Week 7: The Midway Point

We have hit the halfway point of our regular season.  Once next week goes final, a champion will be crowned, even if Coronavirus cancels the season.  Let's be honest, after seeing how this season has gone, it's not getting cancelled.

Also, as a heads up, I think Tuesday blogs will likely become a regular thing -- at least it will if my game is still going on Monday Night.  I'm taking this season far too hard, so I'm trying to separate myself from that where possible and look at my phone less often.

Game Recaps

Skyler vs Kyle: Stop me if you've heard this before -- Skyler lost important players to injury during the middle of the game and ended up losing.  The one benefit to losing OBJ for the season is that he can now be dropped and quit causing headaches for roster construction.  One of the most amazing battles this week was between the two defenses in this game.  They combined for 50 points.  After 26 points for Kyle's defense, the next highest scorer's for him were Cole Beasley and Derek Carr who were both over 20 points.  7 of his 9 players had at least double digits, which is what made the difference in winning and losing this week as Skyler had 5 of 9 starters score in double digits.

Brandon vs Brady: Another year, another no undefeated team.  Brandon went 6-0 before stumbling into a fight with Brady and got a solid beatdown. Brady was the 3rd highest scorer, and Brandon was the 2nd lowest, and yet it still wasn't the beatdown of the week. Russel Wilson and Chris Godwin came to play for Brandon, combining for nearly 60 points.  The other 7 guys struggled to make it to 50 combined. 5 of those 7 guys, scored single digit points.  Brady on the other hand had 4 players who scored 20+ points, including Carson Wentz going for 30+. One interesting note for Brady's team, Zeke was the second lowest scorer on the team, and Brady shipped him off promptly.  No loyalty  or patience shown to the stud running back acquired earlier this year.

Trevor vs Chad: In a tumble of two of the top teams, Trevor took down Chad by twenty points.  Trevor's kicker was the only player who scored single digits, and Tannehill and Hopkins were the only two to score 20+.  The rest of his team was really solid. For Chad's team, 5 of his 9 starters scored single digits, and only Tyler Lockett scored more than 14 points -- he just happened to score 53 points in an amazing performance and game -- too bad it was wasted on the rest of his team's performance. It was enough to put Chad within striking distance on Monday Night, but Darrell Henderson didn't have a 30 point game in him to give Chad the win.  Instead if was one of the 5 people to score single digits.  

TJ vs Rob: Rob was the second highest scorer this week, and this was still the battle of ineptitude -- which goes to show just how bad TJ got beat. It was also the biggest beatdown of the week as Rob won by 60+ points.  TJ was let down by most of his team -- only 4 guys scored double digits points, and only one of them was for 20+ points.  On the other hand, Rob broke 150 with 20+ from three players, including 40+ points from Davante Adams. Rob's team got 6 points from his kicker -- nothing really noteworthy, but he missed a field, which led to him getting cut in real life.  Other than that, Rob's team is setting up nicely -- he has Carlos Hyde (Carson got hurt this week) and Chase Edmonds (Kenyan Drake got hurt this week), Davante Adams is back, and Michael Thomas should be back soon.

Jordan vs Matt: This was the nail-biter of the week, and also the Monday Night Miracle/Nightmare.  This game was set up nicely by a crazy Sunday Night game from Kyler Murray for Matt, and a really good game from Christian Kirk for Jordan. That put Matt ahead by 13 points, with only Jordan's DST (the Rams) left. One of the changes we made a few years ago was that defensive points didn't count against the DST.  So in this game, Goff threw a pick six to the Bears.  Because the Bears defense scored it, Jordan's DST didn't lose any points for it.  Had the defensive player been tackled at the one, and the Bears offense punched it in from the one, Jordan would have lost 3 more points.  They were also 21 yards away from losing 3 more points.  So going back to the previous scenario, If the defensive player was tackled at the 25(ish) yard line, and then the Bears scored a TD -- between the yards and points, the Rams would have scored 6 few points.  That would have meant Jordan won by .08  Hopefully all of that makes Matt feel a little better about losing.

Tyler vs Tommy: This was the weekly bonanza as it was the only game that went over 300 combined points this week -- not that it was really close as Tyler won by 35+ points. Speaking of 35+ points, that's what Aaron Rodgers scored for Tyler.  Jeff Wilson also scored Tyler 32 points before going out with injury. He had another two players score 20+ as well.  Tommy had one 30 point scorer in James Robinson, and 20+ points from Minshew and DJ Moore.  In recent trade news, Tyler parted with JTT for Zeke and looks good on paper. Tommy traded Montgomery for Chris Carson.  Tommy gets upgrade, but it is unsure when he will be back to play.

