Week 2 Recap:
Division 1:
Chase (1-1) 92.3 vs. Tommy (1-1) 134.8
Tommy wind up not having George Kittle, but he wind up not needing him. Chase’s team simply did not show up this week. 7 out of 9 players scored in single digits. His lone bright spot was Amon-Ra St. Brown who continued his God-like rise into Fantasy Heavens with a 9 catch, 116 yard, and 2 touchdown performance accounting for a whopping 41% of Chase’s total point output. Tommy’s team put together a much better performance than Week 1 scoring a total of 134.8. He had 5 players score in single digits, but he had stud performances out of Tyreek “Like a Cheetah running down a” Hill who put together a monster performance of 11 catches, 190 yards and 2 touchdowns in Miami’s epic comeback victory against the Ravens. The other stud performance came from Tampa Bay Defense and Special Teams against our Saints, unfortunately. They had 5 turnovers, 6 sacks, a touchdown, and only allowed 10 points scored resulting in crazy 27 point performance. Most of Tommy’s team underwhelmed by Tyreek and Tampa D accounted for 68.5 or 74% of Chase’s point total. Tommy didn’t need anyone else to go off this week.
Joe (1-1) 87.2 vs. Mike (1-1) 101.7
The other side of Division 1 also had the unbeaten team lose to the beaten team, resulting in all four members of Division 1 being at 1-1 heading into Week 3. Both Joe and Mike’s teams underwhelmed this week. Joe lost Jerry Jeudy to injury after he only had 1.7 points. The only cooking Russel Wilson is doing this season is burning through Joe’s chances of victory in fantasy football. The new head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterback combo for Denver has looked rough. The only good thing out of Joe’s Week 2 game was his peripherals. Mark Andrews had 24.2 with 9 catches, 104 yards, and touchdown. San Fran Defense and Special Teams had 13 against the Seahawks, and Justin Tucker got a solid 10. Joe’s peripherals combined for 55% of Joe’s total point output, which is a good indication that you are going to lose. Mike had some good fortune fall on him after he had to find a replacement for Dak Prescott. In comes Carson Wentz who went off against Detroit with 30.7 fantasy points. Despite Mike have 2 players score less than 1 point in Darnell Mooney (0.1) and Dalton Schultz (0.8), he was able to crack 100 points and get his first victory of the season. This matchup was just gross. It reminds me of the Southpark episode where Cartman eats so much P.F. Changs that he starts shitting out of his mouth.
Division 2:
Kenny (1-1) 122.0 vs. Katon (0-2) 111.2
K-Dub gets the W in the Battle of the Special K’s. Overall Kenny had solid production out of most of his starters, with his top scorers being Kyler Murray with 25.8 and Mike Williams with 24.3. Adams only had 2 receptions against the Cardinals, which was odd, but he was able to save an uncharacteristic day with one of those catches going for a touchdown. Katon left in Alvin Kamara this week, who was inactive. For those of you new to fantasy football, Teams list their inactives 90 minutes prior to game time. So if the kick off is at 12pm noon central time, then the inactive list comes out at 10:30am. Giving you an hour and a fucking half to make lineup adjustments. If you are in Mountain Time Katon, that means for an 11am kickoff, the inactive list comes out at 9:30am. Had Katon caught this with the overwhelming plethora of time he was given to make the lineup adjustment, he could have been on the winning side of this depending on who he started. If he just threw in Ingram, he still would have lost. If he had moved Zeke to Rb2 and put in Christian Kirk or Devonta Smith in the flex then he would have won. We will never know. Katon drops to 0-2 for his sins.
Jen (1-1) 84.9 vs. JD (2-0) 99.2
Jen had a rough week in Fantasy. Aaron Rodgers did better than Week 1, so that’s good. Breece Hall got a touchdown. But overall most on her team underwhelmed. James Conner exited his game with an ankle injury and that surely contributed to his low output. JD wasn’t much better, but the big story for him was Drake London, rookie wide receiver for Atlanta. He had 8 catches on 12 targets for 86 yards and a touchdown. He starts the season averaging 9.5 targets per game, which is pretty significant. JD also had rookie Garret Wilson go off for 29 on his bench. Despite JD having Lamb and Diontae Johnson, he may have a hard time choosing who to start each week given these rookie’s early success. JD moves to 2-0 despite scoring the 8th most points in the league through two weeks.
Division 3:
Trey (0-2) 111.7 vs. Mustafa (2-0) 134.6
Trey had a player score over 50 fantasy points and he lost. Not only lost, but lost by 22.9. He had 6 out of 9 players score in single digits. Lamar Jackson had 318 yards passing, 119 yards rushing, 4 total touchdowns, and 8 points in bonuses alone. The only other bright spot for Trey was his Allen’s both scoring touchdowns. Moose is riding the Cooper Kupp revenge tour to the moon as he gets to 2-0. Cooper Kupp got 29.3 proving at least 6 people who drafted ahead of him that they are stupid. Moose also got 32.6 out of Josh Allen, who is making it look way too easy to carve up opposing defenses this season. Moose had double digit performances from 7 out of 9 starters and moves to 2-0.
