas.  Mike’s lineup was top heavy with 71.6 (65.7%) of his 109.0 points coming from the Qb, Rb1, and Rb2 positions.  After Brad reamed Mike for taking David Johnson at the 2/3 turn of the draft.  He delivered a solid 18.4 against the Chiefs D/ST.  CMC looks like the same stud we’ve seen the last few years with a pair of touchdowns and 26.9 fantasy points. 

Tommy (0-1) 104.1 vs. Chase (1-0) 141.7

Tommy couldn’t hang with Chase who was powered by huge performances from Russel Wilson (34.7) and Davante Adams (37.6).  Chase did lose Marlon Mack to an achilles injury and Le’Veon Bell to a hamstring injury in this one.  His Rb2 spot will be something to watch.  Tommy got 26.2 from Zeke who showed off his new “FEED ME” tattoo on his stomach.  Adam Thielen went OFF for 31 points.  A solid effort from Tommy, but his peripherals were one of the worst we’ve ever seen.  His tight end, defense and kicker combined for -0.9 points.  That’s right.  3 players…combined for negative points.  You are not going to win many games with that.  Good Lord.    

Week 2 Preview:

Jen (1-0) vs. Trey (1-0)

The unbeatens in D1 square off.  Trey gets 5 of his 9 starters in 2 games this week.  The first is Mark Ingram and Ravens D/ST @ Houston, which includes Will Fuller.  And the second is Sunday Night Football featuring Cam Newton @ Seattle, which includes Chris Carson.  This game will most likely come down to Trey’s 1st round pick Josh Jacobs (#1 Fantasy Rb) facing a very stout Saints Defensive front on Monday Night Football.  Jen will have Deshaun Watson in the same Bal @ HOU game. Barkley is @ Chicago who just gave up 100 total yards to the corpse of Adrian Peterson.  DeAndre Hopkins will face off against a beatable Washington Football team secondary and DJ Moore will travel to Tampa Bay.  Looks to be a great matchup.

Moose (0-1) vs. Katon (0-1)

Moose enters Week 2 as a heavy favorite against Katon.  Moose has Lamar Jackson @ Houston, Alvin Kamara @ LV, Julio Jones @ Dallas, and Allen Robinson II vs. the NYG that just gave up a pair of touchdowns to JuJu Smith-Schuster.  Several opportunities for shootouts maximizing Moose’s ceiling.  Katon will have some favorable matchups of his own.  With Aaron Rodgers vs. Detroit, Nick Chubb vs. CIN, and Joe Mixon vs. Cleveland.  Robert Woods may avoid the Darius Slay shadow against Philly.  49ers D/ST @ NYJ could actually make this game competitive. 

Joe (1-0) vs. Kenny (1-0)

Top 2 teams of D2 face off to see which team remains unbeaten.  Joe’s Steeler Stack faces Denver.  CEH has a tough matchup against the LA Chargers, Calvin Ridley (#2 Fantasy Wr) faces Dallas.  K-Dub has Matt Ryan in that potential shootout with Dallas, Dalvin Cook squares off against the Colts, and DK Metcalf squares off on SNF against the Patriots.  Joe looks to be early favorite based on matchups, but should be a great game.   

Brad (0-1) vs. JD (0-1)

Both Brad and JD have more questions than answers to start the season.  But one thing Brad is sure of: Derrick Henry is a real one.  Already on pace for career highs in receptions (he had 3 in Week 1), he ran 22 pass routes in Week 1 (a new career high), and he ran 31 times for 116 yards.  Next up he gets Jacksonville, which gave up 42.3 fantasy points to the Colts running backs in Week 1.  Brad’s Washington Stack of Gibson-McLaurin travels to the desert to face the Cardinals who’s defense looked pretty solid at times against the Niners.  Brad’s KC Stack travels to LA to face the Chargers, which may prove to be a low scoring affair.  JD has Daniel Jones @ Chicago, Kenyan Drake against a talented Washington d-line, Aaron Jones in a tasty matchup against Detroit, and his pair of Ravens pass catchers get Houston’s very beatable secondary.  This looks to be a great game as both teams fight to avoid the 0-2 hole to start the season.

