On the Attack in Week 10!

This season truly is one for the ages!  The record for the most number of different teams to win a Weekly High Score Prize before this season was eight, set back in 2013.  (Well, technically there were 9 teams to get a share of a Prize in 2008, but one of those was only a half win.)  Most seasons we will see 6 or 7 teams claim the prizes.  (Last season, 2020, there were seven different WHSP winners).  But now this season, in just 10 weeks of play we already have our ninth different team to win a Weekly High Score Prize!  

The Week 10 honor goes to Attack of Mahomes, who finished with 117 points thanks to big Sunday and Monday Night games.  Timmy got big performances on Sunday from Mahomes and Kelce (39 and 11 points, respectively), then on Monday night had a breakout game from Deebo Samuel (24 points) to edge the next closest team by 5!  The win also moved Timmy’s record to 4-6 keeping him alive in the playoff hunt.  Nice work Tim-MAY!!  The only team in the league now who has yet to take home a Weekly High Score Prize is the Coors Light Drunk Guys.

Across the rest of the league there are no clinched playoff spots yet, but American BadAss and Scottish Rebels are close.  Probably one more win or a couple key losses by other teams will secure spots.  For everyone else, it is still wide open and all teams still have a chance to make it in.  From the scenarios I’ve run, it appears getting to 7 wins should secure a playoff spot for any team who gets there.  There is even a scenario I’ve run where Big Sack No TD’s (currently with a 3-7 record) makes it in with a record of 6-7.  So everyone is alive and it is crunch time!  Make sure to have your best roster in every week, and remember all teams are eligible to win a Weekly High Score Prize through Week 16 regardless of playoff qualification.

Just a few items to get to this week, including a record-setting Best Bench!

BIG TIME

• Patrick Mahomes, QB – Attack of Mahomes – 39 pts – After a couple lackluster weeks, Mahomes had his shine back completing 35 of 50 passes for 406 yards and 5 TD’s!  This moves Mahomes back into a tie with Brady for the top spot in fantasy scoring this season (221 points).
• Dallas, DEF – Big Sack No TD’s – 27 pts – Yes, a defense was the 2nd highest scoring player this week… crazy!  The Cowboys were all over the Falcons, getting 3 interceptions (1 run back for a TD), 2 sacks, a blocked kick, 2 4th down stops and only gave up 3 points.  

COME ON MAN

• DK Metcalf, WR – Coors Light Drunk Guys – 2 pts – He was targeted 8 times, but only mustered 2 catches for just 26 yards.
• AJ Brown, WR – Big Sack No TD’s – 1 pt – Nothing doing for Brown this week, catching just 1 of 4 balls thrown his way for 16 yards.
• Dalton Schultz, TE – Young Guns – 1 pt – Schultz hasn’t found the endzone since Week 4, and this week caught a lone pass for just 14 yards.
• TJ Hockenson, TE – Vandelay Industries – 0 pts – No injuries or anything, just simply no production from ol’ TJ this week.  

TOP 5 CHECK IN

Here are how the top fives by position are shaping up after 10 weeks:

Notable highlights –

• Derrick Henry is still the 2^nd highest scoring running back in spite of not having scored any points for the last two weeks (and only 6 points in Week 8 before getting injured).
• Travis Kelce is still the best tight end in Fantasy.
• Two undrafted defenses are in the Top 5 (Arizona and Dallas).
• Kyle Pitts, TE for the Atlanta Falcons is the fourth highest scoring tight end and was actually selected in the 4^th round by American BadAss.  That is not a typo.

 

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Boss - How good are you at Power Point?

Me - I excel at it.

Boss – Was that a Microsoft Office pun?

Me – Word.

 

BEST BENCH

The Bestest Best Bench we’ve ever seen happened back in Week 2 2009 when sprouts had an 89-point improvement possibility.  The Coors Light Drunk Guys have come the closest to breaking that record with an 88-point improvement possibility back in Week 8 2014.  But now Shawn has finally done it and broken a Best Bench record, but not for most points ever…rather for the least!! 

Four weeks ago, Joe’s Pats went low on the Best Bench with an just an 18-point improvement possibility (tied for 3^rd lowest ever), but this Week the Drunk Guys did even better by taking home the Week 10 Best Bench with just a 14 point improvement possibility!

In an amazing testament to everyone’s roster selections this week, there were simply not many points to be had.  All other teams had just single digit improvements from their benches.  Unbelievable.  For the 14 points, Shawn needed to only make two roster changes:  H. Henry for T. Higbee +7 and R. Anderson for DK Metcalf +7.  This is the 3^rd Best Bench for the Drunk Guys, having also taken it home in Weeks 2 and 9.  Four teams have avoided a Best Bench so far this season.

 

Get those waivers in and get ready for the last 3 weeks before playoffs!!!