Author: Beans

Power Rankings: Week 1

Tyler Lockett celebrates after one of the many ass fuckings he delivered Commish Andrew Vigs

God, what a week it was in the fantasy world. After a 255 day wait, Thursday morning finally arrived and I turned into a 6 year old boy waking up on Christmas morning again, excited for what the week and season would bring. That feeling lasted until about 7:00 on Sunday after I got the shit kicked into me by Jack’s three headed monster known as Tyreek Hill-Deebo Samuel-Tyler Lockett. Whatever, its one week. No team in NFL history sans the ’72 Dolphins has run the table and neither has a proud franchise in The League — so I was bound to lose eventually. Might as well get it out of the way early.

Anyway, its time for everyone’s favorite column, your updated Power Rankings. Week one saw some mighty rises, some hefty falls and everything in-between. That’s why we play the games folk! So without further ado, lets get crack-a-lacking with no. 10…

10. Buffalo Bonez – Thomas Antonello (Previous Rank: 6)
I didn’t even notice you changed your name until just now, maybe the Bonez Hogs would have fared better? Anyway, the Bonez’s were victims of this week’s biggest blowout and lowest scoring team, dropping a pathetic 89.64 in their inaugural matchup. Tommy, did you not listen to this week’s League Talk? We warned you Mike Evans is a fraud. The oft-injured Austin Ekeler did what he does best, get injured. Najee Harris flat out stinks and Lamar Jackson is seemingly getting worse every week he plays. At least Chase Edmonds did kinda good for Chase Edmonds standards, but still nothing to write home about. Anyway, Bonez, you got some real GMing wizardry to do to right the ship. After one week, the Tommy Bones is in the pole position for the stand up stage. Not where you wanna be.

9. The Martians – Ryan O’Connell (Previous Rank: 10)
Things could’ve only gone up for The Martians after our initial power rankings which saw them rank dead last. Well Ryan, you did manage to improve one spot, progress! Ryan had a pretty average performance this week, cracking the 115 point mark, right at his projection. But what came as a shock was where Ryan had his poor performances, namely his top two picks Davante Adams and Antonio Gibson. Things really looked glum for The Martians until Melvin Gordon III ripped off a 70 yard touchdown run late in that Broncos game (I nearly fell off my couch in disbelief but I can attest it really did happen). Can’t count on that every week I’m afraid. I was also afraid Dionte Johnson and CeeDee would suffer sophomore slumps, but both put up very good performances. Anyway Ryan, good job I guess? Still think you need to improve your RBs or it could be another long season for King Marzy.

#8. South Jersey 4th & Schlong – Brad Peddito (Previous Ranking: 6)
I know what you’re all thinking, Brad’s team won week one and yet still fell two spots from the previous week? Well, this is a forward looking ranking more than anything. And I got some bad news for our boy and his name is Saquon Barkley. I think he stinks, his team stinks and therefore your team stinks. I wouldn’t have touched him with a 10 foot pole, no matter what round he fell to me. Throw in a Brandon Aiyuk bagel (goose egg alert!), and pedestrian performances from Robert Woods, Keenan Allena and Logan Thomas, Brad was fortunate to escape week one with a win. Anyway, the real story of Brad’s team is his mighty mite QB, the fantasy godsend known as Kyler Murray. But Brad, I feel often times you’ll be relying too heavily on a 30+ point performance from Kyler to make up for an otherwise mediocre team. Trust me, as someone who went that route last year, its not often a recipe for success.

#7. The Norse Horse – Kris Blaine (Previous Ranking: 2)
I take great pleasure in reporting a tough week for the Nordic Horse’s in the 2021 opener. It appears I was completely off with my Myles Gaskin sleeper prediction, the guy stinks. Same could be said about JuJu, who’s quickly dropped to the #3 option in the Steeler’s offense. Overall, I expect Aaron Jones, Allen Robinson, Josh Allen and Damien Harris to perform much better than they had this week, which is why I didn’t drop Kris further even though he was the second lowest scoring team this week. Speaking of Damien Harris, I’m afraid he’ll be banished to Bill Belichick’s Dog House for coughing up the ball that led to the Patriots’ defeat on Sunday, someone to look out for going forward (James White fantasy owners rejoice). Perhaps Kris can swing Gronk to a TE desperate team to fill some holes, but I doubt he panics after one lousy performance.

#6. Kamara Chameleons – Max Cohan (Previous Ranking: 7)
The League’s biggest wildcard, one week into the fantasy season and we still have more questions than answers concerning the Chameleons. Are they good? Are they bad? Well for one thing, they are 1-0. Max’s team had an up down Sunday. The good? Adam Thielen, Darren Waller, Mike Williams (sorry for clowning you on the pod) and Steelers D. The bad? Calvin Ridley. Then there was the ugly, Aaron Rodgers. Pretty remarkable Max pulled out a victory with such a pitiful performance from last years MVP. Max’s bench only dropped 8.2 points so depth could be a bit of a concern going forward, but for now, a 1 game winning streak goes along way to shut the haters up.

#5. Thomas and Friends – Andrew Vignali (Previous Ranking: 9)
Alright, a move in the right direction! Even though it didn’t result in a victory, Da Commish had a very encouraging week one performance, scoring the third most points in week 1. Honestly, though, outside of Matt Gay and Jalen Hurts, still can’t believe that trade didn’t get vetoed (ducks), I feel my team left a lot still on the table. A lot of touchdowns sure, but not much else. Dalvin didn’t Dalvin. DK didn’t DK. Josh Jacobs ran for 36 yards so I guess that sounds about right. Is Clyde Edwards-Helaire a good football player? 17 games into his career, I don’t think so. Still, dropping 145 points despite these performances is an encouraging sign for the Vig’s. Let’s fucking go. Also, I got Alexander Mattison in the most irrelevant trade ever so that’s cool.

#4. Beans Corp – Brendan Cahill (Previous Ranking: 3)
A drop in the rankings for Beans Corp? Almost as bad as dropping the first game of the season, which Brendan did as well. Still, much of what was said above about me holds true for the Corp. The League’s 4th highest scoring team ran into the yet to be ranked freight train known as The Flandrew’s; losing despite a highly respectable 132. You know Bean’s Corp is going to be good because he has CMC, a freaking fantasy vulture. I was heavily invested in that Jets-Panthers game for obvious reasons and I swear McCaffrey had 100 touches by the end of the first quarter. As long as he stays healthy (a big if considering his usage), Bean’s Corp is looking very strong. To top things off, D’Andre Swift appears to be an early favorite for breakout candidate of the year and Miles Sanders didn’t suck like we all expected. Bounce back weeks from Herbert, Diggs and Chris Carson should have Bean’s in good position to bounce back with a week 2 dub.

