Week 1 Recap:
Division 1:
Chase (1-0) 142.9 vs. Mike (0-1) 67.7
Chase with a dominant win in Week 1 against Mike Grote. Chase had every player score at least 8.9 points; whereas, Mike had 5 players score under 8.9 and his top scorer getting 14.3. Mike also lost his #1 Qb to a throwing hand injury, his #1 Rb to an ankle/foot injury, his #1 WR to a concussion, and his #3 WR Chris Godwin to a hamstring injury, even though he was on Mike’s bench. Chase’s top scorers were Michael Pittman Jr. with 25.6 and Travis Kelce with 25.1. Kelce’s game looked effortless against a banged up Cardinals team. Amon-Ra St. Brown picked up where he left off last season catching the ball 8 times. He has at least 8 catches in 7 consecutive games dating back to last season. He has a touchdown catch in 6 out of his last 7 games dating back to last season. Big 75.2 point victory for Chase.
Tommy (0-1) 107.1 vs. Joe (1-0) 114.7
Tommy held the lead going into Monday Night Football. He was up by 31.3 after decent performances from Burrow (21.1 despite throwing 4 picks), Fournette (17.7) and Kareem Hunt (21.0). Joe had Russell Wilson and Jerry Jeudy left after Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Ja’Mar Chase accounted for 68% of Joe’s point total as of Sunday. Tommy had DJ Metcalf left. Joe was able to come back and in the fourth quarter Russell Wilson threw a pass to Jeudy, which put Wilson over 300 yards for the 3 point bonus and Jeudy over 100 yards for the 3 point bonus. Just a random 14 yard catch in the fourth quarter and Tommy has a touchdown scored against him. Brutal. Joe winds up holding on to the lead after this as Metcalf was quiet at the end of the game. He had 7 catches, but for only 36 yards and he lost a fumble. Tommy will look to regroup for next week.
Division 2:
Jen (1-0) 117.9 vs. Katon (0-1) 92.7
Jen only got 3.7 from Aaron Rodgers who looked brutal in his first game without Davante Adams. Jen did have solid production from her running backs with Conner getting 14 and Antonio Gipson getting 16.5 including 7 catches for 72 yards, which is a great sign for his prospects this year. Jen’s top scorer came from her first round selection in Justin “You all who took running backs before him should have drafted him” Jefferson. Who went off to the tune of 9 catches on 11 targets, 184 yards, 2 touchdowns and 37.9 fantasy points. Katon had 5 players score in single digits including all 3 of his starting running backs who averaged an unfortunate 6 points. His lone bright spot this week was Stefon Diggs 27.2 on Thursday Night Football. Jen with a solid performance in Week 1, scoring the 4th highest total of the week.
Kenny (0-1) 99.5 vs. JD (1-0) 106.1
Very different performances from Kenny and JD this week. Kenny had three players go off in Kyler Murray, Swift, and Davante Adams who totaled 76.6 of his 99.5 points and then he had six players score 7.2 or less for a total of 22.9 points. JD was a bit more balanced with everyone on his team scoring at least 8.5 points except for two players, his Tight End who got skunked and CeeDee Lamb who, like the entire Dallas offense, looked atrocious. JD’s main man was Patrick Mahomes who made a statement against the flapless Cardinals to the tune of 360 passing yards and 5 passing touchdowns. The Cardinals defense less like a beautiful red cardinal and more like the parakeet from Dumb and Dumber.
Division 3:
Trey (0-1) 94.6 vs. Scotty (1-0) 132.7
Trey was carried by Johnathan Taylor’s 28.5 who picked up right where he left off last season. Unfortunately, JT accounted for 30.1% of Trey’s total points scored. Dissapointing performances from Trey’s 2nd and 3rd Round picks Etienne (7.5) and Pitts (2.9) and his Allen combo was a no show with Allen Robinson only catching one ball and Allen Lazard being ruled out due to injury. Scotty had crazy performances from Pittsburgh D/ST with 27.0 against the Bengals and 24.1 from Cordarrelle Patterson against the Saints. Herbert slung 3 touchdowns to 3 different players that nobody has rostered in Horvath, Carter, and Everett. Joe Mixon looked solid with 18 and Deebo and Evans both scored. Scotty scored the third most points this week for a complete team win.
