F 'N' A

Only two weeks in, and only one unbeaten team remains, American BadAss, and only one team has yet to notch a victory, Channel 4 News Team.  All the other teams stand in a tie for 2nd at 1-1.  This is exactly how last season started, only that time it was Channel 4 News Team as the undefeated and Vandelay Industries as the winless.  Channel 4 News Team went on to start the season 6-0, and finished second overall, all while securing a record five Weekly High Score Prizes!  We’ll see if Jason can follow in Timmy’s footsteps…

The big congratulations this week, however, go to the Silver Bullet… Coors Light Drunk Guys!  Shawn was able to get enough points from Jeremy Maclin and Zach Ertz on Monday Night to sneak past Sofa King Stupid aka Down Goes Jason aka BoomGoesTheDynamite aka The German Highlight Reel to claim the High Score of the Week with 110 points!  Shawn went about it in a less than conventional way, having 40 of his points scored by his defense (Bills – 23 pts) and his kicker (Carpenter – 17 pts).  But hey, like they say in golf, it doesn’t matter how…just how many.  This is Shawn’s first High Score prize since Week 2 of 2012, a season in which he went on to finish third, so that is definitely a good sign!  F ‘n A!!!!  Well done Shawn!!

Not a whole lot to update this week, so let’s get to it!!


NOW THAT’S THE TICKET!
-Jordy Nelson, WR – SofaKing Stupid – 29 pts – 209 yards receiving and a touchdown, move Jordy only two points behind the king of receivers, Calvin Johnson, for most wide receiver points this year.

-Aaron Rodgers, QB – American BadAss – 27 pts – After a flop in Week 1, Rodgers showed why he is a first round keeper…346 yards, 3 TD’s and a 2-pt conversion.

-Antonio Gates, TE – Free Agent – 27 pts – What in the 2005?  Gates was supposed to be washed-up or out of the league by this point.  But he owned the Seattle defense on Sunday.

-Darren Sproles, RB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 26 pts – I think it is because he is so tiny that defenses just don’t see him.  He caught 7 passes for 152 yards…nearly 22 yards per catch!


NOT SO GOOD…
-Seahawks, DEF – sprouts – 1 pt – Two weeks in, and the defending Super Bowl champ’s defense ranks 23rd in fantasy.  Damn.

-Pierre Garcon, WR – sprouts – 1 pt – One catch for 12 yards…that just isn’t gonna get it done.

-Chiefs, DEF – Channel 4 News Team – 1 pt – The Chiefs just got abused by the Broncos this week.  The 1 point came from 1 sack recorded…nothing else.

-Michael Floyd, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 1 pt – Nice to have a player drop a dud and still claim the High Score Prize for the week!

-Marques Colston, WR – Scottish Rebels – 0 pts – He didn’t even get the ball thrown in his direction, let alone actually catch anything.

-Toby Gerhart, RB – American BadAss – 0 pts – Seven carries for 8 yards… yeah that’s about right for a Jacksonville runningback.


ROSTER CHECK
Joe’s Pats started two players who were inactive Week 2 (Doug Martin, RB and Jordan Cameron, TE) and his opponent Channel 4 News Team started one inactive player (A.J. Green).  Make sure to check your line-up on Sunday morning to ensure all your players are in!!  (Unless you’re playing against me…)


THE FORGOTTENS
Here is how the All Undrafted Team fared this week:
QB Jake Locker Ten = 9
RB Mark Ingram NO = 16
RB Chris Ivory NYJ = 10
WR Allen Hurns Jax = 1
WR Steve Smith Sr. Bal = 7
TE Dwayne Allen Ind = 0
K Matt Bryant Atl = 5
DEF Minnesota Min = 2
Total – 50 points
Not nearly as good as last week, although I am impressed with the runningback production.  But with an average league score of 80.1 points this week, this one goes down as a loss.  So just like the eight other teams, The Forgottens are 1-1.


BEST BENCH
For two weeks in a row now the Best Bench winner had four player swaps (50% line-up change) and still won their game.  This week’s honors go to… the Midnight Maulers!!  Jamie could have improved his point total by 32 with these roster changes: T. West for R. Bush (+12), J. Edelman for R. White (+11), P. Rivers for N. Foles (+7) and A. Vinatieri for P. Dawson (+2).  (Side note - The Maulers are the only team presently carrying a back-up kicker.)


Week 3 here we come!!!