#3. Jonathan Taylor Thomas 2.0 – Jack Staub (Previous Ranking: 8)
I still think the #3 spot may be a little high, but can’t deny the week one results that saw our man and all around good-guy Jack drop 157 and completely rip my heart out in week 1. I’m starting the believe that Tyreek Hill may be the best wide receiver to ever play the game of football, at least the version of him we saw on Sunday. Add in that Tyler Lockette couldn’t stop stealing touchdowns from DK Metcalf, Deebo freaking Samuel dropped 27 points and Tom Brady continues to facefuck Father Time, it was a bad week to be me. It happens. Outside those obvious outlier performances however, nobody really did anything too notable on Jack’s team, which is why I have my doubts for his continued success. Jonathan Taylor is eh, Mike Davis stinks, that’s all I have to say about that Jack’s RBs. Anyway, congrats. Fuck.

#2. HOCKEYPRO69 – Abie Leider (Previous Ranking: 1)
After talking the talking all summer long, the 69ers walked the walk in week one, easily defeating the Nordic Horses. Abie’s gonna score a lot of points cause of Patrick Mahomes- already the best quarterback to ever play the game. Additionally, Abie has De’Andre Hopkins, the best wide receiver to ever play the game. Also, TJ Hockenson must’ve tuned into last week’s pod and put the whole league on notice with a revenge game after the shit talk, you’re welcome. Julio and Derrick Henry got buttfucked by the Arizona Cardinals, so they should bounce back next week. However, the reason for dropping one spot is because the injury bug reared its ugly head and struck not one, but two of Abie’s starters; Jerry Jeudy and Raheem Mostert. Hate to see it, but a part of the game nonetheless. Can Abie survive? Tune into this season of The League to find out.

#1. The Flandrews – Brent Gotkin (Previous Ranking: 4)
Picture the local fourth grade spelling bee. The contestant is given the word “juggernaut”. Perplexed at first, the contestant asks for the definition. The host repeats “Juggernaut (noun): a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution.” Still unsure, the contestant asks for the word to be used in a season. Obliging the request, the host repeats-“Brent’s team is a juggernaut.”

See what I did there? Things couldn’t have gotten off to a better start for the defending champions Flandrews. High points for the week and a victory over archrival Beans Corp has Brent riding high and into the drivers seat to another fantasy championship. Can’t believe I ever doubted the Cowboys, even though Zeke sucks (Ditto what I said earlier about Barkley). Dak Prescott is gonna throw for 6,000 yards, 3,000 of which will go to Amari Cooper. Joe Mixon is a beautiful piece of shit. AJ Brown, Cooper Kupp, DJ Moore and Dallas Goedert round out an impressive starting lineup. Also the bench is deep with Trey Sermon (RIP Mostert) and Corey Davis. Can’t believe we allowed this again.

Biggest Rise: Jonathan Taylor Thomas 2.0
Biggest Fall: The Norse Horse

That’s all she wrote for week 1. Can’t wait to kick start it again with the worst Thursday Night game of all time, Taylor Heineke v. Daniel Jones (shit).

Happy Yom Kippur.


Preseason Power Rankings: Post Draft

Dalvin Cook looks to lead Marzy & Me to fantasy dominance in the upcoming 2021 campaign

Folks, we made it. The long trip around the sun between fantasy drafts has come and gone. The beer flowed, empanadas were devoured and a good time was had by all — except if you needed a QB in round 12 (I’ll get into that later). But the fun part is now over and its time to strap in for a long 17 week season. As you all know, this season I’ll be providing a new weekly column for all fans of The League, power ranking the teams and providing my heavily sought after and unbiased advise and analysis on all the rosters and decision making week by week. So, without further a do, let’s jump right into the preseason power rankings with our number 10:

#10. The Martians – Ryan O’Connell
Kicking us off at the ten spot is Ol’ Marzy. Ryan started his night by going with two obvious plays, snagging Davante Adams (WR1) and Antonio Gibson with his first two picks. But then his draft took a left turn –inexplicably casting aside the RB position and drafting about 14 WRs, a TE and QB before his second RB, settling for Melvin Gordon of Denver. Everyone knows I stress the RB position early and often (sometimes maybe to my own detriment) but you can’t deny the overall importance of the position since only about 6 RBs are any good in this league anymore. I predict a big trade in the future for Marzy to sure up that position or I’m afraid Ryan may be fast tracked for the standup stage once again.

#9. Marzy and Me (new name in the works) – Andrew Vignali
I have to humble myself with this one. Overall, I feel I did not have a very good night. Almost nothing I had mocked for ended up coming to fruition and I think I got routinely played by Bean’s Book of Secrets. I was eyeing Joe Mixon in RD2 but after Brent grabbed him, had to reach on CEH since I knew Bean’s wouldn’t allow him to fall to me on the turnaround. Similarly, in rounds 4 and 5, I was eyeing Godwin and whomever Brendan didn’t take between Miles Sanders/D’Andre Swift and was totally not prepared for Beans to take both in that spot – thus causing me to settle on Josh Jacobs whom I’m not very high on due to his lack of receiving ability. But the worst fucking I got all night was the Round 12 QB run that saw all 4 of my targeted QBs go one after the other to teams that already had an entrenched starter at QB. I settled for Matt Ryan but likely things will change before week 1 so take that with a grain of salt. I got fucked by Max taking my handcuff Alexander Mattison two picks before I was going too – whatever. You already know my feelings about that one. Overall, bad night for Vigs.

#8. Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Jack Staub
This is a hard luck #8 for our boy Jack – but ditto what I said above about Ryan, I just don’t love the RB situation. To no fault of his own, Jack took JK Dobbins as his RB2, about 20 min before his ACL tore and ended his season, unfortunately a wasted 4th round pick. Mike Davis will finally get a chance as a feature back in the Atlanta offense but is a total wild card. Similarly to myself, Jack waited around for his QB and settled on the immortal spawn of satan Tom Brady. Brady will offer more in the passing game, but is too one dimensional in the modern NFL offense to really be a big time fantasy QB. Could Jameis take the mantle as Jack’s QB? We’ll wait and find out. Also, Ja’Marr Chase drops a lot of balls.

#7. Kamara Chameleons – Max Cohan
The League’s biggest wild card, Max was all over the place on draft day. His deeply routed southern ties made for some obvious picks over the course of the draft, Kamara, Ridley, Pitts, etc. But the common theme among the lowest seeded members of these initial power rankings hold true again – I don’t love Max’s RBs. Kamara is an obvious stud, but I have questions about his receiving volume with Winston replacing noodle armed Drew Brees and forcing the ball more down the field. After that, Kareem Hunt is a question mark – as he is a good back, but remains second fiddle to Chubb in Cleveland. Add that his only other two backs are backups Zack Moss and Alexander Mattison and I have questions as to where Max is going to find the touches for his RB2. I don’t love playing 2 TE’s in the Flex, but Kyle Pitts is supposed to be a stud and maybe Max knows something we don’t. Overall, I think Max is another candidate to look for more RB help before week 1 (he’s already hit my line).

