Week 10 Recap:

JD (8-2) 137.6 vs. Brad (7-3) 130.6

Bit Time game with playoff seeding implications.  Brad was down by 28.8 heading into Monday Night Football with Jalen Hurts left to play.  IBM Watson gave Brad a 28% chance of Jalen Hurts scoring over 30 fantasy points.  Earlier in the year in Week 3 Jalen scored 30.6 points, so Brad just needed a repeat.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the cards as Jalen went for 21.8 points as the Eagles lost to the Commanders. Brad had solid producers led by Justin Jefferson’s 33.3 points on 10 catches for 193 yards and a touchdown against a good Bills team.  Only disappointing spot for Brad was Greg Dulcich who only had 1 catch for 11 yards in Denver’s loss to Tennessee.  For JD he had two of his players go off for him in Patrick Mahomes who threw for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns against the Jaguars for 34.1 fantasy points and CeeDee Lamb who caught 11 balls for 150 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in a losing effort against the Green Bay Packers (35.5).  He got solid production from Mostert (16.7) Rodale Moore (13.9) and Ten D/ST (13).  All this despite an underwhelming game by Austin Ekeler, who scored his lowest amount (9.8) since Week 3.  With this win JD has clinched a playoff spot.  Congratulations JD!

Joe (3-7) 69.8 vs. Kenny (4-6) 132.8

K-Dub crushes Joe by a whopping 63 points, almost doubling him up this week.  Joe got solid production out of Geno Smith (19.2) and Tony Pollard (23.3) but he had a season record 3 players score exactly 0 points. Eno Benjamin, Jerry Jeudy, and Clyde Edwards Helaire.  Kenny started Jeff Wilson Jr who went off against Cleveland for 24.3 fantasy points and Cole Kmet against Detroit who scored a pair of touchdowns for 23.4.  Adams was Adams with 26.1 and Devin Singletary ran for 2 touchdowns.  Complete effort from Kenny as he stays in the playoff hunt.

Jen (4-6) 115.3 vs. Tommy (7-3) 108.3

Jen with the upset!  Yall may remember Jen and Brad had a trade a few weeks ago.  After JJ went off for 33.3 points this week one might have been thinking that Jen lost that trade.  As the Legendary Lee Corso likes to say, “Not so fast!”  She got 18.2 from Daniel Jones, 25.6 from Aaron Jones, and 18.3 from Gabe Davis, a total of 62.1 points.  Heading into MNF she was at 95.5 points to Tommy’s 108.3.  Terry McLaurin remained.  Scary Terry wind up getting 8 catches for 128 yards and he looked good doing it.  19.8 and the victory by 7 points.  On Tommy’s side he turned to Justin Fields with Joe Burrow on bye and Fields delivered yet again.  44.3 fantasy points!  Everyone else on Tommy’s team had a quiet game.  Tyreek had 12.9, Henry had 7.7.  Just couldn’t get it going this week.  Jen is still in the playoff hunt!

Chase (6-4) 135.6 vs. Scotty (3-7) 60.3

Chase more than doubles up Scotty.  Scotty had every single player score 12 or less, including 7/9 in single digits.  His team scored a total of 2 touchdowns, 1 from Herbert and 1 from Jamaal Williams.  Chase started Subway Spokesperson and Terrible Quarterback Russel Wilson @ Tennesee, but the story for Chase was his rbs Dalvin Cook (27.1) and D’Onta Foreman (22) combining for 49.1.  Kelce, Hopkins, and Amon-Ra St. Brown did their thing.  The only unfortunate thing for Chase was JuJu Smith-Schuster got hurt and was put in the concussion protocol and had to exit the game.

Mike (5-5) 95.3 vs. Trey (4-6) 98.9

Mike held a slim lead of 1.8 fantasy points heading into MNF while Trey had Miles Sanders left.  Sanders sucked, but he got Trey 5.4 points which was enough for the victory.  Trey wins his third in a row.  He was carried by the 1^st overall pick Jonathan Taylor.  It’s amazing.  The Colts and JT suck.  They fire their coach, turn to the veteran Qb, and give JT the ball and magically they win a game.  JT’s schedule looks great to end the year, so don’t count Trey out of this thing yet.  If he can squeeze into a post season berth he can compete.  Mike couldn’t get it going this week.  Jacobs got a respectable 19.6 points and Chris Godwin got his first touchdown of the season.  But 5 players scoring in single digits and Mike starting the wrong tight end was the difference in the game.

