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BBY 2020: Week 1 Recap & Week 2 Preview

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Week 1 Recap:

Moose (0-1) 132.2 vs. Trey (1-0) 134.3

T- Money Sizzle knocks off the defending defending champion Mustafa in a barn burner of a week 1 matchup!  Brad crapped on Trey for taking Jacobs in the first and Carson in the second, so naturally they combined for 5 touchdowns and 55.5 fantasy points.  Josh Jacobs broke 12 tackles. Moose was led by his top three picks with Lamar picking up where he left off last year with 27.5, Kamara with a studly 21.2, and Julio Jones with 23.2.  Kamara had a third touchdown, but it was ruled down at the millimeter line because Kamara’s finger was “blocking” the ball from crossing the plain.  This was LITERALLY the difference in this matchup.  A millimeter.  Moose got great support from his peripherals with 36.5 points.  Cam Akers disappointed in the Rb2 spot as Malcom Brown scored both touchdowns for the Rams Rb’s.  Trey must be happy to see Will Fuller look solid on TNF, but was not happy to see Odell disappear and for Mark Ingram’s touchdowns to be sniped by JK Dobbins.  Great game to open the season fellas!

Katon (0-1) 96.9 vs. Jen (1-0) 105.3

Sticking to Division #1, Jen takes out Katon in a lower scoring affair.  Most impressive for Jen was DeAndre Hopkins’ 25.1 point explosion in his Arizona debut.  Many analysts recommended fading Hopkins due to lack of rapport with Kyler Murray.  They looked pretty fucking in sync to me!  Katon’s top two picks in Nick Chubb and Joe Mixon underperformed greatly combining for a paltry 10.7 points.  Aaron Rodgers made it close with 33.6 (34.7%) of Katon’s 96.9 points. 

Brad (0-1) 100.1 vs. Kenny (1-0) 134.1

Black Mamba indeed.  K-Dub’s team performed like the late Kobe Bryant in this one.  Crushing the Super Bowl runner up from 2019.  Kenny got 28.9 from Matt Ryan’s 450 yard shootout performance and another 21.3 from his top pick Dalvin Cook.  Cook got paid and then he immediately rewarded the Vikings (and Kenny).  The rest of Kenny’s lineup was just plain solid.  All other starters scored 12.7 or more and his three peripherals combined for 26.5.  Brad started out with TNF with 44.4 between his KC stack of Mahomes-Kelce-Butker.  But his lack of touchdowns (0 from Rb1, Rb2, Wr1, Wr2, Flex) was his downfall.  Solid peripherals with 36 points, but no ticky (touchdowns)…no laundry (victory).

Joe (1-0) 142.1 vs. JD (0-1) 108.9

Joe with the highest scoring week to begin the year.  He was instantly rewarded with his selection of LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire to the tune of 22.8 fantasy points.  Jonathan Taylor looked like a rough pick after the Colts turned to Marlon Mack, but Mack exited the game (and the season) with an Achilles injury.  Joe’s Steeler Stack combined for 55.8 with Big Ben and Juju both scoring 21.9 fantasy points.  His highest point total was achieved with the help of Calvin Ridley’s 32.4 fantasy points.  Several analysts predicted Calvin Ridley to take a leap forward this year and with a 12 target, 9 reception 130 yard and 2 touchdown performance it appears those analysts might have been right.  JD’s lone bright spot was Mark Andrews who looked phenomenal.  He snagged a one handed touchdown and then caught another one later in the game.  JD’s combination of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Mark “Go Up and Grab It” Andrews finished with 35.9 points combined.  Unfortunately, just couldn’t keep up with Joe’s hot start.

Mike (1-0) 109.0 vs. Scotty (0-1) 87.8

Scotty received the highest praise and remarks from Brad’s draft grades, so naturally he starts out the season with the lowest score of the 12 teams.  Scotty’s James Conner got injured, Austin Ekeler was barely targeted in the passing game, and Cooper Kupp was pretty much shut down against Dallas.  Mike’s lineup was top heavy with 71.6 (65.7%) of his 109.0 points coming from the Qb, Rb1, and Rb2 positions.  After Brad reamed Mike for taking David Johnson at the 2/3 turn of the draft.  He delivered a solid 18.4 against the Chiefs D/ST.  CMC looks like the same stud we’ve seen the last few years with a pair of touchdowns and 26.9 fantasy points. 

Tommy (0-1) 104.1 vs. Chase (1-0) 141.7

Tommy couldn’t hang with Chase who was powered by huge performances from Russel Wilson (34.7) and Davante Adams (37.6).  Chase did lose Marlon Mack to an achilles injury and Le’Veon Bell to a hamstring injury in this one.  His Rb2 spot will be something to watch.  Tommy got 26.2 from Zeke who showed off his new “FEED ME” tattoo on his stomach.  Adam Thielen went OFF for 31 points.  A solid effort from Tommy, but his peripherals were one of the worst we’ve ever seen.  His tight end, defense and kicker combined for -0.9 points.  That’s right.  3 players…combined for negative points.  You are not going to win many games with that.  Good Lord.    

Week 2 Preview:

Jen (1-0) vs. Trey (1-0)

The unbeatens in D1 square off.  Trey gets 5 of his 9 starters in 2 games this week.  The first is Mark Ingram and Ravens D/ST @ Houston, which includes Will Fuller.  And the second is Sunday Night Football featuring Cam Newton @ Seattle, which includes Chris Carson.  This game will most likely come down to Trey’s 1st round pick Josh Jacobs (#1 Fantasy Rb) facing a very stout Saints Defensive front on Monday Night Football.  Jen will have Deshaun Watson in the same Bal @ HOU game. Barkley is @ Chicago who just gave up 100 total yards to the corpse of Adrian Peterson.  DeAndre Hopkins will face off against a beatable Washington Football team secondary and DJ Moore will travel to Tampa Bay.  Looks to be a great matchup.

Moose (0-1) vs. Katon (0-1)

Moose enters Week 2 as a heavy favorite against Katon.  Moose has Lamar Jackson @ Houston, Alvin Kamara @ LV, Julio Jones @ Dallas, and Allen Robinson II vs. the NYG that just gave up a pair of touchdowns to JuJu Smith-Schuster.  Several opportunities for shootouts maximizing Moose’s ceiling.  Katon will have some favorable matchups of his own.  With Aaron Rodgers vs. Detroit, Nick Chubb vs. CIN, and Joe Mixon vs. Cleveland.  Robert Woods may avoid the Darius Slay shadow against Philly.  49ers D/ST @ NYJ could actually make this game competitive. 

Joe (1-0) vs. Kenny (1-0)

Top 2 teams of D2 face off to see which team remains unbeaten.  Joe’s Steeler Stack faces Denver.  CEH has a tough matchup against the LA Chargers, Calvin Ridley (#2 Fantasy Wr) faces Dallas.  K-Dub has Matt Ryan in that potential shootout with Dallas, Dalvin Cook squares off against the Colts, and DK Metcalf squares off on SNF against the Patriots.  Joe looks to be early favorite based on matchups, but should be a great game.   

Brad (0-1) vs. JD (0-1)

Both Brad and JD have more questions than answers to start the season.  But one thing Brad is sure of: Derrick Henry is a real one.  Already on pace for career highs in receptions (he had 3 in Week 1), he ran 22 pass routes in Week 1 (a new career high), and he ran 31 times for 116 yards.  Next up he gets Jacksonville, which gave up 42.3 fantasy points to the Colts running backs in Week 1.  Brad’s Washington Stack of Gibson-McLaurin travels to the desert to face the Cardinals who’s defense looked pretty solid at times against the Niners.  Brad’s KC Stack travels to LA to face the Chargers, which may prove to be a low scoring affair.  JD has Daniel Jones @ Chicago, Kenyan Drake against a talented Washington d-line, Aaron Jones in a tasty matchup against Detroit, and his pair of Ravens pass catchers get Houston’s very beatable secondary.  This looks to be a great game as both teams fight to avoid the 0-2 hole to start the season.

Mike (1-0) vs. Chase (1-0)

This is a big boy matchup.  These two teams came out swinging to start the year and now D3 Supremacy is at stake.  Both teams have injuries to some key players that they will have to monitor this week.  Mike shows some favorable matchups with Kyler vs. Washington, CMC @ TB who just gave up 2 (almost 3) rushing touchdowns to Alvin Kamara, AJ Brown faces a beatable JAX secondary, and TY Hilton faces a Minnesota defense that were dilapidated by Davante Adams last week.  He’ll be monitoring his stud Tight End George Kittle who sprained his knee in the Cardinals game.  Mike does not have a backup Tight End at this time.  Chase has #LetRussCook on SNF against New England Defense.  Raheem Mostert shouldn’t have any problems against the Jets paltry defense.  “Davante Adams- Brad’s #1 Wideout This Year” has another juicy matchup against Detroit.  Big question for Chase is Rb2 where he has a few backs to choose from if he doesn’t snipe one of the 35+ year old running backs available via waiver wire.  He’ll be monitoring Michael Thomas’s status, which happens to fall on Monday Night Football.  Setting up a doom and gloom scenario if Thomas turns out to be a game-time decision.  Will be interesting to monitor how this one shakes out.

Tommy (0-1) vs. Scotty (0-1)

Last and least… Tommy faces off against Scotty.  Tommy has “Feed Me” Zeke with a advantageous matchup against Atlanta, Adam Theilen @ Indy, and Kareem Hunt vs. CIN on TNF.  Scotty has Dak in that same shootout against Atlanta and Ekeler (the runner only now apparently) vs. KC.  Scotty would certainly welcome back Miles Sanders with open arms, but will have to monitor this week.  Couple that with a high ankle sprain for James Conner and all of a sudden the trio of running backs that Brad sang his praises for all have taken a huge hit value-wise just a mere 1 week into the fantasy season.  One of these managers whose names ends in “Y” will leave this game with a “W.”

Thanks and Good Luck Everybody!    

Draft Grades By Bradley

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BBY Dream Team 2020

BBY Dream Team League enters year 12.  Moose has dominated winning back to back titles and has noq won the championship 4 times, double the next closest person.  Thank all of you for joining the draft this past Sunday.  I know times have been tough for everyone and there’s a lot of adversity out there.  Some have lost loved ones.  Some have gained loved ones.  I know in the past I’ve made jokes involving race, but I will not be doing so moving forward.  I’ll just stick to making fun of your fantasy teams.  I will tell you this though.  Being part of the Dream Team back at Best Buy with you guys was a model of teamwork.  Where it didn’t matter where you came from or what you looked like.  Just that you were slinging product, services, and accessories.  Simpler times indeed. 

  1. Mike Grote- Mike won the CMC lottery.  He was a cheat code last year, finishing with 443.2 fantasy points.  The number 2 running back finished with 313.6 points.  I’m fairly certain that was the widest margin of any #1 vs. #2 fantasy running back ever.  In the second Mike went with George Kittle, Saints Destroyer.  Many analysts have him projected over Travis Kelce in their rankings.  Most likely due to the fact that Kelce has been on top so long.  Eventually he’ll have to drop right?  Then Mike drafted David Johnson to start the 3rd round.  There was one running back I had ranked higher than David Johnson amongst who was left at this point and his name is James Conner.  This may be Mike’s Mixon moment, but we’ll see (Last year Mike drafted Mixon over Dalvin Cook).  DJ should get some volume, but lose some pass catching ability to Duke Johnson.  We know Bill O’Brien will force him the ball and take over the Carlos Hyde role from a year ago.  But I had him ranked a bit lower than the beast wideouts and Qb’s that were available at this turn.  At the 4/5 turn Mike got the AFC South abbreviation combo of AJ Brown and TY Hilton.  (While I was typing this draft grade I was holding Anna and she took a giant poop, so we know how she feels about Mike’s team).  I think Brown and Hilton will both be solid.  Good volume from both and makes you feel better about getting Rb2 at the 2/3 turn albeit the wrong one.  At the 6/7 turn you got Deebo Samuel and Kyler Murray.  I like the Deebo pick.  Reports out of camp say his foot isn’t as bad as say an Alshon Jeffrey or AJ Green foot issue.  Maybe because he is younger.  But he should be clearcut #1 for San Fran once fully healthy.   I didn’t like the Kyler pick as much.  Not that I don’t like Kyler this season, it’s just Dak Prescott will finish QB#3 or better this season.  Murray should be solid, but Dak was the correct pick.  Both Wilson and Dak (And my backup) will finish better than Kyler Murray this season.  You shored up some Rb depth at 8/9 with Jordan Howard and Latavius Murray.  If Kamara does wind up holding out you have a RB running behind the best line in football.  Breida will probably get more yards than Howard, but he’ll be decent as a flyer for touchdowns and a good depth piece in case Breida gets hurt again.  Rest of the draft was pretty standard.  Got D/ST, Kicker, few flyer wideouts.  Not bad. 

Draft Grade: B.  Couldn’t give A due to David Johnson and Kyler Murray picks over James Conner and Dak Prescott. 

  • Jen.  Jen gets the running back with tree trunks for legs.  Over Barkley’s last three weeks last season he averaged 33.1 fantasy points per game.  Which is why his ADP is 2 and not 3.  In the 2nd round Jen took DeAndre Hopkins.  Hopkins is one of many wideouts in Arizona and will have the least amount of repour with Kyler Murray.  He is also in the middle of a contract dispute, further muddying his draft value.  As much as I didn’t want him on my team, he is still a monster wideout and we’ll see what happens.  Loved DJ Moore pick in the 3rd.  I personally would have done Thielen over Moore, but Moore is solid.  Joe Brady running offense with Teddy Bridgewater throwing the ball.  Moore will be a consistent wideout for you.  Loved the Zach Ertz pick in Round 4.  Eagles are without Alshon Jeffrey and Jalen Reagor to open the season, Wentz will rely on Ertz early and often this season.  In the 5th Jen drafted Devin Singletary.  He’s the starter in Buffalo as of right now, but word is he did not have a good camp with many fumbling issues.  Looks to be more likely than not that Zach Moss will take over this backfield at some point.  Taking him over Swift, Gibson, Metcalf, Ridley, Locket, Chark is pretty rough.  In the 6th you took Deshaun Watson.  Should be a lot of fun to watch with Brandin Cooks, Will Fuller, Randall Cobb, and Kenny Stills catching passes from him.  I had Dak ranked over him, but Deshaun is a solid selection.  Then you paired him with Brandin Cooks.  Cooks, like Fuller, will be good while you have him.  I think one concussion and he’s done for the year.  He’s simply had too many of them.  But if he stays healthy, he’s been known to get 1000 yard seasons no matter where he plays.  In the 8 you took Darell Henderson.  He’s a little banged up, but we don’t know how the Rams backfield will shake out post-Gurley.  CeeDee Lamb in the 9th is fun.  I was so thankful the Falcons didn’t draft him.  Cowboys offense is pretty damn potent.  There will be weeks where Lamb tears it up.  Decent depth with Burrow and  Boston Scott in later rounds. 

Draft Grade: B-.  I think the team has some potential, but Singletary, Hopkins, Cooks scare me a bit as key core members of the team.  Would not be surprised if Boston Scott and CeeDee Lamb wind up in the starting lineup sooner rather than later.

