Another week in the books and we're already down to 4 undefeated teams left. In all honesty, as it stands, there's no clear cut superior team this season. Injuries, underperformances, and overall talent disparity in the NFL are to contribute to what has already been in an insane start. Look at this week. Deangelo Williams, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Smith, Doug Baldwin, THESE are guys who scored big time points. Injuries (Romo, Lacy, Cutler, Hyde for a half), general shittiness from "top" players (C.J. Anderson, Jeremy Hill, Andrew Luck, Justin Forsett, Lamar Miller just to name a few), and unsung heroes (the aforementioned guys up to plus guys like Eric Decker, James Jones, Chris Ivory) all add up to one big proclamation...NOTHING MAKES SENSE. That seems to hold more true this year than years past. As you'll see in the results, there's a lot of weird things going on this season...and it might be more than just a fad in the upcoming weeks.
Kumamon Express (2-0) 116.60
Rocket Man (1-1) 106.96
First of all, I'd like to give kudos to Eugene and his squad. After Week 1, I knew this wouldn't be a walk in the park, and I didn't win as much I just SURVIVED. There were so many bailouts for me. Eugene not playing Dion Lewis (who would've EVER thought that line would be said in a NON JOKING MANNER), Julio TD taken back, James Jones TD reversed, and the Cards putting up over 40 points and none of it being John Brown or Chris Johnson. This had a chance to be a blowout for EUGENE. I lucked out beyond belief. Aaron Rodgers and Julio Jones are ALWAYS going to give Eugene a puncher's chance (they combined for 44.26 points), add a little Mark Ingram (1 TD and 11.3 total) and solid play all around (including a 92 yard, 1 TD DOUG BALDWIN PERFORMANCE..I MEAN REALLY?) and it was almost enough for Eugene to pull off the win. You know how I won? My team management was on the dot this week. I took C.J. Anderson and Jeremy Maclin out of my becuase of matchup concerns (and C.J. Anderson is a piece of crap) and surprisingly picked up DeAngelo Williams (I know he was only good for one more start, but still a workhorse cleared waivers when people needed RB help? Pretty crazy to me) and plugged him in. At first I was going to go Brandon Coleman (can't miss matchup according to all experts) at my WR3 but a gut decision changed it and I went Eric Decker. It worked out perfectly. DeAngelo scored 3 TD'S and Decker's 97 yard, 1 TD Performance helped me rally from nearly 11 down to take the win (Decker did suffer an injury in the 2nd half, but I had already pulled away safely). Bottom line is, I don't come close to winning without those moves because honestly the rest of my team played like shit. Romo got hurt in the 3rd quarter leaving me with only 7 points from my QB. Hopkins got shut down. Jordan Matthews' line is deceiving. I'll take the points, but he got ALL his yardage and his TD in the 4th quarter (most garbage). Olsen was OK, but not great and Forte is already losing out ENTIRE SERIES to Jeremy Langford (who scored a 1 yard TD..because why not..who needs Forte). The only ok play was Danny Woodhead who's 13.4 points was 4th best on my team. A hell of an effort from Eugene and it's so easy to have looked at this season as a lost cause with such a big disadvantage but Eugene's made the most of his team and his 1-1 record is nothing to sneeze at as he's been very competitive all season. He'll test the competitiveness against his brother next week, while the battle of the cousins happens for me as I take on Matt.
Game MVP
DeAngelo Williams (Kumamon Express)
77 Rushing Yards, 3 Rushing TD's, 4 receptions, 15 receiving yards, 29.2 Fantasy Points
Winter Is Over (2-0) 82.70
No Soup For You (0-2) 79.22
Surprising on both fronts. Alex has the 2nd least points in the league yet is 2-0. He's playing the right teams so far. Once again, I felt that Leland had a promising team, but this week it fell short of expectations big time. I got a text from Alex asking how I liked his receivers now and for this week, very much as Steve Smith and Anquan Boldin combined for 35 points and Brandon Marshall helped seal the win with 19.6 of his own. Still outside of Marshall, Steve Smith and Anquan Boldin are too inconsistent (especially with Flacco and Kaep at QB) to be counted on that much production on a week to week basis. They'll have their days, but they'll also have bad ones too. Drew Brees was very disappointing considering the matchups against the Bucs who gave up all those points to Marcus Mariotta last week. Brees seesm to also be dealing with an injury so that combined with Eddie Lacy's ankle injury he suffered Sunday Night are big blows to Alex. Jimmy Graham had a head scratcher of a game with only 1 catch. Seems like people who didn't think he'd fit in the Seattle offense might have a point. Despite all this, Leland just couldn't take advantage. Leland's promising receiving core has not been what it's cracked up to be. It seems like two struggle while one stands out. Last week it was Keenan Allen (sucked BAD this week), this week it was Calvin who had 10 catches for 83 yards and a score. The consistent receiver who's been bad? Brandin Cooks. That's two straight games and with Brees hurt, it might hurt his value even more. DeMarco Murray's been BEYOND BAD (Take away his two TD's from last week and it's been an abysmal start) and Eugene still has a lack of RB Depth until Gurley comes back (even then, he may be on a snap count and by the time he gets to full time job, it might be too late for Leland). All in all a disppointing start to what looked like a promising team. It's still early though, and Leland gets a chance to get win #1 against his brother. while Alex puts his undefeated streak on the line against Drew.
