Season 7 is now underway. Let’s
recap some changes. A dramatic change
removing K and Ds along with adding another WR and RB spot was ratified and
implemented. This made it more important
to have a deeper roster at each of these positions, especially once byes and
injuries start to take their toll. It
should make for make for more scoring as there’s a higher chance of big games
from those position rather than K or D. Additionally,
it will help alleviate the burden of Riley having to decide among his WRs which
are going to reach double digits each week.
Seth posted the highest point total ever in this first week with 245.92,
beating South’s old record of 240.3.
However, the average scoring this week (157.70) was right on par with
last year’s scoring average (158.36).
Now we’ll see how this changes throughout the year, but Riley said his
math education taught him that this is a relevant statistical sample and should
be taken a gospel.
Finken is our reigning champ after defeating Lansink using an
unorthodox move, the stat-correction (remember that?) making sure Chris didn’t
win his 9th title in the 8 years of this league. He then moved on to hand South another silver
medal finish and fueling the Tonya Harding rage burning deep in his
candy-filled stomach. Let’s take a
moment to recognize Finken’s brilliance and show that all that hard work of
falling into 2 of the best RBs of the past decade can make dreams come
true. (Stop reading and take a
moment) We’ve now had 5 different
leagues champions with South, Abel and Riley still looking to add their name to
the trophy. Let’s see how Week 1 went
and get on with the rankings…
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| Football's back baby! |
1.
I’m Out – Well, they say that to be the best,
you have to beat the best…and that’s exactly what Abel did. Taking down our reigning champ in Week 1 is
enough to put Jared in the top spot in our very scientific ranking
formula. He might not be projected to
win it all this year, or make the playoffs, or be in the top half of scoring, or
even be favored often/ever, but he’s got enough guys to be dangerous especially
if Andrews, Jeffrey, DK and Ross can continue a hot start...and if his opponent
misses his projection by 60+ points. He’s wisely resisted the urge from everyone
else to snipe his best players for future picks and hopes to make some noise
this season. Unfortunately his loud
cheer to start might turn into a whoopee-cushion sound real quick.
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| Jared's rocking out to a winning record this year. |
2.
Ah It’s Early – As he is at home, Seth was the
true stud of the weekend. Posting a new
benchmark for high points, Seth proved he didn’t even need to know when waivers
ran. Not having Melvin Gordon was an
afterthought as 8 of his starters topped 22 points. It could’ve been significantly better too if
he would’ve started his day-late waiver claim of DeSean Jackson posting 35.4 on
his bench. That sort of asset
mismanagement is likely what caused the great air conditioning debacle of 2014.
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| All time points record!!! |
3.
Play It Backwards – Mitch managed to steer his
team to victory but it was a little dicey (as usual with him at the wheel). He was missing AB for Week 1 but we’re
guessing that he’d rather sit him one week and get him on the Pats rather than
have Derek Carr throwing him ducks all season.
Watkins was the key to victory posting 46.8 points, who he replaced
Brown with when the craziness began. I’m
sure Lansink took it real well watching his Chiefs destroy the Jags by tossing
every TD Sammy’s way. With Hill out,
Watkins becomes a top 8 WR and the Brady-Brown stack is quickly making Mitch a
top contender for his first playoff run in a few years. We’ll see if the rumble strips can keep Mitch
on the road to the title.
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| Whew, made it to 1-0 in one piece. |
4.
Off Suit 10s – Kyle got off to a solid start
against Riley thanks to McCaffrey slicing thru the Rams D like they were the
Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl. He should be
a bit concerned though after seeing Gurley is apparently in a 3-way in the Rams
backfield, and not the kind that involves a blindfold and drunk college girls. Trading for Sony might backfire with all the
scoring going to the Pats new WR toys.
The good news is that it appears he’s got decent WRs now, especially on
the bench since most each of them outscored all of his starting WRs, and that
probably would’ve held full PPR or not.
He’ll need to make better coaching decisions going forward as he won’t
be pitted against the Special Olympian of fantasy football every week.
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| Man, I could've been in Kyle starting lineup rather than Mitch's bench. |
5.
If We’re Using Logic – Lansink put up a valiant
effort by putting up a total that would’ve beat anyone outside of his opponent
or his far-superior brother-in-law. This
seems fitting since last year he kept emerging victorious in low scoring games
he had no business winning. Lansink does
get some hardware this weekend though, which comes in the form of the Ceasar
Award for poor manager of the week. All
offseason, he’s been talking up Derrick Henry as his almost-league-winner last year
(but not really, #StatCorrection). However
come Week 1, he benches him in favor of a low-volume WR who he thinks will
become the next Julio (spoiler alert, he won’t). This move would’ve helped him post almost 200
and beat Mitch handily. In more
not-so-great news, no other non-QB bench players scored double digits. That sort of depth doesn’t bode well in the
event of the aforementioned injury bug hitting.
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| Not exactly Belichick-level of roster management here folks. |
6.
Fuck It Three – The season could’ve started much
better for the presumptive favorite going into the season. First Luck retires out of the blue and leaves
him with no QB depth. His Flash Gordon
stock seemed at an all-time high until the Pats sign one of the few WRs more
talented (and insane) than he is. Then
he trades for Foles who promptly gets injured in the 1st quarter of
the opening game. A short while later in
the same game, Tyreeeeeek gets a karma-suspension from the injury gods for the
foreseeable future. And then the rest
of his roster craps the bed and leaves him 0-1 after Seth takes his scoring
record. At least he’s got FAAB left to
fill the holes on his roster…
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| No Luck, Foles or Tyreek...Southy luck will kick in regardless. |
7.
Rollin’ 4 Deep – Like his finals opponent, the
Stat-Correction Champ is not off to a great title defense. Zeke is signed so that is good but if Baker
isn’t his heir-apparent to Brees and Winston can’t get the ball to Evans and the
Juice, he could be in season-long trouble.
Finken will tell himself that it was just a week of bad matchups and
everything will turn around next time, just the way it did with
Solich….and Callahan….and Pelini….and
Riley….and Frost….
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| Keep punting Finken. |
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