BEST MOVE OF THE WEEK
I waffled on this decision a bit, as there wasn’t one really amazing move this week. In the end I decided to forgo my benching of Eddie Lacy (though I did feel good about that) and instead focus on #Omaha’s play of Victor Cruz. Cruz had thus far had a pretty lackluster season, with a total of 8.4 points through two games. Despite this, Hayden trusted his guy and kept him in the lineup, which worked out to the tune of 16.7 points this week. Had #Omaha started anyone else in Cruz’s WR2 space, they would have gone home with a loss. Cruz saved their bacon, even though no one would have guessed it coming in. WORST MOVE OF THE WEEK Though he may have basked in the glory of BEST MOVE OF THE WEEK last week, Team Kanne cannot escape some criticism this week. Despite the fact that it did not directly cause a loss, the fact that Team Kanne played Arian Foster in Week Three is pretty bad. Foster was announced inactive several hours before the game, unlike his counterpart in Baltimore, Bernard Pierce. That was a much closer call, but Foster was obvious. There’s really no excuse for TK to have ONE active, uninjured runningback on his roster. Time to get it together. Power Rankings: #1 the mullynation (2-1): +1 I think it’s finally time for the mullynation to claim the top spot. This is the only team to score at least 100 in the first three weeks, and she’s been a top-4 scorer each week. Despite getting hit by the RB injury bug rather hard in the last two weeks, the mullynation shook off any concerns and had another solid outing, despite Jimmy Graham posting a surprisingly pedestrian day against the Vikings. With Ben Tate already upgraded from Out to Questionable, and with Khiry Robinson getting tons of touches, the mullynation may quickly be regaining her strong running attack. Kelvin Benjamin looks like the real deal, and Brandin Cooks lead the Saints in targets, catches, and yards. With few assets lost to the Bye week in Week Four, look to the mullynation to keep the #1 spot for next week. #2 Turn Down for Watt (2-1) +1 Week Two is but a distant memory now after a strong showing by TDfW in Week Three. The Quest for Three is back on course, and with a depleted #Omaha! (due to byes)coming to town, this team is ready to go. A trade for Dez Bryant went through last night, so now TDfW turned a deep RB squad into a second elite WR. Eddie Lacy has had an absymal start to the season, though that may be due to the fact that he faced three consecutive elite defenses: Seahawks, Jets, and Lions. With a soft schedule coming up (including the hapless Bears this week), hopefully he can figure his issues out. If he can, pairing him with the surprising Rashad Jennings could be a great duo. #3 Staff Infection (2-1) -2 Staff Infection was the sole 2-0 team, but after a rough showing in Week Three, they’ve slipped just a bit in the rankings. SI looked very mortal against #Omaha! especially in the WR department. Though I can’t fault Gentry for starting Demaryius and VJax, it’s interesting how handily they were both outperformed by DeAndre Hopkins and Jeremy Maclin. Perhaps it’s time to sit the big names, and go with the hot hands? Something needs to change. When your three starting RBs put up 15.7, 17.4, and 13.2, you really shouldn’t lose to someone who scores a total of 76.9 points. Gentry somehow always ends up with the fewest points against (230, with second fewest in the league at 255), though this week #Omaha just couldn’t quite drop down low enough for him. Losing Gio, Demaryius, and Cameron (who is finally healthy) to byes this week hurts, and it wouldn’t shock me to see SI drop another spot in the ranking next week. This is a good team though. #4 JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (1-2) +6 Maybe after grossly overreacting to Team Kanne’s output last week I should exercise more discre- Nope. JO makes the huge jump up from #10 to #4,validating my original feelings about this squad. This team is seriously underrated, and they showed how good they can be this week. After being the only 0-2 team going into this week, JO earned the biggest jump by posting the high score for the week. Buoyed by Julio and Foles’ stellar outputs, JO still had solid contributions throughout (except Frank Gore’s 1 point). Still though, if JO wants to go any higher than #4, he’s going to have to show it more than once every three weeks. Maybe I’ll regret this high ranking next week (like I do with Team Kanne), but for now, this team looks deep and legit #5 Poppin Mollies on the reg (2-1) +2 You can’t argue with results. PMotr is getting the job done, scoring the third-most points through three weeks, despite some RB difficulties. I think it’s fair to say that Andre Ellington isn’t exactly what we all thought he would be thus far, and Doug Martin has been an absolute disaster with a $51 pricetag. Still, PMotr is scoring with Julius Thomas and Marshawn Lynch, who I seriously owe an apology to. I thought Lynch was going to head into a downturn this season (and he still may), but this far, he’s been absolutely fantastic. PMotr will go as Lynch goes, as Martin, Ellington, Asiata, and