Congrats to all of you that made it this far!!

GOOD LUCK THIS WEEK!!!

Let's take a look at the matchups
 

 

Each round will be posted at the same time on each consecutive day until Sept 1st when RD 20 is posted.

Have fun!!
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All is updated for 2024

LET THE TRADING BEGIN!!!!  

Picks that were traded last year will be moved within the next 4 days. 
Your league will get an email with confirmation of the moves for that league and you will be able to view them at Leagues > Trades. 

I am EXCITED as ever for the start of Fantasy Football here at Mr. Sports. 

Some strange signings in Free Angency thus far.... and some great signings!!!  

Check back here for updates as we progress early in the preseason. 
Send me a note if you have questions: brian@mrsports.com 

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I wish you and yours a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  

Enjoy Family.... Food.... Football.... Friends!!!

12:30 GB @ DET
4:30 DET @ DAL
8:20 SEA @ SF

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Here we are....  the start of the season is in a couple of hours. 

My Fearless, probably terrible, 2023 Season Predictions!  

AFC East: Bills 
AFC West: Chargers 
AFC North: Ravens 
AFC South: Jags 
Wild Cards: Chiefs, Bengals, Jets 

NFC East: Giants 
NFC West: Seahawks 
NFL North: Lions 
NFC South: Saints
Wild Cards: Cowboys, Eagles, 49ers 

Super Bowl: Chargers vs Eagles 
Winner: Super Chargers 

Love it... Hate it... React to it!  

Good luck this year! 

The Commish 


 

Position changes: NEW (old)
REMINDER….  Edge rushers are now DL’s and not LB’s
H. Reddick: DL (LB)
M. Parsons: DL (LB)
TJ Watt: DL (LB)
J. Bosa: DL (LB)
K. Mack: DL (LB)
R. Gary: DL (LB)
D. Hunter: DL (LB)
Z. Smith: DL (LB)
S. Barrett: DL (LB)
V. Miller: DL (LB)
M. Judon: DL (LB)
H. Landry: DL (LB)
L. Floyd: DL (LB)
E. Ogba: DL (LB)
J. Allen: DL (LB)
U. Nwosu: DL (LB)
B. Mafe: DL (LB)
A. Highsmith: DL (LB)
**NEWLY ADDED** (6.05)
B. Chubb: DL (LB)
J. Phillips: DL (LB)
Z. Collins: DL (LB)
B. Dupree: DL (LB)
L. Carter: DL (LB)
O. Oweh: DL (LB)
T. Bowser: DL (LB)
S. Lawson: DL (LB)
I. Simmons: S (LB)

More to come over the preseason. 
If you have any questions or have an opinion on a player, let me know. 

Preseason Trading: Now-Aug. 8
Cutdowns Posted: Aug. 9
Rookie Redraft RD 1 Posted: Aug. 13 
Overall Redraft RD 1 Posted: Aug. 17
Last Day of the Redraft: Sept. 5
Regular Season Starts: Thursday, Sept 7

Happy Offseason Trading!!

The Commish
 

Week 13 Perfect Lineup
QB: J. Hurts (40.40)
RB: CMC (24.60), T. Pollard (23.60)
WR: D. Adams (33.70), A. St. Brown (29.10), AJ Brown (27.90)
TE: T. Hill (12.34)
K: G. Zuerlein (20.00)
DL: C. Jones (19), N. Bosa (18), C. Wilkins (15)
LB: B. Wagner (21), D. Greenlaw (18), J. Uche (18)
CB: D. Bland (20)
S: J. Pitre (22)
 
Number of players over 10ppg for Week 13
RB: 24… with 11 over 15… and 0 over 30
WR: 31… with 16 over 15… and 1 over 30
TE: 7… with 0 over 15
K: 13… with 4 over 15
DL: 13… with 3 over 15
LB: 25… with 12 over 15
CB: 14… with4 over 15
S: 11… with 4 over 15
And QB over 25ppg: 4… 2 over 30… 1 over 40
 
Let’s take a look back and see who helped push our team to victory or helped push our team over the edge to the abyss
 
Week 8-13 Top Performers (min 4 games)
QB: J. Fields (33.20), J. Hurts (31.44), P. Mahomes (30.19), Tua (26.28), J. Burrow (25.67)
WOW, Fields jumped on the scene quickly with two games, Week 9 and 10, over 40pts… Hurts continued his strong year and Tua was hot… Mahomes was Mahomes…  Burrow jumped into the Top 5 QB keeper convo! 
 
RB: T. Pollard (23.62), J. Jacobs (20.00), CMC (19.91), D. Henry (18.48), J. Conner (15.97)
Pollard had 4 of 5 games over 20 with 2 of those over 30, looks likes the starting RB there in 2023….  Jacobs has been surprisingly and Week 12 was a 45 outburst, will make himself a lot of money in the offseason, landing spot?... CMC has been pedestrian until Week 13 with a 24 and propped up by his 38 in Week 8… D. Henry continues to get no respect but Week 13 with a 4 was a killer for a lot of you (me included!)…. Conner a surprise here, seems to be getting better as the year progresses.
 
WR: D. Adams (21.60), T. Hill (19.86), J. Jefferson (18.31), C. Lamb (17.68), D. Hopkins (16.92)
Really no surprises here….  All excellent options and living up to expectations… D. Hop is a little surprise to me, coming off suspension players usually are slow to get back to full speed.
 
TE: T. Kelce (17.10), C. Kmet (11.40), D. Schultz (9.98), TJ Hockenson (8.83), G. Kittle (8.74)
Kelce living up to every bit of his RD 1 or early RD 2 draft position; or the price you gave up to get him…. KMet had 3 games over 10 with Week 9 (19) and Week 10 (21) his top marks…  honestly, the entire TE class is a mess outside of Mr. Kelce.
 
Kickers: just kidding…. Not talking about anyone here although they can win you your weekly matchup with a top outing! 
 
