Wyld Ass Monkeys are on fire!

Week 10 was the 2^nd lowest overall scoring week of the season (825 points scored), yet we had the highest scoring single team so far, and it wasn’t even close!  With an impressive 142 point performance, the Wyld Ass Monkeys took home the Weekly High Score prize.  In a truly unprecedented event, Rob basically won this game on Thursday night.  With four players in action on Thursday in the CIN @ BAL game, Wyld Ass Monkeys scored 99 points (Ja’Marr Chase 47, Joe Burrow 36, Mark Andrews 12, and Evan McPherson 4), and led Joe’s No Pats 99-3 going into the weekend games.  From there he had solid games from Tyrone Tracy Jr. (14 pts), David Montgomery (11 pts) and the Houston Defense (10 pts), to log the highest single week score since Week 12 of last season.  My archives aren't detailed enough to know if this is the record for most points scored by a team in a single game (I would think it is), but it is most certainly the most points ever scored on a Thursday.  Excellent work senor!  This is Rob’s first Weekly High Score and makes it 6 different teams who have won a prize so far this season.

In other league games, we had our second tie game of the season as NASCAR Café Honey Mustard and sprouts tied at 73.  Four teams now have ties on their record, with Big Sack No TDs and sprouts now tied for 2^nd place in the South division at 5-4-1, and NASCAR Café Honey Mustard in 3^rd place in the North division at 4-5-1.  American BadAss lost to J LUV U LONG TIME so the best record in the league is 8-2, belonging to ABA and my Scottish Rebels. 

There are two Best Benches to give out this week, and we’ll take a quick look at the Top 5’s through 10 weeks of football.  Let’s do this!!

 

BIG TIME FOOTBALL!

• Ja’Marr Chase, WR – Wyld Ass Monkeys – 47 pts – This is the most fantasy points scored in a week by a player this season, and goes down in the all-time records tied for 17^th best.  All told he finished with 11 catches for 264 yards and three touchdowns, and did so on a short week!  This firmly establishes Chase as the top receiver in fantasy, and puts him 11th overall.
• Joe Burrow, QB – Wyld Ass Monkeys – 36 pts – The man throwing Chase the ball had himself a game as well!  Cool Joe completed 34 of 56 passes for 428 yards, 4 TD’s and no interceptions.  This is the 2^nd time Burrow has scored 36 points, and both times it has happened against the Ravens.  Burrow has their number from a stat perspective, but Baltimore has won the game both times.
• Lamar Jackson, QB – Big Sack No TDs – 32 pts – If you combine the scores from the two times the Ravens and Bengals have played this year, the score is 76-72 in favor of the Ravens.  Just like Burrow, Jackson had himself a game on Thursday and also just like Burrow finished with the exact same score as the last time they played! He scored 32 points in Week 5, and again this week. How freaking weird is that?
• Jalen Hurts, QB – J LUV U LONG TIME – 29 pts – Hurts did all his damage in only three quarters against the woefully inept Dallas Cowboys.  In just 75% of the available game time, he logged 202 yards and 2 TD’s passing plus had 56 yards rushing and 2 more TD’s.
• Kyler Murray, QB – Joe’s No Pats – 28 pts – Good bounce back for Murray after a 4 point stinker last week.  The Cardinals just walked all over the Jets, and Murray finished with 266 yards passing with 1 TD, plus added 21 yards and 2 TD’s on the ground. 

 

COME ON MAN!!

• Justin Tucker, K – sprouts – 2 pts – Playing in a 35-34 shootout game, and Tucker finishes with a stat line of 3 PAT’s made, 1 PAT miss.  Whaaat?
• DJ Moore, WR – Big Sack No TDs – 2 pts – Over his last four games, his point totals have been 2, 2, 3 and now 2 once more. 
• CeeDee Lamb, WR – J LUV U LONG TIME – 2 pts – He actually caught 6 passes, but they only went for 21 yards.  I guess that’s what happens when Cooper Rush is throwing to you.
• Brian Thomas Jr., WR – 1^st to Worst – 1 pt – The Jaguar rookie has had some good games this year, but this one was not one.  He saw only 3 targets, catching 2 for just 12 yards.  Oof.

