...and a lot of teams are living on a prayer. It was another ugly week with low scores for teams, low passing yards, and I read on social media (so you know it's true) that this was the lowest #1 WR for the week score maybe ever (Amon-Ra St. Brown was the highest WR with 25.2 points). If you look at the breakdown, only 4 teams in the league have an overall winning record. I keep thinking this season will turn around and get better, but maybe we're just in for a wild ride all year long?
Game Recaps
Skyler vs Kyle: This was an ugly game and clearly the battle of ineptitude, though this week was the week of ineptitude. There were 3 teams who scored under 100 this week (and Tommy only got 100.14 if you want to say there were 4 bad teams this week), and this was the only matchup that featured two of them. Skyler got the win thanks to his 3 players who scored 20+ (Aaron Jones, Justin Jefferson, and the Philly DST). Kyle had no players score 20+. Skyler had had 5 players in single digits, and Kyle had 6. We've already spent more time on this game than we should have.
Brandon vs Brady: I prewrote the blog because I had the time, and then the fantasy gods laughed at me and this game happened. This was a crazy game, yet would have been the battle of ineptitude if not for Skyler and Kyle. This game had an amazing comeback on MNF thanks to some big players and some bad coaching. In the end, Baker and King Henry dragged Brandon to the lead, while the Chargers DST tried to give it back to Brady. This was the weekly and nightly nail biter, as well as the Monday Nightmare/Miracle. Each team had two players score 20+ (the aforementioned Baker and the King for Brandon, and Love and the Sun God for Brady). Brandon had one of his players actually go for 30+, and he only had 4 single digit scorers compared to Brady's 6.
Scott vs Trevor: Trevor had a chance to join Skyler and Brady in the 5-2 club, and make league history this year by having a 2 game difference between the 6 and 7 seeds this early in the season (I decided to leave this section as a reminder that history was on the line, but Trevor and Brady didn't come through). Scott had other plans, and with his win, he will jump over Kyle to the 7 seed and is now only 1 game back of 6 seed Brady. It's probably too early to put too much importance on playoff positioning, but this win has Scott 1 game out of the playoffs instead of 3 games out (if he had lost to Trevor [and if Brady had won]). It is a little bit surprising that Scott got the win given how few 20+ point games he had (only Jalen Hurts) compared to Trevor, who had three 20+ point scorers (Geno, Breece, and BTJ). It helped that on the low end, Trevor's guys really let him down, whereas Scott's Tot's only kind of let him down (aka Davante Adams being bad in his Jets debut) .
Jordan vs Matt: Matt has been roughed up the last two weeks, and in his defense, he has had the hardest schedule. Not in Matt's defense, he is averaging around 102 points per game the last two games. The beatdown of the week was brought to you by the number 4 and the letter N. Jordan had 4 guys score 20+ points (Barkley, Jacobs, Pickens, and the Washington DST), and the Jets DST had Negative points for Matt. Matt did have 1 player score 20+ points (Goff), so we should give him his flower for that -- not flowers though, because he doesn't deserve more than one flower. Despite Matt's best efforts to suck, Jordan made this the bonanza with his offensive explosion.
TJ vs Rob: In lieu of writing something crazy just to see if TJ will post what I wrote to social media (with all my bad typos and awkward writing in general) 3 weeks in a row, I'll keep this a little more simple. Rob was the highest-scoring loser, and TJ was one of the better winners. Going into this week, 4 teams had scored between 600-699, 7 teams had scored between 700-799 (5 of those under 712), and only TJ had scored over 800 points. After this week, TJ is the first (and only) team to 900 points on the season. That was made possible this game due to 2 players being the 20+ point club (Walker [not Texas Ranger], and Bigsby [not Clayton]). Rob had 1 guy in said 20+ club, and he actually was a 30+ point scorer (Gibbs), but it wasn't enough to overcome TJ. Rob was done in by having his bottom 3 players combine for 2.8 points, though TJ's bottom 3 weren't stellar either, and only scored 9 -- but in a game decided by less than 8 points, even the scrubs matter.
Tommy vs Tyler: In one of the weirder matchups this week, Tommy's K and DST combined for 40, but Tyler's combined for 30. Unfortunately for Tommy, those were his two best players, and only the Broncos DST scored over 20+ for him. Tyler had a really bad week from his 49ers WRs (combined for 4.3), but he did have 3other players score 20+ (Mixon, Bijan, and Lamar). In unfortunate news for Tyler, Aiyuk will be out for the year, and Jerome Ford may have lost his job with Nick Chubb coming back. This was the only matchup of 1-5 teams (there were 4 of them going into this week), so one of them had to win. The other 2 lost, and will go to 1-6 with Tommy, which means Tyler goes from 12th to 10th. It's not a lot, but you have to start somewhere.
Award Season
MVP: Baker for getting the win for Brandon in garbage time
LVP: I wanted to give it to someone on Brady's team, but so many of his people played hurt, and that feels dirty. I was thinking Jordan Mason, but he actually has the most rush yards against the Chiefs this season. So sadly, I will go back to the injured (or kind of injured) Montgomery since his injury didn't knock him out, and it was by far his worst game of the season.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: Rob was the highest-scoring loser, so I was going to give it to him, until Brady lost in the fashion he did.
Luckiest Team of the Week: Skyler didn't break 100 and still won.
Highest Scorer of the Week: Dr. (50 shades of) Gray
Lowest Scorer of the Week: Kyle
King of the Court: Early on, Rob was projected to win, but TJ managed to beat projections and hold onto his crown.
Game Previews
Skyler (4) vs Matt (3): Skyler has 3 players on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Matt has 0 players on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
Trevor (6) vs Jordan (2): Trevor has 0 players on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Jordan has 1 player on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
Tommy (11) vs Rob (12): Tommy has 0 players on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Rob has 2 players on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Given their rankings, this has the potential to be the battle of ineptitude.
Brandon (9) vs TJ (1): Brandon has 1 player on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has no players on bye. TJ has 0 players on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has no players on bye.
Scott (7) vs Tyler (10): Scott has 0 players on Thursday night and 3 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Tyler has 0 players on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
Brady (5) vs Kyle (8): Brady has 0 players on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Kyle has 0 players on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
Mid Year Awards
MVP: Brock Bowers was an 8th round draft pick, and has been the best TE on the season, helping TJ to the best record and most points so far.
LVP: Can't Run CMC -- We all have the same number of points as the #1 draft pick this year
Unluckiest Team of the Season: Based on points for and the breakdown scores, Scott should be a playoff team instead of outside the playoffs.
Luckiest Team of the Season: Based on points for and the breakdown scores, Skyler should be a bottom-three team, not a top 4 team.
Highest Scorer of the Season: TJ
Lowest Scorer of the Season: Tyler
Good luck to everyone but Matt this week!
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