DL: J. Hargrave (11), M. Crosby (10.17), B. Burns (9.60), N. Bosa (9.40), D. Payne (8.67)
Hargrave with a 3 game run of 6 sacks helped push him to the top… Crosby, Burns, Bosa were steady and racked up a combined 16.5 sacks for the last 6 weeks…. Payne nabbed the #5 spot here by punishing the QB 5 times
 
LB: N. Bolton (13.40), R. Evans (13), J. Brooks (12.60), J. Jewell (12.40), B. Wagner (11.83)
Bolton has top honors here by having 56pts the last 3-weeks… Evans has been a tackling machine with 70 tackles the last 6 weeks… after a slow Week 8 by Brooks, he put up 58pts his next 4 outings… Jewell has the honor of being on a crappy Denver team and on the field an exorbitant amount… Wagner continues to be a dominate force
 
CB: J. Love (10.40), M. Humphrey (9), L. Wallace (9), J. Alexander (8.67), R. Douglas (8.50)
I love me some Love, any CB that loves to get in the and tackle is the man: 45 tackles in 5 games… Humphrey on a nice 4 game run of 10+ points… Wallace, Alexander and Douglas have been playmakers either by INT, FF, FR, Sacks or a combo… 
 
S: D. James (12.60), J. Simmons (10.50), C. Gardner-Johnson (10.40), K. Joseph (10.33), H. Smith (10)
Derwin is the man, he puts his body on the line to tackle plus is a playmaker… Simmons has ben hurt a lot this season but when healthy, he has put up numbers… CGJ unfortunately is out for the season and was on quite an excellent run of play with Week 8-11 averaging 12.75… Joseph a solid player with a 23pt outlier in Week 9... the "old-man” Smith continues to be solid.
 
Next week, a big Season Wrap Edition of Who-Screwed-Your-Season!
 
Good luck in Week 14!
 
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Week 8....  and 6 left in the fantasy regular season!!  
 
Did you see Derek Carr's score this week? 
1.94...  One-Point-Nine-Four 
He couldn't even score the price of a cup of coffee??  
And get this... Gardner Minshew came in for mop-up duty for PHI: 10 snaps, 0.82pts. 
 
Not to be outdone, some supposed Fantasy Stars wanted in on a terrible Week 8
QB
Top 12 are filled with "non-named guys": QB4 Fields, QB7 Mariota, QB9 Heinicke, QB10 G. Smith, QB11 Jimmy G
Outside the Top 12: 
QB15 Goff... welcome back to earth Jared
QB16 Stafford... 8-TD's on the season
QB17 A Aron... QB12 if Week 1 is erased at 19.47ppg
QB18 Brady... maybe now divorce is finalized, he will be back to TB12 quality 
QB20 Chef Russ... I'd say not even good greasy spoon cookin this year for Russ... half a Bill doesn't buy you what it used to
 
RB
J. Taylor.... #1 pick and if you picked him up in a trade, you had to pay a high price...  for that, you received 6.60 points...  carries this year: 31-9-21-20-10-16... give the kid the ball!!!... comparable offense to TEN, D. Henry's carries: 21-13-20-22-28-30-32.... I rest my case. 
 
Hey PIT, I haven't forgotten about you and your dreadful approach to offense.... 
N. Harris: 8.96pts on 14 touches... touches this year: 12-20-18-18-14-16-20-14.... touches in 2021 through 8 weeks: 17-15-28-21-25-30-29...  another example of a bad offense, great workhorse RB and they do NOT get their best player the ball...  I just don't understand.... did Harris do something to Matt Canada's family so now he doesn't get the ball??
9.56ppg for the year....  I'm at a loss for words....  Canada should be relegated to Canada! 
 
Others outside the Top 24: M. Carter, D. Montgomery, R. Mostert, AJ Dillon, G. Edwards, J. Jacobs, D. Henderson, B. Robinson (2.00pts...  what the hell was that?)
 
WR
Speaking of Derek Carr, we have a robust score from D. Adams this week: 0.70...  5 targets on 26 attempts from Carr.... again, I'm no Mike Martz but it seems like the guy you paid $141M would get the majority of looks...  "I might not look open, but I'm always open" -D. Adams 
Mick Lombardi should have been fired a la Lane Kiffen after the game.... "sorry sir, you cannot get on the plane, you're fired!"...  Nelson Agholor had the same points as Adams...  get it together Raiders!!  
 
Some guy named Samori Toure (thought that was the dish I ordered at the sushi place this weekend) scored 10.20pts (WR27)...  where did he play college? 
He outscored the likes of: 
Thielen (9.70), Mooney (9.50), Cooks (9.30), Pittman (8.80), Robinson (not shocking, 7.90), Olave (7.70), D. Johnson (6.00), London (5.10), D. Smith (4.80), G. Davis (4.50), C. Sutton (1.80, damn, his star is about extinct!). 
R. Moore 19.90 > most 4-5 of these guys combined!  
 
TE
Kyle Pitts.... welcome to the 2022 season!!!!  
Isaiah Likely....  he will "likely" become a top TE option if/when Andrews gets hurt or maybe BAL figures out the two-TE trick like NE did back in the day. 
Greg Dulcich... out of?...  excellent draft pick by DEN... looking like a top 5 fantasy TE for years to come. 
 
DL
Look at the top scorers on a weekly basis....  they tend to play against bad passers and/or throw a ton which leads to sack opportunities.
PHI vs PIT (Hargrove top DL with 19)
CAR vs ATL (D.. Brown DL2 with 14.... and Gross-Matos DL16 with 8)
WAS vs IND (D. Payne DL3 with 12... and J. Allen DL 17 with 8)
NYG vs SEA (L. Williams DL4 with 12)
NO vs LV (P. Turner DL5 with 12... and Onyemata DL 19 with 8)
 
LB
Top LB's tend to play against run heavy teams and/or high-volume offenses. 
MIN vs ARI (Z. Smith top LB with 20... although one of the biggest disappointments this season has been Kendricks: LB40 and on the season: LB32)
LAR vs SF (L. Floyd LB2 with 17... and yet another fantasy disappoint is Bobby Wagner at LB30 on the season)
BUF vs GB (T. Edmunds LB2 with 17... and Milano LB16 with 11)
SEA vs NYG (U. Nwosu LB2 with 17... and Barton LB16 with 11)
SF vs LAR (F. Warner LB2 with 17)
 
