If last week was the week of blowouts, this was the week of upsets. The lower seeded team won in 5 of the 7 games.
The Collegians put up 132 points led(bian) by Matthew Stafford's 35 points to victory over first place Hardcore Cabinet. Hampered by AJ Brown's injury and Kyler Murray's sub par performance, HC tasted defeat for the first time, although remains atop the standings. The two teams combined for 46 points out of their defenses.
Josh Allen and the reanimated corpse of Zeke Elliot led ODS to their first win and BCC first defeat. BCC was let down by CMC injury, but he is used to be being disappointed. (See Wright, Eric). Other than the two monster performances stated before, ODS got little production from the rest of his roster, unless you count injuries as production. (Shepard, Moore, White).
The Big Nasty Express used the highest score of the season to vault all the way into 9th place. Great performances from Herbert, Adams, Mattison, Chase, and Hunt added up to a victory. Blue Gatorade takes the tough luck loss with the third highest score in the league this week. Although it was only the second biggest letdown of the weekend, as he toured colleges that his parents can't afford. Quit looking at free agents and crack the books because your ass needs a scholarship.
Bricklayers got their first win of the season and per his modus operandi, it was of the lucky variety. Ryan Tannehil joined Cooper Kupp on the island this week, but it was enough to best Dollars. Who for the second week in a row put up the lowest total in the league. These are the only two teams to have not cracked the top the seven in a week in scoring. It's beginning to look like the JK Dobbins injury wasn't the only issue with $$'s squad. Can he turn it around? He luckily has all that FAAB he saved losing the tie break on Eli Mitchell.
It was the Dak and D show for the Italian Stallions who picked up a victory over Eh Bid Dude. Half of the players in this match up failed to break the 8 point barrier. First round running backs tell the story for the future of these squads as EBD is hoping that this game was the first for a return of healthy Saquon Barkley and IS hopes that Cook gets back in the kitchen soon.
Los Zapatistas handed Tinker Stinkers their first loss of the season. LZ got 59 points out of his running backs and Kirk Cousins did in fact "Like that!" to lead The Shoes to victory. Tinker Stinkers tried to win the Jim Tressel way with kicking and defense, but it was to no avail. TS strategy of over drafting kicker, defense, and quarterback because they score more points worked as they scored 53% of his points. It was those pesky every other position that let him down.
In the May Be Fat memorial doo doo butter game of the week, SMBR eked out a victory over RM, 93-86. Miles Sanders did not in fact fumble and break his leg simultaneously in his first touch of the game. RM has been Jekyll and Carlos Hyde this season. With two stink bombs and league leading week. SMBR would have only beaten two teams this week, but it cancels out his tough week 1 loss.
In Weekly Pick'em results, Dom went a stellar 7-0 while EBD and Tinker Stinkers went 2-5. Week 4 pick em available here.
Week 3 Power Rankings
1. HC 32-7
2 TC 31-8
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3. BG 25-14
4. BCC 24-15
5. SMBR 22-17
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6. IS 20-19
7. TS 19-20
7. LZ 19-20
9. BNE 18-21
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10. EBD 16-23
11. BL 15-24
12. RM 14-25
13. ODS 12-37
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14 $$ 6-33
Analysis: Blue Gatorade has by far been the unluckiest. Bad luck has cost him a whopping 5 spots in the standings. Tinker Stinkers has been the luckiest by a slim margin. HC and TC are currently the top two teams in the league by quite a bit. $$$ has been really terrible. The top seven continues to be dominated by people who don't get into groups in an individual competition and nary a AOE member to seen.
Week 4 Preview
The premiere match up of the week is #1 Hardcore Cabinet vs #5 Tinker Stinkers
SMBR vs ODS
BNE vs LZ
BL vs BCC
IS vs BG
$$$ vs TC
The Toilet Bowl Slap Fight of the Week is EBD vs RM.
Thanks for reading and enjoy week 4!
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