Ok, Monday night didn't mean that much in terms of who would win games (with the notable exception of Jake-Mike, which saw Jake with an 11 point lead pitting Justin Tucker against Jonathan Taylor), but it was interesting for who would get points for top 5 scores. At the close on Sunday, Ryan and Nathan had secured two of the top 5s, and TK looked generally comfortable with a 3rd at 148. The remaining two would be spit between Collin (projected 154 before MNF), Jake (projected 141), Tyler (final of 140), and Mike (projected 136). All of those probably deserve a top 5 point, but alas that's not how life works. So how did it all pan out?

Standings

Damn just like that Mike and Nathan both rocket up the standings and everyone else shrinks back (except Austin, can't go lower than 10th lmao). Pretty sick that I have substantially more points than both of them but I'm still SOMEHOW BEHIND THEM this game is fucking rigged man.

Recaps

Listen boys I have too much going on this week to do little blurbs for everyone. I'm surprised I even got all this in. You each will get like, one snarky comment. Go.

TK 148.1 – 104.98 John Luke (75.2)

TK's team is basically Josh Allen and friends, but it's been good enough for a tie for first place so far so fuggit.

Garrett 108.9 – 169.64 Nathan (76.8)

Garrett noooo you're slipping inevitably downwards! Nathan... is doing the opposite I guess. Give me a Ryan-Nathan-Collin-TK playoffs, I want to see a new champion.

Austin 121.28 – 179.98 Collin (81.7)

Collin, TK, and Ryan have cemented themselves as the teams to beat. Collin had 3 dudes break 20 plus Lamar Jackson man beast of a week.

Mike 153.52 – 135.68 Jake (87.5)

Sick. The Ravens scored 31 points and kicked literally 0 XPs and only 1 FG. So much for a competitive Monday night. Jonathan Taylor: Eat a dick.

Ryan 197.14 – 140.76 Tyler (89.5)

Ryan I'm gonna need you to simmer tf down.

Previews

Garrett (1-4, 122.8 PPG) – Mike (2-3, 124.7 PPG)

Series: Garrett 6 – 12 Mike

All-Time Points: Garrett 2,141 – 2,203 Mike

Last Meeting: Garrett 137 – 128 Mike

Win Streak: Garrett 1

Austin (1-4, 117.4 PPG) – Ryan (4-1, 161.4 PPG)

Series: Austin 6 – 3 Ryan

All-Time Points: Austin 1,129 – 1,111 Ryan

Last Meeting: Austin 145 – 117 Ryan

Win Streak: Austin 5

Tyler (2-3, 123.6 PPG) – Nathan (2-3, 122.5 PPG)

Series: Tyler 2 – 1 Nathan

All-Time Points: Tyler 423 – 356 Nathan

Last Meeting: Tyler 158 – 107 Nathan

Win Streak: Tyler 2

Jake (2-3, 132.0 PPG) – John Luke (3-2, 128.4 PPG)

Series: Jake 9 - 10 John Luke

All-Time Points: Jake 2,231 – 2,316 John Luke

Last Meeting: Jake 118 – 132 John Luke

Win Streak: John Luke 1

Collin (4-1, 141.4 PPG) – TK (4-1, 147.2 PPG)

Series: Collin 2 – 3 TK

All-Time Points: Collin 642 – 571 TK

Last Meeting: Collin 82 – 119 TK

Win Streak: TK 3

Ohhhh this game will be a good one. Someone gonna get got.

Cash money

Yo Ryan seriously though chill out.

Running Total

Ryan: $20

Austin: $10

TK: $10

Mike: $10

Trivia

Last Week’s Trivia

Everyone wants to be champion, but some people start slower than others. This week has two questions for you, one point available for each question.

1. What's the worst start to a season an eventual champion ever had (strictly in terms of record)?
2. What is the latest in a season that an eventual champion was ever at .500?

Lots of participation this week! I love it! Most of you were wrong, but its about the journey, not the destination. So first, the answers:

1. Only twice has the eventual champion lost his first game. Then he immediately won the next one on both occasions. That champion was Mike, who started both 2016 and 2017 as 0-1, then went on to win the championship in both those years. Literally all of you put 0-3, which.... I mean it was wrong but it was impressive that everyone thought the same thing. A less fun piece of side trivia is that Austin has the best start for an eventual champion, going 11-0 to start before losing to... get this... Juan Freaking Soto lmao.
2. Austin won the championship in 2015, and on his way to winning he saw himself with a 5-5 record after 10 weeks of play. No one has ever been at .500 later in the season and managed to win a championship. Ryan and Tyler nailed this one, with TK and JL guessing 7-7 (which would be quite the stretch) and Collin going with 4-4.

Trivia Points

You guys kinda suck at this, but I appreciate that you do it at all!

Ryan: 2
Tyler: 2
Collin: 1
John Luke: 0
TK: 0
Mike: 0

This Week’s Trivia

Ok this shouldn't be too much of a doosy. We're talking defense today because defense wins championship (pls UGA).

Since the start of 2019, all 32 team defenses have been featured on a starting roster at least once (yes, all of them, I'm as shocked as you are). The Steelers have the most with 25 starts since the start of 2019. Who has the second-most?