Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Week 1 Recap. It was a pretty messy start to the year. A lot of top end talent did not show up. That doesn’t mean that teams aren’t looking to blow it up already. The waiver wire should be interesting, a few forgotten vets put up ok numbers. Let’s dive into our matchups and how Professor Pickum ended up.
Game of the week.
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JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons v. Batman
I don’t think either team is really thrilled with how their teams performed. However, one team wins and the other loses. JD3 saw 10 and 15 from the Diggs and Nico stack. Etienne had 11 and Mahomes mustered out 22 points. That is not great. Lot of players under 10 points. Cade Otton had 1 point and the tight end position will continue to haunt JD3, however, Terry McLaurin’s 3 points is not acceptable. JD3 did leave J.K. Dobbins on the bench which would have won him the week, Dobbins had 21 points. Batman started out hot with 32 from Lamar. Kyren Williams finished it off with 13. Achane continued to stay hot with 20. James Cook and DeVonta Smith had a dozen a piece. Batman continues his winning streak. Batman will have better weeks out of Olave, who only had 2 points despite the Saints scoring 47 points. I think Batman will have better weeks, but he did just enough to get the week 1 win 106.85 to 96.15.
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CrossFit v. Touchdown Guy
CrossFit was out of shape week 1. Saquon started off Friday with 23 points. That was one of the few highlights for CrossFit. Rachaad White put up 14 and Lockett added 11. However, Goff did not hit 20, CMC was ruled out late, St. Brown had 3, and Kelce only had 5. Deebo ended Monday with 16. TDG is back for a final run. Josh Allen, QB1 on the week had 39. Mike Evans had 21 and Godwin added 18. Cooper Kupp had 25 and Puka had 6 with his injury. James Conner just plays football each week and put up 18. Ladd managed 12 points in his rookie debut. D-Train and Jacobs each had 11. Kittle ended Monday night with 6. TDG did not mess around in the opener. Taking it to CrossFit 167.6 to 102.55.
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Teach v. Mush’s Mongrels
Teach was lead dog all week, despite TDG’s late push. Mush’s guys would have played harder if they didn’t go up against the #2 team on the week. Teach saw a late Dolphins surge, Tua, Tyreek, and Waddle had 64 points, handcuffing Mush’s chances to win right away. Mixon added 25, Aaron Jones had 18, Polard had 17, Stevenson had 20, and Shakir had 12. I mean Teach put on a clinic. Mush is waiting for the right moment to strike. Teach wins 167.8 to 42.95.
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Bottom Bunk v. PeePaw
This matchup would come down to Monday night, B.B. and Breece versus PeePaw and Aiyuk. It’s too bad B.B. doesn’t get credit for style points, Anthony Richardson had arguably the greatest throw in week 1. AR had 33 points. Bijan had a good start to the year with 14 and Pickens even added 11. The surprise was Jameson Williams 22 points. The guy finally is playing football and doing it well. B.B. held a 1 point lead heading into Monday night. PeePaw didn’t have any booms in his lineup, but didn’t really have any dooms either. Herbert and Mostert are arguably dooms with 16 and 3 points. Monty’s OT TD gave him 16 points. Lamb added 16. Rice and Jefferson each had 14 points. It would come down to Breece v. Aiyuk. Breece had 16 and Aiyuk had 4 giving Bottom Bunk the win 108.2 to 94.8.
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Pistol v. Daddy Wombat
Guns blazing, Pistol came out firing. Jayden Reed put up 31 and A.J. Brown added 20 on Friday, accounting for more than 50% of D.W.’s points. Stroud had 27, Ken Walker had 18, Ford had 16, Gibbs with 15, and Pitts with 10. Quite the start for Pistol who is looking to add a piece and make a playoff push this year. D.W. followed up last seasons Week 1 start of an RB that was not playing with the same this year. Roschon Johnson was ruled out for Week 1 and was in the starting lineup for D.W. Kamara and Xavier Worthy both had 20 points. Hurts added 25 and Jeudy had 10. If I’m D.W. I’m cashing in on Kamara’s performance. Pistol wins this one 151.6 to 97.8.
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Trashman v. Bruce
This was an ugly game mainly because someone is trying to tank again despite rules against it. Trashman’s team is just bad, but that makes sense since he did trade away Aaron Jones in an effort to rebuild. Pacheco had 15 and Zack Moss added 13. Jalin Hyatt and Luke Musgrave both had 0 points. Bruce is trying to tank again. Playing Blake Corum over Isaiah Likely is an obvious tank job. Bruce did see 13 from Brian Thomas Jr., 12 from Zek, and 11 from JT. Bruce won 81.3 to 70.6 in a matchup that neither team deserved to win.
Let’s see how Professor Pickum did in Week 1.
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Week 1 Answer Sheet
Washington Commanders +3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tennessee Titans +4 @ Chicago Bears
- Nope.
Las Vegas Raiders @ Los Angeles Chargers Under 40.5
- BANG!
Professor Pickum is 1-2 on the season and 1-2 overall.
That does it for this week. Tough start for some playoff contenders. Others are starting right where they left off. Week 2 should provide a little more insight on if teams are throwing in the towel on the season. It should be noted that the top 6 teams move on, there are no conferences. Simply win to get in. We will see you tomorrow with the matchups, Professor Pickum and new power rankings.
Let’s Go!
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