Mike (1-0) vs. Chase (1-0)

This is a big boy matchup.  These two teams came out swinging to start the year and now D3 Supremacy is at stake.  Both teams have injuries to some key players that they will have to monitor this week.  Mike shows some favorable matchups with Kyler vs. Washington, CMC @ TB who just gave up 2 (almost 3) rushing touchdowns to Alvin Kamara, AJ Brown faces a beatable JAX secondary, and TY Hilton faces a Minnesota defense that were dilapidated by Davante Adams last week.  He’ll be monitoring his stud Tight End George Kittle who sprained his knee in the Cardinals game.  Mike does not have a backup Tight End at this time.  Chase has #LetRussCook on SNF against New England Defense.  Raheem Mostert shouldn’t have any problems against the Jets paltry defense.  “Davante Adams- Brad’s #1 Wideout This Year” has another juicy matchup against Detroit.  Big question for Chase is Rb2 where he has a few backs to choose from if he doesn’t snipe one of the 35+ year old running backs available via waiver wire.  He’ll be monitoring Michael Thomas’s status, which happens to fall on Monday Night Football.  Setting up a doom and gloom scenario if Thomas turns out to be a game-time decision.  Will be interesting to monitor how this one shakes out.

Tommy (0-1) vs. Scotty (0-1)

Last and least… Tommy faces off against Scotty.  Tommy has “Feed Me” Zeke with a advantageous matchup against Atlanta, Adam Theilen @ Indy, and Kareem Hunt vs. CIN on TNF.  Scotty has Dak in that same shootout against Atlanta and Ekeler (the runner only now apparently) vs. KC.  Scotty would certainly welcome back Miles Sanders with open arms, but will have to monitor this week.  Couple that with a high ankle sprain for James Conner and all of a sudden the trio of running backs that Brad sang his praises for all have taken a huge hit value-wise just a mere 1 week into the fantasy season.  One of these managers whose names ends in “Y” will leave this game with a “W.”

Thanks and Good Luck Everybody!    

Draft Grades By Bradley

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BBY Dream Team 2020

BBY Dream Team League enters year 12.  Moose has dominated winning back to back titles and has noq won the championship 4 times, double the next closest person.  Thank all of you for joining the draft this past Sunday.  I know times have been tough for everyone and there’s a lot of adversity out there.  Some have lost loved ones.  Some have gained loved ones.  I know in the past I’ve made jokes involving race, but I will not be doing so moving forward.  I’ll just stick to making fun of your fantasy teams.  I will tell you this though.  Being part of the Dream Team back at Best Buy with you guys was a model of teamwork.  Where it didn’t matter where you came from or what you looked like.  Just that you were slinging product, services, and accessories.  Simpler times indeed. 

  1. Mike Grote- Mike won the CMC lottery.  He was a cheat code last year, finishing with 443.2 fantasy points.  The number 2 running back finished with 313.6 points.  I’m fairly certain that was the widest margin of any #1 vs. #2 fantasy running back ever.  In the second Mike went with George Kittle, Saints Destroyer.  Many analysts have him projected over Travis Kelce in their rankings.  Most likely due to the fact that Kelce has been on top so long.  Eventually he’ll have to drop right?  Then Mike drafted David Johnson to start the 3rd round.  There was one running back I had ranked higher than David Johnson amongst who was left at this point and his name is James Conner.  This may be Mike’s Mixon moment, but we’ll see (Last year Mike drafted Mixon over Dalvin Cook).  DJ should get some volume, but lose some pass catching ability to Duke Johnson.  We know Bill O’Brien will force him the ball and take over the Carlos Hyde role from a year ago.  But I had him ranked a bit lower than the beast wideouts and Qb’s that were available at this turn.  At the 4/5 turn Mike got the AFC South abbreviation combo of AJ Brown and TY Hilton.  (While I was typing this draft grade I was holding Anna and she took a giant poop, so we know how she feels about Mike’s team).  I think Brown and Hilton will both be solid.  Good volume from both and makes you feel better about getting Rb2 at the 2/3 turn albeit the wrong one.  At the 6/7 turn you got Deebo Samuel and Kyler Murray.  I like the Deebo pick.  Reports out of camp say his foot isn’t as bad as say an Alshon Jeffrey or AJ Green foot issue.  Maybe because he is younger.  But he should be clearcut #1 for San Fran once fully healthy.   I didn’t like the Kyler pick as much.  Not that I don’t like Kyler this season, it’s just Dak Prescott will finish QB#3 or better this season.  Murray should be solid, but Dak was the correct pick.  Both Wilson and Dak (And my backup) will finish better than Kyler Murray this season.  You shored up some Rb depth at 8/9 with Jordan Howard and Latavius Murray.  If Kamara does wind up holding out you have a RB running behind the best line in football.  Breida will probably get more yards than Howard, but he’ll be decent as a flyer for touchdowns and a good depth piece in case Breida gets hurt again.  Rest of the draft was pretty standard.  Got D/ST, Kicker, few flyer wideouts.  Not bad. 

