Here is something I never thought I'd find myself writing: player of the week honors are going to CJ Stroud of the Houston Texans! He had 36.76 points for Bluth Company, passing for 244 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win over the Ravens. Right behind him was Dak Prescott with 36.28 points. He continues to blow up immediately after getting traded away by Teflon Don.
TDs or Bust (4-1) 134.07 vs TBone's Terrific Team (0-5) 107.33
Unfortunately Dak's big game was not enough to lift Tbone to a win. He now drops his 15th game in a row, which is obviously a league record (and counting) for futility. TBone is looking terrible so far. I would not be surprised if this team didn't win another game the rest of the season. The sad thing is that the team actually overperformed. If those 5 empty bye week spots had been filled, this team may have had a chance, considering they only lost by 27. I think in the offseason some reevaluation needs to be done here.
It was a down week for TDs or Bust. Which is weird to say considering they overperformed. It just feels like the score gap should have been bigger. Perry will have to adjust to the loss of Omarion Hampton at RB going forward. With the win, Perry moves to 25-10 overall in the regular season in The Rad Dynasty, which is the best record in the entire league. He is 5-0 all time against TBone.
Dynastic Dan (5-0) 156. 92 vs Bluth Company (1-4) 145.36
I finally got my first win against Bluth Company, and it was a very close game. I remember being at Farm & Fleet on Sunday with my kid while the games were going on, and looking at my phone and seeing the projection that I was going to lose 158 to 143. I really thought Bluth was going to continue his dominance over my team. But then things turned around, behind Emeka Egbuka and Jamarr Chase, who combined for nearly 58 points between the two of them.
It ended up being pretty close in the end, with me needing about 15 or 16 points from Josh Allen and James Cook combined on Sunday night in order to win. Cook underperformed, but I got enough from Allen for me to squeak out the win. I have a great shot to move to 6-0 next week as I've got slumping My Team on the horizon.
Skattebo Doesn't Know (4-1) 200.62 vs Show me the TDs (2-3) 169.79
Defending champ Mike continues his dominant stretch of play with the big win. He's now scored 200 points twice so far in just five games this season. He is right behind ned for total points scored so far this season. What is impressive is that this big win was pulled off without Lamar Jackson.
It is another tough luck loss for Show me the TDs. He would have beaten everyone but ned or Mike this week, and unfortunately the matchup was against Mike. He is the league leader so far in "Points Against" which is never somewhere you want to be. Next week against Alice is going to be a massive game for both teams.
Alice in Horns (2-3) 150.06 vs My Team (1-4) 101.92
Alice pulled off the easy win in this one. There is not much to say about this matchup. My Team just simply didn't show up. It was a bad performance up and down the board. Brock Bowers being ruled out didn't help, but even if he had a big game, this still would have been a blowout.
Kyren Williams was the real star of this matchup. He and Puka have really been going off for Alice this season. My Team faces off against Dynastic Dan next week. Alice faces off against Show me the TDs in a battle of really good 2-3 teams looking to stay afloat.
AR12 Is Weird (4-1) 123.67 vs Teflon Don (1-4) 112.29
These two teams have been the biggest surprises of the year so far. If you had asked me coming into this season, I would have thought these records would be opposite. I'll continue to praise Scotty for turning around an abandoned team. He's done a super admirable job so far, much better than I could have expected. Meanwhile, anything and everything has gone wrong for Teflon Don. I would have expected them to be in playoff contention at this point in the young season.
It doesn't get any easier next week as he takes on 4-1 Perry. Scotty also has a tough matchup against ned, who is also 4-1 and has the highest scoring team in the league so far this year. Fun note, Scotty now joins Alice and Show me the TDs as the only teams to have beaten every team in the league so far. He may not have been the manager those first two seasons, but those wins still count!
ned's rollers (4-1) 183.95 vs BDB's Jet Setters (2-3) 124.64
Speaking of ned, this team once again rolled over the opposition with another big win. Ned and Mike have taken over the #1 and #2 scoring lead in the league so far, with me right behind at #3. Javonte Williams and Rico Dowdle combined for nearly 60 points in this game. I'm sure everyone saw that coming, right?
Ned and BDB have now met 6 times overall (including playoffs) which I believe is the current record for "longest" rivalry. In those 6 games, ned is 4-2 against BDB. (EDIT: Skattebo Doesn't Know and Show me the TDs have also met 6 times - FYI). BDB looks to rebound from this current 2 game skid next week against similarly struggling Bluth Company. ned will match up against surprising AR12 Is Weird (formerly The Killing Fields) in a battle of 4-1 teams.
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A look at the standings below. The 4 top highest scoring teams currently sit in playoff position, one through four, which rarely happens. So things are "as they should be" for the time being.
I'm still unbeaten at 5-0, but four teams sit right behind me at 4-1. A lot can happen in the final 10 games. Are things going to kind of sit tight as they are, or will we see a shakeup in the standings? Will TBone ever win a game? Can I go undefeated? Stay tuned.
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