CB
I call this position: The Lottery...  a few guys are consistent because of tackling (J. Love leading the way with 58 tackles!) but highly relies on INT's and/or FF/FR on a weekly basis 
INT Leaders: Woolen (4, CB3), Diggs (3, CB16), Slay (3, CB31), Callahan (3, CB41)
 
S
Looking for big tacklers and ball hawks here....  all the 10ppg safeties love to tackle and make plays on the backend with INT's and FF/FR as well as rush the passer to get sacks 
Sack leaders: Sneed (3.5, S1), D. Wilson (3.0, S11), Brisker (3.0, S13), Winfield (3.0, CB14)
INT Leaders: E. Jackson (4, S3), J. Poyer (4, S12), Gardner-Johnson (4, S33... this guy doesn't like to tackle, only 22)
 
Samori Toure is out of: Nebraska... 6'1, 191... 7th RD pick 2022
Greg Dulcich is out of: UCLA... 6'4, 245... 3rd RD pick 2022

Number of players over 10ppg for Week 8
RB: 26… with 14 over 15… and 5 over 30
WR: 31… with 14 over 15… and 1 over 30
TE: 9… with 3 over 15
K: 7… with 1 over 15
DL: 11… with 2 over 15
LB: 24… with 10 over 15
CB: 10… with1 over 15
S: 16… with 3 over 15
And QB over 25ppg: 8... 2 over 35… 0 over 40

Good luck in Week 9
6-Bye Weeks: CLE, DAL, DEN, NYG, PIT, SF 
 
The Commish
 

Week 5 down....  Week 6 just started, or did it? 
That game Thursday, if you can call it that, set the sport back 25 years!  
How does a modern era QB throw for only 99 yards.... AND WIN?!?!? 

Now, on to the highlights from Week 5
  WR
Have yourself a day Gabe Davis...  171 yards... on THREE catches (that's 57yds/catch in case you were wondering)... WR1 with 30.60
Another guy that had literally a career day, Dyami Brown: 2 catches, 105yds, 2 TD's for 23.50pts (he had 22.10 ALL of 2021!)

I bet you were wondering, "Hey, what notable players did Tutu Atwell (5.90) outscore this week"...  glad you asked: D. London, JuJu, Thielen, AJ Brown, R. Woods, G. Wilson, B Cooks, A. St Brown, Waddle, A. Robinson (shocked!), Z. Jones, C. Kirk, E. Moore, Renfrow

Dyami Brown (23.50) > J. Chase (8.50) + C. Lamb (7.80) + AJ Brown (4.70) + C. Kirk (1.60)

TE
Kelce scores 4 times and dominates the Raiders D...  and he is only TE2!!!!....  who is #1??...  Taysom Hill with 36.08...  he also had a 4-TD game: 3 rushing, 1 passing...  at this point, if you don't have Kelce or Andrews, I think you have to start Hill every week because of this type of potential, although his floor is 1 point.. good luck with that swing!  

DL
You might want to follow my GREAT Free Agent moves on a weekly...  of course, I drop M. Sweet-WAS this week and goes for 14... 
A lot of familiar faces in the Top 10: Buckner (DL1, 20pts), Donald, J Simmons, M Crosby, D Lawrence, C Jordan

LB
After taking a couple of weeks off (well, it just seemed like it), Micah Parsons was LB4 with 16pts...  not shocking at all B. Chubb was the top LB with 20pts... DEN played against the hapless Colts but hey, IND did win (how I just don't know!)

CB
K. Elam, a 1st Round Pick out of....  Florida... gets CB1 honors with a pick and 10 tackles (I think Deion had 10 tackles his whole career!)

Number of players over 10ppg for Week 5
RB: 29... with 18 over 15
WR: 29... with 13 over 15
TE: 7... with 3 over 15
K: 11... with 5 over 15
DL: 8... with 2 over 15
LB: 30... with 6 over 15
CB: 17... with 2 over 15
S: 13... with 3 over 15
And QB over 25ppg: 5... 1 over 40

Good luck!

The Commish
 

A ton of information this week (yeah, I love stats) as we are just over the quarter mark of the fantasy season (28% of the way through to be exact!)
There are 10-weeks left to stop the leaking ship or fortify your team.
 
Week 4 Top Performers
QB: J. Goff (41.22)
RB: J. Jacobs (32.00), A. Ekeler (31.90)
WR: M. Evans (26.30), J. Jefferson (26.00), T. Higgins (21.90)
TE: T. Hockenson (35.90)
K: G. Joseph (17.00)
DL: D. Autry (13), J. Allen (13), D. Lawrence (13)
LB: H. Reddick (24), F. Luvu (23), R. Gary (21)
CB: J. Jones (19)
S: L. Joyner (20)
 
Who woulda thunk??...  Goff scoring 41pts and being the QB4 on the year… maybe it was McVay who was holding him back…
Jacobs had his highest scoring week since Week 1, 2020….
Nice to see Ekeler finally get a TD, or two, or three!!!
And how ‘bout Hockenson?!?!... by far the best outing of his career…  now if the DET defense can play just average, what a team that would be! 
   
How have the Top 24 picks in a typical draft have done through 4 weeks
JT = RB20
D. Henry = RB8
CMC = RB7
C Kupp = WR1
J. Jefferson = WR5
J. Chase = WR15
A. Ekeler = RB5
A. Kamara = RB42 (out for 2 games)
D. Cook = RB24
N. Harris = RB25
D. Adams = WR3
J. Mixon = RB17
L. Fournette = RB19
N. Chubb = RB1
D. Swift = RB6
S. Barkley = RB2
A. Jones = RB11
S. Diggs = WR3
Jav. Williams = RB33 (out for the year)
Zeke = RB34
T. Hill = WR4
C. Lamb = WR16
D. Samuel = WR13
T. Kelce = TE1
Shocking News: T. Kelce is the TE1!! 
Just a quick look here, the WR position has been more reliable in living up to expectations than RB’s early in the draft.
Tough break for Williams
JT, Kamara, Cook and Harris all have been huge disappointments and frankly are killing fantasy teams! 
 