Draft Grade: B.  Couldn’t give A due to David Johnson and Kyler Murray picks over James Conner and Dak Prescott. 

  • Jen.  Jen gets the running back with tree trunks for legs.  Over Barkley’s last three weeks last season he averaged 33.1 fantasy points per game.  Which is why his ADP is 2 and not 3.  In the 2nd round Jen took DeAndre Hopkins.  Hopkins is one of many wideouts in Arizona and will have the least amount of repour with Kyler Murray.  He is also in the middle of a contract dispute, further muddying his draft value.  As much as I didn’t want him on my team, he is still a monster wideout and we’ll see what happens.  Loved DJ Moore pick in the 3rd.  I personally would have done Thielen over Moore, but Moore is solid.  Joe Brady running offense with Teddy Bridgewater throwing the ball.  Moore will be a consistent wideout for you.  Loved the Zach Ertz pick in Round 4.  Eagles are without Alshon Jeffrey and Jalen Reagor to open the season, Wentz will rely on Ertz early and often this season.  In the 5th Jen drafted Devin Singletary.  He’s the starter in Buffalo as of right now, but word is he did not have a good camp with many fumbling issues.  Looks to be more likely than not that Zach Moss will take over this backfield at some point.  Taking him over Swift, Gibson, Metcalf, Ridley, Locket, Chark is pretty rough.  In the 6th you took Deshaun Watson.  Should be a lot of fun to watch with Brandin Cooks, Will Fuller, Randall Cobb, and Kenny Stills catching passes from him.  I had Dak ranked over him, but Deshaun is a solid selection.  Then you paired him with Brandin Cooks.  Cooks, like Fuller, will be good while you have him.  I think one concussion and he’s done for the year.  He’s simply had too many of them.  But if he stays healthy, he’s been known to get 1000 yard seasons no matter where he plays.  In the 8 you took Darell Henderson.  He’s a little banged up, but we don’t know how the Rams backfield will shake out post-Gurley.  CeeDee Lamb in the 9th is fun.  I was so thankful the Falcons didn’t draft him.  Cowboys offense is pretty damn potent.  There will be weeks where Lamb tears it up.  Decent depth with Burrow and  Boston Scott in later rounds. 

Draft Grade: B-.  I think the team has some potential, but Singletary, Hopkins, Cooks scare me a bit as key core members of the team.  Would not be surprised if Boston Scott and CeeDee Lamb wind up in the starting lineup sooner rather than later.

