Week 1 Recap
Shake it off (95) @ Northside Angels (83) Honestly this was a decent matchup for both teams. I mean one team didn’t blow out the other and either team had a chance to win the matchup at some point. NSA was looking like a clear winner until Witten decided to have his best game in over a year. Still NSA had a chance with AP but when the Vikes limited his touches, he was less than productive in week 1. Looking at each bench, #Swft could have added Percy Harvin but for week 1 who knows how he would’ve done. I wouldn’t have put him in over Megatron or the Rookie Amari Coop so it’s all about the flex spot at this point. With Ameer getting 13 points and Percy getting 15 it’s not a real benefit for Swft overall. Same with NSA, I mean poor performance with AP, Isiah Crowell, and Mcfadden didn’t help him this week. Also his bench wasn’t much better. He had a few better options with possibly Gio in place of McFadden but the only chance he had to win is to add Stevie Johnson to the lineup too. A WR3 from SD starting week 1? In hindsight yes, but everything else says TY and Larry to be the top WR1 and WR2. So the Switch from McFadden for Gio would’ve helped but not earned the win. Overall, we need to see better performance from each team’s “Stars” if they want a chance to beat any of the top 3-4 teams. 302 Cadets (79) @ 90* Putters (122) Cadet’s had a tough week… enough said. Espically with Alex smith on the bench with 20+ points. However, with KC not scoring a passing TD to a WR all of last year (from what I heard), it’s a smart move not to play Alex Smith. Tannehill had a rough game and the 22 points from Smith would’ve got kinda hurts. Outside of that Cadet’s had the best starting lineup with Brown and Green as WR and the RBs beat his bench any day of the week. With 90* Putters putting some relatively consistent points at 120+. It’s going to be tough. 90* could have added B. Marshall to tie the first name change of the season but Cadet’s held off the embarrassment of 90* returning the name change favor. 90* must be happy to have Brady back as he earned a solid 27. With the top DP player of the week Talib at 14 points, 90* has earned his number 3 spot with plenty of room to grow if Forsett and Maclin can earn double digits. Overall, a solid showing from 90* and a poor performance from the Cadets. I do anticipate both teams will put up even more points in weeks to come. River Gypsies (128) @ Smell my Finger (129) I just want to let everyone know that SMF won by 1 point and had home field advantage which earned him 1 point… If RG would had been at home week 1 then the results would have been different!! However, RGs lost for a few reasons but I would think that the Home Field advantage probably hurts the most. I mean Golden Tate was a top 15 and I would’ve felt a little more comfortable playing him over Desean. (+2 pts for the win) or Roddy or Rashad Jenning… All good options but RGs picked wrong this week. He also had a solid performance with top 4 in points but still starting 0-1. Very consistent besides Desean overall. Also huge points from Gronk which he was probably already accepting the win after Thursday last week. However, the biggest news of the week is Carlos Hyde who probably only is loved by SMF who fell asleep before his win Monday night was official. I was expecting a little more smack talk and was disappointed I hardly heard from him. Sammy also had a 0 which is a wash against RGs Desean. Overall, looking at SMF bench he couldn’t have made a better team. Things just went right for SMF week 1 to earn him the win. Hopefully, he can keep this 1-0 streak going. RGs has a tough week 2 title match against Indian Outlaws. We’ll see if RGs can take the belt and redeem himself for “tying” and losing due to home field advantage. Indian Outlaws (143) @ Can the ole’ Vic still Cruz (95) AKA Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys Indian Outlaws had a pretty stellar week even with Beckham Jr. and D. Thomas combining for only 10 points. DMBT was on the wrong end of this matchup with 2 of the other 6 teams would’ve lost by over 50 points. However, the Kelce and Chris Ivory really making this 50+ win happen. I probably would’ve started Alshon over Ivory but IOs made the correct choice with Ivory’s 22 point week. His bench was above average but for week 1 the starters were expected (besides Ivory in my wrong opinion) and produced the one of the top scores this week. DMBTs had a tough week for Payton and Vinatieri earning a combined 4 points… And he still put up 91 points is a shock. Against a few teams this would’ve been a W. Tough first match and even worse when you “earn” yourself a name change. I except more from DMBT’s starter who earned a sub par performance with only double digits coming from Ingram. Hopefully, this isn’t consistent in weeks to come. Look at this Photograph (NKLB) (145) @ Forgot About Tre (121) or Streetcar Named DEZire Some would say there was a chance for DEZire to beat #NKLB at some point during the week. I did actually