2025 Week Seven Recap

It's been a great October for me. A career change, a baby boy on the way, and most importantly, my fantasy team is 13-1. If only the Chargers could stop fucking up my weekends, I would appreciate it. Last week brought us some great matchups and one disgusting matchup where two teams are on the brink of relegation.

I've been tossing around an idea, and while I haven't gotten this approved by the wife, I think my team is good enough that I can gamble with it. Should I name my firstborn after the 2025 champion? Odds are in my favor as I don't see my team losing in the playoffs this year. I'll toss around the idea, but let me know what you think.

Mid-season awards are here! Lotta reading in this one, so let's get right into it.

WEEK 7 PAYOUT WINNER Blackjack - Team with a starter closest to 21 points without going over

Jon & Ryan - 20.80pts

In case you didn't know, the Commish delegates any ties to the winning teams. It's the only say you have in this league, so have fun with it. Both Jon and Ryan and gamblers, so here would be my recommendation. $10 goes to each person, and with that money, they each create a +2000 parlay, by any means necessary. Should one win? They split the winnings. Should they lose? Well, it's probably the cheapest parlay you're going to make this week.

START OF THE WEEK

Ryan Cole, Bo Nix - 39.21pts

Last week, Ryan's entire team, besides Bo, was the Start of the Week. This week, its just Bo. If you look at just the box score, you'd think Bo had a fantastic game. Realistically, it was mediocrity for three quarters. Once the 4th quarter started, things changed. Down 19 at the start, Bo goes on an epic run to help the Broncos score 33 points in the 4th lifting both the Broncos and his fantasy team to a much-needed win.

BLUNDER OF THE WEEK

Jon vs Nick

Holy fucking shit. That was, well... something to watch unfold. The two bottom feeder teams went head-to-head in a toilet bowl for the ages. While every other team, besides Nathan, comfortably broke 100pts, Nick and Jon were battling to try and get to 67. Six Seven. I'll be honest, I don't know the winning play, or how this unfolded. All I know is that seven other teams would have beaten the combined scores of both Jon and Nick last week.

GAME-CHANGING PLAY OF THE WEEK

Kupp Check

Jared played to cool guy role after it happened, but underneath that nonchalant vibe was a broken man. For those of you with siblings, losing to them is awful, especially 1v1. As an only child, that was the only thing missing from my childhood: someone to beat at everything.

Jared goes into the game with a .22pt lead. It's over. The win is secured for big brother Jared. I'm sure it ran through his mind that he could have benched Kupp, but we don't do that shit here; you must field a full roster every week. Sitting a player out, regardless of outcomes, is grounds for a loss of a future pick. The player's decide the fate of your team, you do not.

Middle of the first quarter, Kupp hauls in a 32-yard catch, good for 4.2pts, and now it's all about trying to get to 148pts and get another points win.

Until disaster happens... With seven minutes remaining in the first half, Kupp does this...

A negative 4.5pts, Kupp is now at -.3 points, and Jared is all of a sudden losing by .08pts. That's fine, there is still over half the ball game left, right? Nah. Kupp was silently ignored the rest of the night. Not a single target. Game over and a loss to his little brother on some wild shit. Odds have been a thing in these recaps recently, as you'll read next, but I wouldn't even know how someone could calculate the odds of this shit happening. Lowkey, if that happened to Cheeno, I think that would have ended his fantasy career. I'm not quite sure he makes it through that one.

FUN STAT OF THE WEEK

Two teams this week lost by less than .1pts, the odds of that happening are roughly 1 in 7,500, nearly 10x less than Spencer nailing his exact projected points on that weekly payout, at 1 in 77,000. The odds of both these things happening in the same season? 1 in 592 million. How did I get those odds? ChatGPT, of course. You should have seen that AI software doing the calculations; it looked like we were trying to break a code that held the Epstein list and JFK files.

THE LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

GIF Edition

1) Goodell 2.0:

2) Me & Mahomies ▲1:

3) LBJ = GOAT:

4) Aiyuken ▲2:

5) Meat Log:

6) PAC 2 Champion ▼2:

7) Mile High Magic ▲1:

8) El Cap ▼1:

9) Footsteps Falco:

10) Romo's Reckoning:

SIXTH ANNUAL MID-SEASON AWARDS

Tumultuous meetings were had. Every committee member fighting for their guy with the utmost passion. These guys don't leave the room until everyone can come to a consensus. But, they always come through, and they did once again. Congratulations to this year's recipients! You are all of the utmost deserving.

As a reminder, I avoid players who sustain injuries. Injuries are lame and everyone deals with them. Let's focus on players who have played a majority of their games.

BEST KEEPER AWARD

Probst, Jaxson Smith-Njigba

Probst may not have won a weekly payout since 2022, but he's a winner here. JSN has been electric this year. Through the first 7 weeks, he leads the league in receiving yards with 819, over 150 more than any other player. He is currently the WR1 in fantasy, and I am not sure that will change by the end of the season. As a 6th round pick this year, Probst will have him for at least another year. Congrats to Propst for taking home the first mid-season award.