  • Tommy.  ZEKE.  I thought Tommy might grab Derrick Henry here given his ties to the Tennessee Titans, but no, he went Chalk and got Zeke at 3.  Can’t blame him.  He is a high volume running back on a very good offense.  Solid pick.  In the second he went Kenny Golladay who wouldn’t be my first choice.  I had Thielen, Moore, and Juju ranked higher, but he was a top 5 wideout last year despite having some Qb named Blough throwing him the ball for half the season.  If Stafford could stay healthy, could be a great value.  In the 3rd he got Adam Theilen giving him a great Wr duo.  In 2018 you might remember Thielen’s 10 straight games of 100 yards.  Last year he was banged up.  Minus Stefon Diggs and he’ll be a target monster.  Would not be surprised if he finishes 2nd in targets right behind Adams.  At the 4/5 turn you went Kareem Hunt (was targeting him) and D’Andre Swift.  Solid picks in my opinion.  If Chubb goes down, Hunt could be a league winner.  He offers flex viability most weeks, which is the sweet spot.  Swift could take over Lions backfield and contribute right away.  He’ll have to fight off Kerryon Johnson and Adrian Peterson.  Speaking of Kerryon Johnson, that was Tommy’s 6th pick.  Getting Gronk in the 7th.  Now I had other tight ends ranked much higher than Gronk, but he’s fun.  And you want to watch players that are fun on your fantasy team.  I’m dropping you in your grade, but it’s fun.  Round 8 pick of Jamison Crowder was great value.  Tom Brady in the 9th.  Should be interesting to watch this little experiment.  Does Brady flash signs of Manning when he went to Denver with two stud wideouts and balled out?  OR does he show signs of Manning his last year in Denver when he was throwing ducks and was carried by their defense?  I think the former.  Wouldn’t that be something if Brady-Gronk combo outscored Brad’s Mahomes-Kelce combo?  Wouldn’t that be something.  I was baffled by the Vikings D/ST pick in the 12.  They are terrible.  They lost Griffin, corners are garbage.  I took Butker in the 12th, but at least he’s a top person in his position and not inevitably 20th+.  Tommy ended his draft drafting 2 more Quarterbacks.  Both of which who will be outscored by Tyrod Taylor who currently sits on waivers.  Idiot. 

Draft Grade: B-.  Team could be an F, but could be an A+.  Major offenses was Vikings D and taking 3 quarterbacks.

  • Brad.  Ah yes.  The 4th spot.  Top 3 Running Backs and then… good luck.  I chose Derrick Henry after doing an analysis on him, Kamara, and CEH.  Cook was not an option for me, I’ll explain at Kenny’s pick.  Kamara had the best offensive line of the 3, but one of the toughest schedules.  Add in the injuries from last year and a contract dispute and I moved him back.  Clyde is going to be a hell of a player this year and many to come.  Offensive line is even with Titans, but his schedule is much harder.  Which brought me to Henry.  Plays Jacksonville twice and they traded away everybody on their defense that was worth anything.  Reports from camp were Henry has been working on his pass catching ability.  If he is able to get 30+ catches and not regress too much in the touchdown department, Brad might make out okay with this pick.  In the 2nd I went with Travis Kelce.  Kelce has been #1 Tight End for like 3 or 4 years in a row.  I felt like the Tight End position was a lot deeper this year, but Kelce has been a model of consistency.  In the 3rd I should’ve taken James Conner, but I just couldn’t resist the Mahomes-Kelce connection.  There is only one Qb in the league that could potentially throw 60 touchdowns.  His name is Patrick Mahomes.  I think he’s going to get a few screen passes to CEH that he will get long touchdowns from.  In a deep Qb position, this too doesn’t have the allure of yesteryear, but we’ll see.  Especially considering Tyrod Taylor is available right now and you are all idiots.  4th Round Moose snagged his second wideout that shouldn’t have fallen to him in Allen Robinson.  I was very pleased to get Terry McLaurin with hopes to pair him up with TY Hilton.  Hilton got snagged by Mike, and Hunt who I liked got snagged by Tommy followed by Singletary and Swift, so I decided to get my Rb2 before my Wr2.  A decision that might cost me.  But I got Antonio Gibson.  Rookie, slated to start for the Washington Football Team, but I’m not sure whether it’s at running back or not.  He could play in the slot, running back, reverses, does returns.  It’ll be an  interesting experiment to say the least.  Panicking after Marquise Brown and Will Fuller went I took JK Dobbins, rookie from Baltimore.  Then the next few picks I picked highest ranked person available.  Gallup (#2 on Cowboys high octane offense), Edelman (Quietly Wr#10 last year), and James White (he’s not sexy, but if you need 9 fantasy points, he’ll get you exactly 9 fantasy points).  Loved DeSean Jackson in the 10th round.  In games against his former team he’s averaged 4.6 receptions, 98.8 yards, and 0.625 touchdowns.  Week 1- enter Washington, a former team.  Liked Darrel Williams in the 13th, but drafting a kicker in the 12th over Boston Scott is unforgiveable. 

Draft Grade: C.  Giving in to temptation lead him to start Rb-TE-Qb when I could’ve started Henry-Thielen-Conner.  Team might make the playoffs, but will be middle of the pack. 