Joique Bell are not exactly the most proven commodities. Unfortunately for Dan, he faces off this week against the #1 team without Lynch. This may be a difference-maker. #6 302 Cadets (1-2) +2 After losing their bell-cow, Jamaal Charles, 302 Cadets performed quite admirably in Week Three. Unfortunately, they were snake-bitten by the late announcement that Bernard Pierce was not playing, and earned a thirteen point loss. Don’t feel too bad though, as the highest scoring bench player, Hakeem Nicks, had eleven, so this week just wasn’t meant to be. Still, putting up 97 in a rough fantasy week (so many low scores!) without any FLEX help is pretty solid. Losing Dez Bryant to trade definitely hurts, but gaining Bradshaw (the #6 RB in fantasy) and Shane Vereen (a mercurial play, but definitely a solid bye-week fill-in) definitely help out the bleak RB situation with the cadets. Chris Ivory and Stevan Ridley will no longer have to carry the load, which is undoubtedly a good thing. Grabbing Eddie Royal (who leads the Chargers in targets) is also a good thing. The Cadets need some upside, and the sooner Charles comes back, the better. #7 #Omaha! (2-1) -2 Despite earning a win over SI in Week Three, neither team looked particularly impressive, posting 76.9 points and 73.9 points. SI dropped two spots, and so did #Omaha. Unfortunately, there’s not a ton to get excited about from Week Three. Cruz saved the day with a surprising performance, but that can’t cover up Montee Ball (2.4), Spiller (6.2), and Cobb (2.9) in most weeks. On the flip side, I think most weeks Cruz won’t have to cover for those guys. The only one I’m hesitant is Ball, who I’ve been kind of negative about all year. After Knowshon was run out of Denver this offseason, everyone talked about how Knowshon benefitted from the system and offensive line in Denver, and how Montee was actually the “more talented” back. Well now Knowshon is gone, and people are starting to make excuses about Ball’s lack of production, despite having the same system and offensive line. What happened? #8 Ray Rice is an asshole (1-2) -2 After a decent showing in Week One and a great showing in Week Two, RRiaa slipped a bit this week to finish with the second-fewest points. Much like 302 Cadets and PMotr, this team is built around it’s elite RB talent, namely LeSean McCoy. In Week One, McCoy was decent. In Week Two, he was better. In Week Three, he was abysmal. It’s no surprise that RRiaa follows that exact pattern. Unfortunately for RRiaa, McCoy faces off against San Francisco, then Washington in consecutive weeks, meaning he may be closer to this week’s output than Week Two’s output. Losing Pitta is a bummer, but Bennett has been fantastic. Also, AlfMo goes against a weak NYG defense this week, and Matt Ryan goes against the Vikings. That should cover up losing Wilson nicely. #9 Please Take a Seat (1-1): --- I’ll admit I had never noticed how deep of a WR squad PTaS boasts. With BMarsh, Mike Wallace, Patterson, Sanders, DJax, and Golden Tate, this team is loaded at WR. My only suggestion would be to parlay some of that unused talent into a better RB situation. TRich, Bush, Gerhart, Blount, and Forsett could definitely use an upgrade. PTaS has also been seriously hurt by A-Aron Rodger’s lackluster start, though I’ll admit I’ve really enjoyed that part. This really wasn’t a great week for PTaS, joining TDfW as the only team to score under 70 points in any week (though TDfW scored 16 fewer points, for comparison). Interestingly, just one week after PTaS was boosted by Brandon Marshall’s three TDs and Antonio Gates’ three TDs, they both posted only a single reception. Consistency wins games in fantasy, and it’s tough to know what to expect from this team. #10 Team Kanne (1-2) -6 In a funny turn of events, Team Kanne and JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO swap spots from Week Two to Week Three. I shouldn’t have been fooled by that 160+ explosion last week. This team is really rough. The fact that there are still four QBs on this squad is almost as embarrassing as the fact that TK’s only healthy, available RB is Knile Davis, who is going to lose his touches upon Charles’ return. The RB situation here is worse than any other unit in the Just Win, Maybe League, and TK is going to lose a whole lot of games if he can’t get some more RBs. Arian Foster is made of glass and has been nursing a hamstring for two months, and Adrian Peterson is likely done for the year. Make some trades Kanne. Do something to right this sinking ship. I have a feeling TK will be at #10 for a while, unlike JO and PTaS before them. Predictions (Winners underlined): #Omaha! (2-1, +274/-270 ) @ Discount Double Check Rodg4Life (2-1, +297/-289) Please Take a Seat (1-2, +246/-277) @ 302 Cadets (1-2, +278/-300) Ray Rice is an asshole (1-2, +279/-338) @ Staff Infection (2-1, +294/-230) JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (1-2, +286/-292) @ Team Kanne (1-2, +325/-374) the mullynation (2-1, +355/-328) @ Poppin Mollies on the reg (2-1, +319/-255 ) Last Week’s Picks: (4-1) Overall record: (10-5)
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