BLACK CATS SCRATCH OUT THE NIGHTHAWKS
...leaving only one undefeated.
Week Two in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Here we go folks. As we go around the grounds from the weeks matches we'll talk about the shock upset of the year, we'll find out who the most unexpected and undefeated team is, and we'll catch up with the team that has surprised everyone without a win.
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Let's start in the Pacific north west where the Who Dat Nation were hosting the Gins of Hoculi in their home opened in Eugene. Gunners made one change to their scheduled team this week, adding Antonio Brown (WR) to the pack. Good luck with that! Gunner had the dynamic duo of DK Metrcalf and Tyler Lockett (WR) give them a great start to the game early Sunday. The Who Dat Nation, coming off an unexpected loss last week, were expecting to roll over the Gunners, particularly with home field advantage. The nation were trailing before Kyler Murray (QB) took the field for the Nation and put up 45 points on his own to give the Nation a solid score of 149 points. You would have won with that score in any other league, but not the Subsim.com league where anything can happen. Aaron Jones (RB) had a spectacular Monday night finish to clinch the win for the Gunners with a personal score of 41 points, twice his expected score. After losing their home opener last week, the Guns of Hochuli traveled to Oregon and spoil the Who Dat Nations home opener by winning the game with a score of 179 - 149.
In Los Angeles, the Australian Taipans of Southern California were hosting the Drunk Monkeys. The Monkeys were the league leaders with after week one with their shock upset win , and traveled across the nation to meet their divisional rival. The Monkeys, last week who rode on the backs of the Cowboys were little more than Rodeo (Drive) Clowns this week as they failed to reach triple figures. Their highest scoring player of the week was Calvin Ridley who barely managed to hang on to the wide receiving corps only touchdown. The Taipans, who set a steady pace throughout the weekend, put the gas pedal to the floor on Sunday night to put his game into the biggest blow out of the week. It wasn't even close. The Australian Taipans convincingly defeat the Drunk Monkeys 179 - 92.
Our game of the week, the Black Cats hosting the Helmand Nighthawks, and what a beauty this was. Cooper Kupp (WR) was spectacular for the Nighthawks putting up 42 points on his own, but fantasy is not a one player game. Tyree Hill (WR) failed to score a touchdown and barely even touched the ball for a low score of 5.9 points before letting Aaron Rodgers (QB) carry the Nighthawks to some semblance of a respectable score. The cats had come to scratch our a victory this week and with Lamar Jackson (QB) of the Black cats overpowering his opponent by scoring 41.25 points, it was left to the running backs to hand the Cats the victory. As bad as the Nighthawks star Alvin Kamara was who only scored 7 points, it left the way open for Black cats Derrick Henry to run riot and post the single player high score of the week. For the second time in two weeks, one of our potential ghost teams has scored over 200 points, lifting the Black Cats to up set win over the Helmand Nighthawks, 204 - 152.
After only two weeks in this season we are faced with just one undefeated team. In years past we have gone as late as week 14 before an undefeated team sustains their first loss, normally it happens somewhere around week eight or nine. This year, it's week 2 with only the Australian Taipans being an undefeated team. The Black Cats, The Drunk Monkeys, the Guns of Hochuli and the Helmand Nighthawks all sit at .500% with a 1-1 score, leaving only the Who Dat nation as the only team without a win at 0-2.
Who saw this coming?
Next week our match of the week will be in Texas with the Guns of Hochuli hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. If you want to win the Torpedo Bowl you're going to have defeat the Nighthawks at least once, and the Gunners path to the playoffs requires a win here. Likewise, the Helmand Nighthawks, having suffered a shock loss, need to right the ship immediately and dispose of the Guns of Hochuli in fashionable style. It looks to be a great match up folks, and we'll be there every play of the week to catch the action.
Each week, the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
This was no easy feet this week. When we look back at some of the matches form this week years form now, the performance of this player will still be outstanding. For the effort 182 rushing yards, 3 rushing touchdowns, 6 receptions for 53 yards , for a total of 53.70 points, creating the margin of victory for their team, the Week Two MVT goes to Derrick Henry (RB) of the Black Cats.
