Chungus week 10

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+title: Week 10 Recap
+date: '11/12/2024'
+published: true
+image: '/images/chungus/chungus-week-10.jpeg'
+---
+
+First new post in 'mmish! Very exciting times. I wrote about the new site below, but wanted to
+reserve this intro section for footie. Last week was... weird. Danny notched the all-time highest
+score but nobody else even got to 120 points and only 4 teams made it over 100. This led to some
+shifting around in the standings and, naturally, in the rankings. Will Danny finally ascend to the
+top of my rankings? Will I continue to keep him below my team without really explaining if I'm doing
+it because I believe it or just cause I think it's funny? Read on to find out!
+
+Also I'm cheating with that image a bit. I generated that one back in the offseason while making a
+new team image for Danny's Lamarmy and have been waiting for a good chance to use it. I suppose I
+should've used a more Tiger heavy image with the week that Ja'Marr just had, but hey Lamar was
+seriously impressive too so I'm gonna roll with it. Also peep the falcons flying in sky.
+
+## ✨ New features
+
+Welcome to 'mmish! Ever since I first created this site and had to name the folder all the code was
+in, I've wanted to come up with some sort of catchy name or brand. "Fantasy dashboard" just wasn't
+doing it for me. On Monday I had a shower epiphany to call it _'mmish_, which is short for
+"Commissioner" and makes me chuckle whenever I see someone use it. While this isn't strictly
+speaking a tool for commissioners only, it is certainly a useful tool for commissioners and helps
+achieve some of their function in the league.
+
+With the name in place, I set about creating a logo and brand. I would like to state for the record
+that the first thing I did was ask Eliza if I could pay her to design a logo. She declined, so I
+went the AI route (a decision which I wouldn't recommend for anyone dating a designer). I hope to
+one day replace the existing logo with one designed by a human, but I was eager to start building a
+brand so it'll do for now.
+
+I hope you like the logo! Personally I love his little suit - it really gives corrupt commissioner
+doesn't it? Like you could absolutely pay that guy for a reduced suspension or a primetime tv slot.
+He just loves money so much!!
+
+Adding the branding definitely makes this thing suddenly feel very real. Who knows where (if
+anywhere) it'll go, but it sure has been a fun hobby project so far. My hope is to get it to a point
+where it's easy to introduce to other leagues, so if you participate in leagues that you think could
+use something like this, definitely feel free to share! At the very least, it's a nice new look to a
+fun hobby project.
+
+## 🏆 Standings
+
+|     | Name                      | Record  |
+| --- | ------------------------- | ------- |
+| 1   | Kastration Station        | (17-3)  |
+| 2   | Bone’s Friggin Bonies     | (14-6)  |
+| 3   | Steezy Nix                | (14-6)  |
+| 4   | The Lamarmy               | (12-8)  |
+| 5   | Farkie’s Garden           | (12-8)  |
+| 6   | Absolute Unitas           | (12-8)  |
+|     |                           |         |
+| 7   | Team Crams_Clams          | (11-9)  |
+| 8   | Team benstone099          | (10-10) |
+| 9   | Kyler X(box)Y             | (8-12)  |
+| 10  | Mike Evans’s Brother      | (4-16)  |
+| 11  | The Danny Pretzeler 🥨    | (3-17)  |
+| 12  | McConkey’s Bonked Up Boys | (3-17)  |
+
+## 💩 Draft Lottery
+
+|     | Name             | Max PF  |
+| --- | ---------------- | ------- |
+| 1   | Joe              | 1003.12 |
+| 2   | Tucker (via Max) | 1010.58 |
+| 3   | Nick             | 1237.28 |
+| 4   | Nick (via Cam)   | 1276.26 |
+| 5   | Nick (via Ben)   | 1280.28 |
+| 6   | Brian            | 1313.62 |
+
+## 🥣 Tudbert Bowl
+
+Nothing to see here folks, move along.
+
+- **Herbert**: 1
+- **Tolbert**: 3
+
+## 🤝 Trade Review
+
+### Tucker receives:
+
+- Joe Flacco
+
+### Ben receives:
+
+- Tucker's 2024 4th
+- Mason Rudolph
+
+_Written by Charlie_
+
+This is just nasty behavior by both Joe and Tucker here.
