Week 2 Recap

Week 2 is complete! We are starting to see some separation but it is still early and no one is out of it yet.

The winner of the weekly contest of most combined receiving and rushing yards by a starter was me! Antonio Brown had 195 total yards.
Second was Adrian Peterson with 192 total yards owned by Matt H. Third was Odell Beckham Jr with 146 total yards owned by AJ.
But of course if you're not first you're last.

Here is the weekly recap for Week 2

Rico vs AJ

What a week AJ had! AJ had three players go over 20 points plus another 15 by his kicker. His top scorer, Beckham Jr, had a career day in yards. Aaron Rodgers exceeded expectations and he even got a dominate performance out of the flex spot with Eric Decker. Unfortunately he was let down by both his RBs combining for 11 points, his 2nd receiver who only got half his projected points, and a shocker to the whole league his defense scored -1 point going against the Raiders. Anyone could have made that mistake.  But none of that really mattered because Rico’s team went insane this week. Rico had five players over 20 points two over 30. His top scorer Larry Fitzgerald, who was a late add to the lineup, was pushing 40. This might be the team to beat. Even the low point getters could still score big when their respective teams have good days.  Rico went 60 points over his projected points for the week. AJ takes the tough loss. Rico wins 182.54 – 133.46.

Julian vs Reuben

In this week’s closet contest. Reuben started hot on Thursday night with a Bronco stack of Peyton Manning and Emmanuel Sanders combining for 50 points. Sunday Reuben gambled on the Cowboys pass catchers which also paid off for him with an additional 31 points. AJ Green and Shane Vereen also had respectable days, but it was Ameer Abdullah who let him down by only getting 2.80 points. Led by Gronk and Amari Cooper Julian came storming back. Julian’s defense doubled their projected total which set up for a Sunday night show down. Reuben had a slight lead with his kicker Mason Crosby still to go. Julian had Russell Wilson and a not so favorable matchup. Crosby doubles his point projection getting 16 late points for Reuben. But Russell Wilson, who even tried to blow it for Julian by throwing a pick in the 4th quarter, finished with 23 points. Julian squeaks by 136.44 – 134.74.

Gino vs Josh

What a week Josh had, but of the pathetic nature. Other than Antonio Brown who got 36.5 points, everyone else was average to disappointing. Seven player did not even get their projected totals. Let’s talk about his bench where 33.5 points were just sitting in the form of Allen Robinson. Josh probably should have put in his backup QB who had 9 more point then his starter, which was all the points Sam Bradford had.  On the other side Gino had 6 players over their projected totals. With a big game from Torrey Smith, some may call it garbage time score but not me, added 26 points. Even as bad a Josh was this week he had a small lead going into Monday night. But Gino was just toying with him because he unleashed Brandon Marshall who had 7 catches 101 yards and a TD which equals to 23.10 point to crush Josh’s hope and dream for this week. Gino wins 135.02 – 119.56.

Matt M vs Mike

This was a very competitive game. Both Mike and Matt saw high scores in some players but had huge let downs in others. Mike had the highest scorer in the matchup getting 24.3 points from Calvin Johnson and also adding 14 points from his TE Kyle Rudolph. That’s where the good news ended Mike had big letdowns by both RBs, his flex spot, and the St. Louis defense. Matt saw a little success as well. On Thursday night Jamaal Charles had a good game which should have been better if not for the 2 turnovers. Vincent Jackson, Randall Cobb, and the New England defense all were in double digits. Matt did see his top scorer from last week Keenan Allen (31.6 points) come crashing back down to Earth in flames and fire and death by scoring 1.6 points, 30 points less.  Matt had a 20 point lead going into Monday night. Not a huge deficit to overcome especially when you have Andrew Luck, who was projected for 20 points. Once again Mike was let down by his top pick and saw Luck give up 4 turnovers to fall short. Matt wins 100.70 – 90.30.

Matt H vs Chris

This was the Feeble Bowl. It was definitely the lowest scoring contest in the young season. Chris had three players score less than 1 point. To be fair most of his problems were injury related. Chris did have the top performer in the match; Colin Kaepernick had a great day with 26.5 points. Chris’s kicker Stephen Gostkowski threw in 19 points of his own. Matt also had injury problems with Tony Romo leaving with a broken whatever (he’s gone).  Matt saw his top scorers, Jordan Matthews and Adrian Peterson, have good days with 20 and 19 points respectively. But this came down to the Sunday night football game. Matt had a 2 point lead with only the Seattle defense left and Chris had his top pick Eddie Lacy. Chris had a win in his sights. Every carry would bring him closer to Matt and ever score would pull Matt’s totals down…but nope Lacy went down early. He was one of Chris players to score under 1 point, but the top scorer of those three with 0.9 points. Matt wins a nail biter 87.30 – 82.00.