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HHH (138.72) vs Pack Attack (132.00)

What a game and what a win for HHH as they move to 3-3 on the season! This one came down to the wire as Pack Attack (2-4) was looking to make up ground with both Diggs and Moss playing on Monday night but HHH countered that with AJ Brown. At the half, HHH held a slim two point lead and then AJ Brown decided to show up and had 7 catches for 91 yards in that second half. With Buffalo down 3 points and getting the ball back for what seemed like would be a final drive or overtime Pack Attack needed 6.73 points to take the lead. Diggs at this point had 89 yards receiving so all that would need to happen in that final drive is a 11 + yard completion to Diggs and he would get the +5 bonus for over 100 yards and the catch + the yards and Pack Attack would be in the lead! Nope, never happened and HHH holds on to get their 3 win of the season. No… I am not angry.. as I take out my aggression on my keyboard keys while typing this!

DaUnderdog (139.26) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (138.16)

Wow! The Pack Attack vs HHH game was good but this one was a little better and involved a crazy come from behind win for DaUnderdog. DaUnderdog came into the Monday night game down by 34.08 points with only one player remaining but luckily for them it is their best player and through 6 weeks it is the best player in fantasy football. I am talking about Derrick Henry incase you didn’t know! For Henry to get to that many points he would need to have one of his better games of the season and going against a tough Bills D that seemed like it may be too much to ask. Things started slow for him but then he broke through in the second quarter with a 76 yard TD run and suddenly you could see the possibility there for a big game. Henry got TD #2 in the third quarter and as the game was coming to a close with 3:02 left on the clock Henry ran in TD #3 on the day from 13 yards out giving DaUnderdog the lead and that was all that was needed as DaUnderdog comes away with the improbable 1 point win! 16hrs falls to 3-3 on the season and has now lost three straight games!

Bossman (125.06) vs Big Papa (109.80)

Bossman does it again as they get the win thanks to a big game from L. Fournette (25.70) on Thursday evening. I am beginning to think that this is what Bossman is going to be this year. They have a team that has been led to this point by T. Brady and they are capable of a big game here and there but most weeks they will sit in this 120 to 130 range for scoring and that has served them well as they are currently in the #2 spot in the league at 5-1. Big Papa had a shot here and this one played out somewhat as I suspected (hence the reason I picked the upset) however I expected a game in the 30’s for Mahomes and I also expected Big Papa to start the guys that were playing. Big Papa had C. Kirk on the bench (14.75) which had he started him over Parker (DNP) the final score would have been 125.06 to 124.55. I guess they lose either way so maybe this way it isn’t so heartbreaking! Big Papa continues their hold on last place and they have now lost 5 games in a row!

BIGBOY! (150.75) vs Starrfavrerodg (101.15)

Just another day at the office for BIGBOY! as they move to 6-0 on the season with yet another dominating performance. Outside of their 11 point week 1 win no team the next closest came was a 20 point win over teamAlaska. I am not sure what else their is to say about this team at this point other then they keep doing it from all different directions. Some weeks it is Herbert and Williams and other weeks like this week it is TJ Watt (31.95) and Darrell Henderson (20.65) and once again to remind all of you that CMC has played two games for this team! Starrfavrerodg saw their 3 game winning streak come to a screeching halt as they picked a bad time to have their worst week of the season. Clearly 5 other teams ahead of you haven’t had any luck against BIGBOY! this season so better days ahead for Starrfavrerodg.

pack slayer (146.85) vs U Don’t Know (97.92)

pack slayer had something to prove this week and that was to let everyone know that the 93 point effort from a week ago was merely one bad week and that this team is still a team to be reckoned with! They did just that this week as they beat up on the defending champion U Don’t Know squad by handing them their 5th loss of the season and beating them by 48 points! When Stafford and Kupp are clicking (which they have been most of the season) this team is going to be tough to beat however given the reliance on these two players and throw in T. Hill I am somewhat worried about the consistency with the scoring. Let’s see if they can find some other pieces or have some guys step up and be those complimentary type of players this team needs right now! U Don’t Know is struggling and they are realizing that winning the Super Bowl is hard but repeating is even harder! They are now sitting at 1-5 on the season and they are going to need to start finding some ways to get wins and soon!

teamAlaska (135.82) vs PackerFANatic7 (86.51)

This was a big win for teamAlaska as they move to 4-2 on the season. I talked about it before but much like Bossman they are winning this season by being very consistent in their scoring. This was their highest scoring week of the season at 135 points and outside of a week 3 101 point game their lowest scoring week has been 117.25. This level of consistency means that they have a well rounded team that in order to beat them you are going to have to play a good game! The only thing I would like to see from this team is that blow up type game where they score in the 170’s. Consistency is great and will get you a lot of wins and likely a playoff berth but come playoff time you may need that big game to get to the next round. I am waiting to see that from this team! PackerFANatic7 falls to 3-3 on the season and I this team can’t seem to make up its mind with whether they want to be a good team or a bad team. The last two weeks prior to this one they looked like a really good team averaging a ridiculous 181.78 PPG. Then you have a week like this where they score 86.51 points and I am left scratching my head as to what just happened!? Clearly the potential is there now like pack slayer they need to get together some level of consistency or this is likely a team that will be exactly what you have seen through three weeks. A .500 team that looks really good some weeks and really bad the others!

Sportsfreak (128.87) vs Rapids Plungers (98.42)

This was an impressive win by Sportsfreak as they move to 2-4 on the season. Not only did they beat a quality team but they also did so after having one of the most frustrating losses a person could have the week before. They have put together back to back solid weeks and they are hoping that this win here will start them on a path to a winning streak! Rapids Plungers despite their record had been playing fairly well however that ended this week as they failed to score 100 points for the first time all season. With both of these teams now sitting at 2-4, it will be interesting to see where each of them go from here. In the next 6 games will they be 4-8 or will one of them get hot and be pushing for a playoff spot or better yet in playoff positioning?

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

HHH (2-3) vs Pack Attack (2-3)

HHH started off this season with two really solid wins over PackerFANatic7 and Rapids Plungers but they have since lost three games in a row including losses to U Don’t Know and Sportsfreak who each only have one win on the season. Pack Attack has not been good all season and their 2-3 record actually doesn’t reflect how poor they have played through 5 weeks. So we have two teams struggling but after this week one of them will be back to .500!

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 13-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 118.15 to 103.66

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

There are a number of good games again this week but this one is definitely one I will be keeping on eye on. 16hrs has cooled down a bit after that 3-0 start while DaUnderdog is coming off their worst performance of the season in a losing effort. 16hrs has got to be looking at this as an important early season game as a loss here and the shades of “every other year” where they can’t string it together for a full season. DaUnderdog understands that if they can steal a win or two while some of their players are recovering from injury that would be huge. They will be looking to do just that this week!

