Weekly Roundup 16.2

Week 2 Recap

Week 2 is in the books! It was an OK week in most respects. I honestly didn't check my phone after 2 pm on Sunday because it was pointless. Shoutout to Jimmy Garapaoaplaoao getting hurt. As a result the New England Patriots have activated Julian Edelman as their backup QB. I hope we get to see him in action!

Stud of the Week

This week's stud award goes to Cam Newton putting up 29 big ones for Chiefs Kingdom. Good job Cam. Dab on 'em.

Dud of the Week

2 times in a row? You betcha. Coby Fleener of the New Orleans Saints scores 2 points total to win this award in convincing fashion! You have a bright future ahead of you Coby. Your professional haircut and winning smile are going to take you places in this world.

Most Points

This week Captain Checkdown takes home this award with 115 points in a come-from-behind win on Monday night.

Fewest Points

We are not talking about this right now. 

Checking in on my Crazy Predictions from Week 1

The New York Giants haven't lost yet.

Team Lee hasn't lost yet.

Week 3 Matchup that Intrigues Me the Most

I am looking forward to Chiefs Kingdom and CHIEFS NATION squaring off. Both teams are 1-1 and have the potential to explode for huge point totals. Keep your eye on this scoreboard as the week progresses. 

Good Luck, God Bless, Go Chiefs! 

Weekly Roundup 16.1

Week 1 Recap

Week 1 was full of ups and downs. I'm sure some of you are happy about Drew Brees scoring 30 fantasy points. I'm sure some of you are sad about RGIII being injured but I can and will say "I told you so." Keenan Allen becomes 2016's Jordy Nelson. I doubt any of us here are sad about that.

Highest Scoring Player Award

This week's HSPA goes to Corn on the Cobb and the 35 points posted by Andrew Luck. As a Chiefs fan I am not looking forward to October 30th.

Lowest Scoring Player Award

This week's LSPA goes to CHIEFS NATION as Coby Fleener of the New Orleans Saints put up a giant 0.

Highest Point Total

The defending champions put up 132 points to take home this week's HPT award.

Lowest Point Total

Berry Me A Chief scored a lowly 72 in Week 1. Adrian Peterson will bounce back, don't you worry.

Best Game of Week 1

This award goes to the matchup between CHIEFS NATION and Corn on the Cobb. Going into Monday night NATION was down by double digits but triumphed after strong performances from Carlos Hyde and Ben Roethlisberger.

Crazy Predictions I have No Business Making 

1. The New York Giants will win the NFC Championship

Call me crazy but watching the highlights of their game this past week made me do a double take. The offensive unit has real camaraderie and team spirit that you don't see in other teams. Eli has more targets to throw to than just OBJ. I think their weakest offensive component is the run game and yet their RB1 is Rashad Jennings. Barring major injury the New York Giants are my early favorite to win the NFC.

2. Team Lee will go undefeated until Week 5. 

You heard me. I think Team Lee's first loss this season won't come until mid-October. His weakest position is TE and that's everybody's weakest link right now.

Week 2 Matchup that Intrigues Me the Most

I'm interested to see who wins between Corn on the Cobb and 4th and 9ers. Two 0-1 teams. On a random side note, the undefeated teams play each other this week and the defeated teams play each other this week. Only 2 undefeated teams will remain after Monday. Brace yourselves.

Good luck, God bless, Go Chiefs! 

The Season Starts Today

You heard me. The NFL season starts today! Everybody dance!

In preparation for the season I decided to rank the team names that inhabit Metros League. Prepare to be roasted. 

1. Not the Cowboys @bplumerpl@yahoo

Let me say this has been my favorite team name of all time for 4 years running. This team name has it all:

         

A. A terrible joke         

B. A reference to a real NFL team

C. A partial email address

Shoutout to Brent for having the best team name of all time. Bonus points for using an ESPN account under your wife's name. Huge props to you Brent. That takes stones. 

2. Berry Me a Chief 

A+ team name. Homage to the hometown team while incorporating a pun and a popular cliché AND paying respect to a great player. If it weren’t for Brent’s masterpiece Noah would have the #1 spot. 

3. San Francisco 4th and 9ers 

Like, what even is this? You took an NFL team name and put “th and” in between the last word? What’s next? The Baltimore Rath and Vens? The Green Bay Path and Ckers? Give me a break Harrison.

4. Corn On the Cobb

This is the 15^th most popular team name in the first result if you google “funny fantasy football team names” so we all know where Terry got his inspiration.  

5. No Herm no Foul

Referencing Herm Edwards in a league full of Chiefs fans? It’s a bold move Marcus, let’s see how it plays.

6. CHIEFS NATION

I don’t dislike this team name but I can’t find a way to like it either. That’s the only reason Paris comes in at #6.

7. Angry Wookiees

What kind of nerd uses Star Wars references in his fantasy football team name?

8. Team Lee

The reigning champion didn’t even change his team name after logging in to his account for the first time. Swag like none other. We at the Metros League Front Office respect the stance but we also don’t like it. Change your name Jesse. 

