Thursday Night Overview/Week 3 Awards

 

Well..Thursday Night Football went right back to being a boring snoozefest (complete with a 45 minute weather delay) that always has been. The Bears looked so god awful (especially Mike fucking Glennon, good lord) and this game was literally over in 53 seconds after a Bears turnover caused the Pack to go up 14-0 in under a minute. On the Green Bay side Aaron Rodgers did his thing for Dad with 4 TD's (including one to Devante Adams so Dad double dipped) and two more for Jordy Nelson to help Matt in his matchup. Luckily for Dad, Rodgers didn't throw a TD to Marty B, who Ryan had. Bennett caught 6 balls, but for only 39 yards. Two big losses though happened on the Green Bay side. Ty Montgomery left the game early with what appears to be broken ribs. That would be a HUGE loss for Albert if he has to miss some time and it already puts him a hole against Drew this week as he only managed like 2 points before exiting the game. The scarier injury though, was Devante Adams, who got absolutely destroyed by what looked like a dirty hit from Danny Trevathan. I've honestly never seen a more brutal hit to the head in all my days watching football as Adams mouthpiece just flew out and he went motionless immediately afterwards. It was a scary sight indeed, and thankfully it looks like Adams is as good as good can be, though there's no doubt he's got a concussion at the very least. Fantasy wise, that would be a huge blow to Dad's team (Adams had actually scored on the previous play but it was called back by penalty), but in real life, I'm hoping that's all it was, because it looked brutal. I'm the only idiot who had Bears players going (2 to be exact, lol) and of course they were terrible. I actually turned the game off in frustration after Glennon threw his 2nd stupid inexplicable pick late in the 3rd quarter. I was mildly amused to wake up and see Jordan Howard had a scored a TD, but in all honesty it was still a total bust of a performance from him and Tarik Cohen combined and things are off the bat looking bleak for me to get my first win of the season.  Onto the Week 3 Awards

Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week

Tom Brady (Light's Broken Bots)

 

Yup..back to back weeks and how can't he be? He throws up 5 TD passes and 40 points. He's absolutely the reason Matt is 2-1 so far.

Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week

Mike Posey's Entire Team 

 

Definitely a team effort this week as Mike puts up the 3rd lowest score in league history. It was bad...really bad. Todd Gurley literally almost beat this entire team by himself (he only had .06 less than Mike's entire team)

Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Play

DeShone Kizer (Shock The Monkey)

 

What a gutsy move by Marc. I know Russell Wilson has come slow out the gate, but still to bench him for a rookie Cleveland QB was borderline crazy and although Russell Wilson ended up having a great game and outscored Kizer by 12 (putting up nearly 38 points) Kizer was definitely no slouch. What could have been a single digit floor game and cost Marc a win, actually helped Marc win. Kizer but up nearly 26 points himself as Marc easily beat Leland to go to 2-1. Sometimes a little risk is what you need to get your team back on track. Well played.

Jay Cutler Bad Decision Award

All My Terrible Lineup Decisions

 

It's not a coincidence that both negative awards belong to the two teams that are a combined 0-6 to start the season. I didn't help my situation by any means this week, making the wrong move time after time when it came to lineup decisions. My first move was to bench Jordan Howard. Though it was a legit move in my eyes (hurt, coming off a under 1 point game and the Bears sucking so much that game script renders Howard useless) he blew up for 29 points on my bench. Mistake #2..chickening out and playing Coby Fleener over Vernon Davis/Jordan Reed. It's the whole entire reason I picked up Vernon Davis. As insurance in case Reed can't go. Instead, I got cold feet and went with Coby Fleener (3 TD's in his last two games and with Snead still out suspended I figured he'd still be involved in the passing game...WRONG). Vernon Davis scores and puts up nearly 15 points, while Fleener puts up 2. Even after all that, I was STILL in a position to win. Which Cardinals receiver was I gonna use..the safe but boring Jaron Brown or the fast big play J.J. Nelson. Naturally I went Nelson and he got me a big 0, while Jaron Brown scored on the first drive of the game. Again..if I make the right decision on any one of those plays..I win. Just proves that sometimes it's not all luck and sometimes you gotta face the facts..I'm just not good at managing my team. The 0-3 record is fully deserved.

 

Week 4 Matchups and Predictions

We got 2 teams trying to stay undefeated and 2 teams trying to get their first win..and everyone else in between. Here's this week's matchups and predictions



Easy Beasley (2-1)        vs
Catch My Javelin! (0-3)

All Time Record: Kenny leads series 6-5

Key Players

Easy Beasley: Marcus Mariota (Texans) Antonio Brown (Ravens) Jarvis Landry (Saints) Jay Ajayi (Saints) Christian McCaffrey (Patriots) Travis Kelce (Redskins)

Catch My Javelin!: Alshon Jeffrey (Chargers) Doug Baldwin* (Colts) Odell Beckham Jr. (Bucs) Kareem Hunt (Redskins) Jordan Howard (Packers) Jordan Reed* (Chiefs)

Wild Cards

Easy Beasley: None really

Catch My Javelin: Difficult matchup for Alshon Jeffrey. Doug Baldwin's health. Jordan Reed's health. Jordan Howard's Health. Thursday Night Plays.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: I win
I Say: Kenny wins. The narrative for this matchup is so obvious and predictable it's eye rolling to be honest. Kenny's coming off a 61 point week and this is the obvious rebound week with all his players having prime matchups. If you really think Jay Ajayi is going to have 3.5 points against the SAINTS..yeah fucking right. Combine that with a slew of injuries on my side, two Thursday Night Plays (which has historically fucked me in the past) a dart throw at QB (DeShaun Watson) and the possibility the Alshon Jeffrey gets shut down again by an elite CB and I just don't see how I win this week in a MUST WIN SITUATION. 0-4. Sucks for me I guess.

BABY CARROTS (3-0) Vs
Channel 4 News Team (2-1)

All Time Record: Albert Leads Series 8-3

Key Players

BABY CARROTS: Emmanuel Sanders (Raiders) Devante Parker (Saints) Todd Gurley (Cowboys) Dalvin Cook (Lions) Chris Carson (Colts)

Channel 4 News Team: Derek Carr (Broncos) Amari Cooper (Broncos) Golden Tate (Vikings) Stefon Diggs (Lions) Carlos Hyde (Cardinals) LeSean McCoy (Falcons) Ty Montgomery (Bears)

Wild Cards

BABY CARROTS: Cam at QB? Is Chris Carson the Real Deal?

Channel 4 News Team: Tough Matchups for Carr/Cooper/Hyde.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Albert wins
I Say: Drew wins. At first glance I was going to give this to Albert, because there's no way I can see this team starting 1-3...but damn the more I look at Drew's team I think he can pull of the W and stay undefeated. Here's the big wild card. Chris Carson. If he's legit, then Drew has a scary 3 man trio at Running Back. Drew's only weakness is at QB, but if his other guys can mask that weakness, he might be able to pull of the win. This should definitely be a close one.

Hoosier Daddy (3-0) vs
BigBadBob (1-2)

All Time Record: Dad Leads Series 4-3

Key Players

Hoosier Daddy: Kirk Cousins (Chiefs) Michael Crabtree (Broncos) Ezekiel Elliott (Rams) Leonard Fournette (Jets) DeSean Jackson (Giants)

BigBadBob: Aaron Rodgers (Bears) DeAndre Hopkins (Titans) Devante Adams (Bears) Devonta Freeman (Bills)

Wild Cards

Hoosier Daddy: Willie Snead's return. Tight End Play.

BigBadBob: Is Crowell any good?  Tight End Play.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Dad wins
I Say: Ryan wins. Dad is a .06 favorite so it's really close, but I'm go with Ryan staying undefeated. I just think Ryan has the slightly better team and his team as a whole will get the job done.

