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I am the Commissioner of the DynaBowl Fantasy Football Dynasty League. What I say goes.

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Stock Watch: Week 4

October 2, 2014

Commish

by Jaunty Coving

Welcome to the weekly summary of the top fantasy players in Week 4 of the Dynabowl:

Rank	Player	Week 4 Pts	Total Pts	Trending	Comments
1	Andrew Luck (IND, QB)	29.62	107.50	No Change	Luck shows no signs of slowing down with another monster week 4 performance. 393 yards and 4 touchdowns made him the first player to top 100 total points this season
2	Matt Ryan (ATL, QB)	20.12	85.22	Up 1	While the Falcons were disappointing in their defeat to the Vikings, Ryan maintained his fantasy relevance with 298 yards and 3 TD passes. Two interceptions marred another strong performance
3	DeMarco Murray (DAL, RB)	27.50	84.20	Up 7	155 all-purpose yards and 2 rushing TDs helped the Cowboys steamroller the Saints in the Sunday night game
4	Philip Rivers (SDC, QB)	27.08	83.8	Up 5	Rivers continues his efficient start to the season. He was nearly flawless putting up 377 passing yards and throwing for 3 TDs as the Chargers beat a poor Jaguars side
5	Antonio Brown (PIT, WR)	25.78	78.18	Up 7	Brown became the top Receiver in the league with 131 yards and 2TDs as the Steelers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 17 passing yards of a trick play would be a particular highlight for Brown owners
6	Aaron Rodgers (GBP, QB)	28.88	77.56	Up 13	Rodgers’ performances have been as stuttery as the Packers 2-2 start. Against the Bears he had a good day with 400+ passing yards and 4 TD throws.
7	Jay Cutler, (CHI, QB)	17.14	77.04	Down 1	Cutler continues to put up consistent fantasy scores. But as the Bears failed to match Packers in their Sunday shootout, Culter’s weakness for throwing interceptions reared its ugly head again. He now has 4 on the season.
8	Matthew Stafford (DET, QB)	26.52	75.64	Up 9	After two quiet games, Stafford got back on track with nearly 300 passing yards and a couple of passing TDs, all without a very limited Calvin Johnson. A rushing TD helped boost Stafford’s week 4 score
9	Kyle Fuller (CHI, CB) *	1.25	74.00	Down 7	After 2 monster weeks, Fuller came crashing back to earth recording only 2 tackles and an assist as the Bears defence was picked apart by Aaron Rodgers.
10	Eli Manning (NYG, QB)	32.10	71.46	Up 36	Player of the Week

*Denotes rookie

Noteable players who had were on Bye Weeks:

Peyton Manning (DEN, QB) – Previously ranked 4, now ranked 15

Marshawn Lynch (SEA, RB) – Previously ranked 5, now ranked 21

Russell Wilson (SEA, QB) – Previously ranked 8, now ranked 29

Player of the Week:

Eli Manning (NYG, QB) – 32.10 Pts

Stat line: 1 Rushing TD; 4 Passing TDs; 300 yards passing; 1 yard rushing; 1 interception

After a shakey start with new offensive co-ordinator Ben McAdoo, Eli Manning finally seems to be clicking in the Giants new West Coast offense. Through pre-season and the opening game, Manning looked lost in the new system and completely out of synch with his receivers. However, a steadily improving pass completion percentage reflects that the new system is starting to settle in. Thursday night’s performance against the Redskins certainly showed that to the whole league.

Manning finished the away trip with not only 300 yards and 4 touchdowns, but he completed an impressive 28 of 39 pass attempts (71.8%). He showed a full range of throws by mixing up short screens with precision passes down the sidelines that allowed only Giants receivers to make the catches. He has gradually built up a strong rapport with TE Larry Donnell, who had only made 3 receptions since joining the Giants as an Undrafted Free Agent in 2012. Manning was able to exploit Donnell’s size for three touchdowns including one that exposed Washington’s poor “Redzone” cover-2 defensive scheme.

