Week 1 and All is Well

Week one is in the books and I am back to writing a weekly summary – which means I won and I don’t hate fantasy football at the moment.

None of the games were within 20 points, but two of the games came down to the final night.  TJ was able to beat Jordan on the strength of his Monday night players (he historically has issues with Monday nights), and Matt ended up beating Rob.  The game would have been a little closer had Rob not cut his kicker, but whatever floats his boat.

High scorer of the week: Skyler – enjoyed some James Conner, Drew Brees and Mike Evans luck.

Low scorer of the week: Kyle – hates Le’Veon Bell, Marquise Goodwin, and Kareem Hunt.

Unlucky team of the week: Jordan – 5^th highest scorer of the week, but played against the 2^nd highest scorer of the week.

Lucky team of the week: Matt – 128 points isn’t really lucky, but 6 teams scored higher than he did, so he got a little lucky he didn’t play one of them.  Also, look for him to trade one of his QB’s – he currently owns 2 of the top 5 QB’s.  Then again, 2 of the top 6 QB’s are on waivers, so maybe wait another week to trade him.  Just don’t let him hustle you if you do decide to trade with him!

Looking forward to next week, there are two games against undefeated teams, and two games against defeated teams.  I don’t want to look into the current projections to predict the games because A) they haven’t updated their projections recently, B) their projections are generally terrible, and C) I am personally bitter against them because they have James Conner under 2 points, which isn’t happening.  All of that being said Rob and Trevor are projected to be within 2 points and TJ and Tyler are projected to be within 4.  I doubt any of that plays out, but it would make for some exciting games.

Looking at Monday night, the next game is the Seahawks and the Bears.  Match-ups that will likely be significantly effected by that game include Ren (Allen Robinson) vs. Matt (Jordan Howard), and maybe TJ (If he starts Russel Wilson, and Trey Burton) vs Tyler.  We will see if some streamer/flex plays make an appearance (Cohen, Carson, Penny, or Lockett), but I doubt it given the lack of bye weeks.

I have a nice long commute these days, so I might be writing more – depends how much work I need to do during the ride, so there may be a more in depth matchup preview later in the week.  Good luck to everyone (except Chad) this week.