302 Cadets (115) @ Troll Hunters (88)
Overall the trend this week was that one team showed up and performed and the other decided to take an early bye week which is what happened here. Cadets earned this win with a strong performance from Tannehill, Murray and Antonio Brown. With a little extra coming from TJ Yeldon and AJ Green puts him close to 100 points. While TH on the other had only 2 players break 15 points and 3 in the double digits… That’s never going to win you games. Also with extremely low performance from RBs and Breezy getting hurt. Overall nothing on THs bench could’ve earned him the win after this deficit. Additionally, with Cadets not fully trusty Dion lewis and Landry who could’ve added to this lead. I liked Cadet’s line up but even starting his bench would’ve posed a problem for TH during week 2. 90* Putters (124) @ Mullynation (83) This should’ve been the upset game as the game above wasn’t really a upset looking back. The better team won in the match up above but I was a little too nervous to make this the upset game of the week and boy was I wrong. 90* Putters has a solid performance similar to week 1. He put up over 120 points again and knocked out the number 2 ranked team. All with help from his dynamic duo Brady and Edelman. Now only if he can get Gronk from RG and this team wouldn’t need anyone else. However, his RBs and remaining WRs put up 5-15 points which easily won him this matchup despite the -3 from DST. Mullynation had a rough week from Luck, Murray and basically the rest of her crew. I really thought the reason she would lose would be Sankey… however even with Robinson over Sankey she would’ve lost by 20 or more. It wasn’t likely she would start Matt Jones week 2 after a 2.8 points week so her bench could’ve helped but she still would’ve lost. The only thing is she didn’t survive the survival challenge and a Anquan Boldin or a Allen Robinson play would’ve helped her survived. She had a real shot at winning this and it was a shock to see her out so soon. Overall, 90* putter just had a better week and earned the win. Smell my Finger (89) @ Big City Hillbillies (106) This was the only matchup where I thought SMF might have had a chance to win. He left plenty of points on the bench as well as betting on Tre mason as a flex spot coming back from his hamstring issues. You swap torrey smith or either of SMF WRs for Steve Smith Sr. or Sammy Watkins, this is a win for the taking. However, all three of the WRs mentioned above had less than 2 points which is a strong reason not to play them. Overall, SMF still put the best team forward and lost to a stronger BCH team. BCH still managed to put together 100+ points without Dez and Keenan Allen dropping (literally the ball) negative points he still managed a decent out put. With help from Big Ben and the Cardinals DST BCH earned this win to move him back to .500. He had a little room in the bench to do better with Vereen and James Jones but he put together enough to earn him a W this week. Let’s see if he can do it again with a limited WR core once again. Indian Outlaws (97) @ River Gypsies (136) Title Fight This is the matchup we were all waiting for. There is always some sort of bet on the line and this one was truly one we will remember forever!! Or at least it should be since we all have great photos… expect for Mullynation since she’s a girl and doesn’t have a bad photo ;) Or wait isn’t there a wedding photo that is someones lap top background? I could be mistaken though. Anyways back to the title fight. Indian Outlaws had a tough week even with Odell putting up 20 points. Lacy getting hurt didn’t help at all and Ivory/Kelce having sub-par performances after their monster week 1. Also he didn’t leave much on the bench due to injury and overall just a sub-par week, which is why he lost the belt during this title fight. Secondly, RG came to play with over 4 player with 15+ points and 2 players 20+. As well as 2 very weak RB performances from Miller and Jennings and a -4 DST gave RGs a comfortable win. Not much could have gone wrong for RG he won the Title Fight by almost 40 points. Overall, the defending champ is human, and I bet he is begging for another chance at the belt in the near future with his best chance at week 4 if 302 cadets can pull an upset win over the new Belt Heavy Weight RG!! Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (96) @ Northside Angels (151) Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys once again ended up against one of the top 2 points producing teams this week. If losing his WR1 before the season started was enough punishment, its impossible to win many games with these opponents. Let alone try and change your name back to normal. Boys Toys still beat at least 3 teams in points showing that his team can win as long as the matchup is right. However, this week the matchup was wrong, way wrong. Manning actually had a fairly good game however, besides that it was a rough week. Whether that is at the RB or WR spot, 1 out of 5 breaking double digits (and that was only 11). A little bench help could have saved DBTs with a sequel name change but the lose was expected. With Rodgers and AP showing why they are the top players in their position its tough to beat that. On top of Larry Fitz putting up a unheard of 29 points is like kicking a man (or should