That's all I've got for the season preview folks. As always: Good Luck, God Bless, Go Chiefs! 

Guess Who's Back

Gentlemen,

It has come to my attention that the Metros League Fantasy Football Draft is scheduled for August 20th at 10 pm CST. That is exactly nine days from the time of this writing. Football is coming.

Last year Team Lee defeated the Angry Wookiees in the championship game by 26 points. Time will tell if Team Lee comes up with a more creative team name this year.

It's an 8-team league this year in hopes that everyone will check their lineup and participate in trades. Fantasy football is more fun if you are actively involved! The trash talk has already started in the draft announcement group text. I'm sure Terry and Plumer are thrilled.

I hope you are prepared for the draft! If you aren't it's going to be OK, you have nine days to do some research. I have three things I'm interested to see this year:

1. Cam Newton

Can Cam Newton replicate his stellar 23 ppg performance from last season? It will be interesting to see how he plays with the pressure of having Superbowl 0 appearances so far in his all-star career.

2. The Los Angeles Rams

Can the same team with a new name produce any success on the field? Hard Knocks debuted this week and the overwhelming feedback from critics and consumers is that the Rams' coaching staff is not in control and the front office has no clue what the product on the field should look like. I am curious to find out how the return to LA will treat the Rams.

3. Robert Griffin III

RGIII is #1 on the depth chart in Cleveland, a team that has seen one or two quarterbacks come and go in the last five years. With Kelvin Benjamin and other deep threats on offense, Griffin has a chance to make an impact and prove the doubters wrong.

That about does it for this edition of the Metros League blog. I'll be texting you during the draft, don't worry! As always:

Good luck, God bless, Go Chiefs! 

2015 Season Recap

That's all she wrote. 

We've come to the end folks! The 2015 fantasy football season has come to an end. 247 days until the 2016 season starts. It was a fun ride with four new faces. Ten teams is really the perfect league size and I appreciated the competitive nature of the league this year. As shown by the late-season surges by Savage SR and Corn on the Cobb, everyone was capable of winning any given week.

The Name of the Game is Parity.

At one point in the season there were 8 teams fighting for 4 playoff spots. That's fantastic sportsmanship gentlemen! I look forward to the possibilities that lie in store for 2016!

A New Champion!

Team Lee takes home the trophy in their first year in the league! After being down 16 points after the first week, Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning carried Lee to victory. Take a look at the roster of a champion!

Same Song, Second Verse. 

For the second year in a row the Angry Wookies finished 10-3 and lost in the championship game. Last year was easier to swallow because it was by a whopping 76 points. This year it was by 25 points, something that could've easily been made up by players on the bench. The Wookies had better hope their coach figures something out between now and next year or they'll be looking elsewhere for their leader.

We Need a Trophy, or Something. 

Seriously, the Wookies would've been more motivated if there was a trophy on the line. Let's table this discussion and talk about it at the next draft party.

And so, for the last time this season I say:

Good luck. God bless. GO CHIEFS!!!!!!

Week 11.5

Week 11 Recap. 

Wow! That's all I have to say. The results from Week 10 leave me excited / nervous for the next two weeks. The highest scoring team was Savage SR (who started setting his lineup and why didn't they start in Week 2?) and the playoff hopes of Corn on the Cobb officially ended in their loss to Team Lee. Team Awbrey kept their playoff dreams alive with a 12 point victory over Chiefs Kingdom. But I digress. We'll get to the playoff drama in due time.

Stud of the Week. 

This award goes to Cam Newton / Jameis Winston with 5 touchdowns each! That's buckets of points right there coach. In fact, 70% of the leading scorers in the league last week were at the QB position. This just goes to show the QB position is important and I love the fact that we have a 2 QB league because it just makes things that much more fun!

Power Rankings.

Here are the Week 11 power rankings. I'll explain the colors below!

Looking ahead. 

Here's where it gets fun. There are 7 teams fighting for three playoff spots. In the power rankings above I highlighted the 7 teams with blue text. (Warning: lots of numbers and records to follow. If I mess it up please let me know.) Here's how it breaks down for each team:

#1 Angry Wookies: The Wookies have made the playoffs no matter what, however they need to win both games in order to solidify the #1 seed. They face #7 Team Awbrey and #6 CHIEFS NATION so the road to #1 is not going to be easy.

#2 Berry Me A Chief: Sitting pretty at 7 wins and 4 losses, this team has a great shot at making it into the #2 spot in the playoffs. They hold the tie-breaker over the #3 team by 1 point. I'm not making this up. A Chief is 1-1 against No Herm No foul with an overall score of 167-166. The A Chief's play #9 Corn on the Cobb this week and #8 Not the Cowboys in Week 13. Winning out would give them a 9-4 record and a solid shot at the #2 seed, especially with the tie-breaker going in their favor. Their schedule seems to favor them making it into the playoffs regardless of final position.

