At this point, there’s not much use in discussing scoring
comparisons. The three highest scoring weeks in league history are this
season’s first three weeks. It will be more newsworthy when we have a week that
falls outside of the top 15.
Eric Meyer continued his early season tear and improved to
3-0 on the season. His is the only team that has scored at least 120 points
each of the first three weeks. His victim this week was Anthony Battle, who
fell to 0-3 despite having the fourth most points in the league to date. He has
undoubtedly been the most unlucky league member. He has faced either the
highest or second-highest scoring team every week so far.
Andrew Perez is the only other undefeated team remaining.
His team doesn’t have a lot of names you associate with a championship-caliber
fantasy lineup, but DeMarco Murray is the top running back in fantasy so far
this season and Le’Veon Bell returns to action this week. If Coby Fleener’s
last performance is a sign of an increased comfort and familiarity with the
Saints offense, Perez will be a tough matchup all season.
With Meyer at the top of the AFL Central and Perez at the
top of the AFL West, William Massimini leads the standings in the AFL East.
Massimini had a great first two weeks, but his third game was a bit of a
disappointment. His three starting running backs averaged nearly 25 points
apiece but his three pass catchers averaged only 2.3 points each. With a
sub-par performance from Cam Newton and only 10 points from his off-position
starters, there wasn’t much Massimini could have done. Still, he holds the lead
in his division and nobody else in the East looks poised for a run of any kind.
The top scoring team last week was Adam Perez, whose team
posted 145.2 points, led by 35.5 points from Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones.
That score gave Adam his first win of the season, and vaulted him from 12th to
6th in the weekly power rankings. Despite the big week, I’m not predicting a
winning streak for Adam’s team.
Eric Meyer led the league with four top five positional
scorers, notching one at every position.
Check out the review of Week 3 below (team names have been
changed to the names of their owners):
Standings:
|
AFL East
|
Record
|
GB
|
AFL West
|
Record
|
GB
|
|
William Massimini
|
2-1
|
--
|
Andrew Perez
|
3-0
|
--
|
|
Adam Perez
|
1-2
|
1
|
Brandon Saunders
|
2-1
|
1
|
|
Cory Puffett
|
1-2
|
1
|
William Battle
|
2-1
|
1
|
|
Nolan Soter
|
0-3
|
2
|
Sean Kennedy
|
0-3
|
3
|
|
AFL Central
|
Record
|
GB
|
|||
|
Eric Meyer
|
3-0
|
--
|
|||
|
Danny Hatcher
|
2-1
|
1
|
|||
|
Evan Ash
|
2-1
|
1
|
|||
|
Anthony Battle
|
0-3
|
3
|
|||
Schedule:
|
Away
|
Score
|
Home
|
Score
|
|
Danny Hatcher (DH)
|
139.7
|
Evan Ash (EA)
|
79.4
|
|
Eric Meyer (EM)
|
140.2
|
Anthony Battle (AB)
|
124.6
|
|
Sean Kennedy (SK)
|
95.7
|
Brandon Saunders (BS)
|
104.5
|
|
Andrew Perez (AP1)
|
116.6
|
William Battle (WB)
|
112.9
|
|
Cory Puffett (CP)
|
139.6
|
William Massimini (WM)
|
106.1
|
|
Nolan Soter (NS)
|
86.1
|
Adam Perez (AP2)
|
145.2
|
Scoring Leaders (Must be starting on a team to qualify):
|
QB
|
Pts
|
HB
|
Pts
|
|
1. Matthew Stafford, CP
|
28.2
|
1. Devonta Freeman, WM
|
30.6
|
|
2. Drew Brees, SK
|
27.9
|
2. Carlos Hyde, WB
|
27.1
|
|
3. Aaron Rodgers, EM
|
27.5
|
3. LeSean McCoy, WM
|
26.8
|
|
4. Matt Ryan, DH
|
21.4
|
4. David Johnson, EM
|
26.5
|
|
5. Kirk Cousins, AP2
|
20.3
|
5. DeMarco Murray, AP1
|
25.6
|
|
WR
|
Pts
|
TE
|
Pts
|
|
1. Marvin Jones, AP2
|
35.5
|
1. Coby Fleener, AP1
|
20.4
|
|
2. T.Y. Hilton, DH
|
27.4
|
2. Travis Kelce, EM
|
17.9
|
|
3. Doug Baldwin, BS
|
26.1
|
3. Gary Barnidge, DH
|
11.1
|
|
4. Jordy Nelson, CP
|
25.1
|
4. Jack Doyle, AP2
|
9.5
|
|
5. Mike Evans, EM
|
24.2
|
5. Greg Olsen, BS
|
9.4
|
Game of the Week: Andrew
Perez at William Battle
What better than the closest game to be the game of the
week? With even quarterback production, strong wide receiver play for Andrew
Perez and strong running back play for William Battle, the difference was the
slight advantage at defense and kicker for Perez.
