Week 1 Recap:
Division 1:
JD (0-1) 73.9 vs. Katon (1-0) 80.8
A low scoring affair. JD went into Monday Night Football down 26.9 with Bills D/ST and Tyler Bass. They combined for 20, leading to our Super Bowl Champion falling short. The rest of his starters all scored 14.2 or less including 6/9 players scoring in single digits. Katon’s team didn’t do much, but his 19.5 from Patrick Mahomes on TNF was the highest scorer in this matchup. He was able to overcome his D/ST Baltimore scoring 12 points as his second highest scorer. Both teams had a fluke week as they move on to their second division game in Week 2.
Mike (1-0) 101.6 vs. Jen (0-1) 91.2
Mike was down by 1.5 points with Garret Wilson left to play on Monday Night Football. Wilson got 11.9 most of which came from an incredible touchdown catch. Of course that touchdown was thrown by Zach Wilson and not Aaron Rodgers who left the game with a season ending Achilles injury just 4 snaps into his season. The big story for Mike’s team was his kicker Jake Elliott who went 4/4 on field goals and scored a whopping 17 points. Most of the match was evened up but his peripherals outscored Jen’s 35.8 to 24.3. For Jen she started out rough on TNF with Skyy Moore only getting 0.4 points. Also Tee Higgins was a huge disappointment as he had an impressive 8 targets and 0 catches. There will be better days ahead for Tee Higgins.
Division 2:
Tommy (0-1) 89.0 vs. Scotty (1-0) 92.1
An incredibly close game to start the year as Tommy suffers the dreaded Super Bowl hangover. His first round pick Austin Ekeler picked up right where he left off with a solid 27.4 points rushing for over 100 yards and a score. Kirk Cousins tried to keep him in the game with 19.3, but he had 3 turnovers. Tommy had 6 starters in single digits including 3 players that scored less than 5 points. Scotty’s team didn’t do much better. His Qb Dak Prescott got 6.2 points. He had 5 players score in single digits and 2 players score 0. One of the 0’s was from Christian Watson who was ruled out before kickoff. This gave Scotty enough time to swap out his lineup and worries me about Scotty’s overall engagement. Are we losing Scotty everybody? How in the hell did Scotty win you might ask? TYREEK HILL. Tyreek accounted for an incredible 47.8% of Scotty’s entire team point total this week. That’s what happens when you catch 11 balls on 15 targets for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns. Crazy to think that Tommy almost pulled this one out.
Joe (0-1) 100.7 vs. Kenny (1-0) 126.1
Joe had a mixed bag in Week 1. On one hand he had his 3 running backs combine for 67 points. On the other Joe Burrow scored 3.1 and his two starting wideouts combined for 11.2. There are sure to be better days ahead for Joe (both Burrow and Weiser), but don’t be surprised if he tries to trade a running back out to upgrade at wide receiver. For Kenny he had a balanced game with one big exception. Hurts got 12.5, Nick Chubb got a respectable 17.7. Mike Evans looked good with 6 catches for 66 yards and a touchdown against Minnesota. But really the story was all about Sunday Night Football and Dallas D/ST. My goodness. 37 points! 10 points for shutout, 8 points for blocked fg for touchdown, 6 points for turnovers, 7 points for sacks, and another 6 points for the pick six. Heading into Monday Night Football Kenny was up 1.2 and had Stefon Diggs left to play. Didn’t even need his 24.2 to beat Joe, but it was nice and jettisoned Kenny to #1 in Points For after 1 week.
Division 3:
Trey (0-1) 102.5 vs. Brad (1-0) 110.3
#1 overall pick versus the last pick in the draft and Brad sneaks out a victory. The biggest story line for Brad was Trevor Lawrence and Calvin Ridley’s connection. Lawrence threw for 241 yards 2 passing tds and an interception. Of those Calvin Ridley caught 8 passes on 11 targets for 101 yards and a touchdown. Getting the coveted 3 points 100-yard bonus. As expected Brad got a paltry 5.7 from his RB1 and David Montgomery got him a respectful 13.4 on Thursday Night Football. Brad’s “Brown-Brown” combo combined for 27.5 as both got into double digits. For Trey it was a weird week. Justin Fields and DJ Moore got blown out by the Packers. Bijan Robinson scored his first touchdown of his young career, but Tyler Algeier stole the show. Trey also lost JK Dobbins to a torn achilles. Justice Hill took over for Dobbins when he was out and scored two touchdowns meaning it was Dobbins injury that most likely sealed Trey’s fate in Week 1 and handed Brad an early season victory.