While Manning was aided by Washington propensity to turn the ball over in good field position, he led an efficient Giants offense to punish those mistakes. The “icing on the cake” for his week 4 performance, was Manning’s 1 yard rushing TD. With good coverage, Manning spotted room to pick up the score much to the delight of those fantasy owners who started him.

Top 10 Free Agents through 4 weeks

Rank	Player	Week 4 Pts	Total Pts	Trending
28	EJ Manuel (BUF, QB)	13.30	58.72	No change
32	Ryan Fitzpartick (HOU, QB)	12.12	57.88	Down 6
36	Geno Smith (NYJ, QB)	8.76	53.68	Down 6
62	Perrish Cox (SFO, CB)	22.50	47.00	Up 115
90	Brian Hoyer (CLE, QB)	Bye	40.56	Down 48
95	Kendrick Lewis (HOU, S)	4.50	39.25	Down 19
97	Mike Adams (IND, S)	27.40	38.40	Up 387
100	George Iloka (CIN, S)	Bye	37.95	Down 51
110	Travis Carrie (OAK, CB) *	18.15	36.70	Up 187
112	Kareem Jackson (HOU, S)	4.50	36.50	Down 14

Replacement Level: Week 5

October 1, 2014

Commish

by Ian Kulkowski

This should be interesting. I barely know who half of my own players are let alone the randomly named players who remain in our barren wasteland of a waiver wire. But as I am somehow 7-1 through the first 4 week’s of both bowls I guess that makes me as qualified as anyone pick some needles from the haystack.

Week 4 Review

Let’s start by reviewing Goody’s performance from last week.

A total of 97 is respectable given the shortage of options due to a heavy bye week. This is 23 short of the lowest Dynabowl score so not quite competitive. Looking at the top scorers that were available on the wire last week there was a whopping 351 points! This shows there is potential out there. Though the majority of the big scores come from the D where in our league anyone can have a big week at any time.

Goody managed to select 1 of the top scorers in Devin Hester (Andre Holmes would also have been one if we were going with 4 WR’s).

Interestingly when looking at the performance of Goody’s picks from last week it is evident that Max has read the article then gone and picked up most of the players Goody selected. A devious strategy Indeed!

Let’s see if he goes for the same this week with my stellar picks (more fool him if he does!)

Week 5 Replacements

I’ll start by looking at the D as if I do it the other way around I will be totally bored by the time I get to the end. We’ll begin with what is according to Dynasty of Sadness GM Geoffrey Manboob the most important position in our IDP league – Safety.

The top scorers so far are Iloka, Moore, Lewis, Adams & Abdullah whilst the top projected scorers this week are Jefferson, Goldson, Demps, Adams & Moore. So that’s Rahim Moore & Mike Adams in. The matchups don’t look too bad vs the Cards and Ravens (as long as Steve Smith Senior doesn’t eat him).

All going smoothly so far, let’s move on to corner. By the same logic Kareem Jackson & Cortez Allen are towards the top of the actual / projected scores table so they’re in. Allen has perfect matchup vs the Jags so I’m expecting at least 1 pick 6.

Linebackers next. Everyone is projected the same points at linebacker so I may have to change my tactic here. I’ll go for Jon Bostic for no other reason than he’s playing the Jags, David Hawthorne (for Jags read Buccs), And Keenan Robinson (who will have to make a million tackles against the Seahawks).

This is getting difficult now. And it started so well. A few guesses coming up (As if they’re not all guesses so far!). At DE we’ll take Cedric Thornton & Robert Ayers. DT will be Jonathan Hankins and I don’t fancy any more Defensive Lineman so will go for another Linebacker. Erm… Demario Davis will do.

That’s the D done. Projected points 26.5. Now to the Offence.

At Punter Coulton Schmidt looks like a safe pick. In fact I might even pick him up. Max, don’t you dare! I’ll take Randy Bullock at Kicker. Just because that sentence had to be written.