WORST KEEPER AWARD

Cheeno, Kenneth Walker

Mr. Walker was kept in the 5th round, meaning there are expectations of having a pretty solid season. Last year he finished 12th in points-per-game for running backs with 16.5pts and had a handful of explosive runs. We are in the midst of watching him lose his role to the third-year back, Zach Charbonnet. Through 7 weeks, Walker is averaging less than 50% of snaps and has only scored double-digits in 3 of his 7 games. Lastly, he has been absent in the passing game, only hauling in 9 passes this season. Just a tough start for a promising keeper and now he finds himself in a boom or bust situation.

BEST NEW POTENTIAL KEEPER FOR 2026

Nathan, Jacory Crosky-Merritt (Bill)

Last year, Nathan snagged Bucky Irving in the 15th round, this year, he found Bill in the 12th round. Great for him, bad for the rest of the league. Having premier RB's as keepers for multiple years can nearly lock in your playoff spot for the coming years. Most of you remember Jared and Kamara's relationship. Now we have Nathan, Bucky and Bill. While Bill hasn't hit premier status yet, he has shown plenty of flash. Primarily, the game where he gutted the Chargers for 111yds and two TDs. I feel confident in saying that Bill will have carved out a primary role by the end of this year and into year two.

Honorable Mention

Cheeno, Emeka Egbuka

It's not all bad news for Cheeno as Emeka immediately made an impact as a rookie. Before nursing a minor injury, Emeka was the front runner for OROY, scoring five TDs in his first five games and currently sits as the WR5 on the season. While Emeka was an 8th round pick for Cheeno this year, expect him to be held for the next two as his role will only expand with an aging Godwin and Mike Evans.

BEST WAIVER MANAGER

Cheeno

I believe Cheeno will be a first-time recipient for this award, and he has definitely earned it. His team has had some bad breaks and tough injuries, but the waiver wire is the only reason he remains in contention for a playoff spot. His first big find was Jake Ferguson, who is currently the TE1, has scored 6 touchdowns in his last 4 games, helping Cheeno turn around his season. Sidenote, TE's are continuously underrated. If you go back and look at all the champions, almost every one of them had a top 3 TE for the season, just something to think about. Cheeno's second big pickup was the timeless Keenan Allen, who is currently the WR7 and continues to play a big role in the Chargers passing game. Lastly, Cheeno picked up Dak Prescott, who is the QB2 and stacks nicely with Ferguson. Teams with elite offenses and terrible defenses are typically fantasy gold, Chargers in 2021, Bengals in 2024, Dallas in 2025.

WORST WAIVER MANAGER

Jared

For a team that finds himself on the playoff bubble, you'd think there would be a bigger sense of urgency. For Jared, he seems unsure of his ability to utilize the waivers. I don't know how many time I have to say it, but your usage of the waivers can either wreck or correct your season. This team has been labeled a pretender, and I don't see how that changes with the lack of interest in improving his team. While I don't know the exact numbers, my guess - which is probably correct - is that Jared is bottom three in points scored from acquisitions. Just not a position a pretender team should be in.

Honorable Mention - Ryan

I didn't check, but Ryan is probably a five-time winner or honorable mention of this award. Not much to say here, other than I think Ryan may need an assistant coach to help him with waivers. Not Jared, though.

BEST DRAFT PICK OF THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS

Commish, CMC

Not sure if I have said it yet, but I still cannot believe you guys let CMC fall to me. I get it, CMC is the old-dog who has been beaten up. He's what we like to call; a Glass Cannon. It must be the new leadership because under the Commish, he looks like vintage CMC. No one has touched the ball more than CMC this year, averaging almost 27 touches per game, combined through the ground and air. This is like peak Lebron usage levels we are seeing. Let's just hope he stays healthy, because at any moment, his run can end.

WORST DRAFT PICK OF THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS

Ryan, TreVeyon Henderson

It hurts me to put a Henderson on here, but it's just the reality of it. TreVeyon was highly touted coming into 2025 as a potential OROY candidate, but his usage continues to be minimal. It's not unusual for some of these rookies to start slow, then take off, but Henderson's role has almost been reduced since the beginning of the year. Tough to look back at a 3rd round pick for Ryan and see what other options were available.

Honorable Mention

Spencer, Alvin Kamara

Another 2nd round pick that missed. Man, remember the days when Kamara was a fantasy legend? It didn't matter how much you were up; if the other team had Kamara playing on MNF, you were never safe. It's about time for Kamara to hang 'em up. He had a great career, but the juice is no longer there. I say all this, but have yet to watch a single snap of Saints football, I just know it's that time because I no longer get Kamara highlights constantly popping up on my twitter feed.

