Week 2
Passionate Playback
Well, well, well, look what we have here my friends. Another wild and wacky week of Fantasy Football has officially been tallied on the ledger of our 2021 edition of the Emotional Friends FFL, and just as we predicted, nothing is going as predicted. No hyperbole, the intense battles taking place on the virtual gridiron has been nothing short of traumatic brain injury inducing, due to the many closely contested matchups brought about by poor fantasy performances and bad luck at the hands of seemingly top fantasy players. For some of y’all, you slept easy last Monday night as Week 2 was a splendid little reminder of the majestic beauty encapsulated within this simple game of chance we love, after breaking through to seize a victory by outlasting your opponent in a tough fought matchup. However, for many more of you (including yours truly), we got our first taste of the sickening, gut wrenching feeling of being on the receiving end of a swift and fierce sucker punch directly to our exposed ball sack, as Madame Inconsistency decided to pop out from the dreaded back alleys upon which she lurks, and showed her despicable boil ridden face for the first time this season. It’s the sad reality we face in Fantasy Football, that no matter how hard you prepare, evading her many booby traps she meticulously places along the along the road to glory, like an IED of disappointment, is a nearly impossible task. Still, for those of you reeling from defeat heading into a pivotal Week 3, hoping to reestablish yourself as a contender, Week 3 is your shot to flip the script by getting back up off the canvas and delivering a vicious counter punch to all the doubters counting you out.
Thus, right on cue, like a messianic symbol of hope, rising from the grave to save your fantasy souls from the terrifying fate of an eternal life with no Passionate Playbacks to put this season into perspective for your meagre brains, it is I, once again, here to provide a golden shower of fantasy insight and knowledge that me and my highly trained staff (of just me) has been concocting all week. You already know we ain’t stopping either, until we’ve sprayed out every last drop all over your eager faces for you to ardently gulp up like a dehydrated dog with a freshly filled water bowl. I do it out of the everlasting love in my heart I have for you all. So, luckily, I distracted Gramps by putting on Gameshow Network, and snagged the keys to his newly buffed, mint condition convertible ‘66 Stang. Hop in shotty, slip in the T Sizzle CD, and turn the knob to full blast, because we are dropping the top on that sucker and peeling out of the neighborhood going 90. Just lean back there my friend and let your hair flow in the warm September air while you dream of that belt. We aren’t stopping, heading full speed like Brian O’Connor into Week 3! It’s Fantasy Fucking Football! Awwwww Yeahhhhh!!!
Headlines
We get Four Monday Night comebacks in one week for the first time in league history; Grant, Tyler, Daniel, and Kyle all win
That’s right, folks. We had four (count em’!) Monday Night comebacks in what will go down as maybe the craziest finish to a week we have ever had. This one for sure rivals Week 3 of last year when we had the infamous “Stat Correction” game paired with the “Saint-o-Rama” game in a single week of play. But, to have four freaking Monday Night comebacks? Never in my life did I think we would witness history on this scale before. Like, I am still in disbelief. Whoooaaa-ooohhhh my god, it's so intense! What does this mean? Like a double rainbow all the way across the sky. I think I just came...
Carl goes nuclear through the first two weeks; takes home highest scoring week en route to beating yours truly and the 2-0 mark
We can’t go the entire Passionate Playback without mentioning the league’s best performer through the early going of the season, as Carl has been superb in every facet of being a Fantasy Manager. He has been far and away the highest scoring manager, to the tune of 340 points, which is a full 25 points clear of Moi, who is second with 315 points. His draft choices, as of now, look primed to be the best choices in the league with some of his late round picks like Brady and Cooks, coming out the gates hotter than Erin Andrews in a skimpy bikini on a Maui beach. On top of that, he’s only left just 37 points on his bench in the two games on the season so far, good for the second-best Coach Performance in the league. Lastly, he hasn’t been afraid to splurge on the waivers and while the scoring has almost exclusively come from his draft choices, the staff must commend him for the aggressive nature in which he is looking for constant improvement. I don’t think it is coincidence that the two teams in last place have spent a combined $1 on the waiver wire at this junction of the season, while half of the league has spent at least $30 apiece. I did postulate a theory prior to the season that Trevor’s powers of stymieing his opposition’s ability to score with the dark arts would possibly transfer to Carl. This could also be a factor as he has only a microscopic 247 Points Against in total, which is the second lowest amount in the league. However, we can’t look past his white hot point production that has ultimately carried him to the perfect record through the first few weeks of the season. The newbie’s got game. For that, we don’t have to like him, but goddamnit we must respect him.
Well, gentlemen, that is going to be it this week. Yes, we only ran the headlines, but there was so much to cover in this week’s craziness that we topped our highest word mark on the year. We made it into the 3,000 club! If you are still reading by this point, we salute you Mr. I’m-a-good-reader-guy. You in fact do have a reading ability above the level of a 3rd grader. That said, we wish everyone good luck this week and look forward to bringing to you on the next edition the much anticipated… wait for it… POWER RANKINGS!!! This is the Passionate Playback staff signing off for Week 2. Until next time, Sayonara Bitches!
Well, well, well, look what we have here my friends. Another wild and wacky week of Fantasy Football has officially been tallied on the ledger of our 2021 edition of the Emotional Friends FFL, and just as we predicted, nothing is going as predicted. No hyperbole, the intense battles taking place on the virtual gridiron has been nothing short of traumatic brain injury inducing, due to the many closely contested matchups brought about by poor fantasy performances and bad luck at the hands of seemingly top fantasy players. For some of y’all, you slept easy last Monday night as Week 2 was a splendid little reminder of the majestic beauty encapsulated within this simple game of chance we love, after breaking through to seize a victory by outlasting your opponent in a tough fought matchup. However, for many more of you (including yours truly), we got our first taste of the sickening, gut wrenching feeling of being on the receiving end of a swift and fierce sucker punch directly to our exposed ball sack, as Madame Inconsistency decided to pop out from the dreaded back alleys upon which she lurks, and showed her despicable boil ridden face for the first time this season. It’s the sad reality we face in Fantasy Football, that no matter how hard you prepare, evading her many booby traps she meticulously places along the along the road to glory, like an IED of disappointment, is a nearly impossible task. Still, for those of you reeling from defeat heading into a pivotal Week 3, hoping to reestablish yourself as a contender, Week 3 is your shot to flip the script by getting back up off the canvas and delivering a vicious counter punch to all the doubters counting you out.
Thus, right on cue, like a messianic symbol of hope, rising from the grave to save your fantasy souls from the terrifying fate of an eternal life with no Passionate Playbacks to put this season into perspective for your meagre brains, it is I, once again, here to provide a golden shower of fantasy insight and knowledge that me and my highly trained staff (of just me) has been concocting all week. You already know we ain’t stopping either, until we’ve sprayed out every last drop all over your eager faces for you to ardently gulp up like a dehydrated dog with a freshly filled water bowl. I do it out of the everlasting love in my heart I have for you all. So, luckily, I distracted Gramps by putting on Gameshow Network, and snagged the keys to his newly buffed, mint condition convertible ‘66 Stang. Hop in shotty, slip in the T Sizzle CD, and turn the knob to full blast, because we are dropping the top on that sucker and peeling out of the neighborhood going 90. Just lean back there my friend and let your hair flow in the warm September air while you dream of that belt. We aren’t stopping, heading full speed like Brian O’Connor into Week 3! It’s Fantasy Fucking Football! Awwwww Yeahhhhh!!!
Headlines
We get Four Monday Night comebacks in one week for the first time in league history; Grant, Tyler, Daniel, and Kyle all win
That’s right, folks. We had four (count em’!) Monday Night comebacks in what will go down as maybe the craziest finish to a week we have ever had. This one for sure rivals Week 3 of last year when we had the infamous “Stat Correction” game paired with the “Saint-o-Rama” game in a single week of play. But, to have four freaking Monday Night comebacks? Never in my life did I think we would witness history on this scale before. Like, I am still in disbelief. Whoooaaa-ooohhhh my god, it's so intense! What does this mean? Like a double rainbow all the way across the sky. I think I just came...
Anyway, it was the perfect set of events that led to this historic phenomenon as you had two very fantasy relevant NFL teams throwing down that Monday Night which both had a multitude of players rostered in our league. On top of that, the game had a solid potential to be a very high scoring affair with two defensive units more susceptible to giving up points easier than a white sorority chick being hit on by John Mayer, which in turn meant there were many fantasy points to be had by the teams trailing and within reach of coming back. All this culminated in a Monday Night with history on the line. No way it would actually happen though. It would mean that 4 out of the 5 games this week would all be Monday Night Comebacks. I mean, I don’t think we’ve ever had four in one season, let alone in one week. Welp, in the classic unpredictable fashion that our league always seems to produce, all four squads ran the table, and just like that we had our first ever instance of what the staff and I are dubbing as the week of the “Quadricomeback”. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, shit just gets crazier. So, let’s take a closer look how the action unfolded, and what this means in the grand scheme of the playoff race.
Daniel vs. Jared
Admittedly this was one game that was seemingly in the bag, which favored Daniel over Jared. Coming into the Monday Night game, Daniel-San had his QB, A-Rod, and his trusty receiver Davante set to go trailing only by 26 points. Sleeper gave him a 99% chance at victory, but with how bad Rodgers and Adams were in Week 1, there was still a very slight slimmer of hope for Jared that maybe this was the season from Hell for the Packers and they would once again be held in check, similar to Week 1. Dan didn’t have to sweat in the least bit though, as Rodgers racked up a superb 37 points, while Davante tacked on an additional 20, to emphatically put away Jared like the meek little fantasy manager he is. For Jared, coming off being the highest scoring manager of Week 1 and talking his shit thinking he was safe in his shoddily constructed ivory tower of fantasy snobbiness, it all came crumbling down in a tragic 9/11 like manner just a week later. Five of Jareds starters failed to crack 10 points, while only one player (Mike Evans) could even get past 20 points. His team’s abhorrent 118 points put up can simply be described as unequivocally one of the most abysmal and disgraceful performances of true out right fantasy shittiness to possibly be displayed following a week being the best team. Can he get back on track in Week 3? I’m not betting on it. I am taking the over (2.5) though, for number of times Jared blames the rules/coaching/his receivers’ QB for why his team sucks.
Turning to Daniel, as always, for the inside track we are going to go out live the picturesque goddess of fantasy, the Bahama Mama with the best Tatas in the game, Erin Andrews.
Erin, after Daniel notched his first win of 2021 last week, what were your initial thoughts about the big night and the team’s performance?
“He got lucky.”
Whoa there, Erin. Slow your roll! You can’t be using up all your hard hitting and amazing insights regarding Daniel’s team all in one Week. We still need your sexy ass in the weeks to come. Thanks for joining us, until next time, don’t stop keeping those scrumptious cakes of yours looking as juicy as ever.
Tyler vs. KP
Moving along to another game that was maybe a little closer than the aforementioned matchup between Jared and Daniel, the bout between Tyler and KP was also one that had a heavy favorite. While they were nearly tied (Tyler trailing by a point) coming into the night, with Aaron Jones at the helm of Tyler’s team, he had the clear advantage against KP and Marquez Valdez-Scantling. Nevertheless, it wasn’t out of the cards for KP, because much like Rodgers and Davante, Jones had a piss poor performance in Week 1, where he couldn’t even muster out 5 measly points. Plus, with Rodgers, every once in a while, you get a big game from a random receiver. Yet, once the game started, Tyler quickly turned what was once a close game into a laugher, snagging the victory away from KP as MVS goosed him and Jones only went out and put up a 40 burger. The final score ended up being lopsided, but it doesn’t do justice the nervousness felt by Tyler, as he very well could have blown this game. We all know his M.O. is to play extremely close games, and this could have been another classic Tyler loss that would leave him waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats yelling “Why Me!?” However, by comfortably taking out KP, riding his main horse and first-round draft pick, this has to be a giant shot of confidence directly into the ass of his team that he needed heading into the meat of the season. Let’s just hope his team doesn’t get drug tested.
Looking at one of the newbie managers in our league, KP, this definitely had to be a tough one to swallow, like being brutally forced to throat a colossal veiny 10-inch cock of fantasy humiliation with another one deeply lodged, balls deep, in the ass of his team already from last week. Now, KP’s team is left shivering and crying in the shower needing some serious therapy if he has any hope of achieving a playoff run with two straight weeks getting over 170 points hung on him. Even though he is one of only four teams to surpass 300 total points on the season and is the third highest scoring team in the league, he hasn’t a single dub yet to show for it. Further, if you take the two games of the opponents KP has played in the first two weeks and make that a team in our league, it would be the highest scoring team by over 20 points. The 363 Points Against for my guy is just absolutely horrendous luck, but as is the cruel nature of this fabled game we call Fantasy, that’s just the way dildo bends. Oh, and who does he play in Week 3, oh just Carl, the highest scoring team in the league. Welp, for his team’s sake, hopefully he stocked up on the lube, otherwise it could be another painful week if you know what I mean. Ouch.
Grant vs. Kevin
The next game we turn to on the docket of Monday Night comebacks, is the Week 2 tilt between Grant and Big Kev. This one was interesting for sure because it pitted two of the most recent league champions against each other, both coming off difficult losses in Week 1. As we covered last week, Grant suffered his defeat in a Sunday Night comeback at the hands of the Commish after a decent performance, and he had every reason to take some confidence into this Week 2 matchup. Kevin’s performance in Week 1, on the other hand, could aptly be described as nothing short of utter horse shit, and he was justifiably and properly eviscerated in our coverage for his complete managerial ineptitude and lack of a any drafting acumen. Therefore, he needed this one a big way to build a little good will with the staff.
Once the action started, Big Kev was seemingly in some trouble with Kittle failing to crack 5 points, while Robinson and Golloday couldn’t even crack 10 points. Still CMC netted a cool 24, two late defensive TD’s by the Bucs defense added him in another 19, and a nifty little 17 from Darrel Henderson had Kev in an okay spot with almost Grant’s entire team set to go off in the afternoon games. In the late game window, lil Ky just went right along doing lil Ky things. D Hop, Dalvin, and Julio appeared headed for big games too, and it seemed as if Grant was going to fly right on by Kev like Ricky Bobby pulling off the sling shot maneuver with his trusty pal Cal Naughton Jr. However, Dalvin left the game on multiple occasions, and Kyler forgot Hopkins was on his team in the second half, which meant Grant’s point eruption prematurely fizzled out, leaving the door open for Kev to steal the win if Tonyan and Swift couldn’t come through for over 22 points. When Monday Night finally came along, Tonny Boy only nabbed three catches but made work of those with 52 yards and a tug for 14 points. As for Swift, he was still sitting at a shade over 5 points with under 3 minutes to play and the Lions trailing by 17 in the actual game, which had ostensibly been decided by then. Yet, Kevin’s ass was still was so far on the edge of his seat he was hanging off his La-Z-Boy looking like a mystical floating monk as he clung desperately to his barely over 2 point lead. That’s because we were officially entering the dark arcane realm of pure mystery and excitement that still confounds fantasy managers to this day. The ancient Fantasy Ballers of past call it: Garbage Time. Legend has it, Garbage Time is one the most feared states of Fantasy Being. Where inevitable fantasy wins become losses as the trailing team in the real NFL game accumulates meaningless statistics. As was the case, similar to Taylor Swift appearing out of the fog as a single spotlight illuminates her gorgeous figure for one last ballad in an epic concert, the man who shares our main girl’s namesake, harnessed the ancient power of Garbage Time to appear one last time to nab three catches for 30 yards in the final pointless drive, and ultimately finish Kev off in a stunning defeat for the 2019 league champion. You hate to see it.
Kyle vs. Alex
In our last of the four matchups, we had a particularly juicy one, as these were two of the more active managers on the league comment boards who are no strangers to throwing lobs at one another. Consequently, there was not a whole lot of love lost in terms of their Fantasy views toward each other, and historically the Kyle v. Alex showdown has often been a rich and bountiful source of shit talking that, at this point, could constitute one of the most bitter rivalries we have in the league. With all the hype that lead up to the big match though, both teams went limp when it actually came time to perform, like a geezer who forgot his Cialis on singles night at the retirement club, as Kyle and Alex finished with the third lowest and second lowest scoring outputs of the week respectively. Nevertheless, this show down still had some late Monday Night excitement as Kyle still needed a big game from second man in his formidable double TE duo he's been sporting this year, Big Hock, in order to skate by Alex and hand the Commish his first L of the season. We don’t need to go too far into the details of the ghastly fantasy production that this game vomited out. All you really need to know it was tightly challenged throughout the entire weekend. That is until Hockenson showed up and delivered in a big way as Goff targeted him early and often. By the end, Kyle had captured a stellar 20 points from his star TE and the win from Alex. Kyle now is sitting pretty, unblemished through the first two weeks, and Alex falls right back into the middle of the pack with the rest of the teams at 1-1. Now we have the emergence of quite an interesting storyline: The oft criticized manager, Kyle, is off to a fantastic start, but can he keep it going? Or, will his inevitable poor decision making rear it’s ugly head like an unwanted turd prairie doggin’ up to say hi when you are on a hot date? Only time will tell.
Daniel vs. Jared
Admittedly this was one game that was seemingly in the bag, which favored Daniel over Jared. Coming into the Monday Night game, Daniel-San had his QB, A-Rod, and his trusty receiver Davante set to go trailing only by 26 points. Sleeper gave him a 99% chance at victory, but with how bad Rodgers and Adams were in Week 1, there was still a very slight slimmer of hope for Jared that maybe this was the season from Hell for the Packers and they would once again be held in check, similar to Week 1. Dan didn’t have to sweat in the least bit though, as Rodgers racked up a superb 37 points, while Davante tacked on an additional 20, to emphatically put away Jared like the meek little fantasy manager he is. For Jared, coming off being the highest scoring manager of Week 1 and talking his shit thinking he was safe in his shoddily constructed ivory tower of fantasy snobbiness, it all came crumbling down in a tragic 9/11 like manner just a week later. Five of Jareds starters failed to crack 10 points, while only one player (Mike Evans) could even get past 20 points. His team’s abhorrent 118 points put up can simply be described as unequivocally one of the most abysmal and disgraceful performances of true out right fantasy shittiness to possibly be displayed following a week being the best team. Can he get back on track in Week 3? I’m not betting on it. I am taking the over (2.5) though, for number of times Jared blames the rules/coaching/his receivers’ QB for why his team sucks.
Turning to Daniel, as always, for the inside track we are going to go out live the picturesque goddess of fantasy, the Bahama Mama with the best Tatas in the game, Erin Andrews.
Erin, after Daniel notched his first win of 2021 last week, what were your initial thoughts about the big night and the team’s performance?
“He got lucky.”
Whoa there, Erin. Slow your roll! You can’t be using up all your hard hitting and amazing insights regarding Daniel’s team all in one Week. We still need your sexy ass in the weeks to come. Thanks for joining us, until next time, don’t stop keeping those scrumptious cakes of yours looking as juicy as ever.
Tyler vs. KP
Moving along to another game that was maybe a little closer than the aforementioned matchup between Jared and Daniel, the bout between Tyler and KP was also one that had a heavy favorite. While they were nearly tied (Tyler trailing by a point) coming into the night, with Aaron Jones at the helm of Tyler’s team, he had the clear advantage against KP and Marquez Valdez-Scantling. Nevertheless, it wasn’t out of the cards for KP, because much like Rodgers and Davante, Jones had a piss poor performance in Week 1, where he couldn’t even muster out 5 measly points. Plus, with Rodgers, every once in a while, you get a big game from a random receiver. Yet, once the game started, Tyler quickly turned what was once a close game into a laugher, snagging the victory away from KP as MVS goosed him and Jones only went out and put up a 40 burger. The final score ended up being lopsided, but it doesn’t do justice the nervousness felt by Tyler, as he very well could have blown this game. We all know his M.O. is to play extremely close games, and this could have been another classic Tyler loss that would leave him waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats yelling “Why Me!?” However, by comfortably taking out KP, riding his main horse and first-round draft pick, this has to be a giant shot of confidence directly into the ass of his team that he needed heading into the meat of the season. Let’s just hope his team doesn’t get drug tested.
Looking at one of the newbie managers in our league, KP, this definitely had to be a tough one to swallow, like being brutally forced to throat a colossal veiny 10-inch cock of fantasy humiliation with another one deeply lodged, balls deep, in the ass of his team already from last week. Now, KP’s team is left shivering and crying in the shower needing some serious therapy if he has any hope of achieving a playoff run with two straight weeks getting over 170 points hung on him. Even though he is one of only four teams to surpass 300 total points on the season and is the third highest scoring team in the league, he hasn’t a single dub yet to show for it. Further, if you take the two games of the opponents KP has played in the first two weeks and make that a team in our league, it would be the highest scoring team by over 20 points. The 363 Points Against for my guy is just absolutely horrendous luck, but as is the cruel nature of this fabled game we call Fantasy, that’s just the way dildo bends. Oh, and who does he play in Week 3, oh just Carl, the highest scoring team in the league. Welp, for his team’s sake, hopefully he stocked up on the lube, otherwise it could be another painful week if you know what I mean. Ouch.
Grant vs. Kevin
The next game we turn to on the docket of Monday Night comebacks, is the Week 2 tilt between Grant and Big Kev. This one was interesting for sure because it pitted two of the most recent league champions against each other, both coming off difficult losses in Week 1. As we covered last week, Grant suffered his defeat in a Sunday Night comeback at the hands of the Commish after a decent performance, and he had every reason to take some confidence into this Week 2 matchup. Kevin’s performance in Week 1, on the other hand, could aptly be described as nothing short of utter horse shit, and he was justifiably and properly eviscerated in our coverage for his complete managerial ineptitude and lack of a any drafting acumen. Therefore, he needed this one a big way to build a little good will with the staff.
Once the action started, Big Kev was seemingly in some trouble with Kittle failing to crack 5 points, while Robinson and Golloday couldn’t even crack 10 points. Still CMC netted a cool 24, two late defensive TD’s by the Bucs defense added him in another 19, and a nifty little 17 from Darrel Henderson had Kev in an okay spot with almost Grant’s entire team set to go off in the afternoon games. In the late game window, lil Ky just went right along doing lil Ky things. D Hop, Dalvin, and Julio appeared headed for big games too, and it seemed as if Grant was going to fly right on by Kev like Ricky Bobby pulling off the sling shot maneuver with his trusty pal Cal Naughton Jr. However, Dalvin left the game on multiple occasions, and Kyler forgot Hopkins was on his team in the second half, which meant Grant’s point eruption prematurely fizzled out, leaving the door open for Kev to steal the win if Tonyan and Swift couldn’t come through for over 22 points. When Monday Night finally came along, Tonny Boy only nabbed three catches but made work of those with 52 yards and a tug for 14 points. As for Swift, he was still sitting at a shade over 5 points with under 3 minutes to play and the Lions trailing by 17 in the actual game, which had ostensibly been decided by then. Yet, Kevin’s ass was still was so far on the edge of his seat he was hanging off his La-Z-Boy looking like a mystical floating monk as he clung desperately to his barely over 2 point lead. That’s because we were officially entering the dark arcane realm of pure mystery and excitement that still confounds fantasy managers to this day. The ancient Fantasy Ballers of past call it: Garbage Time. Legend has it, Garbage Time is one the most feared states of Fantasy Being. Where inevitable fantasy wins become losses as the trailing team in the real NFL game accumulates meaningless statistics. As was the case, similar to Taylor Swift appearing out of the fog as a single spotlight illuminates her gorgeous figure for one last ballad in an epic concert, the man who shares our main girl’s namesake, harnessed the ancient power of Garbage Time to appear one last time to nab three catches for 30 yards in the final pointless drive, and ultimately finish Kev off in a stunning defeat for the 2019 league champion. You hate to see it.
