Week Seven Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.07)

Alright, we're back to a full recap again. Week 7 is OVAH and now it is time to dish out the player of the week award. This award surprisingly goes to Bo Nix for Bluth Company. He had like 4 points at the end of three quarters, and then went on to score 4 fourth quarter touchdowns en route to 43.96 fantasy points. Good job Bo Nix and good job Bluth Company. He is now 3-4 and has won two in a row for the first time in nearly 2 years. Perhaps things are starting to turn around now.

Show me the TDs (4-3) 149.07 vs Dynastic Dan (6-1) 123.77

Well, my dreams of an undefeated season are officially over. I'm still winless against Sean's team; a combined 0-4 across 3 seasons now. I really thought I had it in the bag after Jamarr Chase's big Thursday night game. But no. It was a heavy bye week for Dynastic Dan. I over thought things and decided to go with Carson Wentz at QB against the Eagles defense, thinking he'd be good for at least 2 touchdown passes. Womp womp. Instead he only scored 10.32 points. Jaxson Dart, who I left on the bench, scored 34.42. It still wouldn't quite have been enough for a win, as I would have been 1 point short.

Show me the TDs overperformed by 24 points, as Trey McBride and his IDP had big games. Even with goose eggs from two different starters (Luke McCaffrey and Mike Evans) he still overperformed by this much. It was a bad week for me in all my fantasy leagues, as I went a combined 2-5 in my matchups - my first losing week in two years. In one league my opponent was projected to score 81 points, and he ended up scoring 167. That's more than double his projection, which I can honestly say I've never seen before. That's why I can't be too mad at this loss. I was never going to be undefeated. Might as well get it out of the way now during this shit week.

Show me the TDs moves above .500 with the win. It will be a tough matchup with Bluth Company next week, but it comes with a chance to move up in the standings. Dynastic Dan has the matchup everyone likes to see on their schedule next week: TBone. This should be a "get right" game, but you never know. TBone almost got his first win this week!

Alice in Horns (3-4) 117.06 vs TBone's Terrific Team (0-7) 116.96

Loss number 17 in a row for poor TBone. This one was as close as they possibly come. This may be the closest game I've seen, actually, coming down to a tenth of a point. One extra rushing yard by TBone and this is a tie game, which I've never seen in fantasy football in all my years. I'm sure ties happen, though. Has anyone here ever seen a tie? This game is a candidate to be affected by point adjustments, so I guess we'll have to keep an eye on things and see if the win stands.

As far as the actual game, it was a low scoring affair. Even though she won, Alice's team continues to struggle as it has been decimated by injuries. No way this is a close game if Burrow, Puka, and Bucky play. Alice faces Teflon Don next week in a must win game for two struggling teams. 

Ned's rollers (5-2) 213.89 vs TDs or Bust (5-2) 158.93

This was a good game against possibly the league's two best teams. Ned was just too much in this one, though. The rest of the league messed up letting him get Christian McCaffrey. I had to double check to see if he set the single game scoring record, but no he was 5 points off. Ned is leading the league in scoring at the moment, and if the season ended today, he'd be averaging 166 points a game - which would be a Rad Dynasty record.

It wasn't a good matchup for Perry, but he can take solace in the fact that he would have beaten most teams this week. No one is beating anyone who scores 214 points. Things don't get any easier for either team next week, as Ned plays 5-2 Skattebo Doesn't Know, while Perry takes on Scotty's team, who is currently tied for first in the league at 6-1. Dang, next week is going to be big!

Bluth Company (3-4) 143.96 vs My Team 115.39 (1-5)

Another tough loss for My Team, as they seem to have given up on the season already. This team drafted well and was predicted by Yahoo to go 10-5 and make the playoffs. But that is probably assuming you are adjusting for injuries and byes - which My Team is not doing. Oh well, maybe they'll win 9 in a row and prove the haters wrong.

Bluth was led by player of the week Bo Nix. He's now 1-0 since trading away CMC. Kenneth Walker only scored 6.6 points at RB, and Dalton Kincaid didn't play. So it is a little early to see if this trade will work out or not. But as of now Bluth isn't out of it yet, and needs to go on a run to right the ship at .500. It's going to be a tough draw against Show me The TDs, but I think it will be one of the best matchups of week 8. On the other side of things, My Team will face off against BDB in a battle of two teams near the bottom of the standings. I think it's safe to say that whichever team loses that game is out of contention this season.

