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Sportsfreak (0-6) vs Pack Attack (0-6)

GAME OF THE WEEK! Right? How could the last two remaining teams that have yet to find a win this season going head to head not be game of the week material!? Well ok… not the Game of the week but a big game for both of these teams as this might be their best shot at a win. What is a bit ironic about this game is that these two teams are #1 and #2 in most regular season wins all time. I am kind of thinking that may change after this season! Sportsfreak did decide enough is enough and basically traded away half of their team in an effort to find a way to start winning. And you know what…. historically speaking there has been many years where a 7-6 team makes the playoffs! So I am saying there is a sliver of hope for the winner of this game…The sliver I am referring to is those super annoying ones that are sooo small that you can’t see but you know they are there because every time you step or brush your hand against something it hurts! I guess we will find out on Tuesday who can still feel the sliver or who got the tweezers out!

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 19
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 11-8
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 120.79 vs 112.63

16hrs Ahead of You!! (3-3) vs PackerFANatic7 (3-3)

I am looking forward to this one and even though it may not be as high of a profile game as some of the other ones there certainly carries with it a good deal of significance as both teams come into this one with a .500 record and there is something about falling below .500 that always makes you feel like you are one step behind. Well, I guess you kind of are.. but it is not the place you want to be! 16hrs has won two in a row to get to this point while PackerFANatic7 seemingly had things rolling with two straight wins and then Rapids Plungers came to town. This is a good matchup and I am excited to see which team moves above .500 and inches closer to being a part of the top 6! It is also worth mentioning that PackerFANatic7 also got into the trading frenzy as they acquired T. Lockett but they had to give up arguably their top RB in J. Jacobs to do it. Another interesting trade that I will be curious how it works out for each team.

Prediction:
As I am looking at this game, the first thing that came to my mind is that the game between Jacksonville and the Chargers better not get canceled due to COVID as PackerFANatic7 has 5 players going in that game and the majority of them will be relied upon for solid points in order to get the win. I expect this to be a really close game and is probably the hardest game for me to pick. I am however going to go with PackerFANatic7 with one slight asterisk which is if Mixon doesn’t play then I think 16hrs gets the win. For now though I am assuming he plays and PackerFANatic7 moves above .500!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 3
• Record: Advantage PackerFANatic7 at 2-1
• PPG Avg: Advantage 16hrs 119.61 to 109.09  

teamAlaska (5-1) vs BIGBOY! (3-3)

teamAlaska has been week in and week out proving that they are for real and with last weeks big win over HHH this is the clear cut #2 team in the league and the standings will reflect that as they are the only one loss team in the league. BIGBYOY! is quite the opposite right now as they can’t seem to get much of anything going and last week the wheels seemingly fell off with their worst performance of the year. This is a bad time to be struggling to score points as they are up against a team that through 6 weeks is the highest scoring team in the league. teamAlaska will be looking to keep pace with U Don’t Know and separate themselves from the rest of the field while BIGBOY! will be looking to get back into the playoff mix with a big win here!

Prediction:
Do I think BIGBOY! has a shot in this one? Yes. Do I think they find a way to win? No. Here’s why… R. Wilson and A. Kamara play for the other team! I expect big games from both of them and while I like Zeke against Washington and Julio seems like a strong play against Detroit teamAlaska is too deep and has two many other solid pieces that may not light up the scoreboard but they are consistent. A sneaky good play this week and someone who as I was looking through the matchup sealed the deal for me was B. Cooks in the flex spot. Jaire Alexander is rated as the top CB through 6 weeks and will likely go up against W. Fuller and in a game which you would expect a decent amount of scoring I like B. Cooks to have a big week for teamAlaska. I think they win and I don’t think it is very close.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 6-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 137.89 to 112.10

U Don’t Know (6-0) vs Big Papa (4-2)

There are some really good games this week and this is one of them. U Don’t Know is coming off their worst week of the season and will be looking to get some of the scoring momentum back after last weeks dud. They found a way to win and that is the most important part but now they are facing a Big Papa team that had one of their best weeks last week and will be looking to keep things rolling by sending U Don’t Know home with their first L! Doable? Yes. Probable?…..

Prediction:
I am going to have a really hard time picking against U Don’t Know at any point this season but you are seeing a bit of their weakness which is their RB depth. J. Taylor is on a bye which means that C. Thompson will be filling in and that is a big downgrade. However, when your other RB is D. Henry it might not matter who is along side him. I expect a bounceback game from Rodgers this week and U Don’t Know to cruise to their 7th win in a row to start the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 14
• Record: Advantage Big Papa at 9-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Big Papa 115.42 to 114.66

DaUnderdog (2-4) vs pack slayer (1-5)

This is a game of two teams that both need a win to keep pace. Of course, just given the records pack slayer needs it a bit more but DaUnderdog seems like a team that is holding on by a thread and I am not sure how much longer they can stay afloat! pack slayer knows there season is on the verge of being over but they won’t go down without a fight and they made some “huge” trades in order to put together a team that they think can win. The problem is that it involved trading away their best player and #1 overall pick in C. McCaffrey but they did get a lot pieces in return which help balance out their roster. The big name player is G. Kittle who has been awesome when on the field. Trades are hard to do in this league but when they happen it is fun to track progress and see how each team benefits from them. pack slayer has lost 4 in a row with their previous team so why not shake it up a bit!?

Prediction:
Just when DaUnderdog finally got a good performance from L. Jackson he then immediately has to go to the bench because he is on a bye. pack slayer by getting rid of McCaffrey in a week he isn’t playing really bolstered their lineup to win right now. I think the trade pays off and they also will be getting back D. Johnson who was playing well prior to his injury. I expect pack slayer to get the win and stop their 4 game losing streak to keep their season alive.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 9
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 5-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 116.02 to 107.96  

Bossman (4-2) vs Rapids Plungers (3-3)

This is another one of those “good games” that are on the slate for this week! I have a ton of respect for both of these coaches and how they go about putting a roster together from week to week and it shows up in the standings. Coming into this season these two teams owned the #2 and #3 spots in highest regular season winning percentage and with Pack Attack’s terrible season they just may move to #1 and #2 when this season is over. They both know how to win and once again here they are in another season and both finding ways to win! Rapids Plungers is our defending champion and has one Super win to his name while Bossman has their name on that trophy two times! I am excited to see who comes out on top of this one.

Prediction:
Both teams are dealing with injuries or bye weeks to RB’s as Bossman will be without their top two RB’s, Dalvin Cook (bye) and A. Ekeler (IR). Rapids Plungers will be without M. Sanders (injury) for at least this week. Rapids Plungers will get at least one more week of M. Davis being a top tier RB so they best take advantage of it. J. Allen is in line for a bounceback game against the Jets this week but after that I don’t love the rest of the matchups for Bossman. I think Ridley should have a nice game but R. Woods is up against a tough Bears D and T. Fulgham the star waiver wire pickup is likely going to see a good amount of J. Bradberry who is one of the top CB’s in the league. Think about that… one of the top corners in the league is going to be shadowing who? Travis Fulgham! Either way that doesn’t bode will for Bossman and on the other side of the ball I see a lot of places for points. The entire WR group (including the flex) are guys that are capable of leading a team to victory each week and I actually really like C. Edmonds this week against SEA in a game that Arizona is likely having to throw to keep pace. I am going to go with Rapids Plungers to get the win and continue moving up in the standings!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 12
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 7-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 130.71 to 122.97 

HHH (4-2) vs Starrfavrerodg (4-2)

Last week HHH was involved in a game that was at the time the #2 vs #3 team and now a week later they are involved in another good game where it is currently #5 vs #6. I don’t think I need to talk about the importance of this one as the loser likely falls out of playoff positioning while the winner could move as far as the #3 spot and within striking distance of those top two spots which is key come playoff time as #’s one and two get a first round bye.

Prediction:
This should be another good game but the one thing that I think is going to be a problem for HHH is injuries and bye weeks. In particular I am looking at J. Smith and the fact that both M. Andrews and J. Jefferson are on a bye. With that said Starrfavrerodg appears to be at full strength this week and like I mentioned in last week’s wrap up I am intrigued by D. Swift and how Detroit uses him moving forward. I am going with Starrfavrerodg to get the win and continue their great rookie season!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: N/A
• Record: N/A
• PPG Avg: N/A

Big Papa (145.70) vs Pack Attack (100.71)

This was a “big” win for Big Papa as they move to 4-2 on the season! Big win? You might be thinking… how is this a big win against a team that has yet to win a game in Pack Attack (0-6). I consider it a big win given the circumstances. Big Papa had just lost Dak for the year and was coming off their worst week of the season. Losing here to a winless team would have been demoralizing. Instead, they went out and not only did they win but they also had their second highest scoring week of the season! They have positioned themselves in a good spot as they look to finish off the second half of the season strong! For Pack Attack… well they have had a total of 4 losing seasons in the league and when they lose they don’t just kind of lose.. they lose big! 2007 = 1-5 start, 2010 = 0-6 start, 2017 = 2-4 start, 2019 = 1-4 start and then of course now an 0-6 start. Better luck next year for Pack Attack!