  • Tommy.  ZEKE.  I thought Tommy might grab Derrick Henry here given his ties to the Tennessee Titans, but no, he went Chalk and got Zeke at 3.  Can’t blame him.  He is a high volume running back on a very good offense.  Solid pick.  In the second he went Kenny Golladay who wouldn’t be my first choice.  I had Thielen, Moore, and Juju ranked higher, but he was a top 5 wideout last year despite having some Qb named Blough throwing him the ball for half the season.  If Stafford could stay healthy, could be a great value.  In the 3rd he got Adam Theilen giving him a great Wr duo.  In 2018 you might remember Thielen’s 10 straight games of 100 yards.  Last year he was banged up.  Minus Stefon Diggs and he’ll be a target monster.  Would not be surprised if he finishes 2nd in targets right behind Adams.  At the 4/5 turn you went Kareem Hunt (was targeting him) and D’Andre Swift.  Solid picks in my opinion.  If Chubb goes down, Hunt could be a league winner.  He offers flex viability most weeks, which is the sweet spot.  Swift could take over Lions backfield and contribute right away.  He’ll have to fight off Kerryon Johnson and Adrian Peterson.  Speaking of Kerryon Johnson, that was Tommy’s 6th pick.  Getting Gronk in the 7th.  Now I had other tight ends ranked much higher than Gronk, but he’s fun.  And you want to watch players that are fun on your fantasy team.  I’m dropping you in your grade, but it’s fun.  Round 8 pick of Jamison Crowder was great value.  Tom Brady in the 9th.  Should be interesting to watch this little experiment.  Does Brady flash signs of Manning when he went to Denver with two stud wideouts and balled out?  OR does he show signs of Manning his last year in Denver when he was throwing ducks and was carried by their defense?  I think the former.  Wouldn’t that be something if Brady-Gronk combo outscored Brad’s Mahomes-Kelce combo?  Wouldn’t that be something.  I was baffled by the Vikings D/ST pick in the 12.  They are terrible.  They lost Griffin, corners are garbage.  I took Butker in the 12th, but at least he’s a top person in his position and not inevitably 20th+.  Tommy ended his draft drafting 2 more Quarterbacks.  Both of which who will be outscored by Tyrod Taylor who currently sits on waivers.  Idiot. 

Draft Grade: B-.  Team could be an F, but could be an A+.  Major offenses was Vikings D and taking 3 quarterbacks.

  • Brad.  Ah yes.  The 4th spot.  Top 3 Running Backs and then… good luck.  I chose Derrick Henry after doing an analysis on him, Kamara, and CEH.  Cook was not an option for me, I’ll explain at Kenny’s pick.  Kamara had the best offensive line of the 3, but one of the toughest schedules.  Add in the injuries from last year and a contract dispute and I moved him back.  Clyde is going to be a hell of a player this year and many to come.  Offensive line is even with Titans, but his schedule is much harder.  Which brought me to Henry.  Plays Jacksonville twice and they traded away everybody on their defense that was worth anything.  Reports from camp were Henry has been working on his pass catching ability.  If he is able to get 30+ catches and not regress too much in the touchdown department, Brad might make out okay with this pick.  In the 2nd I went with Travis Kelce.  Kelce has been #1 Tight End for like 3 or 4 years in a row.  I felt like the Tight End position was a lot deeper this year, but Kelce has been a model of consistency.  In the 3rd I should’ve taken James Conner, but I just couldn’t resist the Mahomes-Kelce connection.  There is only one Qb in the league that could potentially throw 60 touchdowns.  His name is Patrick Mahomes.  I think he’s going to get a few screen passes to CEH that he will get long touchdowns from.  In a deep Qb position, this too doesn’t have the allure of yesteryear, but we’ll see.  Especially considering Tyrod Taylor is available right now and you are all idiots.  4th Round Moose snagged his second wideout that shouldn’t have fallen to him in Allen Robinson.  I was very pleased to get Terry McLaurin with hopes to pair him up with TY Hilton.  Hilton got snagged by Mike, and Hunt who I liked got snagged by Tommy followed by Singletary and Swift, so I decided to get my Rb2 before my Wr2.  A decision that might cost me.  But I got Antonio Gibson.  Rookie, slated to start for the Washington Football Team, but I’m not sure whether it’s at running back or not.  He could play in the slot, running back, reverses, does returns.  It’ll be an  interesting experiment to say the least.  Panicking after Marquise Brown and Will Fuller went I took JK Dobbins, rookie from Baltimore.  Then the next few picks I picked highest ranked person available.  Gallup (#2 on Cowboys high octane offense), Edelman (Quietly Wr#10 last year), and James White (he’s not sexy, but if you need 9 fantasy points, he’ll get you exactly 9 fantasy points).  Loved DeSean Jackson in the 10th round.  In games against his former team he’s averaged 4.6 receptions, 98.8 yards, and 0.625 touchdowns.  Week 1- enter Washington, a former team.  Liked Darrel Williams in the 13th, but drafting a kicker in the 12th over Boston Scott is unforgiveable. 

Draft Grade: C.  Giving in to temptation lead him to start Rb-TE-Qb when I could’ve started Henry-Thielen-Conner.  Team might make the playoffs, but will be middle of the pack. 

  • Moose.  I’m so sick of watching this league do Moose favors in the draft.  It’s like you want him to Threepeat.  You want the pain of watching him win.  One person in particular is going to get reamed for Moose’s team.  But I’ll leave that for later.  Moose takes Kamara, which is fine.  I probably would’ve gone CEH in this position.  Another reason I didn’t draft Kamara:  Taysom Hill in at Qb.  Kamara and Ty Montgomery in the backfield.  Cook at Tight End, Emmanuel Sanders on one end, Mike Thomas on another.  Taysom throws it back to Sanders, who throws it to Ty Montgomery for a sick score.  I want to watch that play and enjoy it.  I don’t want to go “Fuck!  Give it to Kamara!”.  In the 2nd Moose is gifted with Julio Jones.  Julio should’ve gone before 4 players that went prior to him falling into Moose’s lap.  He’s still a beast and Atlanta will still throw a lot.  In the 3rd Moose gets Lamar Jackson back.  The other cheat code from a year ago who finished with 432.4 fantasy points where the #2 Qb finished with 363.3.  Not as big of a gap as RB, but still a great advantage.  Can the MVP repeat his success?  Why not?  Brad had two chances to prevent this from happening.  But here we are.  Lamar-Kamara-Julio to start.  In the 4th round he was gifted with Allen Robinson.  A-Rob, despite terrible Qb play, finished 11th last year.  And he somehow went after Kupp, Sutton, and Woods at wideout.  In the 5th Moose takes Cam Akers, thus finally ending his Darrell Henderson curse from a year ago.  But he didn’t learn his lesson from last year.  Rams rookie running backs struggle to pick up McVay’s system.  They’ll start with Brown as the starter and mix in Cam Akers.  But then Henderson will get healed up and be back.  I think he too panicked a little bit and wanted to secure his Rb2, taking Akers over Metcalf, Ridley, Lockett, and Chark.  This one might hurt him.  In the 6th he took Ronald Jones II, who will be useful for a couple games maybe.  Too many mouths to feed in that backfield, so this had to be more of a mental game versus Chase who took Fournette than actual faith in Rojo.  Moose got Darren Waller in the 7th, a decent tight end who finished #2 last year.  Then he took Zach Moss in the 8th round, a pick I wrote down prior to the draft.  I had Moss slated to be taken at pick 93.  But with Moose picking at 92 I wrote down Moose will most likely take.  He took a couple cardinals, couple wideouts and there we have it. 

Draft Grade: B+.  He’ll compete, but Rb2/Flex has left some to be desired.  

  • Kenny.  Dalvin Cook.  Dunh Dunh dunh…. It’s a trap!  Cook is in the middle of a contract dispute.  In addition, a physical therapist/fantasy analyst showed data earlier this summer about Cook’s specific shoulder injury.  Said without surgery chance or reinjury is about 30-40%.  Given the volume he’s anticipated I think it’s not a question of if Dalvin Cook gets hurt, but when.  Kenny took Tyreek Hill in the second, trying to recreate Brad’s top scoring team from a year ago.  Lightning in a bottle, but had some health concerns as well.  In the third Kenny took Todd Gurley, making sure he is able to take full advantage of the additional IR slot we all voted on.  I mean my God Kenny.  Taking Melvin Gordon in the 4th wasn’t as bad.  He should be used for goal line work and catch some passes on Denver.  Even with a split with Lindsay it wasn’t the worst pick.  Liked DK Metcalf in the 5th.  Good value there.  Round 6 you took Stefon Diggs.  Diggs finished 17th last year.  But not sure how he’ll adjust from Kirk Cousins to Josh Allen at Qb.  I love Allen, but because he can run and he’ll throw a touchdown now and then.  His down the field accuracy is terrible, which I’d imagine would be Diggs forte’.  John Brown will probably be more consistent.  In the 7th you took Matt Breida.  Some analysts love him.  Think he has a chip on his shoulder and the Breida-Howard tandem will do well for Miami.  Round 8 you went with Tyler Higbee.  If he is able to replicate how he finished last season look out.  He averaged 19.5 fantasy points per game in the last 5 games of the season.  Now that was with a bunch of injuries to other pass catchers and during a lost season.  But if he does… could be a great value pick.  Thought you got good value with Ruggs and Preston Williams.  I liked how you finished your draft. 

Draft Grade: B-.  Too many oft-injured players and too many players on new teams.  But has some pieces to work with and enough potential to compete. 

  • Joe!  You slut.  I drafted you in my division and you repay me by drafting a somewhat competent team!  CEH was a great pick in the first round.  Andy Reid’s new Brian Westbrook with Le’Veon’s elusiveness.  He’ll be a top 5 pick next year and you’ll enjoy the ride this season.  In the second round I thought Hill and Julio were better choices than Evans.  Just not sure how Brady is going to divvy up the rock in this new offense.  Plus he’s Lattimore’s bitch and should start week 1 with a terrible outing.  In the 3rd you got JuJu who I love for a bounce back season.  If Big Ben stays healthy, with that defense, this team will be title contenders.  For Rb2 you went Jonathan Taylor.  I like Taylor a lot and I think the Colts will run a lot.  But if has to stave off Marlon Mack on early downs and Nyheim Hines on 3rd downs.  You know how Rivers loves to check down.  (See Ekeler’s previous seasons).  If I was a GM, would I want to run my rookie rb into the ground or would I prefer to burn the tires on Marlon Mack knowing we won’t resign him after this year?  I think Mack will get a ton of work.  Ridley in the 5th round was a really good pick.  He was 27th last year, but don’t assume all Austin Hooper’s targets will just go to Hayden Hurst.  Ridley has a chance to take a step forward in Year 3.  AJ Green in the 6th.  Worth a flyer with Burrow throwing.  We’ll see if he actually gets healthy and plays.  You drafted a defense in Round 8.  I love the Steelers D/ST.  I think they could be nasty this year.  For this draft capital, they better be.  Couple flyers at Rb, Big Ben was great value in the 12th.  Ebron might be my favorite pick of yours.  Overall.  Solid job.

Draft Grade: A.  I don’t see a weakness.  Steeler’s stack provides great value.  You did really good Joe. 

  • Trey.  Before I get to these grades I just want to start out by saying I love you as a friend, colleague, and mentor.  You have a beautiful family and you’re a great leader who I respect and I want nothing but happiness for you and yours man.  I really mean that.  I truly hope you don’t take what comes next personally.  With all that being said, I think you absolutely bombed this draft.  I mean.  It’s like when I tried to cram in college for the Relationship Studies class final exam and I got a 52 on it.  I almost couldn’t graduate, I had to do extra credit and talk to my professor just to graduate in 4 years without having to do summer school.  Like… this is really bad.  Like on the office when Kevin brings in the big pot of chili and drops it all over the carpet and falls in it bad.  Josh Jacobs was a mid to low 2nd round pick in my opinion.  Gruden brought in 15 different 3rd down running backs in the offseason to clearly let the world know this dude will not be on the field on 3rd down.  Players I had ranked higher than Jacobs that you passed on and the order: Sanders, Mixon, Thomas, Adams, Ekeler, Hill, Julio, Drake, Chubb.  It’s almost like you passed on having a first round pick.  Then.  More egregious than the first round, in round 2 you selected Chris Carson.  He is coming off hip surgery, they signed Carlos Hyde who will get work, and much of the offseason has been swirling rumors about the Seahawks passing on early downs more.  They tried to get the hashtag #letrusscook going.  Players I would have drafted over Carson and the order: Hill, Julio, Kelce, Kittle, Thielen, James Connor, DJ Moore, Evans, Godwin, Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, JuJu, Odell and probably more.  I’m going to try and look at the rest of your draft with a fresh lens and pretend the first two picks didn’t happen.  Odell in the 3rd is good.  I think he has a much better season than last year.  Ingram is a good value pick in the 4th round.  Dobbins hasn’t earned anything yet.  It’s still Ingram’s backfield.  Tyler Boyd in the 5th was a little bit of a reach for me.  I liked Lockett , Chark, Brown and Fuller better, but I get the allure with Burrow.  Will Fuller in the 6th broke my heart.  I wanted him or Brown and you snagged him!  If he stays healthy he could be a top 10 wideout.  It’s a big IF, but enjoy him while you have him.  I know I enjoyed him last year during that 50+ point explosion against Atlanta.  Delicious.  More great value in Marvin Jones Jr in the 7th.  Decent Wr 3.  Diontae Johnson was a good flyer in the 8th.  Lots of buzz this offseason.  Hayden Hurst should do well in Atlanta.  I don’t think he does what Hooper did last year, but I think he is going to be solid.  Ravens D/ST in the 10th.  I don’t know what to make of the Raven’s D.  They add Calais Campbell which is huge, but then lose Earl Thomas.  Plus division got better around them.  Steelers get Big Ben back, Bengals get Burrow.  Browns upgraded offensive line significantly.  It’ll be interesting to see.  You got your quarterbacks in rounds 11 and 12.  Great value in Stafford and Cam.  I think you’ll be pleased. Gesicki was great in the 13th.  He was a target of mine. 

Draft Grade: C+.  I think you wiffed on the first two.  But you really did a great job getting value in the mid and late rounds.  This gives you a decent starting lineup with some firepower and above average depth.  It’ll take a lot of managing, but you can make some noise if you play your cards right. 

  • Chase.  I made quite a bit of money in the stock market.  I did that by selling stocks when the market is very high and buying stocks when the market is very low.  When people zig, I zag.  That’s exactly what Chase did here.  While everyone got caught up in the Rb sweepstakes Chase took Michael Thomas and Davante Adams to start his draft.  I actually have Adams as my Wr #1 this year.  These two could approach 300 targets and targets= potential.  One of the stat nerds I follow on Twitter did analysis of Wide Receivers ability to get open.  Adams was the far superior wideout in the league.  Chase will compete.  In the 3rd he took Chrsi Godwin.  Some say his skillset is perfect for Brady.  I think Chase would have been better off taking Bell Cow James Conner here, but having Godwin took take of is flex to start the year.  When Conner went to Scotty in the 4th Chase got his first Rb and he chose Le’Veon Bell.  Adam Gase hates Le’Veon Bell.  Adam Gase might be fired by midseason, so maybe Bell does well back half of the year.  But Frank Gore will spell him.  Gore energizes the team.  It’s inspirational to see a 35+ year old score in the NFL.  Same thing in Arizona with Larry Fitz.  Gore will be annoying this season.  Bell should get 15-20 touches per game, on a bad Jets team.  In Round 5 Chase took Leonard.  Fournette might get goal line carries, but man.  He had so many goal line carries last year and couldn’t score.  Like… he did really really bad.  Bucs offensive line should be better than Jacksonville, but jesus.  Whole situation is gross.  He should receive more carries than Rojo sooner rather than later this season.  He is better than Rojo.  In Round 6 Raheem Mostert.  I think the Niners will continue to rotate in backs.  Jerick McKinnon is still alive somehow.  Tevin Coleman is there.  I think Mostert will get most of the work.  Coleman will rotate in drives and McKinnon will take over some 3rd down stuff.  He should be serviceable some weeks.  In Round 7 you took #LetRussCook.  I still think Dak Prescott will outscore Wilson (again), so you missed here.  But he’s still a solid quarterback and better than Murray who Mike took 8 picks prior.  Liked Marlon Mack in the 8th.  (See Joe’s team on Jonathan Taylor for my Mack opinion).  Did decent rest of the way.

