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What a scoring drop off!
Since Week 1, the average score across the league has not been below 90
points. Scoring peaked in Week 5, with
1,105 total points scored, but even the last two weeks have had 977 and 947,
respectively. Then this week saw five
teams score in the 60’s, two in the 70’s, one in the 80’s and just two teams
scoring in triple digits. And in this
week’s example of how much matchups matter – two teams scored 69 points this
week, one won and one lost, and two teams scored 73 points this week, and again
one won and one lost.
But the congratulations this week go to Mr. What Do You
Know? Himself… Jens and his Big Sack! In
a preview showdown of Week 9’s “What Do You Know Bowl”, the two highest scoring
teams came down to Big Sack No TD’s and the Coors Light Drunk Guys. The Drunk Guys posted a very respectable 108
points, and Big Sack trailed by 7 points going into MNF with only a Kicker left
to play. Harrison Butker managed to
knock home 2 field goals and 2 extra points for 8 points giving Big Sack a
total of 109 to take the Weekly High Score Prize! Jens also had big games from A.J. Brown (24
points) and Ryan Tannehill (20 points), and got 25 total points from his
running back duo (Alvin Kamara 13, and Cordarrelle Patterson 12). This marks the first Weekly High Score prize
for Big Sack No TD’s and is the 7th different team to win a prize so
far this season. Nice work Jens!
Eight weeks of the season are in the books so it is time
for mid-term grades! Years ago when I
first starting giving out these mid-term grades, it was mostly just a gut
feeling about each team and whether I thought it was any good. Now it has grown into a full blown scientific
analysis where teams are scored across eight categories and grades are awarded
on a strict curve (2 A’s, 2 B’s, 2 C’s, 2 D’s and 2 F’s). Much more on that below, plus we have two
Best Benches to give out this week… onward!
BIG TIME
- Mike White, QB – Free Agent – 29 pts – Yes a free agent quarterback was this week’s top scorer. Check this out, filling in for Zach Wilson he goes for 405 yards, 3 TD’s and 2 interceptions and leads the Jets to a victory over the Bengals. Amazing!
- Tom Brady, QB – Sofa King American – 28 pts – Brady had 375 yards and 4 TD’s, but also tossed 2 INT’s and lost a fumble. However, he still leads all fantasy scorers so far this season by 25 points.
- Josh Allen, QB – Scottish Rebels – 28 pts – Just 249 yards passing and 2 TD’s, but managed to also rumble for 55 yards on the ground and get a rushing TD. He currently ranks as the 2nd highest scoring quarterback in fantasy, just behind Mr. GOAT.
COME ON MAN
- Kyle Pitts, TE – American BadAss – 1 pt – After scoring 17 & 19 in his last two games, Pitts managed just 2 catches for a whopping 13 yards this week.
- Dalton Schultz, TE – Young Guns – 1 pt – With Prescott out, Schultz only managed to catch 2 balls for a measly 11 yards.
- Mike Williams, WR – Vandelay Industries – 1 pt – After a 31 point explosion in Week 5, Williams has now scored only 3 points in his last two games.
- Emmanuel Sanders, WR – Scottish Rebels – 0 pts – He did not manage to catch any of the four balls thrown his way. Yuck.
- Travis Kelce, TE – Attack of Mahomes – 0 pts – After dominating fantasy scoring early in the season, Kelce has scored in double figures only once since Week 4, and has just 1 touchdown in the last 5 weeks. This week he caught four passes for 27 yards, but lost a fumble wiping it all out.
- David Johnson, RB – Sofa King American – 0 pts – Yet another player who at one time was a sure fire 1st round pick reduced to fantasy irrelevancy. Johnson had just 2 carries for 4 yards and appears destined for even less work going forward. Alas.
- Noah Fant, TE – Sofa King American – 0 pts – Just a bad day for Fant who caught only 2 passes for 8 yards.
MID-TERMS!!
Here are the categories all teams are scored on for mid
term grades:
-Win/Loss record – Higher points go to teams with better
records – Scottish Rebels currently have best record at 7-1;
-Points scored – Higher points go to teams who have
scored more total points – Scottish Rebels currently have most points scored at
794;
-Points against – Higher points go to teams with more
points scored against them – Attack of Mahomes has had the most points scored
against with 854;
-Weekly High Score Prizes – More points go to teams with
more High Score prizes – Scottish Rebels are the only team with multiple (2) so
far this season.
-Best Benches – More points go to teams with fewer Best
Bench awards – American BadAss and Attack of Mahomes each have 2, while Big
Sack No TD’s, sprouts, Vandelay Industries and Scottish Rebels have not had a
Best Bench this season so far.
-Waiver Moves – More points awarded to teams more active
on the waiver wire – Young Guns currently has the most waiver moves with 20.
-Keeper Production – More points awarded to teams whose
keepers have scored the most points.
Vandelay Industries is tops in this category with 336 points from
keepers.
-Utilization – More points awarded to teams with higher
utilization. Sprouts has the highest
utilization rate this season at 93.2%.
Here are the report cards for each team:
The grade which has been in the top 3 in each of the last four seasons is A+, followed, oddly, by C+ with three appearances. We’ve not had a grade lower than C+ finish in the top 3 since mid-terms have been calculated this way.
PLAYOFFS?! DON’T TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS!!!
Only four more weeks of the regular season which means it’s
almost time to start talking about playoff scenarios. At this point, with only three teams with
records better than .500, it is still literally wide open. Any team which wins their last four games is a
virtual shoo-in to make the playoffs.
BEST BENCH(ES)
Two weeks of Best Benches to hand out this week… man whether
it’s due to bye weeks, injuries or just good ol’ team management, there have
not been many points left on the bench the last two weeks. Across the last three weeks, there have been
16 instances of only single digit improvement possibilities, with 7 of those
being ‘optimal lineups’ (i.e. Zero bench improvement points!). And oddly enough, the last two week’s Best
Benches both tied with just 22-point improvement possibilities.
In Week 7, it was a lone player swap to get the 22 points
for… Attack of Mahomes! Timmy needed to
only swap J. Chase for D. Moore (+22).
This is the second Best Bench this season for AoM, having also earning
the distinction back in Week 1.
This week was a bit more work to get there, as it
required 4 roster swaps to get the 22 points.
Snagging a 2nd Best Bench this season as well, Week 8 goes to…
American BadAss!! Jason needed the
half-roster swap: J. Burrow for J.
Winston +10, M. Gordon for E. Elliott +8, T. Boyd for S. Diggs +3, and J. Cook
for K. Pitts +1. This is also the second Best Bench for ABA, having earned it back in Week 4 as well.
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