Now how long this will last remains to be seen. A man in an orange toupee makes for a nice "enemy of my enemy is my friend" scenario, but the man in the orange toupee will not be around forever. A man in an orange toupee is a pretty scary thing though.
Now about those hands...let's talk about fake football.
How did the champ do? Dewey obviously took classes at JP Chase institute for defending your fantasy title. Dewey is a mere 0.2 points away from being 0-3 as Bruce didn't have to do much to upend the champ this week. Dewey might have been a victim of thinking too much as he left Leonard Fournette on the bench after a strong 2-week start to the season. Perhaps everyone should be taking Jacksonville seriously now? Maybe? Bruce didn't get a strong day across the board, but he managed the bench well despite getting a red number from Jack Doyle. Nearly 50 points from his starting wide receiver corps provided the boost he needed to break his maiden and earn his first win of the season by a score of 94-86.
Game of the Week: There were not a lot of high scores across the board this week as only 3 teams managed to break the 100 point barrier. One of them was Nick (Gasp!) who finally was able to get some meaningful production out of his vaunted receiving corps as both Baldwin and Cooks finally found the end zone (Cooks twice). He left no doubt in this one after back to back weeks losing by less than a point. Sean also had a top wideout who found the end zone in Odell Beckham, but instead of looking for points he was looking for a fire hydrant, presumably to put out the fire that is the 0-3 New York Giants, but who knows with that dude. Both teams left lots of points on the bench, but at least for one week the commissioner was able to overcome the loss of the 2016 MVP. Sean had a chance on Sunday night with Derek Carr, but he couldn't get out of his own way as he needed garbage time just to salvage a positive score. Nick drops Sean from the ranks of the unbeaten 118-84
Blowout of the Week: Nate is looking like the team to beat in the early going as he has the first quarter of the season Fantasy MVP in Kareem Hunt. All he did again was go off for another 172 yards and a soul-crushing touchdown that kept the Chargers at 0-3, and JP 0.5 points within another 0-3 himself. Who knew that Kansas City Chiefs would be the picks to click this year in fantasy? Nate also got big scores from unlikely sources in Kirk Cousins and Davonta Freeman. Gronk chipped in with 89 yards and a touchdown for good measure too as Nate takes the Weekly Pot for the second week in a row. While La'veon Bell finally found paydirt for JP, the rest of his charges left a lot to be desired as he had two QBs on his roster who scored 22 points or more...and he left them on the bench. Back to the drawing board yet again for JP as Nate surges on at 3-0 by a score of 134-86.
Futility Bowl: Lots to choose from this week as we'll go in a slightly different direction. Jeff knocked off old rival Patrick by a count of 111-64. Not bad for Jeff, and the 64 from Patrick would certainly be Futility Bowl worthy under normal circumstances considering he started an inactive (Jordan Reed) and that wasn't even one of the two worst scores on his team! I guess the Ravens won't be visiting London again any time soon. No, this game makes the Futility Bowl because Jeff, despite being 3-0, may have seen the competitive portion of his season come to an end as Darren Sproles, who has been the one bright spot on many subpar teams that Jeff has fielded over the years, succumbed to not one, but TWO season ending injuries ON THE SAME PLAY(!) breaking his arm and shredding his knee, an injurious daily double. It could very well be a career ender for Sproles as Jeff had the privilege of tallying Sproles final 1.1 points he will ever score. He might want to put that on his mantle for posterity. Despite the depression, we can't write Jeff off just yet as his one of 3 teams still at 3-0, and off to his best fantasy start ever. Will he be able to overcome the end of the career of Darren Sproles? Time will tell.
This week's other results:
Zach (3-0) defeated Tom (0-3) 97-64
Kent (2-1) defeated Chris (0-3) 78-65
Weekly Pot Winner: Nate (134 points)
Next week, the man in the orange toupee is usurped by the alien in the yellow pants as the world once again comes to an end. Get your affairs in order.
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