Month: September 2020

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