Teflon Don 170.54 (2-5) vs Skattebo Doesn't Know 153.09 (5-2)  

Crix shows signs of life, knocking off defending champ Mike in a pretty high scoring affair. This was a must win for my brother as a loss would have dumped him to 1-6 and basically no shot of making the playoffs this year. It will still be hard to do with 5 losses already, but I'm a big believer in the random nature of fantasy football. I think anything can happen if his team gets hot. Oronde Gadsden had 25.9 points in this game. He's a guy I've been big on at TE as a rookie, so we'll see if this is his first game en route to stardom.

Next up on the docket for Skattebo Doesn't Know is ned, while Teflon Don takes on Alice.

AR12 is Weird (6-1) 137.59 vs BDB's Jet Setters (2-5) 121.55

This was a fairly close game. BDB gave Scotty a good fight, but it just wasn't meant to be. Scotty is now 6-1 after taking over this team, which went 4-11 last season. What a turnaround! Mahomes, Davante, and Swift combined for nearly 80 points in the win. Travis Hunter and Justin Herbert were the high scorers for BDB in the loss.

Scotty will look to keep the good times rolling in week 8 against fellow CapTellian TDs or Bust, while BDB has a very winnable game coming up against My Team.

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An updated look at the standings. I was feeling lonely up at the top so I figured I'd let Scotty join me up here for a while. As far as the rest of the league, it is still anyone's game when it comes to nabbing one of the 4 playoff spots. Can't wait till next year when we expand to 6! As it stands right now, the TDs teams would be on the outside of the playoffs looking in.

I'll offer a reminder (in case anyone has forgotten) that if two teams finished tied in the standings at the end of the year, the tiebreaker is not points, but head to head standings. Only if there is a tie in the head to head record, or a tie among 3 or more teams, will points factor in. So for example - the graphic shows BDB in 10th behind 9th place Teflon Don. But because BDB leads the season series 1-0, he is actually in 9th right now and TD is in 10th. Just thought we needed a reminder of that.

 

Week Six Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.06)

You'll have to excuse me for this week's crappy recap. It's late night Wednesday and I still haven't written anything, so I'm just going to push this one out real fast. I have no motivation to write anything this week. Just been really busy. So I'm considering this my bye week.

Player of the week will go to Patrick Mahomes from AR12 Is Weird. Scotty moves to 5-1 this season, already surpassing his team's win total from last year when it went 4-11. And it was all thanks to Mahomes and his 37.48 fantasy points. Mahomes had 257 passing yards and 4 overall touchdowns in the Kansas City win.

So like I said, this will be a crappy recap. In fact, it won't even be much of a recap at all. I'm just going to post the scores from last week's games and also a look at the current standings and call it a wrap. See you next week when hopefully I am more motivated to write an in-depth look at things. I think I just needed a little break here in the middle of the season.

I guess I have to mention that this is TBone's 16th loss in a row. Will he ever win a game again? My other random observation is that it sucks Puka has been hurt. Alice and Teflon Don were teams I expected to make some noise this year, but have been absolutely wrecked with injuries. Nabers, Burrow, Puka, Godwin, Bucky Irving, Xavier Worthy, Daniels, etc. All have missed major time this season. Bluth has been hit hard with injuries too. And Show me the TDs. And me, too - with Egbuka going down, now. Depth is going to be important for all teams as we move forward.

Week Five Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.05)

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.

Week Four Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.04)

This is going to be a quick recap because I'm fairly busy this week. You'll just have to deal with it.

Player of the week for week 4: the newly acquired Dak Prescott for team TBone. Dak's 4 touchdowns led to 36.96 fantasy points. Dak's heroics were nearly enough to lift TBone for his first win of the season, but alas - it was not meant to be. 

