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.
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