I say boy) when he is down. NSA didn’t even need his TE Jimmy this week to earn him a 50+ win, the first in franchise history. Lastly, it was only fitting that Northside Angels was the first team to hand a opponents team the “Arm’s of a Angel” trophy. I could’ve have picked a better team and team name to award another team this not so coveted Trophy!!! Power Ratings 1. The 90* Putters (+2) 2-0 • 90* Putters has earned his spot at number 1. However, he might not keep depending on the results of week 3 matchup with #1 vs. #2. For now though he has earned this top spot. Additionally, this is only because of the “jail break” of Tom Brady and Edelman earning 35% of the 2nd highest point total of the league. This would be almost 50% of the lowest team… (yah that’s TH) from just two players. With still room for Lynch, Forsett, and Cobb to make up from poorer week 1-2 performances. You can’t deny that he deserves this after being the only team starting at 2-0. With a decent bench to survive a few bye weeks he has had a pretty great start to the 15-16 fantasy football Red Zone season. This next week will be a tough matchup for 90* putters but I said that last week as well and I was grossly mistaken. Some how though I think it’ll be a little better matchup than week 2 for 90* Putters and it’ll be a fun match to keep an eye on this week. 2. Indian Outlaws (-1) 1-1 • Let’s be clear, my main concern with Indian Outlaws team in weeks 1-2 is his confidence in the one and only Sam Bradford. I guess we were all right in not trusting in Bradford as this week you cut that weak link and decide to start a quality QB week 3. Honestly, if you still kept Bradford on your team or worse yet starting, you would have dropped to the number 3 spot. This team is now better with a quality QB but still has a few weak spots. Lacy is a question mark for at least a week or two but Foster could be ready within the next few weeks. Still has some of the best WRs in the game but with their QBs struggling or worse injured it might cost them some points. Overall, still a top team that will get better when his all RBs are healthy. 3. River Gypsies (+1) 1-1 • RG’s has earned this spot and barely pushed his way into the top 2 as noted above. He also has the most points over the past few weeks and has definitely earned his spot at number 3. If I was RGs (which honestly I would enjoy since I’m at number 9) I wouldn’t be too disappointed though since you did take the Title Belt from the defending Champ. Additionally, wiped that photo of Indian Outlaws kissing The Schadenfreude off our leagues front page!! Yes Allyssa you should be a little jealous. Back to RGs, he’s got a pretty solid team that is only getting better this week with Bell coming back from his SSPD. A pretty great squad with Gronk and Watt leading the way. Solid RBs and WRs with a decent bench moves him up to number 3. Still a little concerned with benching the number 1 RB after 2 weeks and have a few concerns with some future lost reps with DeAngelo Williams being a shining star these first few games. We’ll just see if he can hold onto the Title Belt for at least 1 week or give it up to 302 Cadets which will give Indian Outlaws another chance to take back week 4 when they face off. We will just have to wait and see. 4. The Mullynation (-2) 1-1 • Mullynation is still a great team. However, when you are the 2nd person out of the survival challenge you can’t stay at number 2. This is a personal challenge; it’s not a head to head battle each week. When you put yourself out of this challenge week 2… you don’t deserve to be number 2 (at least this week). I wouldn’t be surprised if Mullynation fights back and moves back up to the top 3 or better. However, you can’t deny getting demoted after last week. DeMarco still hasn’t proven himself and without that deep ball threat from Bradford, it’s easy for D-fences to “crowd the box” and play the run game. Jamaal and Julio are still studs and I don’t expect luck to stay outside the top 5. We’ll see if DeMarco and Cooks can turn the tables and move Mullynation back up the list. 5. Big City Hillbillies (-) 1-1 • Big City Hillbillies is only in the middle of the pack because of his difficult WR situation. With one of his starting WRs getting (negative) points is a tough situation to be in. With less than 5 points coming from his WR1 and WR2 is not the state you want to have. However, with a decent set of RBs and a Top QB starting out this season, he is still a top contender. He will need Morris to earn his top spot back and a lot more WR production to move up or possibly avoid moving down. He could really use either Bryant at this point. However, he still has a few weeks before Martavis at this point. However, BCH is out for many more than just a few. Hopefully his RBs and WRs can keep or start producing to move up the list. 6. Northside Angels (+2) 1-1 • NSA moves up a few big spots because he can show he can put up some big points. This was even with Jimmy Graham only putting up 1.1 points. He has earned the #6 spot because he currently holds the largest weekly scoring total. His QB and RB1 finally decided to put up some bigger points this week 2. Also Larry Fitz drops mad points earning him a chance to name change Dirty Boy Toys for the 2nd week in a row. I am still a little nervous about Isaiah Crowell and