Week 4 Recap:
Brad (3-1) 120.6 vs. Mike (1-3) 115.8
Mike put up his most points scored in a single game this season but fell just short to Brad by less than 5 points. Worse than the loss of the weekly fantasy matchup was the loss of his second-round pick Javonte Williams for the season. Mike got 35.0 points from Josh Jacobs and 26.9 from Tee Higgins. These two combined for over half of Mike’s total point output. Brad had a more evened effort from his team with his top scorer getting 22.7 (Nick Chubb) and 5 players getting 11+.
Tommy (3-1) 136.6 vs. Katon (0-4) 59.6
Katon started Kamara again. This time it was the London game, so there is a little bit of an excuse. But it doesn’t look like it would’ve mattered even if he did make a switch. Tommy had 4 players score over 20 points including Burrow (20), Henry (25.2), Tyreek Hill (23.9), and DK Metcalf (21.4). Any combination of 3 of those players would have been enough to beat Katon this week. Tommy didn’t need the other 6. Katon’s top scorer was his kicker with 17.0 points. No one else scored in double digits.
Chase (2-2) 121.5 vs. Jen (1-3) 78.8
Things were looking good for Jen after the London game was over. She was up on Chase by 21.3 points after getting 29.0 points from her first-round pick Justin Jefferson and 14.7 from Saints phenom rookie Chris Olave. Chase had 22.4 combined from Kirk Cousins and Dalvin Cook. But after the noon games kicked off it was all Chase the rest of the day. He got 20.3 from JK Dobbins, 19 from Philly D/ST, 17.6 from Josh Reynolds, and 19.7 from Travis Kelce on SNF. Jen had no other player score in double digits including 5 players score less than 5 points.
Joe (2-2) 110.3 vs. Mustafa (4-0) 146.2
Moose continues his ridiculous start to the season with another dominating win, this time over Joe. Joe scored a respectable 110.3 after getting 26.9 from Russel Wilson, 21.9 from CEH, and 22 from SF D/ST on MNF. Moose ended this game when Dameon Pierce ripped off a 75 yard touchdown run. He had 4 players score over 20 and even got 34.7 from his peripherals. Joe just didn’t have the firepower to hang with Moose this week.
Trey (0-4) 80.6 vs. Kenny (3-1) 115.0
Kenny had a pretty solid week from his players. Most of them scored in double digits. He had 6/9 score between 11.0 and 22.8 for a really even effort from his players. Trey was carried by Miles Sanders who had 27 carries for 134 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns for a total of 31.6 against the Jaguars. Unfortunately for Trey Lamar Jackson came back down to Earth for only 12.9 and he lost Johnathan Taylor to a high ankle sprain. Normally you would never trade your studs, but at 0-4 and the prospect of JT missing a few weeks, Trey’s last chance might be to trade JT to a deep team for 3 starters. We’ll see if he makes a move or takes JT with him to his grave.
JD (3-1) 114.7 vs. Scotty (2-2) 190.6
Controversy. Betrayal. Shame. Impeachment. There I was. Commissioner of the Best Buy Dream Team League. Drafting our 14th season. All of a sudden. A text! It’s Scotty saying he can’t draft right now. That he would need to autodraft. I told him he had already autodrafted Deebo Samuel. He said, “No.” Then “Im at a multi million dollar business deal in Kansas City lol. We are at dinner now.” And then “I want Rb.” Unfortunately, we were 4-5 picks away at that point. And I couldn’t undo all those picks. I had to tell him he was on autodraft. Autodraft he did. Until. ESPN autodrafted his 3rd Qb before his 3rd Rb. I drew the line. I stepped in. I interfered. I undid the Qb pick and picked up the next Rb that was available for Scotty. That Rb. Was Jamaal Williams. The same Jamaal Williams that has scored 6 touchdowns, is currently Fantasy Rb #3 and just put up 28.4 against JD. Then after that ESPN still wind up drafting a third Qb for Scotty and I missed it. Distracted by trying to fill out my own roster and pick my own late round fliers. Luckily for me this week even if Jamaal Williams would have gotten 0 Scotty would have still kicked JD’s ass. Scotty got 24.1 from Justin Herbert, 25.7 from Deebo Samuel, 29.3 from Mike Evans, and 38.9 from TJ “MFing” Hockensen. JD finally had Austin Ekeler pop off for 31.9 and got his usual 23.2 from Patrick Mahomes. But it wasn’t enough to keep up with the Scotty this week. I look forward to the impeachment hearings to follow this admission.