Prediction:
Well, this is a difficult one to project as of this writing I am not 100% sure what roster DaUnderdog will be fielding. I also think this may be a down game for D. Henry who has been on fire through 5 weeks. With that said, I like 16hrs in this one to get their 4th win of the season and send DaUnderdog back to .500 on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 19
• Record: Advantage DaUnderdog at 11-8
• PPG Avg: Advantage DaUnderdog 102.86 to 99.37  

Bossman (4-1) vs Big Papa (1-4)

Bossman comes into this one riding a three game winning streak but it wasn’t until last week that you really saw the potential this team has. I would call last week a ceiling game for this team meaning I wouldn’t expect many (if any) weeks better then what we saw in their 177 point outburst. It did however prove that this team has the potential to hang with anyone in the league! For Big Papa this has not been the start to their season they expected as they have lost 4 straight games and find themselves in last place through 5 weeks! The part that has to be discouraging is that rather then getting better they seem to be going in the opposite direction as they had their worst game last week as they only scored 76 points. Yes, that means that Bossman last week scored 100 more points then Big Papa. I know you can’t bring any of those points with you this week so it means nothing other then the fact that Bossman is playing good and Big Papa is not. Can Big Papa find a way to pull of the upset?

Prediction:
You know what.. I actually think they can AND it makes for a good story if I get this right but here is my thinking. I don’t expect a monster 5 TD game from Brady but I would expect him to get into the 20 point range BUT I also see Godwin being the benefactor of a couple Brady TD’s. Then I expect Mahomes to have his best game of the year and score close to 40 and lastly J. Waddle also has his best game of the year 7 catches for 125 and a score. Big Papa pulls off the upset of the year!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 15
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 10-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 120.87 to 108.75

BIGBOY! (5-0) vs Starrfavrerodg (3-2)

Here is your game of the week! It is no secret who has been the best team through 5 weeks based on record and based overall performance and that is BIGBOY! and it really isn’t close at this point. However, Starrfavrerodg has really been playing well and now is riding a three game winning streak. They had one of their best games last week in a win over Rapids Plungers so if there is a team that can keep up with BIGBOY! right now it just might be Starrfavrerodg.

Prediction:
BIGBOY! will be hoping for a CMC return this week and it comes at a great time as C. Patterson will be on a bye. If CMC doesn’t go then this one gets really interesting as BIGBOY! would be left with starting J. McKissic or someone from the free agent pool. I am trying to find a way for Starrfavrerodg to get get the win as it is always more fun picking the upset but I really don’t see it happening especially if CMC plays which seems likely. BIGBOY! remains undefeated through 6 weeks!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 1
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 1-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 120.81 to 109.25

pack slayer (2-3) vs U Don’t Know (1-4)

pack slayer is coming off their worst game of the season last week as they failed to score 100 points for the first time all season while U Don’t Know is coming off their first win of the season! U Don’t Know will be looking to build on that win last week and string together a winning streak to get them back into the mix. pack slayer is dealing with some injuries as Clyde Edwards-Helaire was moved to IR and you have to wonder if D. Williams plays well if CEH becomes part of a true timeshare in KC. This is a good opportunity for U Don’t Know to get win #2 on the season now can they do it?

Prediction:
I expect this one to be really close. The injury to Barkley for U Don’t Know is tough as Barkley was just starting to look like the Barkley we were used to seeing prior to the ACL injury. U Don’t Know had the handcuff in D. Booker ready (well done) but he is not Barkley. I think the combo of Stafford / Kupp gets back on track and since I like a bounce back game for Mahomes that means Hill should have a big game as well. I am going to go with pack slayer to get the win and move back to .500.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 6-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 119.45 to 110.14 

PackerFANatic7 (3-2) vs teamAlaska (3-2)

This should be one of the better games of the week as we have two teams who have both won their last two games however in somewhat different fashions. teamAlaska has been winning all year with consistency as they have scored between 117 and 128 points in 4 of their 5 games. That level of consistency will get you a lot of wins in this league and hence their 3-2 start. PackerFANatic7 has gone about this a bit different in that they are a little like a homerun hitter in baseball that either hits a homerun or strikes out and not a lot of singles / doubles / etc. The last two weeks they have been hitting homeruns by scoring 161 and whopping 201 points last week! The question is can they keep it up or is that strikeout game coming?

Prediction:
I think PackerFANatic7 keeps the momentum rolling this week! I don’t think they put up 200 points like last week but I expect them to put up somewhere in the 140 range which should be enough to get their 4th win of the season. I expect a good fight from teamAlaska but I think they fall a bit short in this one.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 4
• Record: Advantage teamAlaska at 3-1
• PPG Avg: Advantage teamAlaska 136.59 to 107.87

Rapids Plungers (2-3) vs Sportsfreak (1-4)
Sportsfreak is coming off one of the toughest losses anyone will ever have as they scored 173 and still loss while Rapids Plungers also had a tough loss as they scored a solid 137 but it wasn’t enough for the win. Normally if you score in the 130’s you walk away with the win however Rapids Plungers has lost back to back games while scoring 141 and 137. This is a team that their record doesn’t tell the whole story but nonetheless they are 2-3 and want to get back into the win column. For Sportsfreak, they just want to get the win any way possible. Wins have been hard to come by for this team for really over the 3 + seasons! A win here against a quality opponent would be a big step in the right direction for this team.

Prediction:
There is always a team or two that starts asking me to stop picking them to win because every time I do they lose. The first team to do so this year is Rapids Plungers. So you all know, I am easily bribed by M&M’s, Doritos or Mountain Dew and my Venmo is @RyanKeepers. Ok moving on… Welcome to bye weeks! Sportsfreak loses K. Pitts and A. Kamara this week due to the bye and the question becomes do they have enough depth to keep up with Rapids Plungers. The answer.. No! I could see them scoring in the 100 to 110 range but I don’t see much more then that. If they want to pull off the win they are going to need HUGE games from their two stars (J. Allen & Waller) which of course could happen but I am thinking they need 60 between the two of them to have a shot. Rapids Plungers has a deep lineup and I LOVE their WR’s AND I don’t hate their QB this week. I am going with Rapids Plungers to get the win as clearly they haven’t tried the bribe tactic yet!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 13
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 10-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 135.69 to 125.31

Pack Attack (102.07) vs DaUnderdog (92.75)

Last week Pack Attack (2-3) not only took the loss but they loss in ugly fashion as they couldn’t even score more then 93.78 points which is what Bossman scored to get the win. This week they only needed more then 92.75 points to get the win and well they fared a little better as they scored 102.07 points. Some would call this an UGLY win while Pack Attack a win any way they can get it right now. DaUnderdog really struggled to find points with Mixon not at full strength and D. Montgomery out however had they started A. Mattison (25.53) we would be talking about DaUnderdog and their 4-1 start instead they fall to 3-2 and will look to get back on track next week.

Bossman (177.86) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (134.17)

Bossman (4-1) complained last week that despite the win their teams showing was not good enough. They even used the word “embarrassed” by the win last week. Well, Bossman coach must have did something right throughout the week of practice because their team not only came out with a win once again but they did it this time by scoring 177 points which is easily their best week so far! They were led by Brady and his 49 points. 16hrs (3-2) played well but they couldn’t keep up with Bossman in this one. All you need to do is look at the QB position. Brady scores 49 for Bossman while Carr scores 3 for 16hrs and that is your difference in the game!

BIGBOY! (173.38) vs Big Papa (76.37)

Wow! So I said it last week but given how BIGBOY! (5-0) just won this one it is worth mentioning again. BIGBOY! is the team to beat and they seem to be head and shoulders above the competition right now. They just scored 173 points and that was without the best player in fantasy football (Christian McCaffrey) who it looks like will be back next week. The question now becomes how long can they keep this winning streak going and can they run the table!? Yes, they have been that impressive through 5 weeks of the season. Big Papa falls to 1-4 on the season and I think the word embarrassed probably fits here with how they loss! They couldn’t seem to get anything going on given the offensive outburst by BIGBOY! it likely wouldn’t have mattered. Big Papa will be looking to get back on track next week!

