With tweaked stats and bigger rosters, we've seen the 165 point threshold as the watermark for contention. With bye weeks starting already, and injuries piling up, teams will need to find points in unlikely places going forward.
Week 3 Matchups
In the matchup between the only two active managers to have hoisted the Larkspur Bowl, it was 2012's Champion Swag that won out in a game that went to the wire. Phoenix opened big, and led throughout, but in the final quarter it was California with all of the answers. They shut down Phoenix's vaunted receiving corps (Marshall, A. Johnson, and Fitzgerald combined for 7.9 points) while Reggie Bush led the charge on the other side of the field. The Uprising substituted Lardarius Webb for Janoris Jenkins just before kickoff, netting themselves -21.75 points.
South Park dropped last year's bronze medalist without much drama. The Cows surged ahead just before halftime and never looked back, as the Turbanators plateau'ed early. Undersized WRs Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders teamed up to put nearly fifty points on the board, sneaking through the secondary undetected. The Cows are doing it on their own prerogative too, outsmarting Yahoo! projections to substantial weekly output.
Both of these teams have had rough slates to open the year: Each is one of only five teams to have amassed over 500 points on the season, yet neither can boast a record over .500; With Pawnee's sound W, each team sits at 1-2, looking to get their head above water to close out the first month of football. RB Rashad Jennings had a monster day for the Pacers, scoring out as the best RB in week 3.
Hill Valley did not set the record for most points in a matchup, but they did break the record for most lopsided blowout, devastating the Moose Crew in their newly minted uniforms. Things started off with a tremendous day for WR Julio Jones, the week's offensive MVP, and they finished up just as strong, as CB Kyle Fuller was the week's runner up at defensive MVP. TE Zach Ertz was the only offensive McFly to not come close to (or dramatically eclipse) their projections in the Manitoba nightmare. The MooseCrew had the week's paltriest scoring, barely making it to triple digits and dropping to 0-3.
The Sasquatch helped the Lead Farmers bottom out. HCM City did get a huge game from Defensive MVP Bruce Carter, and Le'veon Bell has been transcendent through three weeks, but the rest of the roster has been a black hole for playmaking. Saskatoon Franchise Players QB Matt Ryan & RB Marshawn Lynch delivered again this week- a recipe for success that tastes like beef jerky.
Margaritaville bounced back after a sordid week two, rallying to defeat an Oniontown team that has plucked defeat out of the jaws of victory twice in three weeks. OT took control early, before going on cruise control- the Parrotheads never conceded (despite playing man down with Vernon Davis scratched) and went home victorious, as rookie WR Kelvin Benjamin dominating the late action and finishing off the Massacre.
After a misstep in week one and a nail biter in week two, Toronto is working into form here in week three, with the second highest score on the young season. QB Kirk Cousins and WR Devin Hester were picked up off the scrap heap and turned in explosive performances for the OG Canadian squad. Would be role player WR Jeremy Maclin was a stud for the day, and afterthought RB Terrance West turned on the afterburners to chip in a TD. Combining those four shrewd additions with known commodities Dez Bryant, Michael Crabtree, and DeMarco Murray, Les Tres Petites outscored Oakwood with seven players. Everything else was icing on the cake.
WEEK THREE OFFENSIVE MVP:
WR Julio Jones, Hill Valley McFlys - 37.6pts
WEEK THREE DEFENSIVE MVP:
LB Bruce Carter, HCM City Lead Farmers - 27.75pts
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