Draft Grade: A-.  That Thomas-Adams duo is just fucking beautiful. 

  1. Scotty.  You must’ve eaten your Wheaties before this draft because you were not messing around!  I thought Ekeler was a bit of a reach in the 1st.  I liked Mixon, Adams, and Sanders better.  But if you took Sanders at 10 and Ekeler at 15 you’d still wind up the same, so I’m not going to dock you anything.  That’s a great duo.  Sanders was great to watch last year.  You’ll be annoyed with how much Boston Scott plays, but Sanders can do it all.  Run, catch, break tackles, elude defenders.  Very well done.  Cooper Kupp in the 3rd was okay.  I’m not a fan.  He was #4 last year and has great report with Jared Goff, but I liked Woods and Cooper a little better.  In the 4th you got what everyone will refer to as the Steal of the Draft in James Conner.  Last year he was a 1st round pick.  Big Ben got hurt and the Steelers almost limped into the playoffs with Duck Hodges at Qb.  Conner is a true bell cow.  He’ll get 70%+ of the work.  And this pick secures you as having the best Rb Trio in the league.  Ekeler-Sanders-Conner.  Nasty.  In Round 5 you got Tyler Lockett, another person who has great chemistry with their Qb.  Maybe your team name should be Total Chemistry instead of Total Domination.  (Dad jokes are a disease I’m seeking help).  Landry was meh in the 6th round.  I think Hooper and Kareem Hunt kind of sandwich Landry’s sweet spot in the short to medium routes.  I just don’t see it this season.  Then in the 7th.  You got #2 fantasy Qb from a year ago and probably #2 or #3 Qb this year in Dak Prescott.  He loses Randall Cobb and Jason Witten, but gains CeeDee Lamb and a coach that isn’t going to try and interfere with the offensive coordinator’s jive.  Emmanuel Sanders pick was usless.  You took him before Edelman and Crowder.  That’s really bad.  Jared Cook in the 9th is about right.  D/ST in the 10th was meh.       

Draft Grade: A.  Lost the plus with Landry and Sanders picks, but think this is team is the favorite to win Division 3.  Tommy, Chase, and Mike are all solid.  But Scotty’s trio of Rb’s are the real deal. 

  1. JD.  Drake and Jones to start.  They both did well last year.  I liked Mixon better than Drake and Sanders better than both of them.  Drake was awesome for Arizona.  He’s a little banged up but I think he does well this year.  Jones will be frustrating to watch.  Ask Scotty.  He gets like 12-15 touches per game.  AJ Dillon and Jamaal Williams will eat some.  Jones survived on Touchdowns last year.  It might be asking too much to expect the same output.  Regression is inevitable.  But I would take this duo over Trey’s duo every day of the week.  I don’t particularly like the Courtland Sutton over Cooper and Woods pick.  Sutton is in Denver with Drew Lock.  But they also have two running backs, Noah Fant, Jerry Jeudy.  Kind of a lot of mouths to feed.  Mark Andrews will be fun to watch.  Watching him jump up and snagging touchdowns from Lamar was beautiful.  Absolutely loved your wideout selections in Rounds 5 and 6.  DJ Chark do do do do do (to the sound of baby shark or baby shark faster version or hiccups baby shark or God help all parents of toddlers who listen to this shit all day everyday).  Marquise Brown put on some muscle this offseason.  His diet is legit.  I wanted him bad in the 6th round, but you gobbled him up.  Shepherd should be the #1 Wideout for the Giants.  Lindsay is a good value in the 8th round.  Co-starters are legit.  Robby Anderson sucks.  Start him he’ll get you 0.  Bench him he’ll go off for 30.  Just drop him now and thank me later.  Mattison in the 10th round.  The most important handcuff in the game right there.  Hold on to him with your life.  Last year when Mahomes got hurt I offered Chase Josh Allen then a Top 5 Qb for Mattison (Cook wasn’t hurt yet) and he refused.  That’s the value of an elite handcuff.  Great flyers throughout and Dallas Kicker-D/ST stack. 

Draft Grade: A.  I thought drafting you and Joe would lead to kicker bowls.  Instead I might finish 3rd or last in the damn division.

  1. Katon.  Although I appreciate you changing your team name to “Just here to Pay dues” you still haven’t paid your dues lol.  I know you’re good for it.  Just send me $100 of that popcorn your daughter was selling and we’ll be square.  Chubb and Mixon is a great 1-2 punch.  Tough division, and Chubb will lose a lot to Kareem Hunt, but offensive line is much improved.  Mixon just got paid and they figured out how to use him end of last year.  Too little too late for Mike unfortunately.  Cooper-Woods combo is a great Wr duo.  I think you got a solid foursome to start your draft.  Didn’t care of Keenan Allen or David Montgomery picks.  Allen is on the Chargers who will slow things down on offense.  Montgomery is already hurt and playing behind Trubisky (barfs).  Thought you got good value with Parker and Engram.  Daniel Jones will look to Engram early and often.  Decent value late. 

Draft Grade: B.  Not sexy, but will compete most weeks.  Outside chance of winning D1, the weakest division. 

In Order:

  1. Scotty- A
  2. Chase- A
  3. JD- A
  4. Joe- A
  5. Moose- B+
  6. Mike- B
  7. Katon- B
  8. Tommy B-
  9. Jen B-
  10. Kenny B-
  11. Trey C+
  12. Brad C

Super Bowl 11 Preview

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Two of the most successful Fantasy Football players in the Best Buy Dream Team League Square Off in Super Bowl 11.

Their resume’ and history speak for themselves. But let’s take a look:

SB1 in 2009: Brad becomes First Super Bowl Champion

SB2 in 2010: Moose becomes Second Super Bowl Champion

SB3 in 2011: Brad wins his second title in 3 years.

SB4 in 2012: Brad loses in Super Bowl

SB5 in 2013: Brad loses in Super Bowl

SB7 in 2015: Moose wins his second title.

SB10 in 2018: Moose wins his third title.

SB11 in 2019: Brad and Moose Square Off.

So in 11 seasons of the BBY Dream Team League either Moose and/or Brad have been involved in the Super Bowl 73% of the time (8/11).

This season began with Brad getting the 9th overall pick and Moose getting the 11th overall pick with Mike and Chase being the gaps in between the turn. Let’s take a look how Brad’s Draft looks today:

9: James Conner, #28 Rb, Traded in CMC Deal

16: Dalvin Cook, #2 Rb, Questionable/Doubtful to play in Super Bowl

33: Chris Carson, #9 Rb, Traded in Tyreek Hill/Christian Kirk Deal, Then Tyreek Hill traded in CMC Deal

40: Chris Godwin, #2 Wr, Questionable/Doubtful to play in Super Bowl

57: Miles Sanders, #14 Rb, Starting in Super Bowl

64: Evan Engram, #12 TE, Season-Ending IR (Missed last 5 weeks, 6 weeks total this season and still is #12)

81: Robby Anderson, #35 Wr, Dropped

88: Matt Breida, #42 Rb, Traded for Allen Robinson in 3-way Trade with JD and Moose. Allen Robinson is #11 Wr and is Starting in Super Bowl

#105 Will Fuller, #45 Wr, Starting in Super Bowl, Known for 50.3 point game against ATL in Week 5, helping Brad to get 187 in a single week. Could also hurt hammy and be dust before the game on Saturday. Or…

Late Picks of Note:

136: Russell Wilson, #5 Qb, Traded in CMC Deal

160: Josh Allen, #8 Qb, Dropped

Now let’s take a look at Mustafa:

11: Nick Chubb, #7 Rb, Starting in Super Bowl

14: Travis Kelce, #1 Te, Starting in Super Bowl

35: David Montgomery, #23 Rb, Could start Super Bowl/On Moose’s Roster

38: Amari Cooper, #8 Wr, Starting in Super Bowl

59: Austin Ekeler, #6 Rb, Starting in Super Bowl

62: DJ Moore, #9 Wr, Starting in Super Bowl

83: Darrell Henderson Jr, #92 Rb, Dropped

86: Marvin Jones Jr, #22 Wr, Season Ending IR, Dropped

107: Kyler Murray, #7 Qb, Dropped

110: Lamar Jackson, #1 Qb, Starting in Super Bowl, League MVP so far

Late Picks of Note:

155: Mark Andrews, #5 Te, Traded to JD for Matt Breida in Three-Way Trade, Then Sent Matt Breida, Michael Gallup (FAAB), Darren Waller (FAAB) for Odell Beckham Jr, #32 Wr.

 

These Two Teams had the most trades. These Two Teams had the most roster moves throughout the season. Always tinkering and adjusting, paying attention and striving to put the best 9 players forward.

Let’s Take a Look at the Super Bowl Rosters:

  1. Brad (9-4)

Qb: #4 Jameis Winston. Brad acquired Winston in part of the CMC deal with Joe. No one could have predicted that Jameis would eventually catch up and even jump past Russell Wilson at this point in the season when the trade went down before Week 8. Winston enters Week 16 coming off back-to-back 450 yard 4+ touchdown performances. A broken bone in his thumb of his throwing hand did not prevent him from throwing the ball 42 times against Detroit. Now he’ll play on a Special Saturday Noon game against Houston. This game should be up-tempo with Houston striving to secure it’s playoff position and division and Tampa Bay striving to get Winston to 5000 yards. He lost key targets Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Scotty Miller to hamstring injuries, so we’ll see if he can continue to sling the rock as much as the past two weeks with less talent around him.

Rb1: #1 Christian McCaffrey. CMC has averaged 27.6 fantasy points per game, which means he basically counts as a Rb and a Wr, but taking up 1 position on the Roster. Only one other person in the league has scored so much to be considered 2 players and we’ll talk about Moose’s Qb in a little bit. CMC faces @ Indianapolis in Lucas Oil Stadium. Colts Defense has been really good in stopping the run this year, averaging 17.3 points per game against as opposed to league average 20.6 points per game to opposing fantasy rubbing backs. Another factor is the change at Qb in Carolina, with Carolina moving from Kyle Allen to Will Grier. These leaves a lot of unknowns surrounding the game. But one thing we do know, CMC is a monster and anything can happen.

Rb2: A spot reserved for #2 Fantasy Rb: Dalvin Cook until last week, when Cook reinjured his shoulder, in comes #14 Miles Sanders. Sanders is coming off his best fantasy outing of the season, a 34.6 point explosion against Washington. I wouldn’t anticipate a repeat performance as the Eagles are squaring off against Division Rival Dallas for the NFC East Crown. This is a playoff game. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tailor Sanders back some to reduce the risk of the rookie making a mistake in such a critical ball game. Dallas limited Rams rushers to 20 yards on the ground last week and seem to be getting healthier and better as the season progresses. Important to watch to see if Jordan Howard will be active for this game as this could reduce Sanders projection by quite a bit.

Wr1: A spot reserved for #2 Fantasy Wr: Chris Godwin until last week, when Godwin injured his hamstring, in comes #11 Allen Robinson. Robinson is coming off a solid fantasy performance of 18.3 points on an incredible 14 targets. He’ll be squaring off against a KC defense that has done a great job at limiting opposing fantasy wideouts. KC averages 6.5 less points allows to fantasy wideouts than NFL average, good for #2 OPRK. Of course, with KC’s ability to score this game could result in a pass-heavy script for Chicago, increasing Robinson’s ability to receive another week of high targets. Wouldn’t expect the same success on those targets though.

Wr2: A-Rob’s previous spot, now paves the way for #45 Will Fuller. At this point we all know who Will Fuller is. He’s capable of pulling a hamstring on the first play of the game and missing the contest (or missing the contest all together). And he’s capable of catching 14/16 targets 217 yards and 3 touchdowns in a single game for 50.3 fantasy points. That game accounted for 45.4% of Fuller’s total fantasy output so far this season. In comes Tampa Bay’s defense, the worst against opposing wideouts. Tampa Bay has been deemed a Pass Funnel by Fantasy Analysts. They stop the run and opposing teams pass all over them. They average 38.9 fantasy points against opposing fantasy wideouts compared to NFL average 27.5 points, a whopping 11.4 point difference. This is a potential Smash-Spot for Fuller, who will most likely be owned by close to 50% of DFS players playing on Saturday’s Slate. Bradley’s hope for a 3rd Title very well could rest on the hamstring of Will Fuller.

TE: Undecided. Brad picked up Cameron Brate, #2 Tight End on TB given the up-tempo game script of the Saturday Noon contest (with the over/under being 3rd highest of the week at 49). Winston will need someone to throw to. With Evans, Godwin, and Scotty Miller out, that leaves the best targets for Winston to be 1. Breshard Perriman 2. OJ Howard 3. Watson/Brate 4. Towel Boy. Brad also has a couple MNF options if he decides against Brate.

FLEX: Undecided. As of right now, Brad has #39 Christian Kirk in. He’s the best vertical threat on a pass heavy Cardinals team who would love to play spoiler against the Seahawks in Seattle. This game features the highest over/under of the week at 51 points. Cardinals had fun last week against the Browns, but Seattle is an actual good team. I’m sure they’ll send Kyler Murray out to have some fun, but whether that fun translates to bankable Kirk points that remains to be seen. If Cook is listed as Out by Thursday or Friday then Kirk would be the likely flex play for Brad.

D/ST: #2 Steelers D/ST. Only outscored by NE D/ST. Steelers are in a position to potentially make the playoffs despite playing with their 3rd Qb, missing Connor for multiple weeks, and missing their #1 Wr JuJu Smith-Schuster for multiple weeks. They have scored double-digits in 11/14 games so far this season. 11 of their last 12 including 20+ points in 4 of those games. They travel to the Jets, a team that has been widely inconsistent. They blew out Dallas and lost to Miami, so we don’t know what Jet’s team will show up. We do know that Le’Veon Bell will be playing his best game of the season. Running against the Steelers might be the way to go to slow down the deadly pass rushing group that’s accumulated 49 sacks so far this season, tied for 1st in the NFL.

K: Younghoe Koo. Signed by Atlanta before Week 10, Koo has been averaging 11 fantasy points per game including 4/6 in double digits. Koo faces Jacksonville in Atlanta’s last home game of the season.

 

#4 Mustafa (9-4) (Defending Champ, Only 3 Title Winner in the BBY Dream Team League)

Qb: #1 Lamar Jackson. MVP-front runner leading the best team in the NFL right now, the Baltimore Ravens. Lamar is both a Qb and a Rb. Scoring for 2, while taking up 1 position. Look for Baltimore to come out guns ablazing this week @ division foe Cleveland. Ravens lost to Cleveland in Week 4. By winning they clinch the #1 seed, a critical thing considering they’d much rather have the AFC Championship game at home opposed to at Arrowhead or at the Patriots. A revenge game and a #1 AFC seed clinching scenario and the Browns are minus Myles Garrett this go-around. This is a smash spot for Jackson. He scored 24.4 against them the first time they played. I anticipate a 30+ point outing this time. If he accomplishes this, it would be his 8th 30+ point game this season. Just incredible.