Chase (0-1) 77.4 vs. Moose (1-0) 92.6
Love when these two get together. Moose held the lead heading into Monday Night Football. He was up 92.6 to Chase’s 60.1. This means Moose’s 32.5 point lead versus Chase’s Josh Allen and James Cook on the Bills. ESPN predicted Chase at 93.5 and gave him a 53% chance of victory. Of course Monday Night Football didn’t go as planned with Josh Allen having four turnovers and James Cook failing to find the end zone as they both combined for a total of 17.3 points. Moose’s team was carried by Tony Pollard’s 2 touchdown day, Jake Moody’s impressive 14.0 points and Jordan Addison’s first career touchdown catch. Moose had 4 players score 6.5 or less including Lamar Jackson, which is rough. Chase had underwhelming days from most of his starters with Herbert rushing for only 27 yards, Cooper only receiving 37 yards, Sutton with only 32 yards receiving, but he did score a touchdown. CeeDee caught a ball late in the game in garbage time and wind up with 4 catches and 77 yards. Brandon Aiyuk went off on Chase’s bench with 8 catches, 129 yards, and 2 touchdowns. I’m betting we’ll see him more in the starting lineup sooner rather than later.
Week 2 Preview:
Division 1:
JD (0-1) vs. Mike (1-0)
Dizzle heads to Mike Grote to try and get his first victory of the season. At Qb he’ll hope that Daniel Jones does a bit more than he did against the Cowboys (4.3 fantasy points). He should since the Cardinals are one of the worst teams in the NFL. For Mike he’ll have Justin Herbert @ Tennessee. Tennessee’s secondary is atrocious, and I like Herbert to repeat with another 20 point outing. At Running Back JD has Barkley @ Arizona who gave up 75 yards rushing on the ground and a receiving touchdown against the Commanders last week. JD also has Rachad White vs. Chicago. Aaron Jones ran all over Chicago prior to pulling his hammy. A good sign for White on the surprising 1-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For Mike he’ll have Derrick Henry vs. LA Chargers and Jahmyr Gibbs vs. Seattle. Henry didn’t do much against the Saints run defense, but an alarming stat was how much Tajae Spears played. Henry played 48% of the snaps while Spears played on 54% of snaps. Gibbs also didn’t play as much as David Montgomery. Gibbs played on 27% of snaps compared to Monty’s 79% snap rate. Remember what I always say, for wide receivers bet on talent, for running backs bet on opportunity. Now we all know that Gibbs snap count will increase as the season goes on. Gibbs was obviously a monster in the limited snaps he played. Looked bigger, stronger, faster and he kept hitting the spin move. If Mike is gonna hang with JD he needs his backs to play more. For Wide Receivers JD has Davante Adams vs. Buffalo and DeVonta Smith vs. Minnesota. We might get a TNF shootout with two high potent offenses going at it. Smith will be fine. Adams will go against Buffalo who did a pretty good job shutting down the Jets passing attack, but with Zach Wilson at Qb it’s tough to know whether Buffalo’s secondary is going to be really good or if it was just Wilson. Jacobi Meyers kind of stole the show in Week 1 and looked like Jimmy G’s go-to receiver. Adams should be fine. Mike has Garrett Wilson @ Dallas and Keenan Allen @ Tennessee. Zach Wilson going up against Dallas D/ST. I would lessen your Garrett Wilson expectations, but he’s so talented you also have to start him. Tough. Keenan Allen could feast on the Titans. At Flex JD has Kenneth Walker III @ Detroit. Detroit was decent against the run and Seattle lost both of their starting left tackles to injury in Week 1. They just signed 41-year-old Jason Peters, which is not a good sign. Mike will have Chris Godwin vs. Chicago. Godwin had 5 catches for 51 yards on 6 targets in Week 1, which is about what I would expect. For Peripherals JD has Kittle vs. LA Rams, Bills D/ST vs. Las Vegas, and Tyler Bass vs. LV. Kittle averaged 31.5 yards receiving against the Rams last year making him a more td dependent option this week. Bills should be fine. For Mike he has Pat Freiermuth vs. Cleveland, Commanders D/ST vs. Denver, and Jake Elliot against Minnesota on Thursday Night Football. Freiermuth only had one catch last week, but it went for a tuddy. He’ll be limited in practice this week but is expected to play.