Game MVP
Steve Smith Sr. (Winter Is Over)
10 Receptions, 150 Receiving Yards, 20 Fantasy Points
Dr. Light's Robots (1-1) 128.66
Channel 4 News Team (0-2) 99.64
Matt was good last week, just got outscored and this week Matt's guys put up some major points to get the easy win over Albert. Odell Beckham owned his keeper status with 24.10 points and Matt is such a great drafter when it comes to drafting WR's in those middle rounds. Last year it was Emmanuel Sanders, this year it's Julian Edelman who was AMAZING with 11 catches for 97 yards and 2 TD's. Edelman's catches alone make him worth owning, the TD's are a bonus. Big Ben also showed everyone why Matt had confidence in him again as he had 369 passing yards, 3 Passing TD's and 2 2 point conversions (it was blowout, otherwise the stats could've been even BETTER). Roddy White was even blanked and Matt put up nearly 130 points. Two things of note, Alfred Morris might be more involved in a timeshare than originally planned as Matt Jones was great and actually outsnapped ALF. Something to keep an eye on. Also Jonathan Stewart has yet to be even close to being a fantasy star many proclaimed he'd be with the backfield to himself. Nevertheless a great performance from the defending champ and there's no doubt Matt's got the squad to repeat. For Albert, it just looks like the beginning of a rough season. His points were respectable, but A.J. Green had another modest game (he did score at least) and outside of Gronk (excellent again with 113 receiving yards and a score) there's nothing eye popping about his roster. Sammy Watkins is as volatile as can be, Andre Johnson's done nothing, and Doug Martin, T.J. Yeldon, Tevin Coleman (hurt now) just don't feel like guys you'd be confidant in carrying your team. Maybe Yeldon will pan out, but it's just not looking good right now, and it gets even tougher as he takes on Dad's undefeated team next week. Matt takes me on to try to give my first loss.
Game MVP
Ben Roethlisberger (Dr. Light's Robots)
369 Passing Yards, 3 Passing TD's, 2 2 Pt Conversions, 33.66 Fantasy Points
BigBadBob (2-0) 131.54
Bigger Balls (1-1) 108.76
Well..well..well..ol Dad picks up another win and once again puts up a high scoring effort. Seems like the days of the low scoring games are over as Dad picks up a huge win against Mayra. Last year it took 15 weeks before Mayra suffered her first loss. This year, she got it in week 2, but at least she won't have that hanging over her anymore, and she can get back to business with Le'Veon Bell coming back next week. Dad's 131.54 points were 2nd in the league this week and his team was led by LARRY FITZGERALD of all people. That's what I mean...NOTHING...MAKES...SENSE. Fitz had been left for dead by many fantasy people, but he gave a hearty FUCK YOU to them all as he had 112 yards and 3 scores. As long as Carson Palmer is healthy, Fitz should be a great WR #3. Matthew Stafford may look like shit in real life, but in the fantasy world you take his 21.94 points and don't care that it took him 50 passes to get there. Looks like the Andre Ellington injury won't affect Dad in the least as David Johnson has been great so far. He piled up two more TD's for Dad and with Jeremy Hill benched, Gio Bernard took advantage and had a great game with 123 rushing yards. Randall Cobb added 8 catches for 116 yards Dad did all this with Marshawn Lynch and Travis Kelce both scoring under 10 points. It seems like every year I doubt Dad's team and more often than not he proves me wrong. For Mayra, it wasn't a bad effort at all. Carlos Hyde leaving the game early with a head injury and not coming back despite being cleared was the biggest thing that hurt Mayra this week. The good news is, he'll be ready to go next week as it was just a precaution. Antonio Brown was...Antonio Brown..ya know the usual nearly 200 yards and a score for 32 points. That guy is beyond money. Also Ryan Tannehill showed why Mayra drafted him as he threw for nearly 360 passing yards and 2 TD's for 26 points. Jarvis Landry was also good with 110 receiving yards. Tyler Eifert chipped in a TD as well. Just not enough from the rest of her squad to overcome Dad's scoring barrage. Next week, Dad has a good chance to go 3-0 as he takes on Albert' struggling team while Mayra takes on Kenny in what always an interesting matchup to watch.
