Week 7 - The Return of the (Sofa)King

The scoring slide continues.  Since the record-setting Week 2 scores this season, we have seen a decrease in scoring every single week.  In Week 2, there was a total of 1,034 points scored (with 6 teams scoring >100), last week there were only 812 scored, and now this week there were only a total of 804.  Maybe this point decline is a result of all the injuries we’ve been seeing this season, or maybe it’s the result of owners leaving 30- and 40-point scoring players on their benches?!  Come on, man!  More on that in the Best Bench section…

Week 6 was dominated by Vandelay Industries, who were the only team able to score in triple digits finishing with a monstrous 123-43 over my Longshanks boys.  Rob got a huge performance from Derrick Henry (41 pts) as well as Lamar Jackson (27 pts), and also had strong games from the Miami defense (19 pts) and George Kittle (16 pts).  This was Rob’s first Weekly High Score this season, and the 80-point margin of victory goes down as the 8th largest margin of victory in Sacred Sundays history.  Nice work senor!

This week was almost a mirror image of last week, with only one team able to score over 100 points, and that team absolutely destroying their opponent.  This time it was Sofa King American laying the smack down on American BadAss, 121-37, which ties for the 5th largest margin of victory all time (84 pts)!  James had solid performances all around with all but one player recording double digits, led by Davante Adams-WR (34 pts) and Deshaun Watson-QB (23 pts).  This is James’ first Weekly High Score Prize this season, and marks the 5th different team to win a prize so far.  Nice work MAJOR!!

BIG TIME

• Tyler Lockett, WR – American BadAss – 41 pts – Amazing day from Lockett, catching 15 passes for 200 yards and 3 TD’s!  This is the best single week performance we have seen from a wide receiver this season, and puts Lockett in a tie with Calvin Ridley for highest scoring WR so far.
• Tom Brady, QB – Longshanks – 39 pts – For anyone doubting the power of TB12, this was his 2nd game this season scoring >35 points, he is currently the 5th highest scoring player in all fantasy, and he has his team sitting at 5-2 on top of the NFC South.  Impressive.
• Kyler Murray, QB – sprouts – 39 pts – Here is your current top dog in fantasy!  Kyler has amassed 195 points on the season thus far, with his lowest score being a 20 in Week 3, and now this week scoring in the 30’s for the second time.  He’s 19 points ahead of 2nd place Russell Wilson.  (In 2019, the highest scoring player through 7 weeks (Lamar Jackson) had scored just 171 points.)
• Davante Adams, WR – Sofa King American – 34 pts – When he’s healthy, he is putting up big numbers as he did this week with 16 catches for 196 yards and 2 TD’s.

COME ON MAN

• Jerick McKinnon, RB – Young Guns – 0 pts – The Niners “rested” McKinnon and only gave him 3 carries, which he didn’t do much with.
• Jonnu Smith, TE – Young Guns – 0 pts – The dreaded 1 catch for 9 yards day.
• CeeDee Lamb, WR – American BadAss – 0 pts – Nary a catch to be had for Mr. Lamb.
• Cam Newton, QB – Joe’s Pats – -2 pts – Just 98 yards and 3 interceptions leading to him being benched.  Belichick swears Newton is “absolutely” the starter.  Right, Bill… we’ll see.

BAD FANTASIES

There have been a lot of terrible fantasy performances over the years, and Cam Newton’s this week was certainly up there with the stinkers.  Getting -2 points, as Cam did this weekend, is shameful but it's not nearly the worst score I've ever seen.  To get there you’ve got to go even lower, throw a few more interceptions, and get all the way down to -8!  And amazingly, it has happened twice..two dudes have managed a single week score of -8. The first was John Skelton (QB, ARI) back in Week 14, 2012 and more recently Nathan Peterman (QB, BUF) did it in Week 11, 2017.  In both cases, both quarterbacks threw for less than 100 yards (74 and 66, respectively) and both had a total of 5 turnovers!  Skelton had 4 interceptions and 1 fumble, while Peterman simply threw 5 picks.

