Quick Notes:
Congratulations to Chase on winning Points Leader with 1706.9 points!
Kenny won Super Bowl 12 and lost in Super Bowl 13
Chase won Super Bowls 4, 8, and 13 and lost in Super Bowl 10.
Katon has never won a Super Bowl, but lost in Season 8 against Chase.
Scotty won Super Bowl 6 and lost in Super Bowl 2.
Mustafa won Super Bowls 2, 7, 10, and 11.
Joe won Super Bowl 5.
Out of the 6 playoff teams to make it this year 5 are prior Champions including the winners of
Super Bowl 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. A TON of Fantasy Playoff Experience in this year’s bracket!
Round 1 Preview
- Kenny! (12-2) BYE
- Chase (10-4) BYE
6. Joe (8-6) vs. 3. Katon (7-7)
These two teams met in Week 9 with Joe getting the victory 121.5 to 108.8. Joe being led by the incomparable Christian McCaffrey, the #1 Fantasy Football RB by Far. He averages 5.4 more points per game then the #2 RB, who Joe ALSO has in Raheem Mostert. Joe’s weakness has been Wide Receiver. And it doesn’t help that he lost Christian Kirk to a torn nut sack a couple weeks ago. Also at QB he’s starting Baker Mayfield @ Green Bay. Last time CMC played Arizona he dropped 48.2 fantasy points against them. Kyler Murray is back and the San Fran defense is banged up and might be without their top two safeties. Shootout potential could elevate CMC to a similar performance. Katon is hoping Ja’Marr Chase can continue to ride Jake Browning’s hot streak. Chase is WR#5 on the season despite having a hobbled and then later lost Joe Burrow. A surprise gem has been Michael Pittman’s consistency. He now has 6 straight games of at least 8 catches putting him at WR#11 on the season. He also has #2 Tight End TJ Hockenson. Vikings announced this week that Nick Mullens will be starting for the Vikings. When Nick Mullens was the starting Quarterback of the 49ers in 2018 George Kittle broke the single season receiving yards record for a Tight End. Despite the juggernaut that is Joe’s two running backs, Katon’s pass catchers make this a closer game than some might realize. I would be remiss to not mention Patrick Mahomes’s recent struggles. It doesn’t help that he will playing @ New England who has shut down Fantasy Quarterbacks for the most part over the past 4 weeks. 5.5 vs. Indy, 10.2 vs. NYG, 7.9 vs. LAC, and 20.6 vs. Pittsburgh and Mitchell Trubisky. Something to note on that last one. Trubisky ran for 30 yards and a rushing td and got a 2 point conversion. I would lessen expectations on the defending Super Bowl Champion QB. As of this writing ESPN has both teams projected exactly 115.9. Who will win and move on to face #2 Chase?!??!
- Mustafa (9-5) vs. 4. Scotty (10-4)
Super Bowl 2 rematch in Season 15. Love it. The 4-Time Champion Mustafa has his double Rams stack ready to deploy against a Washington secondary that’s starting scrubs. #10 WR and Rookie Phenom Puka Nacua is HIM. Averaging 15.3 fantasy points per game with a juicy matchup. Cow-a-bung-a. Oh in case Stafford decides to throw it around Moose also has Cooper Kupp who is averaging 11.6 points per game. Moose’s kryptonite might be whether or not Kyren Williams steals all the tuddies this week. He’ll also feature #5 Qb Lamar Jackson on Sunday Night Football @ Jacksonville in a big AFC showdown. #9 RB Breece Hall @ Miami. In Week 12’s matchup with the fins he didn’t score, but managed 8.4 fantasy points on the back of 7 receptions. #13 RB Tony Pollard is @ Buffalo who has been middle of the pack against fantasy RBS so far this season. A big story to watch will be whether Moose has his other rookie phenom De’Von Achane. He’s on the injury report with a toe injury and is Questionable as of this writing. But what an explosive back. If Achane can’t go look for Moose to deploy Achane Lite in Keaton Mitchell. Similar builds and speed but plays on the Ravens. Moose also has Kyle “He’s a Bust while he is in Atlanta” Pitts who caught a random touchdown last week against Tampa Bay’s porous defense. Carolina does a decent job stopping opposing Tight Ends including stopping Kyle Pitts in Week 1 with only 2 receptions for 44 yards. Also, the Panthers defense has been getting healthier, so lessen expectations for the bust. On Scotty’s side all eyes are on Tyreek Hill. The #1 Fantasy WR on pace for over 2000 yards receiving and averaging 23.7 points per game was hobbled last week against the Titans. Against the Jets in Week 12 he did his normal thing with 23.9 fantasy points. Let’s be honest. If Scotty doesn’t have Tyreek then Scotty is not going to win. I can empathize with you Scotty. Last year I lost Jalen Hurts who was averaging 30 points per game at the time and had to lock in Brock Purdy (not this year’s version). IF Scotty has Tyreek then he’ll hope Tua will find him early and often. Scotty also has the resurgent Zeke Elliot against Kansas City and #11 RB Alvin Kamara against the giants. Kamara is averaging 17 points per game and has 63 receptions so far this season. Scotty has a lot of injuries to monitor with Hill, Brown, and Watson all questionable. He has some pieces on the bench, but won’t have JT or Rhamondre this week. He may deploy Ty Chandler if Alexander Mattison is ruled out due to an ankle injury, which would be an exciting start. In Week 11 Scotty won a low scoring game 98.1 to 95.3. Does Tyreek play? Does Scotty get revenge for Super Bowl 2? Does Moose have Achane or Achane Lite? Who will move on to face the juggernaut 12-2 Kenny Williams?!?!?!?
Bottom Bowl:
- Mike (6-8) vs. 7 JD (7-7)
Winner moves on to Game 1 of Round 2 and is guaranteed at least 3 balls in next years draft lottery. Loser moves to Game 2 of Round 2 and has the widest range of outcomes 1-6 balls.
- Trey (5-9) vs. 9. Tommy (5-9)
Winner moves on to Game 1 of Round 2 and is guaranteed at least 3 balls in next years draft lottery. Loser moves to Game 3 of Round 2 and is eliminated from a chance to get 5 or 6 balls.
- Jen (2-12) vs. 11. Brad (3-11)
Winner moves on to Game 2 of Round 2 and has the widest range of outcomes 1-6 balls. Loser moves to Game 3 of Round 2 and is eliminated from a chance to get 5 or 6 balls.
Best of Luck Everybody!
-Commish
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