Just like that, only three weeks in and already the
undefeated teams and winless teams are no more.
In a weird matchup coincidence, it was the two winless teams, American
BadAss and Young Guns, getting their first wins versus the two
undefeated teams, Coors Light Drunk Guys and sprouts. Going all the way back to 2007, there has
never been a season without at least one 3-0 or 0-3 team… never before have the standings been like the currently sit with every team in the league at either 2-1 or 1-2. Crazy! How’s that for parity?
The big congrats this week go out to American BadAss, one
of only two teams able to crack triple digits this week! Jason was able to overcome a zero-point
performance from the Bengals defense, and still post 104 points to take the
crown. Matt Ryan had a monstrous game, scoring 42 points, which accounted for more than 40% of BadAss’ total points. Jason also had four of his other players
score double digits, led by kicker Will Lutz who finished with 15 points. This marks American BadAss's first Weekly High Score
Prize this season, and is the third different team to claim the top spot. Well done bro!
This week we will check in with the All Unwanteds, see
which NFL teams are scoring the most fantasy points, and I’ll highlight a
touchdown celebration from this week which will probably go down as my favorite
all time. Onward!!
BIG TIME
- Matt Ryan, QB – American BadAss – 42 pts – In an epic display of quarterbacking, Matt Ryan put up 374 yards and 5 TD’s with no interceptions in a loss to the Saints.
- Drew Brees, QB – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 42 pts – Here was the other half of the epic quarterbacking… Brees had himself 396 yards and 3 TD’s, plus added 2 rushing TD’s. Amazingly, between Ryan & Brees there were 84 passes thrown without one interception. And how crazy is it that these two guys were going head-to-head in a real game, and in the game between BadAss & the Drunk Guys. What?!
- Calvin Ridley, WR – Free Agent – 32 pts – The rookie wide receiver will certainly keep seeing a lot more looks if he plays like this… 7 catches (on 8 targets) for 146 yards and 3 TD’s! (Side note – Julio Jones, the other Falcons receiver, had a total of 3 touchdowns all of last season!)
- Cam Newton, QB – sprouts – 29 pts – Not much passing-wise for Cam (150 yards, 2 TD’s), but he managed to get into the endzone twice on the ground and added 36 yards.
- Jared Goff, QB – Joe’s Pats – 28 pts – Goff’s point totals so far this season are 17, 21 and 28. I’ve done the math and at his current rate of improvement he should score 77 points in Week 12 and 94 points in Week 15!
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB – Young Guns – 27 pts – The magic wore off a bit, but Fitz still racked up 411 yards and 3 TD’s, but unfortunately had 3 interceptions. Get this… through 3 weeks of play, Ryan Fitzpatrick is the highest scoring player in fantasy with 104 points! That’s 11 points higher than the next closest player, Drew Brees.
COME ON MAN!!
- Keenan Allen, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 2 pts – Allen only managed 44 yards, plus loss a fumble in this weak showing.
- Austin Seferian-Jenkins, WR – Bye Weak – 1 pt – ASJ is a touchdown-or-bust-kind-of-guy, and this week was definitely a bust as he caught 3 passes for only 17 yards.
- Kenyan Drake, RB – Bubble Craps Bandits – 0 pts – He rushed 5 times for 3 yards (0.6 yards per carry) and caught 2 passes for 7 yards (3.5 yards per catch). Combined he touched the ball 7 times for 10 yards or 1.43 yards per touch. You could probably quarterback sneak for more than that.
- Larry Fitzgerald, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 0 pts – Larry only caught 2 passes for 9 yards, which matches his lowest yardage total since 2012, and the fewest passes thrown in his direction (2) since 2006. With only 9 points scored so far this season, Fitzgerald ranks 78th among wide receivers.
- Cincinnati, DEF – American BadAss – 0 pts – The Bengals gave up 31 points and only managed one defensive statistic…a lone sack. Weak.
- Dan Bailey, K – Joe’s Pats – 0 pts – In what should have been an amazing opportunity to rack up points (Vikings playing at home versus the Bills), Minnesota got throttled by Buffalo and Bailey never even attempted an extra point or a field goal.