Aaron Likes Jonnu's TE (3-1) 161.20 vs TBone's Terrific Team (0-4) 140.86

Why you gotta make me type out that crazy team name, man? I think I'll just refer to you as Scotty going forward, haha. But this was a surprisingly good matchup between two teams that finished near the bottom of the standings last year. Scotty survived in what was a closer matchup than the final score indicated. Dak nearly lifted TBone to the win in a game that went back and forth all weekend long. But Scotty was able to pull out the win behind Patrick Mahomes (35.3) and two crazy big IDP games from Jordyn Brooks (21) and Maxx Crosby (20.75).

TBone has now lost 14 games in a row going back to last season. There have been some close calls this year, but no luck breaking through. 

Dynastic Dan (4-0) 162.16 vs BDB's Jet Setters (2-2) 137.42

While both teams overperformed, it was still a relatively large blowout for first place Dynastic Dan. I'm now 4-0 and looking good. I'm starting to worry about Jamarr Chase and Chase Brown though. These guys have really wilted with no Joe Burrow.

BDB is only 2-2 but has looked strong so far this season. He'll try to climb back above .500 again next week against ned.

Bluth Company (1-3) 156.29 vs Alice in Horns (1-3) 140.83

Bluth finally gets into the win column with one of the more surprising results of the week. Things really clicked for Bluth Company. This was the type of team performance I expected to see coming into the season. Maybe this marks the beginning of a turnaround? On the flip side, Alice's team has continued its stumble out of the gate. Alice was considered a strong contender at the beginning of the year. Key injuries to Joe Burrow and Nick Bosa have hurt the team. And now Bucky Irving looks like he might miss time too. 

Alice has a good chance to rebound next week against struggling My Team - in what is a must win for each team. Bluth looks to continue his winning ways against first place Dynastic Dan. Bluth has never lost against me before, so I expect a challenging matchup ahead.

TDs or Bust (3-1) 194.97 vs Show me the TDs (2-2) 132.53

I always look forward to seeing when the two TD teams match up, but unfortunately this one was a real snoozer. This was one of those dominant performances from TDs or Bust where you just have no chance of winning. It's almost impossible to win when your opponent has 195 points.

TDs or Bust is looking like a team to beat after a rough start to the season. Perry looks to pad his record next week against in a game where he is a mammoth favorite. It's going to require a herculean effort from TBone to end his losing streak next week. On the other side of things, Show me the TDs has a challenging matchup against defending champ Mike. Tough luck for Sean as newly acquired Tyreek Hill left the game with a season ending injury immediately after Sean spent ALL his free agent money on him. That's super rough. It's been a tough year so far for this team, but I think they can turn it around. It is still super early. A win against the defending champ next week would go a long way.

Skattebo Doesn't Know (3-1) 129.43 vs My Team (1-3) 91.77

It was a less than stellar week for each team, as this was the lowest scoring matchup of the week. In fact, I think it may be the combined lowest scoring game of the year? A win is a win for Mike. Uncle Pete takes on Alice in a battle of 1-3 teams. The loser of that game is going to be in real rough shape.

ned's rollers (3-1) 152.05 vs Teflon Don (1-3) 123.81

Rough week and rough season so far for Teflon Don. AJ Brown continues to stink up the place and now Malik Nabers is out for the year and may miss time next year too. Yikes. I love Malik Nabers and he is one of my favorite NFL players. But now I'm glad my trade offer for him was turned down in the offseason! Jayden Daniels has been off and on injured, and now Brock Purdy is hurt just a week after Chris traded Dak Prescott away. And then Dak immediately blew up and had a massive game as the player of the week for TBone. Tough stretch of events here, but the future first he acquired in the trade is looking more and more like the 1.01 since TBone can't seem to win a game.

Ned has quietly been putting together a stellar season so far. It's only been 4 weeks, but he's looked every part the bit of a contending team. He is currently the second highest scoring team in the league. Ned won the 'ship in the inaugural season of The Rad Dynasty. He is more than capable of doing it again.

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Again, sorry for the lackluster recap this week, but I have things to do and kids to raise. Here is a look at the standings. I love the cluster at the top of the standings. I'm 4-0, but four teams are right behind me at 3-1. Ned and Perry look like real contenders. Mike continues to win win win. Scotty has been super impressive taking over a dysfunctional team. The 2-2 teams are not out of it yet, as they are only one game out of second place - and there is still a LOT of season left. The 1-3 teams still have life, too. A 1-4 start can be hard to overcome. 2-3 sounds much better.