SCLSU MudDogs (1-2) vs
No Soup For You (1-2)

All Time Record: Series is tied 2-2

Key Players

SCLSU MudDogs: Drew Brees (Dolphins) Larry Fitzgerald (49ers) Sammy Watkins* (Cowboys) Le'Veon Bell (Ravens) Marshawn Lynch (Broncos)

No Soup For You: Matt Ryan (Bills) A.J. Green (Browns) Keenan Allen (Eagles) Michael Thomas (Dolphins) Lamar Miller (Titans)

Wild Cards

SCLSU MudDogs: Sammy Watkins health. Can all the receivers produce at a high level again?

No Soup For You: Running Back Production

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Leland wins
I Say: Leland wins. This is another super close matchup with Leland having the receivers advantage, but Alex having the running back advantage and both having strong QB's. I'll take Leland's time by a hair though. Super important matchup as one of these teams in guaranteed to fall to 1-3.

Rocket Man (2-1) vs
Shock The Monkey (2-1)

All Time Record: Series is tied 2-2

Key Players

Rocket Man: Matthew Stafford (Vikings) Julio Jones (Bills) Kelvin Benjamin*(Patriots) Melvin Gordon (Eagles) C.J. Anderson (Raiders) Rob Gronkowski (Panthers)

Shock The Monkey: Russell Wilson (Colts) Brandin Cooks (Panthers) Tyreek Hill (Redskins) DeMarco Murray (Texans)

Wild Cards

Rocket Man: Will Kelvin Benjamin play?

Shock The Monkey: Playing Two Bills at the same time. DeMarco Murray fully back?

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Eugene Wins.
I Say: Eugene wins. A lot of close matchups with most teams evenly matched this week. I dunno, I feel like Marc has more bustable players than Eugene does (Gilislee is TD or bust, Jordan Mathews and Charles Clay play in such a low scoring offense, will Cooks have another monster game or disappear etc) so I'll give the edge to Eugene this week.

Light's Broken Bots (2-1) vs
Woe Is You (0-3) 

All Time Record: Matt leads series 4-3

Key Players

Light's Broken Bots: Tom Brady (Panthers) Dez Bryant (Rams) Jordy Nelson (Bears) Demaryius Thomas (Raiders) Martavis Bryant (Ravens)

Woe Is You: Jameis Winston (Giants) Mike Evans (Giants)

Wild Cards

Light's Broken Bots: RB and Tight End Play

Woe Is You: Basically his entire team outside of Winston/Evans

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Matt wins
I Say: Matt wins. Matt's in such a perfect spot to pad that record as he gets to play Mike's mess of a team. I don't know what to expect from Mike's team this week, maybe they go off and shock the world, but with Tom Brady playing how he's been playing and those receivers, I don't think this will be close at all.

Week 3 Results

Well Week 3 as come and gone and it's time to see who's still standing tall undefeated and who's season is on the brink of being over (I'll give you one guess who that is). Here's what happened in Week 3.



Light's Broken Bots (2-1)                 115.72
Catch My Javelin! (0-3)                   106.10

So this is as predictable as can be. I've said how much I don't like Matt's team from the get go so karma was just begging for me to lose to his team and that I did. Yep..0-3 now. Part of is my fault (horrible lineup decisions) part of it is just my shit luck (Duke Johnson's 19 points, Brady's BS TD Pass to end the Houston-Pats game, Jordy Nelson scoring a TD a mere seconds after I got a BS TD from Kareem Hunt). I traded for Odell Beckham and Kareem Hunt and STILL LOST. Here's another fun fact I found hilarious. When my opponents have a receiver against the Cowboys, they score 21 points (Emmanuel Sanders last week). Me? My guys average .6 points. That's not a typo. 1.2 from Brandon Marshall Week 1 and 0 for J.J. Nelson this week. The Cowboys shitty secondary only stops receivers that are on my team. Fucking hilarious. It's shit like that, that makes so hard to keep playing this game. I will blame myself though, because I'm so fucking scared to make a lineup decision that I go against my gut and play the wrong guys. I could've won this week in so many ways. Jordan Howard (scored .7 last week, 29 this week, bet you anything in the world he regresses to sucking next week when I put him back in my lineup)..I got scared and switched out Vernon Davis for Coby Fleener (3 TD's in his last 2 games...21 yards when I play him). Even after all that, I'm down 1.5 points and can either play J.J. Nelson (7 TD's in his last 8 games) or Jaron Brown, both with prime matchups against a shitty Cowboys defense. I play Nelson, and on the first drive..boom Jaron Brown TD. You seriously can't make this stuff up. If I play Brown..I win by .08. But I don't and I lose again despite great games from Doug Baldwin (who's now hurt) Kareem Hunt and Odell Beckham. For Matt, Brady went even more Brady than he did last week. He put up 40 fucking points and yeah if this is the Brady we're going to see the rest of the season, maybe Matt can afford to have garbage RB's the rest of the way. Jordy put up two TD's (both easy, because again, heaven forbid the Bengals zero in on the Packers best receiver..nope they leave him wide open). Dez put up a BS non TD that was called and confirmed a TD (wouldn't have mattered anyways). The even greater news for Matt? He gets Mike's dumpster fire team next. Me? I get Kenny (Ajayi/Landry against the Saints, hahahaha, that's going to end well). I have two Thursday plays and you KNOW how those go for me. I'm trying guys..I'm really trying to stay positive..but it's hard as hell. Here's what I'm trying to tell myself. Last year, after 6 games, Alex was 2-4. He won it all. Two years ago, Leland and Marc were both 0-3...they both made the championship. So maybe not all is lost, but I gotta get a win..I gotta get that first win. 0-3...yeah maybe..0-4...yeah right it's over and once again I ponder to myself why I play this game and is it worth all the frustration and aggravation that comes with it.

Game MVP

Tom Brady (Light's Broken Bots)

378 Passing Yards, 5 Passing TD's, 1 Fumble Lost, 40.72 Points

 

Rocket Man (2-1)              89.76

BigBadBob (1-2)               88.82

Man, what goes around comes around. A week after winning by .6, Dad gets a nut punch loss of his own losing by .9. Dad needed Aaron Rodgers and Devante Adams to connect in overtime, but Rodgers connected with Geronimo Allison instead who came so close to scoring but didn't and the Packers went for a field goal to win the game in OT. Brutal. It really wasn't one of Eugene's best performances, he lost Kelvin Benjamin to an early injury, and really outside of Gronk no one was really outstanding. Sure Kenny Britt and Melvin Gordon scored but their yardage wasn't great and Julio had yardage but no score again. For Dad, it was basically just Devonta Freeman and Aaron Rodgers who showed up. I never once got the love for Isaiah Crowell from everyone and this is why. He's ISAIAH FUCKING CROWELL...you know the guy you would pick up on and off from waivers the past few years? It's not Dad's fault really, everyone had him inexplicably ranked high. Eugene will take on Marc next week, while Dad has to take on Ryan's undefeated team next.

Game MVP

Rob Gronkowski (Rocket Man)

8 Receptions, 89 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 18.90 Points

 

Hoosier Daddy (3-0)                   115.80

Channel 4 News Team (1-2)       100.02

 I don't know how he does it, but here's Ryan starting just as hot as he started last year. Kirk Cousins and T.Y. Hilton who have struggled this early season finally woke up (Cousins put up nearly 30 points, while Hilton put up nearly 25 points) while Ryan's running backs got the job done with Zeke and Fournette both scoring TD's and putting up 16.9 and 15.5 points respectively. Even DeSean Jackson got into the fun with 84 yards and a score. It didn't even matter that Michael Crabtree did nothing and left the game with a minor injury. For Albert, it just has to be frustrating. His team is really good, he leads the league in scoring, yet here he is with some bad breaks and 1-2. He had a great start Thursday from Carlos Hyde, and an UNBELIVABLE game from Stefon Diggs (8 for 173 and 2 scores) and still lost by double digits. Golden Tate even added a TD (had another taken away by a bogus review reversal). Here's what's hurting him early. LeSean McCoy and Amari Cooper have both underperformed pretty badly. McCoy barely put up 10 points while Amari Cooper was held to 1.10 points. He needs those guys to play to their abilities if he's going to climb out of this hole. Also I know Jason Witten started out hot, but he's really not a guy I'd be wanting to trust week to week. He didn't even have a point this week. Ty Montgomery was also held in check and Derek Carr was just BRUTAL with just 7 points. I have no doubt Albert's going to be fine at the end of the day, but losing these games does still suck. He'll have a chance to redeem himself when he faces Drew's undefeated team, while Ryan puts his undefeated streak on the line against Dad.