Rb1: #7 Nick Chubb. Chubb is also featured in the same Baltimore game. Baltimore’s Defense has gotten better and better as the season has progressed, but Chubb destroyed them back in Week 4. Easily his best game of the season with 20-165-3 and 3-18 stat line for a whopping 42.5 fantasy points. Baltimore will look for vengeance on the defensive side of the ball too and with a stacked secondary to counteract the stacked wideouts of the Browns, the trench battle will be interesting to say the least. Will Chubb strike again? Or will Raven’s Defense resurgence, the growing discontent amongst the Brown’s players, and Kareem Hunt’s return result in a back-down-to-Earth showing for Chubb?

Rb2: #6 Austin Ekeler. The Chargers Offense just looks better when Austin Ekeler is in at running back. He’s explosive, shifty, and get him in space… look out. The Chargers insist on feeding Melvin Gordon a bunch of carries. Gordon smashed the Raiders last game in Week 10, while Ekeler was held to a modest 11.6 fantasy points. We all know that any given play he can strike, so Moose can start his lightning bolt with confidence against the Raiders that just lost a disappointing game in their last home game in Oakland.

Wr1: #8 Amari Cooper. Amari Cooper was just shut down by Jalen Ramsey last week, so look for a monster bounce back performance this week in the crucial battle for the NFC Least. The last time they played Philly in Week 7 Cooper caught 5/5 targets for 106 yards (15.6 fantasy points). Philly has had a decent run defense, but they are extremely beatable via pass. Look for Dak Prescott to put the team on his shoulders and let a rip. The game is @ Philly, but current weather predicts a sunny and cool day (about 39 degrees) making it perfect football weather.

Wr2: #9 DJ Moore. Moore has been great for Moose this season. Double digit fantasy points in 10/14 games this season with 5+ in 14/14 and one game 30+. He faces Indianapolis @ Indy who was just destroyed by Drew Brees and Michael Thomas on MNF. They are coming off a short week, but the Panthers have made a Qb change. Will Grier will start over Kyle Allen, so it’ll be interesting to see if the DJ’s target distribution remains as steady and consistent as it has been or if Grier can help or hurt his value in this matchup. IBM Watson has Moore a 19% Bust candidate (9.4 or less) and a 23% Boom candidate (22+).

TE: #1 Travis Kelce. A true difference maker. Preseason Value Based Rankings had Kelce as a first-round pick based on value. Moose’s second round investment appears to have paid off handsomely as Kelce is the one and only #1 Tight End. He’s coming off a 11/13 142 game against Denver in the snow and now will travel to Chicago. His 13-point average looks solid week in and week out.

FLEX: Undecided? As of right now he has #32 Odell Beckham Jr. starting against Baltimore’s vaunted secondary. In their first matchup Odell only caught 2/7 targets for 20 yards and that was before Baltimore added Marcus Peters and got Jimmy Smith back from injury. IBM Watson predicts Odell having a 6% chance to bust and a 24% chance to Boom, which doesn’t add up based on my calculations. Odell has busted 4/14 weeks this season and has been a huge disappointment. But Moose traded three people for Odell and has been waiting for a payoff. Could this be it? Could the trade earlier this season all lead up to him using Chase’s 2nd round pick against Brad to win his 4th Title? OR Does Moose turn start Double Tight Ends? OR #23 Rb David Montgomery against #30 OPRK KC Chiefs Defense? If Cook and Mattison are both ruled out for MNF, he could throw in recently acquired Mike Boone. Will be something to watch.

D/ST: Undecided? As of right now he has #8 Chiefs D/ST which has scored game of 15, 21, 12, and 12 the past 4 weeks and now squares off against Mitchell Trubisky on SNF. During that stretch they’ve held their opponents to 11.25 points per game. Dominating efforts. Moose could turn to Atlanta’s D/ST who he just picked up off free agency against a Jag’s offense that has struggled mightily the past few weeks.

K: #19 Robbie Gould. Brad dropped Robbie after underperforming met with injury and he made the switch to Koo. Most known for the MNF game where Brad had a chance to break the single game scoring record of 191.9 points and Gould missed 3 field goals resulting in the record standing. Moose picks him up and he’s scored 13 and 11 points the past two weeks. He faces the Rams who just gave up 18 fantasy points to Kai Forbath. (In my work league I had Lamar Jackson and CMC, but lost by 0.26 to Kai Forbath last week, so fuck this guy).   If Robbie is the difference maker for Moose against Brad, this will most likely break Brad.

So there you have it. A lot of information that means absolutely nothing until injury reports come out on Friday, games are played on Saturday and we see what happens.

 

Bottom Bowl Preview:

Round 3:

Game 1: Tommy vs. Mike. Congratulations to both of you. The winner gets 6 balls in the lottery. The loser gets 5. You’ve both already won!

Game 2: Jen vs. Trey. The winner gets 4 balls. The loser gets 3. You’ve both won multiple entries in next year’s draft lottery.

Game 3: Katon vs. Chase. The winner gets 2 balls. The loser gets 1. The loser is also known as the Loser of Losers. A title Brad is happy to relinquish from 2018.

Good Luck Everybody!

Round 1 Recap & Round 2 Preview

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Round 1 Recap:

BYES: 1. Scotty, 2. Brad

  1. Kenny (8-5) 115.7 vs. 4. Moose (9-4) 127.7

Kenny was hanging with Moose for awhile there on Sunday until Austin Ekeler decided that Moose was going to the Final Four. An explosive 36.9 points carried Moose one step closer to defending his title. Kenny wind up being down 44.6 heading into Monday Night Football with Zach Ertz and #1 Overall Pick Saquon Barkley. Ertz showed out with a solid 24.7, his best game of the season, but Barkley disappointed, only getting 7.9, leaving Kenny to lose to Moose by 12 points. Great season Kenny!

  1. Joe (7-6) 63.8 vs. JD (9-4) 87.6

JD sweeps Joe in an low scoring affair. Might as well have been a kicker bowl. In that scenario, JD would have still beat Joe 4-3 with Lambo outscoring Greg Zuerlein. Joe’s highest scorer was Cole Beasley and that’s all you really need to know about this one. JD has a down week, but survives and moves on the Final Four. Great season Joe!

Bottom Bowl:

Tommy (6-7) 145.7 vs. Mike (7-6) 133.5

These teams showed out! Tommy advances to Game 1 of the 2nd Round meaning he automatically will qualify for 6,5,4 or 3 balls in the lottery next year. Congrats Tommy! Mike moves to Game 2 of the 2nd Round.

Chase (3-10) 56.3 vs. Trey (6-7) 96.3

Jesus. Chase moves to Game 3 of Round 2, which means he can only get 4, 3, 2, 1 balls in the draft lottery. Trey wins, meaning he’s guaranteed 6,5,4 or 3 balls in the lottery like Tommy. Congrats Trey!

Jen (2-11) 94.5 vs. Katon (2-11) 121.5

Katon wins the rubber match! He moves on to Game 2 of the 2nd Round. Jen moves to Game 3 in Round 2.

 

Round 2 Preview: The Final Four

  1. Mustafa (9-4) vs. 1. Scotty (10-3)

In all of sports there are moments that define a generation. Michael Jordan’s Flu Game, the 1980 US Men’s Hockey team upsetting the Soviet Union, and here in our 11th season we have another opportunity to make history… I present to you:

“The Tight End Cock Block Game”

Moose spent $10 on Noah Fant, $7 on OJ Howard, $7 on David Njoku. Then when he awoke and checked the waivers to see that Scotty did not pick up a tight end, he continued. He picked up Darren Fells, Hayden Hurst, ALL while having #1 Travis Kelce and #7 Jared Cook. Some will say this was genius. Others will argue it was petty. Regardless of your stance, we will all remember this moment. (Or at least Scotty, Moose, and myself)

At Qb: Moose features #1 Qb Lamar Jackson vs. NYJ on TNF. Scotty features Drew Brees vs. IND on MNF. Lamar is overcoming a Quad injury that he says is minor. Brees will be playing in the Dome on MNF against a banged up Colts D.

At Rb: Moose has #5 Austin Ekeler vs. MIN and #7 Nick Chubb @ Arizona. Scotty features #17 Alvin Kamara in that same Colts MNF game, and #4 Aaron Jones vs. Chi. Jones faces Chicago in Week 1 and was stuffed even after Jamaal Williams left due to injury.

At Wr: Moose has #6 Amari Cooper vs. LAR and #31 (Pukes) Odell Beckham Jr. @ Arizona. Scotty has #11 Stefon Diggs @ LAC and #16 Courtland Sutton @ KC with Drew Lock now slinging the football.

At TE: Moose features #1 Travis Kelce or #7 Jared Cook or #11 Noah Fant or #12 Darren Fells or OJ Howard or David Njoku or Hayden Hurst. Scotty features #31 Jonny Smith. I will literally piss my pants laughing if Jonnu Smith scores a touchdown this weekend. Literally PISS MY PANTS laughing. But regardless, ruthless, but effective strategy.

At Flex: Moose has #10 DJ Moore vs. Sea, Scotty has #8 Rb Leonard Fournette @ Oakland.

AT D/ST: Moose has KC D/ST against a red-hot Drew Lock led Denver Broncos team. Scotty has #1 D/ST NE vs. CIN. Cincinnati’s offense has been doing better and New England’s Defense hasn’t been as good as of late. But I can definitely see this defense taking over in this one. Could be a difference maker in who makes it to the Super Bowl.

At K: Moose has Robbie Gould and Scotty has #7 Matt Prater vs. TB.

Only 1 team can move on to Super Bowl 11. Moose has won 3, Scotty has won 1. Both itching to get back. Best of luck gentlemen.

  1. JD (9-4) vs. 2. Brad (9-4)

At Qb: JD has #3 Dak Prescott vs. LAR. Prescott is a little banged up and plays a suddenly red-hot Rams team that has been dominant the last couple of weeks. Dak is fighting to keep Dallas’s playoffs hopes alive in the NFC East. Brad has #5 Jameis Winston (maybe) @ Detroit. The matchup looks incredible on paper, but Winston broke a bone in his thumb on his throwing hand. Somehow he finished the game last week. Somehow they are saying he’ll play this week. He was spotted in a cast this week meaning he probably won’t practice at all. Strange situation to monitor, Bucs could rest him or since it’s his contract year, could let him try to kill himself to hit 5000 yards on the season. Brad has Gardner Minshew as a backup facing Oakland if Jameis can’t go

At Rb: JD has #44 Damien Williams (maybe) vs. Den and #9 Mark Ingram vs. NYJ on TNF. Brad has #1 Christian McCaffrey vs. Seattle and #2 Dalvin Cook @ LAC. If Damien Williams can’t go, JD will have to throw in Peyton Barber against Detroit or go free agent hunting. McCaffrey is averaging 27 fantasy points per game, but over the last two weeks has combined for 30.9 or 15.5ish per game. They may not try to run him into the ground for a lost season, so despite his high average, 15ish points per game is much more likely this week. Cook played through his hurt shoulder last week and scored 14.3, so he should get normal workload against Chargers team that’s finally getting healthy on Defense.

At Wr: JD has Davante Adams vs. Chicago and DK Metcalf @ Carolina. Brad has #2 Chris Godwin @ Detroit and #12 Allen Robinson @ GB. Godwin’s value will be one to watch as the Bucs lost Mike Evans for the year. This could increase Godwin’s targets, but could also increase the talent level of the opposing corner back. It could also see more safety shadow in this scenario. Couple that with Winston’s uncertainty, and this team is looking a lot more shaky than it’s points leader and win streak give on.

At TE: JD features #3 Darren Waller, the target share monster. With Foster Moreau getting injured, this could increase Waller’s red zone targets as Moreau had 5 td’s on the season. Brad has #9 Evan Engram (maybe) vs. Miami. There’s been questions on whether or not the Giants will shut down Engram for the rest of the season to prevent further injury to their stud tight end. He looked like he would be active for the MNF game against Philly and they decided to rest him. So if Brad doesn’t have Engram he’ll turn to Ian Thomas if Greg Olsen continues to be sidelined due to a concussion. If Olsen is active and Engram is not, then Brad will have to bottom feed on the crumbs of tight ends left on the free agency pool that Moose left behind. Moose may take out Scotty and Brad with one stone… a stone called “Operation Tight End Cock Block”

At D/ST: JD features 7. Bills D/ST @ PIT. Brad features 2. Pit D/ST vs. BUF. This will be a fun SNF game. These will be both teams last players to play for either team, meaning the matchup could literally come down to which D/ST outscores the other. We’ve had kicker bowls in the past, but a D/ST Bowl? Interesting…

AT K: JD has #9 Josh Lambo @ Oakland and Brad has Youngshoe Koo @ San Fran.

A lot to monitor in this one. ESPN opens Brad up as a 27.8 point favorite, but don’t let past success be a predictor for future outcome. This will be a close game and either team can make it to SB11.

Eliminated: 6. Joe, 5. Kenny (1 ball each in lottery next year)

 

Bottom Bowl Round 2 Preview:

Game 1: Trey vs. Tommy

Winner moves to Bottom Bowl Championship Game and is guaranteed 6 or 5 balls, loser moves to Game 2 of Round 3 and is guaranteed 4 or 3 balls. Both are in a good position.

Game 2: Katon vs. Mike

This is the biggest game of Round 2. It’s a rivalry game, but there’s a lot at stake. The winner moves on to the Bottom Bowl Championship winning either 6 or 5 balls. But the loser… they move on to Game 3 of the Bottom Bowl, meaning they either win 2 or 1 ball in the lottery next year.

Game 3: Jen vs. Chase

The winner moves on to Game 2 of the 3rd Round and guarantees 4 or 3 balls in the lottery. The loser moves on to the Bottom Bowl and guarantees 2 or 1 ball in the lottery next year.

Good Luck Everybody!

Week 13 Recap & Round 1 Preview

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Week 13 Recap:

D1:

Brad (9-4) 103.1 vs. Moose (9-4) 96.3

From Bottom Bowl to Bye Week, Brad gets just enough to squeak by Moose for the D1 crown and take Points Leader. Brad wins $180.

Jen (2-11) 119.4 vs. Katon (2-11) 117.3

Jen did it! With an incredible MNF, come from behind victory (giggity), Jen gets 20.3 from Chris Carson to pass up Katon and get her second win of the year!

D2:

Tommy (6-7) 138.7 vs. JD (9-4) 119.1

JD got the bye with a win, but Tommy’s red hot team kept surging with Wentz getting 27.4, Henry getting 24.8, and Edelman getting 21.3.

Joe (7-6) 122.5 vs. Chase (3-10) 90.7

Joe needed to win and for Trey to lose. He got both!

D3:

Scotty (10-3) 81.5 vs. Kenny (8-5) 70.9

Scotty gets a bye week after winning despite scoring 81.5 points. These two teams got their stinker game out of the way, so they can concentrate on the playoffs.

Mike (7-6) 93.9 vs. Trey (6-7) 93.8

Jesus… Trey needed to win and he was in. He held the tie breaker over Joe. James White got a long catch in garbage time to put his total at 32.9 and put Mike up by 0.1 with Lockett left. Lockett goose eggs and Trey misses the playoffs by 2 yards. Ridiculous. In Week 10, Trey and Tommy faced each other. Trey had won 3 in a row. Tommy had lost 5 in a row. Ever since, including that game, Trey lost 4 in a row and Tommy won 4 in a row bringing both their records to 6-7. This one stings.