Jen (0-1) vs. Katon (1-0)
Jen vs. Katon will get started on Thursday Night Football with Katon’s TJ Hockenson and Jen’s Justin Jefferson and finish up on Monday Night Football with Jen’s Deshaun Watson. At Qb we have Jen’s Watson going up against a Pittsburgh defense that underwhelmed in Week 1. Christian McCaffrey ran all over them and Brock Purdy threw a couple of touchdowns to Brandon Aiyuk. I think Watson will be fine. For Katon he’ll have Patrick Mahomes vs. Jacksonville. This looks like it could be a high scoring and fun game. Mahomes is hoping to have Kelce back and hoping his wide receivers don’t repeat that terrible performance from week 1. At Running Back Jen has Travis Etienne Jr. vs. the Chiefs and either Javonte Williams vs. Washington or AJ Dillon vs. Atlanta. Etienne should do fine against a Chiefs defense who gave up 74 yards rushing to David Montgomery in week 1. Chiefs do get Chris Jones back who ended his holdout and rejoined the squad. Katon will roll with Joe Mixon vs. Baltimore and James Conner vs. the Giants. Mixon can’t do much worse then last week, but Baltimore did a good job stopping the Texans rush attack in Week 1. Conner faces the Giants team that gave up a pair of touchdowns to Tony Pollard. At Wide Receiver we have Jen’s Justin Jefferson vs. it doesn’t matter. No it’s Philly who low key got torched by the Patriots terrible wide receivers. JJ should be fine. Tee Higgins should bounce back from a historically bad Week 1. 8 targets and 0 catches is insane. Last year against Baltimore Higgins wasn’t great, but they have some injuries to their secondary that are worth monitoring. Regardless, everyone is starting Tee Higgins. Katon has Ja’Marr Chase against Baltimore and Terry McLaurin vs. Denver. Katon famously picked Chase over JJ in the draft and now here we are in Week 2 and we get to see if he’ll regret it or not. At flex it’s looking like Jen will have Skyy Moore, or Javonte/AJ Dillon, or Romeo Doubs perhaps. We’ll see as it looks like she has a few options. Katon has Samaje Perine or Pacheco. At Tight End Jen should have Darren Waller in her lineup vs. Arizona. Katon will rock with TJ Hockenson against Philly. Hunter Henry caught a touchdown against Philly in Week 1. Jen has Packers D/ST against Atlanta and Katon has Raven’s D/ST vs. Cincy. Should be a great matchup and best of luck to both of you!
Division 2:
Tommy (0-1) vs. Kenny (1-0)
Tommy has to be scared shitless for this matchup. Two very big things to watch in this one. One is Austin Ekeler’s ankle. The other is Kenny’s Dallas D/ST against Zach Wilson. They could repeat their 30+ point performance from Week 1. Some good news for Tommy is his Kirk Cousins will play a banged up Eagles secondary who might be without James Bradberry and their starting safety. More bad news is he is going up against Jalen Hurts like he didn’t in the Final Four matchup last year you lucky bitch. Hurts plays Minnesota on TNF. At RB Tommy will either have Ekeler, Jacobs and Najee or just Jacobs against Buffalo and Najee against Cleveland on Monday Night Football. For Kenny he has Nick Chubb on MNF and Brian Robinson Jr. against Denver. AT WR Tommy has DeAndre Hopkins against a Chargers secondary that gave up 200+ receiving yards to Tyreek Hill in Week 1. And Mike Williams @ Tennessee. Mike Williams left the game in Week 1 for a head injury but wind up returning and catching a couple more passes. Might be something to monitor as the week progresses. K-Dub has Stefon Diggs against the Raiders and Deebo Samuel @ LA Rams. In my draft grades I said I was worried about Deebo’s role and Week 1 proved me right. But he’s a bet on talent play that can take it to the house on a single slant route. We’ll see if it happens this week. Peripherals are advantage Kenny because Dallas D/ST might outscore all of Tommy’s Evan Engram, Vikings D/ST, and Evan McPherson.
Joe (0-1) vs. Scotty (1-0)
Joe vs. Scotty. Looks like this party is going to get started on Thursday Night Football with Joe having Alexander Mattison and Scotty having Dallas Goedert. Joe will have Joe Burrow finishing things off on Monday Night Football. Scotty will have Tua going up against New England. At RB Joe has Run CMC against LA Rams and he’s hoping to have Aaron Jones depending on the severity of his hamstring injury. Scotty has Rhamondre Stevenson against Miami and Miles Sanders against the Who Dats on Monday Night Football. At WR we have the battle of the Dolphins with Joe’s Jaylen Waddle and Scotty’s Tyreek Hill. Both Wide Receiver 2’s kind of suck in Joe’s Christian Kirk and Scotty’s Marquise Brown. At Flex Joe will either have Aaron Jones or maybe Raheem Mostert, Jahan Dotson, or Treylon Burks. Peripherals I give the advantage to Scotty with Steelers D/ST against Celveland and Harrison Butker against Jacksonville. Joe has Justin Tucker against the Bengals D/ST and Kyle Pitts who doesn’t get any targets.
Division 3:
Brad (1-0) vs. Chase (0-1)
Great matchup on paper! Chase has Josh Allen looking to rebound against the Raiders. Brad has Trevor Lawrence in a potential shootout with Kansas City. KC is hoping to have Kelce back and will get Chris Jones back on defense, which could impact Lawrence’s production. KC isn’t the only one hoping to have Kelce back as Chase would love to deploy the stud against Brad’s Chig Okonkwo. At RB Chase has James Cook in the Las Vegas game and Khalil Herbert going up against Tampa Bay. Herbert is looking dicey after only one week of play as Roschon Johnson looked good in limited action, albeit at the end of the game when the Packers were already up big. Khalil should be fine, but Tampa Bay did a decent job stopping Alexander Mattison the Vikings rush attack in Week 1. For Brad he has two plodders in Dameon Pierce against Indy and David Montgomery vs. Seattle. Both have favorable matchups in games they should win. No clear advantage. At wide receiver Chase has Amari Cooper @ Pittsburgh. Last week Brandon Aiyuk carved up the Steelers defense and Cooper will hope to replicate on Monday Night Football. Last season against Pittsburgh Cooper had one boom game and one bust game. The boom was in Week 3 where he went 7 receptions on 11 targets for 101 yards and a touchdown. The bust came in Week 18 when it didn’t really matter. He caught 2 balls for 51 yards. Chase has Brandon Aiyuk fresh off the two touchdown game going up against the LA Rams. Metcalf got an early touchdown against this secondary buy Aaron Donald took over and Seattle couldn’t get much going. Chase will also deploy CeeDee Lamb against the Jets. Stefon Diggs was able to carve them up on Monday Night Football, so look for Lamb to have a decent outing. For Brad he too will deploy trips wide receivers. He has Amon-Ra St. Brown against Seattle who made Puca Nacua look like Cooper Kupp with 10 catches on 15 targets for 119 yards. Brad has AJ Brown against the Vikings on Thursday Night Football. And Calvin Ridley against the Chiefs for the T-Law/Ridley stack. Peripherals show a clear advantage Chase with Travis Kelce against the Jags, Browns D/ST against Pittsburgh now without Diontae Johnson, and Jason Myers in a dome against Detroit. Brad has Chig Okonkwo vs. LA Chargers, Eagles D/ST against a Minnesota team that turned it over 3 times against the Bucs in week 1, and Brandon McManus against KC. Should be a great game.
Trey (0-1) vs. Moose (1-0)
T- Money is hoping to bounce back from the Week 1 defeat, but must face the juggernaut 4-time champion Moose to do it. Moose has been decimated by injuries to his 1st round, 3rd round, and 6th round draft picks. He’ll be without Cooper Kupp and Diontae Johnson at least in this game, with the possibility of missing out on Mark Andrews and Kenny Gainwell as well. Trey will deploy Justin Fields against a Tampa Bay team that caused Minnesota to turn the ball over frequently. Fields didn’t look great in Week 1 and only scored a respectable 14.5 points after scoring a late touchdown in garbage time. Moose will have Lamar Jackson who also had a dud in Week 1. He posted on social media that they had rust. He travels to Cincy to go up against division foe Joe Burrow. At RB Trey will have Bijan Robinson against Green Bay and Jamaal Williams @ Carolina, both favorable matchups. Moose will have Tony Pollard against the Zach Wilson led Jets and Breece Hall against the juggernaut Dallas team. At Wide Receiver Trey will have Chris Olave vs. Carolina, DK Metcalf @ Detroit, and DJ Moore @ Tampa Bay. Moose will go double rookies Jordan Addison in the TNF matchup against the Eagles secondary that made Kendrick Bourne look like Davante Adams and Puka Nacua who did his best Cooper Kupp impression in Week 1. In the Flex we’ll have to see who Moose goes with if Kenny Gainwell is out due to his rib injury. Most likely Joshua Kelley (depending on Ekeler’s status), Michael Thomas, Elijah Moore or Zay Jones. Peripherals look even with Trey having Juwan Johnson @ Carolina, 49ers D/ST against the Rams, and Younghoe Koo against Green Bay. Moose will feature Mark Andrews (if he plays) or Luke Musgrave against Atlanta. Saints D/ST against Carolina and Jake Moody @ LA Rams. Still a lot in the air for injuries this week, but it should be a big time Week 2 matchup.
Thanks for reading and best of luck this week!
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