The
red-hot Admirals won for the second straight week and for the 4th time
in the last 9 weeks going back to 2016 week 12. Adm took sole
possession of first place in the standings, 4 rank-points ahead of
Old. Also impressive is that Adm has averaged over 150 pts per
week so far, which is almost 20 pts more than second best
Beaud. K Hunt had another monster game of 23.25 pts thanks to a
long 69-yd TD. On TNF, Gurley and Hyde already set the tone for
Adm, scoring a combined 5 TDs, which is more than what some other teams
can score on any given week in total. Brees piled it on wth 3
more TDs and 26.25 pts on Sunday, plus ODB's 2 TDs to go along 9
receptions. To complete the rain of TDs, WR T Hill scored a TD as
well for a total of 12 TDs for Adm. The only negative for Adm was
defense, which came back to normal this week and was problematic as was
expected before the start of the year. The Panthers scored
negative points, Ansah did not get a single tackle, and Clinton-Dix was
limited to 3 pts.
The BeaudoinBrothers finally got started after a weak start (117.5 pts
in week 1, 117 pts in week 2) and scored a respectable 158 pts and
second place. Brady did most of the damage by himself, throwing
for 5 TDs and 43 pts. This made up for very poor RB play in the
absence of D Johnson, with Ajayi scoring a paltry 2 pts, against the
Jets defense to boot, and M Lynch also only scoring 2 pts on SNF.
Rookie Kizer was the only one besides Brady to significantly
contribute, thanks to 17.5 pts with 3 TDs despite 3 INTs. The
Bros have quite a bit of ground to make up to catch Adm, but at least
they showed they will probably not repeat Wax's 2016 performance when
they were preseason favorites and were awful all year. The Bros
will be still be able to compete even though they might not have the
best team.
The GloriousBastards got their best week of the season with 3rd place,
but they remain in last place in the standings and have also scored the
fewest points in the PQBFL in total (only 107 pts per week). A
Luck's absence continues to hurt, but at least Dalton was able to put
some points on the board this week, scoring 18 pts in Green Bay which
was better than expected. The team leader was S Diggs with 30.5
pts with 2 TDs and 173 receiving yards. Diggs had an off game in
week 2, but with his top notch game this week he leads all WRs in the
PQBFL after three weeks, a full 3 pts per game ahead of star A Brown
(Wax). On defense, high-priced DB L Collins delivered with 12 pts
but his own team defense the Giants only scored 2 pts for Bas.
The Giants have been awful so far and rank next to last team defense in
the PQBFL so far. However Bas was kind of stuck because the other
defense they own is the Texans and they were playing in New England so
it made sense to bench them, but they outscored the Giants anyway.
The Decepticons finished in the middle of the pack for the second
straight week and remain next to last in the standings and in total
points scored, but last in strength of starters. There is not
much to get excited about from the 2017 edition of the Cons so
far. The GM threw a lot of shit at the wall at the rookie
position, hoping something will stick. Unfortunately, as of now
all the shit is falling on the floor and nothing sticks. This
week J Adams got a sack and scored 7.5 pts, but this is not the kind of
game which will bring Dec to glory. Adams ranks 10th best rookie
so far so not starter material. A Rodgers was the team leader
with 24 pts but it was far from easy and it required a last minute
comeback and overtime to get it done. WR M Thomas finally got his
first good game of the year with 16.25 pts but he still lags at WR19 so
far this year. On defense, the Ravens had a hot start with 22 pts
and 13.5 pts in the first two weeks, but they got destroyed by the
Jaguars in London this week and finished with -2.5 pts.
OldNo7 finished 5th this week and is clearly on a downward slope after
finishing 1st in week 1 and 3rd in week 2. They hold on to 2nd
place in the standings, but in total points scored they are barely
average so second place simply reflects the ability to win close
matchups, such as this week: Old ended up less than 6 pts away from finishing
last. Baldwin led the way with a short TD, 10 receptions and over
100 yards. Rookie D Cook also had his best game of the season
with 19 pts. However much left to be desired elsewhere in the
lineup. Just as we were about to name Kelce the 2017 top TE, he
fell flat on his face with only 1 reception for 1 yard. And what
about the Seahawks defense. They were supposed to be once again
one of the best defenses, but this week they did not show up at all in
Tennessee: no INT, no forced fumble, no sack, no blocked kick, no
nothing, except for allowing 33 pts and over 400 yards of total
offense. At least they did not fumble on special teams
FlyingElvis disappointed with 6th place this week. AJ Green was
excellent against the Packers and scored 21.5 pts. The Jaguars
defense was stellar during the early game on Sunday by completely
dominating the Ravens and allowed less than 200 yards of total
offense. However the rest of the starting lineup was slim
pickings. Ty Montgomery was barely used because the Packers were
playing from behind most of the game and he finished with only 4
pts. Derek Carr did not show up in Washington like the rest of
the Raiders offense and he finished with only 5 pts. Part of FE's
low score this week can also be attributed to the unfortunate timing of
K Benjamin's injury after scoring only 2.25 pts. FE could have
used the extra points given that Old finished only 1.75 pts ahead of FE
and Dec finished only 6.25 pts ahead of FE.
After an excellent week #2, Wax crashed back to earth with last
place. Wax started the wrong QB again. Stafford scored
16.25 pts which was not all that bad, but it was below his projection
nonetheless. Benching Roeth appropriate because he was playing on
the road. However R Wilson exploded with 38.25 pts from the bench thanks to lots
of garbage time scoring and yardage. At RB it was a disaster: not
only Wax only scored 8 pts from his starters Crowell and CJ Anderson,
but most importantly after week 2 we were led to believe that CJ
Anderson might be a top RB and that J Charles was not a threat.
However this week Charles played well and got one more carry than
Anderson and had a higher yards per carry average. If this turns
into a RB by committee in Denver, CJ Anderson will not remain RB4 of
the PQBFL like he is now. Antonio Brown was his normal self
despite Roeth playing subpar in Chicago, and Brown finished as Wax's
leader with 20.5 pts. At TE, Wax paid dearly for the fact that
Gronk was banged up and was a risky start. Wax benched Gronk, and
Gronk scored 18.75 pts from the bench while starter Doyle only caught 2
short passes and fumbled away one of them