Award Season

Pick ‘em: I erroneously excluded Tyler from winning this week. I made the mistake of not checking week 7.  All I saw were 0’s in week 8. So good job Tyler, maybe someone will give you a cookie as a reward. 

Highest Scorer of the Week: Tyler ran away with this this week by beating the next closest person by 20 points.

Lowest Scorer of the Week: TJ takes up this award with 89.22 points, which was 20 points fewer than the next closest person.

Luckiest Team of the Week: Trevor wins this award by default because he was the lowest scoring winner this week.

Unluckiest Team of the Week: Stop me if you've heard this before, but Matt is the highest scoring loser again.  It also didn't help that he was close to winning on Monday Night and had to sit through that game hoping to finally get another win. Tommy was 2.1 points away from stealing this award away from Matt.  I'm sure he's really torn up about it. I accidentally put this write up on the Luckiest Team of the Week section -- that would have been way off.

Game Previews

Skyler (12) vs Matt (8): Skyler has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has two players on bye. Matt has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has four players on bye. Given their rankings, this has the potential to be the battle of ineptitude.

Tommy (10) vs Rob (11): Tommy has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has three players on bye. Rob has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has two players on bye. Given their rankings, this has the potential to be the battle of ineptitude.

Chad (3) vs Tyler (5): Chad has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has no players on bye. Tyler has one player on Thursday night and three players in primetime. He has no players on bye. This has the chance to be the bonanza given their rankings, and has a chance to be the Monday Night Miracle.

Brady (6) vs Kyle (4): Brady has one player on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has two players on bye. Kyle has two players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has one player on bye. This has the chance to be the bonanza given their rankings.

Brandon (1) vs TJ (9): Brandon has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has no players on bye. TJ has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has no players on bye.

Trevor (2) vs Jordan (7): Trevor has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Jordan has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has no players on bye.

That's all for this week.  Good luck to everyone this week, except Matt.  Knowing my luck, Matt's streak of unluckiest team ends this week.

Week 6: Socialism is Good?

I couldn't think of a great title, but I thought about how all of the poor 1-4 teams got wins from richer 2+ win teams.  So on behalf of all of the crappy teams, thanks good teams for redistributing wins to the rest of us.  Feel the Bern!  Anyway, now that I've alienated everyone, let's do some game recaps. *Editors Note: That really was my headline and introduction since earlier today,  It's just extra funny that it's politics, which we were just talking about*

Game Recaps

Skyler vs Tyler: In one of the uglier games this week, and definitely the battle of ineptitude, Skyler managed to beat Tyler by 20.  Despite Gronks best game in years, Tyler was let down by <4 points from A Rog, 2 points from a starting WR, and <5 points from a starting WR.  Skyler's leading scorer was Gardner Minshew, and he was the only player in this game to get more than 20 points for either team.  Skyler's next two leading scorers were his DST and kicker.  It was definitely an ugly game for everyone. Of course, it wouldn't be a Skyler game if it weren't for injuries -- Miles Sander and Jonnu Smith both left the game hurt, with Sanders projected to miss several weeks for recovery.  I'm sure Tyler will be thrilled to get Kamara back from bye and Chubb back from injury.

Tommy vs Kyle:  Tommy got a 20 point win thanks to a resurgent (aka healthy) Julio Jones. The rest of his team was average, but it was enough this week to get the job done.  Kyle didn't have anyone score over 20, and this was his first game of being under 100 points for the week. His players were all average, and that would normally be enough against another average team, but Julio proved the difference this week, and is a dark horse candidate for the weekly MVP.

Chad vs Brandon: I don't want to say the game between the top two seeds disappointed, but it did, so I will: this game was a disappointment.  Both scored fewer points than expected, and it was a bit of a blowout as Brandon won by 30.  The good news for Chad is that even with the lost, most of the other good teams lost too, and he should stay in second place.  The bad news for Chad is that Parker (Dolphins WR) got hurt and left the game early, and even then, Gesicki (TE for the Dolphins) still couldn't get any points for Chad.  Brandon road Tractorcito (that is one of Derrick Henry's nicknames, I'm not making this up) for 40.40 points and the win.  As one of the top scorers of the week, this puts him in the MVP conversation as well.

