For Sacred Sundays entire existence, an invisible barrier has existed at 149 points. No team had ever crossed 150 points. Several came close: Timmy with 149 in Week 15 of 2013, Jens with 148 points in Week 14 of 2014 and James with 148 in Week 3 of 2011.
But now, finally a team has broken through the barrier and scored 150 points! Jamie George and his Midnight Maulers took a hard route with only 7 of 8 players actually posting points. Stephen Gostkowski, the Maulers' kicker, was held scoreless for the first time since 2012. (Actually, it may be the first time in his career he has been held scoreless…my good player stats only go back to 2012.) So in an ordinary week, Jamie would have scored even more. Seriously, how do the Buffalo Bills shut out the New England Patriots IN FOXBORO?? You gotta be kidding!
But the Maulers players who did score, scored big. Three players on the Maulers roster combined for 99 points (Julio Jones = 39, Ben Roethlisberger = 34 and A.J. Green = 26), the runningbacks added 25 (Mark Ingram = 15, CJ Anderson = 10), Greg Olsen, TE had 15 points and the Seahawk D chipped in 11. Truly a game for the ages! The average score in the league this week was 78 points, so the Maulers were nearly double that. Well done Jamie! Awwyeah!
This marks Jamie’s 2nd Weekly High Score Prize of the season. Going back to 2010, all championship teams have won at least two Weekly High Score Prizes, and the average finish for teams with two Weekly High Score Prizes is 4.4. So the Maulers have laid the groundwork for a great season! The win this week also kept the Maulers without a loss so far this year. On the other end of the spectrum, both my Scottish Rebels and James’ SofaKingHorrible have yet to find the win column. The worst starting record is 0-6… James- We have two weeks to find a win...somehow…
Without further ado, let’s do this!!
OH YEAH!
- Julio Jones, WR – Midnight Maulers – 39 pts – Julio had a single game better than many player’s entire careers. He caught 12 balls for 300 yards (!!) and a touchdown. It marked only the 6th time in NFL history a player has gone for 300 yards in a single game.
- Matt Ryan, QB – sprouts – 38 pts – Matty-Ice was unstoppable, throwing for 503 yards and 4 TD’s. He is presently on pace to throw 5,892 yards and 44 touchdowns this season! What in the what?! He is the number one fantasy point scorer (111 points), leading the next closest player (Drew Brees) by 24 points. And he was undrafted.
- Ben Roethlisberger, QB – Midnight Maulers – 34 pts – The rain didn’t bother Big Ben at all as he trounced the Chiefs defense, racking up 300 yards and 5 TD’s.
- A.J. Green, WR – Midnight Maulers – 26 pts – Give it up to the Maulers for having three of the top four highest scoring players of the week! Green’s day consisted of 10 catches for 173 yards and a TD. In the notes section for Green’s game, I found this line: “He beat perfect coverage from Howard for a 51-yard catch right down the sideline before clownsuiting Lippett on a screen for his score”. ‘Clownsuiting’ is not a term I’ve heard before, so I’ve done some research. Full definition and usage below.
- Michael Crabtree, WR – Scottish Rebels – 26 pts – Crabtree caught 3 TD’s and a 2-pt conversion to go along with 88 yards.
COME ON MAN
- Travis Benjamin, WR – American BadAss – 2 pts – A mediocre day turned awful in the 4th quarter when Benjamin lost a fumble where he was untouched, just running with the football.
- Rob Gronkowski, TE – Scottish Rebels – 1 pt – Tom? We need you buddy.
- Coby Fleener, TE – SofaKingHorrible – 1 pt – Fleener had what would have been a touchdown catch snagged instead by his teammate John Kuhn. Other than that, he didn’t do much.
- Dennis Pitta, TE – NextYearUndefeated – 1 pt – Zero love for tight ends this week, with Pitta only catching 3 balls for 17 yards.
- Charles Sims, RB – Scottish Rebels – 0 pts – The measly 28 yards Sims gained were negated by a lost fumble. Suck!
- Julius Thomas, TE – American BadAss – 0 pts – Thomas was declared inactive prior to Sunday’s kickoff, yet remained in American BadAss’ lineup… hmm...
- DeAndre Hopkins, WR – Bubble Craps Bandits – 0 pts – A whole lotta nothing for Hopkins this week, as he only caught 1 of 4 balls thrown his way for a grand total of 4 yards.
- Houston, DEF – Vandelay Industries – 0 pts – Just bad…
- Jamaal Charles, RB – SofaKingHorrible – 0 pts – James took a chance starting Charles, but he only got 2 carries for 7 yards. On the bright side, he did not reinjure his knee or anything.
- Stephen Gostkowski, K – Midnight Maulers – 0 pts – The most consistent scoring kicker in fantasy got shut out in a game where the Patriots normally shine…playing at home against the Bills. This had to be the most shocking outcome from Sunday.
THE ALL-UNWANTEDS
Seriously, I want to just swap my entire roster for this one… check out the All Unwanted team this week:
Matt Ryan Atl - QB 38
Steve Smith Sr. Bal - WR 17
Mohamed Sanu Atl - WR 2
Terrance West Bal - RB 17
Tevin Coleman Atl - RB 2
Jacob Tamme Atl - TE 6
Matt Bryant Atl - K 14
Baltimore Bal - DEF 4
Total - 100
This week’s opponent (as randomly assigned by the computer) was NextYearUndefeated who scored 62, so this is a fourth straight win! Unbelievable...the team I put together of leftover players from the draft has the best record in the league! 4-0.
Next week's opponent: American BadAss.
I HATE THAT CLOWN
Okay, I hope you are all ready to tumble down a nerd rabbit hole. Per Urban Dictionary and WoWWiki, the term “clownsuit” refers to a player in World of Warcraft whose equipment is horribly
mismatched yet is still viable enough stats-wise to be used, in spite of its aesthetic failure. From WoWWiki – “A player who quests indiscriminately in many different areas often ends up with a clownsuit.” A clownsuit can also be referred to as “rainbow pimp gear”. (No, I did not make that up). Used in a sentence – Nerd 1: “Man, your clownsuit looks like you were caught in the blast of an armor thrift store.” Nerd 2: “Maybe so, but did you check out my DPS stats?!”
As best I can figure, "clownsuiting" then must refer to one of two things: 1) making another person look as though they spend more time playing World of Warcraft than living in reality, or 2) embarrassing someone to the point they would rather go back to their sad life playing World of Warcraft. Here are some sentences I came up with: “Timmy kept mercilessly clownsuiting Shawn by raining all those 3’s on him.” Or: “Jamie George is clownsuiting the entire league this season.”
BEST BENCH
Week 4 was the lowest overall scoring week this season, which generally means there were a lot of points left on the bench. Surprisingly, for 9 of 10 teams this was not the case. Everyone reading this did a good job of not leaving many points sitting idle. Not the case for yours truly. With a 54-point improvement, the Week 4 Best Bench goes to… my Scottish Rebels! Half of my decisions were wrong this week, as I needed four roster moves to get there: M. Crabtree for M. Evans +21, M. Jones for C. Sims +19, K. Rudolph for R. Gronkowski +10, and C. Michael for L. Miller +4.
Week 5 is on its way! There are four teams on bye this week: Jacksonville, Kansas City, New Orleans and Seattle. Double check your rosters and make sure all your players are active. And tune in next week for my annual playoff predictions!
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