U Don’t Know (130.03) vs HHH (129.86)

Wow… again! I know I said that before but I will say it again because it fits! This one came down to last nights game and came down to the wire! Going into the game HHH needed Mark Andrews to outscore J. Taylor by 10.19 points or more. That seemed like a tough feat given how well Taylor has played and the most points Andrews had scored in one week so far was 15.45 points in week 3. Well then things got crazy, as M. Andrews started racking up the points but with the Colts set to kick the game winner it looked like it was over for HHH. Then of course the Colts kicker misses the FG for the win and we go to overtime. The 2nd play in overtime Mark Andrews catches a pass for 14 yards and puts them within 0.17 points! The Ravens march down the field and Andrews doesn’t touch the ball again. U Don’t Know (1-4) holds on to their first win of the season and send HHH to 2-3. Anytime there is a game this close it is fun (not for HHH) to look at just how close this really was. HHH needed 0.18 points to win. 3 yards… 3 yards from M. Andrews would have not only been enough to win but that would have given them a 5 point bonus. How about some other ways HHH could have won? How about 1 sack for their D, an extra point from their kicker, an extra tackle from their D player or literally 3 more yards from a WR, TE or RB. It’s also worth mentioning that D. Cook was in their starting RB spot for this one. Not going to say anymore as I think HHH has been through enough!

teamAlaska (128.81) vs HHH (93.58)

teamAlaska moves to 3-2 on the season with a really solid win over pack slayer. They have been extremely consistent this season and they keep moving up in the standings as part of that. Prescott has been playing really well and they have been getting production from across their team which is why you are seeing the consistency in scoring. They are a little beat up as it now looks like JuJu will be done for the season but they have enough depth and should be fine. For pack slayer they fall to 2-3 on the season after having their worst week and failing to score 100 points. This is rather surprising given this team was coming off back to back 146 + point games. This feels like more of a blip then anything to be too concerned with as they left a lot of points on their bench this week. The one thing to note is that they will be without their starting RB CEH for a “Few weeks”.

PackerFANatic7 (201.92) vs Sportsfreak (173.63)

Wow! Yes, for the third time in this recap…. Wow! What a crazy game this ended up being and the fact that PackerFanatic7 won by 28.29 points is hard to believe. Going into the Monday night game Sportsfreak had a solid 37 point lead. PackerFANatic7 had L. Jackson and M. Brown left to play and Sportsfreak still had M. Pittman Jr. I know Sportsfreak probably was cautiously optimistic in getting the win knowing that L. Jackson is capable of big games at any point. Well, if you watched the game you will know that L. Jackson and M. Brown combined for 81 points, that’s more then Big Papa’s whole team scored this week! Pittman Jr had a solid 16 point game for Sportsfreak but that wasn’t enough for them to keep pace. PackerFANatic7 moves to 3-2 on the season and sends Sportsfreak (1-4) to a crushing defeat. It isn’t often that you will score 173 points and lose much less lose by 28!

Starrfavrerodg (151.23) vs Rapids Plungers (137.93)

Don’t look now but this Starrfavrerodg (3-2) team is on a roll and have now won three straight after starting out the season 0-2. This was a big win against a tough Rapids Plungers team that falls to 2-3 on the season. After 4 straight weeks of games coming down to the Monday night game for Starrfavrerodg they finally got one that seemed a little less stressful. Now, I guess you could say this did come down to the Monday night game because Rapids Plungers had their K and D player going but for them to make up that much ground would have been tough given the positions. Rapids Plungers got 47 points from D. Adams and another 22 from N. Harris but the rest of their team didn’t show up. Seeing the winning points sitting on their bench (K. Toney – 29 pts) I am sure doesn’t make Rapids Plungers very happy however starting Toney over Higgins or Cooper? I doubt many people make that call!

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

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

DaUnderdog is off to their best start since the 2015 season where they started out 4-1! Now the not so good news is that year they finished at 7-6 and missed out on the playoffs. They will be hoping to keep their momentum going again this week as they go up against one of the worst teams in the league through 4 weeks. DaUnderdog did get hit pretty hard last week with the injury bug as they will be without D. Montgomery for about a month and J. Mixon is questionable. Let’s see if they can keep the hot streak going until these two are fully healthy?

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 20
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 11-9
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 124.38 to 110.33

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

Game of the week! This is back to back weeks for 16hrs being a part of the game of the week and they will be hoping for a better outcome this week then last. Bossman is coming off a win last week despite having their worst week of the season so they will be looking for another W but with a much better performance then what they saw last week. 16hrs will just be looking to prove that they belong in the upper tier of teams and a win here against a good Bossman team may be just what they need.

Prediction:
This is projected to be the highest scoring matchup of the week however I am not sure I agree with that. I see this being a 125 to 115 sort of game and I am going to go with Bossman to get the win. Historically, Bossman has owned this matchup winning 13 of their previous 15 meetings. This looks like a week that Brady gets back on track and expect a big game from Kelce. Bossman with win #4 on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 15
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 13-2
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 134.26 to 1106.86  

BIGBOY! (4-0) vs Big Papa (1-3)

I always love the Father-Son matchups and we have a good one here as Big Papa is in need of a win to avoid a 1-4 hole while BIGBOY! seems to be coasting to this 4-0 start. BIGBOY! will likely be without McCaffrey for one more week so they will be looking to figure out a way to get another victory without him and then hope he is good for the remainder of the season because with him in this lineup they look extremely tough to beat. Big Papa will be looking to find a way to do two things that have been tough to come by through 4 weeks. Number one for themselves to get a win and number two finding a way to beat BIGBOY! The odds are stacked against them this week but maybe Big Papa has some tricks up his sleeve!

Prediction:
I know the records would say this should be a blowout win for BIGBOY! but I could see this being a close one as I expect another big game from Mahomes to make things interesting. I also think the combo of Herbert and Williams struggle a bit against a solid Cleveland defense. However, I think that BIGBOY! has enough firepower outside of that to come away with the narrow win. Look for BIGBOY! to move to 5-0 on the season and send Big Papa to a tough 1-4 start!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 11
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 7-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 132.45 to 113.26

HHH (2-2) vs U Don’t Know (0-4)

HHH started out the season fast by winning their first two games but since then they have dropped two straight and did so last week in ugly fashion by only scoring 73 points. They will be looking to right the ship this week against our defending champ who is off to a rough 0-4 start. It’s hard to consider any week 5 game a must win but for U Don’t Know I am sure they are treating it that way as starting 0-5 on the season would be tough to overcome!

Prediction:
This is the week! The week that U Don’t Know gets their first win! Barkley is starting to show signs of getting back to his pre-injury self and this is likely the 30 point Lockett week as if you have ever had Lockett on your team in fantasy you know the drill… frustration, frustration, MONSTER game! Well, it is time for the monster game. For HHH, they are going to need Wilson to have a big game tonight in Thursday night football and for most of the big game stats like TD passes to be thrown to someone not named T. Lockett! If Lockett, keeps pace with Wilson’s scoring (which I think he will) then U Don’t Know wins as I am predicting!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 15
• Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 8-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 118.40 to 111.85

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

I wrote about this in my recap last week but pack slayer comes into this week as the highest scoring team in the league. teamAlaska is coming into this one with an identical record however they have scored 100 less points on the season. This of course means nothing for this week other then the fact that on paper through 4 weeks pack slayer would seem to be the favorite in this one despite identical records. It is likely going to take teamAlaska’s best week of the season to get the win in this one.

Prediction:
We are going to learn a lot about who is likely going to win this week after tonight’s Thursday night game. pack slayer has two of their top three players in Stafford / Kupp going tonight. If they fail to perform well then the door is wide open for teamAlaska to sneak in and get the W. If they light it up as they have been doing for most of the year then this one may seem over before it really gets going! I am going with Stafford and Kupp to have a total of around 40 points by nights end BUT I am not sure that is enough this week. I am going with teamAlaska in a mini upset.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 7-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 124.13 to 114.61 

PackerFANatic7 (2-2) vs Sportsfreak (1-3)

PackerFANatic7 started off the season slow but since then have been seemingly finding their groove especially after last weeks 161 point outburst. They will be looking to keep that momentum going against a Sportsfreak team that is still waiting for their own big blow up week where all of their players perform up to their potential. Sometimes those weeks rarely come OR ever come but one can hope!

Prediction:
It was good to see A. Ekeler come up with a big performance last week for PackerFANatic7 and they will be counting on him each and every week to outscore some of the other short comings on this team. With that said, the Cleveland D is seemingly legit this season and I think the scoring won’t come as easy as it seemed last week. I like Sportsfreak to come away with the narrow win in this one and I expect their highly touted TE Kyle Pitts to score in the 15 to 20 point range!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 4
• Record: Tied at 2-2
• PPG Avg: Advantage PackerFANatic7 120.30 to 111.39

Rapids Plungers (2-2) vs Starrfavrerodg (2-2)
Starrfavrerodg comes into this one in a bit of a winning streak as they have won their last two games. This season has bit odd for them as every game they have played so far this season has been won or loss by less than 11 points! And I mentioned it last week but they all have come down to the wire and the Monday night game. Will these trends continue this week? Rapids Plungers is hoping not as they have planned to have this one sealed long before Monday nights game. Rapids Plungers has been extremely consistent this season as they have scored in the 140’s three of the four weeks and the lone week they didn’t they had a solid 115. If they get to 140 again this week, they get the W!

Prediction:
The musical chairs at QB continues for Rapids Plungers as they look to be going with the rookie T. Lance this week against a tough Ari D. Starrfavrerodg also seems to be doing making some changes as they are hoping M. Ryan can continue their magic from a week ago and lead them to victory. I like Rapids Plungers in this one as they look to be getting a key weapon in T. Higgins back. There are a number of guys (5 total) going between the two teams on Monday night so the possibility of this one coming down the Monday night game is there however I do think that Rapids Plungers will have enough of a lead that they can breathe easy but then again who can count any lead safe when Starrfavrerodg has J. Tucker going on Monday night!? I got Rapids Plungers to get win #3 on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 1
• Record: Advantage Starrfavrerodg at 1-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage Starrfavrerodg 120.53 to 89.91

Bossman (93.72) vs Pack Attack (88.50)

Sometimes winning ugly or winning games while not scoring 100 points end up being some of the most important wins of the season. That is exactly what happened this week for Bossman as they had their worst scoring week of the year and still found a way to get the W to move to 3-1 on the season. This one came down to the Monday night game as Pack Attack needed 7.23 points from their Kicker (D. Carlson) to win. The lowest output for D. Carlson all year has been 11.90 points. D. Carlson got 2 points and missed a 52 yarder in this one as Pack Attack falls to an ugly 1-3 on the season! I am not bitter or anything!

BIGBOY! (142.01) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (98.66)

And now there is only one! One Undefeated team that is as BIGBOY! left no doubt who the best team in the league is through 4 weeks of the season. They did it in convincing fashion by beating 16hrs (3-1) by 44 points! 16hrs still has had a great start to the season and will be looking to move past this loss quickly. For BIGBOY! what might be more impressive then their 4-0 start is the fact that they just won their last two games without C. McCaffrey and when he comes back to full strength this team is going to be that much tougher to beat!

Starrfavrerodg (118.66) vs Big Papa (109.52)

I briefly mentioned how similar the season had been for these two teams from a points scored perspective so it was only fitting that this one ended up being the closes game of the week. For the 4th week in a row the game for Starrfavrerodg came down to the Monday night matchup. This time I am sure they weren’t too worried as the only remaining player Big Papa had was J. Cook and Starrfavrerodg had a 24.64 point lead going into the game. However there was a reason Big Papa drafted J. Cook in the second round as the 20th overall selection in the draft. It was exactly for times like these! Unfortunately, for Big Papa J. Cook was only able to put up 15.50 points leading to the loss! Big Papa falls to 1-3 on the season while Starrfavrerodg seems to be gaining some momentum moving back to .500 with back to back wins!

DaUnderdog (149.06) vs U Don’t Know (134.02)

When you are the reigning champ, you get everyone’s best shot and that once again was true this week as DaUnderdog (3-1) had their best week of the season in keeping U Don’t Know winless (0-4)! U Don’t Know has had the most points scored against them through 4 weeks and they have been in every game except for week 1. This is a proud team and I expect better days ahead for them. For DaUnderdog, they are off to one of their better starts in recent memory and have now won three straight games after starting the season out with a loss. They had three guys really carry the team this week as S. Darnold (33.35), D. Henry (29.47) and D. Montgomery (24.07) all had solid games in leading them to the win. They will be looking to keep the momentum going next week as they go up against Pack Attack in an interesting brother battle game!

teamAlaska (122.74) vs HHH (73.93)

Of all the scores this week this game being so lopsided was the one I felt the most surprised about. teamAlaska (2-2) came out on a mission to make sure they didn’t lose to both of their brothers they have to see on a daily basis and made sure they can at least have some bragging rights. This one really wasn’t close as teamAlaska got 23 points from their D and then another 30 points from D. Prescott. HHH (2-2) lost DJ Chark for the season due to injury which is a tough blow for a team that doesn’t have a lot of WR depth. teamAlaska will be looking to put together back to back wins for the first time all season as they go up against pack slayer next week.

pack slayer (155.50) vs Sportsfreak (99.27)

If you keep putting up the amount of points that pack slayer has been it is just a matter of time before the wins start coming. pack slayer again put up solid points on their way to their 2nd win of the season. This is the time of the year however where sometimes the teams wins or losses are not the greatest indicator of the teams long term outlook but rather looking at the points scored may tell us a better picture. That is good news for pack slayer as despite their 2-2 record they have scored the most points in the league through 4 weeks which means if they start adding some more wins they will move quickly up the standings! Sportsfreak’s rough start to the season continues as they fall to 1-3 on the season and really didn’t put up much of a fight in this one. The season is still young but falling into too deep of a hole is going to be tough to dig themselves out of. The next couple of weeks will be critical for Sportsfreak and really all of those teams sitting at 1-3 or worst.