Brad (0-1) 117.1 vs. Mustafa (1-0) 176.7
Words can’t capture Brad’s feeling of inadequacy in this league over the past 9 seasons. The only way Brad can describe it is in song form. Please see attached video that accurately captures the emotions of Brad wanting to win in this league again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bfDel-Clw
Moose came out dick swinging in this one. Crushing Brad. He was led by his first four picks. Let’s compare how Picks 1-4 performed for these two teams.
Brad:
- CMC-13.7
- Jones- 9.1
- Nick Chubb- 17.8
- Courtland Sutton- 9.2
Average of 12.5 points.
Not bad, but not great.
Moose:
- Kupp- 28.3
- Barkley- 33.4
- AJ Brown- 23.5
- Josh Allen- 31.4
Average of 29.15
That will do. Moose also outscored Brad in peripherals with 35.5 to Brad’s 27. Just a dominant performance from the 4 time champion.
Week 2 Preview:
Division 1:
Chase (1-0) vs. Tommy (0-1)
Chase and Tommy square off in D1, with Chase looking to stay unbeaten and Tommy trying to get his first win of the season. Chase will be tuning into all the primetime games this week as he has JuJu Smith-Schuster and Travis Kelce on Thursday Night Football against the Chargers, AJ Dillon on Sunday Night Football against Chicago Bears, and Kirk Cousins and Dalvin Cook on Monday night football against the Philly Eagles. He may pivot to Darrell Henderson Jr. who ESPN has projected 15.8 points this week against Atlanta. Tommy has Joe Burrow @ Dallas who will be starting Cooper Rush this week at Qb. Derrick Henry gets to go to Buffalo on the first of the doubleheader Monday Night Football Game. Big storyline is whether or not Tommy will have George Kittle available or not. He missed Week 1 due to an injury and Tommy and the 49ers both need him back this week.
Joe (1-0) vs. Mike (0-1)
Joe comes in on a high after winning on Monday Night Football. Mike comes in reeling after being devasted by injuries in Week 1. He got good news that Najee Harris might be back this week. Tee Higgins is in the protocol, so will have to be cleared by an independent specialist to suit up against the Cowboys. Dak Prescott is projected to avoid IR despite reports saying this is a 6–8-week injury. Not sure what Jerry is up to here. Mike needs a Quarterback, so he’ll look to FAAB or Waivers to snag a starter to go against Joe. Joe has Russ Wilson and Jerry Jeudy against Houston. Ja’Marr Chase is @ Dallas. And Joe will kick things off with Clyde Edwards-Helaire on TNF. Mike has Javonte Williams against Houston.
Division 2:
Kenny (0-1) vs. Katon (0-1)
Battle of the K Names in the league. Both seeking their first win of the season. Kenny lost Elijah Mitchell to injury and he may be out a while. He’ll have Mike Williams @ KC on TNF, Kyler Murray @ Las Vegas, and D’Andre Swift against Washington Commanders this week. Katon will have Alvin Kamara against Tampa Bay, David Montgomery on Sunday Night Football, and Stefon Diggs on Monday Night Football against the Titans. Kamara struggled against Tampa last season including one game where he had 31 total yards and averaged 1.6 yards per carry. There is a fortune cookie sitting next to me no my desk right now from Panda Express. It says “The key to happiness is reasonable expectations.”