 

 APPLE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

When Apple first released the line of “i” products, do you think Spanish speakers thought there was just a missing exclamation point at the end?  iPhone! iPad! iWatch! iEstá chingón!

 

TOP FIVES

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Lamar Jackson	QB	Bal	249	Big Sack No TDs
2	Joe Burrow	QB	Cin	210	Wyld Ass Monkeys
3	Baker Mayfield	QB	TB	208	American BadAss
4	Jalen Hurts	QB	Phi	200	J LUV U LONG TIME
5	Josh Allen	QB	Buf	191	Scottish Rebels

Lamar Jackson has just been an absolute point monster this season.  And how about Baker holding on in the top 3!?

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Derrick Henry	RB	Bal	207	Scottish Rebels
2	Saquon Barkley	RB	Phi	162	Big Sack No TDs
3	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	151	J LUV U LONG TIME
4	Bijan Robinson	RB	Atl	140	Luck of the Irish
5	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	Det	134	Luck of the Irish

Wild to have the top scoring QB and RB on the same NFL team, and for both of them to be leading by such wide margins.  Shout out to Luck of the Irish for having two runningbacks in the top five.

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	Cin	161	Wyld Ass Monkeys
2	Justin Jefferson	WR	Min	109	American BadAss
3	Terry McLaurin	WR	Was	101	Joe's No Pats
4	Drake London	WR	Atl	99	sprouts
5	Garrett Wilson	WR	NYJ	98	sprouts

For QB, RB and WR, there is the top dog and then there is everyone else.  And look at that lead Chase has over Justin Jefferson…52 points!  Shout out to sprouts for having two receivers in the top 5.

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	George Kittle	TE	SF	94	Scottish Rebels
2	Brock Bowers	TE	LV	66	Luck of the Irish
3	Cade Otton	TE	TB	64	Scottish Rebels
4	Trey McBride	TE	Ari	64	sprouts
5	Tucker Kraft	TE	GB	63	American BadAss

Shout out to me for having two tight ends in the top 5!  Not sure how that one helps.

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Minnesota	DEF	Min	132	J LUV U LONG TIME
2	Buffalo	DEF	Buf	119	American BadAss
3	Denver	DEF	Den	113	Scottish Rebels
4	Detroit	DEF	Det	110	NASCAR Cafe Honey Mustard
5	Pittsburgh	DEF	Pit	103	Joe's No Pats

These five defenses are the only ones so far this season to score over 100 points.

	Name	Pos	Team	Total	Owner
1	Ka'imi Fairbairn	K	Hou	116	J LUV U LONG TIME
2	Chris Boswell	K	Pit	106	Luck of the Irish
2	Austin Seibert	K	Was	106	Free Agent
4	Brandon Aubrey	K	Dal	104	American BadAss
5	Tyler Bass	K	Buf	90	Joe's No Pats

Kickers.  I mean, right?

BEST BENCH(es)

Week 9 had two teams in the running for Best Bench.  The Wyld Ass Monkeys put up a decent 34-point-improvement possibility, but that wasn’t enough to top sprouts who had a 40-point-improvement possibility.  Russ needed three roster moves to get there:  G. Wilson for M. Nabors +16, C. Brown for J. Cook +15 and J. Herbert for C.J. Stroud +9.  This was sprouts 2^nd Best Bench this season, having claimed it back in Week 3.

For Week 10, there was really only one team in the running.  Whether it was due to good team management or bye weeks, the nine non-Best Bench teams this week averaged just a 7.3 point-improvement possibility.  But taking home his first Best Bench with a 34 point-improvement possibility, the Week 10 Best Bench goes to… Joe’s No Pats!  Joe also needed three roster swaps to get there:  K. Murray for S. Darnold +23, T. McLaurin for Z. Flowers +8 and Pittsburgh for Kansas City +3.  Eight different teams have now claimed a Best Bench this season.

 

Only four more games until the playoffs begin (first week of the playoffs is Week 15).  Next week I’ll start running some playoff scenarios.  Get those waivers in and get ready for Week 11!!