  • Moose.  I’m so sick of watching this league do Moose favors in the draft.  It’s like you want him to Threepeat.  You want the pain of watching him win.  One person in particular is going to get reamed for Moose’s team.  But I’ll leave that for later.  Moose takes Kamara, which is fine.  I probably would’ve gone CEH in this position.  Another reason I didn’t draft Kamara:  Taysom Hill in at Qb.  Kamara and Ty Montgomery in the backfield.  Cook at Tight End, Emmanuel Sanders on one end, Mike Thomas on another.  Taysom throws it back to Sanders, who throws it to Ty Montgomery for a sick score.  I want to watch that play and enjoy it.  I don’t want to go “Fuck!  Give it to Kamara!”.  In the 2nd Moose is gifted with Julio Jones.  Julio should’ve gone before 4 players that went prior to him falling into Moose’s lap.  He’s still a beast and Atlanta will still throw a lot.  In the 3rd Moose gets Lamar Jackson back.  The other cheat code from a year ago who finished with 432.4 fantasy points where the #2 Qb finished with 363.3.  Not as big of a gap as RB, but still a great advantage.  Can the MVP repeat his success?  Why not?  Brad had two chances to prevent this from happening.  But here we are.  Lamar-Kamara-Julio to start.  In the 4th round he was gifted with Allen Robinson.  A-Rob, despite terrible Qb play, finished 11th last year.  And he somehow went after Kupp, Sutton, and Woods at wideout.  In the 5th Moose takes Cam Akers, thus finally ending his Darrell Henderson curse from a year ago.  But he didn’t learn his lesson from last year.  Rams rookie running backs struggle to pick up McVay’s system.  They’ll start with Brown as the starter and mix in Cam Akers.  But then Henderson will get healed up and be back.  I think he too panicked a little bit and wanted to secure his Rb2, taking Akers over Metcalf, Ridley, Lockett, and Chark.  This one might hurt him.  In the 6th he took Ronald Jones II, who will be useful for a couple games maybe.  Too many mouths to feed in that backfield, so this had to be more of a mental game versus Chase who took Fournette than actual faith in Rojo.  Moose got Darren Waller in the 7th, a decent tight end who finished #2 last year.  Then he took Zach Moss in the 8th round, a pick I wrote down prior to the draft.  I had Moss slated to be taken at pick 93.  But with Moose picking at 92 I wrote down Moose will most likely take.  He took a couple cardinals, couple wideouts and there we have it. 

Draft Grade: B+.  He’ll compete, but Rb2/Flex has left some to be desired.  

  • Kenny.  Dalvin Cook.  Dunh Dunh dunh…. It’s a trap!  Cook is in the middle of a contract dispute.  In addition, a physical therapist/fantasy analyst showed data earlier this summer about Cook’s specific shoulder injury.  Said without surgery chance or reinjury is about 30-40%.  Given the volume he’s anticipated I think it’s not a question of if Dalvin Cook gets hurt, but when.  Kenny took Tyreek Hill in the second, trying to recreate Brad’s top scoring team from a year ago.  Lightning in a bottle, but had some health concerns as well.  In the third Kenny took Todd Gurley, making sure he is able to take full advantage of the additional IR slot we all voted on.  I mean my God Kenny.  Taking Melvin Gordon in the 4th wasn’t as bad.  He should be used for goal line work and catch some passes on Denver.  Even with a split with Lindsay it wasn’t the worst pick.  Liked DK Metcalf in the 5th.  Good value there.  Round 6 you took Stefon Diggs.  Diggs finished 17th last year.  But not sure how he’ll adjust from Kirk Cousins to Josh Allen at Qb.  I love Allen, but because he can run and he’ll throw a touchdown now and then.  His down the field accuracy is terrible, which I’d imagine would be Diggs forte’.  John Brown will probably be more consistent.  In the 7th you took Matt Breida.  Some analysts love him.  Think he has a chip on his shoulder and the Breida-Howard tandem will do well for Miami.  Round 8 you went with Tyler Higbee.  If he is able to replicate how he finished last season look out.  He averaged 19.5 fantasy points per game in the last 5 games of the season.  Now that was with a bunch of injuries to other pass catchers and during a lost season.  But if he does… could be a great value pick.  Thought you got good value with Ruggs and Preston Williams.  I liked how you finished your draft. 

