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Jays owner Anthony Quagliano has a new blog about all things Chicago sports. It's called the Big Boomer Theory.

His latest entry is a blow out analysis of the Bears' loss to the Eagles. Boomer should write more about his beloved Chicago teams, but is ham-strung by the lack of television coverage for his Chicago Four (Cubs over Sox) while living in Delaware.

You can catch more of Boomer on his Twitter feed. 

Week 7: POWs triumvirate

Not POW QB Rodgers GB

Much of the magic of fantasy football is finding the right guys to play at the right time.

Dah Commish found that out the hard way with QB Rodgers GB's breakout 24-point Finks performance in Week 7. Of course, Dah Commish did not start Rodgers, who up until that week had been disappointing for his rookie Packers coach.

Rodgers' breakout week included 400-plus passing yards and five TD passes.

But Rodgers' non-Finks start led to an interesting three-way tie for Player of the Week honors. Our Finks POWs with 19 points each became RB Cook MIN, QB Cousins MIN and QB Brissett IND. The owners of the MIN players each won while Brissett's owner, Newton's Just a Fantasy, earned the first tie of the season in his match.

The magic of this blog is being able to use a Rodgers headshot since he didn't earn POW. Love the mustache. Too bad Rodgers is not wearing it during this season.

Crossover note: In a crossover Week 7, the Baugh Division topped the Luckman Division 3-1-1. The only Luckman winner was Gaga, a 45-27 winner over Roller.

Upsets come through in Week 5

The last undefeated teams in the Finks League suffered losses in Week 5. Entering Week 6, there are no more undefeated teams in the season and just one winless team remaining.

The focus on Week 6 should be the first place Baugh Division battle between the Jays (4-1) and Eggers (4-1).

The Eggers sufffered their first loss, 48-42, to Roller in Week 5. Roller was boosted by 24 of their 48 points scored by QB Watson HOU in a five TD throwing performance. Gaga also suffered its first loss in Week 5, 43-28, to the Distillers, which earned their first win of the season.

The Jays suffered their only loss of the season in Week 2 to Papa Quags in that intrafamily dual. The Canes won 55-54.

Serkus, serkus: Over the years, the most outspoken Finks League owner has to be Stan Goff of Serkus. Each week, Goff usually has a colorful comment to add with his winning score, as reported to Dah Commish.

Goff's latest:

Good thing I don't gamble on NFL games...I would not ever have predicted the Bears to lose to Raiders, my Cowboys to fall behind GB 31-3 even though Packers top receiver was out, and that the Browns would get destroyed and Chubb would not find the end zone after he lived there last week.

Also, soon as I benched Adam Theilen he has 130 yards and 2 TD, and I don't even think Mike Evans played, so I got ZERO from both receivers.

That all said, I think I somehow managed to win 41-33 thanks mostly to Russell Wilson scoring 17 points on the Thursday game and Leonard Fournette tallying 11 after coming off my bench for the first time this year.

When Just a Fantasy had 3 TD from his two Bears players I was worried and didn't feel any better when my Cowboys kicker missed a couple FG.

But again, did not expect a 49ers blowout last night and just 3 points from Chubb.

Week 4: Close call

Eggers RB Ingram BAL

It always helps to double check your numbers before reporting a Finks League final.

Eggers owner Mike Miazga was ready to concede a one-point loss until he double checked his scoring lineup. Defeat turned to victory when Miazga discovered a two-point conversion run for RB Ingram BAL to beat Serkus, 35-34.

That conversion put the undefeated Eggers over the top to stay with Gaga in the unbeaten ranks. Ingram's two-pointer came after the first score of a 31-point fourth quarter between CLE-BAL. Ingram scored after QB Lamar Jackson's 8-yard TD pass.

"I saw a couple zeroes for you and thought Ingram was a zero as well, but it turns out I lose by his 2-point PAT," Serkus owner Stan Goff emailed Miazga.

Week 4: Beware of the byes

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.

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: 

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.