Week 3 Recap:

Division 1:

Kenny (2-1) 125.0 vs. Katon (2-1) 122.9

Heading into Monday Night Football Kenny was down 99.9 to 122.9 with only Ezekiel Elliot left to play.  Zeke had scored 4.9 and 16.7 in his first two weeks, so it wasn’t looking good for Kenny.  Then the Cowboys fed him early and often on his way to 17 carries, 95 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 3 catches for 21 yards. (25.1 fantasy points).  This game was very top heavy with most of the scoring coming from only a few players on each team.  Kenny had 6 players score 7.7 or less, but had three players Josh Allen (40.1), Zeke (25.1), and Mike Williams (32.7) combine for 97.9 points.  Katon had 5 players score 11 or less, but had four players Tom Brady (33.6), Mike Evans (17.6), Travis Kelce (16.9), and James Robinson (22.4) combine for 90.5.  An epic end to the Division 1 first round of games.  Look forward to seeing these teams meet again in Week 14.  

Scotty (2-1) 145.3 vs. Trey (0-3) 102.9

Scotty outscored Trey in nearly every category, Qb, Rbs, Wrs, and Tight End.  Scotty had big weeks from Justin Herbert (30.8), Najee Harris (24.2), Davante Adams (28.2), DJ Moore (19.5), and Mark Andrews (16.4).  Trey wind up with 23.5 from Jalen Hurts on MNF, but this game was already out of reach.  Big disappointments for Trey this week including Johnathan Taylor (7.7), Robert Woods (5.3), Courtland Sutton (6.2), TJ Hockensen (2.0).  His lone bright spots were Den D/ST (19.0), Brandon McManus (16.0) and Antonio Gipson’s 18.9.  But 15.3 of that came on one 73 yard reception.  On the flip side Scotty should be optimistic about his team’s prospects considering Najee Harris had 14 receptions and 102 yards receiving.  That’s right, a running back had 14 receptions this week. 

Division 2:

Jen (2-1) 106.8 vs. Tommy (1-2) 86.9

Low scoring affair for Jen vs. Tommy this week.  Jen had four players score between 18.9 and 19.7, which accounted for 72% of her point total this week.  Lamar Jackson (19.2), Ekeler (19.7), CEH (18.9), and Brandin Cooks (19.2).  Biggest story for Tommy this week was injuries.  CMC exited the Thursday Night Football game with a hamstring injury.  AJ Brown left Colts game with a hamstring injury.  Rob Gronkowski missed some time in the Rams game due to a shot to the ribs.  Tyler Lockett missed some time in the Minnesota game.  One note of positivity was Tommy’s top scorer, Jamar Chase (20.5), who has now scored at least 1 touchdown in every NFL game he’s ever played in.  (Geaux Tigers).

Mike (1-2) 115.2 vs. JD (2-1) 120.9

Mike had scored a respectable 115.2 after the Sunday games.  Got solid production from most of his starters Wilson (16.5), Henry (20.9), Edmonds (11.0), DK Metcalf (22.7), Adam Thielen (14.0), D’Andre Swift (20.2), Carlson (12).  The only two players that underperformed were his Tight End Jonnu Smith (0.9) and his D/ST Washington (-3.0).  JD came into MNF having scored a respectable 92.9 with Barkley (18.4), Melvin Gordon (14.7), Diggs (8.0), Higbee (12.5), and Alexander Mattison (23.1).  He needed 22.3 from Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb to overtake Mike and claim victory.  With Zeke’s early involvement it appeared JD might now get there, but Dak kept being aggressive into the second half throwing for 3 touchdowns and 20 points, with CeeDee adding 8.  Enough for JD to move to 2-1 and drop Mike to 1-2.  

Division 3:

Chase (2-1) 119.9 vs. Brad (2-1) 119.1

There are two ways I can take this loss.  I can say I was less than one point from being 3-0.  OR.  I can say I was less than one point from being 1-2.  Both are true statements.  This was a phenomenal game.  Chase had advantages at Wide Receiver, Tight End, and D/St.  Brad had advantages at Quarterback and Running Back.  Interesting tidbit, both teams’ kickers missed long field goals.  There was a myriad of ways this game could have been less close.  Chase had 3 players finish with 90+ yards, but less than 100 including Claypool (9 catches, 96 yards, 14.1 points), Kittle (7 catches, 92 yards, 13.6 points), and #1 Wr Cooper Kupp (9 catches, 96 yards, 2 touchdowns, 26.1 points).  I spent up to pick up Panthers D/ST which resulted in a 2-point difference from my team’s total score.  Also, I was torn on who to start in the flex.  I liked Hunt despite the poor matchup against the Bears.  Matthew Berry went on a long speech about why I should start Kenyan Drake against his former team the Dolphins.  Fantasy Pros Who to Start told me put in Tyler Boyd over Hunt.  But I just like having him in the Flex.  I know what he’s capable of.  I made the right calls and still lost on Sunday Night Football with some last-minute catches from Kittle at the end of the game.  Kittle had a 9 yard rush in that game, so losing by 0.8 one could say was a direct result of that running play.  You can make all the right calls and still fall just short.  Sometimes fantasy is like that sometimes.  Looking forward to the rematch in Week 14!           

