Statistically Speaking done on Tuesday?!?…WTF?!?…Your Commish started writing Sunday Night…and only had to change half the results based on Monday games…oh well…here it is…He’s still the Dreamiest…Dr. Jeckyl unleashed Mr. Hyde…30 points is the WR starting point…Bonus Bombs…Jacksonville still sucks…Toot my own horn…Chump Deja-Vu…An All-Bench Team…we get streaky with it…and lots of NFL highlight clip links…lets go…
Tom Brady (BAT)
Only 1 Quarterback made it to the 30 point plateau in Week 1…and he wasn’t even supposed to be there that day (apologies to Kevin Smith)…Fresh off his Federal Court victory over Roger Goodell…TDQBITU® was challenged on the NFL opening Thursday Night game by a Steelers defense who claimed they would “Jam Up” his #1 target to mess with their timing…they apparently have a very different definition of Jamming…as they allowed Brady to complete 78% of his passes for 288 yards…resulting in 15 1st Downs…4 Touchdowns…and 0 give-aways…finishing with a Passer Rating of 143.75…the victory is Brady’s 161st Regular Season win as the starting Quarterback for the Patriots…breaking a tie with Brett Favre (160 for the Packers) for the Most Wins as a Starting Quarterback With 1 Team…It is the 1st Quarterback of the Week award on the year for Brady…and the 1st trophy on the year for Bay Area Thrashers…
Carlos Hyde (XFA)
The 3rd Bears coaching change in 4 years was supposed to change the gameplan…but Matt Forte started the 2015 Regular Season right where he left off in 2014…He took 24 carries for 141 yards (5.8 ypc)…including a 1 yard Touchdown scamper on the left end that juked a Packers defender right out of his helmet…only his 5th score ever in 12 games against Green Bay…he then added 5 Receptions on 8 Targets (62.5%) for another 25 yards to reach 27 points…Carlos Hyde suited up for the late Monday Night game against the Vikings…and gradually wore them out over the course of the game…He averaged 5.5 yards per carry in the 1st Quarter…and expanded that to eventually averaging 7.5 yards per carry over the 4th Quarter…piling on a league high 168 yards and 2 Touchdowns on the night…he added 2 Receptions for 14 yards to crack the 30 point barrier…ending at 31…It is the 1st Running Back of the Week award for Hyde…and the 1st trophy on the year for X-Factor…
Julio Jones (BBA)
4 different Wide Receivers found their way to the 30 point promised land in Week 1 action…as mentioned in our Quarterback of the Week section…Gronk swatted the Steelers defense away like annoying gnats on Thursday Night…pulling in 5 of his 8 targets (62.5%) for 94 yards…while finding the endzone again…and again…and again…for a ridiculous 60% Touchdown to Completion ratio…ending on 32 points…Keenan Allen set a career high with 15 receptions (Previously 11, 2014 Week 13)…for a league leading and career high 166 yards (Previously 135, 2014 Week 4)…breaking the NFL Opening Game Reception record (14) set by Andre Rison in 1994…on his way to finish 1 point short at 31…Trailing the Chiefs 27-9 with 6:10 to play in the 4th Quarter…DeAndre Hopkins showed the true power of Garbage Time…he hauled in his final 5 Targets…tacking on 59 yards…4 1st Downs…and his 2nd Touchdown on the day…then nailed the 2-Point conversion pass from Ryan Mallet to force the tie at 32 points after Sunday games…Julio Jones took the field on Monday Night and tore through the Eagles defenders early…snagging 8 receptions for 97 yards (12.1 ypc) and 2 Touchdowns…all in the 1st Half…He added 1 last 4th Quarter reception for 44 yards down the sideline to take the lead with 35 points…It is the 1st Receiver of the Week award for Jones…and the 1st trophy on the year for Bubba Army…
Brandon McManus (BBA)
As always…our Golden Rule for Kickers is 11 points…5 Kick Opportunities…3 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points is the standard path…only 3 Kickers managed to reach that mark in Week 1…Steven Hauschka was the 1st to strike…running the standard path against the Rams with 3 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points to stay right at 11…never getting the chance in OT for another Kick Opportunity…Brandon McManus played in the Sunday Afternoon match and benefitted from the Broncos struggling offense…his 5 Kick Opportunities included only 1 Extra Point off a Defensive Score…but 4 Field Goals…including 2 bonus earning bombs from 56 and 57 yards to take the lead with 15 points…On Monday Night…Matt Bryant got 6 Kick Chances…2 Extra Points off the Wide Receiver of the Week’s TD’s…and 4 Field Goals…but none of them went for distance leaving him 1 point short at 14…It is the 1st Kicker of the Week award for McManus…and the 2nd trophy on the year for Bubba Army…
Carolina Panthers (BBA)
