Like last week, this week featured a decent number of blowouts. Only one game was close on Monday evening, and some of us were only following along to see if history would be made in the highest-scoring week of all-time record book.
Skyler vs Brady: In the battle of the cousins, Skyler came out victorious by about 30 points. In a rare display of big-picture thinking, they agreed to a trade earlier in the week, even though they were playing each other. Skyler acquired Dak Prescott, who had his worst game of the season (but was still a large improvement over prior QB play), and Brady acquired Brandin Cooks (sat on the bench) and Raheem Moster (traded to Rob). The trade didn't seem to make a big difference this week, but we'll have to see what it looks like going forward.
Tommy vs Brandon: Tommy scored 173 points this week, beat Brandon by almost 60, and somehow had a terrible week. And by that I mean he was only the 3rd highest scorer this week, and he traded away Fournette for a very injured Saquon Barkley. Outside of his kicker, everyone scored double digits for Tommy and 5 of his players scored 20+. Brandon got the loss, but he got off the Antonio Brown roller right before it crashed into a big ball of flames -- so it wasn't the worst week ever for him.
Matt vs Trevor: In the battle of ineptitude, Matt is this weeks winner -- and by that I mean he lost in a very low scoring matchup. Matt was the low scorer of the week, in part because he lost Barkley, and Trevor was only 12 points better. But still, a win is a win, and this was the upset win of the week since Matt was 2-0 and Trevor was 0-2. All is not lost though as Matt traded Barkley for Fournette. I can't make fun of Tommy too much for it because even I texted Matt about Saquon and almost gave him a great deal. Trevor has a decent amount of depth, but it often leads him to starting the wrong players. If he can get those issues worked out, he would have a scary team.
Rob vs Ren: Rob scored 135 points this week, which was better than average the last two weeks, but unfortunately for him this week it was a below-average score, and he got blown out by 60. Ren took an early lead for highest-scoring week of the year as his team bounced back in a major way after last week. Winston, Kamara, and Hooper scored more this week than their first 2 weeks combined, and Allen, Freeman and, Agholor nearly did the same thing (they combined for 5 fewer points this week than their first two weeks combined). Ren's team has been all over the place this season, so it's hard to tell if this is his team turning a page, or just the upswing in the pendulum.
TJ vs Kyle: In the nailbiter of the night, TJ hangs on to win by 2.04 points -- aka 2 passing yards and an INT from Jared Goff lost Kyle the game. I know one Monday Night victory doesn't change everything for TJ, but it's the first step to getting this monkey off of his back. This was the projected Battle of Ineptitude this week since both teams were 0-2, and they nearly had that distinction by both being 0-2, but Kyle scored just enough tonight to keep them out of that dubious (and new) honor. When I have free time this week, I will have to look up how many teams have made the playoffs after going 0-3.
Jordan vs Tyler: This game was the highest combined score of the week (thinking of calling that a bonanza, but I'm not sold on that), but it was still a 60 point blowout. This game was sadly more about Tyler vs History than Tyler vs Jordan. The record for highest-scoring week is 217 points (Ren back in 2013), and for a while tonight, Tyler was ahead of that record. Instead of being otherworldly, the bears were simply exceptional with 22 points tonight. This was the game of the week as both teams were 2-0 leading into the matchup, and it looked to be promising when Jordan and the Ravens got off to a hot start. Sadly, the rest of his team didn't care, and Tyler ended up getting the win sometime during Sunday Night Football.
Awards Season
High Scorer of the Week: Tyler gets it done this week, and flirts with history before he comes back down to reality -- and that reality is only the 3rd team every to break 200, with Ren doing it in 2013, and Brady in 2018. Brady won the championship the year he broke 200, and Ren lost in the semi-finals (to Tyler) the year he set the record. Both finished as the #2 team during the regular season, so it seems safe to say Tyler isn't a fluke this year, and barring injury will contend for the championship.
Low Scorer of the Week: Matt acquired Saquon this week, and had the lowest score of the week. Matt didn't wait to finish the week before dealing him. So maybe Saquon was his bad luck charm?
Luckiest team of the week: TJ won this week, yet he only outscored 3 people this week. He was just lucky enough to play one of them. He was also lucky enough to survive Monday night and win by a narrow margin.
Unluckiest team of the week: Jordan lost this week, yet he was only outscored by 3 people this week. He ran into Tyler on a historic night, and will now try and recover. And by recover, I mean he was 2-0 before this week, and while he is technically in 5th, he is 10 points out of second place. So he's not really hurting too bad.
MVP(s) of the Week: I usually split this award, but this week was a unanimous decision for Mike Evans. He was less than half a point away from being the highest scorer of the week, and he was the highest-scoring player on the highest-scoring team, which was only the 3rd team to cross 200 points.
LVP(s) of the Week (Points<=5): Stefon Diggs, Mark Andrews, Emmanuel Sanders, Eagles DST, Will Lutz, Todd Gurley, John Ross, Chris Carson, Josh Jacobs, Vance McDonald, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Calvin Ridley, Titans DST, Kenny Golladay, and Justin Tucker. Interesting fact, 4 of those players were traded this past week.
Game Previews
Out of division play gets underway this week, so division bragging rights will begin in earnest.
Skyler (4) vs Ren (3): Skyler has one starter on Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Sunday). He has two starters on bye. Ren has two starters on Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Sunday). He has no players on bye. This has the potential to be the game of the week (combined score of 7).
Tommy (2) vs Trevor (9): Tommy has two starters on Thursday night and two starters in primetime (both Sunday). He has no players on bye. Trevor has one starter on Thursday night and two starters in primetime (one Sunday, one Monday). He has no players on bye.
Brandon (8) vs TJ (11): Brandon has no starters on Thursday night and two starters in primetime (one Sunday, one Monday) He has no players on bye. TJ has no starters on Thursday night and has one starter in primetime (Sunday). He has no players on bye. This has the potential to be the battle of ineptitude (combined score of 19).
Brady (10) vs Jordan (5): Brady has one starter Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Monday). He has one starter on bye. Jordan has no starters on Thursday night and three starters in primetime (two Sunday, one Monday). He has no players on bye. This has the potential for the nailbiter of the night.
Matt (6) vs Tyler (1): Matt has no starters on Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Monday). He has no players on bye. Tyler has no starters on Thursday night and no starters in primetime. He has two bench players on bye. This has the potential to be the game of the week (combined score of 7).
Rob (7) vs Kyle (12): This is another battle of the cousins. One of them most likely killed the other in mafia while I was doing the writeup. Rob has one starter on Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Sunday). He has two bench players on bye. Kyle has one starter on Thursday night and one starter in primetime (Monday). He has one starter and one bench player on bye. This has the potential to be the battle of ineptitude (combined score of 19).
That is all for this week, good luck to everyone next week -- except Ren.
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