Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Week 1 Preview. The fantasy season is underway. For those of you that have absolutely nothing, no wife, no kids, no family that checks in on you and only asks for your help when they know you are busy, no metabolism, don’t stress, the fantasy football season is upon us. For everyone else, must be nice. We have our Week 1 Preview, with the game of the week, an announcement on Dr. Tilt and the First Power Rankings of the 2023 Season. Let’s get it.
Game of the week.
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CrossFit v. Touchdown Guy
What a way to start the season. The Champion versus a former Champion and last year’s third place winner. What a headline. These two teams will likely be set up to meet again in Week 15/16/17. CrossFit is looking to repeat as he is the projected lead dog this week. CrossFit is repping a monstrous backfield, CMC, Ekeler, Barkley and Mostert. CMC is the redraft 1.01, Ekeler is a top 5 redraft pick, Barkley can sneak into the back of the first in a redraft and Mostert is the sneaky sleeper due to availability on an explosive Miami offense. What a group to start out the season in a tough matchup. CrossFit also has a couple solid receivers, Amari Cooper, Tyler Lockett and Amon-Ra St. Brown. That is also a sneaky group, none are a clear cut WR1 in fantasy but all fall in that WR2 range without issue. CrossFit rounds out his team with Dak and Kelce. Dak is a concern because he loves interceptions, Kelce is a concern because he just hyperextended his knee. If Kelce is out this is an even tougher matchup. TDG is looking to get back in the championship. Josh Allen is so tall, Derrick Henry still has a little juice in the tank, Jacobs signed a deal and will get the ball a ton this year. Then we move onto other guys, James Conner, B. Rob, Bob Woods, Mike Evans and George Kittle. As you can tell by the names mentioned TDG team is getting older and he needs to hit on these guys. Mike Evans and James Conner if healthy should carry a lot of the workload for their teams. B. Rob needs to solidify himself as Washington’s main back otherwise TDG will be stuck picking between B. Rob and Gibby. Bob Woods is washed, I don’t know if going to Houston that it will help his case at all. TDG needs his horses to take him to the finish line. It will be a dog fight, right now the projections are 148.25 to 125.32 in favor of CrossFit but that gap closes by 11 points if Kelce is out. I think CrossFit starts off the season how he left it last year, with a victory, don’t worry TDG will have plenty of wins this year, just not week 1.
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Mush’s Mongrels v. Batman
This is a crucial matchup for these two teams as they will be in the hunt for one of those wildcard spots. The 6 seed is wide open this year with a lot of teams just needing their top guys to stay healthy to sneak into the playoffs. Mush’s top guys are bad. J.K. Dobbins has shown flashes, but how bad is his knee? Rachaad White could be a sneaky play, but the Bucs are bad. James Cook could be sneaky, but the Bills hate RBs. Mike Williams will show flashes. Diontae Johnson is going on at least 17 weeks without a TD. Christian Kirk is now overshadowed by Ridley. Hollywood Brown is going to take shots but who is going to throw him the ball? The clear and obvious best player that Mush has is Deebo Samuel. Deebo is going to have to explode in games this year for Mush to make a push. Batman has some youth to help his case. Lamar is a stud, DeVonta Smith is a stud, and Chris Olave is a stud. Those are some great young players to build a team around. The building? The foundation is solid the roof, windows, and landscaping all need a little work. D’Andre Swift is somehow in this preseason mix of a three headed backfield, including Gainwell and Penney. A.J. Dillon is still stuck behind Aaron Jones and needs to prove himself in order to get a nice second contract. Jahan Dotson could lead the Commanders in receptions this year. Batman also has Darren Waller, who could be the Giants offense this year. This is a tight matchup with Mush projected at 122.42 and Batman at 115.54. I think Batman gets it done, he has the better QB, I think that does it for this Week 1 matchup.
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Bruce v. Pistol
Bruce is down so bad. Bruce has Joe Burrow, Najee Harris, D.J. Moore and that’s really it. Zeke, Skyy Moore, Tyler Boyd and Hunter Renfrow are all guys you do not want to have to rely on. Bruce does have some ok guys in Zay Flowers and Chris Godwin, but again not the top end talent you are really looking for when wanting to compete for a playoff chance. Pistol made some moves to put him back in the mix. Pistol has some youth. Jordan Love, Kenny Walks, J. Gibby, Javonte Williams, Toney, G-Will and Pitts. Lot of potential there. Pistol also has A.J. Brown and Dalvin Cook. A.J. Brown should provide a lot of points for Pistol and Dalvin should provide a nice safe floor for Pistol. It’s a solid mix of guys on paper. If Pistol gets the right matchups he should win a lot of game. Bruce will need a lot of matchups against Daddy Wombat to get wins. Pistol is the favorite 113.82 to 107.9, Pistol wins this week.
