Week Four of the Rad Dynasty is in our rear view mirror, and it is time to look back and talk about our winners and losers this week. Last week I said that this week would be pivotal in separating the pretenders and contenders, and I think I was right. More on that to come.
But first, player of the week goes to Christian McCaffrey on team Bluth Company. CMC rushed for 106 yards and scored 4 overall touchdowns for 45.2 fantasy points. Good job.
I usually start by talking about my own team first, but this week was such a downer that I'm going to save that for last. I suppose since we're talking about Christian McCaffrey we'll start with...
Ned's Rollers 193.66 (3-1) vs Bluth Company (1-3) 187.9
This was one of those frustrating games for Team Bluth as they were the second highest scoring team in the league this week, but still lost because they happened to be facing the highest scoring team of the week. Don't you just hate when that happens? I'm in a separate league where I'm 2-2, but this has happened to me twice. It's so infuriating. Bluth had the top two scorers in fantasy football this week with the aforementioned CMC and quarterback Josh Allen and his 44.5 points. The rest of the team did well, and would normally have done enough to win, but not when the opposing team goes bananas like Ned's Rollers did. Don't worry Bluth. You play me next week and I've yet to have an "explosion" week yet this season, so even just a mediocre performance will likely get you a win against me.
On Ned's roster, a whopping 4 players scored in single digits. He had multiple 20 point players this week, led by Jalen Hurts, Isaiah Pacheco, Mark Andrews, and Bobby Wagner. Almost everyone else on his roster scored 10 points. Tough to lose when you put together a performance like that!
My Team hasn't been the same since they lost Nick Chubb. After a 2-0 start, they're back down to .500 at 2-2. It was one of those weeks where absolutely nothing went right for this team. Terry McLaurin had 18.6 points, but the rest of the team didn't bother to show up, including Juwan Johnson who left the game with an injury and a goose egg on the scoreboard. Just a bad week overall for Uncle Pete, who will face off against Turd Ferguson next week due to an odd scheduling quirk. Our first rematch of the season.
Tbone currently has the second lowest scoring team in the league, but still manages to keep winning due to allowing the fewest points in the league. Derrick Henry and Amon-Ra St. Brown carried the load in this game, while the rest of the team put together a quiet performance. Tbone is in for a stiff test next week going against the high scoring Killing Fields. Speaking of...
The Killing Fields 162.12 (3-1) vs TDs or Bust (3-1) 115.98
This matchup between two 3-0 teams wasn't as exciting as you would have hoped, with TDs or Bust putting together a dud performance. The Killing Fields easily walked away with this one.
The Killing Fields yet again had a great day from their defensive players, despite Derwin James missing the game and putting up a goose egg. When I started this league, IDP was a bit of an afterthought for me, but Killing Fields has managed to make them a giant, valuable part of his team. Each week they put up big points. Brandon Aiyuk, D'Andre Swift, and a shocking performance by Cole Kmet who had 24.10 points carried the offense.
Not much to get excited about for TDs or Bust. Trevor Lawrence has been a bit of a bust this season with no big fantasy games yet. Same with Tee Higgins. What on Earth is going on with that Cincinnati offense? Raheem Mostert had a slow game too with only 4 points. He had been the RB #1 in fantasy coming into this game. I'm guessing not anymore. TDs or Bust will look to bounce back in a battle of the TDs next week as they play Show me the TDs in a battle of 3-1 teams.
Show me the TDs (3-1) 124.88 vs Thunder Thighs (0-4) 112.64
Thunder Thighs still hasn't gotten a win this season and they sit at the bottom of the rankings. Not only are they 0-4, they have the lowest scoring team in the entire league. Lamar Jackson had 30 plus points for Thunder Thighs, but aside from a handful of players the rest of the team did not show up.
Show me the TDs was lucky to draw Thunder Thighs in this matchup, as they could have only beaten a couple of other opponents. Deebo Samuel only had .6 points but Justin Jefferson and Josh Jacobs did just enough with their 20 some points each to help lead the team to a win.
Turd Ferguson (2-2) 142.74 vs BDBs Jet Setters (1-3) 138.80
This was a super close matchup between two 1-2 teams going separate directions. AJ Brown and Quay Walker had mammoth games for team Crix. Justin Fields and Stefon Diggs had giant 30-point games for BDB but the rest of the team was relatively quiet in the loss.
Can you tell I'm running out of energy for these recaps? Good thing we're almost done. We'll end with the matchup I don't want to talk about: Dynastic Dan losing yet again in an uninspiring performance.
Alice In Horns (3-1) 153.0 vs Dynastic Dan (1-3) 137.28
Alice In Horns wins their third straight game with this solid performance. Her Rams players Kyren Williams and Puka Nacua continue to have giant games for this team as they combined for 53 points. I listen to dynasty podcasts and always get dynasty Yahoo and Reddit notifications - and I can tell you that literally no one thought these players would do anything this year, yet here they are. Two of the biggest names in fantasy right now. Alice needed this performance from them as Joe Burrow continued to disappoint. Just 4.7 fantasy points this week. Ouch! He's been bad all season and yet somehow Alice still sits at 3-1.
Dynastic Dan could not capitalize on this performance, even though Justin Herbert had a big game with 25 fantasy points. He has been the MVP of this team so far, easily. But now he he is hurt. Go figure. De'Von Achane was the other bright spot in the loss, racking up 25.5 fantasy points and hopefully showing that he'll be a force in the NFL for years to come. I need this man desperately because the rest of my team is doing squat. I had such high hopes for my receiving core this year with Jamarr Chase and Jaylen Waddle - two top ten receivers from last year. But they've been awful this year. And why the hell did the Falcons draft Kyle Pitts if they aren't going to use him? And the Lions with Jahmyr Gibbs, too. What the heck, yo? Go figure, I move Khalil Herbert to the bench and he finally breaks out with a 20 point game. SIGH. It's just been one of those years for me. I have to remember this is dynasty. All these players could take off next year and I could have a loaded team for years and years to come. But it is looking like this year ain't it.
Here are some updated standings below, Still no two-way ties, so tiebreakers aren't a thing... yet!
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