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)
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