16hrs Ahead of You!! (124.85) vs Sportsfreak (111.58)

16hrs Ahead of You!! with another win moving them back to .500 on the season! This was a HUGE win for their playoff chances as similar to what I wrote about Big Papa these are the games you need to win if you are going to make the playoffs and they did just that. It wasn’t pretty but they found a way in large part thanks to Matt Ryan and his 36.95 points. The one thing that is also worth noting though is that the player they just traded away (Julio Jones)… yeah he also scored 31.85 points and the players he got in the trade only scored 6.85 combined. They got the win this week but it will be interesting to see how the trade continues to look as the weeks go on. For Sportsfreak they keep pace with Pack Attack and remain winless on the season setting up a great showdown of the last remaining winless teams next week! 🙂

Bossman (134.31) vs BIGBOY! (82.87)

I wrote in the weekly preview that Bossman (4-2) is always hard to count out even when they seem outmanned and yet again they show me why as they dominate BIGBOY! (3-3) to move to 4-2 on the season. This is where coaching comes into play as Bossman got a total of 43.20 points from their DEF and D player positions. As you all know these are tough positions to find points at and for them to be able to find 43.20 points is impressive! BIGBOY! may be able to take some notes as they found a grand total of 1.55 points from those two positions! This was a big bounce back type of game from Bossman as they hadn’t looked great in their previous two. For BIGBOY! they fell to .500 on the season and have now lost 3 of their last 4 games. This however was their worst of the season and it won’t get any easier as they have teamAlaska and Rapids Plungers for their next two games. We should know a lot more about this team at that time as right now their record shows how their team looks which is very average.

U Don’t Know (98.41) vs DaUnderdog (83.87)

You know things are going good when you have your first real “dud” of a game and you still win by 15! That is what happened for U Don’t Know as they moved to 6-0 on the season and it was really won by one player and that was D. Henry and his 50.73 points this week. Yes, he scored over half of their points and virtually singlehandedly won this one. It was an odd week for U Don’t Know as they had 6 starting positions fail to score over 1.5pts. Included in that list are A. Rodgers and Mike Evans. DaUnderdog falls to 2-4 on the season but they really have to be disappointed in this one as if you would have told them prior to the game that U Don’t Know was not going to score 100 points you would think they would believe they could walk away with the upset and their 3rd straight win. However outside of L. Jackson (27.92pts) and P. Lindsay (11.73pts) and their Kicker (13.20pts) no one else on their team could figure out a way to score over 7.65 points! This was a missed opportunity for DaUnderdog and one they may be looking back on as the season goes along. Every team has at least one of these weeks where they score minimal points and for U Don’t Know to do so and get the win you start talking about things like… who is going to beat this team? Can they be the first team ever to go through an entire season and not lose a game?

teamAlaska (129.65) vs HHH (102.05)

So for those of you who have had some reservations about this teamAlaska (5-1) squad and had been wondering is this team for real or not well I think we have our answer. Not only did they beat the then #3 team in the league but they did it without arguably their top 3 players (R. Wilson, A. Kamara and K. Allen)! Now that those three guys have their bye weeks behind them and teamAlaska is sitting at #2 in the league this is a team that not only looks for real is just sitting and waiting for one little mess up by U Don’t Know so they can take over that top spot in the league. HHH (4-2) had a shot in this one but they needed more from their stars A. Jones and D. Hopkins in this one as they combined for only 16pts. The one positive that came out of this for HHH is that with each passing week J. Jefferson is starting to look like a star fantasy WR and is far outplaying his draft position. He had the most points of any WR in week 6 with 41.30.

Rapids Plungers (146.13) vs PackerFANatic7 (93.01)

Here they come! Your reigning champ in Rapids Plungers (3-3) has won 3 of their last 4 games and now have moved their record back to .500 on the season. In those last 4 games they have been averaging 148.96 points and I think you could make the argument that this has been the best team over that time. That statement alone should have the entire league on notice as not only is this the reigning champ but also a team like Bossman that knows how to win. Interestingly enough that is who they play next week in a great regular season game! PackerFANatic7 fell back to .500 on the season and had one of their worst weeks. They had won two in a row coming into this and were looking to inch up into that upper echelon of teams but instead they find themselves falling all the way down into 10th in the league. Their lack of points scored through 6 weeks is something to keep an eye on if they end up in a tie scenario come playoff time. My takeaway from this game is that Rapids Plungers is going to be tough to beat the rest of the way and they are not giving away that trophy without a fight! PackerFANatic7 is a team that is OK but they I don’t know if they have enough firepower on a week to week basis to finish in the top 6!

Starrfavrerodg (121.86) vs pack slayer (71.58)

Ok I hear you Starrfavrerodg.. I am thinking it is time to start recognizing this rookie coach and team as a legitimate contender after they win again and move to 4-2 on the season! Through 6 weeks they own the 2nd ranked defense (2nd fewest points allowed – some would call this the 2nd luckiest team in the league) and the 7th rated offense. While the 2nd ranked defense doesn’t bode well as to why we should call them a legitimate contender but the fact that they have done the little things through these first 6 weeks and are continuing to structure their roster for the long haul has been impressive for a rookie coach. Not to mention, the coming out party that I think many fantasy managers have been waiting for finally came for D. Swift (28.08pts). If he takes over that backfield he becomes a RB2 the rest of the way which greatly helps a team that has been relying on their D for the first 6 weeks of the season. Ok now to pack slayer… well they are not very good! They fall to 1-5 with their worst scoring week of the season (71.58) and the wheels seem to have fallen off ever since C. McCaffery went down to injury. They may get McCaffery back this week but it seems like it may be too late to salvage their season.

That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!

Big Papa (3-2) vs Pack Attack (0-5)

Big Papa is coming off their worst week of the season not just because they lost but also because they lost D. Prescott. They were able to pickup his backup from the waiver wire but it is going to be hard to replace a player averaging 35 ppg through 4 weeks. They do however get the opportunity to play the team currently in last place and they shouldn’t need a lot of points to win this one. If they can get the win here to move to 4-2 it gives them some wiggle room to fine tune their roster as they look to make a playoff push. Oh and look who is not riding the bench this week…. welcome to the starting lineup Mr. Claypool!

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 18
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 11-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 130.21 vs 117.37

16hrs Ahead of You!! (2-3) vs Sportsfreak (0-5)

I can just imagine that this is a fun game for 16hrs as they are the one who is sitting at 2-3 while their good friend and coach of Sportsfreak is over there at 0-5. I know that Jared the coach of 16hrs is a caring man and always looking to help someone out but this time… I am thinking he would want nothing more then to send Sportsfreak to an 0-6 start! Also, history is on their side this week which is significant because this is literally the only current opponent I can say that for! 16hrs owns the head to head at 10-6 and they also score the most avg points against Sportsfreak then any other team (122.18). This doesn’t bode well for Sportsfreak. In the 2018 season Sportsfreak started 0-6 but prior to that their worst start was way back in 2004 when they started the season 0-3. This is a proud franchise and I know they will do whatever they can to get this win!

Prediction:
I don’t see a lot of points scored in this one and when I say that I usually look towards which team has the one or two star players that could have monster weeks and that is who I pick to win. Well then I guess that means I am picking Sportsfreak to get the upset win and get their first win of the season thanks to big games from D. Adams and G. Kittle.

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 16
• Record: Advantage 16hrs at 10-6
• PPG Avg: Advantage 16hrs 122.18 to 111.97  

BIGBOY! (3-2) vs Bossman (3-2)

Both of these teams are coming off of ugly losses last week and will be looking to right the ship this week. Bossman will likely be without their top two RB’s (Ekeler and Cook) and are hoping that the fill ins can provide a spark. BIGBOY! has some big names on their roster such as Brady, OBJ, Zeke, TY Hilton and now Julio but outside of Zeke the rest of the crew has been extremely inconsistent in their performances. If these 5 players all have good weeks together this team likely won’t be beat but at this point it is hard to see that happening. So which one of these two teams remains near the top of the leaderboard and which one falls to .500?

