by CBS Fantasy Football AI
Keystone Longfellows took yet another hit to the loss column, while Miami Muffdivers won their 6th in a row. Meanwhile, Happy Valley Violence finally picked up their first win. Read about how it happened after the jump.
26.5 points from D’Onta Foreman lead New Chester Thorobreds in huge blowout
There were several blowouts this week, but none bigger than this one. New Chester Thorobreds (3 – 4) thoroughly dominated Philadelphia Griffins (4 – 3), winning 87.5 to 31.5. That 56 point win is the biggest blowout so far this season.
The 87.5 points that New Chester Thorobreds dropped were the most they scored this year. In the meantime, Philadelphia Griffins were busy dropping the lowest point total of anyone this season.
Coaches mike white and Rich Sladic didn’t rely on their All-Stars to pull this one out, instead getting contributions from unexpected quarters. D’Onta Foreman scored 26.5 points, while Christian Kirk scored 14. Foreman’s 26.5 point performance was the 2nd best of any player this week.1 He was a huge factor in Chicago’s upset win on Sunday: he posted three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving), leaping over defenders in the process.
Meanwhile, Deshaun Watson was the main culprit in Philadelphia Griffins’ loss, scoring -1 points. That set the new low mark for points in a week this season. Watson’s game on Sunday couldn’t have gone much worse: he completed one of five passes for five yards, tossed this pick, then left the game with an injury (possibly related to his shoulder).
New Chester Thorobreds will face off against Orange Co. Beach Dudes next week. Coaches mike white and Rich Sladic will be happy to see that Orange Co. Beach Dudes is coming into next week’s game having scored less than 55 points in their previous three games.
Philadelphia Griffins’ next game is against Dallas Armadillos (5 – 1), who has pulverized the league so far. Philadelphia Griffins will have long odds to win if Dallas Armadillos scores another 102 points, like they did this week.
Christian McCaffrey and Miami Muffdivers take down Connecticut Wildcats for their 6th win in a row
It’s probably been tough for Coach Pat landy to stay awake while following his recent games. The previous three games were blowouts, and this week’s action was no different. Miami Muffdivers demolished Connecticut Wildcats, winning 75 to 44. Despite the good result, Coach Landy has to be concerned, as this is the 4th straight week that his squad has scored fewer points than the week before.
The victory makes it six in a row for Miami Muffdivers, which gives them a 6 – 0 record. The loss drops Connecticut Wildcats’ record to 2 – 5.
Coach Landy’s squad got off on the right foot early on Sunday. They were powered by James Cook, who scored 12.5 points. That’s the most points that he’s scored so far this year.
Meanwhile, Coach Ron Yeany’s squad just couldn’t quite get it going. They got a total of 11 points from Drake London and Zay Flowers.
Going into the Sunday late games, Connecticut Wildcats were already a fairly long shot to win. After several players, including Keaontay Ingram, scored essentially no fantasy points it was all she wrote.
Jalen Hurts helps Boxboro Blowfish barely triumph over Frelinghuysen Froglickers
Frelinghuysen Froglickers entered this week’s game with a five game winning streak, but couldn’t keep it going against Boxboro Blowfish. Boxboro Blowfish just slipped by Frelinghuysen Froglickers, 73.5 to 72.5. No team this season has had to suffer a closer loss than the one Frelinghuysen Froglickers endured this week.
Boxboro Blowfish are now 3 – 2 – 1 after picking up their first back-to-back wins of the season. The loss drops Frelinghuysen Froglickers’ record to 5 – 2.
Boxboro Blowfish had several players step up in the win, as five starters beat their positional averages. Jalen Hurts was just a bit ahead of the others, delivering 18 points. Hurts has now gone six weeks without dipping below the average quarterback’s points. The Dolphins simply had no answer to Hurts, who threw two TDs and scored another on the ground thanks to Philly’s “Brotherly Shove”.
Meanwhile, Cole Kmet loomed large in the loss for Frelinghuysen Froglickers, dropping zero points. Kmet is in the midst of a troubling sequence, having seen his point total fall every week for the last three weeks. Despite playing 89% of the Bears snaps, he didn’t get a single target on Sunday.