+
+Tucker gets some pure QB depth from an actual back-up in Flacco with a limited window of opportunity
+due to both age and not being the franchise quarterback. Flacco and Stroud share a bye-week, though,
+so he will end up not being able to slot him in then, anyways. I suppose Tucker gets a QB who is
+currently playing for a QB who just got benched and a 4th round pick? I feel like he would be better
+off just playing one of his extra receivers at superflex instead of Bryce or Flacco if he does need
+a sub for Stroud or Burrow. Not a lot of value here, but also not much lost. I can’t help but wonder
+if the trade bug bit Tucker too hard and he cannot stop himself, even if the trade is mildly
+meaningless.
+
+For Joe, I mean, this is par for the course. Trade some absolute useless piece for a piece he
+literally cannot use and a 4th round pick to be used on someone who will inevitably become a useless
+piece he cannot use, just like 90% of his current roster. If you haven’t in a while and you have a
+moment, go take a look at Joe’s team and tell me honestly that it isn’t the weirdest motley crew of
+cast-offs and unprovens and no-names you’ve ever seen. What’s more, the majority of the draft
+capital that he has accrued is for 2027. Joe is playing the long game, for sure, but I wonder if he
+is just looking far beyond the actual horizon of fielding a team, and all the way into space. Too
+much time around telescopes.
+
+I declare that they both lose -1k aura points for this trade. L Rizz.
+
+## 🧠 Power Rankings
+
+### Tier 1
+
+#### 1. Kastration Station (last week: 2)
+
+Welcome to the top, Charles. As longtime readers should know by now, I love putting too much stock
+in head to head matchups. Despite mudded performances on both sides, Charlie beat out Julian this
+week and takes the number one spot in the rankings. Do I think Charlie has the best roster in the
+league? No, probably not. But we're 10 weeks in and he's 17-3 with a 3 game lead on Julian (though
+his PF is lower so he'd need to maintain a gap) and remaining games against Joe and Max. I think the
+odds of him getting a bye are clearly higher than anyone else and with how good some of these other
+top teams are looking, being able to sit out the first round bloodbath could loom large.
+
+#### 2. Bone’s Friggin Bonies (last week: 1)
+
+Julian falls down to number 2 and I came very close to dropping him to 3. With Dak now out for the
+season, Julian has lost one his best QBs and, for one game at least, is suffering through reduced
+CeeDee production. Losing to Charlie is by one point is a tough pill to swallow, though having lost
+in a similar way to Julian I'd say it evens out. Relatively poor performances from Darnold, Ceedee,
+and Saquon this week were the main culprits though I don't really expect any of that to continue,
+except for maybe in Ceedee's case. Honestly getting 107 points with those 3 underperforming and DK,
+Walker, Bowers on bye and and Tee injured is pretty good! Julian's definitely stumbling a bit but
+he's still got a great roster and a 2 game lead on the next 2 teams in these rankings.
+
+#### 3. The Lamarmy (last week: 4)
+
+A record-breaking week from the Lamary certainly had me thinking about moving them up higher, and I
+think there is a very good case to be made that Danny has the single best starting lineup in the
+league right now. He's also now first (albeit barely) in PF, which would be significant in a
+tiebreaker scenario. Lamar, Jamarr, and Bijan are all absolutely balling right now, plus we're
+seeing some good games from Ridley and Andrews. Olave going on IR defintely a big blow but we saw a
+clear demonstration this week of how that might not actually matter too much. So why not put Danny
+higher? Well certainly part of it is that it's fun not too, but the real reasons are:
+
+1. 2-game deficit in the standings behind Julian
+2. A tougher ROS schedule than Julian
+3. Less depth than Julian
+
+Alright surely that's more than enough words to avoid some outrage texts from him this week.
+
+#### 4. Farkie’s Garden (last week: 3)
+
+Not quite the week I envisioned after Thursday's epic Joe Burrow performance, but it was still
+somehow good enough for 2nd most in the league. CJ Stroud's recent performance has been troubling,
+as was watching Dalton Kincaid leave the game with a knee injury, and can we please get someone else
+to play QB for the Giants? Good to see the WR depth popping off though with MHJ, Pearsall, and
+Bateman all popping off on the bench. Time to build up some momentum and make a push back up the
+standings.
+
+### Tier 2
+
+#### 5. Steezy Nix (last week: 7)
+
+There's a pretty big gap between tier 1 and tier 2 right now; all of these next teams have some
+pretty serious holes in their rosters. We'll start with Alex who got a much needed 2-0 week and
+bumps his record up to 14-6. It was a welcome return for CMC who slipped right back into his old
+role, but the big story of the week was Chuba Hubbard who not only got extended (what are the
+Panthers doing) but had the game of his career in Germany. We'll see what happens if Brooks ever
+starts playing but for now Chuba looks good. The hole for Alex is definitely WR and that probably
+needs to improve if he wants to hang on to his playoff spot, but being 8 games over .500 is enough
+of a lead where I feel more confident in him making the playoffs than anyone else in this tier.
