Last week, I mentioned that half of the teams scored 105 and under for each of the first three weeks. This week, only two teams didn't hit that metric (and they were both division leaders). I don't know if that's a sign that things are leveling out, or if they are getting weirder. They are probably getting weirder as the 4 bottom teams have the top 4 championship appearances (when you sort first by number of appearances and then by alphabetical order last name -- that way we can keep 'Miguel, Rob' out for this example). Either way, let's dive into the recap.
Skyler vs Brandon: Skyler finally got at least 100 points. It didn't really matter though since Brandon dropped 150+. Skyler finally got the 100-point monkey off of his back with 20+ point games from Deebo and the 49ers DST. All of that was for naught because Brandon had twice as many 20+ point players (Allen, CEH, Pierce, and Lamb).
Tommy vs Trevor: Tommy was living the life. He started 3-0, he was leading the division, and was 2nd place in the league. And then he nearly lost by 100 points (it was around 93). This was easily the blowout of the week. Tommy's low score was made possible by no 20+ point players, and 7 of his 9 players getting single digits. Trevor wasn't the leading scorer of the week, but putting up 160+ has to feel good (as long as you don't lose). He only had three people score 20+ (King Henry), but two of those three went for 30+ (DangeRuss and Josh Jacobs). The win gets Trevor the belt, and up to .500 for his record.
Chad vs TJ: TJ put up 173 and was the high scorer of the week. He also had three players who each scored single digits -- good thing five other people on his team put up 20+, and two of those five went for 30+ (Ekeler and Hockenson). Chad was maybe a little hopeful at one point that he had a chance of winning, but once he realized only Tyreek was going to score 20+ for his team, he threw in the towel pretty quickly.
Brady vs Jordan: This was the weekly bonanza, and was a TD away from being the only game to combine for 300 points. This bonanza was made possibly by both teams doing well, and being the 2nd closest game of the week (16 points). The newly acquired Run CMC joined the recently acquired Kelce and the 2nd round B EZ draft pick Evans to score 20+. I realize it's only the 4th game of the week, so calling CMC and Evans' games as their 'highest week of the season' is technically correct, but disingenuous with all the time remaining -- though Brady has to be less than thrilled he didn't win when his studs finally put a good week together. Jordan's win was made possible by three 20+ point players (Herbert, Jefferson, and DK "Paul 'I need to poop' Pierce" Metcalf), and also because he only had one player score single digits, while Brady had three such players.
Matt vs Tyler: 3-0 Matt took on 0-3 Tyler, and while it may have got a little uncomfortable looking at what Cupp was doing on MNF, Matt got the win. For the first time in franchise history, Matt has started 4-0, and remains the last undefeated team in the league. Do you guys remember senior sunrise where Matt won like 50 games in a row of shuffleboard (or maybe it was skee ball?) and our only goal was to knock him off of his perch, and we focused all our energy on that? I don't bring that up for any particular reason, just a fun memory. Anyway, Matt got this win behind Mahomes, Chubb, and Sanders all score 20+, while Tyler had 30+ from Brady, and tried to make it close with 25+ from Kupp. He caught 14 of 19 for 120 yards and 0 TD's. I thought that had to be some sort of record of most catches without a TD, but that record is held by Jason Witten, who caught 18 of 23 for 167 and 0 TD's back in 2012. He did that for Geoff in week 8 (34.7 fantasy points), who lost to Rob that week, who had Gronk score 34.6 in that matchup.
Rob vs Kyle: In the nail-biter of the week, and also the battle of ineptitude, Rob won by 2, and the combined score was just under 211. Rob got the win behind 26+ from Kyler Murray, while Kyle nearly eked out the win thanks to 23+ from Llama J (Jamaal Williams). Rob was nearly let down by the Rams DST getting 2 points while Kyle had Higbee working on the other side to make it close. One catch for 7 yards on that last drive would have won Kyle the game -- oh well.
Award Season
Highest Scoring Team of the Week: Welcome TJ to the podium. He claims this is his first time here. No idea if it's true, but we'll say it is so he can extra enjoy the moment.
Lowest Scoring Team of the Week: Tommy -- thanks for keeping this award in the North where it belongs.
MVP: TJ Hockenson was the highest scorer on the highest scoring team (TJ's team), so he wins this award since the double TJ has a nice ring to it.
LVP: Gabe Davis scored 2.3 points on one catch for 13 yards. In a narrow game where Kyle needed a few extra yards, this has to sting.
Luckiest Team of the Week: Rob could have only beaten two people this week, and he played one of them.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: Brady was the 4th highest scorer, but ran into the 3rd highest scorer (and FanDuel Champion) in Jordan.
King of the Court: Tommy took his ball and went home after Trevor kicked him off the court, and took the belt.
Game Previews
Skyler (12) vs Trevor (5): Skyler has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Trevor has two players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. This is the first of the two main candidates for the battle of ineptitude. This will continue to be the case until one of the 'Yler's win a game. This is also to determine the king of the court.
Brandon (8) vs Tommy (4): Brandon has one player on Thursday night and two players in primetime. Tommy has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. With four players in primetime, this could be the Monday Night Miracle/Nightmare.
Jordan (3) vs Chad (10): Jordan has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Chad has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Jordan doesn't need analysis, he has fanduel.
TJ (2) vs Brady (9): TJ has one player on Thursday night and three players in primetime. Brady has two players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. With four players in primetime, this could be the Monday Night Miracle/Nightmare.
Kyle (7) vs Matt (1): Kyle has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Matt has no players on Thursday night and two players in primetime. This looks to be the prime candidate for the weekly bonanza, but who knows with how the league is going.
Tyler (11) vs Rob (6): Tyler has no players on Thursday night and one player in primetime. Rob has one player on Thursday night and no players in primetime. This is the second of the two main candidates for the battle of ineptitude. This will continue to be the case until one of the 'Yler's win a game.
Best of luck to everyone but Trevor this week.
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