Game MVP

Kirk Cousins (Hoosier Daddy)

365 Passing Yards, 3 Passing TD's, 29.80 Points

 

Shock The Monkey (2-1)            108.38

No Soup For You (1-2)                 85.76

The David Johnson effect is real. That's two straight games Leland has dropped since losing David Johnson to injury and his loss cannot be understated. Leland didn't even put up 90 points this week and though A.J. Green and Michael Thomas bounced back and ended up with 22.10 points and 18.2 points respectively, the rest of Leland's team just isn't getting the job done. His running backs are killing him as Lamar Miller continues to be crappy. The only silver lining is Joe Mixon seems to be getting more run and maybe the more touches Mixon gets, it can save Leland's season. For Marc...what a BALLSY play to use Deshone Kizer over Russell Wilson. It was actually the WRONG move believe it or not as Russell Wilson exploded for nearly 38 poitns, but Kizer did surprisingly well with 25.58 points. That play could've cost Marc a win had Kizer busted but he didn't thankfully. Also..there's the Brandin Cooks that Marc's been waiting to see. Now can Cooks be consistent or was this just a one off game? That remains to be seen. Tyreek Hill came back with a nice game himself with 17.5 points and Rishard Matthews had 17.70 points. So Derrick Henry was all hyped up as the next big thing but DeMarco Murray proved he's not done yet with 18.5 points to Henry's 6.9. It's going to be a chore figuring how which one to play. Luckily, like the Wilson benching, it didn't matter much this week. Marc will look to keep momentum when it takes on Eugene next week, while Leland looks to get back on track against Alex.

Game MVP

Brandin Cooks (Shock The Monkey)

5 Receptions, 131 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 29.6 Points

 

SCLSU MudDogs (1-2)                136.90

Easy Beasley (2-1)                           61.68

Alex is BACK yall. His team made a statement this week after a terrible 0-2 start. Easily put up the most points of the week with nearly 137. Everyone came together this week. It started with Watkins on Thursday and he just never let up. Larry Fitzgerald put up a vintage performance (against the Cowboys lol) with 13 Catches for 149 Yards and a score. Chris Hogan scored twice, Le'Veon Bell scored, Zach Ertz scored, everyone had double digits except for Marshawn Lynch and Marvin Jones Jr. It's got to be a refreshing thing to see from his guys, though I still don't expect THAT kind of production from his wide receivers on a week to week basis. For Kenny, just a bad week where no one showed up (except for of course Antonio Brown who had 22 points). Outside of Brown only Christian McCaffrey was good with 16 points. The rest was ugly..Travis Kelce? Not even a point. Philip Rivers? Not even 5 POINTS. Ajayi? 3.5 points. This is what sucks for me as I have no doubt Kenny's team comes back with authority and takes it out on my team. Alex has an important matchup against Leland next week where loser goes to 1-3. 

Game MVP

Larry Fitzgerald (SCLSU MudDogs)

13 Receptions, 149 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD's, 27.4 Points

 

BABY CARROTS (3-0)           114.08

Woe is You (0-3)                          35.46

Good god was this ugly. Mike's team puts up the 3rd lowest score in league history as Todd Gurley almost beat Mike's entire team by himself. The only thing I'll say is I don't get what Mike was doing this week, trading for Jameis Winston and still playing Trevor Siemien and also playing Cooper Kupp over Pierre Garcon. He still would've lost, but at least it would've looked a little better. Terrelle Pryor has been a bust a keeper even as a 14th round keep. Busting on guys like Bilal Powell and Robert Kelley didn't really help, neither did waiting way too long for a QB. I dunno, outside of Mike Evans, Jameis (if he starts playing him) and a guy like Evan Engram (who could end up being an intriguing keeper pick) there's just not really any guys who blow you away. It's going to be a rough season the rest of the way for Mike. For Drew...it looks like his time is now as he just keeps on rolling. He's done this with an absolutely shitty Cam Newton. That's basically his only weakness, QB. He hit a home run with his Gurley/Cook Combo and his receivers have all been solid. After a bunch of years of average finishes since coming back, this could be the year Drew makes the huge step into a title contender. He'll have his toughest matchup to date against Albert next week, while Mike takes on Matt.

Game MVP

Todd Gurley (BABY CARROTS)

113 Rushing Yards, 2 Rushing TD's, 36 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 35.4 Points (only .06 less than Mike's entire team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday Night Overview/Week 2 Awards

 

Wow...WHAT...A....GAME. Who would've thought a game that was thought to be a total 16-13 snoozefest, would end up being the most crazy, entertaining game that we've seen in this young football season. Heck, I'd probably go as far as saying, it's the best Thursday Night Game we've ever seen since the NFL decided to do the Thursday Night Game once a week. These two teams put up MASSIVE points and it was the big guns doing the job. Drew's no longer a darkhorse team..he's getting close to being one of the best teams in the league. Todd Gurley was a huge 1st round gamble considering how awful he was last season, but Drew took the plunge and he's paid off BIG TIME. Gurley scored 3 TD's in the FIRST HALF ALONE. It's hard to complain, but he probably should've had 2 more TD's but he got stuffed at the 1 yard line on multiple occasions on two different drives. Regardless, Gurley has been a beast to start to season, already scoring 6 TD's. A bonus has been his involvement in the passing game. It's been a hell of a start for Gurley, but for more importantly Drew, who with those 35.4 points that Gurley scored Thursday and Mike's inexplicable decision to play Cooper Kupp (2.7 fantasy points) over Pierre Garcon (17.70 fantasy points), Drew's well on his way to a 3-0 start to the season. I know I've criticized Alex's Wide Receiving group and it's not because I think they're not talented, it's because I think one's too old (Fitzgerald) and the other are ultimate boom or bust (Watkins, Hogan). Well Watkins was a MAJOR boom Thursday, getting as many targets as he had received in the first two games combined and scoring 2 TD's to go with his 106 receiving yards. I was actually pretty confident that Kenny was going to win this matchup, but with that kind of start from Alex, it actually puts him in the driver's seat and threatens Kenny's undefeated record. Last but not least, on the 49er side, Carlos Hyde was the only player used in our league by Albert..but he delivered big time. He had an injury scare in the 2nd quarter, but quickly came back and had a great game with 84 rushing yards and 2 scores. Hyde's problem has always been health, and he did give that quick scare to Albert, but as long as he's healthy, he's going to be an excellent fantasy player and this performance put's Albert in good shape as he tries to dethrone another undefeated team in Ryan. Phew...didn't think I'd have that long of a write up for this game! On to the Week 2 Awards!

Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week

Tom Brady (Light's Broken Bots)

 

You just KNEW he was going to make up for that dreadful Week 1 performance. And that he did. Nearly 450 passing yards, and 3 TD's for nearly 34 points, it gave Matt a much needed win after an awful start to the season.

Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week

Jordan Howard (Catch My Javelin!)

 

So far all my fears about Jordan Howard have come true. I felt he was overrated to begin with and was do a regression from last year. He's even WORSE than I thought. The guy can't catch passes WORTH A SHIT and that's a huge problem when the Bears are more than likely going to playing from behind in most games. Nagging injuries or not, Howard didn't even score 1 point, he scored .70 and when you lose by less than 5 points even a terrible Howard game would've gotten me a win. This was beyond terrible and now, officially, my first pick of this year's draft is on the bench until he proves he's worth starting. Great job, me. 

Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Award

Jermaine Kearse (Big Bad Bob)

 

The ultimate case of the best receiver on a really bad team. Jermaine Kearse isn't anything special by NFL Standards, but someone's gotta catch the ball in New York and for the first two weeks of the season it's been Kearse. Dad took a gamble and hoped that Kearse would be a reliable as he was Week 1 and it actually paid off! Kearse scored 2 TD's and ended up with 20.4 points. Dad doesn't win without Kearse's performance as he eeked at a .6 win against Albert's heavily favored team. Very gutsy move by Dad that paid off.