Katon (2-8) 108.3 vs. Mustafa (7-3) 84.5

PIGS CAN FLY! HELL HAS FROZEN OVER! Katon takes down Mustafa!  Worse than the loss for Moose was the two injuries he sustained.  Cooper Kupp is heading to IR after suffering a high ankle sprain.  He exited with 1.4 fantasy points.  Tight End Dallas Goedert was also injured.  Moose had Josh Allen play gutsy and score 22.6 and Saquon Barkley did his thing against Houston with 25.5, but the rest of his team combined for a paltry 36.4 points.  How did Katon do it?  Stefon Diggs had 12 catches for 128 yards and 21.8 fantasy points and Christian Kirk went for his best game of the season with 9 catches, 105 yards, and 2 touchdowns (30 fantasy points).  Those two combined for 51.8 points.  Katon got a touchdown from Devonta Smith on MNF and was able to get the job done.

Week 11 Preview

Last Week of Non-Divisional Games!  Playoff Implications Everywhere!

Chase (6-4) vs. Brad (7-3)

Both teams have a very strong chance to make the playoffs.  ESPN has Chase at 90% chance of making the playoffs and Brad at 99% chance of making the playoffs.  That % chance will go down for one of these teams this week.  Chase has renamed his team “Land of Misfti Quaterbacks” which is appropriate.  Chase has started 4 different quarterbacks this season and has averaged 12.54 points per game at the position.  Compare that to Brad who has started only 2 quarterbacks, his starter #3 Jalen Hurts and #15 Daniel Jones who only started due to Hurts’ bye week.  Brad has averaged 25.31 from the Qb position.  This week Chase turns to Qb #22 Russell Wilson.  Who has looked awful.  His only really strong performance came in Week 4 when he faced this same Raiders team he faces now.  He scored 26.9 fantasy points in that matchup, throwing for 2 touchdowns and rushing for 1 touchdown.  He hasn’t scored more than 14.2 since Week 4.  The Raiders suck, so let’s see if Wilson repeats or if the loss of Jerry Jeudy hurts his value.  Brad’s Hurts matches up against Indianapolis.  Indy has been pretty solid in stopping opposing Qbs.  At Rb teams look to be pretty even with Chase having #9 Rb Dalvin Cook against Dallas and D’Onta Foreman at home against Baltimore.  Foreman has rushed for over 100 yards in 3 out of the 4 weeks since the CMC trade.  We’ll see if he can continue that success this week or if his stats are inflated from playing Atlanta twice.  Brad has #6 Rb Christian McCaffrey against Arizona.  CMC played Arizona earlier this season for the Panthers and had 9 catches on 9 targets for 81 yards and a receiving touchdown.  Look for CMC to get his normal amount of usage and touches despite Elijah Mitchell getting more snaps in his return last week.  #1 Rb Nick Chubb faces Buffalo.  Buffalo is giving up an average of 30.8 fantasy points per game to opposing running backs the last 3 weeks.  Also this game is projected to be a heavy snow game, meaning lots of runs and weird punts.  Chase has the advantage at WR due to Brad being without #6 WR Jaylen Waddle due to bye weeks.  He’ll rely on #3 Justin Jefferson against Dallas and Courtland Sutton against Las Vegas.  Brad hoping for more targets to Sutton and Dulcich with Jeudy being injured.  Chase has the Sun-God Amon-Ra St. Brown against the Giants.  His usage is insane.  He also has DeAndre Hopkins versus San Fran on MNF.  Hopkins has been a target and reception monster since coming back from suspension and now looks to pick up more potential targets with the injury to Zach Ertz.  Chase also has Philly D against Indy which is going to be a smash and Dicker the Kicker.  Should be a great matchup.