Brad (1-1) 207.8 vs. Scotty (1-1) 86.9
In the Office episode “Launch Party” in the fourth season, Dwight Schrute battled the new Dundler Mifflin website to prove he wouldn’t be beaten by a machine when it comes to paper sales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ6bamP8wZk. That’s how Brad felt this weekend as he battled the autodrafted Scotty lineup. His team went off this week scoring 207.8 points, breaking Brad’s previous personal record of 191.9. Of course it didn’t touch the league record set by Scotty last season, when he had 225.9 in Week 5. Brad had 4 players score over 30 points with Nick Chubb getting 30.8, Jaylen Waddle getting 37.6, Aaron Jones getting 33.5 and Jalen Hurts getting 35.9. Brad cracked 200 points for the first time in his 22 year Fantasy Football career, despite getting 0 from his Tight End position. Meanwhile on the other side of the matchup Scotty scored the second lowest in the league this week. He had 6 players score in single digits including 3 who scored less than 5 points. Mike Evans was ejected from the Saints game for being the little emotional bitch that he is after he shoved down Marcus Lattimore. An ejection that ultimately led to him being suspended in next week’s game as well. Brad wins by 120.9. This margin of victory was more points than 8 teams scored in the league this week.
Week 3 Preview:
Division 1:
Chase (1-1) vs. Joe (1-1)
Joe’s team is so freaking ugly and bad right now. Jesus Joe. Russel Wilson has looked like crap and now he gets San Fran’s defense on Sunday Night Football. Clyde Edwards-Helaire scored a pair of touchdowns in Week 1, but came back down to Earth in Week 2. He was very efficient with his touches, but Joe would like to see more than 10-12 touches per game out of his top running back. The lone bright spots on Joe’s roster are Ja’Marr Chase and Mark Andrews. Joe will monitor to see if he’ll have Jeudy available this week or not. On the other side of the matchup Chase comes in desperately needing to see something out of his first pick Dalvin Cook. Cook is currently ranked Rb#28 and has yet to find the endzone this season. What great fortune that Cook finds himself going up against the Lions who are currently ranked #32 OPRK giving up the most fantasy points to opposing Rb’s through 2 weeks. Chase is hoping to see Amon-Ra St. Brown continue his incredible catch and touchdown streak. A couple of injuries for Chase to watch this week include Michael Pittman Jr’s quad injury and whether or not we’ll see JK Dobbins make his 2022 debut. If not, Joe could potentially start Kenyan Drake at Rb, which is just incredibly depressing to say.
Tommy (1-1) vs. Mike (1-1)
Looking at this matchup it just looks like it’s going to be fun. Both teams are loaded with big names. Tommy has Derrick Henry and Leonard Fournette, Mike has Najee Harris and Javonte Williams. 3 very high volume running backs and then timeshare Williams, who will have an opportunity to catch a lot of balls if the Broncos fall behind to the 49ers this week. Tyreek Hill vs. Buffalo and DK Metcalf vs. Atlanta for Tommy and Tee Higgins vs. the Jets for Mike. Just physical freaks all up in this matchup. Just a fun matchup. Big storyline to follow this week will be Carson Wentz facing off against his former team in the Philadelphia Eagles. Look for Wentz to try and prove they made a mistake, when we all know they in fact, did not.
Division 2:
JD (2-0) vs. Katon (0-2)
Dizzle comes in trying to sweep Division 2 as Katon attempts to avoid the 0-3 hole to start the year. JD will feature #6 Qb Patrick Mahomes @ Indianapolis and Katon will have noodle elbow Matthew Stafford with a favorable matchup @ Arizona. Jd has Austin Ekeler who is the 18th ranked Rb and who JD selected over Cooper Kupp like an idiot squaring off against the Jaguars. Speaking of Jaguars, JD has #7 Rb James Robinson who has made a miraculous comeback from a torn achilles to lead the Jacksonville backfield despite the Etienne hype this summer. JD also has rookie Drake London looking to continue his solid start to his career against Seattle. Katon is hoping to have Alvin Kamara back against the Panthers, but will need to lean on his wideout duo of #1 Stefon Diggs and #7 Christian Kirk. Katon is hoping to get a sign of life out of Zeke Elliot who faces the 2-0 Giants on Monday Night Football. Zeke has scored back to back games of 5.4 fantasy points.
