Let me start by saying I love Thursday night football. With that out of the way, f*** you Thursday night football! Sure, I love a little middle of the week football, it’s been a long week at school and/or work, and the Thursday night game is like a little tease of the weekend, willing you through the day Friday with the promise of what’s come to come on the weekend. Except, this year it hasn’t delivered. It has farrrr from delivered. A 10-3 scoreline between Chicago and Green Bay to open the year? If I wanted to watch that I’d watch Msu play S.E.E. Academy for the Blind. And now last week, a 20-14 Tampa victory over Carolina, shameful, well at least Carolina had 2 touchdowns you say, nope, it was 4 field goals and a safety… This is just dumb, bad, inexcusably awful football, and maybe 3 days in between games, the gap between Sunday and Thursday, is not enough time for these players to be ready to go again. And obviously, the most important part of this matter, these Thursday night monstrosities are at the expense of us who play fantasy football. Christian Mccaffery scored 40 points in week 1, this past Thursday, he had 6! A week ago Aaron Jones and Davante Adams of Green Bay combined for 37 points, in Week 1, on a Thursday, they combined for 9. Maybe this is a small sample, and maybe I struggled thinking of what to write for this part of the rankings, but so far, through week 2, Thursday night is a fantasy football killer, and it sucks. So, with all that said, F you Thursday night football, but know that I love you.
Anyway without further ado, your week 3 fantasy football power rankings:
- God Hates Jags Rec 2-0 Last Week: 1 ↔️ The Corbeaner said earlier this week he was open to all Seattle players, and while he picked up a dub, he probably wishes he had Will Dissly, Mr. Big Montana himself in place of the doughnut Njoku got him this week. Regardless, in a week that was full of disappointing performances from around the league the balanced structure of this roster proved that even if one player falters the rest will be good enough to at least give them a fighting chance.
- Schweitz Sezy Squad Rec 2-0 Last Week: 4 ⬆️2 While it may not have been the “sexiest” performance this week, being one of the 4 undefeated teams left in the league does get you some props. Robert Woods and Sammy Watkins have plenty of better days ahead, and it’s not as if one could have foreseen Desean leaving the game early with an injury, to, well, a rather tender place. Right now the 156 points scored week 1 are keeping this team respected, but that can change quickly if this team continues to get kicked in the groin.
- Country Roads Rec 1-1 Last Week: 3 ↔️ I mentioned Thursday night football… Hard to not feel cheated when you have arguably the best Rb fantasy football wise, as well as one of the best receivers in the game and they go out and combine for 14 points. Oh, did I mention my opponents defense scoring 37 points this week? You know who topped 30 points in fantasy this week? BAL Lamar 30.9, KC Mahomes 31.6, KC Robinson 32.2, and the Patriots D 37. Damn it, a good opener would have been me ranting on how defenses should be outlawed in the league next year. Oh well, at least is if my opponents D scores 30+ next week you know what to expect in the intro.
- Draw like Doodlebob Rec 2-0 Last Week: 2 ⬇️2 Gonna be honest the only real reason this team dropped 2 slots is because up until about the latter part of the 3Q of Monday night’s game this team was sitting on roughly 80 points and had no chance of winning. Then, Odell caught and ran for an 89 yard TD as well as snagging a few other balls to help this team squeak out a dub. Still unfortunate this man pays absolutely no attention to his team… I wonder if anyone has ever gone undefeated without touching their roster?
- Too Many Cook Rec 1-1 Last Week: 8 ⬆️3 Tom Izzo would be proud of how well this team rebounded in week 2, he might even have smiled, well, actually, now I’m getting ahead of myself. After putting up the second lowest points the previous week, this man moved past the week 1 Thursday night football curse, and managed to score the most points this week. Kudos
- Mexico Militia Rec 2-0 Last Week: 9 ⬆️3 Everybody loves a good underdog story, the odds stacked against them, Rudy, the Jamaican bobsled team, Average “joe”s from the movie Dodgeball. See what I did there 😛 Anyway, I’m sure I’m not the only one who was uncertain about how the newcomer would perform, however through two weeks I’m pleasantly surprised on how he has gotten along so far rattling off back to back wins to start the season. That stare down between Joe and his laptop on draft night, the deep concentration on his furrowed brow, proves Joe isn’t here to make friends, he is here to win.
- Mahomey and Me Rec 1-1 Last Week: 7 ↔️ Ah yes, the first of those affected by Corbin’s call out for lazy team names, (Side note: How many years in a row have you kept the same name Corbin?) but at least you changing your name didn’t get your quarterback’s hand broken… However, your two WR Michael Thomas and Juju will surely be affected by the person tossing them the ball no longer being a future hall of famer. Maybe that’s just karma for texting me, begging to be higher in the rankings.
- Beginner’s Luck Rec 1-1 Last Week: 5 ⬇️3 I think the only real clear issue with this team has to be the running back spot. It was kind of unfortunate as well that none of the wide receivers had big games, but everyone has a lull, even those players that are stars. At the time of writing this there still hasn’t been any word regarding AB, whether or not he will continue to play this season hangs in the balance and the result of the ongoing investigation could have huge effects on this team. Regardless, I’m predicting a bounce back here in week 3, but if they don’t, maybe those 149 week 1 points really were beginner’s luck.
- Team KamiKOZe Rec 0-2 Last Week: 6 ⬇️3 Welp, you got unlucky mate, a quarter left to go in Monday night football, a 15 point lead, victory all but assured with the Browns passing less considering their lead, and then OBJ happens. The worst news however is Kamara. He has yet to find the endzone this season and with Brees out for multiple weeks he’s going to find there are a lot fewer scoring chances than what he’s used to. A long ways to go in the season and despite the disappointing losses so far, there are plenty of upcoming opportunities for this team to turn it around.
- Meme Dream Team Rec 1-1 Last Week: 10 ↔️ If you don’t win when the opposing player’s QB has negative points and breaks his hand in the 1Q, that’s shameful. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. The addition of Tyrell over the past week proved useful and while Hollywood Brown didn’t go all super saiyan like week 1, proving he is in fact human, he did have a decent week and should continue to be reliable from the flex position. The trajectory of this team is definitely pointing up, with Damien and Freeman under performing and Ridley and Hollywood emerging as potential stars, the sky is the limit for this team.
- Nothing but a Peanut Rec 1-1 Last Week: 13 ⬆️2 I’m salty your defense scored 37 points. The End.
- Fixin’ for a Mixon Rec 0-2 Last Week: 11 ⬇️1 Joe Mixon might arguably be the biggest the bust in all of fantasy football right now, and no I am not referring to his man boobs. While I find it smart this man targeting a QB other than Trubisky, that seems to just be step 1 in the rearranging of this roster. It’s hard to win a championship relying on only a few players, but that seems to be the mantra of this team right now.
- Easy Breesy Rec 0-2 Last Week: 12 ⬇️1 Way to go Casey. You change your name and look what happens. Easy Breesy, just like breaking your hand. This should be a lesson as to why you don’t give into peer pressure children. People get hurt, break their hands, ruin their fantasy teams. All is not lost though, well actually I don’t know if I can say that…
- Rest in Pieces.….. Rec 0-2 Last Week: 14 ↔️ I think the new team name says enough…
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