There are NO Tight Ends available. Clay Harbour did okay last week at the chargers so I’ll give him a go vs the Steelers. Ugh

At WR I’ll take the Browns top target Miles Austin. He was on Kelkowski’s original roster but didn’t make J’ays exacting standards [read “his name wasn’t crazy, let alone crazy enough for J’ay” – ed] but I’ll give him a shot here. Sanu has been consistent so far so gets a look. Jarious Wright seems to have some chemistry with Teddy Bridgeater (let’s hope he plays as I imagine the same can’t be said for Cassel). Flex play will be Jerricho Cotchery.

Roy Helu has featured more in the receiving game in recent weeks so can try again at RB. And I’ll see if Antone Smith can repeat his performances of recent weeks.

My Gunslinger will be Ryan Fitzpatrick as I simply can’t take my eyes of that facial hair.

Project points for the Offence is 52.7 giving me a total projection of 79.2. If there’s one thing I’ve learned so far it’s that projections are always wrong. So there we go. I hope you’ve paid attention and learned a thing or two about how to pick a team.

Oh, and I’ve just realised I’m 1 short on offence, will have to be another TE I think. Jermaine Gresham Maybe.

To recap here’s what we ended up with:

QB – Ryan Fitzpatrick

RB – Roy Helu, Antone Smith

WR – Miles Austin, Mohamed Sanu, Jarious Wright, Jerricho Cotchery

TE – Clay Harbour, Jermaine Gresham

PK – Randy Bullock

PN – Coulton Schmidt

DT – Jonathan Hankins

DE – Cedric Thornton, Robert Ayers

LB – Jon Bostic, David Hawthorne, Keenan Robinson, Demario Davis

CB – Kareem Jackson, Cortez Allen

S – Rahim Moore, Mike Adams

Stock Watch: Week 3

September 27, 2014

Commish

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by Jaunty Coving

Welcome to the weekly summary of the top fantasy players in Week 3 of the Dynabowl:

Rank	Player	Week 3 Pts	Total Pts	Trending	Comments
1	Luck, Andrew IND QB	32.3	77.88	Up 1	Luck posted 370 passing yards and 4 touchdowns against the Jaguars’ league worst defence
2	Fuller, Kyle CHI CB*	38.45	72.75	Up 21	Fuller followed up his 2 interceptions week 2 with 2 forced fumbles and another interception against the Jets in week 3
3	Ryan, Matt ATL QB	23.64	65.1	Up 5	Ryan passed for 256 yards and threw 3 TDs as Atlanta blew out the Buccs in the Thursday night game
4	Manning, Peyton DEN QB	20.02	64.06	No change	Even at Seattle against one of the league’s best defences, Manning stayed consistent posting his third consecutive score over 20 points.
5	Lynch, Marshawn SEA RB	24.8	61.5	Up 10	128 all-purpose yards and 2 TDs saw Lynch post over 20 points for the second time in the first 3 weeks
6	Cutler, Jay CHI QB	16.4	59.9	Down 1	Cutler regressed on his week 2 performance (25.54 points), but he continues to score consistently even with a lost fumble
7	Foles, Nick PHI QB	26.2	58.52	Up 20	Foles was in gunslinger mode throwing for over 300 yds and 3 TDs as the Eagles beat Washington in a shootout
8	Wilson, Russell SEA QB	22.02	58.44	Up 8	40 rushing yds and a 17 yd reception, helped Wilson to a season high 22.02 points in week 3
9	Rivers, Philip SDC QB	19.34	56.92	Up 4	Rivers completed 18 of 25 passes for 253yds and 2 TDs as the Chargers beat the Bills in Buffalo
10	Murray, DeMarco DAL RB	17.1	56.7	Down 1	Fantasy owners are enjoying Murray being healthy as he rushed for 100yds and a TD in Dallas’ victory over St Louis

*Denotes rookie

Player of the Week:

Kyle Fuller (CHI, CB) – 38.45 Pts

Stat line: 2 Forced Fumbles, 1 Interception with 12 yard return, 6 Defensive Tackles, 2 Passes Defended and 1 Defensive Assist