Jay Cutler Bad Decision Award

Jameis over Big Ben (Catch My Javelin!)

 

This is what happens when you have two quarterbacks that are just too interchangeable. You never know who to start. To be fair, Jameis wasn't even bad at all, he was great, he just didn't need to do much because they had the Bears down 26-0 at half time (including in that score was a defensive TD and a drive where Jameis led the Bucs all the way down the field only for Jacquizz Rodgers to score at the 1). Unfortunately, Big Ben was better enough that had I played him, I would've won my matchup. I got rid of that headache by trading Jameis away in a huge trade, so that's the only silver lining out of the ordeal, now I just gotta trust Big Ben the rest of the way.

Week 3 Matchups and Predictions

Here we go, into week 3 and right now we got 3 undefeated teams, 3 winless teams and everyone else in between. It's a crucial week for us winless teams as falling to 0-3 gets us one step closer to extinction. Here are this week's matchups and predictions.

Light's Broken Bots (1-1) vs
Catch My Javelin (0-2)

All Time Record: I lead series 8-6

Key Players

Light's Broken Bots: Tom Brady (Texans) Dez Bryant (Cardinals) Jordy Nelson* (Bengals) Demaryius Thomas (Bills) Martavis Bryant (Bears)

Catch My Javelin!: Ben Roethlisberger (Bears) Alshon Jeffrey (Giants) Mike Evans (Vikings) Doug Baldwin (Titans) Jordan Reed* (Raiders)

Wild Cards

Light's Broken Bots: RB Play. Tough Matchup for Dez. Health of Demaryius Thomas and Jordy Nelson

Catch My Javelin: Tough Matchup for Mike Evans. RB Play. Jordan Reed's health

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Matt wins
I Say: Matt wins. I really wish I had that 2-0 buffer, because it's not going to get any easier the next couple of weeks. So I play Matt, which I think could be winnable except for the fact that two of my better receivers have terrible matchups, my tight end has a great matchup buy might not play, and I have no confidence in my running backs. This season has turned into a disaster really quick and even a desperation trade for Doug Baldwin won't help me this week against Matt. 0-3 (going to be 0-4 because I play Kenny NEXT WEEK) here I come.

BigBadBob (1-1) vs
Rocket Man (1-1)

All Time Record: Dad leads series 3-2

Key Players

BigBadBob: Aaron Rodgers (Bengals) DeAndre Hopkins (Patriots) Devante Adams (Bengals) Isaish  Crowell (Colts) Devonta Freeman (Lions)

Rocket Man: Matthew Stafford (Falcons) Julio Jones (Lions) Kelvin Benjamin (Saints) Melvin Gordon (Chiefs) C.J. Anderson (Bills) Rob Gronkowski (Texans)

Wild Cards

BigBadBob: Can Isaish Crowell FINALLY break out? Tight End Play.

Rocket Man: Gronk's Health. Flex Play.

Predictions:
Yahoo Says: Eugene wins
I Say: Eugene wins. I mean I picked against Dad when he was the big underdog against Albert and he pulled off the upset, who's to say he doesn't do it again against Eugene? I like Dad's team a lot, and I really think if his guys play up to their talents, it's going to be a close matchup, I just like Eugene's team a little bit more and think he pulls off the victory.

Hoosier Daddy (2-0) vs
Channel 4 News Team (1-1)

All Time Record: Albert leads series 9-7

Key Players

Hoosier Daddy: Kirk Cousins (Raiders) Michael Crabtree (Redskins) Ezekiel Elliott (Cardinals) Leonard Fournette (Ravens) DeSean Jackson (Vikings)

Channel 4 News Team: Derek Carr (Redskins) Amari Cooper (Redskins) Golden Tate (Falcons) Stefon Diggs (Bucs) Carlos Hyde (Rams) LeSean McCoy (Broncos) Ty Montgomery (Bengals)

Wild Cards

Hoosier Daddy: Kirk Cousins' struggles. T.Y. Hilton without Luck. Tough Matchup for Zeke.

Channel 4 News Team: Amari Cooper bounce back. Will Bradford play (Diggs)? Tough Matchup McCoy. Is Witten still an elite tight end?

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Albert wins.
I Say: Albert wins. These two have played each other a whopping 16 times, which of course makes sense since they've both been around since Year 1. I think Ryan's team is good, but not undefeated good (he should've fucking lost to ME for starters) and I think his luck finally catches up to him as Albert to me still has the far superior team. Last year, Ryan won 7 straight games before losing, this year, I think the streak ends at 2.

No Soup For You (1-1) vs
Shock The Monkey (1-1)

All Time Record: Leland leads series 5-2

Key Players

No Soup For You: Matt Ryan (Lions) A.J. Green (Packers) Keenan Allen (Chiefs) Michael Thomas (Panthers) Lamar Miller (Patriots)

Shock The Monkey: Brandin Cooks (Texans) Tyreek Hill (Chargers) Delanie Walker (Seahawks)

Wild Cards

No Soup For You: A.J. Green-Dalton Connection. Lamar Miller's play.

Shock The Monkey: DeMarco Murray's Health. DeShone Kizer at QB.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Leland wins
I Say: Leland wins. I think Leland bounces back from his Week 2 loss and beats what looks like on paper, a very shaky team now with an injury to DeMarco Murray and disappointing play from Russell Wilson. Marc traded away Doug Baldwin to ensure having the Titans Backfield should Murray miss the game or just get the job taken away from him. I already regret making that trade, but it's a long term move and I couldn't afford to wait after my 0-2 start. Eventually Henry will be the starter, but the only way that happens this week is if Murray can't go. I think A.J. Green bounces back and Leland takes this week to go to 2-1.

Easy Beasley (2-0) vs
SCLSU MudDogs (0-2)

All Time Record: Kenny leads series 2-1

Key Players

Easy Beasley: Philip Rivers (Chiefs) Antonio Brown (Bears) Jarvis Landry (Jets) Jay Ajayi (Jets) Christian McCaffrey (Sains) Travis Kelce (Chargers)

SCLSU MudDogs: Drew Brees (Panthers) Larry Fitzgerald (Cowboys) Le'veon Bell (Bears) Marshawn Lynch (Redskins) Zach Ertz (Giants)

Wild Cards

Easy Beasley: Can Christian McCaffrey FINALLY go off against the Saints? Buck Allen play

SCLSU Mud Dogs: Can Le'Veon Bell live up to Elite Status? WR Play.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Kenny wins
I Say: Kenny wins. Either Alex gets his first win, or Kenny keeps the undefeated streak alive. I gotta with Kenny's team, who has played pretty damn good to start the season, the opposite of how Alex's guys have performed. I think Alex has a solid squad but I got to see them play better as a whole before I can have the confidence to pick him to win. Edge to Kenny here.

BABY CARROTS (2-0) vs
Woe Is You (0-2)

All Time Record: Drew leads series 3-2

Key Players

BABY CARROTS: Cam Newton (Saints) Emmanuel Sanders (Bills) DeVante Parker (Jets) Todd Gurley (49ers) Dalvin Cook (Bucs)

Woe Is You: Terrelle Pryor Sr. (Raiders) Odell Beckham Jr. (Eagles) Kareem Hunt (Chargers)

Wild Cards

BABY CARROTS: Cam's struggles. Tight End and Flex Play

Woe Is You: Beckham's health. Basically everyone outside of Kareem Hunt.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Drew wins.
I Say: Drew wins. Yes, that means I think all the winless teams stay winless. Mike's situation looks dire as he's going with a bunch of risky dart throw plays at basically every position. Maybe they work out, but I think Drew's got a more stable group of guys and his surprise undefeated start will continue for another week.