Mike (5-5) vs. Katon (2-8)

Katon has all but been eliminated from playoff contention, but Mike is still fighting for a spot.  ESPN has Mike with a 52% chance of making a playoff spot.  Standing in Mike’s way is a Katon team with some favorable matchups this week.  Katon has #18 Alvin Kamara against LA Rams, David Montgomery in a smash spot against Atlanta.  With Khalil Herbert out of the way look for Montgomery’s usage to spike.  Katon also has #2 WR Stefon Diggs in a smash spot against Cleveland.  Depending on weather conditions.  WR Devonta Smith should be busy against Indianapolis and don’t overlook Brian Robinson Jr against Houston.  Houston is #32 OPRK against Fantasy Rbs and have given up an average of 198 rushing yards in the past 3 weeks.  For Mike he’s hoping for an NFC shootout between Dallas and Minnesota to fuel Dak Prescott.  Dak has looked pretty good since his return from injury.  Mike also has TE Dalton Schultz in that game for the Dak-Dalton stack.  Najee Harris had his most carries and rushing yards of the season last week against the terrible Saints.  Let’s see how he does against a Cincy defense he scored 9.6 against in Week 1 due in large part to a receiving touchdown.  #5 Rb Josh Jacobs faces Denver.  In Week 4 of this year Jacobs rushed 28 times for 144 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns.  Mike would love a repeat of that performance.  Tee Higgins was quiet in Week 1 against Pittsburgh but with Ja’Marr Chase out his target share should remain higher.  Not sure who Mike will wind up starting at Wr2 and Flex with Chris Godwin out on bye.  Katon will need to pick up a TE with Evan Engram on bye.

JD (8-2) vs. Mustafa (7-3)

One week after JD defeats Brad from Division 3, he gets Moose from Division 3.  Of course the big story heading into this week is Moose losing WR #4 Cooper Kupp and TE # 4 Dallas Goedert to injuries last week.  These two were averaging 30.3 points per game combined and will be big shoes to fill on Moose’s roster.  I would say look for Moose to make a trade since he is deep at RB, but we have passed the trade deadline.  Dizzle also lost Khalil Herbert to IR due to a hip injury.  This leaves him a little shorthanded considering Raheem Mostert is currently on a bye week.  JD does have A lot of players playing in primetime games this week.  #1 Qb Patrick Mahomes, #3 Rb Austin Ekeler, and either Keenan Allen or Joshua Palmer all face off on SNF when the Chiefs battle the Chargers in Los Angeles.  JD also has #11 D/ST Tennessee against Green Bay on TNF.  Looks like JD will need to find a Tight End and it looks like he’ll roll with James Robinson @ New England.  On Moose’s side he has #2 Qb Josh Allen in a blizzard game against Cleveland.  Luckily for Moose Allen is a really good runner, which will maintain a solid floor despite the potential elements.  #4 Rb Saquon Barkley faces Detroit.  Detroit has been better against the run in recent weeks if you don’t count Justin Fields running all over them last week.  Montgomery and Herbert were pretty quiet last week.  Barkley should be solid, but maybe he won’t explode like it looks like he could on paper. #14 Rb Dameon Pierce faces a tough Washington team coming off of an emotional and statement win against the previously undefeated Philly Eagles.  Moose has #8 Wr AJ Brown against the Colts.  He may get matched up with Stephon Gilmore.  He also appeared to look off on Monday Night Football.  He came up limping one play.  The announcers said he just changed his cleats out, but he never was a factor against Washington.   Something to monitor this week in practice.  Moose will also have #12 Rb Rhamondre Stevenson against New York Jets.  A couple weeks ago he scored 17.8 against this Jets defense, including 7 catches on 7 targets for 72 receiving yards.  Moose will have Toney on SNF and Foster Moreau @ Denver.  Moreau is serviceable at TE due to target share, but the Raiders suck, limiting his upside.   With JD’s depth issues this might be a Moose week as the leaders of D2 and D3 square off!

Joe (3-7)  vs. Jen (4-6)

There is no easy way to put this.  Joe’s team is dead.  Between injuries (Jerry Jeudy looks to miss time, Ja’Marr Chase isn’t back yet), bye weeks (Geno Smith and Noah Fant on byes), and his RB getting released (Eno Benjamin was released and signed with the Texans).  He should get Mark Andrews back this week.  So that’s something.  Jen has her full team minus rookie phenom Kenneth Walker who is on bye this week.   She is heavily favored with Qb #15 Daniel Jones playing Detroit who just got torched on the ground by Justin Fields, #8 Rb Aaron Jones plays Tennessee, and #12 WR Terry McLaurin faces Houston.