Prediction:
Bossman is always one that is hard to count out in any matchup even if it looks like they are outmanned. Given the recent news of the Falcons shutting down their facilities due to a positive COVID test that hurts both teams but it hurts Bossman the most as C. Ridley is the one guy that you could see having a BOOM type of game and putting up 30+. Allen also is in that category but one guy won’t be enough. I tried Bossman but I just don’t see you getting the win here. I think BIGBOY! gets the W and continues to put together a roster that can compete with the top teams in the league.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Tied at 5-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 118.96 to 116.03

U Don’t Know (5-0) vs DaUnderdog (2-3)

DaUnderdog has won two straight games but to call them impressive wins might not be the most accurate. However, a win is a win and the fact of the matter is that they are one more win away from getting back to .500. You will hear me talk a lot about .500 throughout these weekly articles because if you are at .500 you are within striking distance. Most years we have at least one 7-6 team make the playoffs. U Don’t Know has been dominant and they look to continue that this week. They will however be without one of their top weapons in DK Metcalf but they will be getting back A. Rodgers so they should be fine. Can they continue their dominance or will DaUnderdog somehow pull off the biggest upset of the year?

Prediction:
I don’t think there is an upset here however I do think DaUnderdog makes it interesting. I am expecting L. Jackson to have his highest scoring game of the year and A. Robinson to also have a big game against Car but that won’t be enough to take down U Don’t Know as Diggs likely has a big game with the Bills playing from behind. Taylor and Henry also have nice matchups in games their teams should win! U Don’t Know remains undefeated!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 14
• Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 8-6
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 108.79 to 97.10

HHH (4-1) vs teamAlaska (4-1)

Game of the week! This is easily the top game of the week given it is a meeting between the two teams currently sitting at spots #2 and #3 in the standings. Also each of their one loss came at the hands of the undefeated U Don’t Know team AND if that wasn’t enough to make it the game of the week then the fact that it is two brothers going head to head should cap it off! teamAlaska really struggled to a one win season in 2018 but they followed that up by narrowly missing the playoffs last year and now they are looking like one of the better teams in the league through 5 weeks. For HHH they had a rough one win season in 2016 but since that time they have not missed the playoffs and like teamAlaska through 5 weeks they look like one of the better teams in the league. This should be a fun one!

Prediction:
Ugh… I was all excited about evaluating the game and then I looked and I see teamAlaska with arguably their three top players on a bye (R. Wilson, A. Kamara and K. Allen)! Wilson and Kamara are the top scoring QB and RB through 5 weeks and K. Allen is just outside the top 10 at the WR position. Those three players have accounted for 46.8% of teamAlaska’s scoring through 5 weeks. So am I saying they are going to lose? Yeah, I think so. That is too much scoring to overcome. The one thing they have in their favor is that HHH is going to have to go find a QB as Brees is on a bye and the pickings are slim. There is a bit more firepower on HHH’s team this week though and I think they do get the W.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 17
• Record: Advantage teamAlaska at 10-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage HHH 121.00 to 113.83  

PackerFANatic7 (3-2) vs Rapids Plungers (2-3)

Both of these teams are what I would call teams on the rise. PackerFANatic7 has won their last two games and three of their last four while Rapids Plungers has won two of their last three games and they have averaged an impressive 149.90 ppg in those three games. I have to say I am quite impressed with how PackerFANatic7 coach Bryson has been able to keep his team winning despite the lack of talent on the roster. They have been plugging in guys and they have been performing. I am equally impressed with the way that Rapids Plungers was able to take the RB position which looked like a weakness early on but has now at least for this weak turned into a strength! Impressive stuff from both teams but now who is going to win this one?

Prediction:
I am going to go with Rapids Plungers to keep things rolling this week. There is one potential scenario that would make me pause for a bit and that once again has to do with the MN/ATL game and if that were to be ppd as that would affect 3 players for Rapids Plungers. Quite honestly, I think that is the only way PackerFANatic7 has a shot as Rapids Plungers was doing good prior to this week and now with the D. Cook injury, A. Mattison turns into a borderline top 5 RB that they get to plug into their starting lineup! Rapids Plungers with the W!
***I think it is also worth noting the 3 previous games these two have played and how much Rapids Plungers has dominated***

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 3
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 3-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 156.05 to 114.73 

Starrfavrerodg (3-2) vs pack slayer (1-4)

Starrfavrerodg and their coach are new so it is always interesting to see how they react when adversity hits throughout the season. Well they did well during their first test which was a loss in week 1. They moved on quickly from that loss and proceeded to win three in a row until last week when they got steamrolled by U Don’t Know despite having their best game of the season! Sometimes teams look at that and say… I just had my best week of the season so I am feeling good despite the loss. Others will get down and think things like, “I just got my butt kicked and I had my best week of the season….I guess my team isn’t that good!”. So which one will it be for Starrfavrerodg? pack slayer comes into this one in desperate need of a win. I did mention that they played the top 3 teams in back to back to back weeks so those losses are not terrible but it doesn’t take away from the fact that they are sitting here at 1-4 with their only win being against the worst team in the league. A win here would be huge as not only do they stop the three game losing streak but they also would give another loss to a team that they could be battling with for a playoff spot.

Prediction:
I am intrigued by this one and this actually might turn out to be the closest game of the week. I do like Starrfavrerodg to get back to their winning ways this week. The WR position strongly favors pack slayer but the RB position edge goes to Starrfavrerodg. I expect Jeudy is in the flex for Starrfavrerodg and I am not confident in D. Johnson playing for pack slayer. All that said the big difference here comes down to the QB position where I expect Mahomes to come out on top over Newton. The only way pack slayer wins is a repeat performance 28 pt performance from newly aquired R. Tonyan!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: N/A
• Record: N/A
• PPG Avg: N/A

DaUnderdog (114.80) vs Pack Attack (109.32)

DaUnderdog (2-3) comes from behind thanks to a great game from E. Sanders (23.10) on Monday night and they send Pack Attack (0-5) to their 5th straight loss and keep them winless on the season. DaUnderdog has won back to back games and scored in the 100’s both times. I am not ready to count this team as a contender as they haven’t exactly beaten the best teams in the league however they will get a chance to prove their worth next week as they go up against the undefeated U Don’t Know squad. For Pack Attack there terrible season continues to find ways to get worse! The questions starts looming… Will this team win a game all year!? Is it the players fault? Is it coaching? I have heard they have an up and coming GM in their household so maybe we could see a change at the coaching position if this continues!?

16hrs Ahead of You!! (104.93) vs Big Papa (90.96)

Well it wasn’t pretty but 16hrs found a way to FINALLY get that 2nd win on the season! It has been a long time since they have seen the number 2 or above in the win column and now that they have that monkey off their back maybe they can figure out a way to get back to .500 on the season. 16hrs was also part of our first trade of the year as they traded away one of their top WR’s for…. well what would seem like very little. Either 16hrs isn’t expecting Julio Jones to ever come back healthy this year or they see something in M. Gallup and J. McKinnon that I don’t. For now though they got their 2nd win and things are good! For Big Papa this one was ugly for many reasons. Not only was it ugly watching the injury to their star QB (Prescott) but ugly how no one else on their team decided to show up this week…. oh wait… one of them actually did. Yep, that was a guy by the name of Chase Claypool! If you didn’t hear he was on Big Papa’s bench and he scored 41.90pts! Big Papa falls to 3-2 on the season and with Prescott out for the season this team suddenly doesn’t look as tough!

PackerFANatic7 (125.97) vs BIGBOY! (100.19)

This was a big win for PackerFANatic7 as they move to 3-2 on the season and continue to move their way up the leaderboard. This was one of those kind of prove it games and now that they have beaten Bossman and BIGBOY! in back to back weeks I think it is time to take this team for real. They started J. Herbert this week due to M. Stafford’s bye week and he went out and led their team in points with 29.81! I still think this team is missing a piece or two away from truly contending but with each win and passing week I am starting to buy in a bit! BIGBOY! has now loss two of their last three games as they fall to 3-2 on the season. They did pull off a trade that it would seem will benefit them down the road but they have to first make it through a tough three game stretch which they go up against Bossman, teamAlaska and Rapids Plungers.

teamAlaska (141.23) vs Bossman (108.24)

teamAlaska (4-1) just keeps on winning! This wasn’t their best game of the year but it was good to see them bounceback from their lowest scoring game of the year last week. They once again were led by R. Wilson and his 24pts but they also got 24 pts from T. Gurley and another 10 out of J. Graham. The good week could have been even better had they started started B. Cooks as he went off for 32pts! They won the game so it didn’t hurt them but has to be in the back of their head as they decide who to start next week. For Bossman (3-2), with Ekeler on IR, Fournette out due to injury and now D. Cook maybe missing time their RB room is getting very thin! After starting the season in dominating fashion they have now lost two straight games and are scrambling a bit. However, their coach Steve always seems to have his teams ready and finds ways to win. It wouldn’t be right if Bossman didn’t have some adversity they had to overcome!

