The Week 8 congratulations go to Mr. Shawn Martin who took home his 2nd Weekly High Score Prize as the only team able to break into triple digits, logging a 113-67 victory over Sofa King Shitty. J LUV U LONG TIME was led by Jalen Hurts who scored 34 points, and CeeDee Lamb who scored 26. Four other players scored in double digits as well, with Devonta Smith scoring 14 and Alvin Kamara, Tony Pollard and Ka’imi Fairbairn all posting 11. The win puts Shawn’s record at 5-3, 2nd place in the North. Well done sir!
Eight weeks are in the books, so it is time to dole out midterm grades! Lets jump right into it.
Since 2017 midterm grades have been doled out using the same methodology and grading criteria. The categories graded are: Overall Record, Points Scored, Points Against, Weekly High Scores, Best Bench, Waiver Moves, Keeper Production and Utilization. For each category, teams are ranked 1-10 and are awarded points based on where they rank. If two or more teams are tied in a category, points are split equally. For categories Overall Record, Points Scored, Weekly High Scores, Keeper Production and Utilization, the maximum points awarded is 10. For categories Points Against, Best Bench and Waivers, the maximum points awarded is 5. Grades are awarded on a strict curve with 2 A’s, 2 B’s, 2 C’s, 2 D’s and 2 F’s. Numbers dictate everything, there are no judgement calls on my part.
Here are the 2024 Midterm Report Cards:
|
Jerry |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
6-2 |
9 |
2nd |
|
Points For: |
796 |
10 |
1st |
|
Pts Against: |
640 |
1 |
9th |
|
High Scores: |
2 |
9 |
1st |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
10 |
3 |
4th |
|
Keepers: |
227 |
9 |
2nd |
|
Utilization: |
91.2% |
10 |
1st |
|
Total Points: |
|
53.25 |
|
|
Grade |
A+ |
Through 8 games my Rebels have been the highest scoring
team, my keepers have been 2nd best, and my Utilization has been the
tops. Gotta keep this train rolling!
|
Jens |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
4-3-1 |
7 |
4th |
|
Points For: |
776 |
8 |
3rd |
|
Pts Against: |
699 |
2.5 |
6th |
|
High Scores: |
1.5 |
7 |
4th |
|
Best Bench: |
0 |
4.5 |
1st |
|
Waivers: |
10 |
3 |
4th |
|
Keepers: |
265 |
10 |
1st |
|
Utilization: |
89.9% |
8 |
3rd |
|
Total Points: |
|
50 |
|
|
Grade |
A |
Jens ranks in the top four in all but one category
(Points Against), is tied for first in the Best Bench category, and has had the
best keeper production this season.
(Jens’ keepers are Lamar Jackson (194 pts) and Devon Achane (71 pts)).
|
Jason |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
7-1 |
10 |
1st |
|
Points For: |
777 |
9 |
2nd |
|
Pts Against: |
689 |
2 |
7th |
|
High Scores: |
2 |
9 |
1st |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
7 |
2 |
7th |
|
Keepers: |
195 |
7 |
4th |
|
Utilization: |
88.1% |
7 |
4th |
|
Total Points: |
48.25 |
||
|
Grade |
B+ |
||
Jason has the best record, is the second-highest scoring
team and has won 2 Weekly High Scores. All
good things leading to the B+ grade.
(Significant improvement from last season).
|
Shawn |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
5-3 |
8 |
3rd |
|
Points For: |
760 |
7 |
4th |
|
Pts Against: |
726 |
3 |
5th |
|
High Scores: |
2 |
9 |
1st |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
4 |
0.75 |
9th |
|
Keepers: |
224 |
8 |
3rd |
|
Utilization: |
89.9% |
9 |
2nd |
|
Total Points: |
|
47.00 |
|
|
Grade |
B |
Shawn has the 3rd best record, and ranks 2nd
in utilization. He is also tied for
first in Weekly High Scores with 2 so far.
|
Joe |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
2-5 |
3 |
8th |
|
Points For: |
669 |
5 |
6th |
|
Pts Against: |
739 |
4 |
3rd |
|
High Scores: |
0.5 |
6 |
5th |
|
Best Bench: |
0 |
4.5 |
1st |
|
Waivers: |
10 |
3 |
4th |
|
Keepers: |
95 |
3 |
8th |
|
Utilization: |
84.6% |
3 |
8th |
|
Total Points: |
|
31.5 |
|
|
Grade |
C+ |
In spite of a 2-5-1 record, Joe earns some points for
having claimed half of a Weekly High Score and for being ranked 6th
in points scored. Joe also has had the 3rd
most points scored against him.