Kenny (1-1) vs. Jen (1-1)
Kenny leads Division 2 in points scored and is hoping to catch up to JD for the divisional lead. Kenny has Kyler Murray who is averaging a solid 23.2 points per game going up against a Rams defense that have given up 5 passing touchdowns through two games. #2 Rb D’Andre Swift has looked the part starting the season with 20 rushes for 200 yards and averaging 21.9 fantasy points per game. Jen has Aaron Rodgers in the battle of the Bays. Between Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady I’m surprised we aren’t talking about the Battle of the Hudson Bay which took place in September in 1697. In case you didn’t get it, Rodgers and Brady are both old. Jen is hoping James Conner doesn’t miss this week with his ankle injury. Otherwise the Cardinals will have to lean on Eno Benjamin and Darrel Williams against the Rams and Jen will have to lean on rookie Breece Hall again. Jen is hoping for a bounce back game from Justin Jefferson who had a quiet game being guarded by Darius Slay in Week 2. Jen is also hoping that Terry McLaurin does a bit more. He’s been okay scoring 12.8 and 10.2, but he has actually scored the 3rd most fantasy points at Wide Receiver for the Commanders through two weeks. Curtis Samuel and rookie Jahan Dotson have both scored more. Should be a good matchup between these two.
Division 3:
Moose (2-0) vs. Scotty (1-1)
Moose is #1 in the standings after two weeks and looks to sweep his division foes. In his way stands Scotty and his auto drafted squad minus Mike “Little Bitch” Evans who is suspended. This matchup has the potential to be a back and forth affair with players ranging from Thursday Night Football all the way to Monday Night Football. Scotty will strike first with Pittsburgh Defense and Special Teams squaring off against Jacoby Brissett and the Browns on TNF. Moose will have #2 Fantasy Qb Josh Allen in a divisional game against Miami, #14 WR AJ Brown in a divisional game against the Commanders of Washington, #11 WR Michael Thomas in a divisional game against Carolina, and #2 WR Cooper Kupp in a divisional game against Arizona. The theme of the week seems to be divisional games for Moose. Big time players make big time plays in divisional games. Scotty is hoping to have his stud Qb Justin Herbert for this matchup. Herbert has fractured rib cartilage which is supposed to be extremely painful. If he can’t go he’ll have to pivot to either Trevor Lawrence in the same matchup or Tom Brady in the Battle of the Bays. Scotty will lean on #11 Rb Joe Mixon this week who faces a Jets defense that just gave up 87 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns to Nick Chubb last week. The Bengals are 0-2 after losing in back to back games by last second field goals. Joe Burrow has been sacked 13 times through two weeks. Look for the Bengals to lean on the rushing attack against the Jets to try and keep Burrow’s ass upright.
Trey (0-2) vs. Brad (1-1)
Battle of the Top 2 Picks in this years draft! T-Money comes in seriously doubting how he handled the #1 Overall Pick this season. He drafted Taylor, which was the correct pick, but going Etienne and Pitts at the Round 2 and 3 turn has proven disastrous over the first two weeks of the season. He drafted these players over Nick Chubb (Rb#1) and Tyreek Hill (Wr#3). Etienne sits at Rb#36 and has shown to be second fiddle to James Robinson. One bright spot is that his touches doubled from Week 1 to Week 2, as he went from 6 touches to 12 touches. Kyle Pitts sits at Tight End #36 and has shown to be second fiddle to rookie Drake London in Atlanta. When asked about Pitts lack of production on the field, head coach Arthur Smith responded with “It’s not fantasy football. We’re just trying to win.” I find this quote ironic considering their best chance to win is probably going to involve getting the ball into the hands of one of your best players on offense. This week Brad opens up as 13.1 point favorites according to ESPN predictions. Trey has #1 Qb Lamar Jackson going to New England. The Patriots have been stingy against fantasy Qb’s and currently rank 8th in OPRK. #5 Rb Johnathan Taylor faces Kansas City who gave up a rushing touchdown to James Conner in Week 1. If Trey is going to compete this week he’ll need more production from the rest of his lineup. Otherwise this is going to be a very long season. Brad is coming off of his 200-point explosion where he blew his load in Week 2. Not particularly surprising that Brad blew his load this early in the game. Brad has his 4 Rb’s in the starting lineup again this week with #1 Rb Nick Chubb facing the Steelers on Thursday Night Football, #8 Rb Christian McCaffrey with a tough matchup against the Saints, and #4 Rb Aaron Jones with a tough matchup @ Tampa Bay. Buffalo is @ Miami, proving tough matchups for four of Brad’s starters, Waddle, Knox, Buf Defense and Special Teams, and kicker Tyler Bass. We’ll see if the matchups can bend this one in Trey’s favor to get his first win of the season or if Brad will ride the momentum of his Week 2 explosion into a winning streak.
Thanks for reading and good luck!
-Signed, The Commish
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