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Daddy Wombat v. PeePaw
If you are a fan of bloodbaths, you are in for a treat. Daddy Wombat is projected under 100 points Week 1, and if their roster is adjusted it will still be close. Jalen Hurts, Dameon Pierce and D.K. Metcalf are the highlights. D.W. is starting guys that might not even make the flex of a 14 team redraft league. Jeudy, Claypool and Rondale Moore. Gabe Davis is going to be streaky all year, highs and lows. PeePaw is stacked. Herbie, Davante, Aiyuk, Ridley, Lamb and last but not least Justin Jefferson. PeePaw also has David Monty and Marvin Mims. The biggest issue facing PeePaw today is that he does not have a second RB. That is something he will need to figure out or go all in on the waiver wire once things settle in. Either way that is PeePaw’s biggest issue and will be the one thing that will cost him a chip if not addressed. Charbonnet is waiting in the weeds. PeePaw is favored 130.93 to 95.62, PeePaw by a million.
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Trashman v. Teach
Trashman finds himself in an interesting position. He has two good RBs that he may want to consider trading for picks as the season goes on. Aaron Jones and Nick Chubb. Trashman also has Mark Andres. Those three should provide him a lot of points this year. The youth on Trashman’s team have some hope. Cam Akers, Pacheco, Terrace Marshall, Christian Watson, Jordan Addison and T-Law are a good youthful group. He could be set up for the long haul. If Trashman makes some moves he could really set himself up for two to three years. Trashman is one of those teams that will be on the fringe of playoffs. Teach is looking to compete for the top spot. Teach just needs a little of the same magic from last year. The Miami trio of Tua, Hill and Waddle can win him weeks. Mixon and Tee Higgins should give Teach a good floor with the half point ppr format. Hockenson signed a big deal so he needs his touches. The concerns are Stevenson and Juju in New England and if Burks can get any targets with the addition of Hopkins. Teach has his eggs in a few baskets and this can cause feast or famine. Teach is a favorite 141.78 to 120.33, Teach wins and hopefully Trashman has a losing streak so Chubb becomes available.
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JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons v. Bottom Bunk
While this is not going to be the same blood bath that we will see between PeePaw and D.W., JD3 should have no issues this week. JD3 has a lot of pieces and should rack up a lot of wins once the bye weeks kick in. Mahomes, Chase, Diggs, Etienne, Hopkins, McLaurin and Allen should provide solid floors with upside. Pittman may have issues with the young QB and Sanders is on a bad team. JD3 does not have a competent TE, that is going to be his biggest concern. We will see if any of JD3’s TEs can separate themselves this year to give him hope or if it will be a guessing game all year. Bottom Bunk is not looking good. He has Bijan, Breece, Mattison, Drake London and George Pickens. The downside is B.B. has Jamaal Williams, Hardman, and DeVante Parker. The fact that B.B. picked up DeVante today and is starting him is all you need to know about the state of his team. JD3 is a favorite 136.3 to 117.67, I’ll take JD3.
Dr. Tilt
Dr. Tilt is going through a license renewal. We will see If he or she joins us during the season. I think the season snuck up on all of us. While Dr. Tilt is out saving lives, we will see if he or she has time for some picks.
Now time for an all new Week 1 Power Rankings. The Rankings are based off of a combination start of season and project end of regular season ranks. When you see a person ranked in the top 4, it’s because they are in an easy division and bias is removed.
I think it’s still CrossFit’s league to lose. Teach benefits from another week division, the same with JD3. TDG and PeePaw will fight it out in the tough division and still sneak into the playoffs. I think Trashman’s RB due and QB play are enough to get him into the playoffs, making that last playoff spot is about having the highest floor and I think Trashman has that. Batman and Pistol will win the games they should and lose the ones they should. Mush and Bottom Bunk will just win a couple fluke games and Bruce will just win 1 more game than D.W. That will be how the league shapes up and that’s going to be tough to argue against.
Well that does it for Week 1. The quest for the championship trophy (which we do not have yet so if you are the commissioner maybe take a long look in the mirror and figure out what your life’s purpose is) starts now. Good luck in all your leagues and may the fantasy gods be in your favor. I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow. We will see you after all the games with the Week 1 Recap.
Let’s Go!
JonnyDIII
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