have that same thought when Murray and Charles having poor first halves. She definitely proved those haters wrong by putting up the top weekly points with 145!! Not enough to earn the top spot in the power rankings but still nothing to complain about. With a great performance from DEZire only missing the mark with Doug Martin and the injured Dez would’ve earned him the win over half the teams in the league. Doug might’ve had a good preseason but it’s a different game week 1. I liked Keenan better based on Doug’s PY performance however, the extra 10 points wouldn’t have earned the win anyway so not harm in starting Martin. Both Teams had great scores and also had some flops. It’s a little nerve wreaking when NLKB puts up 145 points especially with two WR score scoring a combined 8 points… She’s got some star players and should be putting up high scores each week. Week 2 Power Ratings 1. Indian Outlaws (-) 1-0 • Scored plenty of points to keep the top spot and the title belt for week one. Still plenty of depth in both WR and RB from the starting squad or the bench. Still worried about Bradford as a top 10 QB but with solid RBs, WRs, and TE who needs a QB anyway. His top WRs had a tough week but I am assuming that will change and he’s team will continue putting up well over 100 points weekly. 2. Look at this Photograph (-) 1-0 • She still has one of (if not) the best team at this point. Her top squad which is 2nd to none. Also that RB depth that I question could be a thing of the past. Bishop somehow put together an 18 point week when he only had two double digit weeks topping out at 12 points. One 18 points game isn’t enough to change my dislike of this player. However, if he is consistent at 3 weeks of 10+ points. I will definitely change my opinion however I am still definitely a hater at this point. No surprise that her team is putting up a lot of points we with a Top QB, RB1-2 and WR1-2. Her WR were a little weak this past week but expect that will change as the season progresses. 3. The 90* Putters (-) 1-0 • 302 Cadets had a scare of joining Dirty Dan in being the first name changes of the season, if 90* had any faith the new B. Marshall, he would’ve had the joy of revenge from 302 Cadet’s Name change to Gin Bum Pucker in the prior year. Not big points from a few top players of Forsett and Maclin but his CB did some work earning 14.7 with a TD and the Top DP in the league. Overall he’ll have to break the 140 mark to overtake either of the two above him at this point. He has plenty of room to do so with his top RBs playing less then premier. He’ll be a top team for sure but unsure if he can break the top 2 anytime soon. With his best hope being this head to head matchup against Mullynation (however no upset expected below) 4. River Gypsies (+1) 0-1 • RG’s definitely didn’t earn this spot (as DEZire dropped due to Dez) and the only reason he broke 100+ points is that Gronk was a freak. Hyde however was more of a freak which is the reason he lost game 1. I bet RGs can’t wait for L. Bell to come back and show everyone what RGs are really made of. We’ll just see if he loses any reps to Williams after putting on quite a show at Pit during week 1. Still a pretty solid team with Blount back from his SSPD and Bell coming back next week. Decent WR depth with DeSean out for 3-4 weeks using plenty of RBs as flex spots and still having Tate as a match-up WR when needed. Even though RGs lost, his team is only getting better and as such, moving up after Dez’s injury below. 5. Streetcar Named DEZire (-1) 0-1 • Another one bites that dust… Dez is out for 8+ weeks and probably more like 10 before its healed and possibly ready to play. He didn’t drop more than 1 spot because he still has the 3 of the top 10 WR from week 1 with picking up James jones on waivers. Even though this is just week 1 scores, it still shows that his WRs are capable of scoring mad points. Overall, Dez disappearing for DEZire is not nearly as big of a blow as Jordy or Kelvin’s impact on the teams below. Doug Martin had a poor week as expected and we’ll see if he can break double Ds for more than 3 week like last year. When Forte and Morris are putting big points it proves that DEZire is still threat even without his namesake WR1 Dez Bryant. 6. I’m Just Gonna Shake it Off (-) 1-0 • #Swft bench is still sub par with poor performances from CJ, Shady and Megatron not helping matters. These players still have plenty of room to remind us that they are top 10 players but until then he will remain in the middle of the pack even if he wins games. Its more about the consistency of points for not points against when it comes to power rankings. However, a win is a win and I’ll gladly take a 95 to 83 win over a 128 to 129 loss any weekly matchup. Still plenty of injured Swft players but Gurly and Perriman are close to touching the field. We’ll just see if they are anything close to what Swft expects them to be. 7. Smell My Finger (+1) 1-0 • SMF moves up a spot because of the win and the 120+ performance. He doesn’t move up more only because Carlos Hyde earned 25% or 30 points. 