Game MVP
Larry Fitzgerald (BigBadBob)
8 Receptions, 112 Receiving Yards, 3 Receiving TD's, 33.2 Fantasy Points
Woe Is Me (2-0) 74.54
Shock The Monkey (0-2) 72.46
Kenny himself will admit his 2-0 is bullshit. In a perfect world, Kenny would be 0-2, so of course Kenny finds himself 2-0 because......NOTHING MAKES SENSE. This came down to Monday night (just like me an Alex's wins) but that it even had to come down to TWO MONDAY NIGHT PLAYS is absurd (Kenny didn't even get his winning points until the 4th quarter). Right off the bat Mark dug himself into a hole by playing Alshon Jeffrey who didn't play. Crucial and avoidable mistake. You gotta check your rosters before game time. Even putting a shitty Charles Johnson or Cole Beasley would've given Mark a narrow win, but instead he takes a zero and loses by a little over two points. Bad loss. Mark also had a shitty ass performance from Jeremy Hill who got benched after two fumbles and didn't even score a whole point. There's nothing else really to say about Mark's team as outside of his Emmanuel Sanders Thursday play, no one else did much except Terrence Williams, who got a bs garbage TD late in the 4th. Despite all that, you'd think Kenny would win easily by like 50..but nope. Pure disappointment everywhere as only Russell Wilson and LeSean Mccoy cracked double digits. Kenny's got a running back clusterfuck and he's bound to have weeks where he plays the wrong RB (like this week playing Ameer Abdullah who sucked over Latavius Murray who was actually solid). Kenny also almost lost because of a last second decision to get cute and pick up and start Eddie Royal over Torrey Smith. Torrey Smith 23 points, Eddie Royal 7.6. Yet still Kenny once again escapes and is close to taking Dad's crown as the Houdini of fantasy football. His luck will get put to a true test against Mayra next week, while Mark takes on Ryan in a game will someone will be leaving with a 0-3 record.
Game MVP
Russell Wilson (Woe Is Me)
206 Passing Yards, 2 Passing TD's, 1 INT, 78 Rushing Yards, 24.54 Fantasy Points
Sons Of The Harpy (1-1) 132.54
Hoosier Daddy (0-2) 61.50
Drew's team took all of their anger over last week's disappointment on Ryan's poor squad. This was never once close as Drew just dominated for Thursday on out. Ryan also played an inactive, he kept DeSean Jackson in his lineup, but the funny thing is had he changed it for Mike Evans, he would've STILL scored zero. That Evans pick isn't looking good at all. Just the less said about Ryan's craptastic squad the better as even Andrew Luck sucked. For Drew, he came back with a fury and scored the highest points in the league. Tom Brady was great again with nearly 470 yards and 3 Passing TD's. Amari Cooper and Allen Robinson bounced back in big ways with nearly 51 points combined (and Demaryius had a 15.60 point game I covered Thursday). See what happens when you get the ball to Adrian Peterson? He delivers BIG, with 192 total yards (he did fumble though, but also had a TD taken away). Still don't like Rashad Jennings and there's why. 24 combined yards. Drew even lucked out and picked the right TE to start in Heath Miller who scored a TD and a 2 pt conversion. Just yet another example of how wide open this season is, as Drew's another team I can easily see in the finals if his team keeps this up. He's got a very winnable matchup against Alex next week, while Ryan takes on winless Mark in the battle for win #1.
Game MVP
Tom Brady (Sons Of The Harpy)
466 Passing Yards, 3 Passing TD's, 1 Fumble Lost, 31.24 Fantasy Points
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