Draft Grade: B-.  Too many oft-injured players and too many players on new teams.  But has some pieces to work with and enough potential to compete. 

  • Joe!  You slut.  I drafted you in my division and you repay me by drafting a somewhat competent team!  CEH was a great pick in the first round.  Andy Reid’s new Brian Westbrook with Le’Veon’s elusiveness.  He’ll be a top 5 pick next year and you’ll enjoy the ride this season.  In the second round I thought Hill and Julio were better choices than Evans.  Just not sure how Brady is going to divvy up the rock in this new offense.  Plus he’s Lattimore’s bitch and should start week 1 with a terrible outing.  In the 3rd you got JuJu who I love for a bounce back season.  If Big Ben stays healthy, with that defense, this team will be title contenders.  For Rb2 you went Jonathan Taylor.  I like Taylor a lot and I think the Colts will run a lot.  But if has to stave off Marlon Mack on early downs and Nyheim Hines on 3rd downs.  You know how Rivers loves to check down.  (See Ekeler’s previous seasons).  If I was a GM, would I want to run my rookie rb into the ground or would I prefer to burn the tires on Marlon Mack knowing we won’t resign him after this year?  I think Mack will get a ton of work.  Ridley in the 5th round was a really good pick.  He was 27th last year, but don’t assume all Austin Hooper’s targets will just go to Hayden Hurst.  Ridley has a chance to take a step forward in Year 3.  AJ Green in the 6th.  Worth a flyer with Burrow throwing.  We’ll see if he actually gets healthy and plays.  You drafted a defense in Round 8.  I love the Steelers D/ST.  I think they could be nasty this year.  For this draft capital, they better be.  Couple flyers at Rb, Big Ben was great value in the 12th.  Ebron might be my favorite pick of yours.  Overall.  Solid job.

Draft Grade: A.  I don’t see a weakness.  Steeler’s stack provides great value.  You did really good Joe. 

  • Trey.  Before I get to these grades I just want to start out by saying I love you as a friend, colleague, and mentor.  You have a beautiful family and you’re a great leader who I respect and I want nothing but happiness for you and yours man.  I really mean that.  I truly hope you don’t take what comes next personally.  With all that being said, I think you absolutely bombed this draft.  I mean.  It’s like when I tried to cram in college for the Relationship Studies class final exam and I got a 52 on it.  I almost couldn’t graduate, I had to do extra credit and talk to my professor just to graduate in 4 years without having to do summer school.  Like… this is really bad.  Like on the office when Kevin brings in the big pot of chili and drops it all over the carpet and falls in it bad.  Josh Jacobs was a mid to low 2nd round pick in my opinion.  Gruden brought in 15 different 3rd down running backs in the offseason to clearly let the world know this dude will not be on the field on 3rd down.  Players I had ranked higher than Jacobs that you passed on and the order: Sanders, Mixon, Thomas, Adams, Ekeler, Hill, Julio, Drake, Chubb.  It’s almost like you passed on having a first round pick.  Then.  More egregious than the first round, in round 2 you selected Chris Carson.  He is coming off hip surgery, they signed Carlos Hyde who will get work, and much of the offseason has been swirling rumors about the Seahawks passing on early downs more.  They tried to get the hashtag #letrusscook going.  Players I would have drafted over Carson and the order: Hill, Julio, Kelce, Kittle, Thielen, James Connor, DJ Moore, Evans, Godwin, Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, JuJu, Odell and probably more.  I’m going to try and look at the rest of your draft with a fresh lens and pretend the first two picks didn’t happen.  Odell in the 3rd is good.  I think he has a much better season than last year.  Ingram is a good value pick in the 4th round.  Dobbins hasn’t earned anything yet.  It’s still Ingram’s backfield.  Tyler Boyd in the 5th was a little bit of a reach for me.  I liked Lockett , Chark, Brown and Fuller better, but I get the allure with Burrow.  Will Fuller in the 6th broke my heart.  I wanted him or Brown and you snagged him!  If he stays healthy he could be a top 10 wideout.  It’s a big IF, but enjoy him while you have him.  I know I enjoyed him last year during that 50+ point explosion against Atlanta.  Delicious.  More great value in Marvin Jones Jr in the 7th.  Decent Wr 3.  Diontae Johnson was a good flyer in the 8th.  Lots of buzz this offseason.  Hayden Hurst should do well in Atlanta.  I don’t think he does what Hooper did last year, but I think he is going to be solid.  Ravens D/ST in the 10th.  I don’t know what to make of the Raven’s D.  They add Calais Campbell which is huge, but then lose Earl Thomas.  Plus division got better around them.  Steelers get Big Ben back, Bengals get Burrow.  Browns upgraded offensive line significantly.  It’ll be interesting to see.  You got your quarterbacks in rounds 11 and 12.  Great value in Stafford and Cam.  I think you’ll be pleased. Gesicki was great in the 13th.  He was a target of mine. 

