What an interesting week!
Three games were super close, each decided by only six points or less,
five teams were within 8 points of tying the high score, and the high score
itself tied the record for the lowest High Score of all time. Also, the lone undefeated team and the lone
winless team still remain!
Congratulations this week go to Joe’s Pats, who as
mentioned above, tied the record for the lowest Weekly High Score Prize in
Sacred Sundays’ history. Back in Week 3
of 2008, three teams maxed out at 88 points to tie for the high score, but this
time, Joe did it all by himself. He got
massive production from Matt Ryan and Julio Jones on Thursday night, with those
two combining for 54 points or 62% of his total. Add in 14 points from his other receiver (E.
Sanders), and Joe practically won the high score with only three players. Gotta love that shit! Well done sir!!
Now, after three weeks one thing has been consistent with
the Weekly High Score winners…Vandelay Industries has been involved in the game
every single time. In Week 1, Louis
started the year right by claiming the high score, then in Week 2 he was victim
to the Coors Light Drunk Guys’ 110 points, and now this week he falls to Joe’s
88 points. Amazingly, Vandelay
Industries is the highest scoring team through three weeks (295 points), yet
have a record of 1-2. Meanwhile,
American BadAss is 9th in scoring yet sits at 3-0. Just goes to show how much of a factor scheduling plays. Also, with Vandelay seeming to bring out the best in teams, Sofa King Mediocre has to be licking their chops for Week 4!
Let’s get on with this…
BIG TIME BABY!
-Andrew Luck, QB – Vandelay Industries – 34 pts – Luck is
playing like the quarterback that used to wear a horseshoe on his helmet. He carved up the Jaguars (as you should) for
370 yards and 4 touchdowns! Luck leads
all fantasy scorers this year with 80 points so far.
-Julio Jones, WR – Joe’s Pats – 31 pts – The Falcons
pulled their starters when they were up 49-0 midway through the third
quarter. So Julio did all of this in
pretty much the first half of the game…161 yards and 2 TDs.
-Kirk Cousins, QB – Free Agent – 30 pts – RGIII probably
isn’t going to be the starter for the Redskins when (if?) he returns. Cousins actually looks pretty good.
-Rashad Jennings, RB – American BadAss – 26 pts – Highest
scoring runningback for the week is Rashad Jennings from the Giants? This is a strange season…
-Nick Foles, QB – Midnight Maulers – 26 pts – Any time a
QB can toss for 325 yards, 3 touchdowns and zero interceptions it’s a pretty
good day.
COME ON MAN…
-Larry Fitzgerald, WR – American BadAss – 1 pt – Larry
only has 10 catches for 107 yards with zero touchdowns so far this year.
-Montee Ball, RB – sprouts – 1 pt – Lost a fumble to go
with only 38 yards rushing.
-Zach Ertz, TE – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 1 pt – Eagles
score 37 points, but Ertz only manages two catches for 14 yards. Dang…
-Frank Gore, RB – Midnight Maulers – 1 pt – Gore had 6 attempts
for only 10 yards against the Cardinals.
He said he was too mad to speak to reporters after the game. Too mad, or too embarrassed?
-Antonio Gates, TE – Joe’s Pats – 0 pts – One week after
singing his praises he goes out and catches one stupid pass for 8 stupid
yards. Come on Antonio..
-Carolina, DEF – Vandelay Industries – 0 pts – One sack
and 37 points allowed. Just not good.
-Brandon Marshall, WR – Midnight Maulers – 0 pts – If you
are hurt, don’t play. Because if you
play, we expect you to do more than 1 catch for 6 yards. WTF!?
THE BALLAD OF THE ALL-UNWANTEDS
Time to check in on the All-Unwanteds for Week 3. In Week 2, Mark Ingram-RB-NO, got hurt, so he
was replaced this week by Isaiah Crowell-CLE.
Here is how the team scored:
QB - Jake Locker Ten 8
RB - Isaiah Crowell Cle 11
RB - Chris Ivory NYJ 9
WR - Allen Hurns Jax 12
WR - Steve Smith Sr. Bal 10
TE - Dwayne Allen Ind 10
K - Matt Bryant Atl 8
DEF - Minnesota Min 6
TOTAL 74
The average score this week was 79, so this one goes down
as another loss for these guys. Record
now stands at 1-2, with 270 points scored on the season.
HOSPITAL WARD
Only three weeks in, and it seems like we are dealing
with massive amounts of players not playing.
Of course we all know about Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Josh Gordon and
Wes Welker being suspended and not playing, but check out this list of marquee
players currently on the injury list, who are all listed as questionable or
worse:
Jamaal Charles – ankle
Vincent Jackson – knee
Alshon Jeffery – hamstring
Jordan Cameron – shoulder
Arian Foster – hamstring
Dez Bryant – shoulder
Roddy White – hamstring
Doug Martin – knee
Brandon Marshall – ankle
Vernon Davis – ankle, knee
Knowshon Moreno – elbow
LeSean McCoy – vagina
Ryan Mathews – knee
Robert Griffin III – ankle
Maurice Jones-Drew – hand
Matt Cassel – foot
And this is only a small sampling of the long list of
players with some form of an ailment.
Again, after only three weeks!
Geez…
BEST BENCH
No repeat Best Bench winners so far this season, and
actually this week there were not many points left on the bench. This week’s crown, though, goes to…
sprouts! Russ could have improved his
point total by 25 with only two roster swaps:
D. Jackson for R. Cobb +15, and S. Jackson for M. Ball +10.
Week 4 coming up, and it is the first week with byes. Six teams are on byes this week, so make sure
you double check your rosters! And we
are only two weeks away from my Playoff Predictions!!
