Quote of the day
"I've never been a part of anything like it. When the first quarter was over, I thought we was about to go to go into halftime. It was unreal. The only thing I could tell myself was, 'It's going to be a long season.' " -- Philadelphia QB Michael Vick, after the Eagles ran 36 plays from scrimmage in the first quarterDaily blurb
First week results for the RIFC are in. The most striking observation is the amount of fantasy scoring. For each of the last two seasons, the average weekly score for an RIFC team was 133 pts/game. Yesterday’s average was 150.74. That average score would have been at the 79th percentile last year. Four RIFC teams topped 164 points yesterday. Only 17 scores exceeded 164 points during all of 2012’s 182-game regular season. Trend, or anomaly?
Two Football Pickoff slates went 14-2 this week. Congrats to The 3rd Munson with the top score of 547.
I’m aware of one NFL scoring discrepancy. DeAngelo Williams is credited with 76 rushing yards from some sources, and 86 from others. The NFL Gamebook (which I’ve always assumed was the “official” record) shows 76 yards. ESPN shows 86 yards, and that agrees with that stats reported at myfantasyleague.com. I’ve seen published fantasy scoring with both numbers. Perhaps the reporting will converge when scoring corrections are announced later in the week.