Week 8 Recap

Quick update

Missed last week due to travelling and midterms. Likely won’t miss another week.

Did it feel like a down week this week? That’s because, it was! Looking at week 7 we had a total of 1577.9 points (131.49 average per team), and that was with many high profile bye weeks. Week 8 however we only saw 1448.62 points scored (120.72 average per team), a loss of 129 points from starting lineups with many players back from bye. Pretty radical swing. We’ve also lost a few stars to injury, covid, or other things. I also would like to point out some interesting Win/Loss ratio things.

The top 3 teams in Points for have a combined W/L ratio of 11-13. Regression? The bottom 3 teams are 12-12. Scheduling luck is very, very important. So far we have played our own divisions and we are now in the midst of playing against the other division. All 4 of the top playoff seeded teams right now are in the bottom half of the league in points for. So, I am predicting some large changes in playoff standing by the end of the season. Speaking of which, we are in week 9. There are 14 regular season weeks left. So far no one has more than 5 losses, which would mean that almost everyone is still in the hunt. If you need proof you can make the playoffs, just read what I wrote above.

Weekly Awards

Best Manager

Gary of Rip Lips with no additional points possible. Pictured above, Gary's bench.

Worst Manager

Cone of Fresno Browns Streaks, leaving in Dak and Jamaal and missing out on an easy to find 28.4 points on his bench.

Highest Score (And Overachiever)

Football Cream with a score of 163.7 points, which was 129.4% of their projection.

Lowest Score (And Underachiever)

5 Yard Fullers came out needing another 5 yards, scoring only 77.36 or 55.1% of their projected total.

Biggest Blowout

Football Cream decimated the 5 Yard Fullers by 86.34 points with an ending score of 163.7 to 77.36. So what is there to say? Pender’s team COMPLETELY fell apart and Alex had a good showing. Alex had the best showing of the week, on a week with a substandard score. I think it speaks volumes to Alex’s desperation that he had to play Lockett this week after all those duds he has thrown up, and the fact that he now has 10 tight ends on his roster. Pender, it can’t always be that bad… Can it?

Narrow Victory

Matt and the Fly Boyds managed to skirt disaster and defeated Jake and DonGodwin’s Underdogs by 8.1 points with a final score of 162.36 to 154.26. Jake ends with the 3^rd highest score of the week and ends up losing to the 2^nd highest score of the week. Way of the road bubs. Matt’s team is led by… Michael Carter and Brandin Cooks? What is going on here? Players on the Jets and the Texans? Gross. Somehow, someway both teams had solid weeks but Matt improves to the… 1^st seed?!?! This guy is 8^th in points for and the top seed! HE CANNOT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!

QB of the Week

Josh Allen of Rip Lips with 33.46 points.

RB of the Week

Michael Carter of Fly Boyds with 32.2 points.

WR of the Week

AJ Brown of the Goo Backs with 31.5 points

TE of the Week

TJ Hockenson of Fly Boyds with 18.9 points.

QB Benchwarmer

Tua Tagovailoa of the Fresno Browns Streaks with 15.2 points

RB Benchwarmer

Elijah Mitchell of the Meyer’s Slayers (and now guilty of Fratricide as well) with 19.7 points.

WR Benchwarmer

Tyler Boyd, namesake and mascot of the Fly Boyds, with 19.74 points.

TE Benchwarmer

Pat Freiermuth of the Football Cream with 14.4 points. Please do not make me spell that last name again. Too many “e’s” in not enough space.

BOGUS AND BIZARRE STATS and STARTS

Nic

Emmanuel Sanders dropped a gigantic 0.0 points in my lineup. That went pretty well with Justin Herbert’s awful day. BUMS, the lot of ‘em!

Daniel

It’s easy to be critical of the team that beat you. Damien Williams is awful and scored negative points for you. That means over the last few weeks he’s been a wildly negative part of your team. That’s cool! Also, thanks for beating me with a defense on bye. I love to see a punted position and still lose.

Alex

Tyler Higbust! Look I can see how concerned you are about your TE positon. You’ve got a ton on your roster and they are all actual dart throws. The Muth can’t save you any more than Higbust. Players in the league, this guy is ripe for trading! You got a TE, I recommend offering it to Alex right now.

Pender

Russell Disengage with 0.0 points. What a shame. Like what happened here? Tajae Sharp?! Ridley is gone and it actually makes the other pieces of the offense just worse. Disappointing, but I guess that’s the story of your whole team.

Matt

Michael Carter. He did great for you, don’t get me wrong. I just have him listed here because I am so mad that this is the same dude I drafted that looked like straight garbage to start the year. Oh well.

Jake

Sam Darnit. This guy is a bad QB. His biggest problem is that he made it seem like he was okay at the beginning of the year. Well, he fooled ya. This is kind of double for you because it also seriously impacts your play of DJ Moore.

Val

Travesty Kelce and the Kansas City Chefs are looking like they’re cooking nothing but eggs and they are smelling sulfurous. By that I mean, I’m so happy that these guys are finally being figured out. Remember, Andy Reid was fired from the Eagles after losing a super bowl because he could never quite pull it together again. Time is a flat circle and the Chiefs are garbage.

Andrew

Big Mo Allie Cox. You can’t teach size, and apparently you can’t teach Carson Wentz how to hit a giant with a football consistently. Just when you thought Dawson Knox was here to save you, you’re back in the wasteland.

Gary

Calvin Ridley. Puzzling really. When was the last time we saw someone step away for mental health reasons of their own accord? We’ve seen it happen with TO and Antonio Brown, but not because they chose to. Hope the guy is doing well.

Cone

Dak and Jamaal both did not play and ended up in your starting lineup. Now, you would not have won with them but, not a good look. You gotta tighten up ship if you wanna win a ‘ship.

Yuriy

Mike Williams is infuriating because he needs to be good so Herbert can also be good. These last few weeks have been godawful for him, and honestly do you think he turns it around? Also lol @ Bucs D/ST for throwing up a -1 with Jameis and Trevor Semian throwing the ball. It’s wild that they could get that low.

Ory and Daniel

So there’s really nothing bogus, just sad sad sad.  RIP 2021 Derrick Henry’s fantasy campaign, it was great while he was around. Then all I will say about Henry Ruggs III is, RIP Tina Tintor of Las Vegas.

POWER RANKINGS

1. Matt (Previously Ranked 6)
2. Nic (Previously Ranked 2)
3. Jake (Previously Ranked 1)
4. Yuriy (Previously Ranked 7)
5. Gary (Previously Ranked 8)
6. Alex (Previously Ranked 9)
7. Cone (Previously Ranked 3)
8. Pender (Previously Ranked 5)
9. Val (Previousy Ranked 11)
10. Andrew (Previously Ranked 10)
11. Daniel (Previously Ranked 12)
12. Ory and Daniel (previously Ranked 4)