Week 5 Preview:
Before we dive into the individual matchups I wanted to stop and point out how insane Moose’s team has been through 4 weeks. He has put up 600.8 points in 4 weeks. Averaging 150.2. AVERAGING 150+. His low was Week 2 with 134.6. For perspective, two other players have scored in the 500s (Brad at 560.4 and Scotty at 514.5), six other players have scored in the 400s and four teams have scored in the 300s. Katon is at 338.5 points scored, a whopping 262.5 points less than league-leading Mustafa.
And now to our normal preview:
RIVALRY GAME ALERT
JD (3-1) vs. Tommy (3-1)
Division 1 Leader Tommy vs. Division 2 Leader JD. Post season preview? JD was undefeated in divisional play but as soon as he left his division, he got smoked by Scotty’s 190+ point explosion. Tommy is riding a 3 game winning streak including two games of scoring over 130 during that span. Despite their even record Tommy has scored 44.5 points more than JD so far and has 108.1 less points scored against him. Let’s break it down. JD will have #4 Qb Patrick Mahomes against the Raiders on Monday Night Football. Tommy will have #8 Qb Joe Burrow against the Ravens on Sunday Night Football. Two Gunslingers on primetime games going up against each other. Love to see it. JD has #7 Rb Austin Ekeler, reminder he drafted at Ekeler at 3 overall over Cooper Kupp, against Cleveland. Tommy has #6 Rb Derrick Henry, reminder he drafted Henry at 5 overall over Cooper Kupp, against Washington. JD has #12 Rb James Robinson against Houston and Tommy has #15 Rb Leonard Fournette against Atlanta. JD has #16 WR CeeDee Lamb going up against Jalen Ramsey and the Rams while Tommy has #3 WR Tyreek Hill against the Jets. Tyreek was quoted this week saying he is a Dolphin and not a Jet because of income taxes. Tommy’s kind of player. This matchup could very well come down to Flex decisions. So whatever you guys do, don’t mess that up or second guess yourselves or anything like that. Great matchup this week.
Moose (4-0) vs. Kenny (3-1)
Kenny rides his 3 game winning streak into a wall this week. This is like a guy on a paddle board who is making good time and then looks up and see a Tsunami about to slam into him. That is what has been like facing Moose so far this season. Moose has #2 Qb Josh Allen against a decent defense in Pittsburgh, #2 Rb Saquon Barkley @ Green Bay in London, #14 Rb Damon Pierce @ Jacksonville who just got wrecked by Miles Sanders last week, #10 WR AJ Brown against Arizona, #1 WR Cooper Kupp against it doesn’t fucking matter, and #21 Wr Curtis Samuel against Tennessee. Kenny has #7 Qb Kyler Murray against Philly who shut down Trevor Lawrence last week, Devin Singletary against Pittsburgh, Jeff Wilson Jr. @ Carolina, #6 WR Davonte Adams @ KC on MNF, #17 WR Mike Williams @ Cleveland, and we’ll see who Kenny decides to play in the flex at a later time. He’ll be deciding between #17 Rb Damien Harris against Detroit or #19 Wr Amari Cooper versus the LA Chargers. Of course both of those are assuming that D’Andre Swift is a no-go this week against New England. Can Kenny hang with Moose this week? Can anyone?
Jen (1-3) vs. Brad (3-1)
Jen and Brad square off in Week 5 heading in two different directions. Jen has lost 3 in a row after starting 1-0 and Brad has won 3 in a row after starting 0-1. Jen will be lead by #4 Fantasy WR Justin Jefferson against Chicago and #15 WR Chris Olave against Seattle. She is hoping to get more out of Rb James Conner who faces Philly and Antonio Gibson who faces Tennessee. Brian Robinson will be practicing this week and might play in that matchup a mere four weeks after being shot. We’ll have to see if Robinson cuts into Gibson’s touches moving forward. Brad will be leaning on #1 RB Nick Chubb vs. an LA Chargers team who just gave up 27.9 to Dameon Pierce in Week 4. Of course, most of Pierce’s points came from the 75 yard touchdown run (18.5), which gave him the big play bonus and over 100 yard bonus. This game will kick off on Thursday Night Football with Jen having #12 Den D/ST in a juicy matchup against an inept Colts team and Brad will have #13 WR Courtland Sutton who might be matched up one on one with Stephon Gilmore. Brad’s #5 Rb Christian McCaffrey has a tough matchup against San Fran. Both Tight Ends will be key to this matchup. Jen’s #12 TE Darren Waller faces KC. In Darren Waller’s last healthy season 2020, he put up a touchdown in both contests against KC. Brad’s #11 TE David Njoku faces off against the LA Chargers. Apparently Njoku always plays well against the Chargers with stat lines of 2021: 7 catches on 7 targets for 149 yards and a touchdown, 2018: 7 catches on 12 targets for 55 yards and a touchdown, 2017: 4 catches on 6 targets for 74 yards and a touchdown. Will his streak of touchdowns against the Chargers continue this week?
Joe (2-2) vs. Trey (0-4)
The big story line is obviously Trey being without Johnathan Taylor the first overall pick in this year’s draft. Trey will have to turn to #8 Rb Miles Sanders and Travis Etienne JR. This matchup will have players featured in all of the primetime games this week. Joe having #12 Qb Russell Wilson and Jerry Jeudy on TNF against the Colts, Trey having Allen Lazard on the early Sunday morning London game against the Giants, Joe having #14 Wr Ja’Marr Chase and #2 TE Mark Andrews battling it out on Sunday Night Football against Trey’s #1 Qb Lamar Jackson. This game will most likely come down to Monday Night Football where Joe will have #4 Rb Clyde Edwards-Helaire against the Las Vegas Raiders. CEH has only run the ball 41 times so far this season, but has scored 5 touchdowns through 4 games. For perspective Trey’s JT had 81 rushes through 4 weeks before getting injured. Joe also has Tony Pollard as his Rb2. Pollard has rushed the ball 36 times so far this season. Leave it to Joe to find Running Backs that don’t actually run. Enjoy the primetime games gentlemen.
Mike (1-3) vs. Scotty (2-2)
If Scotty was in any other division he could easily be 3-1. Both teams are coming in after scoring their highest point total of the season in Week 4. Mike lost Javonte Williams for the season to a torn ACL and will look to replace him with a couple of wideouts that returned from injury last week in Tampa Bay WR Chris Godwin and Dallas WR Michael Gallup. Godwin has a favorable matchup against Atlanta and Michael Gallup will travel to Los Angeles to go up against the Rams. Mike’s 1st pick Najee Harris is going to Buffalo and will have a rookie Qb under center. That combined with the Steelers horrific offensive line can spell disaster (to Brad’s benefit with Bills D/ST). #9 Josh Jacobs hopes to stay hot and earn a new contract in a big divisional game against the KC Chiefs. The same Chiefs that just held Leonard Fournette to 3 rushes for -3 yards in Week 4. (Fournette did have success catching the ball however, with 7 catches for 57 yards and a touchdown). Mike will have #12 WR Tee Higgins on SNF against Scotty’s #19 Rb Joe Mixon. Scotty will also have #6 Qb Justin Herbert @ Cleveland who had given up big games to Baker Mayfield and Joe Flacco in Weeks 1 and 2 before shutting down Mitch Trubisky and Marcus Mariota in Weeks 3 and 4. Herbert is better than all of those guys, so look for his normal production of 20+ with the potential for more. Scotty will have #3 Rb Jamaal Williams…against a New England defense that hasn’t given up a rushing touchdown yet this year. Scotty will also have his dynamic trio of wideouts in #11 Deebo Samuel @ Carolina, #18 Mike Evans vs. Atlanta, and #9 Marquise Brown against Philly. Scotty looks heavily favored in this matchup. Thanks Brad.
Chase (2-2) vs. Katon (0-4)
Chase gets his bye week this week, oh wait, that’s just Katon’s team, my bad. Chase will have to wait and see if he gets his Sun God back this week in a big battle against New England. Jared Goff is running point for Chase there and would love to have his top weapon back for that. Chase has #24 Rb Dalvin Cook against a Chicago defense that got gashed by Aaron Jones in Week 2, Dameon Pierce in Week 3, and Saquon Barkley in Week 4. Can Dalvin get things going? Speaking of getting things going, JK Dobbins found the endzone twice against a tough Bills defense. More importantly for Chase his touches increased from 9 in Week 3 to 17 in Week 4. If that trend continues and he keeps finding the endzone then look out. He has the Bengals this week on SNF. Chase will have #1 Tight End Travis Kelce to fall back on if he needs it. Kelce plays on MNF against the Raiders. Katon is hoping to have Kamara against the Seattle Seahawks. They gave up some big games this year including Jamaal Williams explosion last week. Katon will have Matt Stafford against a decent Dallas defense. And #2 Wr Stefon Diggs against Pittsburgh. Katon usually drafts Kelce, so this could be a revenge game for Travis. On the other side Chase is against Zeke. I questioned Chase choosing JK Dobbins over Zeke during the draft, but this is why Chase has 3 titles and Brad only has 2 from a long ass time ago. Zeke is averaging only 8.5 fantasy points per game through 4 weeks. Can he pop off against Chase this week? Sure, anything can happen.
Thanks for reading and good luck!
-Signed, The Corrupt Commish
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