+
+#### 6. Absolute Unitas (last week: 5)
+
+Next we'll go with Connor who got poor production this week from nearly everybody on this roster
+(except 'mmish favorite Chase Brown, we love that guy). Regression alone will provide a big boost to
+Connor, who at 12-8 has the best record in this tier. BTJ's dip in production is concerning with
+Lawrence going down, but I love the upside of this roster, especially if the rookies on the bench
+(Benson, Coleman, and Coker???) become useable.
+
+#### 7. Team Crams_Clams (last week: 6)
+
+The Clams were only team in this tier to score 100+ points this week and that sure is impressive
+when you consider Cam started Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Trey Palmer, and Jaleel McLaughlin. The tush
+push is really something. Jakobi Meyers was on bye this week but Michael Pittman's injury is not one
+that Cam can really afford with how thin he is at WR. The RBs, QBs, and Kelce are all nice but
+Amon-Ra can only shoulder the WR load so much here.
+
+#### 8. Team benstone099 (last week: 8)
+
+It sucks for Ben and the Jets but it sure is satisfying to watch Aaron Rodgers struggle. We saw last
+week that Ben does have a fairly high ceiling when his players play well, but we saw this week that
+the floor is real low too. There is some intriguing production that was left on the bench, most
+notably Jauan Jennings, but Ben is probably wishing that he could play Trey McBride at WR instead of
+having to choose between him and Kittle at TE. Ben's in an interesting spot here: he doesn't have
+his first, so there's not a whole lot of incentive for him to tank, but at 10-10, he also has the
+worst record in this tier and it's hard for me to envision him getting past the teams ahead of him
+to make the playoffs. It'll take some creative captaining to set a good course from here though.
+
+### Tier 4
+
+#### 9. Mike Evans’s Brother (last week: 10)
+
+Does record matter when I get to this part of the rankings? Idk, who makes the rules around here
+anyways? I'm moving Brian back up to the 9 spot because I think his team is pretty clearly better
+than the teams below him, even though he is 4-16. It sure hasn't looked great for Xavier Worthy huh?
+I was admittedly high on him coming into the season and that's looking like an L so far, especially
+considering the guys drafted around him in our rookie draft. It was nice to see Tyreek able to play
+and get a TD on Monday, plus Nuk looks like the guy in KC right now, ditto Bucky Irving in TB. This
+team is definitely not nearly as bad as their record indicates, which could be counterproductive for
+draft purposes.
+
+#### 10. Kyler X(box)Y (last week: 9)
+
+Nick squeaked out a win against Ben this week thanks entirely to Kyler, Tracy, and Pickens. Everyone
+else pulled a Jermaine Burton and slept through the weekend. Cooper Rush scoring -2 fantasy points
+is truly impressive. Javonte Williams was stuck in the backseat behind Estime, which is worrying for
+Nick if it continues, but good to see Jaylen Warren and Tyjae Spears getting work as they come back
+from injury. The guy Nick is really waiting on is Rome Odunze though and boy do things seem
+miserable in Chicago right now. I'm going there to visit Charlie next week so will get a first-hand
+look and report back!
+
+### Tier 7
+
+#### 11. The Danny Pretzeler 🥨 (last week: 11)
+
+Joe takes the lead in max pf, which I know he's very excited about, but he stays ranked 11th in here
+despite scoring a truly putrid 51 points. I haven't gone back to see what my lowest point total was
+during my tank era, but maybe that's something I can ask my quant (Joe) to figure out. Cool to see
+AD Mitchell getting some action though, I know Joe's excited about that. Plus Drake Maye and the
+Patriots beating Caleb and his "best landing spot" Bears is definitely great for the clubhouse.
+
+#### 12. McConkey’s Bonked Up Boys (last week: 12)
+
+I should probably stop stomping on the Bears as I head to Chicago, but cmon guys this sucks to
+watch. They did just fire their OC so at the very least there's a scapegoat, but we'll have to wait
+and see if we get some meaningful improvement. The Estime production bump is raising eyebrows and
+boy is it nice to see Sam LaPorta scoring points again. It didn't end up mattering (nothing really
+does when you only score 58 points), but if Andy Dalton isn't starting for the Panthers he
+definitely shouldn't be starting in the superflex spot in fantasy.