Joe (0-3) 94.6 vs. Mustafa (2-1) 121.0

Rough week for Joe.  He got solid production from Patrick Mahomes (22.9), Justin Jefferson (25.3), and Justin Tucker (16), but everyone else scored 8.9 or less including his Tight End Robert Tonyan (1.1) and D/ST San Francisco (1.0) combining for 2.1 points.  Normally a defense shitting the bed isn’t a death sentence, but this week one could argue it was close.  That’s because Moose got 21.0 points from NO D/ST.  That’s a 20 point swing in a 26.4 point game.  Moose got 21.4 from Ryan Tannehill, 19.3 from Alvin Kamara, 15.0 from Keenan Allen, 11.2 from Odell Beckham Jr, and 14 from Tyler Bass.  Total Peripherals?  Joe- 18.1, Moose- 42.9.    

Week 4 Preview:

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

This is what the people want to see.  Two heavy weights going at it.  This looks to be a phenomenal matchup.  There are so many story lines I don’t even know where to begin.  Katon has scored the most after 3 weeks with 399.1 Points For, Averaging 133 per game.  Chase has scored the 3^rd most with 372.5, Averaging 124.2.  Katon has #1 Fantasy Qb Tom Brady in his return to New England on SNF.  Oh boy. Chase has #2 Kyler Murray @ LA Rams in a battle for first place in the NFC West.  Katon has 11. Joe Mixon vs. Jacksonville on TNF and 18. David Montgomery vs. Detroit.  Chase has his Chubb Duo, 10. Nick Chubb @ Minnesota, and new starter Chuba Hubbard @ Dallas, who looks to take the bulk of the work with CMC once again on the mend.  Katon has 18. Mike Evans @ NE, JuJu @ GB.  Chase has Calvin Ridley vs. Washington and Chase Claypool @ GB.  At Tight End there are juggernauts.  Katon with #1 Travis Kelce @ Philly.  Chase with 9. George Kittle vs. Seattle.  In the Flex, Katon has 18. James Robinson on TNF.  Chase has #1 Wr Cooper Kupp vs. Arizona.  Biggest games for this matchup are obviously Arizona vs. Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay @ New England on Sunday Night Football.  Great freaking matchup.     

 Jen (2-1) vs. Brad (2-1)

Great game in Week 4 between Jen and I.  Brad comes in after scoring his most points so far this season but losing his first game by 0.8.  Jen comes in eking out a win a low scoring affair after scoring her least points so far this season.  Jen has been a little up and down this season scoring 117.9-141.4-106.8.  Brad has been hyper consistent scoring 117.5-115.1-119.1.  This week Jen has a few tough matchups including 9. Lamar Jackson @ #1 OPRK Denver, 5. Brandin Cooks @ #3 OPRK Buffalo, and 19. Amari Cooper vs. #7 OPRK Carolina.  She also has some positive matchups like 5. Austin Ekeler vs. #19 OPRK Las Vegas, 25. CEH @ #21 OPRK Philly who just gave up a big game to Zeke Elliot.  A couple key difference makers for Jen are her peripherals.  13. Noah Fant gets #32 OPRK Baltimore and 5. Bills D/ST gets Davis Mills at Qb.  Brad’s “Big 3” all have tough matchups in this one.  6. Matt Stafford faces #8 OPRK Arizona, 2. Aaron Jones faces #4 OPRK Pittsburgh, and 13. Tyreek Hill is @ #1 OPRK Philly who did a good job limiting Amari Cooper and CeeDee Lamb in Week 3.  Brad will need his supporting cast to step up in this one.  13. Chris Carson has scored 11.2, 15.1, and 15.2 to start the season.  Allen Robinson has scored 6.5, 9.4, and 3.7 to start the season.  Potential bounce back game against Detroit, but who will be throwing him the ball?  I need A-Rob to step up.  Can’t rely on 9. Kareem Hunt boom weeks every week for victories.  

Kenny (2-1) vs. JD (2-1)   

The last matchup of two winning teams squaring off this week.  Very evened matchup on paper.  You have two mobile quarterbacks in 8. Josh Allen vs. Houston for Kenny and 14. Dak Prescott vs. Carolina for JD.  Both teams have first round Running Backs that have been underperforming the first two weeks of the season that came back and had their best games last week with Kenny’s 7. Zeke Elliot vs. Carolina and JD’s 26. Saquon Barkley @ New Orleans.  Both teams have solid Wide Receiver combos.  Kenny has 8. Godwin @ NE, 2. Mike Williams vs. LV on MN.  JD has Stefon Diggs vs. Houston and 17. CeeDee Lamb vs. Carolina.  We’ll have to keep an eye out on the injuries in this matchup.  Kenny will be keeping an eye on Josh Jacobs who has missed the past two games with several ailments.  JD will be looking at the statuses of Tee Higgins on TNF against Jacksonville, Dalvin Cook (since JD has Mattison), and Elijah Mitchell who missed last week due to a shoulder injury.  

