It's a nice time to look back at our draft, our teams, and league records, and see where things are headed. I want to get this out of the way at the top: if you're 0-3 after this week, don't give up hope. You only need to climb to 6th place (currently a 1-2 record) over the next 10 weeks to make playoffs, and anything can happen from there.
The next segment of this blog post contains stats, and they are numbers
Interesting Stats Through Week 3
- Drew Brees has now thrown 40 footballs at Michael Thomas. He has turned that into 398 yards and 3 TDs, which is pretty good. The crazy part? He has caught 38 of those passes for an insane 95% catch rate
- After joining fellow Alabama alum Julio Jones in Atlanta, Calvin Ridley has more TDs in 2 games (4) than Julio caught for the entire 2017 season (3).
- Ryan Fitzpatrick and Pat Mahomes both broke NFL records this week. Fitz became the first QB to ever throw for 400 yards in 3 straight games, while Mahomes broke Manning's record by starting the season with 13 TDs in 3 weeks.
- Excluding Wentz (who was drafted injured) GOAT QB Tom Brady is the lowest scoring QB owned in our league. Andrew Luck is only 1 spot behind him. Coincidentally, the teams that own these guys are both 0-3...
- Alvin Kamara is the #1 RB in our league despite averaging less than 50 rushing yards a game. It would be pretty crazy if someone drafted Kamara and Michael Thomas huh?🙄
- The LA Chargers defense is averaging 2 points/week but is somehow owned in our league.
League Power Rankings
3 weeks in, we can start to get a picture of who the good teams are and who's struggling to compete. This will probably change a lot over the season
- Tier 1, Cool Beans: This tier is named for it's only occupant because right now Colton's team is on another level compared to the rest of the league. Hilariously he also has the least points scored against him, giving his team an average margin of victory of 50 points.
- Tier 2, Playoff Contenders: Wampus Cats, zane's Team, Goofy Gang, Return of the Mack, Dakstreet Boys. Despite 2 of these teams having 1-2 records, they're all putting up consistent points and have relatively healthy rosters.
- Tier 3, On The Bubble: Represent, Steven's Team. These are teams that I can see pushing into the playoff picture pretty easily if their team starts clicking or someone above them falls. Both have very high draft picks (Lev Bell, David Johnson) that are not living up to their billing at the moment.
- Tier 4, DANGER ZONE: Eagle Powers, Greg's Grand Team. These teams both have multiple injured starters, and are putting up disappointing score totals so far. However, they have also both faced Cool Beans and Wampus Cats to start the season, and have easier schedules ahead.
Mini Recap
- Cool Beans destroys Goofy Gang. Goofy Gang picks the wrong QB two weeks in a row but it turns out to not matter. This was not close. None of Cool Beans' matchups have been.
- Represent 👩🏈🌻gets their first win of the season vs Eagle Powers and avoids the 0-3 start. Eagle Powers does not. TE and Kicker positions decided this one. Who knew the Vikings would disappear vs the Bills?
- Wampus Cats pulls away from Greg's Grand Team late because I guess Tom Brady is old now. The 20 point margin of victory can be entirely accounted for by the gap in scoring between Brady and Fitzmagic.
- Steven's Team gets a very important win over zane's Team thanks to the Fitzpatrick/Mike Evans connection. Deshaun Watson shows up finally and keeps things even with Mahomes.
- In the only close matchup, Dakstreet Boys edges out Return of the Mack on Monday night. Big Ben puts up 25 points but that's not very helpful when your opponent is starting JuJu and Antonio Brown.
Oh yeah, I guess I'm giving myself pickup of the week for Fitzpatrick. GGT getting Gio off waivers for 17 points was also a good grab.
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