Brady vs Trevor: The dark horse game of the week actually was the game of the week.  It was the highest-scoring game of the week - aka the bonanza -- and also the nail-biter of the week.  There was a lot of back of forth in the various games throughout the last 2 days, but Zeke tried to not put the nail in the coffin, but Tyreek and Deandre forced his hand by being terrible, and it got Brady the win in the second Monday Night Football game (isn't two MNF games great?). Zeke was aided by some Ryan FitzMagic, as well as 20+ point games from Cooks, Kittle, and the newly acquired AJ Brown.  Brady's kicker even added in 18 points for good measure. This Monday Nightmare loss stings for Trevor as he was the third-highest scorer this week, and had great games from Tannehill and Swift.

Matt vs TJ:  Matt started hot, called out TJ, and put the jinx into effect.  It was all brought home as TJ's Monday Nightmare continues.  The fantasy gods were upset that TJ got a win last week on MNF, and decided he needed to be punished for it this week.  Matt's new acquisitions of Kyler, CEH, and Hayden Hurst brought home the win by all scoring 15+ points, while the suddenly mortal Josh Allen spoiled TJ's best efforts, including 22 points from his DST.

Rob vs Jordan:  This was the only game a 1-4 team lost -- but that's because both teams were 1-4 and they couldn't both win. Jordan's DST score him -2, and Mark Ingram went out with an injury after only scoring 2 points, and Jordan still somehow won -- after essentially playing 9 on 7. Rob suffered his on injury concern as well with Mostert getting hurt, but his LVP (and the leading candidate for LVP) was Alexander Mattison with 4 points. Mattison was averaging 6.25 points a game through the first four games, and then after Cook got dinged up, he scored 16.60 against Seattle in week 5.  Yet, as the starter and the Vikings had to play from behind and Mattison didn't get much chance to show off his skill set. No one cares what happened the last time they played -- the end.

Award Season

Eliminator: Tommy finally lost his streak thanks to the Vikings. I will quit updating this now.  Congrats Tommy for leading wire to wire.

Pick 'em: Tommy won this again, but his only competition was Tyler.  We should try getting back into this.

Highest Scorer of the Week: Brady won this week, despite the fact his defense score him 0 points. Garbage time Matt got this spot after Murray and Cooper ran up the score on TJ

Lowest Scorer of the Week: Tyler won this week thanks to some byes, injuries, and a career-worst from Aaron Rodgers.

Luckiest Team of the Week: Skyler was the lowest-scoring winner, so he wins this award.  It's also the 5th game he's had this year affected by injury, so he deserves this.

Unluckiest Team of the Week: Trevor was the third-highest scorer, but he still lost to Brady.

MVP of the Week: CEH and Kyler Murray were Matt's new dynamic duo.  They rewarded the BHers with a great Monday night. There were rumblings that Justin Jefferson should win it, and that Jordan would have lost without him, but I'm still giving it to the two big players on this week's top team.

LVP of the Week: Mattison was a consensus start amongst just about everyone, and it cost Rob the much-needed win to get out of last place.

Game Preview

Skyler (11) vs Kyle (4): Skyler has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has two players on bye. Kyle has one player on Thursday night and three players in primetime. He has two players on bye.

Brandon (1) vs Brady (6): Brandon has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has two players on bye. Brady has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Trevor (3) vs Chad (2): Trevor has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has two players on bye. Chad has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has two players on bye. This should be the game of week/the bonanza based on seeding.

TJ (8) vs Rob (12): TJ has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has no players on bye. Rob has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has no players on bye.

Jordan (10) vs Matt (7): Jordan has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has three players on bye. Matt has one player on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has no players on bye. This is the early front-runner for the battle of ineptitude

Tyler (5) vs Tommy (9): Tyler has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. He has one player on bye. Tommy has no players on Thursday night and three players in primetime. He has no players on bye. This could be the nail-biter and Monday Night Miracle/Nightmare given the number of players they have in primetime.

That's all for this week, good luck to everyone, except Kyle, next week.

Week 5: The Have's and the Have Nots

 I'm not sure we've ever seen such a lack of parity before in the league.  Five teams are 1-4, two teams are 5-0 and two teams are 4-1. There are two teams at 2-3 (one of which is the 6 seed), which should give the 1-4 teams hope to keep trying and hope to make the playoffs.  When I have more time, I'll have to look at the worst start to come back and make the playoffs.  I know the worse schedule to make the playoffs is 6-7, but I'll have to check if any of the 6-7 have ever started so poorly.

