Or are we?????
In any event, sorry for the delay fellas, although I won't promise it won't happen again, so there's that. We are closely following the action on the Free Agent Acquisition Budget wire her at the mashup. With the recent rule change in MIISFFL not carrying over FAAB to next year's offseason bid week, we may be having more action early in the season than we ever have. 6 teams have already spent at least half of their $1000 budgets already on household names like Latavius Murray, Aaron Jones, Wendell Smallwood, and Tarik Cohen, all of whom commanded a winning bid of at least $400 monopoly dollars. It's a good thing we keep these budgets separate from our regular bank accounts because if we didn't, we might have a solution for the national debt.
And what exactly have these $400 dudes produced:
Murray: 43 all purpose yards
Jones: 125 yards and a touch
Smallwood: 34 yards, a touch, and a bum knee
Cohen: 128 all purpose yards in 4 weeks
Congratulations to JP for making the one waiver wire move in the last 4 weeks that actually worked!
How did the champ do? Dewey has a pulse! He gambled started Jameis Winston over New England (although is that really a gamble these days?) and it paid off with a 20-spot and Leonard Fournette is making his case to be fantasy MVP with another 30-point effort over the so-called "vaunted" Pittsburgh Steel Curtain (tm). Elsewhere it was "eh" for Dewey as Sean's side had more balanced scoring, but not one fantasy stud stood out as his side only tallied 3 total touchdowns on the day. Dewey's season could have been pushed to the brink at 1-4, but instead, he and Sean are now in the middle of a crowded NFC bottom half at 2-3 and with well over half the season to go, it's anybody's conference. Dewey won 114-109.
Game of the Week: JP and Bruce had a nailbiter that came down to the Monday Night contest between Chicago and Minny. I believe that screaming sound you heard was Stefon Diggs shouting "I PULLED MY GROIN!" Only needing 2 points to squeak out the victory, Diggs only squeaked out 1 leaving Bruce crying in his oatmeal wishing his Monday Night hammer had performed a little more yoga before the game started. That game could be pivotal in the NFC as JP is now sitting a game back of the lead at 3-2 and Bruce is in the mess at 2-3. If it's any consolation to Bruce, he is sitting in Eddie's spot in the league roster, and Eddie won the league in his first year. Zach won the league in his first year too. But guess what, ya not Eddie or Zach. JP ekes by 115-114.
Blowout of the Week: Tommy lives! The team formerly known as the Extreme Team started the season with an extreme thud, flopping out to an 0-4 start and old rival Kent was licking his chops for a chance plant his stamp of disapproval on IamMud's first half of the season. In this week, Tom changed his tactics beginning to worship at the altar of Chris Hogan, one of about 32 different receivers that Tom Brady throws to, but this week he was rewarded with 17 points. That's a lot! And Carolina Cam ran routes around the competition (and the press) piling up 31 points against the Lions scoring 3 TDs himself. Kent went with Eli. Again. Poor Kent and his Manning fetish. Eli isn't Peyton. And only Eli would lose to the San Diego Chargers to start the season 0-5. Tom won 111-72. Cue the music!
Futility Bowl: Hey, a win is a win is a win and will always be a win. Nate pooped on his sleeping apparatus by not getting out of his sleeping apparatus in time to change out his starting tight end on Thursday night as Gronk was listed as inactive. That move came back to haunt Nate as Nick exacts a little bit of revenge on the scoring gremlins as he finally is on the happy side of one of those less-than-a-point games 77.56-77.14. Let me be clear, Nick didn't win, Nate lost. It didn't help that Charles Clay twisted his ankle in Buffalo and Tyrod couldn't get out of his own way either. Nick did himself no favors by failing to crack the 80 point barrier for the second week in a row, but a win is a win is a win and maybe this will be the spark he'll need to make a comeback in the NFC. Nah. Nate has fallen from the ranks of the unbeaten leaving Zach as the only undefeated team left in the league.
This week's other results:
Zach (5-0) def. Jeff (4-1) 124-101
Patrick (2-3) def. Chris (1-4) 98-53
Weekly pot winner: Zach (124 points)
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