Jen (1-0) vs. JD (1-0)
On the flip side of Division 2 we have two undefeated teams battling it out. One will go to 2-0 and the other to 500. Jen is hoping for a bounce back game for Aaron Rodgers who will be playing the team he owns on Sunday Night Football. James “Touchdowns” Conner is in Las Vegas. Antonio Gipson gets Detroit who gave up a pair of touchdowns to Miles Sanders last week. Jefferson is @ Philly on Monday Night Football. Philly has some good cornerbacks, but they didn’t stop Amon-Ra from getting his and they certainly aren’t going to stop Jefferson. Terry McLaurin is @ Detroit and Darren Waller the Baller is against the Cardinals that gave up 25.1 fantasy points to Travis Kelce in Week 1. Dizzle will have Patrick Mahomes against his Austin Ekeler and the Chargers on Thursday Night Football. Usually TNF games are lower scoring, but this matchup over is currently at 54 and climbing. JD will be without Keenan Allen this week as he was injured in Week 1. He’ll have to turn to rookie Drake London against Jalen Ramsey and the Rams who were embarrassed by the Bills on opening day. London looked the part in Week 1 for Atlanta, getting 7 targets, 5 catches and 74 yards against a stout Saints Secondary. This should be a fun game.
Division 3:
Trey (0-1) vs. Mustafa (1-0)
Trey may have had the first overall pick, but Moose is #1 right now in the standings. Trey is looking to bounce back from a disappointing Week 1. He’ll have Johnathan Taylor Thomas starring in Tom and Huck where he hopes to discover lost treasure before the murderer does. JT looks to continue his fantasy dominance against a talented Jaguars team that just lost to the Commanders of Washington last week. He’ll be starting Lamar Jackson who will be facing his future team in the Miami Dolphins. Consider this game a try out for the pending free agent who has been rumored to want to play in Miami and team up with Tyreek Hill in 2023. In order for Trey to compete in this one he’s going to need more than Lamar and JT though and the rest of his lineup are looking rough. Etienne disappointed in Week 1 and James Robinson looked pretty damn good with two touchdowns. Etienne only touched the ball 6 times in the game. But there is a silver-lining. He averaged 10.8 yards per touch. Let’s see if the Jaguars give him some more work moving forward. Trey also has Allen Robinson against Atlanta. Robinson was shut down against the Bills. After the game Matt Stafford said that the Bills had played zone almost the entire game with only a couple snaps with man coverage. Apparently when he saw zone he avoided Allen Robinson. We’ll see if this has more to do with how incredible Cooper Kupp is in zone coverage or how bad Robinson is in zone coverage. Did Atlanta play more zone or man against the Saints Trey? Homework assignment for the week. Moose comes in red hot after spanking the Commissioner more dramatically than Vince McMahon’s meme. Moose will have this 3 Top 10 Wideouts with Kupp vs. Atlanta, AJ Brown vs. Minnesota, and Michael Thomas vs. Tampa Bay. Saquon gets the Panthers who just gave up 141 yards rushing to Nick Chubb in Week 1. Until further notice, Moose is heavily favored in all games.
Brad (0-1) vs. Scotty (1-0)
Brad hopes to bounce back after scoring the 5th most points in Week 1 but coming up empty in the win column. Did you see what I did there? Instead of owning the fact that I drafted a shit team I just deflected like it was merely bad luck that I went up against Moose in Week 1? Where is the ownership? Where is the accountability? Brad will look to continue starting 4 running backs since Jalen Hurts had 17 rushes 90 yards and a rushing touchdown in Week 1 compared to 243 yards passing. CMC gets the Giants in New York. He had 13.7 in Week 1 and had a nice 28 yard run not count due to it being a fumble recovery. Nick Chubb gets the Jets. Aaron Jones gets Chicago on Sunday Night Football. Last season Jones had two solid games against the Bears, scoring 3 touchdowns in those 2 contests. Brad has been able to accumulate 4 Rb2s and 3 Wr2s for some solid depth. Unfortunately, depth doesn’t help in the early weeks of the season when you need actual starters. Scotty will have Justin “I want to prove I’m better than Mahomes” Herbert who will visit Arrowhead on Thursday Night Football. He’ll have Joe Mixon @ Dallas, Cordarrelle Patterson @ LA Rams, and Deebo Samuel against the Seahawks. Scotty will also have Mike Evans against the Saints. The Who Dats usually shut his ass down, but last season the bastard broke one and caught a 41 yard touchdown in the Dome. Steelers D/ST is ranked #1 after Week 1 and gets broken back Mac Jones and New England. What could go wrong?
Thanks for reading and good luck!
-The Commish
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