Week 3 Recap:
Division 1:
JD (2-1) 173.4 vs. Jen (0-3) 96.6
JD went batshit insane this week, blowing out Jen by 76.8 points. He got 23.3 from Brock Purdy, 29.1 from Kenneth Walker, 38.7 from Davante Adams, and a crazy 33 from Bills D/ST. Jen had good games from Watson (21), Travie Etienne (15.8) and a big one from her JJ (29.4), but she had 4 players score 4 or less points and 6 in single digits. Not enough to hang with JD’s teams explosion.
Mike (1-2) 120.2 vs. Katon (3-0) 129.6
Game of the Week! Rivalry Week! Mike was top heavy with a large percentage of his scoring coming from his top 2 players. Katon was evenly distributed with more of a solid game all around with the exception of his kicker. Mike had Justin Herbert to Keenan Allen connection with their combined 75.6 points which is just ridiculous. Keenan Allen had 18 receptions for over 200 yards receiving and threw a freaking touchdown. Mike started Derrick Henry and Gibbs and they combined for 10.7 while Zach Moss went off on his bench. Nico Collins after starting off hot, cooled down in Week 3. For Katon his top scorers were Patrick Mahomes with 25.6 and Ja’Marr Chase with 23.1. Better luck next time Mike.
Division 2:
Scotty (3-0) 133.9 vs. Kenny (2-1) 110.4
Both teams entered Week 3 undefeated and looking to stay that way. Alas, one team had to lose. This time it was Kenny. Scotty was carried by his Tua to Tyreek stack which combined for 62.4 points. Kenny stayed competitive with solid outings from Hurts (19.8), Deebo (25.1), Diggs (18.1) and Swift (17.3), but ultimately his downfall was his peripherals. Scotty’s TE, D/ST, and Kicker combined for 30.6 versus Kenny’s 8.6. This was a 22 point difference in a game that was decided by 22.7 points.
Tommy (0-3) 123.3 vs. Joe (1-2) 143.0
Something had to give! Both teams entered Week 3 defeated and in the dreaded 0-2 hole. Neither wanted to start 0-3. Tommy had great games from Kirk Cousins with 28.6, Mike Wiliams for 24.6, and Evan McPherson on Monday Night dropped 18 points on Joe. Joe was carried by CMC’s solid 20.4, Mattison’s 15, and above all… Raheem MUST-START and his 41.7 fantasy points. Joe also got Sam LaPorta’s breakout game of 18.4 points and sealed the deal on Monday Night Football with Bengals D/ST shutting down the Rams and scoring 15 points. Tommy’s Super Bowl hangover continues and so does his injury luck. He lost Mike Williams for the season due to a torn ACL. With Ekeler hurt, Jacobs and Najee underperforming, Tommy might try a desperation trade or start spending heavy in free agency to acquire some starters because it aint looking good.
Division 3:
Moose (3-0) 99.3 vs. Brad (1-2) 99.0
Heading into Monday Night Football Moose was up 89.6 to Brad’s 65.4. Moose had Puka Nacua left and Brad had AJ Brown and Eagles D/ST. The game started out with a bit of optimism for Brad as AJ Brown wore bright yellow cleats that will surely get him fined and he hauled in two big plays in the first drive. Brown would finish with 20.6 points despite dropping a would be touchdown. Puka was tame for Moose and sat at only 5.5 fantasy points late into the 4th quarter. On the Rams last drive they threw a long pass to Puka and he gained 37 yards. Brad was up by 3.9 at the time. This catch at the very end of the game was the difference between Moose moving to 3-0 and Brad moving to 1-2 versus both teams being 2-1. Sometimes in life you lose at the last minute in devastating fashion. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and question why you play fantasy fucking football because it’s stupid and I hate it! Calvin Ridley keeps dropping balls and Moose left De’Von Achane’s 56.3 on the bench. If Brad had started Jerick McKinnon over Tyler Allgeier he would have won. I’ll be patiently waiting for the stat correction to drop on this one. (spoiler alert it wont, this is the denial stage of grief).
Trey (0-3) 86.3 vs. Chase (2-1) 130.9
Chase did indeed spend all his money on a Ford. Jerome Ford did decent against a tough Tennessee run defense getting 18.1 points most of which came from two touchdowns (12). Everybody else for Chase was just solid. No one exploded and no one did terrible. Just a solid 130 points performance. This included a touchdown catch for Travis Kelce, which apparently wasn’t the biggest catch for him this week. Taylor Swift was in attendance and rooted hard for Kelce mouthing “Lets Fucking Go!” after he scored the touchdown. Are they for real or are they trolling the world? Kelce jerseys were up 400% in sales and Swift would get breakup song ammunition. Seems like a business deal to me. For Trey he continued to miss JK Dobbins and Jamaal Williams. He replaced them with Kendre Miller but the Saints couldn’t really get anything going on offense against the Packers. Fields and DJ Moore have been a huge disappointment. Olave and Metcalf both got respectable 17 point weeks, but the 22.1 combined points from Fields and DJ Moore just isn’t enough.