|
Russ |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
4-4 |
5.5 |
5th |
|
Points For: |
676 |
6 |
5th |
|
Pts Against: |
732 |
3.5 |
4th |
|
High Scores: |
0 |
0 |
6th |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
6 |
1.5 |
8th |
|
Keepers: |
162 |
6 |
5th |
|
Utilization: |
85.2% |
4 |
7th |
|
Total Points: |
28.75 |
||
|
Grade |
C |
||
Russ ranks between 4th & 6th in
6 of the 8 categories, so it makes sense to garner a C grade.
|
John |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
3-5 |
4 |
7th |
|
Points For: |
637 |
4 |
7th |
|
Pts Against: |
795 |
5 |
1st |
|
High Scores: |
0 |
0 |
6th |
|
Best Bench: |
0 |
4.5 |
1st |
|
Waivers: |
17 |
5 |
1st |
|
Keepers: |
74 |
1 |
10th |
|
Utilization: |
86.8% |
5 |
6th |
|
Total Points: |
|
28.5 |
|
|
Grade |
D+ |
John holds the dubious distinction of having had the most
points scored against him so far this season.
Additionally, John has the most waiver moves so far with a very solid 17
moves. Unfortunately, his keeper
production ranks last (Anthony Richardson (61 pts) and Puka Nacua (17 pts)).
|
Rob |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
2-6 |
1.5 |
9th |
|
Points For: |
631 |
2.5 |
8th |
|
Pts Against: |
681 |
1.5 |
8th |
|
High Scores: |
0 |
0 |
6th |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
4 |
0.75 |
9th |
|
Keepers: |
152 |
5 |
6th |
|
Utilization: |
87.3% |
6 |
5th |
|
Total Points: |
|
19.5 |
|
|
Grade |
D |
Rob ranks 5th in Utilization and has had
decent keeper production (Ja’Marr Chase (110 pts) and Tyreek Hill (42
pts)).
|
Timmy |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
4-4 |
5.5 |
5th |
|
Points For: |
599 |
1 |
10th |
|
Pts Against: |
583 |
0.5 |
10th |
|
High Scores: |
0 |
0 |
6th |
|
Best Bench: |
1 |
2.25 |
4th |
|
Waivers: |
13 |
4.5 |
2nd |
|
Keepers: |
130 |
4 |
7th |
|
Utilization: |
81.6% |
1 |
10th |
|
Total Points: |
18.75 |
||
|
Grade |
F+ |
||
In a weird coincidence, Tim has scored the fewest points
and has had the fewest points scored against him. That, unfortunately coupled with the lowest
Utilization rate added up to not a very good score.
|
James |
Pts |
Rank |
|
|
Record: |
2-6 |
1.5 |
9th |
|
Points For: |
631 |
2.5 |
8th |
|
Pts Against: |
763 |
4.5 |
2nd |
|
High Scores: |
0 |
0 |
6th |
|
Best Bench: |
2 |
0.5 |
10th |
|
Waivers: |
11 |
4 |
3rd |
|
Keepers: |
89 |
2 |
9th |
|
Utilization: |
81.6% |
2 |
9th |
|
Total Points: |
|
17.00 |
|
|
Grade |
F |
James changed his team name this week to Sofa King
Shitty, perhaps preparing for this grade.
James currently ranks 8th in scoring and has had the 2nd
most points scored against him. He also
ranks 9th in both Keeper Production (mostly because Christian
McCaffrey hasn’t played this season) and Utilization.
WORST FANTASY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
If a defense gives up more than 35 points, they earn -4
points. A negative four would be the
absolute lowest score a defense could get.
And on Sunday the Cincinnati Bengals did just that. In their game versus the Philadelphia Eagles,
they recorded no fumble recoveries, no interceptions, no quarterback sacks, no
safeties, no blocked kicks nor any 4th down stops. They could’ve even scored a point by getting
50 return yards, but alas, they only had 42.
And in the process of recording none of those stats, they gave up 37
points, making this the single worst fantasy performance this season… so far.
BEST BENCH
Up through last week no team had taken home more than one
Best Bench this season. But that all
changed with this week’s winner. (Joe,
John and Jens you are safe this week, but you are on notice!) With a strong
41-point-improvement-possibility, and taking home a second Best Bench, the Week
8 Best Bench goes to… Sofa King Shitty!
James needed just three roster moves to get there… M. Harrison Jr for A.
Cooper +17, D. Swift for J. Mason +17 and B. Nix for J. Daniels +7.
Get those waivers in and get ready for Week 9! Six more weeks of regular season before the
playoffs! PLAYOFFS?!?