Playoffs Round 1 Preview: The Quest for Super Bowl 11 Starts Here

Intro:

4/6 teams in this year’s playoffs have won 70% of the titles in the first 10 seasons. Brad (SB1, SB3), Moose (SB2, SB7, SB10), Scotty (SB6), and Joe (SB5). Kenny and JD are both on a quest for their first title and will have to navigate through landmines of experience in order to obtain it.

1.Scotty (10-3) BYE, 2.Brad (9-4) BYE

3.JD (9-3) vs. 6. Joe (7-6)

JD and Joe square off to see who makes the final four and will face Brad’s team. How poetic would it be for Joe to face Brad in the semi’s after their blockbuster trade that led to Brad getting #1 Rb Christian McCaffrey and going on a 5-1 run including a 5 game winning streak end the regular season. Joe has been peppering the message board asking for a kicker bowl, but considering JD swept Joe in the regular season matchups, I don’t think he’s down for that. In those two games, Joe averaged a paltry 67.3 points per game while JD averaged 109.4. Joe hopes to have James Conner and Austin Hooper back from injury to try and help him advance to the Semi’s. He’ll have #3 Qb Russell Wilson @ LAR who he torched for 29.8 fantasy points earlier this season. At Qb, JD looks like he’s having trouble deciding between inconsistent Sam Darnold vs. Miami at home or starting #2 Fantasy Qb Dak Prescott @ Chicago. The ultimate question. Matchup vs. Skill. At Rb1 and 2: Joe has #32 Duke Johnson vs. Denver and (possibly) #26 James Conner @ Arizona. JD has (possibly) #43 Damien Williams @ NE, and #9 Mark Ingram @ Buffalo. Both teams have question marks on starting running backs with pretty rough replacement options if they can’t go. Joe has Raheem Mostert (who looked great last week), but faces a good run stopping New Orleans team in the Super Dome. JD has Peyton Barber against Indy. He also had a nice game last week, but was due to 2 short touchdowns. Both will need to be monitored. One thing about Mark Ingram vs. Buffalo. According to Fantasy Analyst Evan Silva, they can be run on and this matchup proves favorable for Mark to get a bulk of the carries in a neutral game script. At Wr1 and Wr2: Joe features #6 Cooper Kupp against SEA. In Week 5 he had 24.3 fantasy points against Seattle, but that was when Rams offense was competent. They finally showed up again last week against a terrible Cardinals defense, can he deliver again? #30 Tyreek Hill @ NE. Last year New England did a good job containing Hill except for one pass that Hill took for 40 yards against them in the playoffs. They’ll try to take him away again this go-round, but New England is coming off a game where they surrendered 4 passing touchdowns to Deshaun Watson. JD features #31 Davante Adams vs. Washington and #27 DK Metcalf @ LAR. Adams is coming off a 2-td performance against the Giants and is averaging 18 points per game since his bye week, getting much needed rest for the previously injured toe. Metcalf got a touchdown last time these teams met, but this time he might get the Jalen Ramsey shadow. It’s going to be tough for him to build on the 2-44-1 line from the first meeting. At Tight End: Joe hopes to have #4 Austin Hooper back, but he has *checks notes* 3 tight ends on his bench in case he’s unable to go. JD will feature #3 Darren Waller vs. Tennessee. At D/ST: Joe has #13 Panthers D/ST @ Atlanta and JD has #14 Vikings D/ST vs. Detroit. JD just acquired Vikings for $17 FAAB hoping they can exploit David Blough in his second start. At Flex: Joe has #48 Dede Westbrook vs. LAC and JD has #23 Tyler Boyd @ Cleveland. At K: Joe has #7 Greg “The Leg” Zuerlein in that same Seattle matchup. JD has Josh Lambo for the Jags vs. LAC. JD bitch slapped Joe the first two meetings. But this intradivisional playoff matchup looks extremely even on paper. It will most likely come down to who starts the right person and which team winds up the healthiest. Best of luck gentlemen (this week only, not next week 😉)

#4 Mustafa (9-4) vs. #5 Kenny (8-5)

Moose’s chance to defend his crown will go through Kenny in Round 1. The winner will face #1 Scotty in the Semi’s on their quest for Super Bowl 11. These teams met in Week 9 with K-Dub taking down Moose 120.2 to 117.7 in a heart-breaker. Kenny had several players go off on his bench and Moose would have won had he started Marvin Jones or DJ Moore over Odell. But that’s in the past and we must look at the future. ESPN opens up this game with a line of -0.1 in Moose’s favor, without Moose having . As close as it can be. At Qb: Kenny will feature #10 Kirk Cousins vs. Detroit, a juicy ass matchup. Moose will feature #1 Lamar Jackson, but @ Buffalo. Buffalo has been great at limited Qb production and have a strong linebacker group. I imagine Jackson will get a lot of short runs that raise his floor, but his ceiling is capped somewhat. At Rb1 and Rb2: Kenny has #19 Saquon Barkley @ Philly. Moose faced Dalvin Cook in Week 13 on MNF and lost. This week he’ll have to watch another stud Rb have a chance to take him out. Philly’s run defense has been pretty good though. Kenny also has #14 Philip Lindsay @ HOU. Houston was just torched by James White. Moose features #5 Nick Chubb with a great matchup against Cincy. He just has to hope Kareem Hunt doesn’t take too many of Chubb’s points. #7 Austin Ekeler is @ Jax. At Wr1 and Wr2: Kenny has #4 Kenny Golladay @ Minnesota, a very beatable secondary. Golladay hasn’t showed signs of slowly down regardless of who’s throwing the football for Detroit. He also has #15 Jarvis Landry against Cincy’s lack of a defense. Moose has #5 Amari Cooper @ Chicago. Cooper has battled through injuries all this season and continually put up strong numbers, but in the last three weeks he’s only scored 16.7 points averaging 5.6 points per game including a 0 against NE. Moose needs his star Wideout to show up against da Bears. Moose also features #25 Odell Beckham Jr vs. Cincy. Landry has outscored Odell in every game since the bye week (in Week 7) by an average of 7.2 points more per game. Can this streak end to propel Moose to the next round? Or will Jarvis continue his hot streak? At TE: Kenny has #5 Zach Ertz against NYG. Last year against the G Men, Ertz averaged 7-67-1 stat lines. Moose has #1 Travis Kelce @ NE. Last year in two matchups against NE, Kelce combined for a 8-84-1 stat line. At Flex: Kenny has #38 Kenyan Drake vs. Pit as of right now. Moose has #10 Wr DJ Moore who’s been an excellent starter for Moose over the past 5 weeks, averaging 19.1 points per game. He’s been targeted an incredible 57 times during that stretch. With Greg Olsen potentially to miss time, that number should continue. At D/ST: Kenny has #4 BAL D/ST @ BUF. Moose has #9 Jets D/ST vs. Miami. Miami has surrendered double digit fantasy outings to opposing D/ST in 10/12 weeks with an average of 13.6 points per game. Last week they scored all over Philly who only wind up with 2 points as a D/ST unit, surely upsetting optimistic streamers out there. Or in our case, Kenny. Had Kenny started LAR D/ST he would have won against Scotty. At K: Kenny has #2 Harrison Butker vs. NE. I expect a lower scoring game, but Butker should be money. Moose picked up #18 Ka’shimi Fairburner vs. Denver.

 

Bottom Bowl Round 1 Preview:

#7 Mike (7-6) vs. #8 Tommy (6-7)

Tommy comes surging into the Bottom Bowl red hot! Mike wins by 0.1 but needed Joe to lose in order to sneak into the playoffs as the 6th seed. Usually 7 wins is enough, but not this year. Tommy finished 6-7 for the third time and his Bottom Bowl streak extends to 3 seasons. The winner of this game guarantees 3-6 balls in next years lottery.

#9 Trey (6-7) vs. #10. Chase (3-10)

Trey drops from a potential 6th seed all the way to 9th thanks to 2 mother f%&king yards. Chase goes from Points Leader and #1 Overall seed in 2018 to 10 losses and a #10 seed in the Bottom Bowl. Chase is one of the best managers in the league, but couldn’t overcome the 12th pick draft position and Sony Michel’s awfulness. These teams own the worse two losing streaks, Trey at 4 and Chase at 5. One of these streaks will come to an end. The winner will be in the crucial Game 1 of the Second round, meaning if they win this they already are guaranteed 3-6 balls in next years lottery. The loser of this game moves on to Game 3 in Round 2, which means they are already eliminated from winning 5 or 6 balls in the lottery and are destined for 1-4 balls.

#11 Katon (2-11) vs. #12 Jen (2-11)

Rubber Match! Katon won Week 3. Jen won Week 13. Who is better? Find out this week!

 

Good Luck Everyone!

 

Week 11 Recap & Week 12 Preview

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Week 11 Recap:

D1:

Brad (7-4) 114.4 vs. Katon (2-9) 96

Brad chose the right Qb, starting Josh Allen (33.8) over 4-INT Jameis Winston (17.7) a difference of 16.1. Brad won by 18.4. CMC and Cook combined for 40.2, their lowest combined score since Brad acquired CMC from Joe 4 weeks ago. (53.2, 54, 52.6, 40.2). Katon started the right Qb as well, picking Matt Ryan (19.4) over 4 INT Philip Rivers (15). Unfortunately for Katon, Robert Woods was a late, healthy inactive for the SNF game against the Bears for a “personal issue”. Had Katon caught it at the last minute he would have had to drop someone on bye, Woods himself, or maybe his precious Gronk. We know the last one wasn’t going to happen. Brad still has playoff hopes alive.

Jen (1-10) 87.1 vs. Moose (8-3) 121.3

Jen held a slight lead heading into MNF, but Moose got a solid 19.4 from Ekeler and 18 from Kelce to put Jen away and finish as the week’s #2 scorer. He widens his lead for points leader to 26.7 points with two weeks to go. It appears to be a two-horse race for the Points Leader crown, but not sure if Brad has the matchups to catch up to Moose. Jen pulled a Jen this week. Her first round pick got 0, her flex play left on a stretcher. Her starting Qb had his worst game of the season. This is setting up her Week 12 upset over Brad very nicely!

D2: We wish I was talking about Might Ducks 2

Tommy (4-7) 140.5 vs. Joe (6-5) 48.3

Tommy apparently stole Trey’s winning streak and has been running with it. Jimmy G and Le’Veon Bell combined for 50.7, enough to beat Joe this week. Gurley showed up, Saints D/ST and Lutz combined for 32 and Tommy rolled Joe who had 8/9 starters score 6.5 or less this week. His D/ST scored 33% of his teams total points. Rudolph was hit in the head by a helmet, Connor left with an shoulder issue, Hill left due to a pulled Hammy, Sanu went from 10 targets in Week 10 to 2 targets in Week 11. Joe is hoping Russell Wilson can provide a spark coming off bye this week.

JD (8-3) 94.5 vs. Chase (3-9) 89.6

Last week I described JD scoring on average 4.6 points per game more than Chase on the season. So naturally JD will defeat Chase by 4.9 points this week… Neither team had a great showing, but Dak Prescott went off for JD, getting 36.4 against Detroit. He also got a solid 21.7 from Mark Ingram, but 4 starters scored 2.9 or less this week. Chase got 21.4 from Michael Gallup and 15.1 from Mark Andrews, the prior Moose team members combined for 36.5 of Chase’s 89.6 points (40.7%). JD punches his ticket into the playoffs and will compete for a bye, Chase punches his ticket to the Bottom Bowl.

D3:

Mike (6-5) vs. Kenny (7-4)

Mike gets the W to stay alive! Mike got 3.8 from starting Qb Deshaun Watson and still scored 118 total points with three huge games from his wide receivers. Mike Thomas got 23.6, DJ Chark got 28.6 and Deebo Samuel got 19.6 combining for 71.8 points. Mixon got in on the fun, scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season. Kenny was without Barkley and Howard and despite a solid 25.7 from Kirk Cousins, he had the rest of his starters capped at 11.9 or less including 0 from Jack Doyle, who he started in the Flex. That’s right, Kenny went double tight end in this one. Cue video of Mike dancing in his car to the sound of “Staying Alive! Stay Alive! Ah, hah, hah, hah… Staying Aliiiiiiiivvvvveeeeeee!!!!”

Trey (6-5) 98.1 vs. Scotty (8-3) 112.9

Scotty punches his ticket into the post season, now he sets his sights on a Division Title and a potential bye week. Trey’s name of Flopkins is appropriate as he has now dropped two straight. One of the bright spots for Trey was Marlon Mack’s 19.9 and his awesome double spin move run. But unfortunately he fractured his hand. His peripherals disappointed with a meager 16.3 including 0 from his kicker. He’ll try to turn things around for the final two games. He faces Mike (6-5) and Kenny (7-4), so his destiny is still in his hands, so to speak. Scotty only got 16 from his peripherals but it didn’t matter. He got 21 from Brees, 16.2 from Kamara, 25.1 from Diggs and 18.7 from Sutton.

Week 12 Preview:

D1:

Katon (2-9) vs. Moose (8-3)

Katon is playing to pull an upset. Moose is trying to lock down the D1 crown, points leader and a first-round bye. Katon has Matt Ryan facing pass funnel Tampa Bay. Zeke is @ New England and I think I know who they will be trying to take away from this one. Katon has Rivers, Gordon, and Allen all on bye this week, leaving Katon with limited options that hurt his teams floor and ceiling. Moose comes in with incredible matchups for a few of his stars including Nick Chubb and Odell versus Miami, Montgomery vs. NYG. Lamar Jackson is matchup-proof. Amari Cooper may struggle against New England, but it honestly doesn’t look like it will matter. Moose heavily favored in this one even with Ekeler and Kelce on a bye.

Jen (1-10) vs. Brad (7-4)

You would think with 7 wins and being #2 in Points Scored, Brad would be feeling good about his chances of making the playoffs. Well, it’s a bit more complicated. Brad lost to Moose (8-3), Scotty (8-3), Trey (6-5), and Mike (6-5). If any of these teams have the same record as Brad they own the head to head tie breaker. Now if more than 2 of those teams have the same record at the end of the regular season then it would come down to points/algorithm and Brad would be potentially okay given he is number 2 in that category. In comes Jen striving to get her second win of the year and take down the commish. She has great matchups and a full roster and can actually pull it off. She has Jacoby Brissett (or free agent acquisition) against Houston on TNF. She also has Colts D/ST @ Houston on TNF (Brad dropped two weeks ago). Unless she picks up another. Derrius Guice is back! Now he gets an awesome matchup against Detroit. #10 Rb Chris Carson has a tough matchup against Philly’s run defense, but he’s been pretty matchup proof. He, of course, was traded by Brad to Jen for Tyreek and Kirk. Tyreek is injured on Joe’s team and Kirk is on a bye week. Brad has previous good matchup Winston-Godwin stack, but all of a sudden Atlanta Defense is looking more like New England’s. After giving up an average of 24.8 fantasy points to opposing fantasy quarterbacks before the bye week, they’ve only given up an average of 11.3 points per game post-bye week. Both New Orleans and Carolina had 300 yard passing games, but neither threw a touchdown and had multiple turnovers. Brad’s lone stud this week CMC faces a New Orleans Saints defense with an #3 OPRK against Fantasy Rb’s. CMC is matchup-proof but has had a couple games of mediocrity. Jen has a legitimate chance to take Brad out this week.