2 Early Sunday Defenses were battling Head-2-Head against each other in Week 1…Hurricanes pitting the Seattle Seahawks vs the Carolina Panthers for the Army…The Seahawks took the early lead with a Tyler Lockett punt return Touchdown just 4:31 into the 1st Quarter…and held the Rams scoreless through the 1st period…The Panthers held the Jaguars to only 9 1st Half points while the Rams started to comeback on the Seahawks…Seattle managed 2 2nd Half sacks including forcing a Fumble from Nick Foles that was returned for a 2nd score…but Jacksonville fell apart in the 2nd Half under the Panther pressure…giving up 5 Sacks…and 3 Turnovers…including a 30 Yard Pick-6 to seal the deal at 23 points…Seattle gave up a final Touchdown with 59 seconds left in Regulation…and another 3 points on the game deciding Field Goal…pushing them into the negative scoring zone…falling back to 16 points…It is the 1st Defense of the Week award for the Panthers…and the 3rd trophy on the year for Bubba Army…
Team of the Week
In the Fantasy Bowl XVII rematch to open the season…Bay Area Thrashers and Runs N Throses both got things started on Thursday Night with explosive performances from Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, and Gronk…Thrashers was the 1st to crack 100 points after early Sunday games…but Bubba Army rode the backs of his Chargers and Special Teams to reach 119 after the 4pm contests…Joseph Randle gave Thrashers the Sunday Night edge at 121…but Julio Jones locked things up with his Award Winning output above for The Army to reach 154…It is Bubba Army’s highest output since Week 5 of the 2012 Season (155)…and claims the 1st Team of the Week on the year…their 26th TOTW award for the franchise…
Chump of the Week
After Sunday games…4 Teams were vying for this award with their All-Bench team of quality starters left on the pine…Fudgie Whales left out Mariota’s perfect game, Nat-Gio, and De-Williams to sit at 62…Armed N Dangerous did not start Witten at home in Dallas to sit at 57…X-Factor left Percy Harvin behind to sit at 55…and Playground Legends left Roddy White aside to sit at 53…All 4 teams had players running on Monday Night…but only X-Factor and his award winning Running Back cracked the 100 point mark to claim a victory…Armed N Dangerous ended with only 1 2-Digit score in the starters column ending with a score even lower than their 67% efficiency rating…65 points is their lowest output since Week 9 of the 2010 Season (59) and claims the first Chump Award of the year…It makes Back-2-Back Chump Scores to open the season…is their 13th award for the franchise…and their 95th All-Time Loss…
Chump Survivor
We start this contest in Week 2 to give everyone a week to tune up their rosters….Week 1 started with an average of 107 points…down 1 point from Week 1 of 2014…7 teams fell below that line to start the season…
Notes & Numbers
The 112 Points scored by RNT makes them the 2nd Franchise to pass 20,000 Regular Season Points…now at 20,072…
The 65 Points scored by AND makes them the 5th Franchise to pass 20,000 All-Time Points…now at 20,048…
Warriors win over Playground Legends broke two anomalie streaks mentioned at the end of the 2014 Regular Season…ending their own 3 game Regular Season losing streak..and snapping Legends 4 game Regular Season winning streak…it is Danny’s 85th Regular Season loss…
Husslers 118-100 win over UO Grandmasters extends their Regular Season win streak to 3 games…and extends the Grandmasters Regular Season losing streak to 5 games…it is Eric’s 115th All-Time Loss…
Thrashers 121-112 win over Runs N Throses ended Throsers 4 game Regular Season win streak…moves Kevin 1 game ahead of Shawn on the All-Time Wins list 131 to 130…and is the 95th All-Time Loss for Shawn…
Both Eli (9 points) and Peyton (7 points) posted 1-Digit TBFL scores in Week 1…the Manning brothers had never posted 1-Digit scores in the same week in the entire 11 year span since Eli’s debut in 2004…
In the battle between the #1 and #2 NFL Draft picks (and also the last 2 Heisman trophy winners)…Marcus Mariota became the 1st player to ever throw a Perfect Passer Rating (158.3) in their debut game…throwing more Touchdown passes (4) than he had incompletions (3)…meanwhile Jameis Winston’s 1st NFL pass resulted in a Pick-6…something only 2 other players have done in the last 30 years (Jay Schroeder 1985, Brett Favre 1991)…
Michael Westbrook was the last Running Back to score a Touchdown of 20 yards or longer on his 1st NFL carry against the Cardinals on September 3, 1995 (58 yards)…On Sunday Karl Williams did it for the Bills with a 26 yard score…only to be matched by the Lion’s Ameer Abdullah in the afternoon game with a 24 yard Touchdown on his 1st NFL carry…