Here is to an interesting week 5, and good luck to you all.

Week Three Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.03)

Injuries, upsets, surprising performances, and questionable roster moves highlight what was an interesting week 3 in The Rad Dynasty. But first, let's give a shout out to the Julie Chen player of the Week (I'm making that a thing now, btw). And that player is Jalen Hurts for ned's rollers. Hurts had 4 overall touchdowns, leading to 35.04 fantasy points for team ned. Special thanks to Alice for NOT starting Caleb Williams, as he would have been the player of the week with 37.12 fantasy points. That would have been enough to turn a close loss into a blowout win. Let's talk about that, shall we?

Dynastic Dan (3-0) 125.07 vs Alice in Horns (1-2) 120.42

This was a super ugly game, both teams underperforming by a massive amount of points. Things started out great for Dynastic Dan, as Josh Allen, James Cook, and De'Von Achane combined for 61 fantasy points on their Thursday night game. I thought this was going to be an easy win. Unfortunately, the rest of the team laid a major egg, and Dynastic Dan was lucky to sneak out a win against similarly underperforming Alice.

Dan entered the Sunday night game down by 2 points, and needing Harrison Butker to outscore Travis Kelce in order to eke out a win. Luckily, this happened and Dan escaped with a 3-0 record. It's been a murderers row of opponents for Dan (TDs or Bust, Ned, Alice) but somehow this team remains undefeated. 2-1 BDB is next on the docket before things start to get easier for a little bit. Alice looks to rebound against Bluth Company, in what should be an absolutely vital game for both teams.

Skattebo Doesn't Know (2-1) 203.87 vs Bluth Company (0-3) 128.52

Just an absolutely massive game for defending champ Mike. It's still early in the season, but that is the most points scored in a matchup yet this year. His team exploded up and down the board, led by Lamar's 32.4 points, Jonathan Taylor's 31.3, and Hunter Henry's random 25 burger. Even Cam Skattebo himself finally got going with a 21.1 point game. 

The losses continue to pile up for Bluth Company. It's almost comical how bad of luck Bluth has had so far in this league. His team's all time record is 10-23, and 7 of those wins came in 2023 - the league's inaugural season. The 128 points he scored would have beaten 6 other teams this week, but unfortunately he was facing off against someone who scored over 200. Tough to win when that happens.

TDs or Bust (2-1) 151.27 vs My Team (1-2) 142.48

This was a very competitive matchup, and either team could have scraped this one out. The projections went back and forth all weekend long. My Team was favored going into Monday night, but then Jared Goff had a bad game while Jahmyr Gibbs had a big one. This tilted the scale in Perry's favor.

This would have been a big upset for My Team, but alas it wasn't meant to be. They will look to rebound against Mike next week, while it will be a battle of the TD teams to see who will improve to 3-1 and who will be 2-2.

Show me the TDs 121.69 (2-1) vs The Killing Fields (2-1) 119.76

This was a super tight matchup, decided by fewer than 2 points. Would have been a 3-0 start for Killing Fields if things had gone a little differently. On the flip side, Show me the TDs always seems to have their games come right down to the wire. This was another matchup that went back and forth all weekend. It probably shouldn't have been this close is it wasn't for the massive underperformance from Show me the TDs. They underperformed by 34 points while TKF underperformed by 5.

Not related to this matchup, but Sean was able to score a major win by picking up Tyreek Hill off waivers. It was the first time we've seen a major name become available on waivers, and Sean made sure he got him by wagering his entire FAB budget to pick him up.

BDB's Jet Setters (2-1) 135.9 vs Teflon Don (1-2) 124.24

BDB's team continues to impress, coming out of the gate with a 2-1 record. Teflon Don seems to be headed in the other direction. They are the third lowest scoring team in the league. I really thought this team was going to turn things around so far, but injuries and poor play from the incoming rookies has really derailed things.

Teflon Don did make a big trade today, sending away Dak Prescott, Evan Engram, and next year's 2nd rounder to Tbone for his first rounder - which may very well end up being the 1.01 depending on how things go for TBone. That's something to monitor. It doesn't help Teflon Don now, but it could pay big dividends in the future.