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

Don’t let his record fool you.  His team is bad too.  Trey has had a rough start to 2021.  Johnathan Taylor is ranked Running Back #31.  Antonio Gipson is ranked Rb #17, but take away one play from last week and he’d be in the 30’s as well.  Robert Woods has scored games of 10.9-9.5-5.3 while Cooper Kupp has been going crazy.  Courtland Sutton is 37^th and hasn’t scored a touchdown.  TJ Hockensen is good!  #4 Tight End!  But last week he only scored 2 points.  ESPN gives Trey a 6% chance of making the playoffs.  It doesn’t help when your points against is sitting at 424.7 after 3 weeks.  Averaging 141.6 against him each week.  Can he get a spark this week?  Moose has Ryan Tannehill @ NY Jets.  It’s a good matchup, but will they need to throw?  Alvin Kamara gets the G-Men.  Moose has an interesting decision to make at Rb #2.  He has Mike Davis vs. Washington, Ty’Son Williams @ Denver, or maybe Cordarrelle Patterson who is currently Running Back #12.  Waller is Tight End #3 in a key divisional game on Monday Night Football against the LA Chargers.  Which brings us to Keenan Allen for Moose.  Looking like it’s going to be a good game, but Trey need his playmakers to start making some plays.   

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

Joe couldn’t get things going without Dalvin Cook in Week 3.  Combine being last place in the league in points scored, 4^th worst in terms of points against, add some bad luck, and Joe finds himself 0-3.  On the flip side Mike has had terrible luck the last two weeks.  He is currently #2 Points Scored with 391.0, averaging 130.3 and yet has 1 win to show for it.  That’s what happens when you lose 142.7-156.3 and 115.2-120.9.  On paper this week Mike looks heavily favored.  10. Russell Wilson and 16. DK Metcalf gets San Fran, 1. Derrick Henry is at the Jets.  3. D’Andre Swift is @ Chicago who just got fleeced by Kareem Hunt (similar skillset).  9. Adam Thielen faces Cleveland.  Even #1 Kicker Daniel Carlson has a good matchup for Mike.  Joe has 3. Mahomes @ Philly who gave up a solid 20 to Dak Prescott last week, 20. Dalvin Cook and 10. Justin Jefferson is versus Cleveland, Julio Jones is @ Jets with AJ Brown slated to miss the contest.  A lot of things will need to go right for Joe to win this.  This is a matchup of two teams with very bad luck so far this season.  Will one of their lucks change?  Will Jefferson or Thielen score more?  Will the Titans ram Derrick Henry down the Jets throat or will they try to get their struggling passing game going to the benefit of Julio Jones?  Could this week be a pivotal moment in the season for one of these teams?   

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

Interesting matchup in Week 4.  Scotty comes in riding high after a killer Week 3.  Tommy comes in after being killed in Week 3.  Scotty hopes to have D. Henderson back for his matchup against Arizona.  Tommy is looking to be without #1 Draft Pick CMC and AJ Brown.  I’m sure Gronk will be questionable, Lockett might be questionable.  This team is just beat up.  Scotty has 13. Justin Herbert vs. LV on MNF, 8. Najee Harris @ Green Bay, Trey Sermon vs. Seattle, 6. Davante Adams vs. Pittsburgh, 11. DJ Moore @ Dallas.  Tommy has Aaron Rodgers vs. Pittsburgh, Miles Sanders vs. KC, 4. Jamarr Chase vs. Jacksonville.  Things don’t look good for Tommy.  It’s fantasy football, anything can happen.  

Best of Luck this week! 

-Commish B Razzle Dazzle

Week 2 Recap:

Division 1:

Katon (2-0) 143.3 vs. Trey (0-2) 111.0

Arrrgh!  Captain Katon rode his Tampa Bay Stack against Atlanta in dramatic fashion.  Brady (29.6), Evans (22.0) and TB D/ST (21.0) combined for 72.6 points.  Katon had four players that swabbed the deck scoring 9.4 or less, but his first mate, Travis Kelce, scored 23.4.  Walking the plank was Trey, who wind up with four players in single digits.  Despite being banished to Davey Jones’ Locker he should have some hope on the horizon with Courtland Sutton scoring 23.4 in his first game without Jerry Jeudy.  A good sign for calmer seas ahead.  Hopefully Katon doesn’t let the 2-0 record allow him to get ARRRR-ogant.

Kenny (1-1) 102.8 vs. Scotty (1-1) 116.5

A great Week 2 matchup with both teams getting solid production from most of their players.  Kenny got 16.5 from Josh Allen compared to 17.6 from Justin Herbert for Scotty.  Allen did have a touchdown called back, which could have helped Kenny make the game a tad bit closer.  Kenny’s Zeke (16.7) and Damien Harris (12.9) combined for 29.6 compared to Scotty’s Najee (16.6) and D. Henderson (15.7) who combined for 32.3.  Similar story at Wideout with Kenny getting Hopkins (13.4) and Godwin (14.2) compared with Scotty’s Adams (19.1) and DJ Moore (17.9).  Scotty slightly outpaced Kenny’s peripherals by 10.2 points while Kenny outscored Scotty in the flex Deebo Samual (13.1) versus DJ Chark (2.4).  Scotty edged out Kenny in a close one, evening both teams’ records to 1-1.

