With only two games to cover (sorry, not sorry consolation bracket), things should be pretty straightforward. We had one nail-biter and one blowout with the high score of the year finally hitting 200+ (TJ previously set it with 199).
Game Recaps
Brady vs Trevor: This was supposed to be the close/tight game based on the rankings and the identical record. Instead, Josh Allen went off for 45, while Evans and St. Brown each went for 35+, and Brady ended up winning by 70. That's not to say Trevor had a bad game -- he did better than both teams on the other side of the bracket -- he just had the tougher matchup. Brian Thomas Jr. had the first 30 point game of his career and solidified himself as the rookie WR of the year, but it just wasn't enough. It's kind of crazy that Trevor's top scorer would have only been Brady's 4th highest scorer. Trevor had no one else break 20, while Brady had two more players (Chase Brown and AJ Brown) score 25+. Given the games Chase Brown, AJ Brown, and Amon-Ra St. Brown, Brady should change his name to 'UPS' because the answer to the old question of "What can brown do for you" has an answer, and that answer is send you to the semifinals.
TJ vs Rob: This was quite the nail-biter as Jahmyrr Gibbs went off and got Rob back in the game, but in the end, Bowers and London did enough to hold off Sam Darnold on Monday Night. There are obviously a dozen different plays over the course of the week that could have changed this game, but Justin Jefferson getting tackled at the one and then seeing the TD get vultured by Aaron Jones was the final nail in the coffin for Rob's attempt to join the 3x club. Gibbs was the only player for Rob to score 20+, while TJ had two of them with Burrow and the Chiefs DST. On an interesting (to me anyway) note, Rob had the lead after Thursday Night, but it seemed like the results favored TJ as Puka had nearly outscored Kyren and Jauan combined.
Award Season
MVP: The Chiefs DST more than doubled their previous high score this season and punched TJ's ticket to the semi-finals.
LVP: Jauan Jennings had been averaging around 17 points per game over the last 5 weeks (his low over that time frame was 8.6), and he only puts up 5.1 this game. If he had even put up the low score of that run of 8.6, Rob wins the game.
Lucky: TJ for the late win and getting matched up with Rob instead of Brady or Trevor
Unlucky: Trevor for the bad matchup.
Highest Scoring Team of the Week: Brady
Lowest Scoring Team of the Week: Rob
King of the Court: On hiatus in Cancun with the rest of Hit Squad until next season.
Game Previews
Programming Note — there are multiple Saturday games this week.
Matt (1) vs Brady (4): Matt has 0 players on Thursday, 2 players on Saturday, and 1 player in primetime. Brady has 1 player on Thursday, 1 player on Saturday, and 1 player in primetime.
TJ (3) vs Jordan (2): TJ has 0 players on Thursday, 0 players on Saturday, and 1 player in primetime. Jordan has 0 players on Thursday, 2 players on Saturday, and 1 player in primetime.
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