Week 2 saw a number of injuries that will have to be monitored across the week. CHI fans cheered as that Orange Bristle Brush of a QB got injured and gave the chance to the rookie Fields take the...well field.
Real picture of Andy Dalton
Did anyone else love watching the Vikings set up perfectly to win the game with a few seconds left, just to miss the field goal and lose with no chance to come back? God that shit is satisfying.
Welcome to the 49ers saga once again. The injury carousel that is the 49ers backfield is one of the most maddening yet entertaining parts of fantasy football (as long as you don't have a piece of it). Mostert went down after 2 plays last week and was replaced by Mitchell. This week, Mitchell took the lead and then got injured. He was spelled by Sermon and Hasty, both of which got injured and went out of the game. Mitchell then went back in the game and finished it out, but his status is still questionable for week 3. Welcome to the show.
Other notable QBs that got hurt: Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield (briefly), Tyrod Taylor, and Tua Tagovailoa. Oh and let's not forget Zach Wilson, who got sand in his vagina before throwing 210 yards and 4 picks.
Now to our league:
Scott took the helm this week putting up 187.98. He reminded Chu that he has the absolute worst luck in this league with a losing score of 151.22. Chu would have beat 6 other teams this week had the matchup been different.
3 teams remain undefeated, and 2 of them face off in week 3, Scott and Brett, which should be a fantastic matchup.
Week 1 Perfect Lineup:
QB: Tom Brady (Brett, 34.12pts)
WR: Cooper Kupp (Scott, 35.3pts)
WR: Tyler Lockett (Boyer, 30.8pts)
WR: Courtland Sutton (Scott, 23.4pts)
RB: Derrick Henry (Josh, 47.7pts)
RB: Aaron Jones (David, 38.5pts)
TE: Travis Kelce (Scott, 21.4pts)
WRT: Terry McLaurin (Mike 23.2pts)
QWRT: Kyler Murray (Will 34.1pts)
K: Graham Gano (FA, 23.2pts)
DEF: Buffalo (Chu, 20pts)
Total: 331.72pts (League record is 220.44 by me)
RBs -- Some return to normalcy in week 2. Henry and Jones SMASHED their projections and scored 47.7 & 38.5 respectively. Although they faced off in our league and Henry lost to Jones. Tony Pollard was RB3 on the week -- yup, I just wrote that. CMC is giving back his ROI nicely. Then number 5 was...Cordarrelle Patterson. Yup.
WRs -- A new group of WRs hit the top 5 this week. Cooper Kupp has his white boy connection with Stafford. Tyler Lockett does what he does and kept going yard. Sutton has a connection with Bridgewater I don't think humans are meant to decipher. McLaurin did fantastic with Heinecke throwing to him. Mike Evans showed up with 2 TDs this week. Rondale Moore looked like a steal of the draft where Brett got him. And just noting here Cordarrelle Patterson was also the WR7 on the week because of the dual designation.
QBs -- Jameis Winston...got outscored by Trevor Lawrence and was QB27 on the week. Brady showed that he does not age throwing for 5 fucking touchdowns. Kyler Murray looked fantastic aside from two errant picks. Lamar Jackson worked his ass off to earn a win against KC. Aaron Rodgers fired back perfectly last night like we all knew he was going to, although it was the Aaron Jones show. And...I can't believe I'm putting this name in the top 5, but Daniel fucking Jones. And all it took was 249/1/95/1.
TEs -- Kelce, Gronk, Hock -- Told you I'd just copy paste this.
K -- Top 5 kickers were free agents. 2 of which were the same as last week. Can we please just get rid of this position? It's literally roulette.
Week 3 Matchup of the Week (Scott vs Brett):
The semifinal rematch from last week played out the same way it did last year. And now Brett goes on to face the final rematch from last year? You can't write this shit.
My biased opinion:
QB - Brady is going to have a tough test vs the Rams. Jackson could easily walk all over DET.
RBs - Hunt/CEH will get worked by Kamara/Gibson
WRs - Kupp/Sutton/Brown - the Jackson/Brown stack was magical last week. Diggs/McLaurin/Moore - Car likely will go up early and runt the game through CMC limiting Moore's upside. Diggs & McLaurin face off and honestly either could have a + game.
TEs - Kelce vs Hock is probably the best TE matchup in the league this year. Flip a coin.
K - who gives a fuck.
D - Both DEFs have great matchup. Car against Houston's backup's backup. and Denver against a wet mormon headrag who thinks Moses was white.
Final thought: I think this matchup comes down to who's WR core performs better. As long as Scott's RBs don't goose, I think he can take this one.
Betting line: Scott (-6.5)
Good luck in Week 3 boys. Full power rankings will be out tomorrow.