Pamelite Fantasy Football 2024 - Week 3 Recap

 

Pamelite Fantasy Football 2024 - Week 3 Recap

In the calendar on my phone I have an annual event saved on September 26.  It's called National Mohney Day.  It was a day in 2023 that one of our best beds got the best news. We love you man. Decent scar.  

The fantasy football season is off to the races and medical teams all over the country are earning their paychecks.  Besides injuries though, there has been some cool football stuff.  Some top headlines to me through 3 weeks:

Barkley is on fire and off to a CMC start

                          Tua meant something to the Dolphins and now they actually look done

This is the best unit in football

Pamelite Fantasy Football 2024 - Predictions check-in

Let's check in on how those pre-season predictions are looking so far

Steelers:  QBs and WRs are fun, but defense will tell the story of the season. That works for me. - this is correct so far.  Except that the QB thing is starting to get even a little more fun than expected.

Bills:  they're headed down the toilet bowl or Josh Allen is that good. - That good.

Colts: my fantasy team is headed down the toilet bowl or Anthony Richardson is that good. - no, the Colts suck and Richardson sucks

Chiefs:  got a feeling this offense going nuclear this year. - 3-0 start.  Rashee Rice has taken over for Kelce in the role of "the fucking guy".  No Pacheco though, and no Hollywood on the way though anytime soon.

Cowboys: same old cowboys.  Yep.

Lions:  hard not to root for these dudes and Dan Campbell to take the NFC.   Slow start but plenty of time to get back rolling.

Falcons:  love me some Kirk Cousins but something feels off here. It's starting to come into shape but I'm gonna go with something is still off.

Cardinals:  buckeyes are turd baskets, but man Maserati Marv.  Still turd baskets, Marv good.

Patriots:  Drake Maye, don't care. Not you should watch TV for any reason.

Browns: it's just so exciting watching it fail.  1-2 with loses to Cowboys and Giants.  Should have lost to Jacksonville too in the final minute Week 2, and Jacksonville is awful.  

Texans:  not many teams more fun to watch than this one, or more difficult to defend.  Pretty good but not a juggernaut yet.

Raiders:  in another universe Gardner Minshew is a Steeler.  The raiders have a little grit back.  Grit, kinda.  Max Crosby good, yes.  Want to watch on TV?  God no.

Commanders:  Jayden Daniels should be fun, but this obviously is Austin Ekeler's team.  This is spot on.

Packers:  Jordan Love is a little less shitty than I thought a year ago.  Josh Jacobs should dominate.  Malik Willis is a little less shitty though I thought a year ago.  Josh Jacobs should dominate.

Panthers:  Dionte will be good and Steelers fans will lose their minds all year. We're on our way down the path where Dionte is good and Steelers fans don't give a shit at all.

Niners:  last year's super bowl was probably the best ever, after steelers cardinals.  This team is pretty nasty.  Jauan Jennings.  And that's not good.

Dolphins:  Need for Speed, south beach edition.  This could be greatest show on turf all over again.  It looks like Tua was the Jason Kidd of this team and they are going nowhere without him.

Bengals:  falling apart, gonna finish with a losing record this year. Ahhh this feels good.

Titans:  Will Levis just might bring the noise.  

Chargers:  win a national championship.  maybe cheat. deny it. bail for the NFL. Establish the run game. Not hating Jim Harbaugh that much right now. Thanks for coming to Pittsburgh, you can go back to doing whatever now.

Giants:  if not for Malik Nabers this is a top 3 snooze button.  Borrrring.  This is more correct than I imagined.

Vikings:  they're headed down the toilet bowl or Justin Jefferson is that good. That good.

Saints:  Taysom Hill.  that's it.  this is, uhhhh. What?

Seahwaks:  kinda don't care but DK Metcalf is still huge.  also spot on.

Jets:  at least we don't have to watch Zach Wilson again.  I'm in for the Rodgers revival, will Garret Wilson be elite?  Rodgers looked pretty good week 3.  Wilson ramping up, we'll see.

Ravens:  King Henry.  King Henry.  Bonus for being 1-2. 

Jags:  jags.  still jags but even more than I thought.

Broncos:  45 decent RBs, 1 decent WR, rookie qb, what could go wrong.  I don't know dude this team's weird.  They shot me in Denver.

Eagles:  I'm in for Saquon.  and Dotson.   could get a little weird with AJ and DeVonta out.

Bears:  I thought I was gonna hate Caleb Williams on hard knocks more.  I'm back to not liking Caleb and he's not good at football

Bucs: I'm thinking repeat of last year, NFC South champs, steal 1 playoff game.  Chris Godwin how you doin!