Ned's rollers (2-1) 161.79 vs Tbone (0-3) 84.53

Tbone may set a league record for futility this year. After a 4-1 start in 2024, this team has now lost 13 games in a row. And it isn't looking any better. Tbone inexplicably released Tyreek Hill and got nothing in return for him. And he has traded away his 1st rounder next year. This has left the team a mere skeleton of its former self. A massive rebuild looks to be on the horizon. But is TBone up to the task?

Ned rolled over the opposition in what may likely be his easiest win of the year. This one was never in doubt. Jalen Hurts himself nearly scored half of the points TBone's entire team did this week.

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Now for a look at the standings. Dynastic Dan sits alone at 3-0, while 6 other teams sit right behind him at 2-1. Tbone and Bluth occupy the cellar with matching 0-3 records. I haven't given up on anyone yet, aside from maybe TBone. Yes, Bluth is 0-3 but the talent on the roster is there. Alice has had a little bit of rough injury/matchup luck so far, but I expect things to even out. Same with Teflon Don.

If I had to take an early guess at which 4 teams will be in the playoffs, I would say: Dynastic Dan, TDs or Bust, Ned, and then Skattebo Doesn't Know. Next year is where things will really get interesting, as the playoff field will expand to 6 teams (the top 2 teams getting a first round bye). I'm excited for the move. Should introduce a lot more parity to the league, and also give hope to people who consistently finish just outside the top 4.

Week Two Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.02)

Week 2 of the Rad Dynasty has wrapped up, and now it is time to take a look at this week's action - which is headlined by player of the week Amon-Ra St Brown for Tbone's Terrific Team! He had 115 yards and 3 TDs, leading to 34.7 fantasy points for Tbone's team. Two players outscored St Brown in week 2, but neither were started, so they aren't eligible to win this award. Jared Goff (43.96) sat on My Team's bench, while Russell Wilson (36.3) isn't even rostered. Unfortunately, TBone was not able to pull off the win, as they let the lead slip away to Teflon Don on Monday night.

Teflon Don (1-1) 139.06 vs Tbone (0-2) 128.69

Things just get tougher and tougher for TBone as this is now this team's 12th loss in a row going back to last season. Derrick Henry had a bad game with 2.3 points. If he'd have had his usual monster game, Tbone would have had a chance at winning this. Teflon Don was led by Malik Nabers and his 34.45 points. This matchup went into Monday night with TBone leading by less than a point, but Teflon Don's Devin White was able to come through with the needed points (and more) to secure the win and the 1-1 start.

Next week will be tough for Tbone as he faces ned. Teflon Don has a chance to move above .500 with a win over BDB.

Dynastic Dan (2-0) 180.67 vs Ned's rollers (1-1) 155.04

Despite the seemingly lopsided final score, I actually had to sweat this one out. My team underperformed through Sunday's action. I was kicking myself over my last minute decision to remove James Cook (26) from my lineup at the last minute for Breece Hall (4.8). Josh Allen also had an abnormally bad fantasy game with 11.82 points. By the afternoon games, ned was favored to win this matchup by quite a bit.

But then his starters decided to underwhelm too. Jalen Hurts (11.54) and Courtland Sutton (2.35) massively underperformed, leaving the door open for me to come back on Monday night and snatch victory away from ned. I was down by about 13 points, and I had two defensive players left to play: Daiyan Henley (who I haven't trusted since the championship game last year when he had a goose egg in the title game) and Danielle Hunter. I was sweating it because IDP can be quite volatile. I was fully expecting them to come up short. But then they absolutely exploded. Henley had 22.5 points and Hunter had 15.75. That's nearly 40 points when all I needed was 13.

Dynastic Dan faces Alice in Horns next week, in what should be a great matchup. Ned has a slightly easier matchup against TBone.

Show me the TDs (1-1) 149.4 vs Skattebo Doesn't Know (1-1) 127.15

This was a tough luck loss for defending champ Mike. His start to the week reminded me of the start Chris had last week. Austin Ekeler (3.4) and Jayden Reed (0) each left with injuries, leaving a massive hole in Mike's lineup. It's really tough to recover from that. It ended up being a relatively close game (22 points apart) so if these guys had played the whole game, it may have been much closer.