But hey, even a legend can have a stinker of a game… look no further than Peyton Manning in Week 10, 2015, where he finished a game with only 35 yards passing and 4 interceptions for a total of -7. 

JOKE OF THE WEEK

I was going to tell a COVID joke here, but there is a 99.696% chance you won’t get it.

ALL UNWANTEDS

2020 has not been kind thus far to those who shalln’t be drafted, as they came into Week 7 at 1-5 and on a 5 game losing streak.  But things were clicking for them this week, in a roster comprised half & half of Jaguars and Football Players:

Look at that!  Five players in double digits, and a final score of 110.  This is their highest score of the season, and was well above the league average (80.4), so the All Unwanteds improve their record to 2-5.

 TOP 5 SUMMARIES

Quick breakdown of the top 5 players at each position, and their scores by week:

• Attack of Mahomes leads the way with 7 players represented above.  (Timmy is dominating with two Kickers in the top 5 AND two Defenses in the Top 5.)
• sprouts has six players above, with a player in every category except Kicker.
• Joe's Pats, Young Guns and Longshanks each have four players represented.
• Vandelay Industries has two players represented.
•  The two American teams (American BadAss and Sofa King American) each only have a single player represented above.
• This year’s “What Do You Know? Bowl” (coming up in Week 9!) is not looking to be a star-studded event, as neither team (Coors Light Drunk Guys and Big Sack No TD’s) has any players represented above.

 

NFL FANTASY SCORES BY TEAM

Through 7 weeks of play, the team which has produced the most total fantasy points is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  The Bucs have scored a total of 670 fantasy points this season.   Across every position (QB, RB, WR, TE, K, D), the Buccaneers rank in the top 10 for total fantasy points produced.  Their two highest spots are Defense (2^nd most points) and Tight End (4^th most points).  The rest of the top five highest scoring teams are:  KC (667 pts), ARI (653 pts), SEA (646 pts) and ATL (619 pts).

The lowest scoring team is the New York Jets, who have only totaled 340, barely half of Tampa’s total.  They rank 30^th or 31^st in four categories (QB, RB, TE and K).  The two ‘All Unwanteds’ teams (WSH & JAX) currently rank 28^th and 22^nd, respectively in total fantasy points scored.

Probably the most surprising team is the New England Patriots who currently rank 31^st in fantasy points scored.  They appear to really be missing Brady-Gronkowski, as they currently rank 26^th in quarterback production and dead last in tight end point production.  Get this: Patriot tight ends have scored a total of 4 points this season.  Four points!  In seven games!! 

 

BEST BENCH(ES)

Double dose of Best Benches to dole out this week, and we will start with last week’s.  Last week’s Best Bench was very unique because it only involved 1 player.  A single swap, if you will.  I searched back through my records and did not find another Single Swap Best Bench until way back in Week 9 of 2011!  And because shit is better when it is crazy than not, it was the EXACT SAME TEAM who got it last time as this time!  So, with his second Single Swap Best Bench in the last 9 years, the Week 6 Best Bench goes to… sprouts!  Russ needed to only swap J. Jefferson for D. Parker to get a 30-point improvement last week.  This is the first Best Bench for sprouts this season.  (In case you are wondering, back in 2011 Russ claimed the Single Swap Best Bench with a W. McGahee for L. Blount swap to get a 24-point improvement.)  

Now, as mentioned at the beginning of this post it’s hard to avoid getting a Best Bench when you have a player on your bench score in the 40’s.  Chances become even greater when the active players on your roster for the same position both post zero points.  This is the situation experienced by the Week 7 Best Bench winner, where not one but four roster moves could have improved the final score by a very solid 58 points!  Without further adieu, and claiming his 2nd Best Bench this season, the Week 7 Best Bench goes to… American BadAss!  Jason got nothing from his active receivers this week (OBJ=IR, CeeDee Lamb=terrible), but had Tyler Lockett post 41 on his bench.  The other moves were:  R. Gronkowski for J. Graham (+9), D. Samuel for O. Beckham (+6) and D. Carr for J. Goff (+2).

 

Hard to believe we are nearing the halfway point of the season and it is already time for midterms!!  Get to studying… grades will be posted next week!