HHH (133.29) vs pack slayer (115.73)

HHH comes away with another win to move to 4-1 on the season! This was a big win simply because they did it without their top RB as Aaron Jones was on a bye. They continue to be the model of consistency as they have yet to score over 142pts this year BUT they have yet to score under 124pts. At some point they are going to need to win in a shootout but if that consistency continues throughout the regular season you are looking at a 9 or 10 win team minimum! pack slayer falls to 1-4 and has really been struggling since losing C. McCaffrey. However, if there is a silver lining the three losses have been against the currently top three teams in the league (U Don’t Know, teamAlaska and HHH) which means that the schedule has to get easier from here on out AND McCaffrey will be back soon so despite their 1-4 record there is a slight glimmer of hope!

Rapids Plungers (138.23) vs Sportsfreak (95.60)

Here are two teams going in seemingly complete opposite directions. Rapids Plungers wins their 2nd game in the last three tries and their one loss they put up 157pts. They got production this week all across the board as 7 players scored in double figures and three of them were over 20 points. This is no doubt a team on the rise and there next 4 games will be extremely telling as they go up against 4 teams all with winning records. They win all 4 and they are likely sitting at or near the top of the league, lose all 4 and their season is over, go .500 and they are playing from behind but battling for a playoff spot the last 4 weeks of the season. Big 4 weeks upcoming for Rapids Plungers! For Sportsfreak (0-5), well things continue to get worse! They lost their 5th in a row and had their worst week of the season to stay winless! If there is any good news it is that they get to play Pack Attack in two weeks and you know.. someone has to win that game!

U Don’t Know (185.65) vs Starrfavrerodg (145.80)

You know what!? This U Don’t Know (5-0) team is REALLY good! They looked dominant again this week as they had their best scoring game of the year AND they did it without their top scoring player so far this season (A. Rodgers). They did however get great production from Rodgers replacement as R. Tannehill filled in nicely with 30.70pts. Overall once again this team won with a true team effort. Only two positions failed to score in double figures and one of them was their DEF team. The best team in the league continues their dominance! Starrfavrerodg (3-2) suffered their 2nd loss on the season but it wasn’t because they played poorly. In fact, they actually had their best week of the season! Sometimes that is the way it goes in fantasy but you want to rack up those points as being the rookie I figure I better explain that all record tie breakers at the end of the year are decided by who has scored the most points. This was a loss to a really good team but the points scored may make the difference in seeding come playoff time!

That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!

DaUnderdog (1-3) vs Pack Attack (0-4)

There are two matchups this week where a winless team is going up against a 1-3 team. The significance in these games is that the winless teams kind of need to figure out a way to get a win and A LOT of them if they want to turn their season around. The first of these two games is Pack Attack vs. DaUnderdog who is coming off their first win of the season and are trying to build some momentum towards relevance again in the league. DaUnderdog may be getting back one of their top RB’s in L. Bell this week which would be a big boost for them as they try to win two in a row and send Pack Attack to their first ever 0-5 start! This is one of the oldest and longest standing rivalries in the league. Neither team is where they expected to be 4 weeks into the season but a win here for either of them may just be what they need to turn their season around. Who will it be?

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 19
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 11-8
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 125.18 vs 110.10

16hrs Ahead of You!! (1-3) vs Big Papa (3-1)

The injury bug has hit 16hrs Ahead of You as they will likely be without their top WR (J, Jones) and top RB (N. Chubb) for this one. Those are two players that are very difficult to replace in lineups but on the flip side they may be getting back two other players in AJ Brown and R. Mostert who as of now are in their starting lineup and had been out each of the past two games. For Big Papa they continue to win and their team overall is looking very healthy. If there is a bit of a concern that I have around this team it would be the play of their RB’s and specifically K. Drake who through 4 weeks has not performed equally to the place that he was drafted. Also to some level you could say the same for C. Edwards Helaire as he is currently the 13th ranked RB in the league and behind guys like J. McKinnon and James Robinson. The silver lining here is that despite that Big Papa is 3-1! So if those two RB’s get going… watch out league!

Prediction:
This would obviously be a different game if 16hrs was at full strength but they aren’t and I don’t see enough weapons for them to compete with Big Papa. I think Big Papa cruises in this one and sends 16hrs to their 4th loss in a row!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 16
• Record: Advantage Big Papa at 11-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Big Papa 118.58 to 100.72  

BIGBOY! (3-1) vs PackerFANatic7 (2-2)

Both of these teams are coming off big wins last week. BIGBOY! is a stat correction away from being 4-0 and looks like a team that is starting to build some momentum. PackerFANatic7 is stuck right in the middle and is continually tweaking their roster trying to find the right pieces that will get their team into contention.

Prediction:
I expect this to be a close game but I also expect that BIGBOY! comes away with their 4th win of the season. PackerFANatic7 would need another herculean type of effort from J. Mixon or one of their stud RB’s if they want to pull this one off. The matchups however don’t seem to be in their favor so hence the reason I am going with BIGBOY! in this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 3
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 2-1
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 129.29 to 100.30

Bossman (3-1) vs teamAlaska (3-1)

Game of the week! The two teams that come in #2 and #3 in the standings and are currently #1 and #2 in points scored. No doubt this is the game to watch this week as two of the top two teams through 4 weeks will be going head to head. teamAlaska really has been on a roll so far this year. They did have their lowest scoring game of the year last week but that was still 122 points. If there is any question mark I would have for this team it would be this. Are they riding and relying too heavily on two key players in R. Wilson and A. Kamara? These are two of the very best players in the entire NFL so the answer might be yes and actually that might be just fine as if there are two players that can keep this up for the entire year I think these would be two that can! I am also interested to see how this Bossman team responds to some adversity as they had been cruising through the league through three weeks and then all of a sudden they have to deal with some injuries and now are playing one of the better teams in the league in teamAlaska. This is kind of how Bossman does things though. It rarely looks pretty on paper but somehow that win column keeps going up. Can they do it again this week?

Prediction:
I think teamAlaska makes a statement in this one! R. Wilson is going to have another huge day against a young Vikings secondary and Kamara will continue his dominance as well. I also think there is one other thing that is looming large in this one and that is that I don’t think the Bills / Titans game will be played this weekend and that severely hurts Bossman as they would be without one of their top weapons in J. Allen. I think teamAlaska comes away with a huge win regardless of if J. Allen plays or not and they stake their claim as one of, if not the best team in the league!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 13
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 7-6
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 118.98 to 110.87

HHH (3-1) vs pack slayer (1-3)

I just mentioned in the preview ahead of this one how solid teamAlaska has been through the first four weeks and interestingly enough I could probably say the same things about HHH with one exception. They have not had that breakout / dominate game where they go off and score 180pts. What they have done though is that they have been extremely consistent. Their lowest scoring game was last week at 124pts and their highest scoring game was in week two at 142 pts. This is a good team that will be looking to put that loss last week in the rear view mirror! pack slayer has been hurt by the injury bug but last week they were aided by an injury as K. Hunt becomes the featured back in the leagues #1 rushing offense. This will really make a difference when this team gets C. McCaffrey back but for now they are just trying to weather the storm! This is a winnable game and one that they need in order to start inching their way back up the standings!

Prediction:
I just talked about how good and consistent HHH has been but this might be the week we see them dip in that production. A. Jones is on a bye which hurts this team but they have had others step up all year. pack slayer really needs this game and I expect them to come out swinging! I am going to go with the upset here and pick pack slayer to get the win!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 9
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 5-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 117.09 to 111.67  

Rapids Plungers (1-3) vs Sportsfreak (0-4)

Sooo… this is an important game and records tell A story but not always the ENTIRE story and that is the case for both of these teams through 4 weeks. I usually look at points scored as a barometer and injuries of course. So here is what I mean.. if you look at Rapids Plungers and you see the 1-3 record you are not impressed but then you look at the fact that this team has scored the 6th most points in the league despite the fact that they had a rough 89 point week in there. You may see 1-3 but others may see a team ready to string together some wins and rise up in the standings. For Sportsfreak, the injury story is a tough one here as they have been without their top pick for 3 of the 4 weeks (D. Adams) AND not to mention they have the most points scored against them. So I might sound like I am making excuses for these teams which I am not because if they are feeling sorry for themselves they can just look at Pack Attack’s first four weeks BUT I am saying that these teams have some hope that they can turn things around yet this season and make some noise in the coming weeks!

Prediction:
I think the narrative is going to hold true for one team in this one. I expect that Rapids Plungers continues their hot scoring streak and puts up solid #’s AND where the narrative holds true is for Sportsfreak is that I once again think they are solid and put up OK #’s but not enough and they ultimately fall short once again. Rapids Plungers gets win #2 and let’s everyone know that they won’t let go of that championship trophy without a fight!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 12
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 9-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 135.48 to 127.79 

U Don’t Know (4-0) vs Starrfavrerodg (3-1)

I know there can only be one game of the week but if there could be two this would be the 2nd. The reason this one is not is simply because I think the game between the top two scoring teams in the league is going to be a bit more exciting then this one. So if you read the preview before this one you know that records don’t tell the whole story and the same can be said in this one however in the opposite direction. There is always one team each year that gets to play teams at just the right week and wins a lot of games despite having a team with some shortcomings. This year through 4 weeks I would say that is Starrfavrerodg. Why? #1 they have the 2nd fewest points scored against them in the league this year #2 they have the 9th most points scored and #3 the combined record of the teams they have beaten is 2-10. Now, I say this not to bash Starrfavrerodg but to simply point out the facts BUT the one fact that matters the most is that they are tied for 2nd in the league with 3 wins and they get a chance to prove they can beat a good team this week against the undefeated U Don’t Know team. Things are a bit more clear with U Don’t Know through 4 weeks. There team is good, there record is good and they look like a championship contending team.

Prediction:
I have bragged up the depth of this U Don’t Know team by saying they can beat you in so many ways. They now will get the chance to prove it as one of the top players through 4 weeks in A. Rodgers is on a bye. Starrfavrerodg is going to have trouble fielding a full team as it stands since injuries and bye weeks are affecting about all of their bench players. Even without Rodgers, I have more trust in the supporting cast for U Don’t Know. U Don’t Know moves to 5-0 and stays atop the league!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: N/A
• Record: N/A
• PPG Avg: N/A

Starrfavrerodg (110.96) vs Pack Attack (100.55)

Don’t look now but that rookie coach of Starrfavrerodg (3-1) has won three in a row and has now moved to 3-1 on the season! They continue to just find ways to win. This week wasn’t pretty but they did just enough to pull off the 10 point win over the worst team in the league after 4 weeks, Pack Attack (0-4). This one actually came down to Monday night to determine the winner as both teams were scrambling a bit due to the schedule change of the Chiefs and NE game. Mahomes (18.59pts) didn’t have a Mahomes like game and that kept Pack Attack in the game! There was one play that decided this game and it can be seen by clicking the following link. Game winning play!
This was worth 12 points for Starrfavrerodg and helped lead them to the 10 point win and keep them tied with 5 other teams at 3 wins! For Pack Attack well this team is no good right now and they have created a monumental type of challenge to salvage their season in the coming weeks!

DaUnderdog (117.00) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (47.46)

And there it is! DaUnderdog gets the much needed win and moved to 1-3 on the season! This was their best game of the year and they are hoping this is a sign of things to come. They have been trying to find the right mix of players ever since losing S. Barkley for the season and maybe this was the type of week they needed to build some momentum and string some wins together. They get to play the last place team next week in Pack Attack so things are looking up for DaUnderdog. 16hrs on the other hand lost their 3rd straight game and have declined each week since starting out with that really promising win in week 1. Injuries have been a problem and Julio was hurt again last night and seems like he may need a couple of weeks off to get right! Either way, 16hrs will go into next week yet again looking for win #2!

Big Papa (184.99) vs Rapids Plungers (157.64)

Shootout of the week! Both of these teams were going back and forth and the points were flying in! Specifically I am thinking of that Dallas vs Cleveland game as D. Prescott and his 54.84 points for Big Papa was the most by any player in fantasy this year! Prescott is also the #1 overall scoring player through 4 weeks! Big Papa moved to 3-1 on the season and are trying to stake their claim as one of the top teams in the league. Wins like this can go a long ways toward making that case. Rapids Plungers falls to a tough luck 1-3 on the season. By tough luck I mean they would have outscored and therefore beat any other team this week except for the one they actually played which was Big Papa! The good news for them is that they have now scored 150+ in back to back weeks and look to have figured out a solid roster moving forward! This was by far Big Papa’s best game of the season and they will be looking to keep that going next week against 16hrs!

BIGBOY! (147.18) vs Sportsfreak (112.06)

BIGBOY! (3-1) left nothing to chance this week and wanted to make sure that no stat correction was going to mess with their win! They dominated a desperate Sportsfreak team that fell to 0-4 on the season. BIGBOY! got this win thanks to huge production from Brady (40.18) and OBJ (31.92)! I am sure they are excited about both players but to see OBJ finally show up and have the type of game you know he is capable of and every week you are waiting hoping and waiting in anticipation for it to happen… but it rarely has over the past couple of years. If he can get going this team would look that much better! Sportsfreak has had a rough year as they fall to 0-4 on the season. They were once again without D. Adams but I don’t think he would have been enough to pull out the win here. They did get Kittle back and he went off for 40.68 points! Considering the rest of the team only scored 71.38 points I am not sure how good they feel about that as they know it isn’t sustainable. This is a team, like Pack Attack that has now dug themselves a HUGE hole that they need to figure out a way to dig out of!

PackerFANatic7 (116.09) vs Bossman (97.64)

And.. it finally ends! The Bossman (3-1) winning streak that is as PackerFANatic7 (2-2) pulls off the upset and stops the streak at 12 regular season games in a row. PackerFANatic7 got solid games from T. McLaurin (20.90) and M. Stafford (23.52) to lead the way and to move their team back to .500 on the season! I think it is also worth mentioning that they won this game despite having Joe Mixon and his 45.57 points on the bench! Hey PackerFANatic7 if you don’t have any use for Mixon I am sure I could find a starting spot for him on my roster! 🙂 You don’t have to look far to figure out what happened here for Bossman as C. Ridley (0 pts) and A. Ekeler (1.90 pts) did not get their usual points in this one. Ridley was shut down by J. Alexander while Ekeler’s minimal points was due to injury. I think the injury to Ekeler is going to slow down some of the momentum that Bossman had built through three weeks. One interesting thing about this win for PackerFANatic7 is that they are the one and only team with a 2-2 record through 4 games. No idea what this means but from a standings perspective it is a bit odd! Maybe it means that we have 7 good teams, 6 bad teams and one in PackerFANatic7 that has yet to decide which one they are!

U Don’t Know (144.00) vs HHH (124.27)

This was the game of the week coming in and it didn’t disappoint! Like expected it came down to Monday nights game and U Don’t Know (4-0) once again got a great performance from A. Rodgers (35.87) which was exactly what they needed to lead them to another victory and they are now the lone undefeated team in the league! The way at which they won this game is once again why I think barring injury this team will continue to be your favorite in the league and is going to be tough to beat. They had 6 players score in double figures and 5 of those scored over 14 points. They did all this without their best RB (D. Henry) who was on a bye and their replacement scored 0 points. HHH fell to 3-1 on the season and were just missing that one player to show up and dominate. They had solid performances from a few of their players but in the previous weeks they always had one player who seemed to have a monster game to lead the charge and they were missing that this week. This seems like it could be a preview of a playoff matchup down the road!

teamAlaska (122.68) vs pack slayer (98.18)

teamAlaska moves to 3-1 on the season despite scoring their fewest points in a week all year. This is the exact reason why I think this team has a real shot at making some serious noise! They have to be excited about the Gurley 17 points and they won despite Kamara having a good game but not great. Overall they are now sitting at 3-1 and based on points they are sitting at spot #2 in the standings. This is a team that is continuing to look like one of the better ones in the league! pack slayer falls to 1-3 on the season in a game that they probably feel as though they should have found a way to win. Instead, they had their lowest point total all season. They have now dug themselves into a bit of a hole that they are going to have to dig out of which when C. McCaffrey comes back this is a team that has a shot to do so however they are likely going to need to figure out a way to win at least one without him. Will it be next week?

That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!

The game between the Titans and Steelers has been PPD for this week so check your rosters ahead of time!

Who will win the battle of the unbeatens, U Don’t Know or HHH?

Can Bossman win lucky #13 in a row?

Can one of our three remaining teams without a win get in the W column?

All this and more in this week’s preview!

Starrfavrerodg (2-1) vs Pack Attack (0-3)

So you would think that a veteran team like Pack Attack who has been playing in this league for 17 years would have the edge over the rookie team playing in their 4th week right!? Nope! Starrfavrerodg has their team playing well and Pack Attack can’t seem to catch a break with regards to injuries this season so Starrfavrerodg is certainly the favorite in this meeting. I had to come back to this matchup because as I was writing the preview it was announced that the Steelers/Titans game has been PPD. That has the most significance for Pack Attack as they lose Roethlisberger and JuJu but Starrfavrerodg also loses J. Conner and C. Davis. Both managers have to adjust and looks like Pack Attack is looking for some Fitz”magic” to help because we know they are going to need something to turn their season around!

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: N/A
• Record: N/A
• PPG Avg: N/A

16hrs Ahead of You!! (1-2) vs DaUnderdog (0-3)

There are two big items to discuss in this one. #1 for 16hrs they are trying to get to win #2 on the season. Why is that a big item? Because the last time they got to win #2 on the season was in Week 4 of the 2018 season. Yes, that is two years ago. Overall in their last 22 games they are 2-20! I tell you that because I think this team has a real shot this year…. at 3 wins! 🙂 Now to DaUnderdog… starting 0-3 was clearly not what they had envisioned going into the season and let’s just say I hope that their real estate investments work out better then their fantasy football team! So I am having some fun with this one and both of these coaches know where to find me 🙂 but in all seriousness this is a big game for both teams. An 0-4 start doesn’t leave a lot of wiggle room for the remainder of the year if you are DaUnderdog while 16hrs would love to get back to .500 on the season and start putting together some wins!

Prediction:
So which M. Ryan and Julio Jones will show up in this one? Will Julio Jones show up at all (injury)? That is the big question for this one but for the sake of the prediction I am going to assume he is playing. I think L. Jackson gets back on track this week for DaUnderdog and Allen Robinson should benefit with a real QB throwing him the ball this week but I don’t see that being enough. I am going with 16hrs to get the win and do something they haven’t done in a long time.. get win #2!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 18
• Record: Advantage DaUnderdog at 10-8
• PPG Avg: Advantage 16hrs Ahead of You!! 102.26 to 102.07  

Big Papa (2-1) vs Rapids Plungers (1-2)

Big Papa comes into this one fresh of the “crazy” stat correction win last week! This has to give them a bit more momentum this week as I am sure they were feeling a bit down after what was thought to be a loss last week! Rapids Plungers also is coming into this game with a lot of momentum and are looking to build on last weeks 153 point outburst. This one has the making to be a really good matchup. In fact, if you are someone that pays attention and cares about the Yahoo projected scoring then this is projected to be the top two scoring teams in the league this week and they are going head to head!

Prediction:
In looking at this game I can see why yahoo has it so high scoring as there are some players with really outstanding “go off” kind of potential. The one area that I think Yahoo has it wrong is the QB position. I think Watson finally has the type of game that Rapids Plungers has been waiting for and Prescott cools down a bit (This is Ezekial Elliott’s week to shine). I expect this to be close and once again come right down to the wire but I think Big Papa finds a way to win here and move to a solid 3-1 on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 12
• Record: Advantage Big Papa at 7-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Big Papa 118.64 to 118.57

BIGBOY! (2-1) vs Sportsfreak (0-3)

As I was thinking about this one initially this morning (pre-stat correction) I was thinking how fun of a game this was going to be. Two brothers going head to head. One hasn’t lost and one hasn’t won! Which one comes out on top!? Now granted, BIGBOY! still has two wins and Sportsfreak still is winless so this game for sure means a lot more to Sportsfreak at this point but I think there is something deep down inside that BIGBOY! would kind of enjoy sending their big brother to a 0-4 start!

Prediction:
It is interesting that BIGBOY! just lost their game last week on a stat correction and now here we are in week 4 and Yahoo currently has BIGBOY losing this week by a score of 126.85 to 126.86. Could we see our first ever tie!? Wow, now that is going to be quite the day when we see that happen! I am not thinking that will happen here but Sportsfreak’s roster looks a lot better when D. Adams and G. Kittle are in it! Assuming both of those players do play I like Sportsfreak to get their first win of the season! If one of them misses then I think BIGBOY! gets the win.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage Sportsfreak at 7-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage Sportsfreak 120.55 to 111.65

Bossman (3-0) vs PackerFANatic7 (1-2)

Bossman has been dominating through the first three games of the season! They are 3-0, averaging 164.56 ppg and winning by an average of 47.94 points! That is the definition of domination! They will also be going for their 13th straight regular season win this week! I am not sure what else to say about this team other then they are GOOD! PackerFANatic7 just got done playing the highest scoring team in the league (teamAlaska) last week and now they get to play the second highest scoring team in the league and they are in second by a mere 4 points. I know that PackerFANatic7 surely won’t back down from a challenge and that is what they have got this week. They haven’t started as fast as they would have liked but a big win here to move back to .500 would feel awfully good for them!

Prediction:
I always like to find ways for the underdog to win or ways that I can at least pick the underdog to win but this Bossman team is too hot for me to pick against them. I think they keep things rolling again this week and move that winning streak to 13 straight!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 3
• Record: Advantage PackerFANatic7 at 2-1
• PPG Avg: Advantage PackerFANatic7 132.74 to 111.02  

HHH (3-0) vs U Don’t Know (3-0)

Game of the week! Yes, I know it is just week 4 but this is the only game this week that features two undefeated teams and that warrants game of the week status. I have been talking a lot over the past couple of weeks on how much I like the makeup of U Don’t Know’s team but HHH and their squad are no slouches either. They have the 4th most points scored in the league and their lowest scoring week was last week when they scored 130 points. This is going to be a good game and if PackerFANatic7 can find a way to bear Bossman the winner here takes over sole possession of first place!

Prediction:
I don’t think I would have hesitated much in picking U Don’t Know in this one but then that thing happened where the Titans are not playing and that means that D. Henry will be out for U Don’t Know. That is a big loss considering the only backup RB currently on their roster is T. Coleman and he is on IR. With that said, I am going to actually go with HHH to win this one. It may come down to who has more points on Monday night. A. Jones or A. Rodgers? Both are capable of monster games but something tells me this is U Don’t Know’s week to struggle a bit.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 14
• Record: Tied with 7 wins a piece
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 116.57 to 110.96 

teamAlaska (2-1) vs pack slayer (1-2)

pack slayer is hitting a bit of a rough patch to their schedule as they played U Don’t Know last week, they get teamAlaska (highest scoring team in the league) this week and then a current undefeated team in HHH next week. That’s a tough schedule and they already lost one of them but if they get the next two to move to 3-2 on the season you would like their chances to make a good run the rest of the way especially with McCaffrey coming back but if they lose the next two and fall to 1-4… well that is a tough hole to dig out of. teamAlaska will be looking to keep up their stellar start of the season this week. Yes, they have the one loss but don’t let that fool you as through three weeks this is no doubt one of the best teams in the league. Can they continue that this week?

Prediction:
I think this is another win for teamAlaska. They are just too many weapons for pack slayer to keep up with and I expect Kamara and Wilson to continue doing their thing! teamAlaska to keep climbing up the rankings!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 9
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 7-2
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 127.01 to 113.70

HHH (130.94) vs Pack Attack (87.26)

HHH is continuing their hot start to the season as they come away with their easiest win of the season and remaining undefeated at 3-0. They have been extremely consistent through three weeks as they have scored over 130 points each week this week however they were led by an unlikely source in J. Jefferson the WR for MN. He put up 31 points in the win! They will be looking to keep this thing going next week as they host another undefeated team in U Don’t Know! For Pack Attack they fell to 0-3 and at this point if you are in need of a win… this is the team you want to play!

Starrfavrerodg (127.28) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (105.09)

They got the first one out of the way last week and now Starrfavrerodg (2-1) is ready to go on a winning streak! They were led this week by Mahomes and his 44.43 points in Monday nights game as well as a solid showing from J. Conner (24.27pts). Starrfavrerodg is heating up and to make things even better, do you remember that team that I mentioned you want to be playing if you are in need of a win? Well I am not so sure Starrfavrerodg is in need of a win BUT they will go up against Pack Attack next week so starting out their rookie campaign at 3-1 is looking very likely! 16hrs falls to 1-2 on the season and I think in this case you can point to two players. These are the same two players that lit up the scoreboard in week 1 and now they combined for 8.69 points. That is J. Jones and M. Ryan. Yes, Julio was left as a starter despite not playing this week (16hrs didn’t have another healthy WR on their roster) but I would have expected a bit more from Matt Ryan. This is a team that assuming they can get healthy they are going to win some games and I expect them to compete but they may need a week or two to get back to that point.

BIGBOY! (117.66) vs Big Papa (117.51)

Wow! We have had some fun games already the past three weeks but despite the lower scoring game this one came literally down to the final seconds of the week. Big Papa was down by 12.92 points going into Monday nights game. BIGBOY! did not have any other players and Big Papa had one, that was their 1st round pick in C. Edwards-Helaire. This is what first round picks are supposed to do! They get you that 13 points you need and lead your team to a victory right!? Unfortunately for Big Papa that was not quite the case as Helaire finished with 12.77 points and they lost by a mere 0.15 points! 0.15! I like to put things into perspective, so Big Papa you lost this game by a total of 3 yards rushing from your top overall pick! 3 yards!! 3 more yards and we would be talking about the great win but instead BIGBOY! remains undefeated and moves to 3-0 on the season and Big Papa falls to 1-2. This one is going to sting for awhile! For BIGBOY! there are always games like this throughout a season and sometimes winning these games that could go either way are the difference in making the playoffs or not. This is a 3-0 team so they have set themselves up nicely however of all the 3-0 teams this is the one I am most concerned with. They are going to need some guys to start playing like the stars they claim to be if they want to keep in winning!

Bossman (156.34) vs Sportsfreak (106.83)

Bossman is on a roll as they dominate once again and get their now 12th straight regular season win in a row! They are now alone for the 3rd longest regular season winning streak in league history only behind Sportsfreak (14) and Rapids Plungers (15). They dominated this game right from the start as J. Allen (37.75), D. Cook (28.97) and A. Ekeler (25.73) set the tone and they never looked back. In fact, if you throw in their 4th highest scoring player in R. Woods and his 16.70 points that is all Bossman needed to win this week (4 players)! Bossman is 3-0 and it would be a hard argument to pick any other team as the top in the league through 3 weeks! There is one I think that could make their case but I will get to that shortly. For Sportsfreak they fell to 0-3 on the season and without T. Lockett’s 37 points this would have been really ugly! They however have been bit with the injury bug as both D. Adams and G. Kittle were out with injury. I expect better days ahead for this team!

Rapids Plungers (153.83) vs DaUnderdog (92.15)

Finally! That is the words I am sure the coach of Rapids Plungers (1-2) was saying after their team came together and put up a really good scoring week! They had a rough last week with only 89 points but you can see them piecing together their roster and this week you saw the potential. They wanted nothing to do with going 0-3 to start the season and they dominated DaUnderdog from the start thanks to 8 starting positions scoring over 10pts and their D position leading the way with 30! DaUnderdog is struggling right now to find points as they fall to 0-3 on the season. They were relying heavily on L. Jackson and S. Barkley to start the season and when Barkley was lost for the year it put a lot more pressure on Jackson to make up the difference. Unfortunately for DaUnderdog 11.47 points isn’t going to cut it. They are going to need some guys to step up and soon if they want to salvage their season!

U Don’t Know (152.09) vs pack slayer (110.18)

I mentioned this in last week’s preview but I really like the overall makeup of this U Don’t Know team and it showed again this week as they move to 3-0 on the season. They once again got production from a number of different players as they had 7 positions score over 10 points. Anyone of those players that scored over 10 points are capable of a 30 point game. For example, week 1 it was Rodgers who led the way with 36.41 points, Week 2 it was S. Diggs with 31.65 points and this week it was D. Henry with 27.48 points. That is the type of depth and production that will win you a lot of games and barring any major injury I expect this team to continue winning! For pack slayer they put up a good fight without their star RB (McCaffrey) but in the end they didn’t have enough firepower to keep up! They fell to 1-2 on the season and they are already counting down the days before McCaffrey’s return!

teamAlaska (186.12) vs PackerFANatic7 (118.94)

R. Wilson and A. Kamara…. that is about all you need to know for this one as both of those guys play for teamAlaska and they combined for 85.59 points this week! teamAlaska got some solid play from others which allowed them to have a huge scoring day at 186.12 points. They moved to 2-1 on the season and are now the highest scoring team in the league through 3 weeks. Can this continue? I am not sure but when you have the highest scoring QB (Wilson) and the highest scoring RB (Kamara) in the league and a decent supporting cast you are going to win a lot of games! PackerFANatic7 falls to 1-2 on the season and really didn’t stand a chance in this one. They didn’t have a terrible game but they are going to have to figure out a way to score over 120 points in the coming weeks if they want to be more then a .500 team this season. It will need to start next week as they go up against the top team in the league in Bossman!

That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!

Can Bossman continue their dominance and win their 12th straight regular season game?
Will the 4 remaining undefeated teams stay that way after this week is complete?
Will 16hrs double their win total from a year ago with a win this week?

All those questions answered and more in this week’s preview!

HHH (2-0) vs Pack Attack (0-2)

HHH comes into this one riding the huge amount of momentum that last weeks win brought and they will be looking to continue this week against one of the 4 remaining winless teams in Pack Attack. HHH has made the playoffs for three straight years and will be looking for a 4th this season. The one thing that they have been doing an excellent job of in those years is starting fast. In a 14 team league where bye weeks and injuries play a big role in how your team may look from week to week starting fast is extremely important. HHH will be looking to continue that this week as they look to remain undefeated while Pack Attack is just looking to weather the storm of injuries and somehow find a way to pull off the upset!

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 17
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 13-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 119.97 to 102.05

Bossman (2-0) vs Sportsfreak (0-2)

Matchup #2 where a undefeated team is going up against a winless team. Yes I know it is only week 3 but losing here and seeing your opponent move to 3-0 while you move to 0-3… not fun and that is a lot of ground to make up over the course of the next 9 weeks. Saying that Bossman is coming into this one with momentum is probably putting it too lightly. They last lost a regular season game on 10/1/19! They have now won 11 in a row and with a win here they would own the third longest regular season winning streak in league history! Interestingly enough the team they are facing, Sportsfreak owns the second longest (14 in a row) back in the 2016 – 2017 seasons. Right now though Sportsfreak would be good with just one of those wins as they look to avoid an 0-3 start!

Prediction:
Once again we need to talk injuries as there are two big ones and they both involve Sportsfreak. Those would be G. Kittle and D. Adams! These are two of their best players and with these two players playing it will be tough for Sportsfreak to win but without them not impossible but highly unlikely! The good news is that as of now both look like they will play so for the sake of predicting this game I am going to assume they will both be going. I think Sportsfreak has a legitimate shot here. I like Murray’s matchup against Det and I expect DJ Moore to build on his solid performance from a week ago. I say that however I don’t think they win this one. Bossman and their team has looked unstoppable and until they cool down a bit it is going to be hard to pick against them. I am going to pick Bossman to win this one and extend their winning streak to 12 in a row!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 14
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 11-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 120.74 to 112.42  

BIGBOY! (2-0) vs Big Papa (1-1)

These are always some of my favorite games! The Father/Son matchup’s! Both teams are off to good starts as BIGBOY! has yet to lose and Big Papa despite the one loss has actually scored more points then BIGBOY! through two games. If you look at the historical #’s BIGBOY! has the upper hand but I can’t help but wonder if that has something to do with BIGBOY! being a youngster living at home and offering their Dad bogus trades in order to stack their team!? This should be a good one as BIGBOY! looks to stay atop the league while Big Papa will be looking to continue something he has been doing for years (just not on the fantasy football field)… teach BIGBOY! a lesson or two!

Prediction:
The first thing I am doing for every game this week is starting with injuries and the team that has fewer automatically starts looking better for the win. In this one, that team is BIGBOY! however as I look closely I am not expecting any of those players with the “Q” tag for Big Papa to miss time. I am looking forward to this one as I expect a relatively high scoring game. If there is a game to circle for BIGBOY! it is Dallas vs Seattle as they have C. Carson and Zeke going in that one. I expect both Zeke and Carson to have solid games but for BIGBOY! I think they are going to need their WR’s to step up and play over projection to get the win here. I think this is the week that K. Drake goes over 100 and scores a TD but I am not sure that will be quite enough! Look for Big Papa to be down by 25 going into the Monday nighter and C. Edwards-Helaire and S. Watkins won’t be able to close the gap! BIGBOY! wins and remains undefeated on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 7-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 133.96 to 112.83

Rapids Plungers (0-2) vs DaUnderdog (0-2)

The narrative in this one is simple. Two teams both of which are 0-2 and both needing a win! DaUnderdog saw their season take a massive hit as they lost S. Barkley for the year and not to mention they were already without L. Bell who landed on IR after week 1. This is a team that is just trying anyway possible to stay afloat and salvage their season. The outlook doesn’t look so bad on the other side of the ball as Rapids Plungers despite their 0-2 record is still trying to piece together their team as they look to hit their stride when it matters most BUT falling to 0-3 is not something they had in mind and a win here is important.

Prediction:
DaUnderdog is still trying to figure out who will be starting for their team this week so it is hard to evaluate this game fully right now OR maybe that makes it simple as the players he will be putting in will be guys that they are taking flyers on and hoping they outperform projections. I think Rapids Plungers team is starting to take shape and I expect them to get the win here and avoid the 0-3 hole.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 12
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 9-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 125.96 to 106.98

PackerFANatic7 (1-1) vs teamAlaska (1-1)

PackerFANatic7 will be looking to build on their first win of the season however I don’t expect it to be easy as they are up against a teamAlaska squad that despite their 1-1 record has the second most points scored in the league. You don’t have to look far to understand where the points are coming from as through two weeks they have the #1 scoring QB (R. Wilson), #2 scoring RB (Kamara), and the # 5 scoring WR (R. Anderson). Ok so R. Anderson at the #5 WR is not expected to last but it has certainly helped them thus far! PackerFANatic7 got the win last week but I am not convinced they have things figured out just yet. A win here would certainly be a big momentum builder.

