Week 3 Not So Serious Recap

Each week we'll dive into the 150,000+ teams synced on Fantasy Genius & dig up interesting & funny tidbits. We'll find the best & worst teams of the week, we'll dive into how many matchups were swung due to weird stuff like a late, unnecessary THICC 6, and bring you the funniest content we came across for the week.

If you're new around these parts, we are mainly here to point out stuff that we thought was interesting/funny. There's people that know more ball and are better at fantasy if you're looking for hard hitting stuff to give you an edge over your teammates. In short, we're just here for a good time.

To start off, here is our favorite post of the week - I have watched this man for a grand total of 15 seconds and I think I would die for him. Dudes rock.

Sankeys

Each Tuesday, I wake up, pour myself a hot cup of coffee, and try to figure out who had the most painful fantasy losses last night and have a good chuckle once I find them. Yes, you never really lose on just one play. The points scored on Sunday at 1PM are just as consequential as Monday night. But emotionally....you lost on THAT play. It's usually a garbage time TD, a late fumble, or sometimes it's a THICC 6 scored by one of the heaviest men to ever run the ball across the goal line.

Mark Andrews is the primary subject of our week 3 brutal losses. Stuff that happens late in the Monday night game is always going to be the funniest because it truly feels like you lost on a specific play. For those that didn't stay up late last night, Mark Andrews caught a 27 yard TD pass with 29 seconds left in the game. The Ravens were still mathematically in the game, so it wasn't an irrelevant play in the game like some of the worst beats we've seen.

I picked him up this week! Still lost by 20

Jordan Davis didn't need to take that blocked kick back to the house. But by golly, he did. And there were a bunch of fantasy matchups that swung on that decision. This specific situation is perfect because if you're facing the Eagles D, it firmly puts you in the Non-Fun-Haver category this week. You're saying stuff like "Why didn't he just go down? Game's already over." as if watching a 336 pound man run for a 60 yard TD isn't one of the greatest things we've seen all season.

As a fellow big boi, it's great to see the big man scamper into the endzone

Top Week 3 Winners

Each week, we'll pull in the players with the top win rates on the week. We'll go into it more later but the Vikings D put on a one-of-a-kind performance out there this week. This was an awful week for my most cherished take that Players With Boring Names Aren't Good. Jonathan Taylor, David Montgomery, and Mark Andrews as the top 3 individual players. May have to re-evaluate this take.

Top Week 3 Losers

This is tough because invariably, the top 10 (or bottom 10, I suppose...) generally has an injury or two high up here. But the stats are the stats. Injuries or no-shows from big name players are generally going to drag a player's win rate down substantially since squads don't have as much firepower to make up for a dud. If your 9th round pick lays an egg, who cares? You've got more horses in the stable. If CeeDee goes down, you're probably going to lose.

Best Team

One of my favorite things to look at are the best & worst teams we can find across over 150,000 teams each week. Making one of these sections is the biggest honor we give out here at Fantasy Genius.

Worst Team

If this is your team, get in contact with us so that I can personally offer you my condolences.

As a fellow CeeDee/Nabers owner, I feel the pain

League 3 MVP

The real-life MVP of week 3 was undoubtedly Vikings CB Isaiah Rodgers. He earned the only perfect 99.9 grade that Pro Football Focus has given out in its history. In the first half, he had a pass breakup in the end zone, three forced fumbles, more yards than either offense in the game, and two touchdowns.

People were getting wrecked for no reason

This poor punter for the Saints (Kai Kroeger, unknown relation to Chad). Kinda has to feign an effort like he's gonna try to make a tackle, immediately gets put on his ass and the hawks guy hits the Rocky pose while he's recovering from the biggest hit he's taken in his life. Also, he had a punt blocked later. Brutal day.

Daron Payne found Geno Smith out in the open field and he made him go horizontal. I have never personally been hit by a 320 pound guy coached by Nick Saban but I can't imagine it feels good.

-Mike & Jeff

Appendix:

Not trying to clutter up the main post w/ all Sankey content, but here are 2 more good Sankey's we pulled:

King Henry has my wife on an absolute roller coaster ride rn

(Editor's note: might wanna clean up the caption on this last sankey...just begging to be misinterpreted)

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