Tommy (7-3) vs. Trey (4-6)

Both teams have gotten hit hard with bye weeks this week.  Tommy will be without #11 Rb Leonard Fournette,  #1 WR Tyreek Hill, and #17 DK Metcalf.  Trey will be without #10 RB Travis Etienne and #11 WR Tyler Lockett.  In addition to both missing folks on bye weeks they both have Quarterbacks that have 2 games over 40+ fantasy points each.  Tommy’s #4 Qb Justin Fields who has a juicy matchup against Atlanta and Trey’s #6 Qb Lamar Jackson with a juicy matchup against Carolina.  Of course Fields is supposed to be backing up #5 Qb Joe Burrow for Tommy who now finds himself in a bit of a QB quandary.  I don’t see how you can bench Fields right now.  Both Tommy’s #1 Rb Derrick Henry against Green Bay on TNF and Trey’s #24 Jonathan Taylor against Philly have decent matchups.  You can run on Philly as shown by Dameon Pierce and Brian Robinson the last couple of weeks.  Tommy was given a lot of shit for drafting Dereck Henry over Cooper Kupp in the draft and now he’s putting the haters back in the refrigerator with the rest of the hate-o-rade.  Tommy 1- Brad 0.   This should be a huge game with playoff implications.  Can Trey stay in the hunt?  Can Tommy get a step closer to clinching Division 1 with Chase hot on the…Chase?

Kenny (4-6)  vs. Scotty (3-7)

Kenny is alive!  He’s hoping to stay in the playoff hunt this week.  ESPN has K-Dub having a 16% chance of making the playoffs.  Scotty is down to just 3% chance.  The Theme of Kenny’s team is injuries.  Kyler Murray was injured last week, so we’ll have to see if he is back in action this week on MNF against a tough San Fran defense.  D’Andre Swift is back, but limited.  He has a total of 22 touches the last 3 weeks combined, which is not good.  A pair of touchdowns is the only thing keeping him borderline startable right now.  Kenny will have Singletary in the snow game.  #5 WR Davante Adams against Denver.  In Week 4 he caught 9 balls on 13 targets for 101 yards.  #13 Amari Cooper is in the snow game.  We’ll see if Kenny gets Mike Williams back from injury or if he needs to turn to Elijah Mitchell, Damien Harris, or Jacobi Meyers.  Also Cole Kmet got rolled up at the end of the game last week, so JD will have to monitor that as well.  On Scotty’s side he gets Rb#7 Joe Mixon back from bye, but now WR #14 Mike Evans is out on bye.  Herbert gets KC on SNF.  Jamaal Williams is @ NYG like Kenny’s Swift.  DJ Moore and Hockensen should remain high in terms of target share and fantasy potential.  Deebo should be a factor on MNF.  This could be a very close game.  Will Katon play spoiler to the fringe playoff teams?  Or will Scotty pull out a victory and hold on to a sliver of a chance?  We shall see!

Thanks and Good Luck!

Signed,

The Commish

Week 8 Recap:

Brad (6-2) 172.6 vs. Joe (3-5) 104.2

Brad explodes for 172.6 points for his second highest point total of the season.  Jalen Hurts threw for 4 touchdowns and 28.4 fantasy points, Christian McCaffrey scored a passing touchdown, a rushing touchdown, and a receiving touchdown flexing his potential as a 49er to the tune of 36.1 fantasy points. Jalen Waddle scored 2 touchdowns with 29.6 points.  Nick Chubb scored 2 touchdowns with 27.9 points.  Between those 4 players Brad scored 122 points enough to defeat Joe’s entire team by 17.8 points.  Joe did have a lone bright spot on his team in Tony Pollard.  Pollard rushed for 131 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns against Chicago with Zeke Elliot ruled out due to a knee injury.  Geno Smith was serviceable with 19.0 points and Jerry Jeudy did his thing in London with 6 catches for 63 yards and a touchdown (15.3 points).  Brad just went off, nothing to do about that.

Kenny (3-5) 103.0 vs. Chase (5-3) 150.4

K-Dub got rocked by Chase who was led by D’onta Foreman’s 34.8 fantasy points.  With Chuba Hubbard inactive due to an ankle injury Foreman was free to run wild against the Falcons.  Hopkins looked scary good with 30.9 fantasy points and Dalvin Cook had another nice game with 25.6.  Kenny couldn’t hand despite getting 32.1 from Tua and 22.6 from Amari Cooper.  His peripherals combined for 10.5 points and Adams was shut down by the Saints.  The Raiders were so bad I wondered if the Saints staff replaced their Gatorade with Hurricanes out there.  Yikes.