Division 2:

JD (1-1) 83.3 vs. Jen (1-1) 141.4

Turning to D2, we had the most lopsided game of the week, with Jen outscoring JD by 58.1 points.  That was due to JD underperforming with Dak getting 7.4, Barkley getting 7.9, new acquisition Elijah Mitchell getting 6.3, Tight End Tyler Higbee getting 1.3 and his kicker getting a flat 0.  His lone bright spot was NE D/ST who got 20 points.  Jen had 3 players score 5 or less, but she also had 5 players score at least 18 points.  Lamar Jackson had over 100 yards rushing and 35.1 total points in a thrilling SNF matchup against Kansas City.  Austin Ekeler got a solid 18.  Terry McLaurin got the best of James Bradberry on TNF to the tune of 11 catches, 107 yards and a touchdown (25.2 points).  Brandin Cooks continued his great start to the season with 18.3 and Buffalo D/ST got 22.0.  Dominant effort by Jen this week.

Mike (1-1) 142.7 vs. Tommy (1-1) 156.3

Nothing like a good ole fashion shootout in Week 2!  Mike’s 1^st round pick Derrick Henry showed out with a crazy second half performance against his Seahawks to the tune of 49.7 fantasy points.  Unfortunately for Mike it also meant his beloved Seahawks losing the game.  In addition, he also lost his fantasy matchup.  This biggest story on this one was Metcalf vs. Lockett.  Mike’s Russell Wilson (26.2) delivered 8.3 points to Metcalf and 32.8 to Tyler Lockett, a huge difference in Tommy’s favor in this game.  Another big difference was at tight end where Mike got 4.2 from Jonnu Smith and Tommy got 17.9 from Rob Gronkowski who starts the year with 4 touchdowns in 2 weeks.  I couldn’t leave this matchup without mentioning the fact that Mike’s kicker, Daniel Carlson, got 17 points and Tommy’s kicker, Graham Gano, got 22 points.  For perspective, Gano’s 22 points would have been the top scoring player on 4 teams this week.  That’s right.  Moose, JD, Kenny, and Scotty’s top scorers scored less than Tommy’s kicker.  Can’t wait to see the rematch in Week 13.

Division 3:

Moose (1-1) 97.4 vs. Brad (2-0) 115.1

Speaking of lucky SOB’s.  Moving to D3 we have Brad who yet again pulls off a Monday Night Football victory.  Heading into MNF Brad needed 20.8 from first round pick Aaron Jones.  ESPN put Brad’s odds at 34% and IBM Watson said that Aaron Jones had a 7% chance to score over 18.1 points this week.  The Packers had something else to say, force feeding the Sombrero to the tune of 4 touchdowns and 38.5 fantasy points.  Brad didn’t have many bright spots beyond that with 5 players scoring in single digits.  Carson got a Pair of TeeDee’s (hehe) and Matt Prater got a solid 12.  On Moose’s side he wind up with 5 players in single digits as well including first round pick Alvin Kamara who only wind up with 5 fantasy points.  Moose did wind up getting 9 points off yardage bonuses due to Tannehill (17.5) throwing for over 300 yards in a comeback victory, as well as Keenan Allen (15.8) and Diontae Johnson (18.0) getting 100 yard receiving bonuses.  Johnson sacrificed himself at the end of the game to get his bonus, but initial looks appear for the injury to be minor.

Joe (0-2) 117.5 vs. Chase (1-1) 142.5

ESPN continues to troll Joe with him finishing with 117.5, the exact amount that Brad scored against him in Week 1 to win by 0.2 points.  1 week too late for Joe unfortunately.  Joe had a solid week with Mahomes (26.9), Cook (18.8), Jefferson (15.5) and Julio Jones (18.8) doing their thing.  Chase also had a solid week, but he also had 2 players go off.  Kyler Murray threw for 400 yards and scored 4 total touchdowns for 38.1 points.  Cooper Kupp hauled in 9 catches for 163 yards and 2 touchdowns.  The surprise for Chase this week was Devin Singletary’s 16.1, most of which came on a 46-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.  Joe outscored Chase when it comes to peripherals 28.7 to 7.7, but Chase’s Kyler-Cooper Combo was just too much for Joe this week.