Chris Johnson starting but then again when they put up more points than CJ (a first round pick) that’s noting to complain about. Also has a decent backup with Gio who might take over the starting roll in the near future. He also has a few other long shots for starting rolls with McFadden and Hillman. It’s not unlikely to see 100+ numbers in weeks to come. 7. Smell My Finger (+1) 1-1 • SMF moves up a spot even though he lost this past week most because SWFT significant decline after week 2. Carlos Hyde proves he is human but just as 1 week doesn’t make you, 1 week doesn’t break you either. Russell Wilson is playing well however, he needs a lot of help from his top guys. With Evans back in the line up and Sammy starting to earn some of his prior year points back he could earn another win to move him up the list. I like Jeremy Hill will Gio take over his starting roll? It really be a worst case senior if Hill loses his starting roll with Tre Mason being his top bench RB. I might be wrong putting SMF above 302 but I will give Jeremy the benefit of the doubt that last week was a fluke. If not, SMF could easily see his spot swapped with 302 or possibly even worse. 8. 302 Cadets (+1) 1-1 • Cadets had a fairly good week against TH so it was fairly obvious that he was moving up at least one spot. I am still a little nervous about the RB situations. Murray is doing far better than expected but Dion Lewis is currently a top 10 RB which was a shock to everyone. We’ll just see if he can hold is own against the fickle New England RB position. He still owns the top WR with Antonio Brown. Hopefully, AJ Green and Jon Stewart can earn a few more points to boost his rank as well as his record. He’ll a have tough week 3 but another win here will continue his trend upward. 9. Troll Hunters (-3) 1-1 • TH is still having sub-par with poor performances from many of his starting including the expected CJ as well as Breezy and Ameer. These players still have plenty of room to remind us that they are top 10 players (okay maybe top 15) but until then he will remain in the middle (at this point lower) of the pack even if he wins games. Its more about the consistency of points and right now he has the lowest total points. Also, he has the 2nd lowest points against only to 90* putters. If he had Boy Toys 2 schedule, it would be his Arms of a Angel trophy. Dodged a few bullets schedule wise. He needs a few players to start paying off before he can move back up the list. 10. Boy Toys 2: Muddy Boogaloo (-) 0-2 • Okay, I said last week if you beat NSA this week you’ll move up a spot or two… however you end up losing by 50 for the 2nd time in a row!! As such, the newly named Boy Toys 2 remains at the bottom. I think BT2 does have a decent team. Ingram, Randle and Gordon aren’t bad. However, there isn’t a true RB1 or WR1 at this time. Manning started to show his old self with 20 points but he’ll need Ingram and Vincent to be studs again to move him up the list. He has been a little unlucky with his schedule and his points against being significantly more then every other team. I am assuming this will even out and the new BT2 won’t be on the bottom forever. However, honestly it’ll be tough to move up the list until you win a game or two. Week 3 Predictions Predictions: Highlighted/Underlined are the expected winners. Overall: 6-4 (correct – not correct) Big City Hillbillies (1-1, +225/-234) @ Troll Hunters (1-1, +182/-198) Indian Outlaws (1-1, +241/-226) @ 90* Putters (1-1, 246/-161) Northside Angels (1-1, +232/-191) @ The Mullynation (1-1, +227/-244) 302 Cadets (1-1, +194/-209) @ River Gypsies (1-1, +263/-226) Title Fight Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (0-2, +187/-293) @ Smell my Finger (1-1, +218/-233) Title Fight Preview: I think this will a pretty decent fight even though I think River Gypsies has the slight edge. With Gronk in Jacksonville and Le’Veon back in the line up I think we will see some big points from the RGs. Matt Ryan and Devonta Freeman should get more touches this week for HotLanta at beaten down Dallas. We’ll see if the rest of the RGs can produce because I feel like most of these guys will produce. However, 302 Cadets has some good matchups with Latavius Murray at Cleveland and Dion Lewis at Jac. Still a little nervous about Dion as NE RBs are 1 fumble away from getting cut and it’s unsure if he will have a consistent starting spot each week. However, after the first two weeks it would be hard not to start him. Also Antonio Brown is proving his is the best WR unlike the counter part RBs. Unsure the impact Le’veon will have on Browns performance. With Big Ben in the back field, I can expected there will still be plenty of targets headed his way. Also we won’t have to wait until Monday night to see who wins or keeps the belt for week 3. It will be a shoot out between the 302 Cadet’s K (McManus) and RGs Sanders. Hopefully, Cadets has a lead at this point because my bet is on Sanders putting up a fair amount of points against Detroit. Overall, it will be a fun match up but my bet is on the new and improved River Gypsies with his Keeper Bell back in the line-up.
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Mike
9/24/2015 09:47:09 pm
Ha! Didn't even make the connection with my team name. Nice catch Hayden!
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