JD (6-2) 103.3 vs. Mike (4-4) 93.8

Dizzle gets the W.  He was led by Kirk Cousins’ 3 touchdowns, CeeDee Lambs 16.3 and Khalil Herbert’s 15.9 ( I was right about him).  Mike put up a fight with 25.4 from Dak Prescott, but his next top scorer was D/ST with 13.  Josh Jacobs got caught up in that disaster of a game against the Saints and only put up 6.4 fantasy points despite averaging 34.6 fantasy points per game in the 3 weeks prior.   Ouch.

Tommy (7-1) 152.5 vs. Scotty (2-6) 134.2

Shootout!  Tommy gets the W after a monster game from Derrick Henry (40.3) and Tyreek Hill (28.5).  Scotty hung in there with the miraculous catch at the end of the game for DJ Moore (29.5) on a beautifully thrown ball by PJ Walker.  Scotty’s Lions Goff and Williams both got 21.1 points.  And Mike Evans added 18.3 due to his 100 yard receiving day.  In the end it wasn’t enough as every started for Tommy scored a touchdown except for Tyreek and his kicker.  Fournette, Metcalf, Kittle, Auyik, and even Dallas D/ST all got a touchdown this week.  Too much for Scotty.

Trey (2-6) 107.8 vs. Katon (1-7) 106.6

In the Battle of the Bad Trey harrowingly escapes the Katon trap.  He was eld by Travis Etienne Jr. who set a career high in rushing yards with 156 against a decent Denver defense.  He has back to back 100 yard rushing games after the James Robinson trade and is clawing his way back to prove he wasn’t a draft day bust.  Trey also got 21.7 from Lamar Jackson and 13.8 from Miles Sanders.  35.9% of Katons’ points came from Alvin Kamara.  Kamara scored 3 touchdowns against the Raiders in a blowout win.   He also got a solid 22.8 from Stegon Diggs.  Unfortunately 6/9 starters scored in single digits and he loses by 1.2 or Derek Carr’s interception.

Jen (3-5) 111.0 vs. Mustafa (6-2) 146.5

Jen had a new look team, but Moose’s looked just like it did before bye weeks.  He picked up right where he left off scoring 146.5 points on his way to a dominant win.  Jen was disappointed her newly acquired Qb only put up 9 fantasy points, but she should be pleased that Aaron Jones put up 20.7 fantasy points in a tough matchup against Buffalo.  She got a solid 16.6 from Terry McLaurin and 16 from Tyler Allgeier.  Moose had AJ Brown go off for 6 receptions, 156 yards, and 3 touchdowns (39.6).  According to James Palmer from the NFL Network Lane Johnson was asked how they were able to keep their foot on the gas coming out of the bye and his response was “Just throw that Mother F**ker to number 11.”  Moose had 7/9 starters score in double digits.

Week 9 Preview:

Tommy (7-1) vs. Mustafa (5-2)

HUGE Game.  Tommy is #1 of D1 and Moose is #1 of D3.  A 1^st Round Bye in the playoffs could realistically be at stake.  Tommy will be without starting tight end George Kittle and flex play #24 Rb Kareem Hunt. Moose will be without #3 Rb Saquon Barkley.  Tommy has #2 Qb Joe Burrow vs. Carolina while Moose’s #1 Qb Josh Allen gets the division opponent Jets.  Tommy has #2 Rb Derrick Henry vs. KC on SNF and #9 Rb Lenny Fournette vs. LA Rams.  Moose has #15 Rb Dameon Pierce vs. Philly and #8 Rb Rhamondre Stevenson vs. Indy.  Tommy has #2 WR Tyreek Hill vs. Chicago.  Moose has #3 WR Cooper Kupp vs. Tampa Bay.  Kupp sprained his ankle at the end of the game last week and will be worth monitoring this week.  At the WR2 position these guys have two dogs on their team.  Physical Monsters.  Tommy with #24 DK Metcalf vs. Arizona.  A couple weeks ago DK underwhelmed against the Cardinals with only 2 catches for 34 yards, but he had solid 7 targets.  Moose has #7 WR AJ Brown vs. Houston on TNF.  Brown won’t be needed much in this game as it has blowout written all over it.  Moose should hope for enough value in the first half as there’s a chance he doesn’t play much in the second half.  Moose also has TE #7 Dallas Goedert for TNF.  Goedert only has 1 touchdown so far this season and he’s due.  Tommy will turn to #6 TE Tyler Conklin at Tight End in relief of Kittle.  Conklin is coming off of his best game of the season last week where he had 6 catches on 10 targets for 79 yards and 2 touchdowns.  I don’t see that happening against the Bills, but his target share and probability of the Jets playing from behind makes him a solid play this week.  The flexes of these two teams are pretty gross and not worth mentioning.  Will Tommy move to 8-1?  Or will Moose supplant Tommy as Team #1?

