BBY Dream Team League: Super Bowl 13 Preview

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I’m alive!  I want to thank everybody for your patience this season.  I haven’t done a write up since the Week 3 Preview/ Week 4 Recap.   And just like that in a blink here we are closing out another year of our fantasy league.  Like many folks out there I lost a few coworkers to what some are calling “The Great Resignation”.  As a leader of people, I jumped in and took on a very difficult task of covering the largest geographical area for my company while maintaining my duties as Manager.  This resulted in a brutal two month stretch that had me questioning why I was even working in the first place.  Add in Benjamin being 3.5 and Anna being 1.5 and you can imagine my 5am to 9pm day of responsibilities took its toll on me.  I also still strive to work on my personal development which includes a daily workout and reading books to further my knowledge and maybe even obtain some wisdom as I go.  With all that being said, I just want to say I appreciate all of you, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to do the weekly write up this season, and am excited to present the Super Bowl Preview for our 13th Season.

 

Congratulations to Scotty for winning $200 for Points Leader!  Scotty edged out Kenny 1687 to 1686.9.  That’s right.  Scotty wins $200 by 0.1 Fantasy Points!  

Reminder of Super Bowl Payout unless Teams agree to a different amount: 

Super Bowl Champion: $750

Super Bowl Runner-Up: $200 

 

  1. Chase vs. 3. Kenny

 

Two-time Champion Chase returns to the Title Game for his 4th Super Bowl.  His most recent appearance was the epic Super Bowl 10 where he fell to now Four-time Champion Mustafa.  Of course, he already took care of Mustafa this season in a blowout win in the Final Four match (157.1 to 84.5).  On the other side of the bracket Kenny also blew out his opponent JD (163.3 to 85.7).  Both Bye week playoff teams were ousted in the Semi’s this season.  Kenny is the Defending Super Bowl 12 Champion and returns to the Super Bowl with a chance to repeat.   

 

How They Got Here:

 

Kenny had the 4th pick in the draft and being the Champion he drafted his own Division 1.  He went Zeke-Jacobs-Hopkins to start his draft.  Looking at that on paper you wouldn’t think he would make it to the title game.  Zeke has had a banged up knee and given up a lot of work to Tony Pollard, but despite it all, finds himself ranked #6 Running Back.  Jacobs is 18th Rb and Hopkins is no where to be found due to injury.  Kenny went #1 Qb Josh Allen next then #9 Chris Godwin after that.  Then Logan Thomas.  In the title game Kenny won’t have Hopkins, Godwin, or Logan Thomas.  His picks in Round 7 and 8; however, were pretty damn good.  He snagged Damien Harris in 7 and Deebo Samuel in Round 8.  Harris is Rb #14 and Deebo is WR #2.  In Rounds 9 and 10 he went Ronald Jones and Mike Williams.  That’s #15 Wr Mike Williams and Rojo looks like he’ll be a factor in the Championship game.  Add in #4 Tight End Dalton Schultz who Kenny smartly won in FAAB for $22 way back in early October and you see how he’s constructed a winning team.  First few picks weren’t great, but his middle rounds he just nailed it.  And here we are.

 

Chase had the 6th pick in the draft and wind up in Division 3 where he faced Brad, Mustafa, and Joe.  He went Nick Chubb with the 6th overall pick and Chubb hasn’t disappointed as a Top 10 Running Back despite a slower start with Kareem Hunt’s early season snap percentage.  A couple of injuries for Kareem paved the way for Chubb to take over as the only “A” Running back against a stellar running blocking line in Cleveland.  His 2nd Round Pick Calvin Ridley unexpectedly stepped away from Football, 3rd Rounded George Kittle missed a big portion of the season due to injury, but he came back with a fiery passion, helping Chase end the season strong and jettisoning him into playoff and championship contention.  In Round 4 Chase made one of the best picks of the draft in Cooper Kupp.  I’ll always remember drafting Allen Robinson over Cooper Kupp this year.  Ouch.  He went Kyler Murray and then Raheem Mostert.  The rest of his draft wasn’t very special, but we all know Chase is one of the best managers in the league.  And this season he continued to display his skills of picking up players that have potential if certain scenarios arise.  It’s this probability analysis that makes Chase a great fantasy manager and why he has made it to his 4th Super Bowl.        

 

Super Bowl Matchups:

 

Chase will feature Kyler Murray in a big time NFC matchup against the red hot Dallas Cowboys.  He’ll have Nick Chubb on MNF against Division rival Pittsburgh, with both teams having only desperation chances of making the postseason.  Steelers are OPRK #26, setting Chubb up nicely in a game they could easily lead for most of the night.  He also has Rashad Penny.  I dropped Penny because he kept getting hurt again and again, but with Alex Collins getting injured they decided to give Penny a shot and of course he starts going freaking nuts.  He’s always been talented; he’s also always been hurt.  He’s been averaging 19.1 fantasy points a game the last 3 weeks and gets Detroit’s #31 OPRK defense, which just pisses me off. (Bitter Carson owner and Penny dropper).  He’ll also have #1 WR Cooper Kupp @ Baltimore who just got sliced and diced to the tune of 525 yards from Joe “Big Dick” Burrow with all three wideouts going off.  #3 TE George Kittle gets Houston’s #25 OPRK defense.  Look out for Amon-Ra St. Brown for Chase, who is in the middle of a breakout season in Detroit.  He’s averaging 18 fantasy points over the last 4 games, including 11-12 targets every game, at least 8 receptions every game and 4 touchdowns.  Fantasy Football is supposed to be fun and Amon-Ra St. Brown is fun. 

 

Kenny will feature #1 Qb Josh Allen versus #31 OPRK Atlanta, with Buffalo needing to keep winning in their efforts to claim the AFC East Title, since NE and them share the same record.  Allen has surpassed 30 fantasy points in 5 games this season including 2 games of over 40.  #6 Rb Zeke faces a tough Arizona Rush defense who held Jonathan Taylor touchdown-less last week.  #18 Josh Jacobs faces Indy defense who gave up 8 receptions to Chase Edmonds last week.  Ronald Jones gets the #32 OPRK Jets.  We’ll see if the Bucs try to feed Rojo’s confidence going down the stretch with Lenny Fournette nursing a hurt hamstring.  #2 Wr Deebo Samuel gets a decent matchup against Houston.  #4 TE Dalton Schultz is in that tight Arizona game, they’ve been solid against Tight Ends, only giving up the #2 OPRK worth to opposing tight ends.  Kenny will have some decisions to make at Running Back with 4 viable starters and at Wide Receiver depending on Mike Williams COVID status. 

 

Key Thinks To Look Out For:

  1. Jimmy Garoppolo’s status and how a Trey Lance start could impact Kittle and/or Deebo Samuel.
  2. Who Kenny chooses to start this week.
  3. Any COVID issues that might arise unexpectedly to the detriment of one or both of the teams.

 

Looking at the matchups I would say Chase is favored, but anything is possible in fantasy.  Can Kenny repeat as Champion and win his second title?  Or will Chase claim his 3rd Championship?  Should be a great matchup!

 

Bottom Bowl Notables:

 

12. Brad vs. 8. Trey. Winner gets 6 balls in next year’s lottery. Loser gets 5 balls.

11. Tommy vs. 10. Joe. Winner gets 4 balls. Loser gets 3 balls.

9. Mike vs. 7. Jen. Winner gets 2 balls.Loser gets 1 ball like the rest of the 6 playoff teams.

 

Best of Luck to Kenny and Chase and to all those striving to get more balls in the draft lottery of 2022. 

 

-Commish

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