Week 3 2016!

Week 3 is in the books!  There are probably a lot of surprises, but you'll ask what are those surprises?  One, is that clearly I'm 0-3 and that's not good.  I looked up the data that I'm sure you'll want to know. According to CBS only 10% of teams on their apps that went 0-2 made fantasy playoffs.  Only 3% that went 0-3 went.  I'm willing to bet that's because of CBS being used very minimally for fantasy leagues.  They also don't understand just how good I am (maybe neither do I).

Many more injuries have happened, and I'll update that cool little table for y'all next week as it's more fun for me that way (I'm also on some janky internet at a hotel in SLO).  But I hope you guys will enjoy what I have for you in the Power Rankings and Game of the Week, as well as my interview.

POWER RANKINGS

2016 Power Ranking: Week 3
Rank	Team / Record		Trending	Comments
1		Bill Cosby's Sleepers 2-1	-- Last Week 3rd	Alex and Andrew are tied in record and PF, I'm not decoding that shit. So instead, Ory is #1 (YAY my opponent :/) as he has the highest PF. Congrats.
2		Krusty Arnie Palmer 3-0	-- Last Week: 1st	You still have a perfect record, but didn't have a great week. I won't discount you, but I will also say you're convincingly tied for 2nd in points for.
3		Dank Hill 3-0	-- Last Week: 2nd	Screw Matt Ryan dude. I can only be so impartial.
4		The Game of Jones 2-1	-- Last Week: 4th	Yeah you lost, but it was a respectable loss. Also, unless Coleman is dead your team can only get stronger. So far so good, keep it up.
5		Usko Shipping 2-1	-- Last Week: 5th	And you keep winning. You're actually 4th in points for. You've just lost some good stuff. It ain't nothing but a thing though.
6		Run 'N Hyde 1-2	-- Last Week: 7th	Your record isn't killing it, but you're at number 5 in points scored. Can't argue with that.
7		Rip Some Lips 1-2	-- Last Week: 9th	He lost through no fault of his own. Having the first ranked QB gives him some leeway, and you wait until Odell decides to stop hitting inanimate objects. It could be very very good.
8		The Blackstars 0-3	-- Last Week: 6th	I know I lost, but fuck y'all. I'm biased but the facts still state that this is exactly where I belong. And I'm writing all of these so...
9		Greenbowl Packers 2-1	-- Last Week: 11th	2-1 but maybe over-achieving? The luck could keep up. We shall see.
10		Five Nights at Phillips 1-2	-- Last Year: 9th	You've got Leveon on the way. Don't be scared/
11		Waiver Bros ** 1-2	-- Last Week: 10th	The good news is Charles might be alive still. If you ask Reid though, maybe not.
12		Dog Dont Mind 0-2	-- Last Year: 3rd	Can Brady and Gordon actually help?

Guest interviews with our #12 JARED GRUBE!!!

The questions I asked Jared this week are:

Which team in our league do you see underperforming after a hot start? 

 Which team do you think has the strongest potential to become dominant going forward?

• I see a ton of players underperforming. Idk about teams. This year has so far been so riddled with key injuries, really it's the teams that can handle that will most likely make the playoffs.

• I'm going to say my squad has the most potential going forward. With Gordon coming back looking to take away some of pryer targets, looking at you nick, and brady is going to be the season savior like he was for me last year. All that being said, dug myself a deep hole at 0-3...
• As far as underperforming teams, Alex. His squad has potential sleepers waiting to bust out that hasn't yet. And his studs have alternated great weeks for him. It will come together for his team, he could average 140 points going forward.

Side note, game of the week.  Does anyone have some time to put this forward?  I've been dead tired these weeks with a lot of new things going on and ESPN making me create my own power rankings.  If anyone can possibly do just a small write up on Game of the week than I can keep that going.  plz. plz.

Week 2 2016

2 weeks down.  11 more to go.

I'm thinking most of you have seen the whole "describe yourself in 3 fictional characters" deal going around on Instagram and Facebook.  Well let me take a moment to describe most teams in 3 fictional characters after week 2.

 

It remains to be seen exactly how the injury bug will affect all of the teams, but let's take a look and see who got it the worst.

Nic	Andrew	Val	Matt	Jared	Ory	Oscar	Alex	Jake	D Smith	Yaro	Yuriy
	Doug Martin	Danny Woodhead	Brandon Marshall	Thomas Rawls		Arian Foster	Donte Moncrief			Adrian Peterson	Doug Baldwin
	Ameer Abdullah										Jonathan Stewart
											Sammy Watkins

That's what I've got.  If I missed one let me know, but I don't believe I have. 

2016 Power Ranking: Week 2
Rank	Team / Record		Trending	Comments
1		Krusty Arnie Palmer 2-0	-- Last Year: 7th	A perfect record and the highest points for in the league. This punk keeps winning.
2		Dank Hill 2-0	-- Last Year: 10th	The Gomez bros are doing pretty well. Unbeaten (until the end of this week) and second highest in points for. Charles is on his way back though.
3		Bill Cosby's Sleepers 1-1	-- Last Year: 8th	Ory is the first beaten team here. He has the third highest points for in the league, and probably the best player to this point David Johnson.
4		The Gingers 2-0	-- Last Year: 5th	5th highest PF, but last place on speed of name change. Dalton ain't on your team anymore.
5		Usko Shipping 1-1	-- Last Year: 4th	Yaro lost his first round pick, but despite that Cam has led him to the 4th highest points for in the league. Guess that's pretty good.
6		The Blackstars 0-2	-- Last Year: 6th	Consistency is key, I'm right in the middle of the pack now, but no injuries and a score both weeks between 120-140.
7		Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood 0-2	-- Last Year: 2nd	Well, I take back what I said to Yuriy. Name is 2 years old and no team picture. 7th highest points for leads you here.
8		Philips Fine Dining 1-1	-- Last Year: 11th	Not a bad start, got in the win column. If Brandon Marshall is back quick this team can do some damage.
9		Rip Some Lips 1-1	-- Last Year: 12th	His first win in probably nearly a full year, he got in the W column. If he wins 2 more he's eclipsed his last year totals.
10		SSS's Waiver Bros 1-1	-- Last Year: 9th	If I put as much effort into this as you guys do updating team pictures and names
11		Greenbowl Packers 1-1	-- Last Year: 1st	Losing Woodhead this early is a big blow. But you've found a win, so it can get a bit better for ya.
12		Dog Dont Mind 0-2	-- Last Year: 3rd	Winless and last place in points for, I'm fairly certain this Dog Does Mind...