Draft Grade: C+.  I think you wiffed on the first two.  But you really did a great job getting value in the mid and late rounds.  This gives you a decent starting lineup with some firepower and above average depth.  It’ll take a lot of managing, but you can make some noise if you play your cards right. 

  • Chase.  I made quite a bit of money in the stock market.  I did that by selling stocks when the market is very high and buying stocks when the market is very low.  When people zig, I zag.  That’s exactly what Chase did here.  While everyone got caught up in the Rb sweepstakes Chase took Michael Thomas and Davante Adams to start his draft.  I actually have Adams as my Wr #1 this year.  These two could approach 300 targets and targets= potential.  One of the stat nerds I follow on Twitter did analysis of Wide Receivers ability to get open.  Adams was the far superior wideout in the league.  Chase will compete.  In the 3rd he took Chrsi Godwin.  Some say his skillset is perfect for Brady.  I think Chase would have been better off taking Bell Cow James Conner here, but having Godwin took take of is flex to start the year.  When Conner went to Scotty in the 4th Chase got his first Rb and he chose Le’Veon Bell.  Adam Gase hates Le’Veon Bell.  Adam Gase might be fired by midseason, so maybe Bell does well back half of the year.  But Frank Gore will spell him.  Gore energizes the team.  It’s inspirational to see a 35+ year old score in the NFL.  Same thing in Arizona with Larry Fitz.  Gore will be annoying this season.  Bell should get 15-20 touches per game, on a bad Jets team.  In Round 5 Chase took Leonard.  Fournette might get goal line carries, but man.  He had so many goal line carries last year and couldn’t score.  Like… he did really really bad.  Bucs offensive line should be better than Jacksonville, but jesus.  Whole situation is gross.  He should receive more carries than Rojo sooner rather than later this season.  He is better than Rojo.  In Round 6 Raheem Mostert.  I think the Niners will continue to rotate in backs.  Jerick McKinnon is still alive somehow.  Tevin Coleman is there.  I think Mostert will get most of the work.  Coleman will rotate in drives and McKinnon will take over some 3rd down stuff.  He should be serviceable some weeks.  In Round 7 you took #LetRussCook.  I still think Dak Prescott will outscore Wilson (again), so you missed here.  But he’s still a solid quarterback and better than Murray who Mike took 8 picks prior.  Liked Marlon Mack in the 8th.  (See Joe’s team on Jonathan Taylor for my Mack opinion).  Did decent rest of the way.

Draft Grade: A-.  That Thomas-Adams duo is just fucking beautiful. 

  1. Scotty.  You must’ve eaten your Wheaties before this draft because you were not messing around!  I thought Ekeler was a bit of a reach in the 1st.  I liked Mixon, Adams, and Sanders better.  But if you took Sanders at 10 and Ekeler at 15 you’d still wind up the same, so I’m not going to dock you anything.  That’s a great duo.  Sanders was great to watch last year.  You’ll be annoyed with how much Boston Scott plays, but Sanders can do it all.  Run, catch, break tackles, elude defenders.  Very well done.  Cooper Kupp in the 3rd was okay.  I’m not a fan.  He was #4 last year and has great report with Jared Goff, but I liked Woods and Cooper a little better.  In the 4th you got what everyone will refer to as the Steal of the Draft in James Conner.  Last year he was a 1st round pick.  Big Ben got hurt and the Steelers almost limped into the playoffs with Duck Hodges at Qb.  Conner is a true bell cow.  He’ll get 70%+ of the work.  And this pick secures you as having the best Rb Trio in the league.  Ekeler-Sanders-Conner.  Nasty.  In Round 5 you got Tyler Lockett, another person who has great chemistry with their Qb.  Maybe your team name should be Total Chemistry instead of Total Domination.  (Dad jokes are a disease I’m seeking help).  Landry was meh in the 6th round.  I think Hooper and Kareem Hunt kind of sandwich Landry’s sweet spot in the short to medium routes.  I just don’t see it this season.  Then in the 7th.  You got #2 fantasy Qb from a year ago and probably #2 or #3 Qb this year in Dak Prescott.  He loses Randall Cobb and Jason Witten, but gains CeeDee Lamb and a coach that isn’t going to try and interfere with the offensive coordinator’s jive.  Emmanuel Sanders pick was usless.  You took him before Edelman and Crowder.  That’s really bad.  Jared Cook in the 9th is about right.  D/ST in the 10th was meh.       

