Week 4 Rewind

Harambes bounces back, Cosby’s Sleepers snags 1st

Week 4 is in the books and four teams have started to gain separation with 3–1 records: Bunger, Kurtis, Binh, and Jason. However, six teams — three 2–2 and three 1–3 (!!)— actually have higher point totals than the first place Cosby’s Sleepers, so there’s competition all across the board. One of those teams is the Harambes, who bounced back with his second weekly high of the season after losing the previous two weeks. Jeff on the other hand, had the lowest score of any team this season, and did himself no favors by starting Eddie Lacy, who was on bye. (Not chill by the way, please don’t be negligent.)

Binh currently owns the longest winning streak with 3 weeks, while Lando and JR are tied for the longest slump with three straight losses. Bye weeks are upon us, and team depth will start to separate the contenders from the pretenders.

Sweet Studs

Harambes (Marlo): 133.66
Handcuffs (Mikey): 120.08
Big Black Zeke (Jason): 114.66

Milk Duds

Fried Watermelõn (Jeff): 56.84
Terelle Me When 2 Go (Tani): 86.82
CephaloScorin (Kevin): 91.88

Matchup Reviews

Handcuffs (Mikey): 120.08 vs Purple People Eaters (Anton): 93.24

Mikey continues his climb up the standings with an easy upset to knock Anton down from 1st place.

• Mikey jumps from 13th to 8th, Anton falls from 1st to 6th
• Studs — Handcuffs: Blake Bortles (30.38) Steve Smith (20.10) Purple People Eaters: Philip Rivers (20.84) LeSean McCoy (20.80)
• Duds — Handcuffs: Tevin Coleman (4.80) Purple People Eaters: DeVante Parker (3.00)
• Blake Bortles’ 30.38 points was the 5th highest scoring output this week
• The Handcuffs have scored over their team projection 3 weeks in a row
• Purple People Eaters had their first week scoring under projection and had 7 out of 9 players under perform.

Big Black Zeke (Jason): 114.66 vs Daddy Fat Sack (Josh): 105.16

Jason quickly bounced back from last week’s loss to defeat Josh, who flat-lined early and gave Jason the comeback victory.

• Jason moves from 7th to 4th, while Josh falls from 2nd to 7th
• Studs — Big Black Zeke: Derek Carr (31.76) Ezekiel Elliot (25.20) Daddy Fat Sack: DeMarco Murray (27.90)
• Duds — Big Black Zeke: Julian Edelman (1.70) Daddy Fat Sack: New York Jets DEF (4.00) Ryan Tannehill (9.56)
• Big Black Zeke is 2–1 this season when failing to reach their team projection
• Daddy Fat Sack is 0–2 when failing to reach their team projection
• The RBs on Big Black Zeke had their best showing for Jason this season with a combined 39.00
• Josh’s WRs didn’t dominate this week, as their combined 28.20 points — while solid — was their lowest output of the season

CephaloScorin (Kevin): 91.88 vs Fried Watermelõn (Jeff): 56.84

Jeff put up a pitiful showing against Kevin, gifting him a victory despite Kevin having the 3rd lowest score of the week.

• Kevin moves from 12th to 9th, while Jeff falls from 3rd to 10th
• Studs — CephaloScorin: Melvin Gordon (20.40) Fried Watermelõn: Emmanuel Sanders (19.80)
• Duds — CephaloScorin: Marcus Mariota (8.58) Dennis Pitta (2.70) Fried Watermelõn: DeSean Jackson (0.50) Odell Beckham (2.30)
• CephaloScorin won despite only 3 starters exceeding their projection
• Melvin Gordon’s 20.40 points was 6th amongst RBs this week
• Jeff’s starting RB’s had a league worst 2.40 combined points
• Fried Watermelon’s 56.84 points was the lowest of any team this season

He Went 2 Jared (Binh): 100.40 vs Still Breezy (Joe): 97.78

Joe loses another close heart breaker, continuing his descent down the standings while Binh gets the W and moves up a spot.

• Binh moves from 4th to 3rd, while Joe falls from 8th to 11th
• Studs — He Went 2 Jared: Michael Crabtree (29.80) Still Breezy: Los Angeles DEF (18.00)
• Duds — He Went 2 Jared: Dwayne Washington (1.40) Still Breezy: Charles Sims (1.50)
• Only 3 of 9 starters for He Went 2 Jared exceeded their projection
• Crabtree’s 29.80 points is the 4th highest WR score this season.
• Put Me In Coach: Matt Ryan was on Joe’s bench but led the league in scoring this week with 44.02 points
• The 2.62 margin of victory was the smallest in the league this week

Cosby’s Sleepers (Bunger): 114.60 vs Throwin Fitz(Lando): 110.66

Bunger edged past Lando with a herculean effort by Big Ben on SNF, claiming 1st place and pushing Lando’s losing streak to 3 weeks.

• Bunger jumps from 5th to 1st, while Lando falls from 11th to 12th
• Studs — Cosby’s Sleepers: Ben Roethlisberger (43.90) Throwin Fitz: Antonio Brown (20.40) Mark Ingram (20.00)
• Duds — Cosby’s Sleepers: Rob Gronkowski (2.10) Throwin Fitz: Coby Fleener (3.90)
• Cosby’s Sleepers overcame a 15 point deficit Sunday night to claim the comeback.
• Big Ben’s 43.90 points was the 3rd highest for a QB this season.
• In addition to Cosby’s Sleepers, Throwin Fitz would have lost to just three other teams this week.
• Vincent Jackson has scored below his projection in every game this season

Hail Gabbert (Kurtis): 105.74 vs 2 Gurley’s 1 Cup (JR): 99.22

Kurtis bounced back from last weeks loss and completed another MNF comeback, while JR continues his skid with 3 straight losses.

• Kurtis jumps from 6th to 2nd, while JR falls from 10th to 13th
• Studs — Hail Gabbert: AJ Greenn (28.30) 2 Gurley’s 1 Cup: Jordan Reed (23.30) John Brown (21.40)
• Duds — Hail Gabbert: Jamison Crowder (3.10) 2 Gurley’s 1 Cup: DeAndre Hopkins (1.40) Stephen Gostkowski (0.00)
• Hail Gabbert was down 12.28 points heading into MNF
• AJ Green’s 28.30 points was the 3rd highest WR score this week
• DeAndre Hopkins only scored 9.3% of his projected total of 14.99 points
• 2 Gurleys 1 Cup’s 99.22 points was their season low

Harambes (Marlo): 133.66 vs Terelle Me When 2 Go (Tani): 86.82

Marlo dominated Tani from the start, ensuring Tani’s spot in last place for at least another week.

• Marlo jumps from 9th to 5th, while Tani stays put in last place.
• Studs — Harambes: Julio Jones (43.00) Andrew Luck (22.16) Terelle Me When 2 Go: LeVeon Bell (20.30)
• Duds — Harambes: Kansas City DEF (0.00) Terelle Me When 2 Go: Torrey Smith (0.30) Tyler Lockett (2.30)
• Terelle Me When 2 Go has back to back losses being on the wrong end of the largest weekly point differential
• Julio Jones put up the 3rd highest score of the week with 43.00 points.
• Tani’s WRs spoiled LeVeon’s return, with their 15.60 points being the lowest combined WR score this week
• Marlo’s WRs had the highest combined score of the season for any team with 68 points.