Kyle vs. Alex
In our last of the four matchups, we had a particularly juicy one, as these were two of the more active managers on the league comment boards who are no strangers to throwing lobs at one another. Consequently, there was not a whole lot of love lost in terms of their Fantasy views toward each other, and historically the Kyle v. Alex showdown has often been a rich and bountiful source of shit talking that, at this point, could constitute one of the most bitter rivalries we have in the league. With all the hype that lead up to the big match though, both teams went limp when it actually came time to perform, like a geezer who forgot his Cialis on singles night at the retirement club, as Kyle and Alex finished with the third lowest and second lowest scoring outputs of the week respectively. Nevertheless, this show down still had some late Monday Night excitement as Kyle still needed a big game from second man in his formidable double TE duo he's been sporting this year, Big Hock, in order to skate by Alex and hand the Commish his first L of the season. We don’t need to go too far into the details of the ghastly fantasy production that this game vomited out. All you really need to know it was tightly challenged throughout the entire weekend. That is until Hockenson showed up and delivered in a big way as Goff targeted him early and often. By the end, Kyle had captured a stellar 20 points from his star TE and the win from Alex. Kyle now is sitting pretty, unblemished through the first two weeks, and Alex falls right back into the middle of the pack with the rest of the teams at 1-1. Now we have the emergence of quite an interesting storyline: The oft criticized manager, Kyle, is off to a fantastic start, but can he keep it going? Or, will his inevitable poor decision making rear it’s ugly head like an unwanted turd prairie doggin’ up to say hi when you are on a hot date? Only time will tell.
Carl goes nuclear through the first two weeks; takes home highest scoring week en route to beating yours truly and the 2-0 mark
We can’t go the entire Passionate Playback without mentioning the league’s best performer through the early going of the season, as Carl has been superb in every facet of being a Fantasy Manager. He has been far and away the highest scoring manager, to the tune of 340 points, which is a full 25 points clear of Moi, who is second with 315 points. His draft choices, as of now, look primed to be the best choices in the league with some of his late round picks like Brady and Cooks, coming out the gates hotter than Erin Andrews in a skimpy bikini on a Maui beach. On top of that, he’s only left just 37 points on his bench in the two games on the season so far, good for the second-best Coach Performance in the league. Lastly, he hasn’t been afraid to splurge on the waivers and while the scoring has almost exclusively come from his draft choices, the staff must commend him for the aggressive nature in which he is looking for constant improvement. I don’t think it is coincidence that the two teams in last place have spent a combined $1 on the waiver wire at this junction of the season, while half of the league has spent at least $30 apiece. I did postulate a theory prior to the season that Trevor’s powers of stymieing his opposition’s ability to score with the dark arts would possibly transfer to Carl. This could also be a factor as he has only a microscopic 247 Points Against in total, which is the second lowest amount in the league. However, we can’t look past his white hot point production that has ultimately carried him to the perfect record through the first few weeks of the season. The newbie’s got game. For that, we don’t have to like him, but goddamnit we must respect him.
Well, gentlemen, that is going to be it this week. Yes, we only ran the headlines, but there was so much to cover in this week’s craziness that we topped our highest word mark on the year. We made it into the 3,000 club! If you are still reading by this point, we salute you Mr. I’m-a-good-reader-guy. You in fact do have a reading ability above the level of a 3rd grader. That said, we wish everyone good luck this week and look forward to bringing to you on the next edition the much anticipated… wait for it… POWER RANKINGS!!! This is the Passionate Playback staff signing off for Week 2. Until next time, Sayonara Bitches!