Week 2 Results

 

"Wait..didn't he say the blog was cancelled for the foreseeable future?" "It's just him blowing hot air after a shitty loss as usual". Well..yes and yes, though I had fully intended to take a week of from the blog, because let's face..reliving yet another kick in the dick loss like had again in Week 2 was just something I really didn't want to do. You got understand how frustrating it is to lose how I lose and how much losing I've done in the last couple of years. Put it this way out of my last 25 fantasy football games, I've now lost 18 of them. Someone like me, who takes this shit way too seriously, just can't handle this kind of ridiculousness. So what happened? Last night, when my Dad pulled off a miracle of his own win, the first thing he told me was...."you better praise me in your blog this week!" And there it was....tugging at the heartstrings. This ol' softee couldn't tell his Dad "THERE IS NO BLOG THIS WEEK". I didn't wanna take away his moment nor ruin it...so I decided to pull up my big boy pants suck up another vomit inducing loss and plow on and do the blog for the old man. Here's this week's results.

BigBadBob (1-1)                          108.52

Channel 4 News Team (1-1)        107.90

Remember when I used to call Dad the "Houdini of Fantasy Football" because he just found ways to win? Well...this was definitely a throwback to that as SOMEHOW Dad overcame a mediocre Thursday night start and beat a really good Albert team. This a very hard earned win and Albert gave Dad all he had. Albert didn't suck..he played pretty well (3rd most points in the week) and Dad still picked up the win. The biggest game winning move? Dad picking up JERMAINE KEARSE of all people and plugging him in. Kearse was AMAZING with 64 yards and 2 TD's. Thanks to him, Devante Adams, Devonta Freeman, and Aaron Rodgers (hey it doesn't matter how he got the points, he sucked in real life, but garbage time he came through) Dad was able to pull of the early season upset..by .6 of a point. Albert now knows how I feel as all he needed was like 5 points from Golden Tate to get the W...and he couldn't get it. Even with getting a OUT OF THIS WORLD 20 point performance by Jason Witten along with 26 from Ty Montgomery and good games from Derek Carr and Carlos Hyde, it wasn't enough for Albert to get the win. His receivers came up big time small...out of Amari Cooper, Golden Tate, and Stefon Diggs (playing with no Sam Bradford) Cooper had the most points with 5.4. Add a bad LeSean McCoy game and it was amazing Albert was able to put up 107.9 points despite all of that and almost win. His team is still dangerous, and I'm not worried in the least about his team. They didn't underperform as a whole..they just simply lost to the better team this week..and that better team was Dad. Great win for Dad, who also had a couple bad plays in Eifert and Crowell. Hopefully Crowell can finally bounce back from a dreadful start to the season. Dad takes on Eugene next week, while Albert looks to get back on track against Ryan.

Game MVP

Devonta Freeman (BigBadBob)

84 Rushing Yards, 2 Rushing TD's, 2 Receptions, 16 Receiving Yards, 23 Points

 

BABY CARROTS (2-0)            96.22

Catch My Javelin (0-2)             91.86

Welp..gotta talk about it. Look neither team was outstanding, but once again I was on pace to win and had technically won my matchup for about 2 seconds when Randall Cobb scored a TD in the 3rd quarter before it was called back and he not only didn't do anything else, he ended up getting hurt and I once again lose by less than 5 points. That's two losses by a combined margin of less than 5 points. Looks like the same shit different year for me. I'm not going to dwell on it much but let's just say, if this is how this season is going to go AGAIN...I really wish I wasn't talked back into keeping this league alive. Jordan Howard was what I thought he was..overrated C.J. Anderson/Montee Ball type and of course I draft him and he proves me right. He didn't even get me a point plus he got hurt. Jordan Reed? Yep..got hurt. Mike Evans had a pretty nice game but it could've been better had the Bucs not finished the Bears off by halftime. I even got a vintage Alshon Jeffrey performance for nothing. My running backs are going to kill me and I already traded my only commodity in  Derrick Henry because I can't afford to wait until he officially takes of the starting job for Murray. For Drew...I TOLD YOUUUUUU his team was going to be good. Todd Gurley looks like the Gurley of 2015, Emmanuel Sanders totally killed the Cowboys (surprise surprise, I love when I need the Cowboys D to suck LAST WEEK, they didn't and bottled up Brandon Marshall, but this week when I need them to be DECENT, they like Emmanuel Sanders do whatever the FUCK he wanted). I'd be a tad concerned if I was Drew about Cam Newton. He's looked AWFUL the first two games. If Drew's going to be a legit title contender, he needs way better production from that QB position. Drew's got a good shot at staying undefeated as he takes on Mike's winless team next week, while I take on Matt's team in what already feels like a must win.

Game MVP

Todd Gurley (BABY CARROTS)

88 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 3 Receptions, 48 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 25.10 Points

 

Hoosier Daddy (2-0)                82.46

Woe Is You (0-2)                      66.48

Another ugly win for Ryan, but a win's a win. His team honestly hasn't been impressive, he has by far the least points of the undefeated teams left, he's just been lucky in his matchups. Michael Crabtree is really the only one worth talking about as he had 6 receptions for 80 yards and 3 scores. Leonard Fournette added a TD but had a pretty mediocre game. For Mike..ugh..it's just brutal. He just can't put up points. Kareem Hunt was his lone bright spot as he had 81 yards and 2 scores but he lost Greg Olsen to a broken foot, his QB situation is shaky, and Odell Beckham is still coming back from an injury. I'd be very worried if I was Mike. It's not going to get easier as he plays Drew next, while Ryan has a true test as he takes on Albert next week.

Game MVP

Michael Crabtree (Hoosier Daddy)

6 Receptions, 80 Receiving Yards, 3 Receiving TD's, 29 Points

 

Light's Broken Bots (1-1)               95.78

SCLSU MudDogs (0-2)                  74.34

Well...this is not the start our defending champion was hoping for. Two straight weeks of bad scoring and an 0-2 start. Now Alex says the first four weeks of the season don't matter much (and I wanna believe him so bad because I'm in the same boat as him) but it's still not good to not only drop your first 2 games, but to drop them without being competitive in the least. For Matt..at least he got a taste of what it could be like with his team performing at a high level (even though his running backs are still pretty dreadful and Jordy Nelson got hurt). We all knew Tom Brady was going to be "Angry Tom" and he sure was putting up nearly 34 fantasy points. Dez scored a TD, and last week Martavis Bryant was a miss, this week he was a hit with 91 yards and a score. Tevin Coleman added a TD too. For Alex, Le'Veon Bell's slow start is costing him big time. He didn't do much of note this week and he needs to ramp it up if Alex is going to rebound from this start. Also, those receivers are so bad. Yes Chris Hogan did good this week, but can that be consistent? He barely got over 10 points from Fitz/Watkins/Gabriel. Add that Jimmy Graham looks like crap and there are some serious concerns on this team. It's still early and if Le'veon turns into Le'Veon well then, we could be singing a whole different tune in a couple of weeks..if he doesn't though..the curse of the champion not making the playoffs the year after might continue for another season. Alex will look to get win #1 against Kenny's undefeated squad, while Matt gets another cake matchup with my struggling team.

Game MVP

Tom Brady (Light's Broken Bots)

447 Passing Yards, 3 Passing TD's, 33.78 Points

 

Rocket Man (1-1)                111.38

No Soup For You (1-1)          78.48

Yeah..Leland misses David Johnson. This had the beginnings of a blowout after Leland's mediocre start Thursday with Lamar Miller and A.J. Green. He really never recovered after that. Keenan Allen continues to be a pleasant surprise, but Michael Thomas hasn't been that elite receiver that made Leland keep him (still early) along with Lamar Miller and A.J. Green's slow start, just hasn't been a recipe for success. Matt Ryan didn't have to do much and there's really nothing else to talk about on Leland's side. He doesn't really have a solid replacement for DJ (Alvin Kamara might have the most upside but even he's a shaky play at this point) and it's showing. He really needs Joe Mixon to take over that backfield sooner than later. For Eugene, a nice bounceback win from a disappointing Week 1. He was the leading point scorer this week with his big guns doing what they should do. Julio Jones, Melvin Gordon, and Gronk all had great games but it was C.J. Anderson who led the way and OBLITERATED the Cowboys (again surprise surprise) with nearly 29 points. Obviously Anderson won't do that every week, but it definitely leads to some confidence in starting him as a RB2.  Eugene will look to build of this momentum against my Dad next week while Leland takes on Marc next week.