PackerFANatic7 (161.64) vs Rapids Plungers (141.30)

I talked a little about how Bossman was able to get a ugly win and how important those wins can be when we start talking playoffs and playoff positioning. The same can be said for wins like this for PackerFANatic7 as they had the highest scoring week and only beat their opponent by 20 points. This one was closer then it seemed too as Rapids Plungers had the lead going into the monday night game but then Ekeler (29.20) took over for PackerFANatic7 leading them to their 2nd win of the season. Rapids Plungers falls to 2-2 on the season but like I mentioned when talking about pack slayer in the recap above. Rapids Plungers despite only two wins on the season has been playing well and in fact they have the 2nd most points scored right behind pack slayer so a couple of wins and they will be jumping quickly in the standings!

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

Bossman (2-1) vs Pack Attack (1-2)

Bossman will be looking to start off their season fast yet again with thier 3rd win in 4 games while Pack Attack will be looking to keep pace and get their 2nd win of the season. This Bossman team looks tough this week and actually has the highest projection of any team this week! I am hoping that the NE D knows a thing or two about stopping their old friend Mr. Brady!

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 10-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 130.31 to 124.66

16hrs Ahead of You!! (3-0) vs BIGBOY! (3-0)

Game of the week! We have the two remaining undefeated teams going against each other here which means the winner of this one will not only remain undefeated through 4 weeks but they will also be sitting at the top of the league all alone! This one should be good!

Prediction:
BIGBOY! benefited greatly in last weeks win thanks to close to 70 points combined from Herbert and M. Williams. I am not sure that I see that happening again this week and injuries are still hurting this team AND it’s hard not to root for a 16hrs team that has been in the league since day 1 and has never started a season 4-0! With that said, I think they change that this week and get the W!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 11
• Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 8-3
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 120.77 to 100.82  

Big Papa (1-2) vs Starrfavrerodg (1-2)

We have two one win teams looking to get back to .500 on the season. Through three weeks these two teams are about as close as two teams could be with regards to points scored. Both teams scored 151 points in week 1 however Starrfavrerodg took the loss in that week. They both had their worst week in week 2 and then in week 3 they rebounded slightly. Odd how similar things have been so far for these two. So does that mean we are in for the first ever tie in this league?

Prediction:
The first thing I looked at was if there was any Monday night players going because the games with Starrfavrerodg always seem to come down to the monday night game. This week Big Papa has J. Cook going on Monday night so look for Big Papa to be losing by 4 points going into Monday night and J. Cook to come up with 4.10 points and Big Papa wins by .10 points! It’s not a tie but come on who can predict that!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 1
• Record: Advantage Starrfavrerodg at 1-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage Starrfavrerodg 123.03 to 119.38

DaUnderdog (2-1) vs U Don’t Know (0-3)

DaUnderdog has started this season strong and they will be looking to keep it going this week against the winless reigning champ in U Don’t Know. I don’t have the time to confirm this but it would be hard for me to believe that very many reigning champs have started the season at 0-4. That is exactly the scenario that U Don’t Know is facing this week.

Prediction:
It’s hard for me to see U Don’t Know starting out the season at 0-4 however in looking at the matchups I really like Mixon and Henry this week. I think those two will lead DaUnderdog to their 3rd win of the season!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 17
• Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 9-6
• PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 108.10 to 96.19

HHH (2-1) vs teamAlaska (1-2)

We have another brother battle this week for teamAlaska and they will be hoping for a bit different results as last week they fell short against DaUnderdog. A loss here and teamAlaska will not have any bragging rights for those brothers he sees every day!

Prediction:
I am going to assume that D. Cook plays this week and I expect that to be enough for HHH to come away with the victory! HHH moves to win #3 on the season!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 18
• Record: Advantage teamAlaska at 11-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage HHH 114.48 to 119.95 

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

This should be a fun game this week as Sportsfreak is coming off a big win from a week ago and pack slayer although playing well last week is coming off a tough loss. Obviously neither of these teams want to fall to 1-3 and I expect a hard fought game!

Prediction:
This is a tough one as I expect a big game from T. Hill and you would once again think Stafford and Kupp have big games and with those three alone they could win a lot of games. It would also seem that for Sportsfreak J. Allen and A. Kamara are in good spots. That trio of Hill / Kupp and Stafford I think will be too much for Sportsfreak to overcome. Look for pack slayer to get the win!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 6-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage Sportsfreak 120.67 to 115.69

Rapids Plungers (2-1) vs PackerFANatic7 (1-2)
Some talking points in this one. L. Jackson and A. Gibson miss practice today for PackerFANatic7 which is never good to have two of your key players missing a Thursday practice but as of right now the signs point to them both playing. The other interesting thing with this meeting is how much Rapids Plungers has dominated this over the course of 4 years. Not only have they beat PackerFANatic7 all 4 times they have done so by averaging a ridiculous 153 ppg. Can they keep it up this week?

Prediction:
PackerFANatic7 hasn’t really had a week where everything clicked so they will be looking for that to happen this week. Rapids Plungers continues to play musical chairs with their QB situation as they are starting their 3rd different QB already. I am going to go with Rapids Plungers to get the win but a 30+ point game from L. Jackson would be enough for PackerFANatic7 to change that I just don’t see it happening.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 4
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 4-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 153.57 to 109.30

BIGBOY! (111.82) vs Pack Attack (89.84)

BIGBOY! does it again this week as they find a way to win and move to 3-0 on the season. Now they did play the worst team in the league this week as Pack Attack (1-2) struggled to find points. A 3-0 start for a team that has missed the playoffs the past two seasons after winning back to back championships has got to feel good. There is a lot of football left but winning a game when CMC barely plays and two other starters couldn’t go due to injury (D. Johnson & D. Henderson JR) shows the depth this team has and why they are going to be hard to beat.

16hrs Ahead of You!! (135.60) vs Big Papa (115.06)

What just happened! Is this really happening!? 16hrs Ahead of You! wins yet again to move to 3-0 on the season! This is the first time since the 2012 season that they have been 3-0! They got solid production from a number of different players as they had 6 players score more then 13 points. They also finally got some production out of their top pick in E. Elliott. I don’t want to say it too early but could this be the year that 16hrs breaks the streak and gets back to the playoffs? Three weeks in and things are looking good. Big Papa falls to 1-2 on the season and they really haven’t had any of their players have one of those big time 30 point games. Mahomes got their once but you almost expect it from him at this point. This is a team that may need 40 or more from Mahomes until someone else decides to step up!

Bossman (122.13) vs U Don’t Know (103.91)

Well now this is interesting! Our defending champ U Don’t Know just lost their 3rd game in a row to start the season and they are now the only winless team in the league. It is hard to defend your title and through three weeks U Don’t Know is seeing that first hand. Bossman got a big win here moving to 2-1 on the season and putting that loss from last week behind them. Through three weeks there is certainly one thing that I didn’t see coming and that is the performance of T. Brady. Bossman took Brady in the 5th round which is higher then most may have expected him to go but there had also been a decent run on QB’s leading up to that. However, Brady through three weeks is not only the #1 scoring QB but he is the #1 scoring player! This my friends is why Bossman continues to year in and year be in contention. Let’s see how this ends up as the season unfolds but for right now it looks like the 5th round was far too low for Mr. Brady!

DaUnderdog (116.87) vs teamAlaska (101.06)

History repeats itself yet again as DaUnderdog has typically dominated this matchup over the course of the years and they did it again this week. In doing so they move to 2-1 on the season! This wasn’t easy and for awhile it was looking like teamAlaska may pull off the close win but then Jimmy G found. B. Aiyuk (both DaUnderdog players) in the end zone on Sunday nights game and that was all that they needed to secure the win. teamAlaska did have A. Jones playing who had a solid 14 point game but it wasn’t enough to keep pace in this one as teamAlaska falls to 1-2 on the season.