Brad (6-2) vs. Kenny (3-5)

Brad has been hit by a bye-maggedon setting this up to be a very close matchup.  Brad will be without #5 Rb Christian McCaffrey, #1 Rb Nick Chubb, and his starting tight end Greg Dulcich.  Kenny will be without WR #8 Amari Cooper.  Looking at Brad’s B squad he will have Qb#5 Jalen Hurts vs. Houston on TNF.  Michael Carter vs. Buffalo.  Isaiah Pacheco vs. Tennessee on SNF.  He does have his WR duo in WR #4 Jaylen Waddle vs. Chicago and WR #5 Justin Jefferson vs. Washington.  Kenny will be starting Qb #15 Tua in that Chicago game, so look for Kenny to be rooting for a big Tyreek Hill game and a quiet Waddle game.  Kenny is hoping to have D’Andre Swift back this week.  His coach said they rushed him back a bit too much last week, despite him only having 10 touches.  Devin Singletary is @ the Jets.  I don’t believe the acquisition of Hines should impact Singletary too much.  It would impact Moss (now a Colt) and Cook’s roles more.  Kenny needs #9 WR Davante Adams to play to his potential, he’ll have a chance versus Jacksonville’s defense.  Kenny has MVS in his flex spot.  Prior to the Chiefs bye MVS had his best game as a Chief with 3 catches, 111 yards and 15.6 fantasy points.  Should be a great game!

Joe (3-5) vs. JD (6-2)

Rivalry game!  Despite this large gap in wins and losses against these two teams JD has only scored 20.7 more points than Joe on the season.  Joe has had 73.7 more points scored against.  Both teams have been impacted by byes this week.  Joe won’t have #11 Rb Tony Pollard or #25 WR Jerry Jeudy or #5 D/ST San Fran.  JD won’t have #13 Wr CeeDee Lamb or Diontae Johnson or #3 Kicker Graham Gano.  With JD in the thick of a playoff hunt and points for mattering this game won’t be a kicker bowl.  Let’s see who they do have.  Joe has #7 Qb Geno Smith facing the Cardinals again.   He underwhelmed in their first meeting this season with only 197 yards passing and no touchdowns for 12.6 fantasy points.  Most of those came from his 48 yards rushing.  JD has Qb #4 Patrick Mahomes vs. Tennessee.  Tennessee was struggling against the pass to start the season giving up 2+ passing touchdowns in every game Weeks 1-5.  But after the bye week they’ve only given up a total of 2 passing touchdowns in the two games.  Has their defense improved that much?  Or is it because they faced Indy and Houston?  We’ll find out this weekend.  Joe has Rb#22 CEH in that SNF game.  Clyde has been efficient with scoring fantasy points, but his issue is volume given Chiefs RBBC.  The real situation this week is #4 Austin Ekeler going up against the Falcons.  D’Onta Foreman just ran all over them to the tune of 118 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.  With the injuries at WR I can see Ekeler’s workload being higher than normal, making this a very favorable situation to JD in this matchup.  JD also has #23 Rb Raheem Mostert versus the Bears who were just torched by Tony Pollard last week for 3 touchdowns.  The rest of the starting lineups are a hodge podge of nasty.  Joe is starting wideouts that were relevant 3 years ago in Adam Thielen and Robert Woods.  JD is at least going younger with Drake London and Rondale Moore.   In the Flex Joe is turning to some guy named Caleb Huntley.  Maybe.  Patterson might be activated this week.  Meanwhile JD really hopes to have Keenan Allen, but I don’t think they put him in there against the Falcons.