On the coaching front, Coach Doug Weaver followed the experts’ advice for each position this week and ended up with a perfect lineup. They were the only coach this week to pull that off.
Happy Valley Violence finally get a ‘W’ this week
‘We can build on this.’ Happy Valley Violence, who stumbled into week seven with the worst record in the league, better hope so. They had just enough against Keystone Longfellows, winning 68 to 60.5.
Happy Valley Violence (finally!) got off the schneid with this win. They now sit at 1 – 6. The loss is the 5th straight for Keystone Longfellows, and puts their record at 1 – 5.
Happy Valley Violence had a one-man wrecking crew, with Travis Kelce posting 26 points. No other tight end has scored more points than that this season. This Kelce TD marked his 50th touchdown connection with Patrick Mahomes.
Kadarius Toney has been let go by multiple fantasy squads so far this year, and this week he showed why. Toney was the worst of six underperformers, producing 0.5 points. He has yet to give Keystone Longfellows even one week of above average wide receiver play this season.
Happy Valley Violence’s next game will be against Chicago Mud in a rematch from week one. Happy Valley Violence was run off the field in the previous matchup, losing by 50 points. Coaches Chris Paret, Jeffrey Ozarski, and John Trzeciak will no doubt be worried that Tyreek Hill will drop another 35.5 points for Chicago Mud like he did last time.
Meanwhile, Keystone Longfellows will take on Boxboro Blowfish next week.
31 points from Patrick Mahomes helps give Dallas Armadillos the win
This contest featured the top performing player this week in Patrick Mahomes, and not surprisingly, he played on the winning team. Dallas Armadillos made it look easy against Big Oregon Bang, winning 102 to 68 behind 31 points from Showtime. His performance this week stopped his four game streak of not meeting his projections. He was back to making the unlikeliest of plays, most notably this improvised 46-yard TD.
A.J. Brown helped out as well, exceeding his projected point total by 8.5 points. That makes it five straight games of overperforming expectations for Brown.
Big Oregon Bang are bound to have a hard time winning when Tua Tagovailoa has a bad week, and that’s just what happened. Tagovailoa was the worst of six underperformers, putting up 6 points.2 Big Oregon Bang has never won when he failed to hit his expected points, going 0 – 4. He fell victim to Philly’s stellar defense on Sunday, recording season-lows in passing yards (216), passer rating (87.5), and yards per attempt (6.8).
Big Oregon Bang did get a couple of good, but ultimately futile, efforts from Jahmyr Gibbs and Travis Etienne, who came up with a total of 34 points. Gibbs scored 17.5 points, which made him the top performer on Big Oregon Bang for the first time this year.
The win brings Dallas Armadillos to 5 – 1, and sends them to the top of our internal power rankings.
Kareem Hunt’s 13 points were key in a tight game
Coming into the game, Orange Co. Beach Dudes had scored the second fewest points of any team over the last three weeks. They didn’t do much better point-wise in this game, but didn’t need to. Coaches dan callahan and Ross Hessler’s squad squeaked past Mercer Mustangs, winning 46.5 to 44. Orange Co. Beach Dudes got a fairly lucky victory, winning with the 4th lowest point total in the league this week.
The win gets Orange Co. Beach Dudes back above .500 at 4 – 3. The loss drops Mercer Mustangs’ record to 2 – 4.
Kareem Hunt was the key contributor for Orange Co. Beach Dudes, scoring 13 points. There were seven underperformers keeping Orange Co. Beach Dudes from a proper victory, with Elijah Mitchell (zero points) being the worst of them. Bad performances are pretty common these days for Mitchell, who has now underperformed the experts’ predictions in five straight games.
Meanwhile, this week’s loss for Mercer Mustangs was a true group effort. They had five underperformers, with Sam Howell (3 points) being the worst.2 Howell’s performance ended a three game streak of beating the experts’ projections.
Mercer Mustangs also had to deal with a bad performance from Rashod Bateman, who scored only 1 point. Bateman’s performance in this, the first time he made it into the starting lineup, does not augur much for future playing time.
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