Week 3 Preview:

Division 1:

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

Battle of the K Names.  Will Katon sweep the Division?  Or will Kenny even the score to 2-1 for both teams?  The matchup looks extremely even on paper with Kenny projected 118.8 and Katon projected 120.2.  Both Qb’s face nasty defensive lines with Kenny’s Josh Allen facing Washington and Brady travelling to the West Coast to battle Aaron Donald the LA Rams.  Great matchups across the board here.  The two big games to watch on this one is Katon’s Buccaneers at LAR.  Evans most likely gets the Ramsey shadow creating space for Gronk, Godwin, and AB to work through the rest of the secondary.  Godwin has done well against the Rams the past two seasons hauling in 7 catches on 10 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in 2020 and 10 catches on 14 targets for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2019.  Kenny has 4 Top 13 Wideouts after two weeks (Hopkins [11], Mike Williams [9], Godwin [13], and Deebo Samuel [3] and will have to chose which 3 to start against Katon.  The second game to watch here will be LAC @ KC game.  Kenny has Mike Williams and Jared Cook he could deploy while Katon has his 23-point averaging Travis Kelce.  Kelce is a cheat code.  Can the Super Bowl Champ overcome?

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

Trey has opened the season with some awful luck, with the highest points against after two weeks at 279.4, an average of 139.7.  Trey has scored 233.1 for an average of 116.6 (for perspective, Lucky Ass Brad has scored 232.6 and is 2-0).  Scotty bounced back nicely after losing by over 30 in Week 1 with a solid victory over quality opponent Kenny.  Scotty strives to make it two in a row while Trey tries to get on the board.  Let’s dive in.  Scotty has Herbert @ KC.  Slow start for Herbert but should have plenty of need to throw the ball vertical against the lightning Chiefs who are coming off of a loss.  Trey has Jalen Hurts who has produced games of 28.6 and 21.8 including rushing yardage of 62 and 82 yards to start the year.  This week he gets Dallas in a Monday Night Football showdown.  Najee Harris has a favorable matchup against Cincinnati for Scotty while Johnathan Taylor hopes to get things going against Tennessee who just gave up a pair of TeeDee’s to Carson last week.  The wideout front Scotty looks to have a slight advantage with Davante Adams @ SF and DJ Moore @ Houston.  Trey is hoping Bob Trees can get some of that Cooper Kupp action against Tampa Bay.  Courtland Sutton did not disappoint in his first game back sin Jerry Jeudy, he looks to build on big week 2 against the terrible Jets.  Don’t sleep on Trey with him having Den D/ST against the Jets and turnover prone rookie Zach Wilson.

Division 2:

Jen (1-1) vs. Tommy (1-1)

Both teams coming off explosive Week 2 victories and look to finish the first round of divisional games with a winning record.  There can only be one.  Jen has Lamar Jackson @ Detroit.  Jackson is coming off of a high after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs while Detroit will be coming off a MNF spanking by the Packers.  Speaking of the Packers Tommy has Aaron Rodgers who rebounded nicely from his Week 1 stinker with 4 touchdowns and 26.8 fantasy points in Week 2.  He takes his talents to San Fran where he’ll look to get a victory in his home state.  A big storyline to watch will be Amari Cooper for Jen.  He has bruised ribs and he plays on MNF.  Will have to monitor as the week progresses.  Tommy has #1 WR Tyler Lockett @ Minnesota and AJ Brown vs. Indianapolis who got torched by… Tyler Lockett in Week 1 and Cooper Kupp in Week 2.  Will AJ Brown make it continue in Week 3?  This will be a great matchup to watch from TNF with Jen’s Brandin Cooks vs. Tommy’s CMC all the way to MNF with Jen’s Amari Cooper (maybe) vs. Tommy’s Miles Sanders.

Mike (1-1) vs. JD (1-1)

On the other side of D2, we have two teams that suffered different types of losses in Week 2..  Mike put his best foot forward and still lost whereas JD laid a stinker.  Both looking to bounce back, but one will drop 2 in a row.  Russell Wilson @ Minnesota for Mike, Dak Prescott vs. PHI for JD.  Derrick Henry gets Indy coming off his near-50 burger.  This could be a pivotal moment for JD and Saquon Barkley.  Barkley has started off slow, but his usage on TNF against Washington was reason for optimism.  Now a long rest and he gets Atlanta.  This could be a spot where he gets going.  Great Rb2 matchups with Mike’s Chase Edmonds @ Jacksonville and JD’s Elijah Mitchell against Green Bay.  Then Wideout talent galore.  Mike has DK Metcalf @ Minnesota and Adam Thielen vs Seattle in the same game.  JD has Stefon Diggs vs. Washington who gave up decent production to Sterling Shepherd and Darius Slayton last week.  He also has CeeDee Lamb in the MNF Philly matchup.  Can Mike build a big enough lead to hold off JD’s Cowboys on MNF?  Or will JD’s Prescott-Lamb stack come through?