Honorable-Honorable Mention

Jon, Derrick Henry

It's just tough to see a King's fall from grace. I think we can all agree that these NO KINGS protests were not supposed to apply to King Henry, but its inadvertently caused this. Baltimore has looked like a shell of themselves, even when Lamar was there. In four of his first six games, Henry has been held to 50 yards or less and currently sits as the RB19. We will see if he can return to his normal-self with Lamar's imminent return to the field.

Honorable-Honorable-Honorable Mention

Worzie, Ashton Jeanty

Picked right after Henry, the young rookie was often looked as the heavy favorite for OROY. It's become apparent that the Raiders are not who everyone expected them to be. Even with a new QB and a Super Bowl winning head coach, this team stinks. Expecting Jeanty to make a jump from the Mountain West to the AFC West and continue that dominance with a poor team was unreasonable. When was the last time a rookie selected in the first or second round of fantasy actually lived up to the hype?

Honorable-Honorable-Honorable-Honorable Mention

Cheeno, AJ Brown

You think I was just going to ignore the AJB discourse because of a couple decent games? Through the first seven games this season, Cheeno's 2nd round pick has only broken double digits three times. He's not even the best fantasy WR on his team; some may even claim he's the WR2 for the Eagles, which may just be the case. The Eagles are a weird case study this year as they continue to beat good teams despite an inconsistent offense with a disgruntled WR. Best-case scenario? AJB forces his way out before the trade deadline. Worse case? He just continues to be mid on the Eagles.

TEAM OVER .500 WITH THE BEST CHANCE TO MISS THE PLAYOFFS

Spencer, 8-6

Just when I thought Spencer was going to take firm control of a weak North division, he has slipped right back into the mix. If it wasn't for Kupp ruining Jared's nearly guaranteed win, Spencer wouldn't even be leading the North right now. I thought Jared's team was our pretender, which it is, but Spencer is close to joining his brother. With Puca's absence, Spencer has to do his best to hold on as a couple teams have made a climb towards .500. He now enters a tough three-game stretch that could decide his fate as a playoff team.

TEAM UNDER .500 WITH THE BEST CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS

Ryan, 5-9

It's crazy to think that Ryan, who started 1-9 has a chance to make it to the show, but somehow he has managed to make it a possibility. Not only has his team turned a corner, but he's arguably been the best team over the past two weeks with scores of 178 and 190. With the current bubble teams being right at .500, a solid second half could easily bump Ryan into a playoff spot... It would take some weird shit happening, but there is a scenario where all five south teams make the playoffs.

MID-SEASON LVM (LEAST VALUABLE MANAGER)

Nick

Shit, where do we even start with this pile of trash team? If the 2025 Dolphins were a fantasy team, this would be it. Continuously starting a QB that is responsible for them losing half their weeks? Yup, that checks out. Lost their top WR early in the season? Yup. Multiple weeks where you send out a less-than-ideal starting defense? Mhmm... The only difference is that Miami isn't last place in their division, and that's just because the Jets are an embarrassment of a franchise. Nick's team is averaging less than 100pts per week, that's like some 2004 standard-league, single-flex scoring levels right there. I'm thinking about creating a second league for our wives and kids. The punishment for last place would be getting relegated to that league, and you'd have to win the championship to get back into the main league. Thoughts?

MID-SEASON MVM (MOST VALUABLE MANAGER)

Commish

As a man of the people, I'll admit when I've made a mistake. In the post-draft grades, I humbly gave myself a B+ with potential to be an A-. That's now visibly incorrect; it should have clearly been an A+. It's just disgusting how good my team is this year, 13-1 record, and on pace to break scoring records. It's been a while since we've seen dominance at this level. Imagine locking up your playoff spot before the midseason. Oh, that's right, you can't. Nothing beats being at the top, and I cannot wait for all of you to root for my downfall come the playoffs; it's what I live for. Bring it on, pussies.

MATCH-UP FOR WEEK 8

Cheeno vs Spencer

I should honestly be highlighting Nathan vs Worzie as those two teams are a better matchup, but the North needs some love from time to time. Cheeno's team has battled the first half of the year but continues to hang in there. With an important win over Nathan this week, he has a true shot at winning the North. On the other side, Spencer has been leading the North for weeks, only to see his lead slowly slip away. A loss from Spencer would put this division in a full-out battle for the playoff bye as we head into the second half of the season.

Week 8 Predictions

Commish went 2-3 in week seven, overall 17-13.

Commish vs. Ryan: Commish

Jon vs. Probst: Probst

Cheeno vs. Spencer: Cheeno Jared vs. Nick: Jared Nathan vs. Worzie: Worzie

WEEK 8 WEEKLY PAYOUT

Run Forrest Run! - Team with the RB with the most combined rushing and receiving yards

Should I just pay myself now? CMC and J-Tay have been carrying this squad since day one. Still can't believe y'all let CMC fall to me.

Good luck to everyone in week 8, except you, Ryan. You're the punching bag of the South and it's going to stay that way. Bolt up, bitches.