Game MVP

C.J. Anderson (Rocket Man)

118 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 3 Receptions, 36 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 28.9 Points

 

Easy Beasley (2-0)                  101.54

Shock The Monkey (1-1)       72.12

Welllll look's who's first place. Kenny easily dispatches Marc's team and thanks to my dad taking out Albert, Kenny's 1st place out of the 3 undefeated teams left because of his points. Kenny's team has been very impressive to start the season. He won without Jay Ajayi and Jarvis Landry last week, got them back and they were great both scoring 13.6 points a piece. Travis Kelce had a great game with 8 for 103 and a score (and actually led Kenny's team in scoring) while Jeremy Maclin added a TD. The scary thing is, Kenny is showing he can with less than ideal conditions. Last week it was no Ajayi/Landry, this week it was a terrible Antonio Brown game (not even 10 points) and his 2nd round pick, Christian McCaffrey has been pretty disappointing, especially considering how other rookie running backs drafted around the same place are doing. McCaffrey is worrisome, if the Panthers offense doesn't get it together, that might end up being a bust of a pick, but for now Kenny can enjoy the ride and the #1 seed for at least a few days. For Marc, he's lucky he won last week because that's two straight low relatively low scoring weeks. DeMarco Murray is looking done, but the silver lining is Marc made a trade with me (because you know desperate me) and got Derrick Henry and Randall Cobb for Doug Baldwin who's been pretty disappointing as well. Russell Wilson has been AWFUL and Brandin Cooks is in an offense where there are just too many mouths to feed (he'll have his good games, but he'll also have games like this week, where the targets are just now there). Tyreek Hill was also shut down this week. I still think this team will be fine in the long run, if Murray busts, he now has Derrick Henry to pick the pieces up, and Russell Wilson will turn it around. Marc takes on Leland next week, while Kenny puts his undefeated start on the line against last year's champion, Alex.

Game MVP

Travis Kelce (Easy Beasley)

8 Receptions, 103 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 20.3 Points

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday Night Overview/Week 1 Awards

What a BORING game last night's Texans/Bengals was. 1 TD the whole game and it came from DeShaun Watson who's not even on a fantasy roster in our league. Only Dad and Leland had guys go last night, but they each had two apiece and to tell you the truth..it wasn't great. For the 2nd straight game, Andy Dalton was terrible, which meant...A.J. Green did nothing of note. He was yet again held to under 10 fantasy points, and with David Johnson out, A.J. Green becomes Leland's #1 guy and that's just not going to cut it. Also Lamar Miller somehow got 10.2 points, but he looked like crap doing it. Again, Miller now has to step up as Leland's #1 RB and I just have zero confidence in the guy all of sudden becoming an elite RB. These 10-15 points are probably going to be his norm, especially if the Texans decide to give De'onta Foreman more run as the season goes. For Dad it wasn't much better. He was already an underdog against Albert, but getting 10.80 from DeAndre Hopkins and 5.7 from Tyler Eifert isn't a great start at all. Eifert had a TD called back because he stepped out of bounds then proceeded to surprise surprise get hurt. With his injury and Andy Dalton sucking, it's hard to see the upside in using him. DeAndre Hopkins continues to get the targets (another 13 this week) but still since Watson doesn't exactly air it out, he finished with a modest 7 catches for 73 yards. It's going to hard for Hopkins to have blow up games without TD's. Next week's Thursday Night Game doesn't look any better (Rams/49ers). Onto the Week 1 Awards

Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week

Antonio Brown (Easy Beasley)

 

Honorable mention goes to Stefon Diggs, but Albert would've easily beaten Mike without his 24 points. Kenny had to start the season without Jay Ajayi and Jarvis Landry and was an underdog going in against Eugene. Antonio Brown was a big reason why Kenny won. A whopping 11 catches for 182 yards, in other words, just another day at the office for Antonio Brown. This dude is unreal. He's the reason Kenny came back to the league and now he reaps the benefits.

Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week

Le'Veon Bell (SCLSU MudDogs)

 

Chalk it up to rust, but this was Le'Veon Bell's worst game of his career. 47 total yards against the CLEVELAND BROWNS. Horrible. There's no way he repeats this kind of performance, but there's no doubt he deserves this Week 1 Award as Alex's team as a whole couldn't even muster up 50 points.

Jay Cutler Bad Decision Award

Mike plays Rob Kelley over Kareem Hunt

 

Luckily it didn't effect the outcome of the game, but this was a huge blunder on Mike's part. Yes there was some understandable concerns using him, but when you use a 2nd round pick on someone, you gotta play him Week 1..otherwise..why draft him? Hunt put up the best rookie running back game in NFL History and the guy who Mike replaced him with, Rob Kelley? 3 points..a 40.10 point difference between the two. Needless to say that will be the last time Hunt is on Mike's bench.

No Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Award this week

Week 2 Matchups and Predictions

Week 1 was pretty awful, let's hope we see some better performances Week 2! Onto this week's matchups!


BABY CARROTS (1-0)  Vs
Catch My Javelin! (0-1)

All Time Record: I lead series 5-3

Key Players

BABY CARROTS: Cam Newton (Bills) Devante Parker (Chargers) Todd Gurley (Redskins) Dalvin Cook (Steelers)

Catch My Javelin!: Jameis Winston (Bears) Alshon Jeffrey (Chiefs) Mike Evans (Bears) Jordan Howard (Bucs) Jordan Reed (Rams)

Wild Cards

BABY CARROTS: Thielen legit? Cam bounce back?

Catch My Javelin!: Jameis/Evans debuts. Is Tarik Cohen a fluke?

Predictions
Yahoo Says: I win
I say: Drew wins. I can't honestly pick myself after last week's disaster. I'm not a fan of having to play two running backs on the same team but I really have no choice as it's my best bet. Drew's team is sneaky good and I can see him starting off to a fast 2-0 start after playing me.

Channel 4 News Team (1-0) vs
BigBadBob (0-1)

All Time Record: Albert leads series 5-4

Key Players

Channel 4 News Team: Derek Carr (Jets) Amari Cooper (Jets) Stefon Diggs (Steelers) Golden Tate (Giants) LeSean McCoy (Panthers) Carlos Hyde (Seahawks) Ty Montgomery (Falcons)

BigBadBob: Aaron Rodgers (Falcons) DeAndre Hopkins (Bengals) Devante Adams (Falcons) Isaiah Crowell (Ravens) Devonta Freeman (Packers) Tyler Eifert (Texans)

Wild Cards

Channel 4 News Team: Tough Matchup for Carlos Hyde. Witten's usage sustainable?

BigBadBob: Will Dad's team bounce back as whole? Production from Flex position.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Albert wins
I Say: Albert wins. After last week's impressive showing, I can't pick Albert to lose. I just don't see it. Though I do believe my Dad will put up more a fight this week with his players showing up, Albert's just got the better squad.

No Soup For You (1-0) vs
Rocket Man (0-1)

All Time Record: Series is tied 3-3

Key Players

No Soup For You: Matt Ryan (Packers) A.J. Green (Texans) Keenan Allen (Dolphins) Michael Thomas (Patriots) Lamar Miller (Bengals)

Rocket Man: Matthew Stafford (Giants) Julio Jones (Packers) Kelvin Benjamin (Bills) Melvin Gordon (Dolphins) Rob Gronkowski (Saints)

Wild Cards

No Soup For You: No David Johnson, can Lamar Miller/Theo Riddick step up? Bounce back games from Michael Thomas/A.J. Green. Trust Crowder?

Rocket Man: Bounce Back games from Julio/Kelvin Benjamin/Gronk. Can supporting players show up and score points?