Speaking of “Fantasy Killers”, let’s take a look at who’s bringing your team down because you put so much capital in these players:
 
QB14: D. Carr 19.03
QB15: T. Brady 18.43
QB16: R. Wilson 18.22
QB21: A. Rodgers 16.58
QB30: M. Stafford 13.15
QB-Dak… hurt
All of these guys were/are starters for teams during the first few weeks this year…  if you relied on one of these guys to be a key part of your success, you needed a lot of help from other areas to make up for the lackluster performance.
Just think, J. Goff at 27.66 is above every QB not named Lamar, Allen, Mahomes…  craziness!!!
 
RB17: J. Mixon 12.13
RB19: L. Fournette 11.87
RB20: J. Taylor 11.68
RB24: D. Cook 10.53
RB25: N. Harris 10.25
RB29: AJ Dillon 9.63
RB32: J. Conner 9.12
RB33: Jav. Williams 8.75
RB42: T. Etienne 6.63
RB52: C. Akers 4.90
Talk about shocking…  JT the across-the-board number 1 pick being at RB20 is a pure team killer…  and if you paired him with the big breakout stars C. Akers and/or Etienne, you are in trouble…. 
Jam. Williams (17.28) > J. Conner (9.12) + D. Montgomery (7.40)
CEH (17.25) > D. Cook (10.53) + C. Akers (4.90)
 
WR15: J. Chase 13.25
WR40: T. McLaurin 9.67
WR45: J. Jeudy 8.98
WR48: G. Davis 7.93
WR52: DJ Moore 7.35
WR76: A. Robinson 5.00
WR82: D. Mooney 4.02
Chase at 15 isn’t terrible but for where he was drafted, you certainly expected Top 5 return to this point….  Sad for DJ Moore; a ton of talent with a truly terrible QB… and what the hell has happened to A. Rob?...  we all thought last year was an apparition but his non-performance has become the norm…
A. St. Brown (20.53) > DJ Moore (7.35) + G. Davis (7.93) + A. Robinson (5.00)
C. Kirk (15.25) > T. McLaurin (9.67) + D. Mooney (4.02)
 
TE13: D. Waller 7.87
TE21: K. Pitts 5.00
TE26: D. Knox 4.27
TE31: D. Schultz 3.83
Biggest disappointment in fantasy might be Pitts… I know a lot of people who said he will be a Top 5 fantasy player overall…  that’s certainly out the window and expectations should have been tampered with Mariota at QB.
G. Everett (10.28) > K. Pitts (5.00) + D. Knox (4.27)
  
DL2: N. Bosa 9.50
DL8: B. Burns 7.75
DL9: M. Garrett 7.67
DL10: D. Lawrence 7.50
DL21: A. Donald 6.50
DL22: C. Heyward 6.25
DL pretty much ran as planned although Donald and Heyward are a little disappointing… expect a turnaround over the next 4-weeks.
 
LB1: R. Smith 13.75
LB3: D. White 13.25
LB8: J. Brooks 11.50
LB12: F. Oluokun 11.25
LB13: CJ Mosley 11.25
LB21: B. Wagner 10.25
LB33: E. Kendricks 8.50
LB48: M. Parsons 7.50
Hurt: TJ Watt, S. Leonard
Kendricks and Parsons have been the outliers here…  both should be in the Top 10 yet are highly underperforming...  not sure what’s wrong with Leonard…  seems like he has a hangnail and can’t play, thought he was a tough guy!
 
Rookie Watch
RB15: D. Pierce
RB18: B. Hall
RB45: T. Allgeier
RB50 I. Pacheco  
RB57 R. White
RB59 Z. Horvath  
RB71 J. Warren
RB84 Z. White
The last 2-weeks, Pierce has been giving a legit opportunity and he has shined… Hall climbing up the ladder as well…  looking like the RB1 with the Jets… the rest are going to need lot’s of help to become fantasy relevant… and one guy has gotten that moving forward: Allgeier.
 
WR20 C. Olave
WR21 G. Wilson  
WR25 J. Dotson  
WR26 D. London
WR39 R. Doubs
WR70 C. Watson
WR76 T. Burks
WR-outside the Top 100 S. Moore  
A few potential studs here…  Doubs moving up the board…  Watson getting healthy…  Burks, who knows…. And where is Sky Moore??? 
 
Hope you enjoyed all the numbers…. I love seeing where I was right and, more often than not, where I was wrong.
 
Good luck in Week 5!
 
The Commish

What a Week 3 we had...  mostly Non-Superstar type of week which makes fantasy football even more interesting!  
Take a look at the weekly leaders at each position. 
Outside of the two Ravens, it was all over the board. 

Week 3 Top Performers
QB: L. Jackson (47.42)
RB: K. Herbert (29.90), Jam. Williams (23.70)
WR: Da. Smith (26.90), M. Hollins (25.96), M. Brown (21.00)
TE: M. Andrews (24.90)
K: G. Zuerlein (18.00)
DL: B. Graham (20), T, Hendrickson (20), D. Wise (18)
LB: R. Smith (22), M. Ingram (17), N. Bolton (17)
CB: D. Ward (16)
S: J. Pitre (27)
Definitely wasn’t a “Super Star” type week but was certainly fun!
 
What do names like G. Smith J. Brissett, M. Ryan, R. Tannehill all have in common?
They all outscored the likes of: Mahomes, Rodgers, Brady, Herbert, Murray, Stafford, Wilson.
 
Low score for QB for the week: J. Fields come in with a whopping 4.94ppg…   AND gets the win!!! 
 