Top 10 Free Agents through 3 weeks

Rank	Player	Week 3 Pts	Total Pts	Trending
16	Toler, Greg IND CB	28.7	49.2	Up 104
26	Fitzpatrick, Ryan HOU QB	18.96	45.76	Up 51
28	Manuel, E.J. BUF QB	15.92	45.42	Up 26
30	Smith, Geno NYJ QB	14.64	44.92	Up 47
41	Hoyer, Brian CLE QB	16	41.16	Up 36
50	Iloka, George CIN S	5.75	37.95	Down 21
64	Joseph, Johnathan HOU CB	5.5	36.25	Down 24
65	Davis, Austin STL QB	20.98	36.06	Up 156
67	Jenkins, Jelani MIA LB	25.5	35.5	Up 307
76	Lewis, Kendrick HOU S	15.75	34.75	Up 74

Replacement Level: Week 4

September 24, 2014

Commish

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Goody here, taking up the baton of manager of the replacement levels for week 4. We’ll cut straight to it, by getting the Roger Goodell level of excuses in early. Week 4 is bye week, therefore a little more difficult than week 3 as a big chunk of the available players are not playing, and a lot harder than week 1, as let’s face it, lots of decent available talent was still out there sacking Ryan Tannehill.

So, was the Dynabowl Commissioner’s week as good as the NFL one’s?

QB Geno Smith – projected points – (actual points) 11.62 (14.64)
RB Bilal Powell – 4.5 – Roy Helu – 3.6 – Brandon Bolden – 1.8 (2.525 ; 11.6; 0.4: Total 14.525)
WR Steve Smith Snr – 8.075 – Miles Austin – 5.2 – Ted Ginn Jnr – 4.25 – Devin Hester – 3.15 (10.1; 11.1; 2: Total 23.2)
TE Larry Donnell – 5.7 (2.2)
PK Matt Bryant – 7.4 (8)
PN Steve Weatherford – 0 (5.975)

DT Vince Wilfork – 0.5 (12.1)
DE Robert Ayers – 6.0 – Manny Lawson – 1.5 (1.5; 7.5: Total 9)
LB Erik Walden – 6.0 – Dant’a Hightower – 1.5 – Philip Wheeler – 2.5 – Thomas Davis – 2.0 (8.75; 4.5; 5; 3: Total 21.25)
CB Johnathan Joseph – 4.5 – Kareem Jackson – 4.0 (5.5; 7: Total 12.5)
S Da’Norris Searcy – 3.5 – Dashon Goldson – 2.5 (0.5; 2.75: Total 3.25)

Total Projected Points: 89.795
Total Actual Points: 126.64

So a very respectable score put up there but sadly still 20 points off the lowest score. Even so, the prediction of Hester and his record breaking return paid dividends, as did the giant Vince Wilfork, the most unlikely name on any interception.

So with my team I’ve gone for people that impress me. Or if that’s not the case. The people who I recognise in a long list of people I know very little about.

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick – 9.5
RBs Darrel Young; Jonathan Grimes; Daniel Thomas – 0.95
WRs Devin Hester; Andre Holmes; Jarrett Boykin; – 3.575, 2.75, 3.725
TE Owen Daniels, Derek Carrier – 2.1, 0.9
PK Robbie Gould – 7.4
PN Brad Nortman

DT Corey Peters, Steve McLendon – 0.5, 0.5
DE Mario Addison, Kendall Reyes – 0.5, 0.5
LB Jelani Jenkins, Rolando McClain, Perry Riley – 2.5, 1.5, 2
CB Greg Toler, Jonathan Joseph – 3.5, 4
SS LaRon Landry, Roman Harper – 2.5, 3.5

I’ve had to go for Fitzpatrick as I just can’t face Geno deciding to run it in from 40 yards with 3 receivers wide open. I’ve gone for Red Zone favourite Young and hope that Blue not taking it by the neck in week 2 would open it up for some touches by Grimes. Thomas ruined my faith in Lamar Miller last year, so hope he pays me back this time. I’ve had to go for just 3 receivers (stopping myself taking in 2 Raiders receivers ) and hope Streater’s injury results in Derek Carr going nuts and breaking out – but targetting Andre Holmes and now one else. This has meant 2 TEs with Pitta’s replacement Daniels, paired with Vernon Davis’ replacement of Carrier.