Sportsfreak (123.20) vs HHH (117.95)

There was a lot of good games this week and this was one of them that came right down to the wire and was won on Sunday night in dramatic fashion. HHH (2-1) was looking to move to 3-0 on the season but Sportsfreak (1-2) was hanging around thanks to a monster 42 point game from J. Allen. HHH had the SF defense going on Sunday night while Sportsfreak had M. Crosby. I don’t know the exact score (I was a little invested into the game) but based on the end score HHH was likely winning by less then a point. Rodgers leads the Packers down the field. Crosby kicks a 51 yard FG for the Sportsfreak win and the Packers win. That’s a good night if you are a Sportsfreak and Packers fan!

Rapids Plungers (149.13) vs pack slayer (146.41)

This one didn’t come down to the last second like HHH and Sporstfreak but it was a shootout and came down to the second half of the Monday night game before Rapids Plungers was able to breathe easy and get the week 3 win! These two teams were battling back and forth all day as once again the combination of Kupp and Stafford kept pack slayer in the game and it looked like may be enough to lead them to victory that was until D. Adams (29.60) had a huge game on Sunday night pulling Rapids Plungers close enough that A. Cooper and D. Goedert could seal the deal on Monday nights game. Rapids Plungers moves to 2-1 and pack slayer slips to 1-2 despite having the highest scoring team in the league through 3 weeks. Better days ahead for this team!

Starrfavrerodg (125.82) vs PackerFANatic7 (113.95)

Finally! That I am sure is the what Starrfavrerodg coach was thinking after another week and yet another down to the wire game. This one yet again came down to the Monday night matchup and Starrfavrerodg got some great garbage time scoring from J. Hurts (21.85) to win this one by 12 and get their first win of the season. PackerFANatic7 falls to 1-2 and I know they are not satisfied with this start and rumor has it that there has been some trade talks around big name players and this team. They are going to need L. Jackson to be his MVP self all year long though for this team to get to where they want to be.

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

BIGBOY! (2-0) vs Pack Attack (1-1)

Through the first two weeks of the season this BIGBOY! team looks legit! It is however interesting how good a team can look one week and then how bad the next but given their lineup I don’t expect a lot of bad weeks from this team. They do have a bit of injury concerns as D. Johnson didn’t practice Wednesday and is questionable as well as the newly aquired E. Engram who did get in a limited practice yesterday so that bodes well for his chances. Pack Attack had a good game last week but they are going to need more then Kyler Murray if they want to win this one.

Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 11
• Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 6-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 126.71 to 109.92

16hrs Ahead of You!! (2-0) vs Big Papa (1-1)

I mentioned it in the recap but we have to go all the way back to the 2012 season to find the last time that 16hrs started out a season at 2-0. 16hrs was there in the beginning when this league was formed he was one of the original 8 teams. He missed one season (2007) no idea why… probably busy chasing women or something but the last time that 16hrs won started out the season better then 2-0 was in that inaugural year of 2004!! That year he started out the season 3-0 and made the playoffs! Hard not to root for 16hrs in this one! For Big Papa, they will be looking to put week 2 behind them and get back into the win column! They will have a motivated 16hrs team to contend with this week!

Prediction:
This will likely be a close game and it sure would help 16hrs if J. Jacobs is able to go! This may come down to another Monday night matchup as 16hrs has Zeke playing monday. With everything I mentioned above I don’t see 16hrs losing this one. I got them winning and getting to that 3-0 mark for the first time since 2004!

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 17
• Record: Advantage Big Papa at 11-6
• PPG Avg: Advantage Big Papa 116.95 to 100.93  

Bossman (1-1) vs U Don’t Know (0-2)

Bossman is coming off their first loss of the season last week and U Don’t Know will be searching for that first win. Bossman’s success has been mentioned often and it is rare to see them fall into any type of losing streak so unfortunately that doesn’t bode well for U Don’t Know! There are a lot of ?’s next to players in this one so who plays and who doesn’t could make a big difference here. U Don’t Know could be getting back OBJ this week which would be a big help for a team that doesn’t want to start out defending their title with three straight losses.

Prediction:
U Don’t Know has some home run hitters on their team however they have yet to all put it together and have a big week. I expect it is however just a matter of time before that happens and I actually like there chances this week. I think U Don’t Know gets their first win of the season and sends Bossman to back to back losses!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 11
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 9-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 129.82 to 114.30

teamAlaska(1-1) vs DaUnderdog (1-1)

It’s the brother battle! We have a fair amount of these games throughout the season but this is the first one of the season. Both of these teams are coming off big wins a week ago and will be looking to keep the momentum going this week. Both of these teams saw their star RB’s struggle in week 1 (A. Jones and D. Henry) only to have them “totally redeem themselves” by leading their teams to victory in week 2. DaUnderdog continues to chase last weeks points with their D player again this week. If you don’t know what that is it means that you go on the free agent pool, search the position you are wanting to fill / replace, sort by points scored last week and pick up the guy who had a big game. Week 1, Chandler Jones go off for 40.60 points. DaUnderdog picks him up for week 2 in which he has 0.00 points. DaUnderog drops C. Jones and picks up Roquan Smith who scored 25 points in week 2. Will that strategy work better this week? Maybe.. but that my friends is what you call chasing last weeks points!

Prediction:
I think this could be a close game but I have a hard time believing that D. Prescott has another week like he did last week. I think Prescott and their trio of WR’s put up close to 70 points by themselves and they should lead teamAlaska to victory again this week. However, if you look at the history when these two have played it is very heavy towards DaUnderdog and the 12 wins is their most against any other team in the league!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 17
• Record: Advantage DaUnderdog at 12-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage DaUnderdog 110.58 to 95.09

HHH (2-0) vs Sportsfreak (0-2)

We have talked about BIGBOY! and we have talked about 16hrs but there is one other team that has won their first two games and that is HHH! They haven’t done it in dominating fashion but winning no matter how you do is what matters. This team over the course of the past 4 seasons has been really solid and has always seem to put a solid team out there each and every week. Sporstfreak on the other hand is the complete opposite as they have really struggled to find ways to win games really over the past 3 seasons. Can Sportsfreak find a way to get their first win of the season or will HHH remain one of the undefeated!?

Prediction:
Sportsfreak is really going to need J. Allen to have a more Josh Allen like game or this one could get out of hand quickly. The games really seem to favor HHH in this one as R. Wilson against a Vikings D that just got shredded by K. Murray and D. Cook who is up against a Seattle team that gave up 182 yards and 3 TD’s to D. Henry. It is hard to overlook that and I expect HHH to keep cruising their way to win #3 on the season.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 19
• Record: Advantage Sportsfreak at 10-9
• PPG Avg: Advantage HHH 116.85 to 116.23 

pack slayer (1-1) vs Rapids Plungers (1-1)

Both of these teams are coming off tough losses where I am sure they felt as though they should have won. Rapids Plungers like Bossman rarely finds themselves in any type of losing streak so they will be looking to get back on track. Rapids Plungers made the quick change at QB as they moved on from Winston and will turn the reins over to T. Bridgewater at least for this week. pack slayer is going to be looking for a much better week from both T. Hill and CEH as they struggled a week ago.