Game Recaps

Skyler vs Trevor: For the Tuesday Night Torture, Tannehill gave Trevor enough points to beat Skyler sometime in the 2nd quarter tonight.  Trevor had two players score 25+ points in Tannehill and Hopkins.  Skyler was let down by himself as the people he took risks on didn't pan out due to poor play (Hayden Hurst) and injury (Diontae Johnson)...<rant> Johnson led the Steelers in games he was healthy, and Claypool went off this week after Johnson went out. The process was right, the results were wrong, and fantasy is stupid </rant>

Brandon vs Tommy:  Tommy took an early lead with Bridgewater, Waller, and Montgomery playing well, but Wilson put Brandon in striking distance, and then his trio of Henry, Singletary, and Diggs put him over the top on Tuesday.  There was some Tuesday Night Torture to this, but Brandon didn't make it last long and put Tommy out of his misery early enough.  Brandon had some mild concern over whether or not the Tuesday game would happen, but once it did, there was a good chance Brandon would pick up the win. Special shout out to the Ravens DST getting 30 points for Brandon.  That doesn't happen often, but when you get that much from your DST, it means you are likely having a great week.

Jordan vs Chad:  I'm not sure I've given out a weekly butt-whooping or beatdown of the week, but I might have to start after Chad dismantled Jordan this week and kept his undefeated streak going. Chad had four players score 19.9 points or more this week.  In fact, those four people would have been enough to beat Jordan by themselves. Jordan's top trio scored 65 points this week which is rather solid.  His other six players did him in by scoring a combined 30.5 points.

TJ vs Brady: There were six 1-3 teams this week, and none of them played each other.  Five of them lost -- the only one that didn't, the only upset of the week -- your boi, Mr. Goodtimes, Travis James Morrison. It was the (first?) Monday Night Miracle for TJ, and the Monday Nightmare for Brady.  Emmanuel Sanders outscored the Saints DST by 20, which was enough to give TJ the win over Brady by 14 points.  This was TJ had a solid (20+) outing from three of his players, while Brady only had one hit that Mark.  This was also the battle of ineptitude as this was the lowest scoring matchup of the week.  They scored a combined 4 points fewer than the Brandon/Tommy matchup to win this award. 

Kyle vs Matt: Kyle beat Matt by 40, which doesn't make a lot of sense when you look at the top scorers.  Kyle had three players score 20+, while Matt had two such players.  The bottom wasn't too far off either as Matt had two players score less than 10, while Kyle only had one.  It seems Kyle was only marginally better when breaking it down, but it still ended up in a whooping, and *spoiler alert* it led to winning the highest-scoring team of the week by a healthy margin.  Even though it was a 40 point margin victory, Matt did well enough to make this the weekly bonanza.

Tyler vs Rob: The nail-biter of the week, and another Monday Night Miracle/Monday Nightmare, Tyler was behind 50+ points, and on the backs of Kamara and Herbert, he won by 9.  Tyler's TE and DST combined for -2 points, so it was an extra big miracle that he was able to come back from this. It's hard to blame any one person on Rob's team, but it would probably be Josh Kelley -- Ekeler is out several weeks, and Kelley looked like he would be the lead back for his team, but he ended up playing second fiddle and possibly causing Rob the loss.

Award Season

Eliminator: We've all given up, but Tommy is still winning, so he keeps getting the shout out.

Pick 'em: Tyler beat Tommy 10-9 this week.  I was going to give this up, but these guys keep going and deserve their shoutout.

Highest Scorer of the Week: I mentioned it earlier, but Kyle ran away with one by 20 points.

Lowest Scorer of the Week: Tommy and Jordan battled this out, but Jordan "won" this "prestigious award" by scoring 3 fewer points than Tommy this week (95 for anyone who was curious).  When your WR1, WR2, TE, and Flex combine for 10.5 points, it's a recipe for disaster.  Two of his players were affected by injuries to themselves or their QB, which makes that 10.5 a little flukey. 

Luckiest Team of the Week: TJ was the luckiest team of the week -- though he was the 7th highest scorer, so it wasn't a major dose of luck, but he won this award fair and square by being the lowest-scoring team to win and he should get his shout out.

