Little Lennie's Fantasies

Congratulations to Moulton Lava, the Beach Court Blitz, the BillyClubs, and the Hellraisers for sweeping their games last week. The Blitz came in as high team with a nice 115 points scored, thanks to kicker (that's right, Danny Brown) Brandon Aubrey's 35 points while Wayne's Lava team had the high player in Jared Goff and his 42. On the other end of the spectrum, it looks like the Geritol Kids are going to live and die with Josh Allen. In Week 1 he was incredible (49) leading The Iron to high team honors (114) while in Week 2 he was virtually invisible (2) which had The Iron on the ropes for possibly the lowest score in league history until Cameron Dicker and his 8 points bailed them out Monday night. But 18 total points after 114? This week Allen and his 25 has paced them out to an early 37-4 lead over the Blitz. Hold on, Paul, it's going to be one of those years for team Iron!

And in the "what else is new" department, there have already been 18 Add/Drop moves made after just 2 and 1/2 weeks! Yup, players continue to drop like flies, with the Chuddaheads suffering the biggest loss in Joe Burrow who is out pretty much for the rest of the season with surgery on a toe. As of this newsletter there are 28 players currently on rosters that are listed as either on IR, Out, Doubtful, or Questionable. The Arsonists lead with 5 players on their starting 9 having some injury designation going into the weekend. Ouch!  

Incredibly, after just 2 weeks and 3 games there are only 2 teams left undefeated in the Lava and Hellraisers, while the Blitz, BillyClubs, Boyz, and Straphangers are right behind at 2-1. With a 2nd doubleheader coming up in 10 days we should get a clearer picture of the "have" and "have not" teams for 2025. Meanwhile, the early Power Rankings have the Hellraisers, Boyz, Blitz, and Strappies 1-4 with the Lava a surprising 6th in spite of their stellar record! Now I don't profess to be an expert on the formula the PR's uses except to say that in laymen's language it pretty much arrives at an overall strength of a team based on a number of factors. And looking at the Satanic roster with Lamar Jackson, James Cook, Kyren Williams, Brock Bowers and company I'd have to say their ranking as top dog is pretty well deserved as of now. We'll continue monitoring the PR every week to see how things change as the season progresses. And while there is no such thing as "must wins" this early, it would do the Dogs and Chuddaheads (both 0-3) a world of good to get a "W" this week before heading into Week 4's doubleheader weekend. Now let's take a look at this week's slate of games...

 Little Lennie's Quick Picks

Road Dogs +9 vs. the Bad Boyz... A lot of talent on both teams, but until Nico Collins and Justin Jefferson start performing like their high draft status warrants, this game should be the Boyz' to win. Led by a solid running game featuring Jalen Hurts and Jonathon Taylor, the Boyz should put up some nice numbers as they move to 3-1 with a solid 10 point victory!

Beach Court Blitz OTB vs. The Iron... Yes, The Iron has jumped out to an early 37-4 lead, but if Allen continues to be their biggest weapon, then his 25 may not be enough! Jordan Love and the Packers should feast on another weak Cleveland Brown defense. But Achane's modest 4 points did not help Custodial Nation either. While the computer has The Iron as an 86% favorite, Little Lennie thinks this will definitely be a late Monday night squirmer! When the dust settles put this one in the Nation's bank by an oh-too-close 3 points!

Chuddaheads +23 vs. the Sunnyvale Shit Hawks... Curious as to why the Chudda owner picked up Bryce Young over Burrow's replacement of Jake Browning? Make no mistake, however, the loss of Burrow hurt, hurt, and hurt some more! A lot of so-called expert analysts had him and his Bengals begged for big things this year. Now the Baghdad Bombers will rely on Penix Jr. and Young to get to the promised land. But with Rome Odunze suddenly looking like an all-pro and CeeDee Lamb to boot, the Chuddas still have the weapons to score. But so too do the Hawks with Nabors, Herbert, and Bijan Robinson! Put this one as a "w" for the soon to be 2-2 Hawks! Danny's boys by 12.

TripleA OTB vs. Government Mule... Will the real Russell Wilson please step up. If it's the one we saw last week then watch out league! If it's Week 1 Russell then the Mule will need to rely on the 3 "H" boys, Hill, Hall, and Henry for the majority of their scoring. Little Lennie's guess is that it's kind of an in-between Russell that plays this weekend. With Mahomes and his Chiefs looking at a possible 0-3 start he should be in desperation mode early and often which should translate to some solid fantasy points for the Arsonists. With a paper-thin bench TripleA will need all of his "questionable" players to hit the field Sunday. If they do, Arsonists by 5!

Hellraisers -14 vs. the Straphangers... Two early season beast teams meeting up with Joe and Paul ecstatic over having their most talented squad in years! This week will be a strong test as to just how good they really are as they face Coach Q. who himself starts a very solid 9, led by Saquon Barkley and Baker Mayfield. Slight edge here to the Hellboys as Jackson might find himself in a shootout with the Lions at home! That would be good news for Zay Flowers as well. Satanic Forces by 4!

Moulton Lava -24 vs. the BillyClubs... Hello America, let's not forget that the Clubbers are the defending champs and have come out of the gate at 2-1! Now we shall see if Wayne has the football acumen to go head-to-head with the top boys in our league. If Goff can stay hot the Lava might run away early in the Click division. And things should only get better when Chris Godwin is able to get on the field. For the Clubbers, it looks like Dallas' fortunes in 2025 will ride on the arm of Prescott, who threw the ball 52 times last week! Add in A.J. Brown and Ja'Marr Chase, the Clubbers should be scoring often in '25! Little Lennie sees the Lava falling from the ranks of the unbeaten this weekend as the Rednecks celebrate their 7 point win with some late summer dips in the cement pond!

Good luck everybody this weekend and let's hope the baseball gods have it in them to give the Sox enough wins to make it into the playoffs over this next week!