Division 3:

Brad (2-0) vs. Chase (1-1)

The difference between Brad and Chase’s teams are that Brad is lucky, but Chase’s team is good.  Chase is averaging 128.8 vs. Brad’s 116.3.  Brad has enjoyed the second lowest Points Against at 214.7 or 107.4/game, which explains his 2-0 record.  Chase’s #1 Qb Kyler Murray, #4 Rb Nick Chubb, and #2 Wr Cooper Kupp have started the season off strong.  Murray gets Jacksonville, Chubb vs. Chicago, and Kupp gets Cincy.  Brad’s #12 Matt Stafford, #3 Aaron Jones, and #4 Tyreek Hill have started off good as well.  Stafford gets a potential shootout against Tampa Bay, Jones is @ San Fran, and Tyreek faces LAC.  Brad has an advantage at Rb2 with Chase having #19 Devin Singletary vs. Washington’s D Line while Brad has #16 Chris Carson @ Minnesota.  WR #2 looks even with Chase having Chase Claypool vs. Cincy and Brad having Allen Robinson @ Cleveland.  Flex is a big advantage for Chase with Calvin Ridley @ NYG with James Bradberry whereas Brad has Kareem Hunt vs. Chicago or Tyler Boyd @ Pittsburgh.  Given Chase’s Big 3 have better matchups this week and George Kittle has been quiet and gets the Packers who gave up 8 catches, 66 yards, and a touchdown to TJ Hockensen last week.  This looks like D3 will have at least two 2-1 teams after this week.

Joe (0-2) vs. Mustafa (1-1)

Joe is still fighting for that first win and Moose is looking to bounce back after a disappointing Week 2.  On paper this looks like a close matchup with Joe projected to lose by… oh come on!  0.2!  ESPN are just jerks at this point.  Joe has #2 Qb Patrick Mahomes against LAC, #5 Rb Dalvin Cook vs. Seattle.  Moose has Tannehill vs. Indy, Kamara @ New England, Mike Davis @ NYG, Keenan Allen @ KC, D. Johnson vs. Cincy, and Darren “The Baller” Waller against Miami.  Joe has Antonio Brown vs. LAR and Julio Jones versus Indy.  Joe has some pieces, but he hasn’t quite been able to get the puzzle together.  Sometimes fantasy is like that sometimes.  I like Moose in this one.

Best of Luck!

-Commish B-Razzle Dazzle

Week 1 Recap:

Division 3:

Joe (0-1) 117.3 vs. Brad (1-0) 117.5

I must start here after Monday Night Football.  My goodness.   Both teams deserved to lose this one.  Joe decided to start Michael Gallup over Julio Jones and Antonio Brown, which I thought was a questionable decision going into the NFL opening game on Thursday night.  I had it ranked Julio-AB-Gallup.  Of course, by him choosing Gallup he got 1.2 more points than Julio (5.6 versus 4.4).  Brad decided to start Kareem Hunt in the flex over Corey Davis.  Jamison Crowder was ruled out and Davis’s projections went up slightly.  Then Keenan Cole was ruled out and Davis’s projections and volume of targets was locked in.  Yet I decided to keep in Kareem Hunt because I liked the symmetry of Joe and I both starting flex players in revenge games.  Robby Anderson versus the Jets and Kareem Hunt versus Kansas City.  Speaking of Robby and Kareem, Robby scored a 57-yard touchdown for his lone catch of the game.  1 Catch, 14.2 points, not too shabby.  Kareem found the endzone and got 15.6.  Of course, the stars of this matchup were Joe’s Patrick Mahomes who went off for 36.2, but unfortunately for Joe many of those passes went to Brad’s #1 Wideout Tyreek Hill who matched Mahomes with 36.6.  Tyreek saw 15 targets, 11 receptions for 197 yards and a 75-yard touchdown.  Joe’s #1 pick Dalvin Cook delivered a solid 17.4, whereas Brad’s #1 pick Aaron Jones got curb stomped by a Saints defense and team that sent a message to the world on Sunday.  Then of course there was the Monday Night Football game.  Brad went into MNF with a 6.2-point lead and Raven’s D/ST and Joe had Justin Tucker.  With 0:42 seconds left in the game Justin Tucker hit a 47-yard field goal to bring Joe within 0.2.  The Raiders then drove the field quickly and Daniel Carlson hit a 55-yard field goal with 7 seconds remaining to send the game into Overtime.  Brad was up by 0.2 and the Raiders had 27 points scored.  Raven’s D/ST was at 5 points at the time, meaning if the Raiders scored 1 more point it would move Raven’s D/ST into 28 points allowed, which would have dropped them by 2 points.  In the first drive of Overtime the Raiders drove the field quickly.  Carr hit Edwards for a 33-yard touchdown meaning Joe would win the game by 1.8 points.  But a replay showed Edwards was down at the one-yard line.  Setting up a First Down and Goal.  On first down Carr was stuffed on a Qb sneak up the middle.  On second down and goal Leatherwood jumped, causing a false start to happen.  Replaying second down it was an incomplete pass.  On third down and goal Carr passed it to Willie Snead but it was hit far in the air and intercepted by Averett for a touchback.  Brad gets 2 points bringing his lead to 2.2.  A field goal by Justin Tucker would win the game for Joe.  Lamar Jackson starts to get the drive going.  Then on 3^rd and 7 from the Baltimore 33-yard line, Jackson is sacked and fumbles the football.  The Raiders get the ball, Brad, who had been rooting against the Raiders offense all game, now started cheering for them to score.  On the 3^rd play of the drive Derek Carr hits Zay Jones for a 31-yard touchdown and the Raiders win the game.  Brad defeats Joe by 0.2.  Holy shit what a roller coaster.