The RB position had some uncommon names in the Top 12 this week:
RB1: Herbert (no, not Justin, although Khalil outscored Justin this week)
RB2: Jam. Williams… this DET team just keeps churning out top producers week in, week out
RB6: D. Singletary… 10 combined points Week 1-2 and then throws up a 19.6!
RB8: R. Stevenson… doubled up his output in Week 3 from Week 1 + 2
RB10: D. Pierce…  finally, HOU decides to use the talented back for a nice 17.10! 
RB11: C. Edmonds…  just when Mostert looked like the lead guy, here comes Chase… again, another RB doubling up his previous 2 weeks combined!
  
And the WR position did the same…  Most are projected WR3 and lower yet they are in the top 24 in Week 3.
WR2: M. Hollins…  who?... did you know he has been in the league for 6-years?
WR4: R. Gage… I guess someone had to catch passes and it wasn’t Cole Beasley
WR6: Z. Jones… the once 2nd RD pick is finally showing some promise… helps that Urb isn’t the coach anymore in Jax! 
WR7: C. Olave…  all I have to say: stud
WR9: T. Boyd… the 3rd WR on a disappointing CIN team comes up with a nice effort
WR10: D. Parker… yes, the #1 WR on NE but not many chances in this putrid offense…  frankly. The NE offense is offensive!
WR11: I McKenzie… talented but often overshadowed
WR12: R. Doubs…  could be a staple in the Top 12 if A-Aron keeps liking him!
Others appearing 13-24: Shenault, Osborn, Palmer
 
Death, Taxes and T. Kelce being in the Top 5 every week at TE (this week, #3)
TE2 Njoku… this big man triples up his Week 1+2 AND he has his 2nd biggest fantasy day ever!
TE4: J. Woods… super talented rookie… Ryan should be finding him in the RZ more often
TE5: T. Conklin… solid start to the season so far
 
How about this:
L. Jax 47.42 > Brady (16.74) + Herbert (15.,58) + Murray (13.36)… 
Lamar is putting up video game numbers, it’s silly while Murray is just running around like a novice player in Fortnite!
 
RB
K. Herbert  29.90 > A. Ekeler (9.30) + A. Kamara (7.30) + J. Mixon (5.30) + Jav. Williams (7.50)…
Talk about huge disappoints… 2-1st RD picks, 2-early 2nd RD picks…  all four are killing fantasy teams!...  meanwhile, Herbert takes advantage of his chance and comes up huge, although his week should only be worth half since he did play against HOU
 
WR
M. Hollins 25.96 > DJ Moore (2.00) + J. Jefferson (2.90) + D. Mooney (3.30) + A. Robinson (3.30) + T. Hill (4.30) + M. Thomas (7.40)
I should have known not to put faith in Baker throwing accurately to DJ Moore…  then you have ARob, the “darling of the preseason” as everyone expected a huge bounce-back season; check this through 3-games: ARob 2021: 19.6pts; 2022: 18.3pts; if you had the Under for 2022, WINNER!!!
 
LB
M. Ingram (17) > D. White (5) + B Wagner (9)
Getting Allen down 2x is a huge win for Ingram and MIA… plus it was Ingram’s biggest week since Week 5 of 2018… expect a huge effort vs SF from Wagner this week and a so-so outing by D. White against KC.
 
Top DL’s going into the season with Week 3 rankings
Miles Garret: DL90
Aaron Donald: DL12
Nick Bosa: DL35
Brian Burns: didn’t score
Demarcus Lawrence: DL4
 
Top LB’s going into the season with Week 3 rankings
TJ Watt: hurt
Jordyn Brooks: LB36
Bobby Wagner: LB34
Devin White: LB72
Roquan Smith: LB1
Shaq Leonard: hurt
Foyesade Oluokun: LB25
Eric Kendricks: LB20
Micah Parsons: LB100+
CJ Mosley: LB7
Roquan being Roquan…  he is the LB3 for the season…  super stud!

CB… nice to see D. Ward come up big… he had his best fantasy day since Game 1 of his career (19pts in Week 1, 2018!)
S: J. Pitre with a dominate Week 3 outing… the rookie out of Baylor is making a huge impact in the IDP world and for a bad HOU team! 
 
Number of players over 10ppg at their position in Week 3
RB: 27… with 11 over 15
WR: 41… with 17 over 15
TE: 9… with 3 over 15
K: 13… with 2 over 15
DL: 13… with 6 over 15
LB: 33… with 6 over 15
CB: 14… with 1 over 15
S: 19… with 6 over 15
And QB over 25ppg: 5… 1 over 40
 
Good luck in Week 4!
 
The Commish

Week 2 down….  12 to go!! 
Are you 0-2? … Or 2-0?
Lots of moves to be made in the coming weeks
REMINDER… you can trade 2023 draft picks from now until the trade deadline!!!
 
And now on to the info you want! 
 
Did I see a 50-burger this week?
I sure did….  Nope, not LJax, not Mahomes, not Allen….  But TUA with a 50.86!!!
Who was the last to put up 50??
 
Did you hear that?....   what was it?
Ohhhhh, it was the THUD of studs not living up to expectations for Week 2
 
QB: Flacco (35.88) > R. Wilson (13.06) + T. Brady (12.40) + J. Winston (9.64)
I thought Russ was supposed to start “cooking” a lot more in Denver….  Guess he is cooking one of those nice tofu dishes because the BBQ was water in it!! 
 
RB: T. Pollard (17.80) > J. Taylor (6.80) + D. Cook (5.60) + C. Patterson (4.10)
A huge down week for RB’s…  in addition to the above, all the following were under 10ppg:
J. Mixon, Jav. Williams, J. Jacobs, D. henry, L. Fournette, K. Hunt, D. Pierce, C. Akers, AJ Dillon, T. Etienne, J. Conner, Zeke, C. Edmonds, D. Singletary, R. Penny… let’s hope you had either Chubb or A Jones this week! 
 
WR: G. Wilson (26.00) > J. Chase (8.30) + J. Jefferson (7.80) + DK Metcalf (5.50) + JuJu (2.50)
This rookie G. Wilson for the Jets looks like the real deal…  the new Chase? Jefferson?... this week, 2 rookies in the top 10: Wilson (6th) and London (10th) …  then some guy named Noah Brown takes over for the ‘Boys as he has more points through Week 2 than he had all last year! 
 
