Week 1 is in the books, and so what? Sure it was fun to finally have some games to watch, and some opponents to beat, but week one doesn't really mean much in the long run. Before I get there, here are some other interesting stats. Each winner scored over 140, and only 2 losers scored under 100. The average score was 125. The winners average was 144 and the losers average was 105.
Every year in the modern era, 3 teams that have lost the first week have made the playoffs, meaning 3 who win also make the playoffs. From what I could tell there was no variation of this in any year. It's also 12:30 at night, so I could have screwed up on that, but I'm pretty sure it's right.
So what about week 2? In all 4 years 12 teams have gone 2-0, but only 7 of them made the playoffs. However, in the last 2 years, there have been 7 teams to go 2-0, and 5 of them have made the playoffs. So it appears to be getting a little harder to recover from your mistakes. It would appear we are getting smarter or something.
The reverse of that is fairly true. 12 teams have started out 0-2, and 5 of them have made the playoffs. The last 2 years, 7 teams went 0-2 and 4 of them made the playoff. I will recant that smarter belief. Or maybe the 2-0 teams are getting a little smarter, the 0-2 teams get good waiver picks, and the 1-1 teams are stuck in in limbo. 1-1 teams have made the playoffs 12 out of 24 times, but in the last 2 years it has only been 3 of 10 of the 1-1 teams making the playoffs. So if you are 1-0, go for the win, if you are 0-1, tank one more week. If you claim to be the caped crusader, go ahead and tank for fun.
The closest games were matt and rob (27 points) and skyler and geoff (30 points) but there were no players on their benches that would have helped them win. I imagine stats like that change next week. Next week (assuming no ties) there is for sure 2 teams that start out 2-0 and for sure 2 that start 0-2 because skyler plays chad, and konner plays tyler. Rob and Ren could also both win and go 2-0, but it's not a guarantee.
As far as players this week (This does not include tonight's games), skyler was fortunate to have 2 of the top 3 (Ryan number 1 and Bell number 3) total points scorers. Rob had number 2 (Julius thomas). If you started a top 3 QB you won, If you started a top 4 RB you won (skyler was lucky and had number 1 and 4). The number one wide receiver this week was an undrafted rookie for Jacksonville...by undrafted I mean by us and the NFL. Jordan started the top scoring WR and lost. Matt had the number 4 highest scoring and started, and lost. Brady had two top 8 WR's on his bench and lost (though he did start who should be the number 1 WR of the week in megatron). Geoff had 2 of the top 6 TE's. Maybe he will make a move soon to trade one of them while value is high? Of the top 8 kickers, 2 were owned. Just a friendly reminder to take your kickers in the last round. Of the top 10 DSTs, 3 were owned. Just a friendly reminder to take your defense in the 2nd to last round.
That is all see you in week 2.
Also, as a personal plug, I am in 4 leagues this year, I went 3-1 this week, meaning I'm 3-1 on the year.
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