Oh so nice to do it twice!

 

Two weeks in a row of utter domination!  Sofa King Great lives up to their name and are sofa king up the competition.  This week James had two (!) 30 point performers (Justin Herbert, 32 points and Davante Adams, 32 points), plus had 5 of 6 remaining players score in double digits (most notably Christian McCaffrey with 17 points), to finish with 132 points!  The King dominated in the head-to-head game winning by a 52-point margin over Big Sack No TD’s, and outscored the next highest scoring team, Wyld Ass Monkeys, by 17 points.  Well done SIR!

In league standings, we have just two undefeated teams remaining (Joe’s Pats and Sofa King Great), and just one winless team (Big Sack No TD’s).  Attack of Mahomes and American BadAss are both 2-1, with the rest of the teams sitting at 1-2.  The North division leads the total win count 8-7, while the South division leads in points scored 1,328 to 1,267.

This week we’ll take a look at the top five from each position, see just how good of a game the Dolphins had from a fantasy perspective, and of course, hand out this week’s Best Bench. 

BIG TIME

• De’Von Achane, RB – Free Agent – 50 pts – An amazing performance from a guy who wasn’t even on anyone’s roster.  In the first two games this year he had all of 1 carry for 5 yards and 1 catch for 4 yards.  Boy did that change on Sunday, when he went off for 203 rushing yards and 2 TD’s, plus 30 yards receiving and another 2 TD’s.  This is the first time a free agent has scored over 50 points, and he joins only 7 other players in league history to score at least that many points.  (The record belongs to Alvin Kamara who scored 55 points in Week 16, 2020).
• Raheem Mostert, RB – 76 – 38 pts – Normally a 38-point runningback performance would be the best on the team.  But there were a lot of points to go around for Miami versus Denver.  Not to be outdone by his teammate, Mostert racked up 82 rushing yards and 3 TD’s, plus 60 receiving yards and 1 TD.  88 points between the two Miami backs is incredible…more on the Dolphins’ score below.
• Buffalo, DEF – American BadAss – 34 pts – The Bills walked all over Washington, giving up only 3 points, plus snagged 4 interceptions, and get this, 9 quarterback sacks! 
• Davante Adams, WR – Sofa King Great – 32 pts – Adams was targeted a crazy 20 times, and hauled in 13 for 172 yards and 2 TD’s.
• Justin Herbert, QB – Sofa King Great – 32 pts – Herbert crossed the 400-yard passing mark (405 yards) plus threw 3 TD’s and had zero interceptions.

COME ON MAN

• Derrick Henry, RB – American BadAss – 2 pts – Through the first half, Henry had -7 yards rushing. That's negative seven yards.  Ultimately he finished with 20 yards on 11 carries, for an awesome 1.8 yard per carry average.  Yucky.
• Dallas, DEF – 76 – 1 pt – The Cowboys looked helpless on Sunday against the Chiefs 49ers Cardinals.  Yes, you read that right…the Cardinals.  The only positive defensive stat registered by Dallas was 2 sacks, while giving up 28 freaking points.  Did I mention this was against the Cardinals?
• Hunter Henry, TE – Joe’s Pats – 1 pt – After finding the endzone in each of the first two weeks, Hunter didn’t have much of an impact this week, catching 2 passes for just 17 yards.
• Jacksonville, DEF – Big Sack No TDs – 0 pts – The Jags defense recorded no defensive stats against Houston en route to losing 37-17. Oof.

TOP FIVES

Three weeks into the season, so it’s time to take a look at the top five from each position.