Rams:  Matt Stafford final legit run.  Aaron Donald gone is a big deal though and prevent them from being elite. looking kinda toast with their WRs gone

With that, let's get into Fantasy Football

Hufman:  gay.  2-1 and 4th in PF.   Some rough weekly start/sit decisions for this roster, in part because Hufman has completely avoided injury so far.  Lucky prick.

Sloppy: the Kyler / Marvin Harrison stack could be reallll interesting.  Ceedee lamb is pretty good at football.  James cook is an interesting factor this year, if he's good this team might be good.  Solid draft.  1-2 but this roster is better than that,  Sloppy is gonna be fine.  Murray, Cook, Ceedee, Pickens, Marv aren't going anywhere.

Paul:  in the third round did sloppy need a spitter so I chugged my Stone IPA and made an emotional decision to draft Kittle as the 3rd overall TE in round 5?  Maybe.  Maybe not. Maybe go fuck yourself.  2-1, squad will go as far as Breece Hall and Derrick Henry can carry them.  And maybe Jayden Daniels can defy the odds.  Down Kupp, with Ekeler and Kittle banged up.

Gifford:  AJ Brown + Garrett Wilson feels like a gift.  Rounded out the roster nicely after that.  Will Josh Allen still prosper?  TJ Hock nice stash.  Good team here.  1-2, crushed early by 1.) injuries, 2.) inconsistent play, in that order.  Whole RB room and Christian Kirk are causing headaches for Pipe I would imagine. Down AJ Brown is tough.

Karbomb:  respect letting Sawyer make the calls let's see what the young man's got.  Justin Jefferson, Aiyuk and Kelce is solid, curious to see what Kelce has left in the tank.  Look out for Chase Brown.  I will destroy you in week 1.  1-2, I did destroy you in week 1. It was fun.  Unfornuately for Karbomb only Justin Jefferson looks very dangerous at the moment. 

Mike:  pretty awesome WRs with Devonta Smith, Olave, DK Metcalf, a little thin at RB, unless Chubb comes back strong, but JT might be a boss this year.  And that Steelers D. 2-1, solid start. DK Metcalf has been a beast and Devona and JT carrying their weight so far.

Mohney:  team has some serious potential, super solid across the board.  Tyreek, Jacobs and Stroud could take this to another level.  1-2, down Keenan Allen and Jordan Love.  A little downgrade to Tyreek with Tua out.  Stroud, Jacobs and Jones should remain solid though.

Simon:  Puka, Nico, Hurts, Gibbs is a solid core.  Good bench depth.  You're welcome for Kincaid. 1-2, down Puka and Mostert, but grabbed Jordan Mason.  This roster still looks tough.  Nico, Gibbs and Hurts look solid.  Amari Cooper quietly putting up points.  Kincaid has been so-so but that's the whole tight end position.

Moyer:  swinging for the fences.  Lamar Jackson, CMC, Achane, Zay Flowers, LaPorta, JK Dobbins.  This looks like a big risk big reward team.  2-1 and third in PF.  Doing it even down CMC and Tua.  Godwin has been a nice surprise for Tubby, as have JK Dobbins and Zack Moss.

Monks:  Barkley and Pacheco is beastly.  Riding the old heads at WR, Diggs, Ridley, Lockett, a little DJ Moore sprinkled in.  Question is Kyle Pitts and Caleb Williams?? 2-1, down Pacheco and Addison.  Barkely is the early MVP and Diggs has been solid.  Overall Monks dog is lighting fireworks but he's taking care of business.

Chuba:  lotta cute couples here.  Playing the Lions game with a trio of Goff, Amon Ra and David Montgomery.  A little Niners with Purdy and Deebo.  Couple Evans with Evan Engram and Mike Evans.    I hate that this could work. 3-0, 6th in PF.  Down Deebo, Evan Engram and now Jaylen Warren.  Like Monks, most dudes here are just putting up decently weekly numbers, nothing electric but getting it done.

Wilson:  drafting a good team while at Savanah Banana's didn't seem likely, but here we are.  I sadly like everyone in your starting lineup and even your whole roster except Deshaun Watson.  What the F.  My top projected team has started 0-3.  Laid a little Monday night smack on ya this week ohhhhhhh yeahhhhhh. 

BUT.  Second in PF!???  0-3 and second in points scored, how does that even happen.  This roster still looks deadly.  Mahomes. Kyren and Kamara.  Chase, Dell.  McBride.  I wouldn't wanna be Hufman playing Wilson week 4.

Wrap Up

It's early.  Remember, last year, after week 3:

Dak Prescott was QB26, finished QB3.

Isiah Pacheco was RB23, finished RB15

AJ Brown was WR33, finished WR5

Trey McBride was TE50, finished TE7

Keeping scrapping.