Trash Pandas 116.42 - Muddy Bananas 113.12

What struck me about this matchup is the genuinly flip flop of results versus expectations for the starting quarterbacks for these teams. Joe Burrow(and the entire Bengals offense for that matter) looked...not great. Joey B ended up with just 8.82 points and 113 passing yards. Justin Fields, on the other hand, went head to head against Aaron Rodgers in a barn burner(imagine thinking this would be a non-sarcastic sentence in 2025) ending with 218 yards through the air, 48 on the ground and 3 total TDs. Bijian Robinson did what you expect out of top tier RB, but Sam's biggest risk was starting Travis Etienne and it paid off in a big way. Etienne had a massive game, 143 yards rushing for 17.1 total fantasy points. Zach's veteran WRs let him down, just 10.8 points between Terry McLaurin and Davante Adams. If its any consolation, it looks like Zach played his optimal lineup. Some scary food for though, Sam had Keon Coleman, who was a popular target for Josh Allen, as well as BILLLLLLLL Croskey on his bench. Bill looks like he's going to get more touches as the season moves on.

Joe Buck Yourself 136.26 - The Bearded Clams 97.42

At a quick glance it looks like Josh Allen really carried Joe Buck Yourself through this game. That Sunday Night Football shootout benefitted fantasy owners everywhere. Josh Allen ended with nearly 400 yards passing and 4 total TDs. I don't think Andy is ever expecting huge game winning performances out of his starting RB duo of Chase Brown and James Conner, but if they both consistently put up 12+ points a game, Andy will be a force in the league. His team only gets more dangerous as JaMarr Chase won't be at 2 catches for 26 yards much longer, possibly getting his worst game of the year out of the way in week 1. Poff's performers were decent overall, but we've all come to expect more from Mike Evans, perhaps Father Time has finally come for a visit with our ageless wonder? Jaylen Waddle, and all of the Dolphins, looked lost on the field. Things could get VERY ugly in Miami this season. And once again, Mark Andrew victimizes fantasy owners. 

Powderhoundmals 120.22 - Big Nix Energy 87.02

George, to his credit, had the 3rd most fantasy points in the league this week despite picking the "worst" of his 3 QB options. Jordan Love had a very efficient NFL game, but that only leads to a middling fantasy performance. Both Caleb Williams and Justin Herbert had huge fantasy games in their respective matchups. The oft-questioned Zay Flowers had a HUGE game, 143 yards and a TD for 24.6 fantasy points. Credit where credit is due to George on always being a Zay Flowers truther. I think Jim would be the first one to tell you that he's in a survive til the weapons are back mentality right now. Expected performers Quinshon Judkins, Chris Godwin and Brandon Aiyuk were all unavailable for Big Nix Energy this week. In the meantime Omarion Hampton had a decent NFL rookie debut, 50 yards and a couple catches, but Nico Collins had a terrible game and Cooper Kupp might be cooked. Justin Jefferson was invisible until JJ McCarthy remembered he existed in the 4th quarter. 

Peeping Thomas 119.68 - The Salty Spitoon 95.94

Bart Was The Best 118.32 - Pinche Bendejo 102.88

Bill's youth movement showed up this week and made up for Xavier Worthy getting injured immediately on Friday Night. Emeka Egbuka exploded onto the NFL scene with 4 catches and 2 TDs, Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 124 yards and appears to be picking up where he left off last year. Naturally Jayden Daniels had a big game, that very well could've been much bigger, but he still had over 20 fantasy points. We'll see how he does with Micah Parsons trying to track him down on Thursday Night. Ben had to have been feeling great after TNF, he had 43 points between Jalen Hurts and Javonte Williams. That's as good as things got in this matchup though as his next biggest performance was Travis Kelce bailing his fantasy owners out with a long TD catch and run. 

Pack Attack 129.46 - Team Cotch11 83.58

It was a tale of high performers making up for underperformers on Pack Attack. Lamar Jackson everything he could on Sunday Night. 200 yards passing, 70 rushing and 4 total TDs. Randy also got a big game out of Deebo Samuel, who might be a high value weapon with Washington, benefitting from teams having to focus on Scary Terry. Amon-Ra St. Brown was just ok. He couldn't break a big play and ended with just 4 catches for 45 yards for the Lions. Dylan Sampson might have a very safe floor for Cleveland, even when the backfield is crowded, because he is a threat in the passing game, ending with 8 catches for 64 yards. Cotch was victimized by AJ Brown, Evan Engram(who is now injured), a meh debut from Matthew Golden and a just OK game from Tony Pollard. He'll have some changes to make next week, as I suspect Michael Pittman may have earned himself a start, totally 80 yards and a TD.