Jen (3-5) vs. Mike (4-4)

There are 5 teams with winning records that are charging ahead towards playoff berths.  Then there is the 7 remaining.  Right now Mike leads the 7 with a 4-4 record.  In comes Jen just 1 game back, but having scored 18.4 more points this season.  Jen will have #9 Qb Daniel Jones out on bye Mike will be without Dak Prescott, Dalton Schultz, and Najee Harris.  Harris being out might actually help Mike’s chances this week.  Jen will have rookie phenom RB #21 Ken Walker III vs. Arizona.  A couple weeks ago Walker ran 21 times for 97 yards and a touchdown against the Cardinals for 18 fantasy points.  Look for him to continue this success.  She’ll also deploy #7 Rb Aaron Jones vs. Detroit.  Mike will have #6 Rb Josh Jacobs who like the rest of the Raiders are hoping for a bounce back game after getting blanked by the Saints last week.  Even Mike’s wonderful kicker Daniel Carlson got 0 last week.  Mike will have to lean on Wr #20 Tee Higgins and Target Vaccum Chris Godwin against the Rams.  A few years ago I sat Chris Godwin because he was questionable against the Rams and then he went off for 12 receptions on 14 targets 172 yards and 2 touchdowns.  So now I always start Godwin when he plays the Rams.  I don’t expect that type of production since the Bucs have looked like garbage lately, but Godwin has 36 targets the last 3 weeks.  Jen will have #19 WR Terry McLaurin against the Vikings and it looks like she will go for the stack with Taylor Heinicke to replace Danny Dimes.  Should be a really good matchup between these two.

Trey (2-6) vs. Chase (5-3)

Another game that looks closer in the details than when you look at record.  A lot of primetime game players in this matchup.  Trey has #18 Rb Miles Sanders against Houston TNF.  Eagles are heavily favored, but they might be so favored that Boston Scott gets a bunch of work in garbage time.  Let’s see if Sanders can get his in the first half.  On Sunday Night Football Chase takes over with #1 Tight End Travis Kelce and JuJu Smith-Schuster.  JuJu owners couldn’t have been excited about the Chiefs adding Kadarious Toney, who appears to be suddenly healthy all of a sudden.  I wonder if Toney was getting bad advice from known cancer Kenny Golladay over there in New York.  Anywho.  Trey will have the last laugh this week with #3 Qb Lamar Jackson and #3 Tight End Taysom Hill.  I have no idea what to expect from Ravens vs. Saints this week, but should be fun to watch.  Who Dat!  Trey will be praying for JT’s ankle to allow him to play this week.  New England has been solid against the run, but a couple teams were able to run on them pretty well.  (GB and Chicago).  #17 Rb Travis Etienne Jr gets a Las Vegas team that just got destroyed by Alvin Kamara.  Smash spot for Etienne who is slowly making up for his draft position which started the season out as a bust.  On the other side Chase has #12 Rb Dalvin Cook who has looked a lot better.  In Weeks 1-4 he averaged 10.3 fantasy points per game.  In his past 3 games he’s averaged 22.5 fantasy points per game.  He faces an average Washington defense this week.  Chase also has D’Onta Foreman.  Since CMC was traded Foreman has rushed for 118 yards in both games.  But last week he added 3 rushing touchdowns.  We’ll have to see if Chuba Hubbard plays this week as that could eat into Foreman’s touchdown potential, but if Hubbard is inactive then Foreman could be in for another huge game.  The Bengals just gave up a 100 yard game to Nick Chubb last week.  At Wideout Trey has Allen Lazard against Detroit and #12 Wr Tyler Lockett vs. the Cardinals.  He stunk it up last time they played.  Chase has the Sun God Lion King Amon-Ra St. Brown against Green Bay.  Where do Hockensen’s targets go?  He’ll also have DeAndre Hopkins who is averaging 24.6 points per game in his two games back from suspension.  For perspective, #1 Wr Stefon Diggs averages 23.3 per game and #3 Wr Cooper Kupp averages 22 per game.   Best of luck gentlemen.

Scotty (2-6) vs. Katon (1-7)

I seriously doubt either of these two read this weekly write up.  Couple things to mention.  Scotty has Herbert vs. Atlanta, Mixon vs. Carolina and newly traded TJ Hockenson against Washington.  DJ Moore has been on fire since the trades of Robbie Anderson and CMC.  He has 21 targets in the last two weeks.  Last game he caught a beautiful hail mary at the end of the game for a 60+ yard touchdown.  PJ Walker slung it and it was awesome.  On Katon’s side Alvin Kamara is looking great.  He has serviceable starters with Diggs, Kirk, and Smith.  Even Evan Engram has been looking good for the Jaguars.  Despite Katon’s record, he isn’t giving wins away this year.  People have to outscore him and earn it.

Thanks for reading and good luck!

-The Commish