#3 No Herm No foul: 7 wins and 4 losses for these guys as well puts them 1 game clear of the #4 spot for now. They hope to snap a 2-game losing streak as they face Not the Cowboys in Week 12. Their road to the playoffs is a bit tougher as they face two teams fighting for their playoff lives in the #8 non-Cowboys this week and #7 Team Awbrey in Week 13. Keep an eye on these guys as they look to avoid slipping farther down in the playoff seeds.

#4 Team Lee: 6 wins and 5 losses is not where Team Lee wanted to be in Week 5 when they were 4-1. But they rallied from a 4-week losing streak. Ranked #1 after the first week of the season, Team Lee is counting their blessings to be holding the tie-breaker over Chiefs Kingdom. They face 2-9 Savage SR this week but they can't relax because the Savage's have been on the warpath lately, winning 2 of their last 2 games. And then in Week 13 Team Lee faces #5 Chiefs Kingdom in a game that could likely decide who goes to the playoffs in the #4 spot.

#5 Chiefs Kingdom: 6 wins and 5 losses has to be disappointing for a team ranked #1 in Weeks 3 and 4. The common theme is that they have to go head-to-head with two teams facing playoff elimination. They've already beaten their week 12 opponent once this season but one thing to remember is never count out the defending champions #6 CHIEFS NATION. Week 13 holds more woe for the Kingdom as they face #4 Team Lee as discussed above. This has the potential to be the most intriguing game of the regular season.

#6 CHIEFS NATION: These guys have the toughest road to the regular season. They face their rival in Week 12 and the #1 team in the league in Week 13. The NATION cannot afford a loss. And they also need everybody above them in the rankings to lose 2 games in a row. Finishing at 7-6 doesn't guarantee a playoff spot but it puts them in a better spot than they are right now.

#7 Team Awbrey: Team Awbrey holds the tie-breaker over the the non-Cowboys but they will need a miracle to get to the playoffs. If they can beat the #1 Wookies this week then that puts them at 6-6 on the season and in a good position heading into the final week. However they face the #3 No foul's next week so they officially have the toughest road to the playoffs. They absolutely need to win every game and need all the teams above them to lose.

#8 Not the Cowboys: the non-Cowboys face the #3 No foul's and the #2 A Chief's these next two weeks and making the playoffs are not impossible. But it will be a steep road to climb. They are predicted to outscore the #3 No foul's as of the publishing time of this blog. But the Not Cowboy's tend to be "boom or bust" this year. So we will have to see if they will put up 100+ points, or 100+ bummers. Once again, a 7-6 record doesn't guarantee anything but it's better than 5-8.

#9 Corn on the Cobb: the Cobbers can't make the playoffs. They can, however, help out the playoff hopes of #6 teams by beating the #2 team this week.

#10 Savage SR: the SR team can also affect the playoff hopes of several teams if they beat Team Lee this week.

That's a wrap! Enjoy Thanksgiving football my friends. I'm grateful to be in a league that's so competitive! It makes it fun and keeps it interesting right down to the wire!

Good Luck. God Bless. God Chiefs. Happy Thanksgiving! 

Week 9.5

Week 9 Recap. 

Week 8 was a bye-week for the Chiefs so the staff here at Metros League Blog also took a bye week. Thanks for hanging in there while we were away. We know you missed us. We know it. We love you too.

Stud of the Week. 

This award goes to the Corn on the Cobb roster. Despite getting a goose egg from Charles Clay, the Cobb rode Aaron Rodgers and DeAngelo Williams (30+ points apiece) to for their third win of the season. Great job!

Power Rankings.

This week we are skipping the coaches poll (we took a week of last week, so you get a week off this week) and going strictly with the power rankings. The power rankings are decided upon using the following formula:

• Each Win = 1 point
• Total Points For: ranked 1-10 and giving 10 points to #1, 9 points to #2 etc
• Average Points against: ranked 10-1 and giving 10 points to #10, 9 points to #2 etc
• Difference between PF and PA: ranked 1-10 and giving 10 points to #1, 9 points to #2 etc

So using that formula here's the power rankings going into Week 10 of Metros League Fantasy Football: 

1. Angry Wookies (7-2)
2. Berry Me a Chief (6-3)
3. Chiefs Kingdom (6-3)
4. Chiefs Nation (4-5)
5. No Herm No foul (7-2)
6. Team Awbrey (4-5)
7. Team Lee (4-5)
8. Not the Cowboys (4-5)
9. Corn on the Cobb (3-6)
10. Savage SR (0-9)

Looking Ahead. 

This season just got good! There are 4 teams headed to the playoffs right now BUT, there are four teams with the record of 4-5. With four games left there is plenty of time for these four teams to make it into the top four slots in the league.

Angry Wookies plays Berry Me a Chief in the matchup of the week (only a single digit spread) but there are two other matchups worth noting: Not the Cowboys and Team Awbrey face-off in a big game for two teams that are 4-5. Team Lee needs to win but faces the 7-2 No Herm No foul in a tough game that looks to be decided by 5 points or fewer.

Good Luck. God Bless. Go Chiefs.