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Kirk Cousins	QB	Min	74	Wyld Ass Monkeys
2	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC	74	Sofa King Great
3	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	Mia	68	Young Guns
4	Jordan Love	QB	GB	65	American BadAss
5	Patrick Mahomes	QB	KC	64	Attack of Mahomes

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total
1	Tyreek Hill	WR	Mia	70	Wyld Ass Monkeys
2	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC	59	American BadAss
3	Justin Jefferson	WR	Min	54	Big Sack No TDs
4	Davante Adams	WR	LV	52	Sofa King Great
5	Mike Evans	WR	TB	50	Sofa King Great

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total
1	Raheem Mostert	RB	Mia	72	76
2	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	60	Sofa King Great
3	De'Von Achane	RB	Mia	50	W (Sep 27)
4	Kenneth Walker III	RB	Sea	49	sprouts
5	Brian Robinson	RB	Was	44	Young Guns

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total
1	T.J. Hockenson	TE	Min	26	76
2	Sam LaPorta	TE	Det	23	W (Sep 27)
3	Hunter Henry	TE	NE	23	Joe's Pats
4	Travis Kelce	TE	KC	20	Attack of Mahomes
5	Donald Parham Jr.	TE	LAC	20	W (Sep 27)

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total
1	Dallas	DEF	Dal	57	76
2	Buffalo	DEF	Buf	49	American BadAss
3	Pittsburgh	DEF	Pit	48	Sofa King Great
4	Philadelphia	DEF	Phi	40	sprouts
5	New Orleans	DEF	NO	36	W (Sep 27)

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total
1	Jake Moody	K	SF	40	Young Guns
2	Jake Elliott	K	Phi	40	Sofa King Great
3	Brett Maher	K	LAR	39	W (Sep 27)
4	Brandon Aubrey	K	Dal	38	76
5	Tyler Bass	K	Buf	36	Wyld Ass Monkeys

 

Definitely some surprises in there, like Kirk Cousins as a top QB, and Raheem Mostert as the top RB.  Plus seeing names like Jordan Love, Kenneth Walker III, De'Von Achane and Sam LaPorta certainly were not expected.  Also there are only five free agents, so none of these players are really slipping through the cracks.

BIENVENIDOS A MIAMI

You probably heard about the massive score run up Miami had this Sunday, defeating the Broncos 70-20.  It ties the third highest score by a team in NFL history (tying a game in 1955), with the record (73) happening way back in 1940, and second place (72) happening in 1966.  But have you heard of the unbelievable fantasy impact this game had?

Total fantasy points scored by Miami this week came out to 189.   189!! Now, this includes scores from 12 players, so that is more than on an active roster.  However, even when you strip out the extra players and put together an active roster of 8 players, they still scored a whopping 173 points.

Check out this roster:

QB	Tua Tagovailoa	28
RB	Raheem Mostert	38
RB	De'Von Achane	50
WR	Robbie Chosen	12
WR	Tyreek Hill	24
TE	Durham Smythe	1
DEF	Miami	10
K	Jason Sanders	10
	Total	173

Keep in mind the single team record for the highest scoring week in Sacred Sundays history is 160, set by Attack of Mahomes in Week 10, 2019. And if you are talking about single week scores for one NFL team, this is far and away the most fantasy points in a single week.  Looking back through prior seasons, and the highest total I was able to find was 147.  This was truly a legendary performance.

 

BEST BENCH

Due to magnificent team management this week (and maybe a few injuries), we had three teams post optimal lineups (i.e. Bench improvement = 0), which were the first of the season.  Those teams were Wyld Ass Monkeys, Joe’s Pats and 76.  Nary a point to be gained through any substitutions.  Then among the rest of the teams, it wasn’t even a close competition for Best Bench this week as the 2^nd highest was +18 which couldn't even compete with this week's winner who posted a very solid 40-point-improvement possibility!  Needing just three roster moves to do it, the Week 3 Best Bench goes to… American BadAss!  The moves Jason needed to make were:  Buffalo for Kansas City +21, A. Mattison for D. Henry +10 and D. Metcalf for D. Smith +9.  This is the first Best Bench for American BadAss this season, and his first since winning it last year, also in Week 3.

 

Get those waiver claims in and get ready for Week 4!!