 ASK THE OWNERS!

Now for our guest sequence brought to you by none other than ALEX GOMEZ:

Now I asked him

1. Who has the best team and why?
2. Who has the worst team and why?

This was his answer...


I have been given the honor to determine who is the best and worst fantasy teams after 2 weeks of play. So let us start with the best...

Although it is clearly obvious that my team is the best (my record speaks for itself) it wouldn't be amusing to everyone else to toot my own horn. So a distant second in my opinion is...The Gingers! Yuriy is also 2-0 and he has an overall well rounded team so lets break it down...

QB: Big Ben plays with arguably the best WR in the game and he's about to get arguably the best RB back next week...I like it

RB: McCoy/Stuart/Coleman/Williams/Michael/Ajayi/Lewis - Williams is the best performing handcuff in da game and he still has 1 more game to go. Coleman is taking away work from Freeman and Lewis is a sneaky play once he gets back from injury. C-Mike is also chomping at the bit. Dis guys got depth 

WR: Jones/Baldwin/Watkins/Diggs - Solid WR1 and Diggs is becoming quite the WR2. Lacks depth but has solid starters

TE: Tamme off waivers seems legit bc the barn yard dog is not

Not going to talk about his K or DST but i have to ask why 2 DSTs? I figured the only reason you're carrying 2 DSTs is you wanna be an jerk and play keep away #sharethewealth 

HM: Bill Cosby Sleepers - dude almost ruined my perfect season so gotta give kudos...i dig his RB combo and Rodgers/Nelson bromance 

Now for the worst team in the league. Announcing this team as the worst really puts a smile on my face seeing how he is my division rival, that team of course being...Dog Don't Mind. So lets breakdown why Grubey sucks so hard...

QB: Brock Lobster hasn't been the best while you wait for Brady but your opponent (me) won't mind another week of mediocrity this week. 

RB: Lacy/Rawls/Thompson/Hill/White - The wheels on Rawls Royce seem to be falling off and Seattle's o-line is not helping. I have a negative bias towards Lacy but that fat guy is one cheeseburger away from eating the bench. Not even worth talking about the other RBs. 

WR: Evans/Tate/Cruz/Wallace/Jackson/Gordon - Your strongest position and give you props on believing in Wallace...better hope your faith in Flash Gordon also pays off

TE: Ebron is solid and Pitta was a nice WW find...now if only he can stay healthy

At least you have a solid kicker..

HM: GreenBowl Packers - Freeman was a bad choice...

Enjoy the read league mates...

 

 

Now normally I'd love to do game of the week, but setting up power rankings has taken me an hour and a half.  So this is it for week 2.  Enjoy!

2016 week 1!

Week 1 has come and gone, and honestly could this have been any more predictable?  About the least predictable thing that happened was the 49ers scoring 28 points and holding their opponents to 0.  But as each season is bound to show up, there is always going to be a good week 1 showing by the 49ers followed by 15 weeks of mediocrity (how fun, me a lowly Raiders fan can finally talk shit about the 49ers).

I mean what can be said, AD has another bad week 1 to go with the rest over his career, Antonio Brown is a god, Gurley played like a girl, RG3 is on IR, and Tebow now plays baseball.  I'd rather hear about the exciting divisions.

Now as you all might have noticed, I've tried something slightly different with the way the schedule is set up this year.  Now the first 3 and last 3 weeks are devoted to division rivals.  These are the people that you need to beat to get into the playoffs, and I decided that the best way to add some heat was to make them set the tone early on and then finish it later.  Now here is a funny side effect of this, all of week 1's winners play each other in week 2.  All of the week 1 losers also play each other.  That means at the end of this week there will be 3 undefeated teams, and 3 winless teams (Thanks Jake!).

Now onto my new segment that will be going for the year (be prepared).

ASK THE OWNERS!!!!!!

Each week I will come up with questions to ask an owner, and each week it will be a new owner.  So please be prepared when you are called upon.

The first owner interviewed was Orest Yaslinskiy, 0 time champion.

I asked Ory 2 questions that went a little something like this:

Leaving Daniels house I remember thinking that I had the best draft class. I was full to the brim with confidence but I'm sure everyone feels that way after the draft but we will see as the season goes on. Jared and Nick always draft well so they are honorable mentions. I thought Val had some questionable picks... We all did so I won't get into that.

 Alex had some picks that were head scratchers. Not that he had a bad draft but because I could not understand the thought process behind them. Last year he picked Julio jones early when some good Rb's were still available. We thought that was odd but it worked out for him and this year everyone wanted a WR in the first round so I guess he's sorta a trend setter.

 I would also like to make a suggestion that next year if everyone is down we do an offline draft. I participated in one this year and they are tons of fun. Something to think about.

NO GAME OF THE WEEK, AND NO POWER RANKINGS

ESPN has made this much harder on me, so they are not prepared.  However, I hope very soon they will be.

Voting for next week's game of the week will happen now: