The Mar-A-Lago Grabbers and South Park Cows sit at the top of the pile through two weeks, each getting to 2-0 in impressive fashion. At 0-2 and the bottom of the heap, the South Philly Rum Ham flounder, while the Pawnee Pride pray for a birthday present of a stat correction to switch places with Orgrimmar. In between, a whole lot of 1-1.
NOTE: There is a disparity between the final scores in the recaps and on the front page. I believe the former to be more accurate, but will use the latter for the Power Output.
SCOREBOARD:
Week 2 Matchups
- DVH 268: An overhauled defense and production from top to bottom helped Deputy turn their season around in a hurry. They can be bad! They can be good! Now the test will be week-to-week consistency.
- MAL 240: The Grabbers are the early kings of Larkspur, getting huge numbers at WR and DB, and still expecting the return of Wentz and Jeffery. The team's curious under utilization of their bench is bewildering, but hasn't hurt them.
- SPC 232: After Todd Gurley and Drew Brees, the offense might not have an every week starter on their roster... and that's okay, as the LBVII champs mix and match a stable of credible options to exploit matchups.
- BIN 230: Off the schneid with a win, this is a team with an immediate need for a starting RB, as Joe Mixon joins Dev Freeman on the shelf. However, with a nice rotation of five startable wideouts, perhaps they just roll out role players instead.
- NYF 225: Hard luck losers in week two, there's not much more they could do; In hindsight, starting the jumbo package and plugging OJ Howard in would have cut the margin under three, within reach of a second stat correction victory. But... not to be.
- HVM 224: The team's incredibly deep reserve of talented players is an undeniable strength, but in a tight loss like this, it leaves a lot of room for second guessing. An optimal lineup would be at 2-0 this week, but as is they split the opening rounds.
- ORG 214: An early injury to defensive captain CJ Mosley is what kept this matchup so close. Barring unfavorable stat corrections the Horde get their first win in half a decade, and Mosley's injury is expected to only be week-to-week.
- PAW 209: The Pride have numerous goats for the week two defeat that drops them to 0-2: Back of the roster starters Jermaine Kearse and Ryan Kerrigan combining for less than a point certainly ended up being disastrous.
- SAV 206: A "quiet" win to draw even, Kenny Stills and Sammy Watkins swapped roles while Adam Thielen and Kenny Golladay were great again. Josh Gordon becomes an X-Factor that could make the Petes WR corps the best in the league.
- PHX 200: An early AJ Green fueled lead evaporated quickly, as the Uprising could only muster a decent score on a week full of great ones. Injuries on the high priced defense have stretched the team's depth early.
- HCM 186: Big Ben's effort was incredible, and Michael Thomas has shown to be every bit an elite WR, bu tthe rest of the team ranged from "just fine" to "barely adequate" and wasted the monster scores. Daniel Carlson wasn't executed, but he did lose his job.
- MMC 179: In a bit of karmic retribution, the Moosecrew regain the win they lost on Thursday morning despite the league's third worst score. Deshaun Watson got his groove back, but LeSean McCoys injury leaves a bit of a week-to-week hole at RB.
- RUM 154: JJ Watt is a superb defensive player, one of the best of all time. But he cannot defend everything, and in week two nobody else showed up. He scored 16 points on his own, while the other seven guys combined for 23.5.
- BKB 141: Uh-oh. After starting off with a win, the freshly reoriented franchise crashed down to earth due to a host of underperformers. There's plenty of blame to go around, but the team needs to find someone besides Duke Johnson until Mark Ingram comes back.
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