Sean's team moves into fourth place with the win. Brandon Aubrey (22) and Tua (22.6) were the leading scorers in the game. I'm starting to kick myself for releasing Jaylen Warren at the beginning of the season, as he has turned into a solid source of points for Show me the TDs. That is a big, underrated pickup for this team. I was worried about Kaleb Johnson making him irrelevant in fantasy. Boy was I wrong.

The Killing Fields (2-0) 150.43 vs My Team (1-1) 113.2

What a turnaround for The Killing Fields, who was one of the worst teams in the league last year. You could even argue THE worst. But Scotty has come in as the new manager and turned things around quickly. It's only two games, but this is a team that looked dead in the water last season. Hats off to Scotty for the 2-0 start.

On the opposite side of things, My Team didn't look very good in this one, after its impressive performance in week one. Kittle and McFadden are on IR, and were left in the lineup. Maybe their backups aren't enough to pull out a win, but you just hate to see the spots being left empty. It doesn't help that other players like Brock Bowers (6.3), Jordan Mason (4.8), and Terry McLaurin (7.3) didn't do enough to make this competitive. Hopefully uncle Pete patches up his roster holes and this team can right the ship next week. It's definitely not too late.

Alice in Horns (1-1) 123.09 vs BDB's Jet Setters (1-1) 112.28

This was an ugly game with some serious injury implications. Joe Burrow (9.04) is out for essentially the whole fantasy season for Alice. She'll have to rely on Caleb Williams and Jordan Love going forward. Aaron Jones (2.3) is now on IR for team BDB. Otherwise, there was not much interesting fantasy wise happening in this game. Like I said, it was an ugly game. Both teams struggled to do much of anything.

Alice will face Dynastic Dan in a rematch of last year's playoff game. BDB will play Teflon Don - another 1-1 team. The winner will move above .500.

TDs or Bust (1-1) 143.75 vs Bluth Company (0-2) 119.19

It's been a tough go of things for Bluth Company in the Rad Dynasty. In the initial year of this league, he was the second highest scoring team in the league, but still somehow missed the playoffs. In year 2, the wheels fell off and he dropped to the last place team and winner of the Ashton Jeanty sweepstakes. Now in year 3, things continue to look bad. I really thought Bluth was primed to turn things around this year, but it just hasn't worked out that way. Still lots of time though. It won't be easy in week 3 against defending champ Mike, but I still have faith in this team.

TDs or Bust won despite failing to meet initial projections for the second game in a row. You can't help but feel that this a team waiting to explode. Drake Maye (30.3) is going to be a pretty good fantasy QB, I think. Bijan (18.3) and Gibbs (17.9) balled out, but Jefferson (9.6) and Drake London (5.65) have struggled out of the gate. Once everyone gets on the same page, look out. 

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The standings are pretty wild so far. I'm sitting in first place by virtue of points scored. Newcomer Scotty sits in sole possession of second place. Then it is a massive 8-way tie at 1-1. Bluth and TBone sit at the bottom with 0-2 records.

Things are still very much wide open, with only two undefeated teams through week two. Only one loss separates third place from last. If you are having doubts about your team, don't! You've got this! 

Can't wait to see how week 3 unfolds. See you then!

Week One Recap: The Rad Dynasty 2025 Season! (3.01)

Welcome back to my weekly recaps for The Rad Dynasty! In seasons past, I have sent out these recaps in many ways - email, Yahoo league chat, social media, etc. But I think the group text will help keep everyone connected and in the loop. I don't have to be posting it a million different places in order for everyone to see it. In case you are interested in reading recaps from past seasons, you can normally see an archive off to the side of the text you are currently reading. Scotty, this might be interesting to you if you care at all about the history of this league coming into its third season.

Player of the week for week one: Josh Allen for The Rad Dynasty! He scored 42.76 fantasy points right off the bat in the first week of the season. He had 4 touchdowns and 424 overall yards of offense in Buffalo's giant Sunday night comeback win over the Ravens. Good job Josh Allen. You seem to be picking up right where you left off last year.

Now, onto the games.