D2:

JD (8-3) vs. Joe (6-5)

JD’s team has a slight edge over Joe talent-wise this week, but matchup-wise Joe has the advantage. That is leading me to believe this is going to be a low-scoring affair. JD has #3 Qb Dak @ NE, Ingram @ LAR, Adams @ San Fran. Waller and Ty Williams face the Jets who are beatable. Bills D/ST will be in a game with the lowest points total to open up a game in a couple of decades I would imagine. Joe gets #2 Qb Wilson @ Philly, who have been great against the run, terrible against the pass, but have been steady improving week over week. Joe is hoping to James Connor in a sexy ass matchup against Cincy. I estimate he’ll blow his load on Bo Scoroborougoh this week.

Tommy (4-7) vs. Chase (3-8)

Chase has half of his rostered players on bye this week. Tommy has some questionable matchups. This game is merely for Bottom Bowl seeding, but even that matters. If you start out in the Top 2 games of the bottom bowl, you have a slightly higher chance of getting more balls in the draft lottery for next season.

D3:

Trey (6-5) vs. Kenny (7-4)

Kenny has his Kicker, Rb, and Qb on a bye week and will most likely be spending some FAAB money this week despite him having three defenses. Trey will have Hunter Henry on bye but has Jacob “Short military-style special teams white-guy grinder” Hollister balling out to plug in. Kenny gets #20 Fantasy WR Jarvis Landry vs. Miami. Trey has lost Marlon Mack for a few weeks. This one is tough to write about as both teams will be looking a lot different come Sunday’s 12pm kick off.

Mike (6-5) vs. Scotty (8-3)

Top Wideouts meet Top Running Backs in this Division 3 Bout. Mike has #5 Qb Watson vs. Indy on TNF, Mixon vs. Pits Defense, White vs. Dallas, #1 Fantasy Wr. Mike Thomas vs. Carolina, #5 Fantasy Wr. DJ Chark @ Tennessee, #10 Fantasy Wr. Tyler Lockett. Scotty has Drew Brees vs. Carolina, #15 Fantasy Rb Kamara vs. Carolina, #3 Rb Aaron Jones @ SF on SNF, and #11 Fantasy Rb Leonard Fournette.   Who wins this week? #TeamWR or #TeamRB?!?!?

 

Apocalypse Scenario:

Jen (1-10) beats Brad (7-4)

Trey (6-5) beats Kenny (7-4)

Mike (6-5) beats Scotty (8-3)

Joe (6-5) beats JD (8-3)

Moose (8-3) beats Katon (2-9)

Causing there to be one 9-3 team, two 8-4 teams, and five 7-5 teams all vying for the 6 playoff spots.

#MADNESS

Good Luck This Week

-Commish

Week 10 Recap & Week 11 Preview

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Week 10 Recap:

JD (7-3) 100.1 vs. Scotty (7-3) 90.2

Scotty came in minus Leonard Fournette and Courtland Sutton and it showed. He did get 27.3 from Aaron Jones who ties Christian McCaffrey with 14 touchdowns on the season now. Scotty’s week was summarized by starting two Saints (Brees and Kamara) in a stinker of a game against the Falcons and two Browns (D/ST and Austin Seibert) who won in a low scoring affair against Buffalo. JD did just enough, squeaking by with his lucky ass. #4 Qb Dak Prescott led his team with 28.8 points in a losing effort against Minnesota on SNF. Davante Adams had his best game back since returning from turf toe with a solid 17.6. The Leader of D2 conquers the Leader of D3 the week before divisional games. As I predicted… Scotty is square with the fantasy Gods and must pull out victories himself now…

Joe (6-4) 87.3 vs. Katon (2-8) 91.7

Joe entered Monday Night Football with a paltry 46.3 points, but he had Russell Wilson, 49ers D/ST and Josh Gordon remaining. Joe almost pulled it off with 49ers D/ST getting 21, Wilson getting 16.5 and Gordon getting 3.5. Fell just short. Katon snaps his losing streak and wins his second game of the season! He was led by Melvin Gordon’s 22.7. Nobody else was significant with all remaining starters scoring 12.3 or less. Something to note is that both teams lost their Falcons players to injury in this one. Joe lost Austin Hooper and Katon lost Devonta Freeman. Timelines are a bit muddy this early in the week, so we’ll have to monitor for the divisional games. Great game!

Tommy (3-7) 114.7 vs. Trey (6-4) 80.1

A losing streak and a winning streak collided head on like two freight trains and both streaks were ended. This was in large part to Derrick Henry’s 36.9-point explosion for Tommy. Trey got a respectable 17.3 from Josh Jacobs, but the rest of his team disappointed. All 8 remaining starters scored 10.6 or less including 7/9 scoring in single digits.

Kenny (7-3) 112 vs. Jen (1-9) 88.4

Jen picked up Daniel Jones and started him and got an impressive 33.2 from the rookie, but her injuries have just been devastating. David Johnson finished with -0.6 points, and 6/9 players scored 7 points or less. Kenny lost Emmanuel Sanders to a rib injury, but his $17 purchase of Baltimore D/ST came in handy as they put up a monster 25 against Cincy who started a rookie Qb over Andy Dalton this week.

Moose (7-3) 142.9 vs. Mike (5-5) 100.3

Moose’s Lamar Jackson and Amari Cooper combo combined for 61.4 and his peripherals combined for 40.3, meaning he didn’t need Rb1, Rb2, Wr2, or Flex to win this matchup. Mike was just outmatched with bye weeks and then to top it off Tyler Lockett got injured and wind up hospitalized after the MNF victory over SF. Mike started the wrong flex picking Ted Ginn Jr. over Darius Slayton, but it winds up not mattering as Moose’s team was just too powerful.

Brad (6-4) 152.8 vs. Chase (3-7) 123.9

Chase started off strong in this matchup getting 2 touchdowns from Mark Andrews and 2 touchdowns from Golden Tate including a 61-yard touchdown to give him the big play bonus. Brad’s team kept grinding with Christian Kirk scoring his first three touchdowns of the season all this week against Tampa Bay. There was a slight chance of a Monday Night Miracle with Matt Breida left for Chase down 32, but Breida injured his ankle and didn’t get the carry share needed to support that type of monster outing. Brad got a combined 52.6 from Cook+CMC.

Week 11 Preview:

***Divisional Games***

We all saw the Browns defeat the Ravens earlier this season. The Falcons defeated the Saints this past weekend. The Seahawks defeated the previously undefeated Niners last night on MNF. Divisional Games are a different breed of competition. Those on the outside looking in can play spoiler and set themselves up nicely for next season. Also, there are 8 teams .500 or better. LFG:

D1:

Brad (6-4) vs. Katon (2-8)

Brad comes in scoring the second most points so far this season (19.8 points behind #1 Moose). Katon just ended a 6-game losing streak to pick up his first win since Week 3, his last divisional game. This game is headlined by 4 potential first round picks in next year’s fantasy draft. Brad with #1 Rb Christian McCaffrey and #2 Dalvin Cook and Katon with #7 Zeke and Melvin Gordon. Both teams also have options at Qb. Brad has Josh Allen vs. Miami or Jameis Winston vs. NO. Katon has Philip Rivers in a shootout on MNF against Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs or can roll with Matt Ryan vs. Carolina. At Wide Receiver the story is similar as well. Brad has #4 Chris Godwin who has scored single digits in 3 straight weeks. Katon has #12 Keenan Allen who scored in double digits for the first time in 7 weeks last week. Then WR #2 is a bit different. Brad has #19 Allen Robinson and Katon has #31 Robert Woods. At Flex position Brad is choosing between Will Fuller/Hollywood Brown/Christian Kirk and Katon looks all set with Larry Legend @ SF due to the injury to Devonta Freeman. Brad has Steeler’s D/ST vs. Cleveland and their weak offensive line. Katon has Bears D/ST for the Rams weak offensive line that just had two more injuries. Looks like Mack is gonna eat this week. ESPN has Brad predicted to win by 20, but I think this is going to be a close one. Any given Sunday…

Jen (1-9) vs. Moose (7-3)

Jen limps into Divisional Play barely being able to put a starting lineup together. Bye weeks and injuries have completely debilitated this team. Jen currently ranks last in Points Scored this season with 944.5, averaging 94.5 per game. Moose currently ranks first in Points Scored this season with 1313.2, averaging 131.3 per game. Jen hopes to get Derrius Guice, Terry McLaurin, and George Kittle back this week for some much-needed reinforcements. Moose has no byes and no health issues for this week. #2 Fantasy Qb Lamar Jackson squares off against Deshaun Watson on Sunday, in what should be a fun game to watch between two of the young superstars at Qb. Moose can’t be too excited about Kareem Hunt coming back and taking work away from Chubb, but #6 Fantasy Rb Chubb is still the clear #1 back for Cleveland. #5 Fantasy Rb Austin Ekeler faces KC on MNF. Amari Cooper gets a date with Slay and Detroit. ESPN opens Moose to win by 39 points. But Jen has a couple of positions to lock down prior to the first kickoff of the week. Moose is the obvious favorite, but any given Sunday…

D2:

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

Tommy breaks his losing streak the game before heading into divisional play. Reminder that Tommy beat Joe in Week 1 151.4 to 117.6. Now Derrick Henry had a 30-point game in that one and this go-around Tommy will be without his Titans. Henry, AJ Brown, and Corey Davis all have byes this week. He’s not out of this one though as Edelman faces Philly’s pass funnel defense and his two Jets players square off against Washington’s inept franchise. Joe is hoping to have James Connor back for TNF against the Browns. He’ll be without #1 Fantasy Qb Russell Wilson and Josh Gordon due to bye week. Joe gets to watch MNF yet again with a chance to win the game as he’ll have Tyreek Hill playing on MNF against the Chargers. Will Tommy win his second in a row? Will Joe need another Monday Night Miracle? Find out this week!

JD (7-3) vs. Chase (3-7)

JD has scored 45.8 more points than Chase this season. That’s all that separates a 7-3 team and a 3-7 team. That and the fact that JD has had 921.9 points against compared to Chase’s 1105.2 points against. That’s an average of 18.3 points per game. That’s like Chase having to face an additional Nick Chubb every week (averages 18.1). Fantasy is a cruel bitch that will chew you up and spit you out. But now Chase gets to play spoiler. He picked up Brian Hill prior to kickoff this week after the news of Ito Smith going to IR paving the way for Brian Hill to be the primary backup. Then, in true Chase fashion, Devonta Freeman injuries his foot. Chase gains an instant starter out of Hill who will face a Carolina Defense that gave up 4 rushing touchdowns to Tevin Coleman in Week 8 and 3 rushing touchdowns to Aaron Jones in Week 10. Chase will have several decisions to make at Rb1, Rb2, and Flex this week. JD’s decisions will be limited due to Davante Adams and DK Metcalf having a bye. JD does have Darren Waller and Tyrell Williams going up against Cincy’s defense or lack thereof. The drama will unfold and climax on MNF when JD’s Damien Williams and Chase’s Patrick Mahomes will star in a division game of their own against the LA Chargers. Should be another great game!

D3: ***Games of the Week/Season, Etc.***

Mike (5-5) vs. Kenny (7-3)

Mike has every one of his starters playing in away games except for his kicker, Matt Gay, who plays New Orleans at home. #3 Fantasy Qb Deshaun Watson @ BAL in a potential shootout, #30 Fantasy Rb Joe Mixon @ Oakland. Speaking of #30, that’s how many carries Mixon had last week to go with 2 catches. (insert eyes looking to the left emoji). #33 Rb James White is @ Philly in a SB Revenge game. #1 Fantasy WR Mike Thomas is @ Tampa Bay who was just torched by Christian Kirk. Thomas is on pace to beat Marvin Harrison’s 143 catch reception record this season and now he gets a favorable matchup against a secondary that just cut a starting cornerback. #9 DJ Chark is @ Indianapolis, but we’ll have to monitor how he transitions from Minshew throwing his way a lot to Foles who seemed to favor Dede Westbrook. Will be interesting to see if Chark’s production falls with the switch. With Lockett banged up and on a bye, Chase Edmunds banged up and on a bye, Brandin Cooks banged up and Darius Slayton on a bye, it looks like Mike will turn to Ted Ginn Jr. Shit against Tampa Bay you should start as many pass catching options as you can. Ginn hasn’t done shit, but his lone touchdown this year came in Week 5 against… Tampa Bay. K-Dub is without #1 Overall pick Saquon Barkley this week, but he gets back #12 Philip Lindsay and #16 Jordan Howard who were out on byes last week. Lindsay gets Minnesota who shut down Zeke on SNF and Howard gets New England, fresh off a bye and ready for blood after losing to Baltimore before the break. Golladay faces Dallas, but the thing to monitor with him is whether or not Stafford suits up. Right now, Kenny has Emmanuel Sanders in the starting lineup vs. Arizona, but we’ll have to see if he can suit up after sustaining a rib injury and exiting early on MNF against the Seahawks. He has Zach Ertz also against New England, Jarvis Landry against Pittsburgh, and Rams D/ST against Chicago. Goff and Trubisky have been playing so bad and their offensive lines have been so bad I wouldn’t be surprised if this game’s final is 9 to 8 with a safety in play somewhere. This game could come down to MNF with Kenny having #1 Kicker Harrison Butker @ LA Chargers. If Sanders can’t go, Kenny may have to turn to Kenyan Drake who had a solid game against San Fran a couple of weeks ago on TNF. Coin Flip.

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

Will Trey get the coveted 7th win? Or will Scotty move to 8-3, clinching a playoff spot and furthering his chance for the D3 Crown. Both teams are without major weapons in their arsenal. Trey is without #7 Qb Aaron Rodgers and Scotty is without #3 Rb Aaron Jones.  Trey will turn his attention to the RAAAAAIIIIIIDDDDDEEEEERRRRSSSSS with Derek Carr and #9 Josh Jacobs scheduled to play an 0-9 Bengals team that’s starting a rookie. Trey will also feature #13 Marlon Mack against Jacksonville. Trey will also have #11 Wr DeAndre Hopkins at Baltimore who all of a sudden has a solid secondary with the addition of Marcus Peters, getting Jimmy Smith back healthy and having Marlon Humphreys and etc. #2 Mike Evans squares off against the Saints who may be without Marshon Lattimore. We’ll have to monitor that closely. Evans was blanked in Week 5 against Lattimore being held to 0 catches. Trey also gets a solid Flex play in Devin Singletary @ Miami. He’s hoping #8 TE Hunter Henry can bring it home for him on MNF against KC. Scotty is hoping for a bounce back game from Drew Brees and #19 Rb Alvin Kamara. They should bounce back as Tampa Bay has been absolutely destroyed by the passing game. They commit to stopping the run and let teams pass all over them. It’s a pass funnel and it’s crazy. #24 Rb Tevin Coleman faces Arizona. Coleman faced them two weeks ago and didn’t do shit. #10 Wr Stefon Diggs gets Chris Harris this week as Denver visits the Vikings in Minnesota. #15 Courtland Sutton is in that same game against a Vikings team that almost gave up 3-100-yard pass catchers last week. (Cooper-147, Cobb- 106, and Gallup-76). Scotty will roll with #10 Rb Leonard Fournette in the flex @ Indy. Last season in his lone game against Indy he went for 24-53-1 rushing and 5/5 56-1 receiving. Not a good sign for Trey. Scotty has #1 Patriots D/ST @ Philly. Both teams coming off a bye, so we’ll see what they have in store. Trey will have Ka’imi Fairbairn @ BAL and Scotty will have Matt Prater vs. DAL. ESPN has this one as slightly favored to Trey, but man how close is close.