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Eugene wins
I Say: Eugene wins. How bout this sibling rivalry matchup off the bat in Week 2? Series is all tied up too. It's a huge blow for Leland to lose David Johnson but he still has some great players on his roster, I just feel like Eugene is due to for a rebound performance as his team was dreadful overall last week. I say Eugene takes a close one here.

SCLSU MudDogs (0-1) vs
Light's Broken Bots (0-1)

All Time Record: Alex Leads Series 2-1

Key Players

SCLSU MudDogs: Drew Brees (Patriots) Le'veon Bell (Vikings) Marshawn Lynch (Jets) Jimmy Graham (49ers)

Light's Broken Bots: Tom Brady (Saints) Dez Bryant (Broncos) Jordy Nelson (Falcons) Demaryius Thomas (Cowboys) Martavis Bryant (Vikings)

Wild Cards

SCLSU MudDogs: Tough Matchup for Brees and Le'Veon Bell. Production from WR group. Adrian Peterson at flex

Light's Broken Bots: Tough Matchup for Dez. Martavis Bryant bounce back? RB Production.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Alex wins
I Say: Matt wins. Man...this is tough, both teams have massive problems going forward, but because they play each other this week, someone's going to get win #1. I'll go with Matt simply because he has more talented players that could have good games, but it's really close.



Hoosier Daddy (1-0) vs
Woe Is You (0-1)

All Time Record: Series is tied 3-3

Key Players

Hoosier Daddy: Kirk Cousins (Rams) Michael Crabtree (Jets) Ezekiel Elliott (Broncos) Leonard Fournette (Titans) DeSean Jackson (Bears)

Woe Is You: Odell Beckham Jr. (Lions) Terrelle Pryor (Rams) Kareem Hunt (Eagles) Greg Olsen (Bills)

Wild Cards

Hoosier Daddy: Tough Matchup for Zeke. T.Y. Hilton's QB Situation. Robbie Anderson as WR3.

Woe Is You: Palmer/Dalton QB Situation. Tyrell Williams/Bilal Powell/Terrence Williams plays.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Ryan wins
I Say: Ryan wins. Mike's team just looks very unpredictable, especially after we saw the Jets not really use Bilal Powell as much as originally believe. Mike used a high draft pick on him. The QB situation is murky and though Ryan's team looks equally as questionable (remember, he barely squeaked out a win against me last week) I'll give the slight edge to him.


Easy Beasley (1-0) vs
Shock The Monkey (1-0)

All Time Record: Kenny Leads Series 3-2

Key Players

Easy Beasley: Philip Rivers (Dolphins) Antonio Brown (Vikings) Jay Ajayi (Chargers) Jarvis Landry (Chargers) Christian McCaffrey (Bills) Travis Kelce (Eagles)

Shock The Monkey: Russell Wilson (49ers) Brandin Cooks (Saints) Doug Baldwin (49ers) Tyreek Hill (Eagles) DeMarco Murray (Jaguars) Delanie Walker (Jaguars)

Wild Cards

Easy Beasley: Rivers over Mariota. First games for Ajayi/Landry. McCaffrey's work load

Shock The Monkey: 3 Titans plays. Gillislee TD or bust. Wilson/Baldwin bounce back.

Predictions
Yahoo Says: Marc wins
I say: Marc wins. Kenny was basically forced to play Rivers over Marcus Mariota only because Marc is using 3 Titans and that's just too many guys tied to his QB for him to be gain any ground against Marc. Kenny's coming off a nice win without two of his major guys, but he faces a pretty good team in Marc who's coming of a win himself (albeit a tad disappointing). I still think overall Marc has the better roster and I'll go with him in staying undefeated.

Week 1 Results: The Week Of The Underperformers

 

Well, Week 1 was a weird start to the season to say the least. Everything just felt...lethargic..boring..underwhelming. It seems like most of the games sucked and the big stars came up as small as small can be. It started with Brady and the Patriots, but continued on as guys like Le'Veon Bell, A.J. Green, Julio Jones, Kelvin Benjamin and others just had some either pitiful or average games. It led to some really low scores on the fantasy side of things. And of course injuries reared their ugly head as we saw Danny Woodhead, Allen Robinson, and the biggest one of them all, David Johnson go down (Robinson has already been confirmed to have a torn ACL and is out for the season, while David Johnson is either going to miss 3-4 weeks or 8-12 weeks depending on who you ask). Just more proof on how unpredictable this game is. Here's the results of week 1.

Hoosier Daddy (1-0)           76.60

Catch My Javelin (0-1)       76.52

This season just couldn't have started worse for me (surprise surprise). I was already double fucked before when the news came out that the Bucs-Dolphins game was getting postponed (no Mike Evans/Jameis) and ON TOP OF THAT..Zeke was allowed to play. Now this..a punch to balls loss by .08... .08. That's just fucking mean. To be honest neither me nor Ryan's team really did any good. I was up 15 points going into Sunday Night's matchup and I still had Brandon Marshall vs Zeke. Now TYPICALLY...you'd think that there was a pretty solid chance that even with a good Zeke game, I'd still be OK win..but nope..this is me we're talking about..so naturally Brandon Marshall gets BLANKED until there's 10 seconds left in the game and he catches a 10 yard pass. And that's how I lose...by .8 points. Unbelievable.  I couldn't sleep last night after such a shitty fucking loss. My season sucks off the bat and I don't even know how to gear up for next week because it was so deflating. The thing is..my team ISN'T THAT GOOD..so even if I won...I would've done it with only 76 points. That's not gonna cut it. Jordan Howard predictably is more than likely now in a timeshare with Tarik Cohen (who I'm going to not only pick up with my #1 Waiver Wire Claim but now I gotta start 2 BEARS RB'S BECAUSE MY RUNNING BACKS BLOWWWWWW), Derrick Henry just isn't going to get enough run for me to count on (6 fucking carries) Corey Coleman is going to be volatile (he scored a TD but no way will he be consistent in that Browns offense) and I wasted a pick on Brandon Marshall because he's beyond done and that Wormhead motherfucker Eli doesn't even look his way. Just aggravating that after Week 1 it feels like I have no hope and I have to go through another season of THIS. Yall should start a pool on when I threaten to quit and "never play again" because I swear it wouldn't be surprise if I start that up again come Week 4 or so. Ryan's guys weren't any better, although Leonard Fournette did look like the real deal and if he's going to be what Zeke was last year, Ryan's got a nice young running back group locked up. Against the vaunted "Texans D" Fournette tore them up and had over 100 yards a score and nearly 20 fantasy points. Kirk Cousins were horrible, T.Y. Hilton is useless without Luck, and the only other player that was OK was Michael Crabtree with 6 catches for 83 yards. Ryan's going to have to get a lot better support from his other players outside Crabtree, Elliott and Fournette because it's OK to that against a crappy team like me, but against really good teams, 76 points ain't gonna cut it. Ryan takes on Mike next week, while I take on Drew.

Game MVP

Leonard Fournette (Hoosier Daddy)

100 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 3 Receptions, 24 Receiving Yards, 19.90 Points (NFL Debut)

 

No Soup For You (1-0)              79.54

BigBadBob (0-1)                        68.34

So Leland squeaks by with a modest win against  Dad but again as is the theme of Week 1, neither team did particularly well. The biggest news to come out though is a crushing blow to Leland as David Johnson left Sunday's game with a wrist injury and now is out 2-3 months as he's having surgery on it. This is a BIG loss for Leland, as David Johnson was his best player. Now the small silver lining is David Johnson was a 14th round keeper so it could be worse, but still to go that long without your best player is going to be a tough pill to swallow. There's really nothing to talk about player wise as no one stood out here. Matt Ryan lead Leland's team with 18.94 points (he only threw 1 TD pass) and Keenan Allen and Kyle Rudolph each scored TD's to seal the victory. The good news is Leland won despite mediocre games from his two best receivers, Michael Thomas and A.J. Green. Neither guy scored 10 points. They'll definitely play better next week. I do worry about Leland's RB situation as I'm not a huge fan of Lamar Miller. He had 10 points, but it was as unimpressive as can be. For Dad, he was in this matchup until Monday night. Aaron Rodgers had to face the tough Seattle defense so he didn't have a great game (300, a score and a pick). DeAndre Hopkins came to life when Deshaun Watson took over the QB duties and he had 55 and a score. The yards are pretty pedestrian but the targets will be there. Other than that.nothing for Dad. Devonta Freeman scored a TD but just had 37 yards, while Isaish Crowell had only 66 total yards. I've never bought into Crowell and Week 1 didn't help matters. Tyler Eifert didn't even a score a point and Dad needs a better flex than Devin Funchess. No clue why he even bothers playing him. Not a great start for either team, but someone had to win. Dad's got a rough matchup against Albert next week, while Leland takes on his brother already in Week 2.