TE: M. Gesicki (12.10) > T. Kelce (7.60) + K. Pitts (2.90)
If you had R. Dwelley (9th) and E. Saubert (12th) in your Top 12 Pool for Week 2, you’re a winner!!! 
 
DL: Shy Tuttle (12.00) > A. Donald (5.00) + M. Garrett (5.00) + M. Davenport (2.00)
Who is Shy Tuttle you ask?
Welcome back to JJ Watt… hope you enjoyed his 7pts, he is sure to get hurt walking onto the practice field this week.
 
LB: M. Milano (16.00) > F. Oluokun (5.00) + D. Campbell (4.00) + L. Wilson (3.00) + F. Warner (3.00)
Several top LB’s not producing in Week 2….  Time to panic and change it up? ..  Eric Kendricks, the season has started, go ahead, feel free to start making some tackles! 
 
S: T. Walker was #8 defender overall in Week 1…  in Week 2 you ask?...  52nd…  at Safety!!! 
 
Lamar Jackson-50.88-Week 5, 2021
The last QB to put up a 50-burger! 
 
Did you know
Matt Ryan was the #2 QB in 2018 with 26.84ppg
We are a long way from those days!    
 
Number of players at/over 10ppg per position in Week 2
RB: 18  
WR: 37   
TE: 11  
K: 12
DL: 13
LB: 36  
CB: 14  
S: 15  
And QB’s over 25ppg: 9…  and 2 of them over 40ppg!! 
 
Good luck in Week 3!!! 
 
The Commish

Week 1 is in the books…. And what a week it was
WR scoring out of their minds… Top 12 scored 267.8pts (22.31ppg avg per player)
RB’s not wanting to be left out of the scoring parade… Top 12 score 253.3pts (21.10ppg avg per player)
TE’s coming out of nowhere
27-INT’s to start the year with 2-pick six’s!! 
And of course the dreaded injury bug struck: Dak, Eli, TJ, Keenan, J. Adams, Najee, Godwin
 
Now, on to the numbers!
 
Top Players Week 1
QB: P. Mahomes 44.90
RB: S. Barley (30.40), J. Taylor (25.50)
WR: J. Jefferson (34.90), C. Kupp (25.30), D. Adams (25.10)
TE: T. Kelce 22.10
K: Y. Koo 19.00
DL: J. Hughes (20.00), J. Simmons (17.00), M. Garrett (16.00)
LB: A. Highsmith (24.00), J. Hicks (21.00), K. Mack (21.00)
CB: J. Bradberry 14.00
S: M. Fitzpatrick 26.00
 
Math time!!
** Dontrell Hilliard-RB-TEN (20.40) > D. Henry (8.20) + A. Kamara (6.10) + Zeke (5.40)
 
**Rookie RB’s didn’t fair too well Week 1
RB21 I. Pacheco (12.20)
RB34 B. Hall (8.10)
RB35 Z. Horvath (7.80)… who??
RB53 D. Pierce (4.40)
RB61 R. White (3.10)
RB70 J. Warren (0.70)
RB—Z. White…  zero offensive snaps, only special teams work
 
**What do these names have in common: Shepard, Landry, Samuel, Anderson, Duvernay…   
They were 25% of the Top 20 WR’s for Week 1….  And none of you played them!! 
 
**Rookie WR’s didn’t do much better than the RB’s
WR13 J. Dotson (16.50)
WR33 D. London (9.90)
WR49 C. Olave (7.60)
WR52 G. Wilson (7.20)
WR53 T. Burks (7.00)
WR54 R. Doubs (6.80)
WR67 C. Watson (5.10)
WR81 S. Moore (3.50)
 
If you had these three WR’s going into the year, you were feeling pretty good about your chances…
WR103 M. Williams 2.00
WR108 A. Robinson 1.70
WR112 D. Mooney 1.30
 
Same with these three RB’s…
RB39 T. Etienne 7.50
RB44 D. Montgomery 6.50
RB60 T. Pollard 3.20
 
And more Math…
**R. Anderson 18.70 > DJ Moore (6.50) + DK Metcalf (6.10) + C. Lamb (3.90)
 
Top coveted DL’s produced…
DL3 M. Garrett 16.00
DL12 N. Bosa 9.00
DL13 C. Heyward 9.00
DL27 A. Donald 6.00
DL88 M. Davenport 2.00
19-DL’s scored more 8+ points
 
And you ask about LB’s?
LB6 TJ Watt 17.00…  to bad he is out for a few weeks, this guy is a pure stud! 
LB7 D. White 17.00
LB16 J. Brooks 12.00
LB19 R. Smith 12.00
LB28 B Wagner 11.00
 
Overall Defense scoring
19-DL’s scored more 8+ points
33-LB’s scored 10+ points
25-Safety’s scored 10+ points
16-Corners scored 10+ points
 
Who is RB 35 you ask?
Zander Horvath-Fullback-LAC… 6’3, 230… drafted 7th RD out of Purdue
 
I bet you’re thinking “Hey, how did the Top Picks in this years’ draft do Week 1?” …  well, let’s take a look at the typical Top 24 picks in drafts
JT = RB2
D. Henry = RB33
CMC = RB18
C Kupp = WR2
J. Jefferson = WR1
J. Chase = WR4
A. Ekeler = RB28
A. Kamara = RB47
D. Cook = RB20
N. Harris = RB26
D. Adams = WR3
J. Mixon = RB9
L. Fournette = RB16
N. Chubb = RB15
D. Swift = RB3
S. Barkley = RB1
A. Jones = RB29
S. Diggs = WR6
Jav. Williams = RB14
Zeke = RB49
T. Hill = WR21
C. Lamb = WR76
D. Samuel = WR26
T. Kelce = TE1
 
Who woulda thought….
**J Brissett would outscore Brady, Stafford, A Aron, Dak
**D. Hilliard would be RB7 and outscore every RD 1 RB besides Sequon
**OJ Howard, T. Hill, G. Everett, W. Dissly, C. Parkinson all would outscore Waller, Schultz, Andrews, Pitts
**Kwity Paye (out of Michigan!) would outscore N. Bosa, A. Donald, C. Heyward
**J. Hicks (where has he been hiding the last couple of years?) would outscore Wagner, Mosley, Kendricks
 
Time to panic?
Time to “throw in the towel?”
Time to chase?
Time to “ride it out?”
One hell of a Week 1, that’s for sure!!!
Lots of decisions to be made.
I love this time of year…  makes fantasy football fun (and frustrating!)
 