Draft Grade: A.  Lost the plus with Landry and Sanders picks, but think this is team is the favorite to win Division 3.  Tommy, Chase, and Mike are all solid.  But Scotty’s trio of Rb’s are the real deal. 

  1. JD.  Drake and Jones to start.  They both did well last year.  I liked Mixon better than Drake and Sanders better than both of them.  Drake was awesome for Arizona.  He’s a little banged up but I think he does well this year.  Jones will be frustrating to watch.  Ask Scotty.  He gets like 12-15 touches per game.  AJ Dillon and Jamaal Williams will eat some.  Jones survived on Touchdowns last year.  It might be asking too much to expect the same output.  Regression is inevitable.  But I would take this duo over Trey’s duo every day of the week.  I don’t particularly like the Courtland Sutton over Cooper and Woods pick.  Sutton is in Denver with Drew Lock.  But they also have two running backs, Noah Fant, Jerry Jeudy.  Kind of a lot of mouths to feed.  Mark Andrews will be fun to watch.  Watching him jump up and snagging touchdowns from Lamar was beautiful.  Absolutely loved your wideout selections in Rounds 5 and 6.  DJ Chark do do do do do (to the sound of baby shark or baby shark faster version or hiccups baby shark or God help all parents of toddlers who listen to this shit all day everyday).  Marquise Brown put on some muscle this offseason.  His diet is legit.  I wanted him bad in the 6th round, but you gobbled him up.  Shepherd should be the #1 Wideout for the Giants.  Lindsay is a good value in the 8th round.  Co-starters are legit.  Robby Anderson sucks.  Start him he’ll get you 0.  Bench him he’ll go off for 30.  Just drop him now and thank me later.  Mattison in the 10th round.  The most important handcuff in the game right there.  Hold on to him with your life.  Last year when Mahomes got hurt I offered Chase Josh Allen then a Top 5 Qb for Mattison (Cook wasn’t hurt yet) and he refused.  That’s the value of an elite handcuff.  Great flyers throughout and Dallas Kicker-D/ST stack. 

Draft Grade: A.  I thought drafting you and Joe would lead to kicker bowls.  Instead I might finish 3rd or last in the damn division.

  1. Katon.  Although I appreciate you changing your team name to “Just here to Pay dues” you still haven’t paid your dues lol.  I know you’re good for it.  Just send me $100 of that popcorn your daughter was selling and we’ll be square.  Chubb and Mixon is a great 1-2 punch.  Tough division, and Chubb will lose a lot to Kareem Hunt, but offensive line is much improved.  Mixon just got paid and they figured out how to use him end of last year.  Too little too late for Mike unfortunately.  Cooper-Woods combo is a great Wr duo.  I think you got a solid foursome to start your draft.  Didn’t care of Keenan Allen or David Montgomery picks.  Allen is on the Chargers who will slow things down on offense.  Montgomery is already hurt and playing behind Trubisky (barfs).  Thought you got good value with Parker and Engram.  Daniel Jones will look to Engram early and often.  Decent value late. 

Draft Grade: B.  Not sexy, but will compete most weeks.  Outside chance of winning D1, the weakest division. 

In Order:

  1. Scotty- A
  2. Chase- A
  3. JD- A
  4. Joe- A
  5. Moose- B+
  6. Mike- B
  7. Katon- B
  8. Tommy B-
  9. Jen B-
  10. Kenny B-
  11. Trey C+
  12. Brad C