Commissioner Quarterly v3 (2021) Weeks 8-11

Commissioner Quarterly v3 (Weeks 8-11, 2021)

Welcome to the Commissioner Quarterly, a segment provided to you by the Commish as a snapshot into our fantasy football season. While regular rankings and analysis from our other leaguemates serve to provide excellent insight and (often humorous) commentary into our league, this segment will be used to capture our league season in segments, focusing on the storylines within our fantasy league and the NFL. Should this segment continue into the future, it can serve as a bit of a time capsule when looking back at the season.

Below you will find the quarterly update on THE JACKMAN, some light NFL news, and stats on which players were most successful at this point in the season. Looking back here as we get to the halfway and ultimate completion of the season it will be fun to see which players dominated for a full year and which were a flash in the pan for a few weeks.

JACKMAN League

League Storylines:

  • JACKMAN BABIES! AndrewM and Paul are new fathers! Much love to them and their famiies
  • From Weeks 9-11 it appeared that the top 6 teams were fairly set, though in Week 12 a 7th team may be making some noise…
  • Alex’s team won every game in this quarter of the regular season and has jumped from 7th into 4th place. The return of Chubb and McCafe were very timely.

Standings:

  • Ian A 8-3
  • Jon 7-4
  • Chasen 7-4
  • Alex 7-4
  • IanC 6-5
  • Garrett 6-5
  • AndrewV 5-6
  • Andrew M 4-7
  • Mike 3-8
  • Paul 2-9

PF:

  • IanA – 1243.04
  • Jon – 1247.56
  • Chasen – 1186.70
  • Alex – 1163.52
  • IanC – 1133.36
  • Garrett – 1119.52
  • AndrewM – 1099.36
  • Mike – 1095.48
  • AndrewV – 1037.06
  • Paul – 855.90

Max PF:

  • IanC – 1540.64
  • IanA – 1517.08
  • Chasen – 1490.12
  • Jon – 1465.68
  • Mike – 1450.68
  • Garrett – 1382.64
  • Alex – 1359.14
  • AndrewM – 1351.78
  • AndrewV – 1341.94
  • Paul – 1142.40

PA:

  • Mike – 1206.04
  • AndrewM – 1196.62
  • Garrett – 1143.08
  • Jon – 1135.64
  • Chasen – 1116.02
  • AndrewV – 1105.74
  • Paul – 1099.82
  • Alex – 1076.60
  • IanA – 1051.14
  • IanC – 1050.80

Major trades

  • Only one trade involving a 5th round pick and acquisitions between Paul & IanC

Best FA Acquisition:

  • JonC – Cam Newton before his 2021 Carolina debut
  • GarrettH – Tim Patrick prior to his signing a multi-year extension with the Broncos

Worst FA Acquisitions:

  • Still a mean section but…
  • I’m going to say that IanA totally made the right move to pick up Peterson when Tennessee signed him, it just didn’t pan out.

NFL

NFL Storylines:

  • Major Injury News:
    • Derrick Henry – Jones Fracture, out ~8 weeks
    • Michael Thomas re-injures self during rehab, out for season
    • Jameis Winston tears ACL, out for the season
    • Robert Tonyan out for year (knee)
    • JJ Watt likely out for season (shoulder)
    • Chris Carson out for the year
    • Chase Young out for the year
    • Kyler Murray sits out multiple games with a foot/ankle injury, Hopkins likewise sits due to injury
    • Russel Wilson returns from finger surgery
  • Mike White (Jets QB) comes on the scene and beats the Bengals, throwing for over 400 yards. He would go on to… update: be kind of average and then get injured
    • Meanwhile the same week Trevor Siemien (Saints), Geno Smith (Seahawks), and Cooper Rush (Cowboys) all help their teams win in Week 8
  • Packers end Cardinals perfect season at 7-0 with a pick off Kyler Murray in the endzone at the end of the game.
  • Von Miller is traded to the Los Angeles Rams
  • OBJ… just doesn’t play… update: and then gets traded to the LA Rams
  • Deshaun Watson ends up NOT being traded at the deadline
  • Horrible news: Henry Ruggs involved in a drunk driving incident that is fatal for the car that he hit.
  • Calvin Ridley to take a hiatus playing football
  • COVID causes some stars like Aaron Rodgers, Amari Cooper to miss weeks
  • Jonathan Taylor has gone crazy with his production
  • Rookie QBs watch:
    • Trevor Lawrence: continues to be mostly meh, but isn’t the worst QB out there.
    • Zach Wilson sat due to injury the last few weeks, but Mike White looked a lot better than ZW did in his early starts.
    • Justin Fields had a breakthrough game and…that was about it.
    • Mac Jones is doing ok, actually still. Maybe even “pretty good”
    • Trey Lance is still sitting for now.
    • Davis Mills…. Benched for Tyrod

Best Fantasy Players at each Position:

QB:

    • Jalen Hurts (prev 2)
    • Tom Brady (prev 1)
    • Josh Allen (prev 7)
    • Patrick Mahomes (prev 5)
    • Justin Herbert (prev. 10)
    • Lamar Jackson (prev 4)
    • Matt Stafford (prev 6)
    • Kirk Cousins (prev. 13)
    • Aaron Rodgers (prev. 8)
    • Caron Wentz (prev. 14)
    • Ryan Tannehill (prev. 17)
    • Kyler Murray (prev 3)
    • Dak Prescott (prev. 12)
    • Joe Burrow (prev. 9)
    • Tyler Heinicke (prev. 16)
    • Derek Carr (prev. 11)
    • Teddy Bridgewater (prev. 18)
    • Daniel Jones (prev 15)
    • Mac Jones (prev. off list)
    • Matt Ryan (prev. 19)

Bumped from list: Jamies Winston (prev. 20)

RB:

    • Jonathan Taylor (prev. 2)
    • Austin Ekeler (prev. 3)
    • Derek Henry (prev. 1)
    • Joe Mixon (prev. 8)
    • James Conner (prev. 18)
    • Najee Harris (prev. 12)
    • Ezekiel Elliot (prev. 4)
    • Nick Chubb (prev. 15)
    • D’Andre Swift (prev. 6)
    • Alvin Kamara (prev. 5)
    • Aaron Jones (prev. 7)
    • Cordarrelle Patterson* (prev. 9)
    • Darrell Henderson (prev. 13)
    • James Robinson (prev. 10)
    • Dalvin Cook (prev. 25)
    • Leonard Fournette (prev. 11)
    • Melvin Gordon (prev. 19)
    • Antonio Gibson (prev. 17)
    • Damien Harris (prev. 16)
    • Michael Carter (new to list)
    • Darrell Williams (prev. 30)
    • Myles Gaskin (prev. 21)
    • AJ Dillon (new to list)
    • Christian McCaffrey (back on list)
    • Kareem Hunt (prev. 14)
    • Elijah Mitchell (new to list)
    • Josh Jacobs (prev. 20)
    • Tony Pollard (prev. 24)
    • Mark Ingram (new to list)
    • Javonte Williams (prev. 23)

Bumped from List: Chase Edmonds (prev. 22), David Montgomery (prev. 26), Zack Moss (prev. 27), Jamaal Williams (prev. 28), Kenyon Drake (prev. 29)

WR:

    • Cooper Kupp (prev. 1)
    • Deebo Samuel (prev. 5)
    • Tyreek Hill (prev. 3)
    • J’Marr Chase (prev .2)
    • Justin Jefferson (prev. 16)
    • Mike Evans (prev. 7)
    • Davante Adams (prev. 6)
    • Cordarrelle Patterson* (prev. 9)
    • Mike Williams (prev. 10)
    • Stefon Diggs (prev. 29)
    • Chris Godwin (prev. 15)
    • Ceedee Lamb (prev. 14)
    • DK Metcalf (prev. 8)
    • Adam Thielen (prev. 17)
    • Marquise Brown (prev. 4)
    • Michael Pittman (prev. 23)
    • Terry McLaurin (prev. 12)
    • DJ Moore (prev. 13)
    • Dionte Johnson (prev. 30)
    • Keenan Allen (new to list)
    • Robert Woods (prev. 22)
    • DeAndre Hopkins (prev. 11)
    • Devonta Smith (new to list)
    • Tyler Lockett (prev. 24)
    • Christian Kirk (prev. 21)
    • Amari Cooper (prev. 25)
    • Kendrick Bourne (new to list)
    • Jaylen Waddle (new to list)
    • Darnell Mooney (new to list)
    • AJ Brown (new to list)

Bumped from list: Antonio Brown (prev. 18), Emmanuel Sanders (prev. 19), Courtland Sutton (prev. 20), Henry Ruggs (prev. 26), Corey Davis (prev. 27), AJ Green (prev. 28)

TE:

    • Travis Kelce (prev. 1)
    • Mark Andrews (prev. 2)
    • Hunter Henry (prev. 8)
    • Zach Ertz (new to list)
    • Darren Waller (prev. 10)
    • Mike Gesicki (prev. 5)
    • Dawson Knox (prev. 3)
    • Kyle Pitts (prev. 7)
    • Dalton Schultz (prev. 6)
    • TJ Hockenson (prev. 9)

Bumped from list: CJ Uzomah (prev. 4)

D/ST:

    • Patriots (prev. 8)
    • Bills (prev. 1)
    • Cardinals (prev. 2)
    • Cowboys (prev. 6)
    • Panthers (prev. 9)
    • Colts (prev. 5)
    • Buccaneers (prev. 3)
    • Packers (prev. 7)
    • Saints (prev. 4)
    • Broncos (back on list)

Bumped from list: Bears (prev. 10)

K:

    • Nick Folk (prev. 1)
    • Chris Boswell (new to list)
    • Greg Joseph (prev. 9)
    • Justin Tucker (prev. 2)
    • Jake Elliot (new to list)
    • Tyler Bass (prev. 3)
    • Matt Gay (prev. 4)
    • Zane Gonzalez (new to list)
    • Dustin Hopkins (new to list)
    • Randy Bullock (prev. 8)

Bumped from list: Matt Prater (prev. 5), Daniel Carlson (prev. 6), Graham Gano (prev. 7), Mason Crosby (prev. 10)