The
Decepticons bounced back from a difficult week #1 with a close win in
week #2, edging OldNo7 by less than 3 pts. Similar to the
BeaudoinBrothers last week, Dec did so without any strong contributors,
the top scores coming from Mariota (17.5 pts) and Ju Jones (17.25 pts)
which were not even 2 pts above their projected score for the
week. However Dec got solid performances from everywhere in the
lineup except DB Graham which sucked again with only 4 pts.
College QB Mahomes was one who stood out with 13.5 pts on the back of a
6-TD game for Texas Tech. DeAngelo Williams was drafted with only
weeks #1-3 and he continued to do his job with 16 pts this week.
He will soon be relegated to backup status but at least he lifted Dec
ahead of Old because other RBs on Dec's roster did not do as
well.
OldNo7 took first place overall in the standings after two weeks with a
second place. One has to wonder if OldNo7 has ever been in first
place in the standings, whether early or late in any season since the
team joined the PQBFL in 2000. From memory this has never
happened and Old's fans are currently going nuts and the activity at
the ticket office is unprecedented. Franchise player Newton
destroyed the 49ers defense with 36.75 pts and Forte proved he is not a
finished old man yet with 3 TDs against the Bills on TNF. During
that same TNF game, LB P Brown had a big game with 19 pts and Old was
in good shape to win the week after a strong Thursday. However
the coach made bad choices at DB and DL for the starting lineup which
cost the win.
The Admirals came out on top of a tight pack from 3rd to 6th place with
139.75 pts, only 7.25 pts in front of Beaud in 6th place. Adm
should consider themselves very lucky to not having lost anything in
the standings despite starting injured Jamaal Charles. Apart from
the long TD by Greg Olsen and his 19 pts this week, Adm did not do much
this week on offense. However the Panthers defense and Von Miller
were clutch with 23.5 pts each to cover up for the lack of production
by Clinton-Dix (3 pts) and the loss of Ansah to injury during his game
before he could score a single point.
The GloriousBastards finished in the middle of the pack this week but
it was good enough to keep the team in 2nd place overall in the
standings. Bas would have beat Adm if not for the unfortunate
last minute lineup change to bench Hilton (6 pts) in favor of Moncrief
(1.25 pts). It is not clear what the coach was thinking
here. WR K Benjamin had a second straight big game, this time
with 2 TDs and 7-108. If this guy is still a bit in recovery mode
because of his knee, then we can only imagine how he will perform when
he is 100%. Early indications are that he was an absolute steal
in the 7th round of the draft.
FlyingElvis finished 5th this week and also fell to 5th place in the
standings, but the bigger issue was Adrian Peterson's injury. Not
only FE could have easily finished 3rd if AP had not gone down early in
the game, but it now looks like Peterson will be out for an extended
period. While that might be good for FE's 2017 draft spot, this
is very ominous for the 2016 season given that Woodhead also got hurt
and is out for the year. FE can only hope that the Chargers will
overload Melvin Gordon and that he will produce. AJ Green was
disappointing against the Steelers defense with only 3.5 pts this
week. However, Ryan Mathews saved the day on MNF with 2 short TD
to edge the BeaudoinBrothers by a single point.
The BeaudoinBrothers fell flat after a strong week #1 with 6th
place. The team was in good position to finish 3rd but Jeffery
simply did not deliver on MNF with 9.75 pts and he was held without the
needed TD. Cutler's injury did not help, but Jeffery should have
done more regardless of the QB situation. Arian Foster's injury
very early in his game likely cost 3 rank-points to the Bros this week
but one could question why the coach did not start L Murray against the
porous Falcons defense. If Beaud had started Murray, the Bros
would have finished 3rd. And what about the stunning lack
of tackle AND assist from supposedly star LB Lavonte David. What
the heck was that? Kuechly (16 pts) and the Broncos defense (21.5
pts) did well but it was a wasted effort.
Preseason favorites WaxOnWaxOff finished last by a mile with a shitty
111.5 pts and have now had a second bad performance which is very
worrying to Wax's brass. Wax is simply not getting production
from the RB position with Ingram being held to 3.75 pts and Gurley to
5.75 pts. Those two guys are supposed to lead Wax but have not
done the job so far. And what about franchise player Antonio
Brown? After an electric week #1 he seemed unstoppable and Wax
had high expectations in a possible shootout with the Bengals.
However Brown showed he is human and he was held to 4-39 without a
TD. One of the few bright spots for Wax was rookie Shepard who
did not score a TD but outscored ODB for the second straight
game.