Game MVP

Matt Ryan (No Soup For You)

321 Passing Yards, 1 Passing TD, 11 Rush Yards, 18.94 Points

 

Channel 4 News Team (1-0)          137.78

Woe Is You (0-1)                               62.06

The ONLY team that looked impressive as a whole. Albert's team is the only team that eclipsed 100 points and he did it EASILY with almost 140 points. His guys fired on all cylinders as everyone had a double digit scoring game. This team has scary depth. Derek Carr had 260 and 2 scores including one to Amari Cooper (who also DROPPED 3 STRAIGHT TD'S). Golden Tate had an awesome PPR game with 10 catches for 107 yards. Stefon Diggs put on a SHOW with 93 yards and 2 scores. That's why I wanted him..the upside is so HUGE. LeSean McCoy didn't score but had 159 total yards and 18.4 points. Even old man Witten got in on the fun with 7 catches for 59 yards and a score. Ty Montgomery had 93 total yards and a score and Albert's worse player was Carlos Hyde with 75 yards and 6 catches for 10.7 points. Just an amazing all around performance from Albert's team and with the news of Leland losing David Johnson, I think Albert's got the best team in the league now. He's the "team to beat". For Mike, the only silver lining is, the Kareem Hunt non play doesn't matter. Neither does Beckham not playing. If both played, Albert still would've easily won, so there's no sense in beating yourself up on that mistake. Mike's team was god awful. Everyone basically sucked. I do believe that Mike has a QB problem as I don't think Carson Palmer is going to be that great and Andy Dalton was flat out awful. Also those running backs outside of Hunt aren't looking that great as it seems like Powell's role with the Jets was exaggerated by fantasy experts because it's clear Matt Forte is still the lead back. Also Rob Kelley was awful and his upside is limited as it is. Obviously having Hunt and Beckham will help, but the better be on their A game every week for Mike to have a chance to win. It doesn't get easier for Mike as he takes on Ryan next week, while Albert gets to feast on my Dad next week.

Game MVP

Stefon Diggs (Channel 4 News Team)

7 Receptions, 93 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 24.20 Points

 

Shock The Monkey (1-0)             83.32

Light's Broken Bots (0-1)            56.28

I guess Matt's running the table the rest of the season because Yahoo predicted him to go 12-1 before the season started. Another ugly low scoring affair, and after Tyreek Hill's awesome Thursday Night performance, nobody did anything for Marc's team yet he still easily won because Matt's team was so bad. Terrible games all around basically for Russell Wilson, Doug Baldwin and DeMarco Murray. It's good that Marc was able to get this win with all of those guys playing terrible and I don't see them all playing that bad on a consistent basis. For Matt, this was exactly what I was worried about with his team. Those RB's are dreadful (barely 11 points between Coleman and Perkins combined) and Hunter Henry got a fat zero because he's behind Antonio Gates. My worry about Dez Bryant and DeMaryius Thomas is their QB situations really lower their ceiling and that was evident here. Neither even had 10 points with Dez barely getting 5. Also, although I do like Martavius Bryant, is that ultimate boom or bust type player week to week and this week he busted. Jordy Nelson as Jordy Nelson  with 79 yards and a score but he can't do it alone. Obviously Brady won't be as bad as he was in Week 1, but where else is the scoring going to come from? At least Matt gets to face Alex next week who had just as bad a week as he did, while Marc takes on Kenny.

Game MVP

Tyreek Hill (Shock The Monkey)

7 Receptions, 133 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 5 Rushing Yards, 23.3 Points

 

Easy Beasley (1-0)                  94.34

Rocket Man (0-1)                   77.48

Great start to Kenny's comeback as even without Jay Ajayi and Jarvis Landry he gets an easy W over Eugene. Led by, who else, Antonio Brown who went off for 11 catches for 182 yards. That guy is so unbelievable, he doesn't even have to score a TD to dominate a game. Marcos Mariota had an average game, and really the only guy worth talking about is Jeremy Maclin who scored a TD. Remember though, Kenny gets Jay Ajayi and Landry back, so that'll only add to the fire power he has. If there is one thing I'd be a little hesitant about is his other running backs. Out of the running backs taking in the 2nd round of our draft, Christian McCaffery looked the least impressive. He got plenty of opportunity, he just didn't do much with it and even fumbled. For Kenny's sake hopefully he gets better as the season goes on. Also Mark Ingram is basically in a three man committee and it's going to be hard to trust him week to week. For Eugene, he got almost half his points from Matthew Stafford who went OFF trying to make a 4th quarter comeback and ended up with 292 yards and 4 scores. Other than Melvin Gordon who had 79 total yards and a score he got nothing else from his team. Again, it could just be one of those weeks where everyone just sucked all around the league because Julio Jones and Kelvin Benjamin did nothing (along with Gronk on Thursday) and complimentary players like Eric Decker and Kenny Britt were non existent. I dunno, this is another team I semi worry about, though I know Julio Jones and Kelvin Benjamin shouldn't be this invisible every week, I'm just not sold on guys like Ameer Abdullah (who Eugene didn't even play) C.J. Anderson, Eric Decker etc. We'll see if Eugene fares better against his brother next week, while Kenny takes on Marc in where someone's getting their first loss of the season.

Game MVP

Antonio Brown (Easy Beasley)

11 Receptions, 182 Receiving Yards, 23.7 Points

 

Baby Carrots (1-0)              94.54

SCLSU MudDogs (0-1)       58.34

I said it in the draft grades and I even picked  Drew as an upset against the defending champ here, Drew has a darkhorse team, that if all the stars align, he'll have a damn good team that can contend for a title this year. Week 1 was a great start for him. Despite losing Allen Robinson early (and for the year) and terrible games from Cam and Emmanuel Sanders AND no Devante Parker or Jacquizz Rodgers, Drew wins easily this week thanks to his Vikings combo of Adam Thielen and Dalvin Cook. Cook looked tremendous with 127 rushing yards and if Adam Thielen is going to continue how he was playing at the end of last season, Drew's got EVEN MORE FIREPOWER. Thielen went nuts with with 9 catches for 157 yards. I think Drew will survive the Allen Robinson loss just fine. Todd Gurley had 96 total yards and a score, but it's still concerning that he averaged only 2.1 yards a carry especially against a team like the Colts. Hopefully he can have better rushing games than that. Terrence West also had 80 yards and a score, and with Danny Woodhead out for a few weeks, that can only help West's production. For Alex, again, it's what I feared. Those receivers are bad. Matt has the worst running back group and Alex has the worst wide receiver group. Fitzgerald "led" the way with barely 10.4 points. Le'Veon Bell also decided to have his worst game of his career and barely put up 6.2 points. Marshawn Lynch was decent but didn't even crack 10 points, while Jimmy Graham did nothing. Drew Brees had a bad matchup so he wasn't his typical gunslinger self. The big take away too was Adrian Peterson. Basically non-existent and in a 3 headed timeshare at best with Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram. Obviously Brees, Graham, and Bell won't be that bad in the upcoming weeks, but it's still super alarming how bad the rest of Alex's team can be. The ironic thing is, the two teams with the worst looking teams on paper face each other next week so someone WILL BE 1-1 after next week (unless THEY TIE!). For Drew...well shit I play him next week and I gotta say...I don't think I can beat him.

Game MVP

Adam Thielen (BABY CARROTS)

9 Receptions, 157 Receiving Yards, 20.20 Points