Good luck in Week 2.
 
The Commish

Cutdowns are just over a month away (August 9th). 
Please see the position changes thus far. 
NEW (OLD)
D. Hunter: LB (DL)
C. Patterson: RB (WR)
JD McKissic: RB (WR)
R. Quinn: DL (LB)
R. Gregory: LB (DL)
R. Okwara: DL (LB)
J. Greenard: DL (LB)
D. Deablo: LB (S)
T. Hill: TE (QB)
C. Jones: DL (LB)
L. Ryan S (CB)
M. Ingram: LB (DL)
A. Key (DL (LB)
D. Ford: DL (LB)
Ju. Johnson: TE (WR)
JJ. Arcega-Whiteside: TE (WR)
D. Funches: TE (WR)
Should you have a question about a player position or see a player that should be at another position, please let me know. 

The Commish

Football is up and running...I'm excited for the new year!!!

The NFL has turned into a year-round sport....
It seems like every time I turn on the TV or look at my phone, there is a trade or big free agent signing or some sort of interesting news!

I hope each and every one of you come back to all your teams...  but if you need to drop a team, please let me know as soon as possible.
In order to pay, you can go to Settings (under MyMrSports) and click "Make a Deposit).
Or, accounts will lock on Friday April 22nd and you can pay at that time.
Reminder: in order to trade, you must be paid in full for the 2022 season.

Trading is in full swing.
Several trades have been made and trade talk is rampant!
I love this time of year....  talking football, getting deals done... so much fun!

Another season of many questions:
**No WR's in GB, can A-Aron pull a Brady and produce with anyone?
**Will D Carr (newly signed to 3yr/$121M) make it like old college times with Adams?
**Can Tampa Tom run it back one more time?
**Will McCaffrey stay healthy and jump back into the #1 fantasy player discussion?
**Can Barkley, Zeke, Sanders bounce back from down seasons?
**Who is this year's Najee and Chase?
**AFC West is loaded, who emerges, who falls short?
**NFC looking like the JV squad... what surprise team jumps up?
**Can J Fields and T. Lawrence take a step forward this year?
**Rams reload, is a repeat in order?
**Will #2 Fantasy WR Deebo get traded?
And on and on and on!!!
The NFL is so much fun nowadays!

A couple of changes.
**In 2023 (NEXT year), cutdowns will be: 9 keepers for playoff teams, 10 keepers for non-playoff teams.
**Starting this season, Week 1-10, you can trade future redraft picks for 2023 if you pay half of the fee for 2023 for that team. This is non-refundable in the event you do not come back to that team.

**Three other things I am considering: 1. adding an IR spot making it 2 spots... 2. cutting the roster size by 2, from 33 to 31... 3. for 2023, slightly changing of defensive player points for tackles, pass defended; not sure exactly what it looks like but I believe defensive players need to be a little more valuable than they currently are....   I will keep you posted on these issues.... if you're passionate about any issue mentioned OR have another idea, let me know... always happy to chat.

KEY DATES
Preseason trading: now until Aug. 9
Cutdowns: Posted 11am EST Aug. 10
Redraft: Aug 13-Sept 5
Season starts: Thursday Sept. 8th: LAR vs TBD

***2nd Annual VEGAS Trip***
Aug. 26-28 (weekend before Labor Day)
I plan on staying at the Paris again but feel free to stay where you like.
Draft will be Saturday the 27th (you don't have to draft to join in on the fun!)
Any questions, let me know.
I am VERY much looking forward to this trip and meeting even more of you!

Check out the Teams for Sale Page.
Some good ones available!
If you have trade ideas for any Team for Sale, I am ready to deal!
https://www.mrsports.com/football/teams-for-sale.cfm

Thanks for being a part of Mr. Sports.
I appreciate you!!!

Brian
Mr. Sports

Good evening

Scores will be final at 1:00am EST

Great week for me: 0-5 in the Wild Card round!!  HaHaHaHa!!!

Matchups will be up tomorrow... there needs to be some work on my part since this is the 1st year of the new Playoff format.

Seed 1 vs lowest remaining seed
Seed 2 vs next team left
  The Commish

    The Commish

Hello Football!!!!! 

I hope you enjoyed the redraft...
I know I had a lot of fun!  

Schedule of events

Pickups
This will be the schedule all season.
RD 1: Posted 11am EST (8am PST) Thursday
RD 2: Posted 11am EST (8am PST) Saturday
RD 3: Posted 1:00am EST (10pm PST) Sunday (this gives you plenty of time to get players in your lineup)
REMINDER: a player that plays Thursday night CANNOT be picked up in RD 2 or RD 3. If by chance a player is picked up, that player will be dropped from your team.

IR
Players are eligible to be put on IR now. If there is a player that you think should be eligible, let me know.
ONLY players that are on the NFL IR, PUP or NFI are eligible for Mr. Sports IR...  suspended players are NOT eligible (exp Will Fuller)
If a player PLAYS the week you have that player on your IR, that player will be waived, no exceptions!

Trades
You can make trades right up to game-time on Sunday's each week.
Enter them in the system...  send me a note... and I will process or give you a reason why you need to rework the deal...
Trades involving any player that played on Thursday night AND they are in your starting lineup OR as a backup will NOT be processed until Tuesday of the following week.
Exp: on Friday, teams want to do the following deal: Brady/Cook for Henry...and Brady starts for your team... this trade will be processed on Tuesday since Brady was in the lineup...  IF Brady was on the bench, the trade would be processed.

Thursday Game
TB vs DAL
Make sure they are in your lineup if you want to start them.
REMINDER: if you have one of them in as a backup, that will lock the starting position
Exp: you put in JPP as your backup LB, that will lock all 3 starting positions.
Any questions, please ask.