 

Divisional Games are getting started right with just some incredible matchups. I don’t need to reiterate the importance of these weeks when it comes to playoff implications, but man oh man we are in for a doozy.

Good Luck, Everybody!

-Commish B-Razzle Dazzle

Week 9 Recap & Week 10 Preview

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Week 9 Recap:

What a week! After Week 9 we have 8 teams at 5-4 or better. 4 of those teams are in Division #3: Kenny and the Rest, who will subsequently beat the shit out of each other over the final 3 games of the season. Looking like it’ll be one of those years that 7-6 won’t be good enough for some team(s) to make the playoffs.

Kenny (6-3) 120.2 vs. Moose (6-3) 117.7

It was the game of the week and it WAS the game of the week. Kenny squeaks by Moose by 2.5 points. Kenny was led by Kenny Golladay’s 25.8, Kirk Cousins 21.3, and Harrison Butker’s 18! Moose got a monster 28.5 from Lamar Jackson who led his Ravens team to victory over the vaunted Pat’s Defense. Montgomery got 20.8, and Amari Cooper got a 40+ yard touchdown and finished with 15.6. Kenny won this game like he’s won many games this season. Superior peripherals with his TE, D, K combing for 31.3 while Moose’s combined for 21. Kenny also left a lot of firepower on his bench and got 0 from Adam Thielen, but still found a way. Moose could have pulled out a victory had he started Marvin Jones or DJ Moore over Odell. Can’t beat yourself up, must start the best player/matchup and hope for the best. Great game.

Brad (5-4) 118.8 vs. JD (6-3) 95.9

Brad’s bitch fest last week coupled with his reverse jinx during the write up landed with him getting the victory over JD. CMC’s 40.3 was the big difference maker. JD got 24.6 from Damien Williams mainly due to a 90+ yard touchdown that accounted for a 20-point play. Brad picked the right defense and got 21 from Steeler’s D/ST thanks in large part to a pick six of Brian Hoyer who entered the game for Brissett once he got injured. Brad and JD both had 5 players score in single digits.

Mike (5-4) 121 vs. Tommy (2-7) 102.7

Tommy put up a fight but was outdone by a monster 35.4 point outing from Tyler Lockett. Mike also got 21.2 from Preston Williams who then tore his ACL and is now out for the season. He gave you all he had Mike. Watson was solid and steady with 19.7. Tommy got 23.1 from Derrick Henry and 20 from Hou D/ST but couldn’t do enough as his losing streak extends to 5 games. Tommy was 2-2… and now after 9 weeks is looking at a Bottom Bowl ticket. He can still play spoiler to those in his division over the last 3 weeks of the season. (Total of 4 weeks remaining).

Scotty (7-2) 70 vs. Chase (3-6) 60.4

Scotty lost Week 5 despite scoring 155.2 points, but here in Week 9 gets the victory while scoring 70. I think this is the Fantasy God’s way of saying, “We’re even Bitch!”. Scotty will be on his own from here on out. Just a disgusting game. Both teams combined for 130.4, which Trey surpassed by himself this week. Some take-aways for both teams. Sutton got 14.3 with Brandon Allen at Qb. Good Sign for Scotty moving forward. And for Chase. Julio’s bye week is over. So that’s a positive. The real story of this matchup wasn’t this matchup. It was Chase having a shot at winning $700 from his Pick Em League. He just needed the under, with the O/U being set at 49.5. It started out low scoring and the Giants were in control early, up 12-3 until… it happened. A black cat ran on the field. It ran around for a few minutes and as mysteriously as it appeared, it disappeared. The Cowboys went on to get 10 unanswered points and went into half time up 13-12. 25 points at half time. When the O/U set at 49.5. Then in the waning seconds of the game, Daniel Jones fumbles the ball and Dallas defense scoops it up and runs the fumble all the way back for a touchdown. An absolute nightmare. Sports. The stakes. The cat. The heartbreak. Bad beat for sure.

Katon (1-8) 90.5 vs. Trey (6-3) 139.6

Trey has been on FIRE! Trey has scored 149.2-142.6-139.6 his last 3 weeks.   Big Thanks to Josh Jacobs and Mike Evans. Jacobs got 27 this week and Evans got 31.8. Katon did get Melvin Gordon’s 24.1, but 5 of his starters scored 6 or below.

Joe (6-3) 126.9 vs. Jen (1-8) 72.5

Joe traded away CMC, but he got Russell Wilson and Tyreek Hill in that deal, who combined for 68. When Jen traded Tyreek Hill to Brad for Carson, she didn’t think she’d be facing him in Week 9 against Joe, but here we are. Jen got 15.1 from Chris Carson, which isn’t bad considering he played Tampa who’s been extremely good against the run this year. But Frank Gore disappointed with a mere 1.5 points. In addition to her losing the matchup, it looks like Gardner Minshew will be a backup to Nick Foles, Mark Walton was suspended 4 games, and Jacoby Brissett sprained his MCL. George Kittle also banged up his knee on TNF but was able to finish the game and played well. Jen’s horrific luck streak continues this season. Just Brutal.

Week 10 Preview:

Last Week before Divisional Matchups!

***Game of the Week***

JD (6-3) vs. Scotty (7-2)

First place team in Division 2 squaring off against First place team in Division 3. Scotty may be 7-2, but he has the hardest remaining schedule in the league having to face JD (6-3), Trey (6-3), Mike (5-4) and Kenny (6-3). JD catches Scotty in a good and bad week. It’s a good week because Brady, Fournette and Courtland Sutton have a bye. It’s a bad week because Brees and Kamara play Atlanta. Yikes. JD has Dak Prescott on SNF against NFC North contender Minnesota Vikings. He has Mark Ingram against Cincy’s 32nd ranked fantasy run defense and now they are starting a backup Qb over Andy Dalton. JD got Davante Adams back last week, but he disappointed as DK Metcalf went off on his bench. This is going to be a great game and could have playoff seeding consequences.

Moose (6-3) vs. Mike (5-4)

Although this one looks close on paper (record-wise) Mike’s team lacks depth and in week’s like this that matters. Mike will be without #2 Qb Deshaun Watson, #30 Rb James White, #8 Wr DJ Chark Jr. He’ll be searching the waiver wire for a starting Qb while on the flip side Moose has Fantasy Qb #3 Lamar Jackson. He’s only #3 because he’s had his bye already. He faces a depleted Cincy defense. Lamar Might get 25 in the first half and then rest in the second half. Moose has a favorable match with David Montgomery vs. Detroit who he’ll hope will be without Snacks Harrison for a third game in a row. Jet’s D/ST face the NY Giants in what could be the most disgusting game of the year. I will say, at least the Giants have looked somewhat competitive. The Jets looked very outmatched by… the Dolphins. Moose is heavy favorite in this one despite Mike having Mike Thomas vs. Atlanta.

Tommy (2-7) vs. Trey (6-3)

The biggest losing streak meets the biggest winning streak in Week 10. Tommy has dropped 5 straight averaging 95.1 points per game in that stretch. Trey has won 3 in a row averaging 143.8 in that stretch. In addition to this wide gap, Tommy has Wentz, Edelman, Texans D/ST, Kenny Stills, and Dallas Goedert on bye this week. Trey has Marlon Mack against Miami and that should more than make up for him being without DeAndre Hopkins this week. Mike Evans may get covered by Patrick Peterson this week, but he’s been red hot. Any given Sunday, but this looks like a shoe in for Trey to extend his winning streak for Tommy to continue his losing streak. These teams are going Streaking! Down the Quad, to the gymnasium! The only question is… is KFC still open?

Brad (5-4) vs. Chase (3-6)

Super Bowl 5 Rematch. Battle of Two-Timers. Computer Department vs. Home Theater Department. Last one was a stretch… but you get it. These two have history. Chase has won 3 in a row against Brad over the past few seasons. Chase will be without Sony Michel and Royce Freeman at running back due to bye weeks. Chase should get Patrick Mahomes back this week, a few weeks removed from his dislocated knee cap.   He’s squaring off against the Titans Defense. He also has Latavius Murray with a juicy-ass matchup against Atlanta. Kamara will most likely be back, but Murray has earned more touches after racking up 48 carries, 221 yards rushing, 3 rushing touchdowns, 14 receptions, 86 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in the 2 games Kamara missed prior to the bye week. Atlanta is hot garbage. Speaking of Atlanta, Chase also has Julio Jones who’ll be matched up against Marshon Lattimore. Julio’s last few matchups against the Saints have gone as follows: 5-96-0, 11-147-0, 5-98-0, 7-149-0, 7-96-1, 1-16-0. Pretty solid. Atlanta always plays the Saints tough and they are also coming off of their bye week. Chase has Brown’s D/ST against Brad’s Josh Allen and Buffalo. Winston has scored more than Allen two weeks in a row and seems to have a better matchup this week, but Allen has been extremely consistent for Brad, scoring at least 15.8 in every game except for New England. Chase will also have Matt Breida. Brad drafted Matt Breida and then traded him away in the 3-way trade for Allen Robinson. Moose subsequently traded Breida to Chase in the Odell-package deal. Breida plays divisional rival Seahawks on MNF. Brad has Christian McCaffrey going up against the Packers Defense, which according to Twitter, will be his first bottom half rush defense he has faced all season. He is averaging 30.3 points per game, 7.5 points more than the #2 Running back in fantasy, Dalvin Cook, who averages 22.8 points per game, also owned by Brad in a tough NFC matchup @ Dallas on SNF. Should be a good game.

Jen (1-8) vs. Kenny (6-3)

Jen will have Alshon Jeffrey, Terry McLaurin, Philip Dorsett, Derris Guice on bye. Brissett, David Johnson, and Kittle are all Questionable to play with ailments. Mark Walton got suspended for four weeks and Titans D/ST plays Mahomes’ Cheifs. It’s no cake walk for Kenny; however, as #12 Fantasy Rb Phillip Lindsay is on bye this week along with Zach Ertz, #15 Rb Jordan Howard, and Eagles D/ST. Kenny also has Adam Thielen questionable after he aggravated the hamstring injury. This should set up both teams to start some sleepers in their lineups to make this a fun game to watch. Jen with Jaylen Samuels and Auden Tate (with a new Qb), and Kenny with Kenyan Drake and Emmanuel Sanders, two players that switched teams midseason and are doing well for their new ballclubs. Will be interesting to see if DJ plays for Jen and if so, how they split the Drake-DJ snaps. It could potentially decide this matchup…

Joe (6-3) vs. Katon (1-8)

Joe will be without Duke Johnson(bye), Dede Westbrook(injured and bye), DeSean Jackson (bye and IR), Mohammad Sanu (bye), and potentially James Conner (Questionable- AC- Joint). Katon still has Rob Gronkowski rostered. His LAC trio of Rivers-Gordon-Allen faces Oakland on TNF. Should be a good game. Oakland has been torched in the passing game as of late. Should be a close game. If Conner cant go for Joe… he’ll have to start a running back off the waiver wire. Yikes. Don’t be fooled by Jen’s and Katon’s 1-8 records…

Good Luck Everybody!

Week 8 Recap & Week 9 Preview

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Week 8 Recap:

Scotty (6-2) 172.6 vs. Brad (4-4) 129.9

Well I scored third most points and lost this week. Scotty had Aaron Jones, Tevin Coleman, and NE D/ST combine for 104 that led to his highest scoring game of the season with 172.6. Newly acquired #1 Rb Christian McCaffrey scored 28.1 and #2 Rb Dalvin Cook scored 25.1 to combine for 53.2 for Brad. Chris Godwin scored his second lowest score of the season, Allen Robinson scored his second lowest score of the season, and Brad still managed a 129.9, which is motivating, but also debilitating. I’ve been debating what’s worse, having a shitty team with shitty luck or having a good team with shitty luck. Last year I was marginally depressed around this time with the shitty team with shitty luck, so I think the good team with shitty luck is better? Maybe? When scoring 130+ Brad is 4-0. When scoring 129.9 or less he is 0-4. Just need to score 130+ more, am I right?!? (Sobs uncontrollably into his mocha while typing this).

Chase (3-5) 123.1 vs. Moose (6-2) 99.5

Revenge is best served like a run-down whore. In the bathroom of a Chili’s To Go with a paper bag over her head. That about sums up Chase’s team victory over Moose this week. Chase picked up Ryan Tannehill off them streets and started him for 19.3, Latavius Murray had his second huge game in a row with 34.3, 57-year-old Matt Schaub was able to throw for 400+ yards and Julio got 22.2. Chase gets revenge on Moose in the Super Bowl 10 Rematch. Moose was without Lamar Jackson and Amari Cooper this week. He did get a monster 25.3 from David Montgomery, which has to make Moose feel good about sticking with the rookie and buying his time. Moose had 4 players in single digits and Kyler stunk it up for the second week in a row. Brad scored more than both teams and lost.

Katon (1-7) 61.1 vs. Mike (4-4) 120.7

Mike doubles up Katon (pretty much) and wins his second in a row. Mike got 27.6 from Deshaun Watson who had an incredible touchdown throw after getting kicked in his eye, spinning around, and throwing a strike to his tight end. Mike got his weekly 9.5 from James White. (White has scored 10.2, 10.1, 9, 9.6, 8.1, 8.7, 9.5) this season for an average 9.3 points. You need 15? He’ll get you 9.5. You need 5? He’ll get you 9.5. Mike got 23.7 from #1 Fantasy Wr. Mike Thomas, 16.3 from #6 Wideout DJ Chark, and 15.4 from #11 Tyler Lockett. These three combined for 55.4, almost enough to beat Katon by themselves. Katon’s three wideouts combined for *checks numbers a third time* 7.7 points. Truly horrific performance. Katon has Rivers and Melvin Gordon and the Chargers just fired Whisenhunt their OC, so maybe they get better? Maybe? Brad scored more than both teams and lost.

JD (6-2) 98.9 vs. Jen (1-7) 83.9

JD gets the win scoring 98.9 and sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. I’m at a loss for words while writing this one. JD missing Mark Ingram, Dak Prescott, and Davante Adams. It’s… um. It’s something. Jen had a touchdown called back for George Kittle, his third this year. JD started Chase at Quarterback and scored 16. JuJu had his best game of the season with 21.3 and helped propel JD to victory. Brad scored more than both teams and lost.

Kenny (5-3) 118.2 vs. Tommy (2-6) 82.1

Kenny got 23.5 from Saquon Barkley who had an incredible run where he broke tackles, stiff armed someone like a bitch and got a solid gain. 27.7 from Kenny Golladay and 17.5 from the real Eagles Rb Jordan Howard who is now 17th best running back in fantasy football. One second. (Brad pukes into a trashcan violently, wipes his mouth, and continues…). Tommy can’t catch a break here. Gurley only gets 10.4 against 32nd ranked Cincy. Le’Veon and Henry combine for 11.4. Edelman was lone bright spot with 22.7. Tommy is in trouble. Brad scored more than both teams and lost.

Joe (5-3) 127.2 vs. Trey (5-3) 142.6

Joe fared well post-CMC, putting up a respectable 127.2. Joe and Brad may have made a blockbuster, but our players had nothing to do with the players that went off against us. Trey got 30.1 from Aaron Rodgers, 39.2 from Mike Evans, and 18.3 from DeAndre Hopkins. Rest of his team was alright. Brad scored more than Joe and lost.

