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the Decepticons get a goose egg from Eifert and Big Ben is knocked out
of the game before throwing a TD and the team still scores 180 pts, it
is safe to say that they are the team to beat. The Cons scored an
eye popping 11 TDs excluding the QB - it seems everybody was scoring at
will this week, including LB Mosley who scored a long one on
defense. Jamaal Charles capped the week with a 3 TD effort
against the Packers on MNF. Julio Jones continued his dominance
so far this season with two more TDs and 12 receptions. His lead
at the top of the WR rankings so far is the greatest of all positions,
5.7 pts per game more than Antonio Brown (Old). The second
largest lead is also from a member of the Decepticons: Mariota tops
Winston (Beaud) by 5.6 pts per game.
WaxOnWaxOff got out of their funk with 174 pts and second place this
week. While coaching efficiency definitely improved this week, it
still remains no better than middle of the road. Keenan Allen was
benched this week and he scored 31.5 pts, about 20 more than both
starters J Landry (13.25 pts) and E Sanders (10.25 pts). Wax
welcomed the return of LeVeon Bell from his suspension and he made a
difference with 17 pts. TE Greg Olsen was one of the responsible
players for Wax's slow start. He only scored 12 pts combined for
the first two weeks, but he exploded with 8-134 and 2 TDs this
week.
The BeaudoinBrothers were heading towards a very mediocre week through
Sunday with only three TDs until Aaron Rodgers came in MNF and changed
course for the team with 5 TDs. The situation at RB for Beaud is
putrid beyond belief: 11.25 pts from the starters in week #1, 8.5 pts
in week #2, and a new low was reached this week with 6.5 pts.
It's not like the RBs are fumbling - they just cannot move the
ball. Forsett had 10 rushes for 13 yards this week. Other
than Rodgers' 39.25 pt day effort, there was not much for Beaud to
write home about. Posluzny had a busy day on defense with 18 pts
but everybody else on defense was held to single digits.
FlyingElvis was hoping for better than 4th place with 162.5 pts but was
stunned by A Rodgers on MNF. However it was enough to beat OldNo7
this week so FE takes over 3rd place in the standings in front of
Old. AJ Green was FE's leader this week with 10-227 and 2 TDs
against a porous Ravens defense. Adrian Peterson had his first
strong game of the year, scoring 2 TDs and rushing for more than 100
yards. Brady could have had a bigger day against the Jaguars but
the Patriots scored a lot on the ground so Brady was "limited" to 23
pts. FE was held back this week by the injury to Marshawn Lynch
who exited the game after only 1.75 pt. The Dolphins defense also
did not help. They got crushed by the Bills, allowed 34 pts, more
than 400 yards, no sack and no turnover. Ouch.
OldNo7 had their highest score of the year with 151 pts but worst
ranking of the year with 5th place, which left the coach scratching his
head. Old's receivers were excellent this week: R Cobb scored 3
TDs, A Brown did not score but caught 11 passes for 100+ yards, and
Kelce 6-80 and a 2-pt conversion. The RB position was more
problematic. Forte is in the middle of a shitty offense this year
and he uncharacteristically did not catch a pass, which normally adds
to his yardage on the ground. CJ Anderson is simply not the same
player as last year. He scored 2.25 pts this week and so far this
year he is 30th of 34 RBs. His 2.8 pt average is barely above a
backup (Knile Davis 2.7 pts), two guys who missed time to injury (CJ
Spiller and R Bush), and A Foster who has not played yet.
The Admirals' season is unraveling fast. Adm got their lowest
score of the year with barely 100 pts in an otherwise high scoring
week. The team has many injuries at key position hurting the
team, and backups are not good enough to compete. Brees, Ivory,
Ellington, and Dez Bryant all missed the game. L McCoy played
injured and is not contributing. Demaryius Thomas is healthy and
scored 18.5 pts but he continues to be a bit affected by a soon to
crumble Peyton Manning. One of the few good news for Adm is that
Mike Evans is back to health and scored a respectable 13 pts.
Jimmy Graham also had his first good week of the year after being
ignored in week #2. This week he was more involved in the offense
with 7-83-1. The Admirals benched their top scorer of the week
the Arizona Cardinals with 32.5 pts. The Broncos defense started
instead. They were not bad at all with 14 pts, but was a coaching
miscue nonetheless. Adm finished so far behind Old in the
standings this week that it did not make a difference.