1 week doesn’t make you a top 3 or 5 RB but if he is consistent at 15+ points these first few week SMF could easily produce 120 weekly. If so, SMF is a threat who can move up the rankings when putting up these time of points. However, one week just is not enough evidence to move him up more than 1 spot this week. Sammy earned zero points so there is plenty of room for SMF to consistently earn plenty of points in weeks to come. With Tre and Evans should be healthy enough to start this week, I could see a good matchup against DEZire this week. 8. Northside Angels (-1) 0-1 • NSA still has a great QB1 (Rodgers) and RB1 (AP), and TE (Jimmy Graham). His WR1 TY could be out for week 2 which could make the WR situation a little rough. Larry is still consistent and Stevie did surprisingly well. Chris Johnson was a good pickup with Ellington out for 2-3 weeks. This could help NSA move back up the power rankings and earn him his first win of the season. He still has a lot of quality team’s RB#2s so we’ll see if any injuries will move them into the RB1 position just like Chris Johnson at Arizona. Overall, I need to see a lot more than 83 points weekly to move up these power rankings. 9. 302 Cadets (+1) 0-1 • I mean 302 Cadets does have some good players but when you put up only 75 points you shouldn’t really move up the power rankings. The only reason why 302 Cadets is moving to number 9 is that I am more afraid of playing against Antonio Brown and AJ Green than Ingram and Randle. Cadets picked the wrong DST this week earning -2 as well as a extremely sub par performance excluding Antonio Brown. There is room to grow here with Murrary and Yeldon and once AJ Greems starts putting up some big points I wouldn’t be surprised Cadets to climb the rankings. For now though, you’ll remain close to the bottom. However, you beat Swft this week by breaking 100+ points and you’ll move up. I’ll guarantee it. 10. Can Vic still Cruz (-1) 0-1 • Well the Cruz ain’t Cruzin’ and he earns the bottom spot because he would’ve been the lowest points team expect for the 23 points his DST put up. Outside of that it was a rough week. Manning doesn’t look like himself yet this year and Randle and Gordon seem to be losing those key goal line touches. Especially, Gordon when they give the little guy (woodhead) the red zone runs. I really expected more from these two guys which is why you are down at number 10 this week. Hopefully, they can turn it around and you can have someone other than your DST put 20+ points on the scoreboard this week. However, you beat NSA this week and you will surely move up at least a spot or two!! Predictions: Highlighted/Underlined are the expected winners. Overall: 4-1 (correct – not correct) 302 Cadets (0-1, +79/-122) @ Shake it off (1-0, +95/-83) Upset Prediction 90* Putters (1-0, +122/-79) @ Mullynation (1-0, +145/-120) Smell my Finger (1-0, +128/-128) @ A Streetcar Named DEZire (0-1, +120/-145) Indian Outlaws (1-0, +143/-95) @ River Gypsies (0-1, +128/-128) Title Fight Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (0-1, +95/-143) @ Northside Angels (0-1, +83/-95) Title Fight Preview: Overall I would love to see a upset week 2 and the belt move to someone else. However, I am nervous for River Gypsies because the Indian Outlaws are ready for the challenge. Overall, the Indians Outlaws might have some tough matchups with Bradford at Dallas and Lacy at Seattle but I would still take this starting squad over River Gypsies week 2. He still has Bell out for another week and that RB1 threat still isn’t quite there. The Lamar matchup against Jac could be the deciding factoring if he can capitalize on some big points week 2. Also RGs have a little more he can work with from his bench which means if he picks the right matchup he could take the advantage. I think IOs is in for a surprise that this will be a tough week and nothing like his week 1. For RGs, hopefully the home field advantage will push him to his first win of the season and he can carry the belt to his next matchup with 302 Cadets week 3. If not, we’ll see another grid with IOs verse 90* putters. However, for now, let’s focus on the match at hand and see who will win the 2nd title fight of the 2015-16 Red Zone season.
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Mike
9/18/2015 06:53:22 pm
The worst part of this matchup is that I was gonna start S. Johnson when I went to bed Saturday and completely forgot about it later.
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Andrew
9/18/2015 07:02:23 pm
Haha no disrespect dude! That trophy isn't given by choice. You had nice bench production. Gotta segue that into the starting lineup now!
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Mike
9/18/2015 11:01:36 pm
Haha I know. I'd rather have more bench production than none. Just gotta make my picks better.
Gentry
9/18/2015 07:10:09 pm
Week one's in the past, and I got a bone to pick now...
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