There was no shortage of scoring in the AFL this week as two
thirds of the league hit triple digits and one team cam within a point of doing
so. In all, it was the 17th highest scoring week in league history and came
within 12 points of being the highest scoring week so far this season.
Despite the relatively high scoring week, it was just the
ninth time in league history that the six losing teams in a week averaged at
least 100 points, week 4 featured the league’s seventh “toilet bowl,” a game in
which the two lowest scorers faced each other.
In what happened to be the game of the week, Cory took home
a second Peyton Manning Award in as many weeks despite having the second lowest
score in the league this week as he defeated Brandon. This was Cory’s 7th
career game of the week victory and he is 2-0 in “toilet bowl” games. Brandon
is now 0-2 in such matchups. It is the first time that the Peyton Manning Award
winner had a 1-10 breakdown.
On the opposite end of scoring, Viroj led the league in
scoring and took home his first career Tom Brady Award just four weeks into his
AFL run. His league-leading 138.4-point performance came after three straight
weeks of being one of the league’s two lowest scorers. This was the 33rd
highest single game team score in league history.
In a relatively high scoring week such as this, you figure
to have some special individual performances, but maybe more of them than we
had this week. As it stood, three players joined the AFL top 40 all-time lists
at their positions. Rookie Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson made it into
Evan’s starting lineup and recorded 35.6 points, the most by an individual
player this week and the #21 quarterback score in league history.
Two running backs put together top 40 performances at the
position. Le’Veon Bell gave Drew 35.1 points, the 16th highest running back
performance in league history, to help Drew capture a rivalry win against his
brother and catapult himself to the top spot in this week’s power rankings.
Todd Gurley gave William 33.3 points, good for no. 33 all-time.
Our luckiest coach of the week, as you’ve gathered from the
beginning of this post, was Cory, who had the second lowest score in the league
this week but faced Brandon, who posted the lowest score. Despite their poor
performances, both are still among the top 4 in scoring through four weeks.
Any time a team finishes outside the top six and wins, it
means someone in the top six came out on the short end of the stick. This week’s
casualty was Evan, was the fifth highest scorer but was matched up against
Viroj and lost by 25 points. In fact, the spread between Evan and our second
highest scorer, Anthony, was less than 5 points.
The top coach in the league this week was Evan, who picked
up 16.2 points with decisions to start Deshaun Watson over Kirk Cousins and
Austin Hooper over Jack Doyle, despite ESPN projections recommending otherwise.
Our worst coach this week was Will, who cost his team 7.5
points and a victory by going against ESPN projections, starting Jarvis Landry over Chris Hogan. He lost to Danny by less than two points.
Viroj, Andrew, and William all put three players in the top
5 at their positions this week. Three other players had two such players.
Check out the review of Week 4 below:
Standings:
AFL East
|
Record
|
GB
|
AFL West
|
Record
|
GB
|
Will Massimini
|
3-1
|
--
|
Cory Puffett
|
4-0
|
--
|
Eric Meyer
|
2-2
|
1
|
Andrew Perez
|
3-1
|
1
|
Viroj Suteerawongsa
|
1-3
|
2
|
Evan Ash
|
2-2
|
2
|
Adam Perez
|
0-4
|
3
|
Sean Kennedy
|
0-4
|
4
|
AFL Central
|
Record
|
GB
|
|||
Danny Hatcher
|
3-1
|
--
|
|||
Brandon Saunders
|
2-2
|
1
|
|||
Anthony Battle
|
2-2
|
1
|
|||
William Battle
|
2-2
|
1
|
|||
Schedule:
Away
|
Score
|
Home
|
Score
|
Anthony Battle (AB)
|
117.8
|
Sean Kennedy (SK)
|
99.1
|
William Battle (WB)
|
116.4
|
Eric Meyer (EM)
|
88.0
|
Cory Puffett (CP)
|
87.6
|
Brandon Saunders (BS)
|
84.4
|
Will Massimini (WM)
|
108.3
|
Danny Hatcher (DH)
|
109.9
|
Adam Perez (AP2)
|
108.3
|
Andrew Perez (AP1)
|
117.7
|
Viroj Suteerawongsa (VS)
|
138.4
|
Evan Ash (EA)
|
113.2
|
Scoring Leaders (Must be starting on a team to qualify):
QB
|
Pts
|
RB
|
Pts
|
1. Deshaun Watson, EA
|
35.6
|
1. Le’Veon Bell, AP1
|
36.1
|
T2. Russell Wilson, WB
|
29.6
|
2. Todd Gurley, WB
|
33.3
|
T2. Alex Smith, AP1
|
29.6
|
3. Ezekiel Elliott, VS
|
30.0
|
4. Eli Manning, VS
|
29.0
|
4. Bilal Powell, AB
|
29.1
|
5. Aaron Rodgers, AP2
|
24.0
|
5. Lamar Miller, SK
|
29.0
|
WR
|
Pts
|
TE
|
Pts
|
1. DeAndre Hopkins, DH
|
21.7
|
1. Travis Kelce, DH
|
21.0
|
2. Jordy Nelson, EA
|
21.5
|
2. Charles Clay, AB
|
13.7
|
3. Michael Thomas, CP
|
18.9
|
3. Zach Ertz, WM
|
10.6
|
4. Keenan Allen, EM
|
16.3
|
4. Rob Gronkowski, AP1
|
10.0
|
5. Mike Evans, WB
|
15.2
|
5. Hunter Henry, VS
|
8.6
|
Game of the Week: Cory
Puffett at Brandon Saunders
Cory remained undefeated by a narrow margin in the seventh
“toilet bowl” in AFL history. Cory is 2-0 and Brandon is 0-2 in such games. Not
much more to say about this one.
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