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Written by Cory Puffett
Published September 12, 2024
Between taking care of a newborn, a wife recovering from a major medical event, and getting myself back into gear with work, I just am not going to have the time I usually have for writing recaps this year.
I'm still committed to documenting our league's history though, so I'll be following a template each week to provide you the information that stands out to me. The big thing that will be missing is the detailed breakdowns of each matchup and, unless something really stands out that doesn't fit into the template, the introduction to my weekly recaps.
I'll also be nixing my matchup preview articles this year. The main purpose they served was for everyone to know what their coaching risks currently looked like. In case anybody doesn't know how I define those risks:
As games kick off, I look at every player's projection on your roster. If you have a player on your bench projected to outscore a starter their positional eligibility would allow them to replace, I consider that a coaching risk. If you add a player off waivers, and another free agent at the same position has a higher projection than one of your starters they could replace, I also consider that to be a coaching risk.
Once I've gathered those coaching risks, doing my best to look for updated projections within 30 minutes of each kickoff window, I look at the differences in those players' point totals. If the player you chose to start outscores the player FleaFlicker would have suggested, you earn positive points toward your coaching score. If the reverse is true, you earn negative points toward your coaching score. Keep in mind that sometimes players' projections change after their games begin (and sometimes even after their games end), so looking at them after the fact may not give you the same results I use for my official record-keeping.
After this week, our weekly recaps will always begin with power rankings (the reverse of previous years). This is because I don't want to keep using the search/replace funtion every week to change our team names to our real names before uploading screenshots to the article. This way, anybody reading can see the team names and manager names right at the top each week before we use team names the rest of the way in the article.
With all that said let's jump into our first recap of the season!
Game of the Week: Alex Mayo (139.82) vs Brandon Saunders (88.47)
Game of the Week: Alex Mayo (139.82) vs Brandon Saunders (88.47)
All-time H2H: Brandon leads series 4-3
Any time you get a record-setting performance from a kicker, you hope the rest of your lineup can take advantage.
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That’s just what Alex Mayo’s team did as he made it two straight seasons of the AFL’s defending champion falling to the runner-up in the season-opening game of the week.
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Jake Moody set a new AFL record for kickers when he made six field goals, five of them from deeper than 30 yards. He broke the previous record by more than a full point!
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With strong 20-point performances from Rhamondre Stevenson and A.J. Brown plus a few complementary outings of more than 15 points, Alex got his revenge on Brandon in decisive fashion, winning by more than 50 points and potentially setting up a very interesting grudge match when the two meet again in Week 5.
Alex Kincaid (118.76) vs Jeffery McDonald (151.03)
Alex Kincaid (118.76) vs Jeffery McDonald (151.03)
All-time H2H: Jeffery leads series 1-0
Will Massimini (94.76) vs Sean Kennedy (124.60)
Will Massimini (94.76) vs Sean Kennedy (124.60)
All-time H2H: Sean leads series 11-5
Evan Ash (102.12) vs Anthony Battle (116.51)
Evan Ash (102.12) vs Anthony Battle (116.51)
All-time H2H: Evan leads series 11-5
Eric Meyer (110.22) vs Stephen April (77.07)
Eric Meyer (110.22) vs Stephen April (77.07)
All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 6-5
Cory Puffett (101.94) vs William Battle (80.49)
Cory Puffett (101.94) vs William Battle (80.49)
All-time H2H: Cory leads series 10-4
Free Agent All-Stars vs Tom Brady Award Winner
Every week, we take the best possible lineup made of players who were available on waivers in the AFL at the end of the week and compare it to the top scoring team of the week in our league. Included percentages for the Free Agent All-Star players represent the percentage of FleaFlicker leagues in which each the player was rostered as of data gathering (usually Tuesday morning).
Final Score:
Free Agent All-Stars – 174.95
Stephen April – 151.03
YTD Tom Brady Award Winner Record: 0-1
IR Report
In our league, any player can be placed on IR regardless of injury designation. Once on IR, the player cannot be moved, dropped, or traded for a minimum of three weeks.
After Week 1, IR placements are retroactive to the prior week as long as the player was already on the team's roster but was not in the starting lineup during that prior week. This means those players will be eligible to come off IR after just a two-week stay.
Weekly Manager Awards
How were this week's $10 divvied up? Weekly awards with no financial benefit can also be found here
Weekly Manager Awards
How were this week's $10 divvied up? Weekly awards with no financial benefit can also be found here
$4 - Tom Brady Award (Highest Scorer) Jeffery McDonald #1 in his career
151.03 points Ranks 77th all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Anthony Battle #14 in his career (T-4th most all-time)
Josh Allen, 33.76 12th career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Alex Kincaid #9 in his career
Saquon Barkley, 35.17 4th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Evan Ash #18 in his career (2nd most all-time)
Cooper Kupp, 24.46 4th career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Alex Mayo #5 in his career
Kyle Pitts, 9.35 1st career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Alex Mayo #5 in his career
Jake Moody, 27.30 2nd career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Jeffery McDonald #1 in his career
Chicago Bears, 33.37 6th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Stephen April #7 in his career
#1 Power Ranking Jeffery McDonald #1 in his career
#12 Power Ranking Stephen April #4 in his career
Coaching Report
Who earned or cost him team the most points or a win based on coaching decisions? Find out here.