Prediction:
As of this writing the Yahoo prediction for this game has pack slayer winning by .02 points. Now that would be a fun game! I am not sure I see it the same way in regards to how close this will be. I do agree that pack slayer comes away with the win but I think they win by 11.23 points. Put it on the board! pack slayer with win #2. Interesting thing to note is that Rapids Plungers has a winning record against every team in the league except two. pack slayer is one of those two and I expect that to continue this week!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 10
• Record: Advantage pack slayer at 6-4
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 132.20 to 111.10

PackerFANatic7 (1-1) vs Starrfavrerodg (0-2)
PackerFANatic7 is still riding high from that great win last week! They will look to keep that momentum going against an angry Starrfavrerodg team that has played ok but has 0 wins to show for it. I write about this a lot and it no doubt happens every year but for each team there is usually a game or sometimes multiple games where if your player had caught that TD pass or maybe you left that guy who scored 20 points on your bench that week and lost. In a deep and usually competitive league like this those potential wins could play a huge factor in whether or not your team makes the playoffs. Also every year there seems to be a team or two that really gets the short end of that stick and through two weeks that winner is Starrfavrerodg. Now the question is can they forgot those two tough losses and come back strong!? We will find out soon enough.

Prediction:
It’s really hard not to like L. Jackson and M. Brown this week for PackerFANatic7 as they go up against a depleted Lions secondary coming off a Monday night road game. Starrfavrerodg is going to need DK Metcalf to get going a bit and hope that inserting W. Fuller into his starting lineup will be enough for them to get a W. I am not sure I see it happening and I once again could see this coming down to the wire. I like PackerFANatic7 to get win #2 on the season!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 1
• Record: Advantage PackerFANatic7 at 1-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage PackerFANatic7 121.09 to 119.79

Pack Attack (140.53) vs Big Papa (87.23)

What a difference a week makes as a week ago Big Papa (1-1) was lights out and had the second highest scoring week. Now to this week they ended up with the lowest score of week 2. Pack Attack (1-1) didn’t have a terrible week last week but they did get the loss. This week however they ended up with the second highest score in the league on their way to their first win of the season! It will be interesting to see how each of these teams look next week as they strive for some consistency.

16hrs Ahead of You!! (104.22) vs Starrfavrerodg (101.20)

Game of the week!? I think so but there are a couple of other games this week that could make an argument for that spot. This one was however the closest game of the week and yet again Starrfavrerodg (0-2) was looking to come from behind on Monday night. Last week they were relying on a Kicker to get them 17 points but he was only able to get 11. This week they needed 20.33 points from TJ Hockenson to get the win! TJ made it interesting by putting up 17.30 points but couldn’t quite get it done. So instead of a possible 2-0 start if a few things fall their way, Starrfavrerodg now finds themselves in a 0-2 hole. 16hrs ahead of you!! (2-0) is out here finding ways to win. Last week they took down Pack Attack by 12 points and this week they get the win by 3 points. These haven’t been the most impressive wins but for them to be sitting at 2-0 after the first two weeks is something they will for sure enjoy as the last time they started 2-0 was all the way back in the 2012 season! Now what we won’t talk about is that went 1-10 the rest of that season…. oh wait I guess we just talked about that. Let’s see if they can change that this year!

BIGBOY! (149.31) vs U Don’t Know (129.73)

Every year there is a team or two that jumps out of the gates quickly and looks scary good. This year that team seems to be BIGBOY! as they move to 2-0 on the season with a convincing 20 point win over the reigning champs! They are doing this with a very consistent lineup as they had 8 of their 11 starting positions scored 12 or more points. That is what you look for in good teams as the superstars can lead you a long ways but having multiple guys that can be the high scorer in any given week creates that consistency that the championship teams are made of. BIGBOY! has to be happy with how their team has looked through the first two weeks. U Don’t Know (0-2) knows a thing or two about championships as they are the reigning champ. The year after winning a championship is difficult and this start isn’t going to make things easier but they gained a lot of experience during last seasons championship run so I am sure they will get things figured out.

teamAlaska (125.73) vs Bossman (121.67)

Game of the week #2!? This was for sure one of the best games of the week. teamAlaska (1-1) lost last week by 9 points and in that week one of their core players A. Jones only scored 3.25 points. teamAlaska came into Monday nights game down by 24.29 points. Bossman had D. Swift playing while teamAlaska had A. Jones who as mentioned the week before had 3 points. The odds of Jones making up the 24.29 points and then outpacing D. Swift who the week before had 19.85 points would seem slim but as you all know A. Jones had one of those career type games where he scored 3 receiving TD’s and a rushing TD which led teamAlaska to the improbable 4 point victory! Bossman (1-1) got solid games from Brady (33.92) and Kelce (24.05) but that wasn’t quite enough in this one.

DaUnderdog (131.94) vs Sportsfreak (91.57)

Wow! I didn’t see this one coming. DaUnderdog (1-1) had a solid week 1 performance in a losing effort and I thought they had a chance here but I didn’t expect them to blowout Sportsfreak (0-2) by 40! With how things have gone for Sportsfreak over the past few years and now the start of this season, I am starting to think that the mindset of teams going into a week when they are playing Sportsfreak to be something like this “Oh good, I get to play Sportsfreak!” For DaUnderdog, they are going to win a lot of games this year if D. Henry puts up 48.88 points! 🙂 Of course, that is not realistic but it was great to see him have a bounceback game after a 7 point outing in week 1. This is however typical D. Henry where he has a blow up sort of game or games and then a couple of those 7 pointers sprinkled in. DaUnderdog is going to have to figure out a way to win when he has one of those rough games but for one week this has to feel good! A big win for DaUnderdog!

HHH (122.96) vs Rapids Plungers (116.49)

A third game of the week!? Yeah, I guess you could say that and yes it was a fun week of fantasy football especially for the teams that came out on top of these games of the week! This one also came down to the Monday night matchup as Rapids Plungers (1-1) was down by 25.52 points heading into the game. Usually that is a fairly safe point total but Rapids Plungers had their #1 overall pick in D. Adams yet to play and this is the type of game that your top picks are supposed to help you win. Adams had the type of game you would be hoping for with 8 catches for 121 yards but he was missing one big component to have that really big game and lead them to a win and that was he had zero TD’s. 1 more catch and that catch being a TD and we are talking about a great come from behind win by Rapids Plungers but instead HHH holds on to the win! HHH (2-0) remains undefeated on the season and they look to have a lineup that week in and week out is going to be tough to beat. They got another solid outing from both R. Wilson (24.93) and D. Cook (20.75) along with a nice bounceback game from M. Evans (20.75). If they can get AJ Brown going now this team will be that much tougher! A good start to the season for HHH.

PackerFANatic7 (124.16) vs pack slayer (108.79)

This was another one of those classic examples of why you love and hate fantasy football. pack slayer (1-1) scored the most points in week 1, PackerFANatic7 (1-1) scored the least amount of points in week 1. So this is a easy win for pack slayer right? Well, it somewhat looked that way as before the Sunday evening game pack slayer was up by 34.03 points. PackerFANatic7 had L. Jackson and M. Brown remaining but pack slayer had T. Hill who the week before had 37.12 fantasy points. So this is in the bag right? Well clearly not as L. Jackson (30.91) looked like his MVP self and he threw the ball a lot to M. Brown (22.65) but more shocking then that was the fact that T. Hill had only 14 receiving yards and 4.70 fantasy points. That’s a tough loss for pack slayer and a GREAT win for PackerFANatic7!

