If you want the title reference to be for "The Return of the Mack", "The Return of the Jedi", or "The Return of the King", I'll leave that up to you. Either way, it was good for there to be an abundance of points again.
Game Recaps
Skyler vs Matt: This was the weekly blowout as well as the weekly bonanza. A lot of that has to do with Matt being the highest scorer of the week, but it didn't hurt that Skyler (the 8th highest team) was closer to the 2nd highest scorer (Rob), than 12th highest scorer this week (Brady). This week was top-heavy -- Skyler actually had the highest scorer in the matchup with Bo Nix scoring 35, but he had no one else score 20+. On the other hand, Matt didn't have anyone score 30+, but he had 5 players score 20+ (Goff, Cook, Chase, Harrison, and Otton). Skyler had 4 single-digit scorers, and Matt had 2, while Skyler had 1 in the 5 and under club, with Matt having 0.
Trevor vs Jordan: Jordan led wire-to-wire, and beat Trevor by a respectable ~25 points. Each team had two 20+ point scorers -- Jordan had Murray and Jacobs, and Trevor had Tracy and McBride. The big difference in this game came from Trevor having 5 players scoring single digits, while Jordan only had 1 of them.
Tommy vs Rob: Rob started out hot on Thursday and led wire-to-wire. He had 5 players score 20+ points (Darnold, Kyren, Gibbs, Devonta, and Kelce), while Tommy only had Kyle Pitts join that club. Tommy had 3 players score single digits, while Rob had 2. This was a big win for Rob as both teams had only won one game all season, and Rob was ranked 12th while Tommy was ranked 11th. With the win, Rob has moved all the way up to 11th, and Tommy has dropped to 12th. And even with those glowing endorsements, this was not the battle of ineptitude.
Brandon vs TJ: TJ's reign as King of the Court came to an uneventful end. Brandon was only the 7th leading scorer, but TJ's team laid a goose egg as they were the 2nd lowest-scoring team this week. Despite being the new King, King Henry wasn't as big of a factor as he failed to score 20+, and had his worst week since week 1. Thankfully, Brandon had Mayfield and Achane go for 20+, while TJ didn't have anyone in that group. Both teams had 4 players in the single-digit group. Despite both teams being in the bottom half of scoring, this was not the battle of ineptitude
Scott vs Tyler: This was the only game decided by single digits this week, so it receives the coveted nail-biter of the week award. By default, it was also the nightly nail-biter as Scott's RB (Harris) was playing on MNF and was trying to drag his team to the come-from-behind victory. Sadly (for Scott anyway), he could not, and Tyler held onto the win. Scott had two people in the 20+ point club (Hurts and CD), and they were actually both in the 30+ point tier. Tyler had three players score 20+ (Lamar, Mixon, and Bijan). Tyler took a commanding lead Sunday afternoon, and I had assumed the game was over, but then Ceedee Lamb went off on SNF to give Scott an outside chance of pulling off the comeback with Najee on MNF. This game was less than 10 points off of the weekly bonanza and was the game of the week thanks to the amount of points, how close it was, and how it was still up for grabs on MNF.
Brady vs Kyle: Finally, we have the battle of ineptitude. Brady was the lowest scorer this week, with the next highest scorer being 15 points higher. Kyle was the 6th highest scorer, which wasn't enough to drag this matchup out of ineptitude. Kyle got the win thanks to a season-high score from Mahomes (22 points), who was the only 20+ point member of this matchup. Can we talk about just how bad he has been this year from a fantasy football perspective? It makes no sense. I suppose the Chiefs don't need him to be otherworldly with the defense that they have, which is a good thing given his WR are all bad or hurt. Kyle's 4th highest scorer (the Steelers DST), was less than a point behind Brady's highest scorer. This wasn't the only reason he lost, but Brady was certainly held back thanks to Love and Mason leaving the game early due to injuries. Brady had 5 players score single digits, while Kyle only had 2.
Award Season
King of the Court: Brandon
King of the Course: Back due to (semi) popular demand, King of the Course gets Tommy a shoutout this week.
Highest Scorer of the Week: Matt
Lowest Scorer of the Week: Brady
Luckiest Team of the Week: Brandon was the lowest-scoring winner, so he'll win the award this week. He was 7th highest though, so it's not like it was a large amount of luck.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: The unluckiest team of the season is the unluckiest team of the week as Scott was the 4th highest scorer, but he played the 3rd highest scorer.
MVP: Tyler won thanks to the Lamar/Andrews stack -- Lamar's passing TD to Mark Andrews was the big play that ended up getting Tyler the win.
LVP: Amari Cooper's second game with the Bills meant more playing time, but much less production, and in a close game, Scott needed every point he could have gotten out of the extra Amari playing time.
Game Previews
Skyler (4) vs Rob (11): Skyler has 0 players on Thursday night and 5 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Rob has 1 player on Thursday night and 3 players in primetime. He has 2 players on bye.
Matt (3) vs Tommy (12): Matt has 0 players on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Tommy has 1 player on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
TJ (2) vs Trevor (6): TJ has 0 players on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Trevor has 1 player on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 1 player on bye, but CMC hasn't taken a snap all year, so does he really count?
Jordan (1) vs Brandon (9): Jordan has 3 players on Thursday night and 0 players in primetime. He has 1 player on bye. Brandon has 0 players on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has 2 players on bye.
Tyler (10) vs Brady (5): Tyler has one player on Thursday night and one player in primetime. He has one player on bye. Brady has 0 players on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
Kyle (7) vs Scott (8): Kyle has 0 players on Thursday night and 2 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Scott has 1 player on Thursday night and 1 player in primetime. He has 2 players on bye.
Good luck to everyone but Rob this week, and Happy Halloween to all of you, even Rob, tonight.
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