Unluckiest Team of the Week: Matt was the unluckiest team of the week.  He was the 6th highest scorer of the week (and only 5 points ahead of TJ), but he still lost because he ran into Magical (it should be capitalized TJ, don't let the haters get you down) Kyle Express this week.

MVP of the Week: This award will be split between Emmanuel Sanders and Justin Herbert.  They were both able to lead their teams to a victory on the big stage Monday night

LVP of the Week: This is another split for the losing teams who lost to the teams in the MVP category.  George Kittle and Joshua Kelley were being counted on to do bigger things, but unfortunately, they came up short when it mattered in the closest games this week.

Game Previews

Remember, there are no Thursday night games this week due to the schedule change for the Bills, but there will be two Monday Night games.

Skyler (10) vs Tyler (5): The center/left tackle vs his QB1. Skyler has no players in primetime.  He has one player on bye. Tyler has two players in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Tommy (9) vs Kyle (3): Tommy has three players in primetime.  He has two players on bye. Kyle has no players in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Chad (2) vs Brandon (1): I'll have to double-check, but I believe this is the latest we've ever had two undefeated teams play in the season, and is certainly the front runner to be the game of the week and the bonanza as they are two of three teams in the league to score over 700 points so far. Chad has four players in primetime.  He has one player on bye. Brandon has three players in primetime. He has one player on bye.  Their players on bye are Seahawks, which should make this matchup even more interesting since the Seattle passing attack has been so good this season.  Having that many players in primetime should also make this matchup more enjoyable.

Brady (6) vs Trevor (4): This doesn't have the hype as the previous game (given that I'm the hype man, that's on me), but this is the other matchup this week that has two teams playing in the top 6. Brady has three players in primetime.  He has one player on bye. Trevor has three players in primetime. He has one player on bye. This game also has a large number of primetime players, which should make it more enjoyable for the rest of us.

Matt (8) vs TJ (7): If Brady loses his game, the winner of this game should move into the 6th seed.  So while the matchup isn't as good based on their seeds, it's still an important game. Matt has three players in primetime.  He has two players on bye, but also has to replace Dak this week, so three of his starters from last week will not start this week. TJ has one player in primetime. He has two players on bye, but they are already on his bench, because TJ, like Bill Belichick, doesn't get hyped up on big wins, he's "already on to next week", and will only talk about the players who are available.  Expect to see him in a cut off hoodie on Instagram this week.

Rob (12) vs Jordan (11): This has a "Loser Leaves Town" vibe to it as they are the two of the bottom seeds, and is the front runner for the battle of ineptitude.  At least one "1 win team" will get a win this week.  The other 1 win teams are playing teams with higher seeds and could keep their 1 win for a while longer. Rob has three or four players in primetime (depending on who he decides to start).  He has one player on bye. Jordan has two players in primetime. He has one player on bye. 

Well, that's all for this week.  Thanks for your patience as I finished up.  Good luck to everyone, except Tyler, this next week.

Week 4: Its the End of the World as We Know It...

 ...and I don't feel fine.  The title isn't all about me though.  We had the Titans game postponed a few weeks, the Patriots game postponed a day and a last-minute scare for New Orleans.  The NFL has threatened teams with forfeits if they have a similar situation as the Titans.  Hopefully, it never comes to that.  Taking a left-hand turn here, but Liverpool also lost 7-2 and is having an outbreak of coronavirus of their own.  Between the Jazz, the Titans, Liverpool, and BYU's schedule, and even BYU's new and then canceled Army game, Coronavirus is out to get me and make sure I don't get sports to enjoy.

Game Recaps

Skyler vs Brandon: This had a shot as the nail-biter, but then Tonyan went berserk and put the game away for Brandon at halftime.  Brandon got a great game from Tonyan and really good games from everyone else. Skyler finally had a respectable game, but he still couldn't win.  OBJ went off, and Chris Carson carried his weight in the losing effort, but it wasn't enough. At least Skyler doubled his score from last week.  Brandon stays in first with this beat down he administered.  This was the weekly bonanza as it was the only score that combined for 300+ points.