Prediction:
I will admit before I started looking closely at this game I assumed I would be picking teamAlaska to win. However, now that I have spent some time it is not quite as clear as I thought it might be. I am still going to pick teamAlaska because they have R. Wilson and A. Kamara and I trust both of those players this week more then any player on PackerFANatic7’s side but I expect that PackerFANatic7 hangs around in this one. In the end though, Kamara will finish the deal on Sunday night if he has to and teamAlaska gets win #2.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 3
• Record: Advantage teamAlaska at 2-1
• PPG Avg: Advantage teamAlaska 120.16 to 104.18  

Starrfavrerodg (1-1) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (1-1)

Starrfavrerodg is coming off their first ever win last week while 16hrs is coming off of a heartbreaking loss! The momentum of that would certainly seem to be in Starrfavrerodg’s favor but 16hrs played well so it will be interesting to see how they perform in this weeks game. Injuries are a thing for a lot of teams right now and they are for 16hrs as they have a # of players with the questionable tag while Starrfavrerodg has been fortunate to avoid any major injuries to this point. It is week 3 but 16hrs will be looking to double their win total from last season with a win this week!

Prediction:
This is a hard one to predict with not knowing 100% the status of a few of the players for 16hrs but I am going to make some assumptions and in doing so I feel the best about Starrfavrerodg in this one. I do think that N. Chubb and the M. Ryan / J. Jones combination make this one interesting but Starrfavrerodg and their team look healthy and poised for back to back wins! Starrfavrerodg with the W!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: N/A
• Record: N/A
• PPG Avg: N/A  

U Don’t Know (2-0) vs pack slayer (1-1)

This is a game against two really good teams. The injury bug hit pack slayer hard as the #1 overall pick in C. McCaffrey went down due to injury and now is on IR. I would have love to see this game with McCaffrey a part of it as it would have made it that much better. U Don’t Know has been rolling and right now I would put their lineup up against just about anyone’s. The thing I like the most is I don’t see many weaknesses which means you likely won’t see the terrible 80 point game from this team and you will eventually see the blow up game where they go off for 180! I think some of the same things could be said for a pack slayer team as well I am just not as confident with their players BUT McCaffrey when playing can make up the difference.

Prediction:
It is going to be hard for me to pick against U Don’t Know and a pack slayer team without McCaffrey doesn’t look nearly as dangerous. I think U Don’t Know moves to 3-0 and stays atop the standings while pack slayer falls to a tough luck 1-2.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 9
• Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 6-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 120.55 to 105.37

pack slayer (142.05) vs Pack Attack (96.43)

pack slayer (2-0) learned from last week where despite scoring a solid 138 points they still lost! This week they made sure to put away Pack Attack (0-2) early by putting up 142 points and leaving no doubt who the winner in this one was going to be. The win didn’t come without a price however and this will be the theme throughout this week but C. McCaffrey went down after scoring a TD and now is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks! That is a big blow for this team but thankfully C. Newton seems to be the Cam Newton of old. Can he and the rest of the team hold down the fort while McCaffrey is gone? It will be interesting to see how the next few weeks go!

HHH (142.44) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (141.58)

Wow! What a game this turned out to be! For those of you that were only paying attention to your game let me set the stage here. Going into Monday nights game HHH (2-0) was down by 14.38 points but they had Brees left to play. If I was HHH I would like my chances of Brees getting over 14.38 points on Monday night against the Raiders. However, those points were hard to come by and it looked like they may not ever come! All that Oakland needed was 1 more 1st down and they could have run out the clock but they couldn’t do it. Instead they kick a FG to put them up 10 with 1:05 to play. At this point Drew Brees had 264 yards passing and 8.3 points. Well, let’s just say what happens next only benefited fantasy football players because this is what you call “garbage time” points. Brees runs the hurry up offense and in that 1 minute drive throws for 48 yards (2 points) and got over the 300 yard mark (5 bonus points) which allowed for Brees to finish with 15.24 points and HHH pulled off the victory by a mere 0.86 points! These are the type of games that make fantasy football so fun unless of course you are 16hrs and are screaming for Brees to just let the clock run out. This is about the closest thing you will find to a buzzer beater in fantasy football! What a game! For 16hrs (1-1) this was clearly a rough loss however after two weeks that have to be pleased with how their team has looked. They have the #3 scoring team in the league and have scored over 140 points each week! Could this be the year for 16hrs or will this loss be enough to push them into their usual tailspin!?

Bossman (189.53) vs Big Papa (132.93)

If there was any question how Bossman (2-0) was going to react after losing in the Super Bowl last year well… I think those questions are answered. This team has looked dominant through two weeks. Josh Allen has looked unstoppable and Calvin Ridley is averaging 30 ppg so far! Add on to that Fournette just put up 28 points and this team is going to be tough to beat. There is a bit of bad news however and that is one of their bright young WR’s in C. Sutton was lost for the year to an ACL injury. Bossman has now won 11 straight regular season games which ties them for the 3rd longest streak in league history! Big Papa (1-1) had another solid outing this week but they just happen to play the team that scored the most points in week 2! Usually Big Papa is known for having one of the top defenses and holding teams in check but not this week! I can say however that they have been the most consistent team in the league with regards to scoring. Let me show you: Week 1 = 132.32, Week 2 = 132.93. At least you can’t say your team didn’t improve from Week 1! Big Papa will look to score 134 points next week as they take on the undefeated BIGBOY! team while Bossman looks to continue their domination against a winless Sportsfreak team!

BIGBOY! (121.32) vs DaUnderdog (68.27)

BIGBOY! (2-0) comes away with the easy win here over DaUnderdog (0-2) who had a brutal week! BIGBOY! got solid production from their entire team as they had 6 players score in double figures and were led by J. Edelman and his 26 points. This team has not been dominant this season but they have done what good teams do which is find ways to win each week. They will be looking for win #3 against Big Papa next week! For DaUnderdog, they got some work to do to avoid their season going even further up into flames. You knew going in that this team was going to be dependant on two primary players each week (L. Jackson and S. Barkley). Now Barkley is out for the season with an ACL injury so that means someone else on their team is going to have to pick up the slack. This is where fantasy managers can show off their skills as winning without your 1st round pick available for an entire year is a tough task! Good luck DaUnderdog!

PackerFANatic7 (119.84) vs Sportsfreak (110.29)

This was a big win for PackerFANatic7 (1-1)! Yes, I know it is week 2 but thinking back to last year and the season they had they did not want to fall to 0-2! They were led this week by T. McLaurin (24.25) and an undrafted FA in J. Robinson (21.70). I am sure they are happy with that production but for this team to go anywhere this season they are going to need better production from some of their stars! For Sportsfreak (0-2) they are off to another tough start and I am sure they are frustrated with this loss. D. Adams didn’t play much in the second half of the packers game and only put up 4.8 points. Without that happening would this score have been different? Maybe… but it wasn’t and now Sportsfreak is left with a 0-2 hole to dig out of and to make things worst they get to do battle next week with the top team in the league through two weeks in Bossman!

Starrfavrerodg (120.53) vs Rapids Plungers (89.91)

Starrfavrerodg (1-1) gets their first win ever and they did it against the defending champions! They were led by Mahomes (28.64) and Conner (20.82) this week. This one has to feel good as not only was it their first ever win but they also did it without their top WR in C. Godwin, J. Crowder was also out and he last week put up 24 points AND they had Gronk starting who failed to register a single point. For Rapids Plungers our defending champs they fall to 0-2 on the season. This one was rough as Will Fuller clearly wasn’t himself as he didn’t register a single point! P. Campbell who seemed poised for a big game against the Vikings secondary who was torched the week before by Rodgers got hurt in the first quarter and now may be out for the season. Malcolm Brown who had 47 rush yards prior to going out with injury as well although his doesn’t appear to be serious. All in all that counts as a rough day and I expect better days ahead for this team!

U Don’t Know (143.98) vs teamAlaska (138.28)

I already talked about what a game HHH vs 16hrs was and all the drama surrounding that one. Well, this game here was a very close second and it also almost turned into a miraculous win for teamAlaska. How close was it? Let me show you all the ways teamAlaska could have won this one…
1. R. Wilson throws for 12 more yards = teamAlaska win
2. K. Allen has 4 more yards receiving = teamAlaska win
3. S. Diggs has 4 fewer receiving yards = teamAlaska win
4. M. Evans has 5 fewer receiving yards = teamAlaska win
5. J. Taylor has 2 fewer rushing yards = teamAlaska win
6. C. Lamb has 7 fewer receiving yards = teamAlaska win
AND last but not least if A. Kamara would have found a way for 5 more receiving yards on Monday night football teamAlaska would have won! Guess what.. none of those things happened and U Don’t Know got a great win! U Don’t Know moves to 2-0 on the season and they look like they have a team that can beat you from many different areas and they are doing all of this without their top pick in D. Henry performing as you would expect. teamAlaska falls to 1-1 but they have to be happy with their back to back performances to start the season.

That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!