Your weekly recap is coming a full day late. Apologies, but no regrets. Your steadfast Commissioner has been hard at work on other interesting projects. But, loyal readers know I try to reflect on the week if I have time. Highest Scorer: Tyrannosaurs in F-14s (146.6 points) Matt’s highest scoring team doesn’t have some neat gimmick …
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What a wild double-header MNF slate to close the book on week 7?! Phew! This is one of the strangest weeks of Big League I can recall. Not a single empty roster, but more blowouts than a salon before prom. The Fantasy Gods cast their dismay on this week. Let’s get into it. Highest Scorer: Bob …
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Ladies and gentlemen, we got a fine. $15 added to the top end of the pot. Look out for a $1 bonus all around. Onward! Highest Scorer: Dez Still Caught It (152.4 points) I’ll keep telling you guys till it’s already too late: we have to WATCH OUT for Miller’s gang, Dez Still Caught It. …
Mercifully, Week 5 of football has reached an end. It would be one thing if the Monday Night game was a meaningless Broncos vs Panthers game, but Chiefs vs Saints mattered. Half of the league played a Kansas City citizen or a New Orleanian, so butts were in seats until the bitter end last night. …
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A lopsided real-life NFL week has mercifully concluded. The morning slate was the highest-scoring slate of football we’ve had so far, while the latter was the expected snooze-fest. However, with injuries, breakouts, and busts, the Quarter-Season Carnival is in effect for strategy reevaluation. Housekeeping: a) Players with 0 points Believe it or not, I don’t …
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Scoring was wonky this week. A staggering 19/40 teams recorded a player that scored 0 points or worse. (Yes, six Defenses scored negative points). But the beat goes on and so must this write-up. Highest Scorer: Freak of Nature (168.52 points) Nary a week goes by that I won’t give Sel and the Freaks their …
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With week two in the rearviewmirror, we can reflect on one of the evergreen facts of life & fantasy football: we know nothing. The Saints and Buccaneers are undefeated; Travis Kelce is invisible now; Malik Willis wins games; and Kickers are the most important players in the game now. Oh, but we did suspect this: …
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The NFL is back, baby. Starting off with two gangbuster matchups that may preview the AFC/NFC Championships, Week 1 was a sloppy, slippy, Brazilian, reptilian, insane, and anything but mundane slate of football to yank us back to our comfort-red-zone. Let’s get started with the weekly recap. Highest Scorer: Scrantonicity 6 (146.96) It’s not frequent …
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Hello, Big League-ers! This is a long one, and I don’t fault you if you skip around. This season-end write-up is being emailed and posted to the website to ensure everyone sees this. Feel free to skip it or engage! But I would like everyone to at least check out the exit survey attached at the bottom. As …
“Remember – the wind blows harder the closer you get to the mountaintop.” –Daredevil Two people who need no reminder of that axiom would be Saquon Deez Nuts and The Hens. Ladies and gentlemen, between those two we have a new winner and champion of BIG LEAGUE FANTASY FOOTBALL. Through the mire of 36 teams, …