Ned's rollers (1-0) 149.68 vs Show me the TDs (0-1) 148.46

This was the clear Game of the Week here in the Rad Dynasty. Ned wins by a little over a point, after DJ Moore loses a fumble on the very last play of Monday night's scoring. The 2 point deduction is enough to hand Ned the win. What a crazy finish. That being said, there is always a risk of a point adjustment when a game finishes this close. In another league I was in, I won two games by point adjustments last year. It is a lot more likely to happen in leagues with IDP, like this one. So we'll see what happens. Funny note: Ned has DT Jalen Carter in his DL spot, and he takes a zero in this matchup because he spit on Dak Prescott before even playing a snap. The week definitely began and ended in wild fashion for Ned.

My Team (1-0) 128.53 vs Teflon Don (0-1) 101.57

This was a brutal game for Teflon Don, as right off the bat, two of his starting receivers had dreadful performances that tanked this team's performance. AJ Brown had 1.3 points in the season opener, and Xavier Worthy had 0 after getting injured in the Friday game. It was going to be tough to come back from that. The rest of the team didn't really do much either, and this ended up being a blowout loss to uncle Peter. These teams have now met for the 4th time, and Peter has won all 4 matchups.

My Team starts 1-0, despite also underachieving in week one. Yahoo projections have this team finishing with a winning record and possibly making the playoffs, which would be a massive leap for a team that's ranked towards the bottom of the standings the last two seasons.

Skattebo Doesn't Know (1-0) 141.06 vs Alice in Horns (0-1) 136.97

Defending champ Mike continues to find ways to win, as he defeats fellow playoff team Alice in a very close game. This was a tough luck loss for Alice, who was projected to win for much of the weekend. But this was a matchup that kept going back and forth in the projections. Joe Burrow had an unpredictably bad game. If he even has a normal game, Alice wins this one. 

Alice will look to rebound next week against BDB, while Mike will take on Show me the TDs in what should be a very important battle.

Dynastic Dan (1-0) 166.06 vs TDs or Bust (0-1) 114.78

On paper, this was a good matchup between the two best regular season teams from last year. But TDs or Bust had an absolutely terrible opening game, and this ended up being a blowout. Josh Allen's big performance didn't even matter, because if you remove it completely, Dynastic Dan still wins this game by about 10. On paper, a team with Justin Jefferson, Bijan Robinson, Drake London, and Jahmyr Gibbs should dominate, but as a whole, they underperformed. There was a big play by Bijan early on Sunday that tilted the favor in Perry's favor briefly. Had me worried for a while. But when the rest of the team doesn't show up, and you underperform by this much (35 points) it will be hard to win against anyone.

BDB's Jet Setters (1-0) 142.27 vs TBone's Terrific Team (0-1) 103.62

This was a great performance by BDB's team, who came alive after a down 2024 season. Hopefully this is a sign of great things to come this year. Led by Justin Herbert, Saquon Barkley, and newly acquired Garrett Wilson, BDB outpaced projections by 20 points and raced out to a blowout win over Tbone.

Poor Tbone is going to have a long year. They are projected to have the lowest scoring team in the league this year and go 1-14. Not only was their projected point total the lowest in week one, they still managed to underperform on top of this. The only thing keeping them from being the lowest scoring team this week was Teflon Don's abysmal performance against My Team.

The Killing Fields (1-0) 124.02 vs Bluth Company (0-1) 110.54

Congrats to Scotty for winning his very first game as new manager of The Killing Fields. It looks like the rebuild is off to a great start. For Bluth Company, this has to feel like more of the same. The team always seems to be projected as one of the highest scoring teams in the league, and then it massively underperforms. I remember thinking that Bluth was one of the most consistently screwed teams last year between poor performance and injuries. But injuries can't even be blamed for this one, as the team was just flat out bad, underperforming by 36 points. Hopefully Bluth can turn it around next week, in a battle against similarly underperforming TDs or Bust. 

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Interesting start to the season. A lot of back and forth matchups in the standings. A lot that is up in the air, as many star players didn't show up in week one. It seems like a lot of the high scoring players this week were left on benches, while guys like JaMarr Chase (3.6) and many other high profile players had bad, underperforming games.

I guess we'll see if the coming weeks provide any clarity. It's always interesting at the beginning of the season. Hard to tell what is an anomaly and what is a sign of things to come.