#6. 4th N’ Schlong – Brad Peditto
The newest member of The League had an interesting introduction on draft day. On paper, Brad’s roster is pretty comparable to the other teams that have yet to be revealed, but the reason The Schlong’s come in at this spot is the old injury concern – namely Saquon. Of all the top picks, SaQuads was obviously the biggest question mark. He’s a volume beast when healthy, but it’s been nearly a year since he’s taking the field and hasn’t played any snaps in preseason so far. We also have no idea what to make of Sony Michel. Will he be the lead back in LA or was he just brought in as a depth piece after losing Cam Akers? We shall see. Decent WR depth, some homerism for his beloved Eagles (Quez Watkins?), and Logan Thomas rounds out Brad’s squad. Good luck in your freshman season.

#5. Bonez Hogs – Thomas Antonello
Fitting that the two newbies and week 1 rivals fall back to back in the initial power rankings. I honestly didn’t know what to expect with Bonez on Saturday but I think he did a good job. Ekeler may not have been the play I would’ve made at 6 (I think Chubb, Saquon and Aaron Jones were all better RBs there) but you can’t fault a guy trying to win a signed jersey. Tommy Bonez is deep in WR and has a stud QB1 in Lamar. I think Chase Edmonds makes or breaks Tommy’s season. If he can become what David Johnson was a few years ago and fill in as a 3 down back in ARI, Bonez team really rounds out nicely. But for now, I’ll take the top 4 teams on paper.

#4. The Flandrew’s – Brent Gotkin
The top 4 teams of the initial power rankings are all close and relatively interchangeable, but I got Brent in my #4 spot largely cause I think the other remaining team had better, sure fire first picks. Brent went Ezekiel Elliott, who I was shocked to learn has seen his production fall each season of his career. I also don’t love the fact that Brent has the triplets Dak, Zeke and Amari Cooper on his team, relying too heavily on one offense is always dangerous and particularly, one’s production will hurt the other. Brent has solid WR , — look for Corey Davis to become the next Jerry Rice with Zach Wilson and Cooper Kupp is solid.

#3. Beans Corp – Brendan Cahill
Initially coming out of the draft, I thought I’d have Beans as my number 1. But after sobering up, having a day of reflection and the more I look at the top two teams– I simply think they are more balanced so I have Beans third in the initial rankings. Bean’s went above and beyond targeting RBs, grabbing 4 with his first 5 picks (CMC, Carson, Sanders, Swift) and a top WR with Stefon Diggs. Brendan benefitted the most of anyone at the timely breaking news of the JK Dobbins injury and swiftly grabbed Gus Edwards with the next pick, good for the Corp – bad for everyone else. But I have my reservations about his WR depth. Beans has often been burned by Robby Anderson and I don’t believe in Sam Darnold. Sutton is a mystery to me this year after last year’s ACL tear and with Capt. CheckDown Teddy Bridgewater winning the Denver QB job. Justin Herbert is solid but he’s definitely the worst QB of the remaining unranked teams. Overall, solid RB depth makes Beans a dangerous player in the trading market, and I would expect him to swing a few deals to fill out some holes on the roster.

#2. The Norse Horse – Kris Blaine
I always hate to give Kris credit when I can avoid it – so he’ll have to do with being the initial runner up in our Power Rankings. Kris touched upon it on this week’s pod (give it a listen if you haven’t yet) and did something drastically different from years passed – he went Kelce in round 1. Hard to argue with that decision however, and then followed it up with the safe pick Aaron Jones in round 2. Kris is equipped with great RB/WR depth (I personally think Myles Gaskin can be 2021’s breakout RB) and to top it off, last year’s number 1 fantasy QB Josh Allen, Go Bills. Josh Allen, Aaron Jones, David Montgomery, ARob, Juju, Kelce is as deep starting lineup as they come. Great nerws for me who’s gotta play him thrice.

#1. HOCKEYPRO69 – Abie Leider
Abie, Abie, Abie. I loved what you did on Saturday. You can make the case Abie has the top QB, RB and WR in football with Mahomes, Derrick Henry and DHop. James Robinson will be the obvious feature back in JAX after the Travis Etienne injury, and if Julio can turn back the clock, Abie’s top 5 is deep. AJ Dillon and Michael Carter are two young, intriguing RBs, and Sanders/Pittman and Jerry Jeudy is great WR depth. Last but not least, he’s gonna have Michael Thomas joining the squad hopefully by October, so at full strength, I think Abie’s team has the most upside of everyone. Good for you.

That’s all I got for my initial pre-season power rankings. I’ll try to pump these babies out weekly to the best of my ability. Make sure to voice any and all comments/questions/concerns on League Talk, the official podcast of The League, where we will be addressing all content fantasy related. Till next time, Go League!

Beans Corps Official Response to Preseason Power Rankings

I wasn’t going to do this. I didn’t think I needed to. The results speak for themselves. Don’t they? I only read the article itself once but the words are engraved in my brain like my home phone number, my mother’s birthday or how many red zone receptions Miles Sanders has had the last two years. Yeah, you’re all in big trouble

When I went to godaddy.com in August 2020 and registered the domain name MustBeSunday.com I didn’t think my own website but used to write absolute liable attacking me and my character. From my own podcast co-host no less. Et tu, Brute?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 15 days you know what I’m talking about. Our commissioner took it upon himself to list what he believes is the power rankings of all members of the The League based on past performance. If you haven’t seen this I suggest you check it out before proceeding with this article: https://mustbesunday.com/2021/08/09/preseason-power-rankings/

I assume you know how to read if you’re reading this. Since you know how to read and you just read or reread the rankings you likely need major reconstructive jaw surgery, a la Max Cohan, because how hard yours just hit the floor after reading that. Beans Corp, the cream of the crop, fourth. Huh?

First the fat boys break up now every day I wake up and somebody’s got a problem with Hov. Let’s break it down.

“The peaks have been majestic- routine top finishes, multiple division championships and even a championship to show for it.” Fact check – true.

“But the valleys, and there have been plenty, have been damaging.” Fact check – huh? Plenty of valleys? 2016 – lost in semifinals, 2017 – lost in championship, 2018 – won championship, 2019 – missed playoffs, 2020 – lost in championship? That’s pretty fucking far above sea level if you ask me. I have to sleep in a high altitude chamber like Michael Phelps to prepare myself for all of the peaks. I’ve been doing it since I was a baby. I legitimately don’t even like to drive down hills because I just don’t play like that to be honest.

Our commissioner then raises the, on the surface level, very valid concern about the large trade between Ryan and I around week five or so last year. Of course, in retrospect, it’s easy to say that CEH isn’t comparable to Chubb. Of course. My response to that is I traded Chubb shortly after he injured his knee. The initial timetable wasn’t looking good and I play fantasy to win each week. I needed a body and CEH was better than anyone on the waiver wire. Chubb wasn’t back until week 11. Needed to be done. It was also a much bigger trade than just those two straight up. I flipped Tua for Matt Ryan (both stink, at the time it made sense – Dak had also been hurt). I also wouldn’t have made the playoffs without Marvin Jones Jr. That is a fact.

“There really was no chance competing for a championship.” But … I did? I was a Tannehill touchdown away or so from probably winning the championship.

“I for one felt that Bean’s relied to heavily on Dalvin Cook’s old man knees.” I relied too heavily on the best player on my team? What does that even mean?

“The roster manipulation could’ve been better executed.” I agree in part. I was in no man’s land on the QB front for a few weeks after Dak went down and before I somehow was able to claim Tannehill off waivers. Matt Ryan, Dalton, Wentz. I tried playing the matchups and all three just simply stink so that’s on me. However, I nailed picking up Boston Scott for those couple weeks he did it big. Successful handcuff between Cook and Mattison (and that goes to show further that even with Cook’s shaky needs I was covered). I flawlessly played the matchups with my D/ST. I even nailed the incredibly dicey move of starting Engram at the flex with Hock at TE.

“I’m expecting a big bounce back year for our man, he’s due for another peak soon.” Correct.

I’m looking forward to a vastly different looking power rankings following our draft. Now that I finally got this all off my chest I can finally sleep soundly tonight. I better get caught up on my sleep so I’m signing off. Just kidding. It’s crunch time. Back to the lab. See you all on Saturday.

Preseason Power Rankings

What’s happening folks? It’s your Commissioner speaking, here to catch you all up to speed with what’s been happening since you’ve last heard from me. Where to start? I got shot up with some vaccine (twice), I quit and then started a new job so my life is no longer a fucking nightmare (meaning more time for everyone’s favorite podcast), and I even moved into the big city with fellow league member and all around good guy Jack. But all that news doesn’t measure up to the biggest obstacle I’ve ever faced in life — missing last year’s fantasy playoffs. I know it sounds crazy right, and I just checked last years standings to verify that I didn’t have this crazy nightmare, but there I was, out of the playoffs and into the barren wasteland known as the Loser’s Bracket. I’ll chalk it to up 2020, it was a crazy year for all.

Anyway, I figured I’ll start off the content this year with a new weekly column from your boy where I’ll be power ranking everyone’s teams, highlighting the highs and lows of everyone’s roster, analyzing the decision making of each of our owners, and then ranking teams 1-10. Trust me, you don’t want to fall into the 10 spot, that’s like Steven Glanzberg territory (you don’t want to be a Glanzberg). So I think for my inaugural post, I’ll start by power ranking our fellow league members based purely on prior fantasy ability and my own personal biases. I’ll leave off Brad and Tommy Bonez for now since they are newbies, so without further ado let’s get this shit started with our number 8…

#8: Ryan “Marzy” O’Connell
Being last year’s breakout star is unfortunately not enough for my man Marzy to crack the top 7 in our inaugurual rankings. 2020 was definitely a step in the right direction for our resident Mac Miller lover boy, but upwards was the only direction Ryan could ascend following back to back last places finishes in 2018 and 2019. Ryan seemed fast tracked for another last place finish, but the Steal of the Century also known as Nick Chubb for CEH saved our man the embarrassment of the ol’ Trifecta. Anyway Ryan, I like yeah a lot, but need to see some more consistent fantasy play out of you before I notch you up a few ticks on these rankings.

#7: Abraham “Abie” Leider
Where to begin with good friend of the program Abie? I’ve done about 5, maybe more fantasy leagues with Abie over the years, and I still can’t decide if he’s good or not. I will say though, our boy is unpredictable and a complete X factor come game day. An unrequited love for Aaron Rodgers usually finds Abie’s team filled with Packers, which anybody who’s followed the last couple years knows that usually means trouble. I feel like Abie held stock in Eddie Lacy/Randall Cobb/Jordy Nelson for way to long and went down with the ship, but hey, I don’t think you can draft those guys this year so maybe things are looking up. Go Abie.

#6: Jack “DynOmite” Staub
Ok, this nickname was a bit of a stretch, but in case you couldn’t figure it out I played up Jack’s affinity for Ohio’s second best public university, THE Ohio State University (I’m more of a Miami (OH) guy myself). Anyway, Jack’s undying love for the scarlet and grey directly impacts his GMing abilities. I understand the rational – OSU pumps out many quality football players, but that blind trust doomed Jack from the start last year when he scooped up Michael Thomas with the 3rd overall pick, with quality RBs like Dalvin Cook, Derrick Henry and even fellow Buckeye Ezekiel Elliot still available. Jack, I hoped you learned your lesson or else you might be falling faster down these rankings then Gov. Cuomo’s approval ratings (zing!).

#5: Max “Big in Two Places” Cohan
You know what I mean. Oversized bodily appendages aside, Max has done quite well for himself over the 3 year history of The League. Don’t quote me on this, but I think he might be the only member to make the playoffs in all 3 of the previous League seasons. However, Max has fallen this far down the list for one reason and one reason only –Laveshka Shenault. You all remember that crazy bastard right? Max thought it was a good idea to take a flyer on a Jaguars rookie WR and doomed his 2020 season from the start. What, you think you’re better than me cause you watch SEC football? Well you ain’t. Crack the top 4 on these rankings and then come talk to me.

#4: Brendan “Beans” Cahill
The volatility of Beans Corp’s performance over the years has only been rivaled by that of his own weight. The peaks have been majestic- routine top finishes, multiple division championships and even a championship to show for it. But the valleys, and there have been plenty, have been damaging. Nick Chubb for CEH may have doomed what was a promising start to the season for Bean’s last year. Even though it ended in a 2nd place finish, there really was no chance with competing for a championship. I for one felt that Bean’s relied to heavily on Dalvin Cook’s old man knees and the roster manipulation could’ve been better executed. That said, I’m expecting a big bounce back year for our man, he’s due for another peak soon.

#3: Kris “Bridesmaid” Blaine
Simply stated, Kris has outperformed pretty much everyone since The Leagues coronation 3 seasons ago. He routinely drafts well, plays the waiver wire smartly and has a vast depth of fantasy knowledge. Unfortunately for our resident Scandinavian, all that has still failed to crown him top dog, so I can’t place you any higher on these rankings. Whatever it may be, bad scheduling breaks, plenty of injuries and some untimely poor performances in playoff weeks, Kris hasn’t been able to take that next step. Still, year in and year out, Kris is expected to be a contender for the belt and I wouldn’t expect anything different heading into 2021.

#2: Brent “Chief” Gotkin
The only thing bigger than Brent’s biceps is his own ego. The bad boy of fantasy football, Brent’s performance last year may have been the closest thing we’ve ever seen to pure fantasy perfection. In fact, he almost did go undefeated, until he ran into the juggernaut known as Kyler Murray (even if it was only for like 3 weeks). You’re welcome gents. Still, Brent wined and dined his way to a dominate regular season and postseason run, destroying everyone and everything in his way. A constant force to be reckoned with, you know Brent will be in the mix come the latter rounds of the playoffs.

#1: Andrew “The Chosen One” Vignali
Did you really expect anything else? No explanation needed — I’m the best there is and you know it. I don’t know why God blessed me with the fantasy football wizardry of a young Einstein, but I see everything better and faster than anyone when it comes to this shit. A minor blip on an otherwise immaculate resume, 2020 will be the last time I ever miss the playoffs, quote me on that. In fact, I’m going to personally guarantee a championship this year and back it up like I always do (remember I guaranteed handing Brent his first loss last year). I can go on and on but for the sake of time, I’ll wrap this up quickly. 2021: it’s coming home.

That’s all I got for an initial rankings. I’ll update this post-draft. Happy mocking and as always, Go League.

We Back

You know that song “The Boys are Back in Town?” Of course you do. Whatever band wrote that song wrote it about The League. Thin Lizzy or something like that. I’m not going to look it up. We doing it live!

The League is back and it’s back in a big way. Ten teams, half PPR, one QB. Fantasy played the right way.

You know that song that goes like, “I’mmmmmm goinggggg throughhh chaaaaaangeees?” Of course you do. We all got a new president, some got new apartments, I got a new pair of shoes and The League got some some new members. Welcome to the show Brad and Bonez. Prime time. Rest in Peace Alex and Lebron. Alex informed us of his decision to leave pretty early into last season. While he did leave the group me he did stay true to his word on finishing out the season. Class move. He’s moving to North Carolina pretty soon, so it all sort of worked out anyway. I think his reason behind his choice to leave was he didn’t enjoy that fantasy made it impossible for him to enjoy football. I get it, Alex. Conversely, Lebron bowed out slightly less gracefully. You likely all recall the Taysom Hill debacle of 2020. I imagine ESPN’s handling of this situation led to fights in every fantasy league. Combine that with some other house keeping arguments the kid left midseason. We just straight up played with nine teams last year. Probably the most chaotic part of 2020.

You know that song that’s like, “we ain’t going no where, we can’t be stopped now, cause it’s bad boy for life?” You probably do. It’s a really, really good song. I had a nice rebound last year from a somewhat disastrous 2019. Second place. Not bad. A lot of other people would’ve killed for silver. Not me. I wanted the gold. I wanted it bad. I was full McKayla Maroney after championship week. Brent turned his team into a juggernaut due to some unruly trades. I knew it was going to be tough. I don’t want to paint myself as some great underdog story. It’s me after all. Ryan was our Cinderella story last year. Still, I was severely under matched. It was close but you know what they say about things that are close. You make an ass out of me. No excuses. I’ve been putting in the work doing mocks and doing some pretty intense research. I also have the first pick. I’ve never been so confident going into a season. It’s Beans Corp for life.

You know that song that goes like, “I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don’t be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years,
I’ll love you for a thousand more.” If you know me you know that song makes me cry on sight every single time no matter the time, place or situation. It’s because it reminds me about how I feel about The League and all that comes with it. The people, the yelling, the wings, the chips, the yelling, the comradery and the yelling. Oh, and the content. I love the content. The blog and the pod. Last year I couldn’t keep up with it nearly as much as I wished. Work was nuts. I think I only wrote three or four Look Back At Its. We probably podded only a little bit more than that. To be fair, later in the season it got straight up unsafe for Andrew and I to be in the same room within a proximity close enough to record a podcast. Regardless, barring any unforeseen circumstances within the next few months I am full steam ahead. Bloggin, poddin and mobbin.

The draft order is set. The mocks have commenced. The air fryer is heating up.

The League forever.

Look Back At It: Fantasy Football Week 4 Review

Four weeks in. Four weeks of bliss if you’re me or Brent. Four weeks of agony if you’re Andrew or Ryan. Four weeks of varying feelings for everyone else. There is just nothing like The League.

Me v. Abie

I genuinley don’t think I’ve ever played Abie in fantasy football. I know it’s impossible since we’ve been in the same league for a number of years but I just don’t know how this guy plays. One thing I do know for sure is that Abie hasn’t appreciated my very fair and balanced criticisms in recent weeks. Abie used my comments as inspiration and went on a nice two game win streak. Unfortunately for Abie, he couldn’t crack my three game win streak.

If you told me Nick Chubb would drop a quick 4 points and then exit the game due to a knee injury I wouldn’t be pumped. If you told me Matt Ryan would forget that Calvin Ridley is a human being that exists I really wouldn’t be pumped. Both of these nightmare scenerios did happen in real life. As the old saying goes – Beans Corp never says die. Where would I be without Dak? Not 4-0 let me tell you. The Cowboys had one of the worst loses in franchsie history on Sunday but, thankfully for me, that was entirely on the defense. Dak threw for 60,000 yards. Unreal. Dalvin Cook went off. CeeDee Lamb contributed to the Cowboys strong offensive showing. Too bad he can’t double up as linebaker.

Abie had a nice week. If he played most other teams he would’ve extended his winning streak. The good? Aaron Jones is a juggernaut. Amari Cooper dropped a rock solid 27.4. Again, can this guy play safety? Mark Andrews decided to stop stinking. The bad? Tyler Lockett got the silent treatment from Russell Wilson. The ugly? Kennyan Drake. Yikes oh man this guy stinks. Mahomes did fine. If he did what he’s capable of I would’ve sweat through my chicken bucket szn shirt. Go Yanks. Beans 142.9 – Abie 126.2

Jack v. Brent

This was a big one. Jack has looked good. If he could top Brent he would really get some looks as a big time contender. All I can say is get out of Brent’s way because he’s a goddamn freight train. Choo choo.

There’s no eye popping performances from when looking at Brent’s roster. Everyone did their job and did it well. Well, except Julio Jones, but Matt Ryan forgot how to throw footballs. Chris Carson recovered nicely from what looked like a very ugly injury. Melvin Gordon introduced himself to the City of Denver. Zeke did nothing in the game but somehow put up 16.5. Brent also pulled off one of the most notorious trades in the history of The League last week in which he got hooked up with Kelce. There will be a lot more talk of this trade but Brent only got 8.5 out of the second rounder. You definitley want more but it didn’t end up mattering.

Jack saw the Dallas Cowboys were playing the Cleveland Browns and figured it would be a good move to pick them up, because The Browns, as the name suggests and a certain widereceiver enjoys, are shitty. It really truly does make a lot of sense. The only issue is the Cowboy’s defense is the worst in the history of the National Football League. It is bannana’s bad. You know the classic video of EDP putting on his Eagles gear saying that, “he’s going in because he will play with more heart and passion than any of their sorry asses?” That’s me watching this defense. -9.0! Holy shit! That is the worst score I ever remember seeing in fantasy football. This will be in textbooks. If Jack played basically any other defense and Austin Ekeler didn’t blowout his hammy he probably would’ve won. Kittle was spectacular. Josh Allen is elite. Terry McLaurin was the play. Jerry Jeudy had a nice Thursday night. It was all for not. Brent 136.3 – Jack 116.9

Lebron v. Andrew

Let’s be honest – we all wanted this to end in a tie. That would’ve broken the internet or at least this website. Our servers can only handle 5 pageviews per day. Fortunately for Lebron and unfortunately for those who like to laugh, there was a definitive winner in this week’s battle of the bad aka the battle of the blackouts.

Waking up last Sunday Lebron needed four things – food, water, shelter and to win this fantasy football matchup. It was imperative. Due to COVID-19 Lebron needed a new QB and elexted for Joey Heisman’s. Burrow is going to enjoy a long career, hopefully not entierly in Cinncinati, and I expect him to be a starter in The League for years to come. It would’ve been fun for him to have a big welcome to the Burrow show week. He didn’t but he’s better than Jarred Goff. Kareem Hunt stepped up following Chubb’s heartbreaking injury. Mike Davis gave Panthers fans a reason to not be miserable. Devin Singletary and Devante Parker want to stay starters for the rest of the year. If you’re Lebron you’re not thrilled with Higbee aka Higsbee aka Ned Bigby.

Andrew is self declared officially dead. The death certificate lists the cause as “Lebreezy.” In the grand scheme of things, COVID ruining Andrew’s week in fantasy is, without a doubt, the least heartbreaking aspect of the pandemic, but the imapct is undeniable. He lost Derrick Henry, his first round pick, and AJ Brown. The comish decided to move in a different direction from Carson Wentz and he decided to pick up an almost equally as bad Jared Goff. Jared got paid, checked out and gave Andrew a pitiful 11.7 points. Everyone has a blacklist of players they won’t ever give another chance. Miles Sanders is going to find himself on Andrew’s list. Darrell Henderson is no Derrick Henry. Russell Gage did not give Andrew the billion points he needed Monday night to win. The positives? Gurley Benjamin Buttoned himself and had a nice week. Allen Robinson had his second solid week in a row. That’s about it. Lebron 119.7 – Lebron 96.0

Max v. Kris

This was a close one. Kris’s team is absolutely decimated and he still eeked victory out. If he can get get back to full strength we may have a third choo choo in the mix.

Russell Wilson had a down week and still dropped 20.9. McKinnion stepped up really nicely for Kris. Kupp and Diggs are planting themselves as consistent producers. Randy Bullock, who is the Bengals kicker if you’re like me and had no idea, went off. Kris needs Devante Adams back because Valdez-Scantling ain’t it. Hopkins had a bad week. Hayden Hurst has regressed to his mean following a solid week two quickly. Kris got burned by Colts D/ST last week so bad he picked them up this week. I can confirm he didn’t get the 90 points that I got against Kris last week, but it didn’t matter.

Man oh man did Max miss Leonard Fournette this week. If Rex Burxhead wasn’t so bad our friend in the deep south would’ve been celebrating a week well won with some sweet tea or whatever people in Alabama do. Lamar did his thing. Kamara will likely last another week as being featured in Max’s team name. Mike Evans and his new bff TB12 are really hitting it off. Max didn’t need this win, but he had a chance to cop a win against an injured Kris, and he squandered it. KRis 126.2 – Max 123.8

Alex v. Ryan

Ryan had a chance to finaly get into the win column. He gave it his all. He really did. Is he the new Alex? Big points with nothing to show for it. It really sounds like it.

I can’t believe Alex is rolling with Matthew Stafford but he had his best week to date so at this point let’s keep the party going. I wanted Adam Thielen and Alex stole him from me like Jean Valjean. OBJ shit all over the Cowboys but anyone is able to do that. Chiefs D/ST stepped up. If I’m Alex I’m extremley worried about Josh Jacobs. Julian Edelman needs to not start. Zach Ertz continues his downward trend. Sounds like problems Alex didn’t need to worry about this week.

Ryan was the third highest scoring team this week. He just hapens to play the second highest scoring team. Aaron Rodgers is continuing his Fuck You tour. Joe Mixon had a career day. Chark did that thing where he goes off once or twice a year. Ryan’s first round pick, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, has yet to truly breakout following his solid first career game in week one. Marvin Jones Jr and Mike Gesicki stink. Michael Gallup didn’t contribute to the powerful Cowboys offensive efforts. If he’s not going to contribute on offense then maybe he can help out on the otherside of the ball. It was just one of those weeks for Ryan.

Best Team: Alex (148.5)

Worst Team: Andrew (96.0)

Best Player: Joe Mixon 39.1

Worst Player: Cowboys D/ST (-9.0)

This week was a movie oh my god. There are some big plotlines brewing. There was an onslaught of waiver wire moves and I highly recommend you read Jack’s piece analyzing everything you need to know. Can Andrew and Ryan do anything to save their seasons? Can Kris keep acting like the 2019 Yankees? Is Alex going to end his fantasy career on top? Most importantly Brent and I play each other. This is the biggest matchup in the history of The League. Get ready. It’s war. Week 5 begins in less than 24 hours. I know you’re ready. I sure am.

Lebreezy Declares War

This right here is a Declaration of War to 3 teams I will be playing in the upcoming weeks. When the teams I’m talking about read this we are NOT friends anymore just know you’re the ENEMY.

First, I want to talk about the worst team in the league and the one I will be playing this week. Marzy and Me the team that doesn’t even deserve to hold the belt he “wOn” with the way he has been preforming. This is a man who named his team after the manager of last years worst team in the league it’s no wonder his team is so bad. Him and his QB Jared Goff have a lot in common they’re both barely good enough to stay in the league. I am going to dismantle and destroy this team that can barely put together a 100 points in the first 2 weeks. And I’ll do that without even having my best players in my starting lineup.

On to the next team, HOCKEYPRO 69 gosh to talk shit about this team won’t even take much. Let’s start with the fact that the only two wins Abie has is against the two MOST bottom tier teams in the league. One of those teams I already shit on in the paragraph above and the other is Ryan who we just ironed out the punishment for being in last place in the previous year…enough said. Abie I like you but guess what? I don’t like you. Playing this guy who wont get that same breakout performance from Aaron Jones he got on his first win is going to make this a cake walk. This is going to be like last year when I beat Brent and proved that he wasn’t top tier.
Now I’ll prove Abie’s team ain’t shit either…

Speaking of Brent aka The Flandrew’s the king of not being top tier I can’t wait to see you in week 6 when my whole team is back healthy and ready to absolutely DEMOLISH your scrub team. Last week, when we played each other not only did you get lucky but I didn’t even have McCaffrey. Should have been a win for me but as we all know shoulda coulda woulda. Our game had you sweating and you know it! This is going to be the game of the season and an absolute grudge match. The best revenge match you’ve ever seen.
I can’t wait to prove that Brent isn’t top tier, will never be top tier and has NEVER BEEN TOP TIER!

To everyone reading this going “oH hE iS 0 aNd 3 He Is TrAsH.”
Just know I’m coming for you next…

In the words of Micheal Jordan
“I’m Back”



-Andrew J. Lebron
Last Year’s Runner up and This Year’s Future Champion

Look Back At It: Fantasy Football Week 2 Review

Two weeks into the season and the NFL hasn’t shut down yet! You know that video of Paul Rudd on Hot One’s when he’s like, “who whoulda thought? Not me?” That’s how I feel about this season. Aside from the fact that every player in the NFL suffered a season ending injury, I would say this was a good week. We are settling into our roles this season – the good, the bad and the ugly. Enough small talk, let’s get into it.

Me v. Lebron

This is just one of those matchups. Two guys who talk the talk, but can they walk the walk? One of us backed up their shit talking and the other is experiencing backup from shit. To be fair, this was a pretty close contest. At one point, early in the day, it looked like Lebron was going to blow me out. Goonies never say die.

I was stressed as can be Thursday trying to decide on who to start – Tyler Boyd or Tre’quan Smith. I added Smith after Michael Thomas went down in week one. I was almost most folks. My roster flip flopped all day long. I may have flipped them legitmatley twenty times throughout the day. Most folks would’ve started Boyd. He’s the more established player. I ain’t most folks. Tyler Boyd is the type of guy you start if you want to finish in fourth place. Beans Corp don’t do fourth place. That seemed to be the right play all night last Thursday until Tyler Boyd naturally got the most obvious garbage time touchdown in the history of the National Football League. Whatever, I got 25.8 point from Chubb so I was happy. My RB1, Dalvin Cook, did well, giving me just over 16 points. Ridley is an absolute nutjob. He tore my beloved Dallas Cowboys up. All those guys are fine. It really just comes down to Dak. My guy dropped 39.8. Almost cracked the coveted 40 burger. What a beautiful person. He did so well that I got to make the rare move of benching my defense on Monday Night since Lebron didn’t have anyone going. If I lost because my D/ST got me negative points I would’ve quit mid season. Tre’quan smith gave me 11 points, by the way. What a move TY Hilton sucks. Whatever. On to the next one.

Is Lebron the new Alex? It is almost impossible to produce 135.8 points and lose but this is The League – where impossible happens. What went right? McCaffrey gave Lebron 22.8, but at what cost? Everything. Lebron won’t see the number one overall pick for some time. That scumbag Robbie Anderson did well. Tyler Higbee aka Higsbee was Lebron’s highest scorer. Kareem Hunt scared the shit out of me Thursday night putting up 23 points. What went wrong? Well, Tom Brady is 75 years old and a bad fantasy quarterback. You need more than 8.6 from Devin Singletary. Malcolm Brown continues the trend of disappointing Rams receivers. AJ Green is just nonexistent. I might file a missing person’s report. Hate to see it. Unless you’re me. Beans 154.2 – Lebron 135.8

Brent v. Andrew

Another marquee matchup. The biggest guy in The League against the Champ aka the comish. On the pod I predicted a Brent victory. I hate how right I was. This wasn’t just a win. It was a beatdown. Brent’s team did fairly well, but Andrew made it straight up uncompetitive. He is in serious trouble, as his blog post earlier tonight stated.

Brent survived terrible showings from Julio Jones and Will Fuller and mediocre performances from Watson and Ertz. How? He has the best running back duo in The League right now with Zeke and Carson. Keenan Allen and Melvin Gordon showed up. Bears D/ST dropping 13 points? Did I take a time machine to 2018? Jeez I sure hope this Mahomes guy pans out. What stands out the most to me is Brent getting 16 points from his kicker. I watched an E60 on Justin Tucker last year and he seems like a really good guy so this just warms my heart and potentially Brent’s wallet.

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew. We are very close from going from first to worst. This is like the Boston Red Sox trajectory. Win one year and then somehow implode in grand fashion the next. It’s just tough to watch. One of the lowest scored I’ve ever seen in the history of The League. You need double digits from Derrick Henry. Need. Peyton Barber dropping 0.1 is just a sad sight. It’s not surprising, but it certainly is sad. Side note – Andrew if you want Gibson hit my line. A normal Allen Robinson points total is like 7.8 or something. 4.8 don’t cut it. Imagine telling yourself two years ago Gurley would be on the Falcons and he would only give Andrew 6 points? You would laugh your way to the movie theatre to see Mid 90’s or whatever people did in 2018. Is there bright side? Miles Sanders did very well. Robert Woods did better than his usual goose egg. Darren Waller is turning into a start TE and could be the reason Andrew’s team has any chance of turning it around. It’ll take a lot though, but, hey, we went to the moon. Brent 119.8 – Andrew 87.8

Kris v. Jack

What a game. Wow. This was the closest matchup of the week. Kris may be the biggest victim of the injury plague that ravaged the NFL this week. Well, I guess the actual players who got hurt are the biggest victims, but Kris is a close second. He’s the San Francisco 49ers of The League. If his team stayed healthy, or David Johnson didn’t stink, he may have won.

Jack got his first win of the year thanks to Kyler Murray. It’s nice to see him panning out. Jack had Kyler last year too, right? This is growing into a beautiful friendship. Jeez I’m looking at Jack’s team and everyone did well. Terry McLaurin drops 22 points. My fingers couldn’t believe we were writing that sentence. If there’s one thing I know in this world it’s Wisconsin Badger football, so I could’ve told you a year ago Johnny Taylor was going to be a problem. Ronald Jones II produed 9.7, which is the most Ronald Jones II stat line possible. A really, really nice week from Jack.

Poor Kris. He dropped 141.6 points all while losing his first round pick, Saquon Barkley, early in the game, losing Devante Adams and having David Johnson. I feel so bad for Saquon. Two years of this. Devante Adams’s injury seems far less serious although he may miss this coming week. David Johnson is gonna David Johnson. Hey, to be fair 6 points is better than the .6 he would continually put up for me last year prior to him getting the scissors. Bright spots for Kris? Russell Wilson. What a man. He’s such a nice guy but will then drop 33.4 fantasy points on Jack. What a dangerous man. Want a hot take? DeAndrew Hopkins is really good. Hayden Hurst is a tight end who came out of no where but is producing very nicely. Diggs went nuts and dropped 25.3. Younghoe Koo, Kris’s team’s namesake said, “I’m sorry you have David Johnson, time to put the team on my back” and put up 17 points. Not enough. Jack 148.1 – Kris 141.6

Abie v. Ryan

The battle of last year’s 9th and 10th place teams. The content would’ve been hilarious if they both dropped like 60 points. Imagine they tied with a points total in the double digits. There would’ve been riots. Fortunately, or unfortunately if you’re me and need funny things to write about, that didn’t happen. Abie proved me wrong on the pod and had a nice classic HockeyPro69 performance.

Abie wrote in the group chat that me calling him out on the pod fired him up. You’re welcome, Abie. You needed this. Mahomes does Mahomes things. There’s not other way to put it. He is a fantasy bedrock and will be the reason Abie has any sort of run at all. Tyler Lockett did well, but that’s what happens when you got Russell slinging you the rock. Lockett’s solid 16.2 is irelevant when you look at what Aaron Jones did. Jesus Christ someone lock this guy up. 43.6 points. One of the most I’ve ever seen. He had a huge week last year too. Is he the new Derrick Henry? You tell me! If he had a very solid 19 points, something I would think it would be worth writing about, Ryan would’ve won. Cruel world. Kennyan Drake stinks. Mark Andrews had the first bad week he’s had in a while. That shouldn’t be too much of a concern for Abie. He’ll bounce back.

Ryan had a pretty good week. It wasn’t enough to overcome Aaron Jones, but, it was still pretty good. You know what though? The standings don’t care about pretty good. It cares about two things – wins or loses. Sink or swim. Survival of the fittest, etc. Ryan’s team all scored around the same amount of points. Seriously look at it when you get a chance it’s weird. Clyde, Mixon, Chark and Marvin Jones all scored 10 some odd points. The only one who really stood out was Mike Gesicki who dropped 23 points. Like any tight end dropping over 20, this is an anomaly and Ryan should not bank on this performance again. Hines did nothing. We’ve all done this – a player on your bench goes off and the next week you start them and they shit the bed. I call this Will Fuller syndrome. Get Tayson Hill in there. Abie 139.6 – Ryan 119.2

Max v. Alex

I feel like these are two guys who never play each other. I’m aware that this is impossible but in my mind these are two teams that just don’t cross each other’s paths. This was kind of like the Bucs playing the Chargers. It just doesn’t happen. As a result, I was psyched to see this play out. Alex joined the winners circle and Max woke up Alabama with his classic loud weeping following defeat.

It pains me to see Matt Stafford in a starting lineup. I know he’s good. Don’t show me the stats or argue with me. I understand he’s technically good. He dropped 16.2 which is, you know, what Matt Stafford is gonna do. Alex got nearly 18 points from Mostert until he fell victim to the 49ers injury bug. OBJ didn’t shit the bed this week, giving Alex 15.4 last Thursday. Kelce showed why he’s a second round pick, dropping 19.5. Alex’s best performer is surprising. Josh Jacobs? Nope. Adam Thielen? No, sir. Gotta be Seattle D/ST? WRONG! Parris Campbell? Good guess but nah. It’s Julian Edelman! Alex got clowned for that pick but look who’s laughing now. Rough week on Alex’s bench. Good thing this wasn’t a tie.

On the pod we both said Max is consistently one of the better teams but he’s never viewed as top tier. This would’ve been a good opportunity to shut us up. He absolutely squandered it. You’re just simply not top tier if you barley crack triple digits. Max got nearly 34 points from Kamara, 19 points from Hill, nearly 20 pints from Mike Evans and only scored a total of 104.5. How? Cam Akers stinks, Hollywood Brown stinks, Slayton stinks, Buffalo D/ST took a point away from him and Matt Prater stinks. That’s a whole lotta stink. If he played Fournette over Cam Akers Max’s week looks a whole lot better. He goes from losing to winning and having a pretty solid week. You rally want more from Lamar. 17.6 is not what you drafted him for. You really want Lamar Jackson to score more than just one point more than Matt Stafford. Yikes. Please don’t think I forgot, because I didn’t. Goose egg alert! Gronk putting up straight zeroes. Mike Greenberg and company on First Take is discussing Gronk right now as I write this. They agree that Max should be in full blown panic mode. Alex 119.9 – Max. 104.5.

Best Team: Beans (154.2)

Worst Team: Andrew (87.9)

Best Player: Aaron Jones (43.6)

Worst Player: Seattle D/St (-2.0)

How can you read this and be anything other than completely amped for this week? It’s The League! These injuries were heartbreaking and, for some, season jeopardizing. As a result, the waiver wire was HOT this week. Some serious FAAB bucks were flying. Will I ever lose again? Will Lebron and Ryan ever win again? Will Andrew ever crack triple digits again? How will everyone with major injuries turn it around? Is Jack going to go the distance? How did we let Brent assembly the roster he has? Is Max planning for next year? Is Abie here to stay? Is Alex happy he didn’t score 150 only to lose? There are just so many questions. They’re not for me to answer. Well, other than the one about me. No, I don’t plan on ever losing again. Week 3 starts in about 11 hours. I can’t wait. Until next time.

Marzy & Me State of the Union Address

If you know anything about me, then you know I love 3 things: crushing beers, getting chicks and dominating our fantasy league. Sadly, I’m not doing much of either of the last two, and I have only myself to blame.

Based off my performance the last 2 seasons, I’ve come to expect nothing short of greatness from myself. I think we all have, which is why its both humbling to see my team at the bottom of the standings among the likes of Ryan, Abie and Jack. And its not like I’ve just been unlucky and performed well but gotten beat cause my opponent went apeshit. m]My team is just plain bad top to bottom. Derrick Henry? Why don’t you score a td for once. Carson Wentz? What was I thinking? Todd Gurley? Nightmare. I could go on an on but you get the idea.

Where did it all go wrong? Did I do something to upset the Fantasy Football Gods? Was it a lack of mock drafts? Did two years of dominance go to my head? In the fantasy world, it was like I was playing Madden with the sliders all the way up and autotrades on. Oh shit, Saquon Barkley is on a bye? No problem, I’ll just pick up Ronald Jones on the waiver wire and have him drop 35. It was too easy. I pushed every right button. I mean usually I wake up on Sunday morning, check my ESPN app, and I already have been given the win.

To say I’m displeased with my teams performance doesn’t even do it justice. I life, breath and die with The League. Everything I do is with my eyes on the prize, the coveted Fantasy Belt (which if you need reminding is currently in possession). I don’t even care about the prize money. Seriously, I’ll donate it this year if I win. I just want to hold that belt over all your heads–gloating in my victory– cause I know all y’all would to the same.

So allow me to quote the immortal Mets OF Tim Tebow, “You will never see a Fantasy Owner in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season, and you will never see someone push the rest of their fantasy team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season, and you will never see a fantasy team play harder that we will the rest of the season”. I’m pledging to be better, and in the end I am going to take home what’s rightfully mine. I promise you that.

God bless.