And so it begins, the NFL's love affair with byes designed to spread out the season so NFL owners can reap more dollars from television money. Sigh.
So for Week 4 in Finks League action, please be aware that NYJ and SF are the first NFL teams to take advantage of bye weeks. Dah Commish has compiled the entire list for your viewing on the home page of the website.
Crossovers: Through three weeks, the Baugh Division has a 5-2 lead over the Luckman Division in weekly crossovers.
Week 3 was the first of three total crossover weeks (also Week 8, Week 12) in the first year of a 14-week regular season for the Finks League.
The Baugh teams led 4-1 in Week 3 with the Luckman Division's only winner coming from Gaga, a 35-15 victory over the Spotters led by 13 points from PK Crosby GB. For the Spotters, RB Duke Johnson HOU, WR Hopkins HOU and TE Kittle SF combined to score a big fat zero in Finks points.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Week 2 Quagliano family showdown
Everyone calls legendary preps sports writer Dick Quagliano "Quags," even his son.
When you receive an email from Jays owner Anthony "Boomer" Quagliano, the defending Finks champion doesn't refer to Hurricanes boss as Dad. Even the son calls him "Quags."
Honor is at stake in the Quagliano family in Week 2 in a one-time only showdown between father and son. Because they are in different divisions in 2019, this will be their only meeting unless a playoff date looms.
Dah Commish no longer keeps win-loss records for owners during the regular season now that we are starting our 26th year. Too much work. We don't know the head-to-head records for the Quags boys. We do know Boomer is starting his fifth Finks season.
From Boomer:
“I’m not worried about Tropical Storm Quags. Write it down. Take a picture.”
“Get your popcorn ready, because I’m gonna put on a show.”
“After the fight I’m gonna build myself a pretty home and use him as a bearskin rug. Quags even smells like a bear. I’m gonna give him to the local zoo after I whup him.”
From Quags:
"You would think that the kid who sat on my lap as a baby at my fantasy drafts and let him announce my first pick would be more respectful of his elders.
When the schedule came out, the Hurricanes took out a black Sharpie and circled this date."
One more Boomer contribution:
When you receive an email from Jays owner Anthony "Boomer" Quagliano, the defending Finks champion doesn't refer to Hurricanes boss as Dad. Even the son calls him "Quags."
Honor is at stake in the Quagliano family in Week 2 in a one-time only showdown between father and son. Because they are in different divisions in 2019, this will be their only meeting unless a playoff date looms.
Dah Commish no longer keeps win-loss records for owners during the regular season now that we are starting our 26th year. Too much work. We don't know the head-to-head records for the Quags boys. We do know Boomer is starting his fifth Finks season.
From Boomer:
“I’m not worried about Tropical Storm Quags. Write it down. Take a picture.”
“Get your popcorn ready, because I’m gonna put on a show.”
“After the fight I’m gonna build myself a pretty home and use him as a bearskin rug. Quags even smells like a bear. I’m gonna give him to the local zoo after I whup him.”
From Quags:
"You would think that the kid who sat on my lap as a baby at my fantasy drafts and let him announce my first pick would be more respectful of his elders.
When the schedule came out, the Hurricanes took out a black Sharpie and circled this date."
One more Boomer contribution:
Monday, September 2, 2019
Auction 2019: Our 26th year begins
A few news and notes from Monday's Finks League auction:
- Dollar menu: Give Brady Gaga owner Sean King an A+ for originality. In 26 years of preseason auctions to start the Finks League season, no owner has sent in a bid sheet like King's for 2019. King spent his $100 budget on exactly 100 players valued at -- yes -- $1 each. He even split up his positions equally, bidding for 25 players each in the four different positions. Not surprisingly, King was outbid for each of his top positional requests: QB Mahomes KC, RB Barkley NYG, WR Hopkins HOU, PK Zuerlein LAR (at $1 each). It will be very interesting to see how Gaga performs early in the season.
- Missed targets: The tough-luck award belongs to LAX Planespotters owner D.J. Wanberg's bid sheet. He submitted bids on 34 players, but only earned winning bids for four players. He was outbid on all of his running back requests despite budgeting $29.99 on that position. Wanberg's bids fell short on each of his top three requests: QB Mahomes KC for $32.34, RB Barkley NYG for $26.27 and PK Zuerlein LAR for $3.02. He had the winning bid for top request WR Hopkins HOU. Hopkins in the No. 1-ranked fantasy WR on most draft boards. Is Wanberg willing to trade Hopkins for two or three starters? Also of note, while Wanberg spent big money on each of his top four requests, he reserved very little in his budget for penny players. His cheapest request was 19 cents for PK Gould SF (got him), but did not spend less than 43 cents for any position players.
- Top dogs: Here is how much was spent for the top valued player at each position. QB Mahomes KC ($41.11) by Quags; RB Barkley NYG ($39.19) by the Jays; WR Hopkins HOU ($26.10) by the Spotters; PK Tucker BAL ($6.11) by Quags.
- Who's available? Using fantasy rankings by CBS Sports' Jamey Eisenberg, these are the top available free agents in the Finks League by each position: QB Prescott DAL (ranked 17th), RB Coleman SF (21st), WR A. Green CIN (22nd) and PK Bryant ATL (12th).
- Hijo help: The auction featured two tiebreakers for two players with equal bids. Paper slips with the name of each team was drawn by Dah Commish's 13-year-old son, who was willing to hault his assault of some building on a video game to help out with Auction 2019. RB Mixon CIN at $1.03 was pulled for Roller over the Eggers. RB Cook at $1.00 was pulled for Gaga over Roller.
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