Week 9 Preview:

Brad (4-4) vs. JD (6-2)

Brad has scored 1021.8 points this season to JD’s 830, and here we are. Brad 4-4 and JD 6-2. Brad is averaging 127.7 per game to JD’s 103.8, and here we are. Brad 4-4 and JD 6-2. Honestly there’s no point in looking at this matchup. JD will most likely score his highest game of the season, I’ll have a down week. Brad will move to 4-5 and JD will be 7-2. I think this is an important reminder to everyone that most of this shit is out of our control and doesn’t matter. And honestly JD SHOULD have some good luck on his side. As you may recall, his first season he was rushed into the 12th spot last minute and had 0 time to prep and had a rough year. He was publicly castrated due to attempted trade with Jen a couple years ago. And Louisiana has made Texas their little bitch in football this year. LSU beat Texas, Saints beat Dallas and Houston. You know what JD. Celebrate your victories where you scored 114.5, 70.9, 114.7, 98.9! You are due for some luck! You enjoy this season and don’t apologize to anyone. Fantasy Football is a game of strategy, skill, and above all things… LUCK. And this season, the Fantasy God’s have smiled on you JD. You are their chosen one.

Mike (4-4) vs. Tommy (2-6)

Mike is averaging 104.5 points per game and will be without #1 Wr Mike Thomas, Joe Mixon, and Brandin Cooks. Tommy will be without Todd Gurley, Saints D/ST, and Wil Lutz. Tommy has Le’Veon vs. Miami, Edelman vs. Baltimore on SNF and Epstein did not kill himself.

Joe (5-3) vs. Jen (1-7)

Joe’s team is like looking into the sun. You can do it for a few seconds, but you’ll be seeing dark spots for a couple minutes afterwards. Let me try to dissect this. Wilson faces TB’s Pass Funnel Defense. That’s good. Conner has sprained AC Joint. That’s bad (but not terrible). Ty Johnson out snapped Tra Carson despite Carson getting the start. Important note as he’ll be facing Oakland. Tyreek Hill faces Minnesota, Dede Westbrook faces Houston. 49ers D/ST play @ Arizona on TNF. He doesn’t have a kicker, Cooper Kupp, Austin Hooper, and Greg Zuerlein all have byes. Josh Gordon and Kerryon Johnson are on IR. DeSean Jackson has back to Questionable for a few days before he’s moved to Out again, which is probably when Joe is going to pick up a kicker.   Stafford faces Oakland and for some reason Joe has Danny Dimes on his roster still. Jen is starting the Mustache when Movember starts on November 1st. Excellent. Carson faces a tough TB Run Defense. Frank Gore plays Washington, Kittle plays Arizona on TNF. (Arizona is 32nd against Fantasy Tight Ends so far this season.) Should be a good game!

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

Scotty comes in hot after his 170+ point explosion against Brad’s sorry ass. In comes Chase riding high off his revenge victory over Moose last week. Chase will be missing Julio Jones and Latavius Murray to byes this week. He’ll hope to have Patrick Mahomes back, but he’s listed as Doubtful to start the week. Chase is starting 3 Top 30 Rb’s. Pretty impressive. Scotty is starting #6 Rb, #3 Rb, and #23 Rb with Alvin Kamara on a MFing bye week. We’ll have to see how Courtland Sutton responds to a new Quarterback this week as Joe Flacco’s “injured” after mouthing off about the coaching during the post-game press conference. ESPN says Scotty has a 63% chance to win without a kicker in his lineup, so not sure if Chase can hang.

Katon (1-7) vs. Trey (5-3)

Katon is averaging 69 points per game the last two weeks and Trey is averaging 145.9. Trey is averaging more than what Katon has scored in the past two weeks combined. If Katon has a good week and Trey has a bad week then maybe this matchup will be worth talking about? But right now, it’s not.

***Diversity and Inclusion Matchup***

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

The ACTUAL game of the week combining Kenny’s Luck with some tough matchups for Moose. The big story of this matchup will be the primetime games of Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football. Moose has Lamar Jackson against New England’s vaunted defense on SNF. Kenny has Saquon Barkley vs. Dallas on MNF and Moose has Amari Cooper vs. Giants.  This matchup may come down to which players on Kenny’s teams get the ball this week. He has Lindsay in a time share with Royce Freeman. He has Golladay who alternates doing well with Marvin Jones, and he has Jordan Howard who relinquishes third downs to Miles Sanders.  Should be a great game between two potential playoff contenders.

Thanks, and Good Luck This Week!

Week 7 Recap & Week 8 Preview

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Week 7 Recap:

Moose (6-1) 123.3 vs. JD (5-2) 97.9

“Marvin is due,” I texted Moose earlier this week in a group text. I was so sure Marvin was due that I bet $10 on DFS and started him. (I won $18, +$8 net). Amari Cooper played and played well for Moose, getting 15.6. Lamar Jackson had his best game of the season with 26.2. Maybe not his best fantasy game, but if you watched that game, he was incredible. Ekeler came up big with 24.3. JD got 30.4 from Darren Waller who Moose traded to him earlier this year in the Breida-Waller-A-Rob trade. I still think everyone is winning that trade still. Brad has a Top 25 Wideout, JD has a Top Tight End, and Moose was able to package Breida to get Odell. JD got an amazing 56.4/97.9 points from his peripherals. Accounting for 57.6% of his points for the week, which is just absurd. Usually if that happens it’s a winning week, but JD had 5 players score below 6 points and couldn’t hang with Moose. Moose is back at #1.

Brad (4-3) 97.3 vs. Mike (3-4) 103.9

Brad couldn’t survive Conner and Godwin’s Bye AND himself this week. Let me tell you all a story. Week before last I picked up Chiefs D/ST to start them @ Denver, since Denver sucks. So I put them in the lineup on Tuesday morning thinking I’m good to go. Then I start looking at defenses and think the Colts look good, so I drop the Chiefs and put in the Colts D/ST against HOU on Wednesday. Then a website I like to follow for fantasy sports comes out with their D/ST rankings for the week. They have Chiefs D/ST ranked 13th, Colts D/ST ranked 22nd and Free Agent Seahawks ranked 12th. Rainy weather, Lamar Jackson was getting sacked a couple times per game and throwing picks and Mark Ingram has always had fumble issues. Made sense. So had I gone with my first instinct, I would have won the game. If I had gone with my second instinct, I would have won the game. But because I changed my mind twice I lose. In Week 3 when I lost, I could have started a different Qb and Rb in the flex and beat Moose. In Week 4 I bench Godwin who was “injured” against a “formidable” slot corner and I lose. I look around the league seeing Kenny get a win while scoring 75.8, Trey getting a win in Week 5 scoring 99.2, JD getting a win scoring 70.9 in Week 4, Chase getting a win in Week 7 scoring 89.5. Joe getting a win in Week 7 scoring 85.4 And yet here I am. With Top 5 Qb, Rb, Wr, TE, with other Top 20 Rb, Wr and I have to start the perfect fucking lineup in order to win games. I have won games I should win and lost games I should lose. 0 Luck in equation. Literally have to make the right fucking decision in order to win. Am I happy I have matched my wins from last year?   Sure. It could be much much worse… but just a fucking inch of breathing room would be fucking great! Mixon got a TD, Jags D/ST got a pick 6 late, Will Fuller pulled a hammy, and Mike’s shitty ass team hands my team its 3rd loss of the fucking season. Should be 6 and fucking 1… Don’t @ Me.

Chase (2-5) 89.5 vs. Katon (1-6) 79.8

Both Chase and Katon lost their Qb’s to injury this week. Chase losing Mahomes on TNF after he threw a touchdown and Katon losing Matt Ryan after scoring a paltry 2.4 points. Honestly the ankle injury probably helped his final fantasy output because the Rams were dominant. He also lost Devonta Freeman to an ejection for throwing a punch at Aaron Donald after Donald lifted him up like he was doing a bicep curl. Delanie Walker exited due to an injury and Melvin Gordon was stuffed at the Goalline and cost the Chargers the game. Solid 26.1 from Zeke and 15 from Brett Maher for Katon. Chase’s team didn’t crack 90, but he did get a huge 32 points from Latavius Murray, which was the difference in this one. He had 6 players score 7.2 or less this week, but the fantasy God’s came him a break after losing Mahomes on TNF for most likely a few weeks.

Tommy (2-5) 101.6 vs. Scotty (5-2) 118.4

Two teams going in opposite directions as Tommy continues his losing streak and Scotty keeps his winning streak alive. Scotty was once again led by Patriots D/ST who scored 25. The Pats D/ST would be currently ranked Qb6, Rb4, Wr3, or TE1. It’s a cheat code and Scotty’s been riding that Game Genie to a solid 5-2 record. Scotty got 20 from Stefon Diggs and 18.3 from Fournette who had that juicy matchup against Cincy and didn’t disappoint. Brighter days are ahead for Tommy’s team, but this wasn’t one of them.

Joe (5-2) 85.4 vs. Kenny (4-3) 84.1

Kenny has scored 103 or less in 6 out of 7 games this season. He is 4-2 in those games, so despite the close score he can’t really complain about losing. He’s had his fair share of luck. He definitely could complain about scoring 127.6 and losing in Week 5, but this week an 84.1 is going to be a loss most weeks. Joe started the wrong Qb, starting Daniel Jones who got 10.3 while Stafford went off for 31.4 on his bench. He didn’t have to be perfect. Kenny got 24.9 from Goff but had 6 players scoring in single digits. If he had started Cousins over Goff he would have won, since Cousins dropped 32.1 on his bench.

Jen (1-6) 72.1 vs. Trey (4-3) 149.2

Jen had 6 players score 5 or less. She was carried by Brissett’s 30.6. Cardinals pulled the David Johnson is “Active” but didn’t tell anyone that he would only be used in emergency. Jerks. Trey went off this week for his best game of the season with Aaron Rodgers getting 48.6, Hopkins getting 23.2, and Josh Jacobs getting 17.6. These three combined to beat Jen’s team 72.1 to 89.4. Not bad considering Trey had Mike Evans and Curtis Samuel on bye this week.

Week 8 Preview:

***Game of the Week***

Scotty (5-2) vs. Brad (4-3)

The two teams projected the most in week 8, square off in a big matchup. Brad has scored the 2nd most points in the league through 7 weeks (891.9) and Scotty has scored the 3rd most (867.8). Both teams are looking to be fully healthy and with no major bye weeks, as long as Alvin Kamara can come back for Scotty.  Both teams have great matchups too. This could easily be another 150-148 type game that Scotty has been apart of this season. Scotty features Qb #8 Tom Brady vs. Cleveland, Rb#7 Fournette vs. NYJ, Rb#5 Aaron Jones @ KC, #14 Rb Alvin Kamara vs. Arizona, #7 WR Stefon Diggs vs. Washington on TNF, #11 Courtland Sutton @ IND, #14 TE TJ Hockensen vs. NYG, #1 Pats D/ST vs. Cleveland, and Matt Bryant vs. Seattle at home. Brad has the butter spread this week, with players playing on TNF, 12pm Sunday, 3:05 Sunday, SNF, and MNF. Brad will feature Qb#3 Russell Wilson vs. Atlanta, RB#2 Dalvin Cook vs. Washington on TNF, #15 Rb James Conner vs. Miami on MNF, #1 Wr Chris Godwin @ TEN, Tyreek Hill vs. GB on SNF, #17 WR Allen Robinson vs. LAC. #5 TE Evan Engram @ Detroit, Steeelers D/ST vs. Miami on MNF, and Robbie Gould vs. Carolina. If Kamara sits again then Scotty will need to rely on Tevin Coleman to step up vs. Carolina. Should be a great game!

Joe (5-2) vs. Trey (4-3)

Joe loses Kerryon Johnson for the year, so his 1.3-point victory over Kenny came at a price. He’ll now rely on Duke Johnson as he doesn’t have another running back on his roster besides #1 Rb CMC and Duke. Trey has #7 Qb Aaron Rodgers at KC on SNF, #12 Rb Josh Jacobs @ HOU, #16 Marlon Mack vs. DEN. #10 Fantasy Wideout DeAndre Hopkins, #21 Wr John Brown, vs. PHI, and #11 TE Hunter Henry @ Chicago. Joe right now is starting Jameis Winston, #4 Cooper Kupp vs. CIN, #1 TE Austin Hooper, and his two stud D/ST play each other. Should be a good game!

***Rivalry Game***

Katon (1-6) vs. Mike (3-4)

It certainly seems to be raining shit on Katon right now. In comes Mike Grote with #2 Fantasy Qb Deshaun Watson vs. an Oakland team that just made Aaron Rodgers look like a GOD. Then they traded one of their cornerbacks away after the game. Mike will have #2 Wr Mike Thomas vs. Patrick Peterson in the Dome, #5 WR DJ Chark vs. NYJ, and #12 WR Tyler Lockett @ Atlanta. Katon has Zeke on a bye, Melvin Gordon @ Chicago and do I need to go on?

***Rivalry Game***

Chase (2-5) vs. Moose (6-1)

Super Bowl 10 Rematch! Last year Chase was dominant, and Moose squeaked into the playoffs and ran the table. This year Moose is dominant, and Chase is barely surviving. Chase will be streaming Qb’s until he can get Patrick Mahomes in a few weeks. Moose will be without #1 Fantasy Qb Lamar Jackson and #3 Fantasy Wr Amari Cooper. Chase will be without Marquise Brown, Mark Andrews, and Michael Gallup, the latter two will be denied a revenge game against their former team. Moose will have 4-TD Marvin Jones Jr. vs. NYG, Odell Beckham Jr. @ NE, Travis Kelce vs. GB on MNF with Matt Moore throwing him the football. Chase will have Golden Tate @ DET, Julio Jones vs. SEA with Matt Ryan/Schaub? Throwing him the football. Sony Michel faces Cleveland, Vikings D/ST is against Washington on TNF.

JD (5-2) vs. Jen (1-6)

JD limps into this contest having lost 2 in a row after starting 5-0. JD is 8th in total PF with 731.1 and Jen is 10th with 699.7. JD has had the least amount of Points Against at 629 on the season, while Jen has had the most at 943.9. That’s right. JD has averaged 89.9 points against him, while Jen has averaged 134.8 a difference of 44.9 points per game. This is looking at one of the luckiest teams in the league vs. the unluckiest team in the league. JD has Dak and Mark Ingram on byes this week. Chris Thompson is banged up, Davante Adams is banged up, Damien Williams has been losing snap count % and Mahomes is now hurt. He does have #2 Fantasy TE Darren Waller @ HOU, JuJu in a confidence-boosting game against Miami. Jen has a solid lineup with Jacoby Brissett playing great (up to Qb#14), Chris Carson ranked #9 Fantasy Rb, David Johnson is a bit banged up, so it’s worth monitoring this week. He was active last week, but wasn’t really. She has Frank Gore vs. PHI, Calvin Ridley vs. Seattle and F1 Terry McLaurin @ MIN. Despite the records, Jen comes in heavily favored in this one. Jd will be competing with Chase and a couple other teams for QB streamers this week.

Kenny (4-3) vs. Tommy (2-5)

Tommy has lost 3 in a row and Kenny has been alternating wins and losses since Week 2. Kenny has the matchups this week. I think with Cousins vs Washington on TNF, Barkley @ Detroit, and Kenny Golladay vs. NYG, Kenny has the edge. Tommy has Wentz and Goedert @ Buffalo, Le’Veon @ JAX, Derrick Henry vs. TB (Who has been terrific against the run), and Todd Gurley vs. CIN (Who is the worst against the run). Big game from Gurley, but will it be enough? I predict a close, lower scoring game.

Good Luck Everybody!