My Picks Record:
Last Week: 5-1
Overall: 19-5
DaUnderdog (2-2) vs Pack Attack (3-1)
Pack Attack is coming off their best week of the season which saw them put up 176 points. DaUnderdog is on a bit of a roll here as they have won two in a row to move back to .500 on the season. Interestingly enough one of the bigger surprises on their team has been A Thielen. I remember seeing him get picked in the 6th round and thinking that was too early for him but DaUnderdog clearly knew something I didn’t as through 4 weeks Thielen is the #11 WR in scoring ahead of guys like D Samuel, C Lamb, J Chase, DK Metcalf and the list goes on. DaUnderdog will be hoping for another big week this week as they look to make it three straight.
Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 22
- Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 12-10
- PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 122.11 to 109.29
16hrs Ahead of You!! (2-2) vs BIGBOY! (2-2)
16hrs is battling this season and I love to see it. At times this is the point in the season where they tend to start losing some ground because bye weeks and injuries start hitting teams and they have to adjust regularly. It seems like maybe they have… I don’t know.. found some new ownership or maybe they have hired an outside consultant to help them manage things? Either way, it seems like they are engaged and ready to battle this entire season! BIGBOY! is always battling and always doing the little things to help their team win. They are currently on a 2 game losing streak but it seems they are close to getting C Kupp back which would be a huge boost for this team! Which team gets the win and moves above .500?
Prediction:
Bye weeks are playing a bit of a factor here as 16hrs is without their starting WR, Tyler Lockett and BIGBOY! will be without two starters in J. Ford and K Walker. As of this writing, I don’t yet know if J. Williams is going to play for 16hrs and BIGBOY! is waiting word on C. Kupp. Those are two key pieces of info so again like before I will go with what I have right now and make some assumptions. I like Cousins and Waddle this week for BIGBOY! but that’s about it. I like a handful of guys for 16hrs (L. Jackson, A. Brown, D Henry and C Sutton). As of now, I trust that group more and I like 16hrs to keep the momentum and get over .500 for the first time all season.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 14
- Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 10-4
- PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 119.14 to 99.01
Big Papa (1-3) vs Starrfavrerodg (2-2)
Big Papa is coming off a big win last week and sometimes all it takes is to get that first win under your belt and you can get on a little roll. That is at least what Big Papa will be hoping for as they take on Starrfavrerodg who rebounded nicely with a big win themselves last week. I think we saw the way that Big Papa is going to have to win games this season and I think a lot of it is going to be reliant on their pass catchers. Jacobs is a solid RB but after that they really don’t have much from the RB position. Starrfavrerodg has CMC and well so far this year that’s about all you have to say. His lowest scoring game of the season was 18 points. He is averaging a whopping 29.64 ppg through 4 weeks! A guy like that can almost singlehandedly win you games in a 14 team league like this! So which one of these teams gets the win and gets to two in a row?
Prediction:
After last week I feel much better about both of these teams. The unfortunate part is that one of them is going to lose and I may not feel so good about that team again come next week. I think these two teams are fairly evenly matched but the first look I did and I likely will do each week for Starrfavrerodg is to see who the 49ers are playing as they have CMC and Aiyuk. This week that matchup looks tough as they go up against Dallas who has a very formidable Defense. For Big Papa, many of their guys have very favorable matchups. I think that is enough for me to pick Big Papa to get the win in what should be a close one.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 3
- Record: Advantage Starrfavrerodg at 2-1
- PPG Avg: Advantage Starrfavrerodg 128.88 to 126.66
Bossman (4-0) vs Sportsfreak (2-2)
I know you are all sick of hearing about how good this Bossman team has been and well I don’t blame you but until someone beats them or they stop scoring 150 points each week there isn’t much else for me to talk about. Bossman currently has the highest regular season winning % in the league and with all that success I assumed they had at least one year where they started out with multiple wins in a row but in doing some digging that isn’t the case. This 4-0 start is the best Bossman has ever hade. They have had multiple 3-0 starts but never 4-0. They will be looking to keep the momentum this week against Sportsfreak! Sportsfreak is in that win one, lose one streak that we tend to see so often in this league. It is however odd how almost exact each week has been. Weeks 1 & 3, both wins Sportsfreak scored 146.11 and 149.60. Weeks 2 & 4, both losses Sportsfreak scored 107.97 and 107.03. So that means since this is an odd week that Sportsfreak will be scoring right around that 147 range this week. Historically this is one of the more lopsided matchups in league history as Bossman has dominated to the tune of a 14-4 record against Sportsfreak including winning the last 5 meetings. Can Sportsfreak change that this week and cool down Bossman?
