Make it a double!

Four teams scored over 100 points this week, and by the luck of matchups, none faced each other.  Adding those four makes it 22 times teams have crossed into triple digits this season, with only two of those resulting in a loss.  So far this season, scoring over 100 has a 90.9% win rate, which is above the historic average of 86.9% win rate.  The highest win percentage we’ve ever seen was 100% in 2008, when teams went 18-for-18 on winning with a score >100.  The worst season was 2018 where only 77.1% of 100-point scorers won (37-for-48).  Coincidentally, the 48 teams scoring over 100 points that season was the most in any season so far.  We are currently on pace to beat that record this year, as we are currently averaging just over 3 teams per week scoring over 100, and we have an extra week added to the season.  This puts us on pace to have 53 teams score over 100 points this year.

Speaking of scoring, the big congrats this week stay with yours truly for a second week in a row, as my Scottish Rebels found a way to finish on top of the heap again this week!  Truly some magical waiver wire work, as I picked up the Denver Defense and kicker Austin Seibert who combined to score 40 points!  Also contributing big were Derrick Henry (26 points), Josh Allen (20 points) and Tee Higgins (14 points), leading my Rebels to a 125-64 victory over J LUV.  The win moves my record to 5-2 and on top of the North division.

In other league happenings, American BadAss won again to keep hold of the best record in the league at 6-1, and Joes’ No Pats pulled out a come from behind victory over Luck of the Irish to snag a second victory this season.  The divisions are tied on total wins (17 each) and the South division leads in points scored (3,073 to 2,986).  There are still 7 more weeks until the playoffs start, so still a lot can change.

 Just a quick one this week, with a check in on the Top 5’s and we have two Best Benches to give out…

 

TOP FIVES

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Lamar Jackson	QB	Bal	171	Big Sack No TDs
2	Baker Mayfield	QB	TB	160	American BadAss
3	Jayden Daniels	QB	Was	134	Sofa King
4	Joe Burrow	QB	Cin	133	Wyld Ass Monkeys
5	Josh Allen	QB	Buf	133	Scottish Rebels

-Baker Mayfield is the 2^nd highest scoring player in fantasy?  What in the what??  And get this--Patrick Mahomes, in spite of having an undefeated record, currently ranks as the 22nd quarterback with only 76 points scored so far this year.

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Derrick Henry	RB	Bal	158	Scottish Rebels
2	Saquon Barkley	RB	Phi	113	Big Sack No TDs
3	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	106	J LUV U LONG TIME
4	Kyren Williams	RB	LAR	98	American BadAss
5	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	Det	93	Luck of the Irish

-Derrick Henry is 45 points ahead of the second place runningback.  That is crazy.

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	Cin	99	Wyld Ass Monkeys
2	Chris Godwin	WR	TB	84	J LUV U LONG TIME
3	Justin Jefferson	WR	Min	81	American BadAss
4	Drake London	WR	Atl	79	sprouts
5	Nico Collins	WR	Hou	75	Scottish Rebels

-Two injured players on this list with Nico Collins who hasn’t played in 2 weeks, and Chris Godwin who just got injured this week and is likely done for the year. Brutal

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	George Kittle	TE	SF	65	Scottish Rebels
2	Brock Bowers	TE	LV	51	Luck of the Irish
3	Tucker Kraft	TE	GB	47	American BadAss
4	Cole Kmet	TE	Chi	44	W (Oct 16)
5	Mark Andrews	TE	Bal	39	Wyld Ass Monkeys

-Here’s some household names: Brock Bowers (!), Tucker Kraft (!!), Cole Kmet (okay I have actually heard of that guy).

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Minnesota	DEF	Min	105	J LUV U LONG TIME
2	Denver	DEF	Den	96	Scottish Rebels
3	Green Bay	DEF	GB	86	American BadAss
4	Buffalo	DEF	Buf	82	NASCAR Cafe Honey Mustard
5	Pittsburgh	DEF	Pit	78	Joe's No Pats

-Minnesota was the 19^th ranked defense last season, Denver was 13^th, Green Bay was 15^th, Buffalo was 6^th and Pittsburgh was 11^th.  Last season’s top defense, Baltimore, currently ranks 20^th and Dallas, who was ranked 2^nd last year, currently ranks 25^th.  It's the ol' flipparoo.

 

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Chris Boswell	K	Pit	88	Luck of the Irish
2	Ka'imi Fairbairn	K	Hou	84	J LUV U LONG TIME
2	Austin Seibert	K	Was	84	Scottish Rebels
4	Brandon Aubrey	K	Dal	82	American BadAss
5	Wil Lutz	K	Den	74	W (Oct 23)

-No Justin Tucker on this list for maybe the first time in five years.

 

BEST BENCH(ES)

The Best Bench in Week 6 was remarkable for a couple reasons.  First off, everyone did a marvelous job managing their teams as seven teams had improvement possibilities of 6 points or less, and the Best Bench winner had a season-low improvement-possibility of just 19 points!  Secondly, prior to this season going back to 2007 (17 years of data) there had only been 10 occurrences of the highest scoring team also being the Best Bench.  Now this season, in just SIX weeks it has happened 3 times, as my Scottish Rebels were the Best Bench for Week 6!  I needed just 2 roster moves to get there: A. Lazard for A. Pierce +17 and A. Mattison for C. Hubbard +2.  This was my first Best Bench this season and was my first since Week 2 of last year.

The Week 7 Best Bench was also remarkable because it marked the 7^th different team to get a Best Bench.  Seven weeks and seven different Best Benches…wild!  With just a 28-point-improvement-possibility, the Week 7 Best Bench goes to… the Wyld Ass Monkeys!  Rob also needed only two roster moves to get there:  R. White for T. Etienne Jr +23 and N. Chubb for D. Montgomery +5.  This was Rob’s first Best Bench this season and is his first since Week 17 last season. 

I don’t want to jinx anyone on the Best Bench, but Jens, John and Joe… you guys are due!

 

Okay get those waiver claims in and get ready for Week 8!  Midterm grades come out next week!