Mustafa (1-0) 130.4 vs. Chase (0-1) 113.1

Kyler Murray had a great game for Chase with 33.4 points compared to 14.1 from Moose’s Ryan Tannehill who couldn’t get it going against the Cardinals defense.  First round picks Nick Chubb for Chase got a respectable 21.1 points and Alvin Kamara for Moose got 16.6.  Chase lost Raheem Mostert who chipped a bone off his knee.  Marquez Callaway couldn’t get away from Jaire Alexander and finished with 1.9 points.  On Sunday Night Football he got a great performance out of Cooper Kupp who scored 25.3 points.  Moose got 8.7 from Mike Davis who disappointed most likely due to negative game script.  Diontae Johnson went out of the game briefly before returning and scoring a touchdown for Moose and getting 12.1 points.  Chase went into Monday Night Football with a 24.1 lead.  Moose had Darren Waller and Ty’Son Williams left.  Waller was enough, scoring 24.5 points.  Williams’ 16.9 was lagniappe as Moose defeats Chase by 15.3 points in Week 1.

Division 1:

Kenny (1-0) 136.1 vs. Trey (0-1) 122.1

Things were looking okay for Kenny after Thursday Night Football.  Zeke had gotten only 4.9 points, but Godwin got 22.0 for a decent combination of 26.9 points.  Trey’s stack of Jalen Hurts and Devonta Smith worked out well as they combined for 44.7 points.  TJ Hockensen performed as expected catching 8 passes on 10 targets for 97 yards a touchdown. (21.7 points).  Courtland Sutton disappointed for Trey only getting 1.9 points.  In comparison Kenny’s Wr#1 and #2 combined for 45.3 compared to Trey’s 12.8, which ultimately decided this game.  Trey did hold a slim lead of 2.5 heading into MNF with Josh Jacobs holding a questionable designation due to illness.  But Jacobs played and scored 2 touchdowns, closing the Week 1 victory for the defending champion and highest draft grade earner, Kenny.

Scotty (0-1) 98.3 vs. Katon (1-0) 132.9

Katon did not disappoint.  An interesting note on this matchup, prior to Week 1 games both had a surprise inactive at Running Back.  Scotty had 49ers Trey Sermon and Katon had Bills’ Zach Moss.  Despite having four players score 7.2 Katon took care of business.  His Mixon-Montgomery combination combined for 47.3 points, compared to just 20.6 from Scotty’s Najee Harris and Darrell Henderson combo.  Both teams wide receivers disappointed with Scotty getting 20.5 from Adams and Moore and Katon getting 11.1 from Evans and Smith-Schuster.  Katon did; however, get 22.6 from Travis Kelce who picked up where he left off last year.  And that was more than enough.

Division 2:

Mike (1-0) 133.1 vs. Jen (0-1) 117.9

Jen started this matchup off with a bang!  Amari Cooper got 35.4 points on Thursday Night Football.  On Sunday Mike evened the score with strong performances from Russel Wilson (26.9), Adam Thielen (25.7), and D’Andra Swift (20.4).  Mike was surely disappointed by first round pick Derrick Henry’s paltry 9.2, but a negative game script can do that for Henry and the Titans O.  Jen had a solid week, but after Cooper, no one else on the team exceeded 18.7 and 5 players scored in single digits.  Going into MNF she needed Lamar Jackson to outscore Daniel Carlson by 22.3, but Carlson delivered a strong performance of 11 points including a 55 yarder to send the game into overtime.

JD (1-0) 132.2 vs. Tommy (0-1) 107.8

Despite all the injuries JD’s team delivered in week 1.  On TNF JD got a whopping 55.2 points from his Dak Prescott-CeeDee Lamb stack.  He was disappointed by Saquon Barkley’s 3.2 points, but Melvin Gordon made up for it, scoring 24.3 points (most of which came from a 70-yard touchdown run in the 4^th quarter).  Gordon wind up outscoring Tommy’s #1 Overall Pick Christian McCaffrey who finished with 23.2 points.  Tyler Lockett also showed out with 4 catches for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns, an incredible 29 points on only 4 catches.  Tommy’s downfall was Aaron Rodgers getting 1.2 and getting benched after the Saints crushed the Packers.  Brandon Auyik didn’t receive a single target in the game and finished with 0 points.  ESPN says this is due to a lingering hamstring injury.  Graham Gano also finished with 1 point.  It was impressive that Tommy broke 100 points with 3 players combining for 2.2 points.

Week 2 Preview:

Division 1:

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

Kenny has a combination of some tough matchups and some really favorable ones.  He has Josh Allen at Miami, Zeke at LA Chargers, Jacobs at Pittsburgh, and Harrison Butker @ Baltimore.  He also has Hopkins vs. Minnesota, Godwin versus Atlanta, which is a smash spot, and Deebo Samuel @ Philly.  Scotty has Justin Herbert versus a Dallas team that just gave up 30 fantasy points to Tom Brady.  Najee Harris versus Las Vegas who gave up a couple touchdowns to the likes of Ty’Son Williams and Latavius Murray last week.  Davante Adams and the rest of the Packers are coming for blood after a disappointing opening week.  They get Detroit on Monday Night Football.  Looks to be a great matchup in Week 2!