Prediction:
We are seeing some of the effects of bye weeks hitting teams in this one as Bossman will be without one of the top scorers in the league in K Allen as well D. Watson while Sportsfreak will be missing J. Herbert. I am guessing that will keep the scoring down a bit but it is just too hard to pick against Bossman right now. I like them this week in what I expect to be a little closer then previous weeks but I still like them to remain undefeated with the win here.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 18
- Record: Bossman at 14-4
- PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 125.48 to 113.24
Rapids Plungers (4-0) vs HHH (0-4)
I just previewed the Bossman / Sportsfreak game and showed a lot of love to Bossman for their start but Rapids Plungers is not that far away. They hold the 2nd highest regular season winning % in the league right behind Bossman and they are showing why as they just continue to win! For those of you wondering the last time that Rapids Plungers started a season 4-0 or better was back in the 2019 season when they started with 8 straight wins! They went on to win their first ever championship that year! Could we be on to something there? HHH.. well this is about as bad as it gets. You start a season at 0-4 and now have to go up against one of the best teams in the league to try and get your first win of the season!? Yeah, that’s not ideal but that’s the hand they have been dealt and i know they will do their best to field the most competitive team possible!
***That may or may not be my way of saying this team doesn’t have a shot but they at least will get a reward for participating***
Prediction:
I don’t ever like to say there isn’t any hope or this team is done but right now things look fairly bleak for HHH. Losing N. Chubb and then having A Rodgers get hurt affected the outcome of G Wilson has really put this team in a tough spot. I don’t see them getting the win here as I like Rapids Plungers to stay undefeated and move to 5-0.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 15
- Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 8-7
- PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 116.42 to 103.65
pack slayer (3-1) vs teamAlaska (1-3)
Both of these teams are coming off tough losses from a week ago. pack slayer got embarrassed by Rapids Plungers losing by 80 points while teamAlaska didn’t fair much better as they lost to Starrfavrerodg by 60! Because of that I know both of these teams were wanting to get to this week and prove that last weeks showing was a fluke. Despite opposite records teamAlaska has actually outscored pack slayer by 20 points on the season and they will look to keep that going this week and get the win.
Prediction:
Bye weeks can hit you hard one week and then the rest of the season has minimal impact or you can spread it out and you seemingly get a player on a bye each week. Well, it seems teamAlaska got hit hard this week with the bye’s as they have 4 starters out due to a bye. With that said, I think they will have a hard time getting to 100 points this week, actually I think 80 feels about like the right #. pack slayer likely gets Barkley back Tua goes up against the NYG. I think pack slayer wins this one!
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 12
- Record: Advantage pack slayer at 7-5
- PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 118.57 to 118.26
PackerFANatic7 (1-3) vs U Don’t Know (1-3)
Ok, I know that this is a game against two teams with 1-3 records but I tend to like these type of games. Why? because it seems that when a team is struggling like both of these two teams are all they need is to find a way to get that next win and sometimes that opens the flood gates for more wins to follow! With that said, both of these teams have really been struggling. Each of them has gone over the 100 point mark just one time all season. U Don’t Know is the lowest scoring team in the league while PackerFANatic7 is just 11 points ahead of them. So in other words this is the definition of UGLY but one of them is going to win (or at least I think as there has never been a tie in this league). So who wins?
Prediction:
As of this writing there are still a few unknowns around what the rosters will look like come Sunday and who is in and out makes a difference. PackerFANatic7 has McLaughlin in the starting lineup but I assume that changes if J. Williams is a go. So I will do my best based on what i know and think I know. U Don’t Know has 2 major difference makers on their team (Mahomes / Chase) while PackerFANatic7 has one (Hurts). I do like some of the other pieces for U Don’t Know as M Sanders, B Hall and Pickens could all have solid games. Watson should be solid for PackerFANatic7 but outside of that it gets really iffy. I am going with U Don’t Know to get win #2 on the season and put PackerFANatic7’s season in jeopardy after just 5 weeks.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 6
- Record: Advantage PackerFANatic7 at 4-2
- PPG Avg: Advantage PackerFANatic7 119.57 to 116.62