Week 4 Preview:
Scotty (3-0) vs. Brad (1-2)
Brad is facing the Tua-Tyreek stack in both his 23-year-old league and this league, so you can go ahead and slam those over props as I’m sure they’ll continue their records paces against me. I used up all my karma points in the offseason when I wrote that fake book, autographed it, and sent copies to all my league mates because I’ve won back-to-back titles. Scotty also conveniently gets back Alvin Kamara this week against me as I’m sure he’ll be very motivated to hit the ground running after his 3 game suspension. 20th ranked Miles Sanders gets Minnesota’s run defense. Scotty could also be getting Christian Watson back on Thursday Night Football against Detroit. If not, Scotty can turn to Marquise Brown who has looked pretty good for the Cardinals that just upset the Cowgirls. Brad is also terrified at Steeler’s D/ST going up against the Texans. The Texans starting offensive line has 4 members on IR and the left tackle has missed games as well. It’s a shit show. This could be a bloodbath for Brad. Speaking of injuries that’s what Brad is looking at. He’s hoping to have David Montgomery back from injury for TNF against the Packers, but we’ll see if his thigh bruise cooperates or not. Brad is also monitoring Anthony Richardson and his concussion. If he can’t go or is a Game Time decision Brad might elect to go with Trevor Lawrence in London against Atlanta. Brad has Dameon Pierce against a Steelers team that has given up a lot of rushing yards, but again he doesn’t have a line to run behind. If Brad is going to pull this upset he needs Calvin Ridley and AJ Brown to not drop passes. I don’t think Scotty finishes the season undefeated, but I do think he finishes this week undefeated.
Trey (0-3) vs. Tommy (0-3)
Something has to give! The good news is that one of these teams are going to get their first win of the season. The bad news is that one of them is going to drop to 0-4 and most likely already be out of playoff contention. Not statistically, but probabilistically. Who is it going to be? Trey has 3 Wide Receivers that are Top 14 and that doesn’t include DK Metcalf (22) DJ Moore (36) or the impressive Zay Flowers who is averaging 6+ targets and 10.3 fantasy points per game. But who to start? At Running Back he has Bijan looking amazing, but has yet to get a rushing touchdown. He’s still a Top 10 RB, but he was drafted #1 overall. He needs the tuddies. AT RB2 Trey has Kendre Miller, Dalvin Cook, or someone else out there. If I was Trey I would be burning my phones looking for someone that needs a wide receiver or flex player and is willing to deal a RB. With Kamara coming back and Zach Wilson’s ineptitude it would behoove Trey to find a new RB2. He has Justin Fields going up against a Denver defense that was embarrassed by the Dolphins. Does Fields take advantage or does Denver take out their revenge on a struggling offense? For Tommy. He’s got #2 Qb Kirk Cousins @ Carolina. This game could be up in pace. Look for him to continue his high bolume passing attack At RB Tommy still doesn’t have Ekeler so he must turn to Josh Jacobs @ LA Chargers and Najee Harris @ Houston. Texans have given up a rushing touchdown to opposing backs each week this season including 3 in Week 1 against Baltimore. Maybe Trent Richardson 2.0 can fall into the endzone for Tommy this week. At WR its rough. He has Jerry Jeudy vs. Chicago, DeAndre Hopkins vs. Cincy and DJ Chark vs. Minnesota. He could go dumpster diving into the free agent pool or he can try to trade. I don’t know who he would trade though. I don’t know who is going to win, but I want you both to know. We are all thinking about you. Good luck!
Chase (2-1) vs. Katon (3-0)
Great Week 4 matchup here. Both teams last week were solid. Got solid production on their way for solid wins. Does it happen again? Chase has #13 Qb Josh Allen vs. Miami. Miami has been en Fuego and they get them in Buffalo. Allen was solid as hell against the Dolphins in all three matchups last year. Scoring games of 26.7, 35.86, and 24.08. Seems like a slam dunk for 20+ points this week. Chase also has #13 RB James Cook in that same matchup. He has #11 Jerome Ford who impressed me last week against a tough Tennessee run defense. He didn’t rush for shit, but he fought hard and scored 2 touchdowns. Gutsy. Chase has #21 WR CeeDee Lamb against New England and #17 WR Amari Cooper against Baltimore. It’ll be interesting to see who Chase starts in the flex as he has a few different options that are intriguing. For Katon he has #4 Patrick Mahomes vs. a tough Jet’s defense. Because the Jets offense is so bad Mahomes will have plenty of scoring opportunities. Katon just needs to hope he throws it to his backs and receivers and not to Travis Kelce who Chase has. Hopefully he isn’t hitting Taylor like a wrecking ball or whatever pop reference would be appropriate to add into the write up right here. #15 RB Joe Mixon gets that tough Tennessee rush defense. This is a Ja’Marr Chase week. Speaking of which, Katon has Chase. He also has #18 WR Michael Pittman and #23 Isaih Pacheco. #1 TE TJ Hockenson gets Carolina which could be a shootout. The records and matchup set this up to be an early season classic.
Jen (0-3) vs. Moose (3-0)
Despite the record disparity these two teams are more evenly matched than meets the eye. Moose has scored 30.1 more points this season than Jen. But he has had 98.1 less points scored against him. In fact, as of this writing, Jen is currently favored to win. Let’s dive in. Jen has #14 Qb Deshaun Watson coming off his best game of the season so far. He gets Baltimore, which can be tough, but their secondary has been hurt to start the year. She also has #14 RB Travis Etienne vs. Atlanta, #26 RB Roschon Johnson vs. a Denver defense that was just embarrassed by the Mostert/Achane combo. She has #3 WR Justin Jefferson going up against a Carolina defense that has a ton of injuries. Tee Higgins gets pass funnel Tennessee in a boom set up game for him. Darren Waller will be deployed on Monday Night Football as Jen tries to take this one home. With Jen having Packers D/ST she’ll have someone playing on TNF, London 830am game on Sunday, and MNF. Pretty nice weekend. For Moose he has #7 Lamar Jackson against a really tough Cleveland defense. They’ve been playing lights out. But Lamar seems to be getting more comfortable into the new system. Moose will deploy his newly minted Top 5 RB Duo of Tony Pollard vs. New England and rookie phenom De’Von Achane @ Buffalo. Look for Achane to come back to Earth in a big way much like I came down from the first time I ever went into a bar. I was 18 and we lied saying it was my birthday despite it being St. Patty’s day and they made me the honorary judge of the bikini contest and things got wild. At WR Moose has #6 Puka “Beat Brad by 0.3 in the closing moments in Week 3” Nacua with a decent matchup against Indy. He also has #23 Jordan Addison in the up temp game against a banged up Carolina defense that could see a lot of points. Cleveland shuts down tight ends, but can they shut down Andrews? Breece Hall gets KC’s defense that has done well at stopping the run since Week 1. Saints D/ST and Jake Moody combo has been a silent cheat code for Moose. Combined they have been averaging 25.3 points per game.
JD (2-1) vs. Joe (1-2)
JD is playing the streaming Quarterback game and has dropped Brock Purdy for Jimmy Garoppolo. Garoppolo is in the concussion protocol but has a juicy matchup against the LA Chargers if he’s able to clear. If he can’t JD can pivot to Danny Dimes who gets Seattle on Monday Night Football. JD has #4 RB Kenneth Walker in that same MNF game. He will hope to have Saquon Barkley back, but with him playing Monday Night and coming off of injury JD can afford to wait a week and see what happens. He also has #6 RB Kyren Williams against Indy and for shits and giggles has Rachaad White against New Orleans if he gets in a bind. (If Trey is reading this then JD would be a team I’d be reaching out to inquire about RB availability. White and Kyren Williams volume has been insane and when Barkley comes back he won’t need all 4). JD also has #4 Davante Adams in that Chargers matchup to complete the stack and #13 DeVonta Smith against Washington. He has #19 George Pickens vs. Houston’s Stingley-less secondary. Joe says this year will be better. I don’t know if that’s true, but this week must feel better after getting his first win of the season last week. He will try to make it two in a row. First step is to see if Aaron Jones can go against Detroit on TNF. If he can then Joe has a tough decision to make between #22 Alexander Mattison, #1 Raheem Mostert, or Jones in an important divisional game. (Trey if you are reading this then Joe would be a team I’d be reaching out to inquire about RB availability.) Joe will have one legged pocket passer Burrow against Tennessee who happens to suck against the pass (lucky you). Joe will also hope that Jaylen Waddle can clear the protocol in time for the big divisional matchup against the Bills. #2 Sam LaPorta continues to impress and will look to continue his awesome rookie season against the Packers on TNF.
Mike (1-2) vs. Kenny (2-1)
Mike has a little squad now. The #1 Qb Justin Herbert to #2 WR Keenan Allen combo has proved all the haters wrong. (To be clear. I hated the Allen pick and loved the Herbert pick, so I’m only half wrong). Derrick Henry has been hampered by an injury and hasn’t seemed right. Spears has been taking a lot of snaps. Is Father Time finally catching up to the Big Dog? Mike also has Jahmyr Gibbs against Green Bay and #12 RB Zach Moss vs. LA Rams. Mike’s suffering from the Garret Wilson demise, but is competing each week. For Kenny he’s coming off is first loss and looks to bounce back here. Having 3 Top 8 Wide Receivers gives him the chance to do just that. He has #9 Jalen Hurts vs. Washington. #10 RB D’Andre Swift who started singing songs from the hit musical Hamilton when Kenny Gainwell went down in Week 2. “I am not going to miss my shot!” He gets Washington as well. AT RB#2 he has #7 RB Brian Robinson against that tough Philly defense. Kenny has #8 Stefon Diggs against Miami and #7 Deebo Samuel against Arizona. Don’t forget about #5 WR Mike Evans in the coveted Lattimore matchup. The touchdown or throwing a punch bets are getting slammed right now. Dallas D/ST is ranked #2 despite only scoring 2 points last week. We’ll see if the loss of start cornerback Travon Diggs will continue to hurt this team or if it was just a fluke. On deck is the Patriots and Zeke Elliots revenge game.
Thanks for reading and good luck everyone!
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