Tommy vs Trevor: This was another nail-biter candidate, and it likely would have delivered if not for a late injury for Tommy.  James White and Tyreek Hill went off enough in the early game today to give Trevor a big enough lead that Julio couldn't overcome before he got hurt.  This ended up being the battle of ineptitude thanks to the low score of both teams.  Trevor is happy to escape with a win after a serious injury to Ekeler and a moderate injury to Fant.  This gets the Monday Night Miracle -- but it's a small miracle, like finding your keys miracle, not being cured of cancer.

Chad vs TJ: This game didn't look like it would be close, and then Aaron Jones put on his medium boy pants and made it the nail-biter of the week. Unfortunately, he didn't put on his big boy pants and give TJ the win or the Monday Night Miracle.  It's TJ and a Monday night though, so is anyone surprised?  Chad had a quartet of players who nearly scored him 100 points, including Melvin Gordon who put up 25+ on Thursday night to get Chad started on the right foot.  Sorry TJ, but I'm bringing back the Monday Nightmare just for you, and because it's October.

Brady vs Jordan: Brady put a beatdown on Jordan and now has a winning streak.  Jordan left a few points on the bench, but it wasn't enough to have made a difference.  Other than 1-2 starters, Jordan had a really solid week from everyone else -- solid isn't often good enough in this league though. Brady got 80+ points from Kittle and Mixon -- two guys he was looking at trading earlier this week.  Sometimes the trades you don't make are more important than the trades you do make.

Matt vs Tyler:  This game looked close until the Cowboys with Dak, Zeke, and Amari went bananas and gave Matt the boost he needed to seal the victory.  Aaron Rodger tried to bring Tyler back on Monday Night, but Ridley put up a terrible game and made sure Tyler didn't have a real chance for a comeback.  Tyler was also let down by a Chubb injury that should last several weeks. Matt's win and several other people's losses puts him in 7th up from 12th, and knocking on the door of the wildcard.

Rob vs Kyle: Another week, another tank job, and Rob is finally in last place by .04 points -- aka 1 passing yard. This week it was Adam Thielen and Allen Robinson that made Rob cry "Cousin" (instead of uncle, since Kyle is his cousin -- I know, incredibly clever). and sit Kelce and not try and find a replacement for Adams.  Kyle didn't have any major disappointments,  as none of his players scored less than 5 points.

Award Season

Eliminator:  Tommy already won, but he is keeping the streak going.  I was thinking of dropping this award, but since he keeps getting it right, I'll keep shouting him out.

Pick 'em: Tommy won this week here as well.  He keeps crushing it in the competitions that don't matter as much.

Highest Scorer of the Week: Brady managed to hold onto this award this week over Brandon's late efforts with Tonyan.

Lowest Scorer of the Week: Rob and his quitting ways take the most shameful spot.

Luckiest Team of the Week: Trevor was the second-lowest scorer of the week (of teams trying to win), and he still managed to win this week.

Unluckiest Team of the Week: Skyler wins this award for being the 4th highest scorer, and still losing.  Given he won the luckiest team a few weeks ago, this just offsets that.

MVP of the Week: Dalvin Cook was Chad's leading scorer, and did just enough for Chad to keep the win away from TJ.

LVP of the Week: The Chargers DST for TJ.  They were 4 points and 35 yards away from 4 fantasy points which would have got TJ the narrowest of wins. Instead, they only got TJ 3 points.

Game Previews

Skyler (11) vs Trevor (3): Skyler has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Trevor has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Brandon (1) vs Tommy (9): Brandon has no (healthy) players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Tommy has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Jordan (10) vs Chad (2): Jordan has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Chad has no players on Thursday night and two player in primetime. 

TJ (8) vs Brady (6): TJ has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Brady has no players on Thursday night and no players in primetime. He has one player on bye.

Kyle (4) vs Matt (7): Kyle has two players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Matt has one player on Thursday night and two players in primetime. They have the best-combined rankings, so this has the early nod for the weekly bonanza.

Tyler (5) vs Rob (12): Tyler has two players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Rob has no players on Thursday night and several players in primetime -- how many depends on health and who he chooses to start. He has two players on bye. Based on their potential schedules, this could be the nail-biter.  Based on the standings, this could be the battle of ineptitude.

Fun Facts

The North went 2-2, the South went 3-1. and the West went 1-3 this week.  It looks like the North's demise was over-exaggerated.

Teams 7-12 are all 1-3.  So no one is out of the playoff race yet.  140 points separate the top from the bottom of that range.  That's a wide gap, but it's still something that can be overcome in 9 weeks time.

Best of luck to everyone, except Trevor, next week.