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

Katon has come very favorable matchups and enters Week 2 the heavy favorite to move on to 2-0.  Brady, Evans, TB D/ST stack faces swiss cheese defense Atlanta.  Mixon and Montgomery face each other in the CIN @ CHI matchup.  Kelce gets Baltimore who couldn’t stop Darren Waller in Week 1 to save their lives.  Trey’s Jalen Hurts and Devonta Smith stack is vs. San Fransisco, Johnathan Taylor vs. Aaron Donald and the LA Rams D/ST, Antonio Gibson faces a decent D line of the Giants on TNF.  Trey will need big games from his Hurts to Smith stack, Den D/ST against rookie Trevor Lawrence (who threw 3 INT in Week 1), and Courtland Sutton to show up this week after Jerry Jeudy went down to an injury that will have him sidelined for multiple weeks.

Division 2:

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

Biggest game of the week for this matchup is Seattle versus Tennessee.  Mike has Russell Wilson, Derrick Henry, and DK Metcalf.  Tommy has AJ Brown and Tyler Lockett.  Mike also has Chase Edmonds vs. Minnesota and Adam Thielen vs. Arizona.  Tommy has a juicy matchup for Gronk against Atlanta.  Tommy’s Rb’s do have tough matchups with CMC vs. NO and Sanders vs. SF.  Ultimately this game will look to come down to Monday Night Football where Mike will have D’Andre Swift @ GB and Tommy will have Aaron Rodgers versus Detroit.  Who scores more Metcalf or Lockett?  Henry or Brown?  Swift or Rodgers?  Great Week 2 Matchup here.

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

Biggest game of the week for this matchup is Dallas versus LA Chargers.  JD has Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb.  Jen has Austin Ekeler and Amari Cooper.  Every single player for JD is playing on the road except for his kicker.  Dak and Lamb is in LA as previously mentioned, Barkley is at Washington on TNF, newly acquired $71 Rb Elijah Mitchell is at Philly.  Diggs-Higgs and Higbee (should make a team name out of this somehow) are all away as well.  Jen has Lamar Jackson vs. KC on SNF.  Ekeler in the Dallas matchup.  CEH in the SNF matchup, and Terry McLaurin versus the Giants on TNF.  Someone to watch for Jen is Brandin Cooks who had an impressive 18.7 in Week 1 on 7 targets from Tyrod Taylor.  Cleveland opened favored by 13 points, meaning Cooks could be in line for even more targets in Week 2.

Division 3:

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

Both teams coming off their loss on MNF and looking to avoid the 0-2 start to the season.  A phenomenal matchup on paper starting with the field generals on both teams.  Joe has #1 Qb Patrick Mahomes @ Baltimore who just got carved up by Derek Carr.  Chase has #2 Qb Kyler Murray versus Minnesota who gave up a respectable 18.6 to Joe “Big Dick” Burrow.  Joe’s Minnesota stack of Cook and Jefferson square off with an Arizona defense that looked surprisingly good against the Titans in Week 1.  This game also features a couple of wideouts facing each other with Joe having Antonio Brown vs. Atlanta and Chase having Calvin Ridley vs. Tampa Bay.  I’d be remiss to not mention the incredibly disgusting matchup of these teams Running Back #2’s who also face each other this week.  Joe has Myles Gaskin vs. Buffalo and Chase has Devin Singletary @ Miami.  And I just puked in my mouth.

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

Brad and Moose feature the only matchup with two winning teams this week.  Moose has Ryan Tannehill who is in the Pacific Northwest to face the Seattle Seahawks, Alvin Kamara @ Carolina, Keenan Allen vs. Dallas, Diontae Johnson and Darren Waller will square off against one another in the LV-Pittsburgh matchup.  Heading into Week 1 I imagine not many people have Vegas versus Pittsburgh being a 1-0 vs. 1-0 matchup, but here we are.  Brad has Matt Stafford at Indy.  Stafford looks solid in Week 1 against the Bears secondary, but the Colts secondary is a lot stronger.  Chris Carson has Tennessee, TyFREAK Hill is @ Baltimore.  Allen Robinson is coming off of his 11 targets, 6 catch game versus Jalen Ramsey and the Rams and is now facing a Bengals Defense that gave up a pair of touchdowns to Adam Thielen, but held Justin Jefferson to 5 catches on 7 targets and 71 yards.  Ultimately this game looks to be decided on Monday Night Football where Brad will have Aaron Jones as his last hope to top Moose and move on to 2-0.  Will the Packers come out flat again?  Will AJ Dillon get more work than Jones?  Who gets to 2-0 in D3?  We’ll see.

Thanks for reading and best of luck this week!

-Commish B-Razzle Dazzle