My faith in defence is provided Corey Peters and McLendon whose matchup versus the Jags should gaurentee around 9.5 sacks. This meant I’ve only gone for 3 linebackers as most of the good ones are taken, and I am hoping McClain can recover to continue his comeback versus the Saints and wipe the smug grin off Bree’s face. I’m very happy with my DBs and hoping for at least 25 tackles and an interception.

Total prediction of a mighty 51.4

But I expect to hit between 196 and 250.

Replacement Level: Week 3

September 18, 2014

Commish

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Week 3? Wait. What happened? Did I get blackout drunk? Or did I have an altercation with Ray Rice, Ray MacDonald, Greg Hardy or Jonathan Dwyer? God, that’s a depressing joke.

Yes, week 2 got missed out, as did the results of week 1. But I’m here to make that up to you. Sort of. I’m also not the person who did this before. This will be shorter, but not necessarily sweeter. Still, a challenge has been laid down. In week 1 Pete selected the following team:

QB Geno Smith – projected points 11.86 – actual points 12.64
RB Dexter McCluster, Jon Dwyer – 7.2 – 7.3
WR Andre Caldwell, Malcom Floyd, Miles Austin, David Nelson – 24.075 – 16.3
TE Marcedes Lewis, Anthony Fasano – 5.3 – 12.4
PK Ryan Succoup – 7.4 – 12.0
PN Mike Scifres – 0 – 6.9

DT Bennie Logan – 1.0 – 1.0
DE Derek Wolfe, Jason Hatcher – 7.5 – 6.0
LB Quinton Coples, Larry Foote, Melvin Ingram, Brooks Reed – 12 – 30.0
CB Carlos Rogers , Johnathon Joseph – 4.55 – 10.75
S Michael Griffin, DJ Swearinger – 8.5 – 35.45
Total Projected Points: 89.385 – Total Actual Points 150.740

A phenomenal effort that clearly won’t be beaten. And indeed, it wasn’t beaten by three teams. Teams that had actually been bought at auction. Teams that had been lovingly crafted, but curated from off-cuts. The shame should fall on the GMs of Here Comes The Brees, The 4th Dynmension: Dynasty of Sadness and DynaForOne Firebirds.

The challenge, of course, is to both beat the total and beat more teams, neither of which I think will be possible. Pete got amazingly lucky with over 65 points from just 6 players on defense and a further 12 from the second highest scoring kicker in the league that week. So, once again, I will not beat this total. Also, because many of these players have now been snapped up. Indeed, Malcolm Floyd was snapped up because he appeared on this team and actually played in week 1 for Champions of the Sun. Which means I’ll not be putting my hot tips into this team, instead I will be putting in blind bids for them…

Anyway, without further ado, here’s a line-up. Let’s see how it does this weekend:

QB Geno Smith – projected points 11.62
RB Bilal Powell – 4.5 – Roy Helu – 3.6 – Brandon Bolden – 1.8
WR Steve Smith Snr – 8.075 – Miles Austin – 5.2 – Ted Ginn Jnr – 4.25 – Devin Hester – 3.15
TE Larry Donnell – 5.7
PK Matt Bryant – 7.4
PN Steve Weatherford – 0

DT Vince Wilfork – 0.5
DE Robert Ayers – 6.0 – Manny Lawson – 1.5
LB Erik Walden – 6.0 – Dant’a Hightower – 1.5 – Philip Wheeler – 2.5 – Thomas Davis – 2.0
CB Johnathan Joseph – 4.5 – Kareem Jackson – 4.0
S Da’Norris Searcy – 3.5 – Dashon Goldson – 2.5
Total Projected Points: 89.795

I’ve managed to eek out a little more than Pete in the projected totals, plus I think I have a secret weapon. Devin Hester is due a kick return TD. I chose him and Ginn Jnr on the basis that they could be winning lottery tickets. Likewise (a little) Brandon Bolden. He’s very unlikely to do much, but who know what Bill will do. He rotates his running backs at random – I figured I’d hope I got lucky. Will I? We’ll see. The pickings were slim. I really, really hope this team doesn’t beat my own.

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