Week 1 FOOTBALL IS HERE!!!
Congrats to this weeks winners! Half of us are off to an undefeated season, while the rest sulk in defeat. Since I’ve been swamped at work this week, reigning league champion Max Brown has done a great write up for this weeks matchups. The season has just begun and it already looks to be a good one. Some of the NFL’s highest scoring games were just this weekend.
Featured games
WEEK 1 EVERY ONE GETS A FEATURED GAME!!!
PutOut2Pasture vs. The Sackro-iliacs
Good old battle between the two non-family members. Max’s fears about drafting 3 RBs in the first 3 rounds and having too weak of WRs came true this week, where his WRs only put up 23 points compared to Chris’ 50. His 3 early RBs didn’t pay off enough to pull off the win vs. Chris’ teams’ old guys and one extremely talented young gun.
Bledsoedian vs. Commissioner Gordon
This week James absolutely disrespected Cory by not only beating him by 20 points but also by leaving his number one draft pick in his lineup even though he was declared out on Saturday! Bold choice by James, I guess he thought leaving Le’Veon in would motivate the rest of his team to play well and it looks like that was the case. Cory has already lost an early round pick in Jerrick McKinnon and the player he replaced him with, Peyton Barber looked really good on the field but not for fantasy points. This led to Cory having the lowest score of the week. Hopefully he can turn it around and actually score this week.
Carol’s Cool Team vs. Sam Da Man
And BOOOM just like that, Carol is back to her previous season dominance. She put up the most points of anyone this week on the backs of good performances from ALL her players which leads to consistency down the line. Already marking herself as a big target this year again. Sam actually had a decent week but had some unfortunate performances from his RBs, and has limited upside due to starting 3 Falcons players, a team which only scored 12 points this week on 0 touchdowns. If Sam can get a week where the Falcons crush it then he should be in great shape.
Girls Rule vs. Hyde and Zeke
Girls really do rule this week, as all 5 of the ladies in our league managed to win their matchup. After a pretty meh performance last year, Kim comes out swinging with the third highest score of the week. With phenomenal performances by Kamara and Rivers, who can do performance like that consistently, Kim’s year is looking good going forward. Brendan did not do too bad but not too good either. With only really one dud on his team this week, he should be happy with his team but unfortunately it just wasn’t quite enough to take down Kim.
Hondo’s Gridiron vs. Meg’s Cooper Troopers
Despite Meg’s namesake putting up a dismal 2.3 points on one catch she still managed to pull out the win this week. Her other 2 WRs went ham and she had a really good performance from Melvin Gordon as well. Good thing we only do -1 point for interceptions because Matthew Stafford had 4 of them. Hondo’s team has its up and (mostly) downs, but he has a lot of talent on that team. If they can live up to their potential he has some good weeks coming up.
Mo’s Men Minus James vs. Yago’s Team Totality
Although Morgan had some pretty abysmal performances by Doug Baldwin, Kareem Hunt and Derrick Henry, her powerhouse Saints stack of Drew Brees and Michael Thomas carried her to the second most points in the league and a win over Todd. Joe Mixon not looking half bad either. Todd had some pretty bad performances from his team, including his first round pick Fournette, and his QB Dak Prescott. With Delanie Walker likely out for the season, things aren’t looking great for Todd, hopefully he can make some savvy waiver pickups and turn his season around.
Injuries
Already were off with a tough start to the season. Doug Baldwin, Leonard Fournette and my man Greg Olsen are all on the hit list this week. This weeks waivers should be interesting with more than a handful of potential breakout players.
Power Rankings
COMING NEXT WEEK!
How does your team stack up this season?