Coaching Report
Who earned or cost him team the most points or a win based on coaching decisions? Find out here.
Chuck Knox Award (Best Coach) Alex Mayo #3 in his career (T-12th most all-time)
Alex earned a league-high 11.37 coaching points in Week 1, succeeding on one of his two coaching risks. His failed risk cost him 4.33 points as he started Kansas City's defense instead of Buffalo's. He more than made up for that with his decision to start Jake Moody over Tyler Bass at kicker, which earned him 15.70 points.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Alex Kincaid #8 in his career (T-4th most all-time)
The other Alex failed on his lone coaching risk, starting Terry McLaurin over Tank Dell, to cost himself a league-high 5.31 points.
Managers took a combined 11 coaching risks this week and were successful on 5. The league's net point differential was +9.57
To date in 2024, the AFL has a .455 success rate on 11 total coaching risks with a +9.57 point differential
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Who have been the luckiest and unluckiest managers this season? Find out here.
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Who have been the luckiest and unluckiest managers this season? Find out here.
Lucky Wins
Cory Puffett 4-7 breakdown (#8 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
Alex Kincaid 8-3 breakdown (#4 scorer for the week)
Luckiest managers through Week 1 (all-play)
Cory Puffett 0.6 wins above expected
Eric Meyer 0.5 wins above expected
Luckiest managers through Week 1 (median scoring)
Cory Puffett 1 wins above expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 1 (all-play)
Alex Kincaid 0.7 wins below expected
Evan Ash 0.5 wins below expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 1 (median scoring)
Alex Kincaid 1 wins below expected
Positional Top 100 Leaderboards
These players posted one of the 100 best performances in AFL history within their position groups.
Positional Top 100 Leaderboards
These players posted one of the 100 best performances in AFL history within their position groups.
Saquon Barkley, RB Alex Kincaid 35.17 Points (#86 all-time)
Jake Moody, K Alex Mayo 27.30 Points (#1 all-time)
Broke previous record of 26.20 points set by Tyler Bass in Week 11 of 2022 for Alex Mayo
Brandon Aubrey, K Cory Puffett 22.30 Points (T-#10 all-time)
Ka'imi Fairbairn, K Anthony Battle 17.20 Points (T-#63 all-time)
CHI Bears, DEF Jeffery McDonald 33.37 Points (#11 all-time)
DAL Cowboys, DEF Cory Puffett 30.89 Points (#21 all-time)
Missed Opportunities
The players riding their managers' benches would have been key contributors.
Missed Opportunities
The players riding their managers' benches would have been key contributors.
Will Massimini left the #2 QB performance of the week on his bench
Baker Mayfield, 31.82 Points
Mayfield was also the QB2 scoring 30+ points on Will's bench in Week 15 of 2023
Eric Meyer left the #3 QB performance of the week on his bench
Jayden Daniels, 27.81 Points
Will Massimini left the #3 RB performance of the week on his bench
Jordan Mason, 25.19 Points
Brandon Saunders left the #4 RB performance of the week on his bench
J.K. Dobbins, 22.00 Points
Jeffery McDonald left the #1 WR performance of the week on his bench
Jayden Reed, 31.88 Points
Reed would have entered the positional Top 100 leaderboard for WRs at #86
Alex Mayo left the #4 WR performance of the week on his bench
Jameson Williams, 22.38 Points
Top 100 Team Scores
These managers' earned one of the 100 highest team scores in AFL history.
Top 100 Team Scores
These managers' earned one of the 100 highest team scores in AFL history.
Jeffery McDonald 151.03 Points (#77 all-time)
This is the second highest score in a manager's debut in AFL history behind Alex Kincaid's 160.48 points in 2019
Weekly League-wide Point Total
How high- or low-scoring was this week in the context of AFL history?
Weekly League-wide Point Total
How high- or low-scoring was this week in the context of AFL history?
The AFL scored 1,305.29 points in Week 1
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of 156 regular season weeks
Scoring Anomalies
Did the second-highest scoring team lose? Or the second-lowest scoring team win? These sorts of anomalies and more are included here.
Scoring Anomalies
Did the second-highest scoring team lose? Or the second-lowest scoring team win? These sorts of anomalies and more are included here.
Alex Mayo and Cory Puffett extended their league-leading active streaks of 100-point games to 5
Will Massimini and Brandon Saunders extended their league-leading active droughts of 100-point games to 2
Will is one game away from tying the longest drought of his career
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