- Rashaad Penny, RB – sprouts – 0 pts – Penny only carried the ball three times, and nearly lost a fumble. And on those three carries, he only managed 5 yards.
ALL UNWANTEDS
Miami had a big game on Sunday which gave a big boost to
the All Unwanteds this week:
|
QB
|
Ryan Tannehill Mia
|
25
|
|
RB
|
Bilal Powell NYJ
|
7
|
|
RB
|
Frank Gore Mia
|
1
|
|
WR
|
Albert Wilson Mia
|
19
|
|
WR
|
Jakeem Grant Mia
|
21
|
|
TE
|
Mike Gesicki Mia
|
3
|
|
K
|
Jason Myers NYJ
|
5
|
|
DEF
|
Miami Mia
|
10
|
|
91
|
Two roster changes from last week, inserting Jakeem Grant, WR and Mike Gesicki, TE into the lineup. The 91
points scored was good enough to defeat 8 teams this week! Only American BadAss and Young Guns would
have beaten the All Unwanteds.
This moves their overall season record to 16-14.
MY FAVORITE TD CELEBRATION EVER
There have been some unique TD celebrations using the ball
as a prop… performing CPR on it, using it as a pillow, dropping it in the red
kettle… but Isaiah Crowell took it to a new, and hilarious, level on Thursday
night. After scoring his second
touchdown and giving the Jets a 13-0 lead, Crowell squatted then wiped his ass three times with the ball and THREW IT
INTO THE CROWD!! I honestly re-watched
it probably a dozen times, laughing harder each time I saw it.
(If the video isn't working, here's the link to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grS62P-yaj0)
Couple things I wonder about this: a) when did he actually think up the idea?,
b) did he rehearse beforehand?, and c) how did he finally decide, “Okay now’s
the time when I’m gonna pretend to shit and wipe my ass and throw it on people
on national television!”? Unreal.
NFL TEAM FANTASY SCORES
This season I’ve set up a tracker to calculate the weekly
fantasy point total by NFL team. For
each team, it calculates the points scored for all normal roster positions: 1
QB, 2 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, 1 K and 1 DEF.
Through three weeks, here are the top 10 highest scoring teams:
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Total
|
|
KC
|
102
|
105
|
82
|
289
|
|
TB
|
121
|
92
|
75
|
288
|
|
LAR
|
83
|
104
|
101
|
288
|
|
NO
|
113
|
64
|
105
|
282
|
|
Pit
|
84
|
101
|
69
|
254
|
|
LAC
|
97
|
85
|
66
|
248
|
|
Cin
|
78
|
100
|
65
|
243
|
|
Atl
|
53
|
87
|
102
|
242
|
|
Bal
|
86
|
70
|
79
|
235
|
|
Was
|
91
|
53
|
80
|
224
|
This shows by going with an all Chief, Buccaneer or Ram
lineup, you would have been the highest scoring team in the league right now,
and an all Saint lineup would have you tied with Joe’s Pats for highest scoring
team with 282 points.
And in case you are curious, here are the bottom 5
scoring teams:
|
Team
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Total
|
|
Dal
|
36
|
65
|
50
|
151
|
|
Buf
|
20
|
47
|
80
|
147
|
|
Phi
|
48
|
69
|
26
|
143
|
|
Ten
|
54
|
48
|
36
|
138
|
|
Ari
|
30
|
13
|
38
|
81
|
In Week 1, an all Buffalo team would have scored 20
points, and in Week 2 an all Cardinal team would have only made 13 points! Holy hell that’s bad!
BEST BENCH
The Best Bench award is now going on its 10th
year after making its debut back in 2009.
During that time, there have only been 8 occasions where the highest
scoring team for the week also takes the Best Bench prize. Well we can now add one more to that total, as the
Week 3 Best Bench goes to… American BadAss!!
Jason needed just three roster moves for a 28-point improvement: R. Woods for T. Hill +18, C. Carson for E.
Elliott +7, K. Stills for B. Cooks +3.
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