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

Big Papa (1-0) vs Pack Attack (0-1)

Big Papa is coming off a huge week 1 win and now they will be looking to prove that it wasn’t a fluke against a Pack Attack team that just lost J. Jeudy for 4-6 weeks and last week two of the RB’s they thought may be a big part of their team didn’t even get to suit up! Big Papa will be looking for their first 2-0 start since the 2018 season and with P. Mahomes playing in the Sunday night game no matter what the score is before then no lead would be safe for Pack Attack. It pains me to say it but Big Papa is the favorite here even though he did draft J. Cook in the 2nd round!

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 128.66 to 118.86

16hrs Ahead of You!! (1-0) vs Starrfavrerodg (0-1)

16hrs ahead of you as struggled the past oh…. 10 years or so but there is one thing they have done relatively well and that is they tend to start out the season with a handful of wins but then they just can’t seem to keep it together down the stretch. This week they will be looking to get off to a strong 2-0 start to their season but they will be going up against the team in Starrfavrerodg that scored the second most points in the league last week in a losing effort. This should be a good game!

Prediction:
Tannehill for 16hrs struggled last week while J. Hurts for Starrfavrerodg looked like a superstar. Tannehill went up against the Ari defense and now for 16hrs the ARI defense will be facing off against their duo of Vikings WR’s (Thielen and Jefferson). I don’t see this being a good week for 16hrs and while I don’t think Starrfavrerodg puts up another 150, I do think they have a really solid game and come away with the win.

Historical Look at this Match-Up:

• Regular Season Match-ups: 1
• Record: Advantage Starrfavrerodg at 1-0
• PPG Avg: Advantage Starrfavrerodg 127.28 to 105.34  

BIGBOY! (1-0) vs U Don’t Know (0-1)

This is a fun week 2 matchup as we have the reigning champ going up against a championship hungry team in BIGBOY!. Three of the last four championships have come from these two teams! U Don’t Know started out a little slow last week as they look to defend their championship while BIGBOY! got the win I don’t think it was exactly the type of performance they were looking for and they will be looking for more this week!

Prediction:
I already mentioned last week how terrible A. Rodgers was for U Don’t Know in their loss. That was a bad thing for U Don’t Know last week and that is a bad thing for BIGBOY! this week. I can’t help but think that a mad Rodgers in a primetime matchup against a defense that just allowed J. Goff to score 32.69 points is probably not a great thing for BIGBOY! but is a really good thing for U Don’t Know. So yes, I expect a big game from Rodgers but will it be enough? I don’t think so. I really like most of the players for BIGBOY! this week with the only one I am concerned about being T. McLaurin as without Fitzmagic throwing him the ball my expectations for him this week and moving forward are down a bit. I still think they have enough other pieces to get the win and send the reigning champ to a 0-2 hole!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 11
• Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 6-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 122.30 to 122.27

Bossman (1-0) vs teamAlaska (0-1)

Bossman is coming off their week 1 win and looking to get off to a quick 2-0 start while teamAlaska will be looking to avoid the 0-2 hole. Last week in the real football world these the starting QB’s for these two teams had a epic dual where with Tom Brady coming out on top. They both had 30+ point games in week 1 and it will be interesting to see how they follow up those performances. The QB that continues to stay hot may just be the difference in who wins this one!

Prediction:
I talked about the QB play above and I expect Brady to have another really solid game against an Atlanta defense that allowed 264 yards and 3 TD to Jalen Hurts and an Eagles team that doesn’t have close to the WR group that Brady does in Tampa. Prescott put up 400 yards and 3 TD’s last week against a D that many expect to be one of the best in the league. I think Brady has more fantasy points this week then Prescott but outside of that I actually like teamAlaska’s squad to outscore them in every other position except TE where Kelce for Bossman wins this one easily. This may be the closest game of the week but I am going with teamAlaska to get their first win of the season!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 15
• Record: Advantage Bossman at 8-7
• PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 118.25 to 112.89

DaUnderdog (0-1) vs Sportsfreak (0-1)

Two teams, both coming off tough losses a week ago and this of course is a long season and in fact it’s the longest season we have ever had in this league as we have one additional game but I think this is an important game for Sportsfreak in particular. They have really struggled over the course of the past three seasons going 11-28 and their best season being a 5 win season two years ago. Their confidence is shaky so starting out 0-2 is not ideal!

Prediction:
I am expecting J. Allen to come out and have a much better game this week by outscoring his 21 point projection with ease and after watching the Raiders game and how much the ball was thrown to Waller it is hard not to think he won’t put up over 100 yards and a TD. I also expect a solid game from Kamara and those three players alone for Sportsfreak should help them have a solid game this week. DaUnderdog has three strong RB’s in Henry, Mixon and Montgomery and the upside is there I am just not sure I see it happening this week. I am going to go with Sportsfreak to get the win!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 19
• Record: Advantage Sportsfreak at 11-8
• PPG Avg: Advantage Sportsfreak 112.47 to 100.14  

HHH (1-0) vs Rapids Plungers (1-0)

This is the only game this week where both teams won their week 1 game which means at a minimum the winner in this one will be in a tie for first place when the week is done. HHH lost their starting RB (Raheem Mostert) for the season due to injury. That is always the risk you run with Mostert and unfortunately that didn’t risk lasted two plays for HHH. Rapids Plungers will be hoping that J. Winston continues to perform to his week 1 level and that D. Adams goes back to being D. Adams.

Prediction:
I expect a high scoring game in Seattle this week which bodes well for HHH (R. Wilson and AJ Brown). I also expect a bounce back game for M. Evans. Then you have Cook who has a tough matchup and game script may not allow him to get 100 yards rushing but I expect he makes up the difference by catching 6 to 7 balls out of the backfield AND if that isn’t enough the browns should be up early on Houston this week which means K. Hunt should be in for a great game! I obviously like HHH this week for all the reasons I just mentioned. Rapids Plungers has the WR firepower to keep up and if Winston performs even close to what he did last week I think this stays close but I like HHH to win this one in what I would predict to be the highest scoring game of the week.

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 13
• Record: Advantage Rapids Plungers at 8-5
• PPG Avg: Advantage Rapids Plungers 116.40 to 99.08

pack slayer (1-0) vs PackerFANatic7 (0-1)
These two teams have played each other four times and even though it is only 4 games this is each teams highest scoring avg against any other team in the league. They have had some shootouts and all four of the games have been within 20 points. I am looking forward to see if this trend continues this week and what type of a game we get!

Prediction:
The Stafford / Kupp connection for pack slayer looked really good last week and it is hard to imagine that not happening again and of course Tyreek Hill is a 40 point game waiting to happen AND I like Jones with a bounce back game after that though there isn’t much else that I love though. PackerFANatic7 has L. Jackson who showed some signs of him getting back to his MVP season and he will need to perform that way this week for PackerFANatic7 to come away with the W. I am not sure I see enough firepower though and I am going to go with pack slayer to run away with this one and win rather easy!

Historical Look at this Match-Up: 

• Regular Season Match-ups: 4
• Record: Tied at 2-2
• PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 133.69 to 130.18