Eric Opens Season Strong

Almost as fast as Aaron Rodgers’ NY Jets debut lasted, Week 1 is in the books, and last year’s league runner up Eric, gets off to a strong start with a 319 to earn the first weekly win of the 30th season of this league..

Eric‘s team was led by Hurts, Carr, McCaffery, T. Hill, Hockenson, Folk and the Commanders D.

Taking second to open the season is sophomore owner Kristie, who posted a 310, thanks to a lineup featuring Hurts, Garopollo, McCaffery, Jefferson, K. Allen, Elliott and the 49ers D.

This is Eric‘s first weekly win since opening day of the 2021 season, and Kristie‘s first pay day ever. Congratulations to Eric and Kristie on a solid opening week.

Honorable mention to Tom (302), the only other player in Week 1 to exceed 300 points.

Hello Rookies:
This year we have four rookie owners.

Please welcome in alphabetical order: Austin, Ernesto, Ryan, and Zach.

Austin, Ryan and Zach are friends of long-time owner Trent.

Ernesto is a colleague at Weber State, and CarlP‘s neighbor.

Welcome all.

In week 1, Austin (266) earned bragging rights among the newbies. Congrats Austin on a great first week.


The Leaderboard:
This feature will debut in Week 4.

Monday Evening Quarterback:

The average score for this week was 253.
For those of you who were disappointed with your scores this week  here are some players who were played by one or fewer owners:

Box A: Tagovailoa (61), Cousins (34), Lawrence (30)
Box B: M. Jones (39), Love (33), Purdy (29), Mayfield (28)
Box C: A. Jones (39), Etienne (36), B. Robinson (36), Chubb (35)
Box D: B. Hall (34), Montgomery (19)
Box E: Allgeier (36),
Box F: J. Kelly (23), K. Williams (21)
Box G: Ridley (38), Diggs Olave (31), St. Brown (26)
Box H: Aiyuk (52)
Box I: Meyers (39), Pittman (36), Addison (27)
Box J: Engram (15)
Box K: Elliott (65), Maher (47), McLaughlin (40), Prater (37), Moody (36) Hopkins (35), Bass (34)
Box L: Cowboys (69), Jets (34) Browns (28), 49ers (28)

If you picked the top scorers in every box, 566 points were possible this week.

The Extremes:


Highest scoring player: Tyreek Hill (75)
The Dolphins wideout caught 11 passes for 215 yards and 2 TDs in a victory over the Chargers.

Lowest scoring players: Tee Higgins(-1) Sky Moore (-1)
Higgins was targeted eight times by Joe Burrow, and failed to catch a single pass. Sky Moore’s coming out party was an 0-for game in prime time.

Daniel Jones and Ryan Tannehill (who both scored 0) are grateful for Tee Higgins’ and Moore’s even more lowly Week 1 performance.

For complete scores and results, see the links below:
Week 1Results/Tally/Teams


Housekeeping:

Payment:
So far, 32 of 35 owners have sent payment. Thanks to all who have already paid.

$35 covers your entry and the first 50 trades of the season.

Looking Ahead:

That’s it for Week 1.
Please double check my work and let me know if you see any scoring errors. 

Thursday Night Game:

Minnesota at Philadelphia 

Good luck to all in Week 2.