Playoffs
REMINDER... 6 teams make the playoffs this year
Top Two teams that WON their division get byes Week 15 (Week 1 of playoffs)

Any questions no matter how small, please ask.

Thank you for being a part of Mr. Sports. I appreciate you!

Good luck this year and have fun!!

Brian

Good morning

Football is fast approaching!!

Trade Deadline
Friday at 10am EST (7am PST)

Cutdowns
They will be posted Friday at 11am EST (8am PST)

You can make trades and changes to cutdowns up until those deadline times.

Rookies will be in the system soon. Sorry for the delay.

Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks for being a part of Mr. Sports.

AND....  let's get ready for some football!!!!! 

Brian

Only 44 days until the Thursday night NFL opener!!  

DRAFTS
They are posted under "Drafts".... sign up now!!
ML 26, KEEPER LEAGUE: Monday, Aug 30th, 8:00pm EST (5:00pm PST)
CL 1: Monday, Aug 16th, 8:00pm EST (5:00pm PST)
CL 2: Monday, Aug 23rd, 8:00pm EST (5:00pm PST)
CL 3: Saturday, Aug 28th, 7:00pm EST (4:00pm PST) VEGAS DRAFT!
CL 4: Wednesday, Sept 8th, 8:00pm EST (4:00pm PST)

First Annual Mr. Sports Vegas Extravaganza!!!

Champ 3 on Saturday Aug 28th at 7:00pm EST (4:00pm PST) will take place in Vegas
If you can't make it to Vegas, you can join us on a conference call.
Already 4 of us confirmed to be in Vegas. Come on and join us!  
I will be staying at The Rio but feel free to stay any place you like.
Don't miss out on this draft... sign up now!!

Check out the Team for Sale
Only 14 teams available.
ML 10 Columbus Panhandlers have the #1 pick!!

Thank for looking!

Brian



 

Good afternoon friends!! 

We are ONE MONTH away from cutdowns being posted!! 

Trading is kicking into high gear.
Rookies are bieng scrutinized.
NFL camps are about 2 weeks away.
What an exciting time to be in Fantasy Football!! 
 

Here at Mr. Sports, Fantasy Football is in Full Swing!! 

Off-season trading has started.... a lot of action already!
Some great Unowned Teams available under the Teams for Sale tab.
Check out the Miami Seahawks in ML 10 and Akron Pros in ML 13
    S11: A Winfield

More cool stats to come,keep coming back for updates!!

Brian
 

CONGRATS to all the League Winners this year! 

What a tough road in managing teams through COVID this year.
Great work to everyone! 
  ML 25: Temple of Doom (J. Temple)

 

S: J Chinn (13.40)

 

Good morning

Thank you again for your patience this weekend!
I believe things will be back to normal this weekend...  

PICKUPS
Since there is NO Thursday game, Pickups will be as follows:
RD 1: posted Friday at 1:00am EST
RD 2: posted Saturday at 1am EST
RD 3: posted Sunday at 1am EST

This will allow you to check out injuries for a couple of extra days...

Scoring:
If you see something that still does not look right, please let em know...

BYE WEEK:
SEA
LAC
NO
LV

Thanks again and have a great week!

Brian

Good morning

The NE vs DEN game has been CANCELED on Monday.... 

Both teams will use this week as their BYE week....

This game has been moved to NEXT Sunday....

Please adjust lineups accordingly.

Have a great Sunday!

Brian

KC vs NE has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday...

Cam Newton tested positve for COVID

Please make preperations to your lineup accordinly....

Reminder that trade can be done at ANYTIME prior to kickoff Sunday.


 

The TEN vs PIT game is CANCELED for this week.

It will be played later this season.

This is like an unexpected Bye Week.

Please prepare your lineups accordingly.

Good luck, stay healthy!

Brian


 

Good morning!

I hope you have enjoyed the first 3 weeks of the season!  
What a wild one we have had thus far!

Our first COVID incident...
We have the TEN-PIT game being postponed until Monday or Tuesday.

Please take extra care with your lineup this week making sure starters and backups are in the places you want them.

No word on the MIN-HOU game yet... no one has tested positive for MIN... fingers crossed.

No new pickups or IR spots as of yet...
If either game does not play this week, it will be treated as their Bye Week by the NFL.. they will be playing on their regularly schedule Bye Week so no games will be missed.
Our rosters are 33 deep (and 1-IR) so we do have a lot of room for moves to be made...  possibly some tough decisions to make but that is part of fantasy!

2020 is a crazy year and not everything is going to be completely fair this year...  unfortunately, that's the way 2020 is going to go...

Thanks for being patient and understanding through these unprecedented times!  

I hope you and yours are very well!

All Unowned teams are open for trading so if you see something, let me know.

Thank for being a part of Mr. Sports
I appreciate you!

Have a fantastic day!

Brian

Brian

 

Here at Mr. Sports, we are running a $20 contest for the Draft Thursday

The winner gets $160 credit to their account (enough to buy TWO Teams for Sale or jump into a new keeper draft!) or choose $50 cash!

How it works:
Pick players 1-64 (1st 2 rounds for the draft)
Just pick a Player for the spot
For Example
1. Joe Burrow
2. Grant Delpit
3. Zach Baun
And so on and so on for the first 64 picks
What team selects the player does not matter
10pts for a correct pick
4pts for a pick that is within 1 spot

To Enter:
Send me an email with your picks: brian@mrsports.com
That's it, easy!! 

Picks due to me by NOON EST on Thursday April 23rd

I will send out a spreadsheet with everyone's selections before the draft

Let's have some fun on Thursday and Friday!! 

Stay healthy!

Brian

 

Well, it happened.
Brady talked Gronk into coming out of retirement and joining him in Tampa!!!

Pending a physical, Gronk will be the newest memeber of the TB offense.
QB: Brady
WR: Evans
WR: Godwin
TE; Gronk
TE: Brate or Howard

Holy Cow....  looks like the Saints may have some serious competition!