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Written by Cory Puffett
Published October 31, 2024
This past week was quite a treat for football fans with one of the biggest offensive explosions in recent memory. Our league saw its highest single-week point total since the 2021 season as fantasy-relevant players were the focal points of most offenses.
As always, half of our league was unable to fully enjoy this explosion. In fact, one manager in particular saw this week leading into Halloweek as more of a trick than anything.
There are some statistics about the game that will come up later in the template, but I do want to point out here that the matchup between Alex Mayo and Alex Kincaid featured five of the six positional weekly award winners for Week 8. Their matchup joins the Top 5 highest scoring matches in AFL history. Of the other four highest scoring regular season games, none had more than two positional award winners.
Their matchup came very close to being the 11th matchup in AFL history between the top two scorers of the week. A strip sack by T.J. Watt and an interception by Beanie Bishop to end the last two Giants drives on Monday Night Football were just enough to push Sean Kennedy ahead of Mayo for the week. Still, this was remarkably bad luck in this year's only Battle of the Alexes.
Mayo's 146.02 points are the second most ever scored in a losing effort in league history, fewer only than Stephen April's 146.99 points in a Week 4 loss a season ago.
By leading the league in scoring this week, Kincaid became the eighth manager in AFL history with 10 Tom Brady Awards, and he was the fifth fastest to the mark, doing it in 81 weeks. This is faster than Stephen April (89 weeks), Sean Kennedy (103 weeks), and Cory Puffett (122 weeks).
Game of the Week: Sean Kennedy (146.84) vs Evan Ash (111.93)
Game of the Week: Sean Kennedy (146.84) vs Evan Ash (111.93)
All-time H2H: Evan leads series 8-6
Sean had two players in his starting lineup score fewer than five points while Evan had only one score fewer than 10 points. Despite this, Sean blew out his opponent by nearly 35 points!
Brock Purdy, Josh Jacobs, and Joe Mixon led the way with a strong Monday night outing by Pittsburgh’s defense putting the exclamation point on a victory that launched Sean to the best record in the league on the back side of the halfway mark of the 2024 season.
This was Sean’s third win of the season in a Game of the Week and the 12th of his career. He is now 12-12 all-time when in the AFL’s highlighted matchup while Evan falls to 16-17, thanks largely to Kyler Murray being his only player with more than 15 points.
Alex Kincaid (158.58) vs Alex Mayo (146.02)
Alex Kincaid (158.58) vs Alex Mayo (146.02)
All-time H2H: Series tied 3-3
Will Massimini (86.61) vs Cory Puffett (135.69)
Will Massimini (86.61) vs Cory Puffett (135.69)
All-time H2H: Cory leads series 9-6
Eric Meyer (82.58) vs William Battle (134.90)
Eric Meyer (82.58) vs William Battle (134.90)
All-time H2H: William leads series 10-6
Stephen April (120.85) vs Brandon Saunders (120.11)
Stephen April (120.85) vs Brandon Saunders (120.11)
All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 5-4
Jeffery McDonald (111.03) vs Anthony Battle (119.11)
Jeffery McDonald (111.03) vs Anthony Battle (119.11)
All-time H2H: Anthony leads series 1-0
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 – 153.02
TB Award Winner – 158.58
YTD Tom Brady Award Winner Record: 2-6
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.
TAXI Report
In our league, any rookie can be placed on the TAXI squad at any time.
Rookies placed on the TAXI on or before Week 8, who remain there without ever being removed until the end of the Sabol Bowl, are eligible as TAXI Keepers for the following year, so long as they never appeared in a starting lineup prior to Week 8. Each manager is permitted to designate one TAXI Keeper in addition to their Traditional Keeper.
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) Alex Kincaid #10 in his career
158.58 points Ranks #46 all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Alex Mayo #9 in his career
Jalen Hurts, 38.96 5th career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Alex Kincaid #11 in his career
James Cook, 29.91 1st career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Alex Kincaid #4 in his career
CeeDee Lamb, 34.15 6th career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Alex Mayo #6 in his career
Kyle Pitts, 23.55 2nd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Will Massimini #23 in his career (most all-time)
Chris Boswell, 14.10 7th career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Alex Kincaid #9 in his career
Detroit Lions, 33.24 6th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Eric Meyer #13 in his career (5th most all-time)
#1 Power Ranking Sean Kennedy #15 in his career (5th most all-time)
#12 Power Ranking Eric Meyer #12 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) Cory Puffett #11 in his career (t-4th most all-time)
Cory earned his first Chuck Knox Award since 2022 by earning a league-high 12.34 points despite succeeding on just one of three coaching risks. He cost his team 0.41 points by starting Cole Kmet instead of Tyler Allgeier at FLEX and another 2.20 points by dropping Chase McLaughlin to start Brandon Aubrey at K. But he earned 14.95 points by adding and starting Cedric Tillman at WR instead of Jerry Jeudy.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Evan Ash #17 in his career (t-most all-time)
Evan cost his team a league-high 33.90 points by failing on all three of his coaching risks. He cost his team 7.73 points by starting the Tampa Bay defense instead of Philadelphia's, 12.95 points by starting Mark Andrews instead of Cade Otton at TE, and another 13.22 points by starting Khalil Shakir instead of Ladd McConkey at FLEX. He now has seven more Hue Jackson Awards than any other active manager.
Managers took a combined 15 coaching risks this week and were successful on 3. The league's net point differential was -53.73
To date in 2024, the AFL has a .462 success rate on 117 total coaching risks with a -253.45 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
Anthony Battle 4-7 breakdown (#8 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
Alex Mayo 9-2 breakdown (#3 scorer for the week)
Luckiest managers through Week 8 (all-play)
Jeffery McDonald 1.4 wins above expected
Sean Kennedy 0.9 wins above expected
Stephen April 0.7 wins above expected
Luckiest managers through Week 8 (median scoring)
Jeffery McDonald 2 wins above expected
Evan Ash 1 wins above expected
Will Massimini 1 wins above expected
Anthony Battle 1 wins above expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 8 (all-play)
William Battle 1.9 wins below expected
Alex Kincaid 0.8 wins below expected
Brandon Saunders 0.7 wins below expected
Will Massimini 0.6 wins below expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 8 (median scoring)
William Battle 3 wins below expected
Brandon Saunders 1 wins below expected
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.
Jalen Hurts, QB Alex Mayo 38.96 Points (#35 all-time)
CeeDee Lamb, WR Alex Kincaid 34.15 Points (#55 all-time)
Kyle Pitts, TE Alex Mayo 23.55 Points (t-#72 all-time)
Detroit Lions, DEF Alex Kincaid 33.24 Points (#12 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.
Sean Kennedy left the #2 QB performance of the week on his taxi
Bo Nix, 31.74 Points
Evan Ash left the #5 QB performance of the week on his bench
Matthew Stafford, 26.85 Points
Evan Ash left the #2 WR performance of the week on his bench
Ladd McConkey, 27.05 Points
Cory Puffett left the #5 WR performance of the week on his bench
Josh Downs, 20.65 Points
Evan Ash left the #1 TE performance of the week on his bench
Cade Otton, 24.65 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.
Alex Kincaid 158.58 Points (#46 all-time)
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 1,474.25 points in Week 8
This ranked #8 in league history out of 163 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.
The matchup between Alex Kincaid and Alex Mayo had a point total of 304.60 and was the 4th highest scoring matchup in AFL history.
The matchup between Stephen April and Brandon Saunders was the 31th game in AFL history decided by one point or less.
Anthony Battle and Brandon Saunders' league-leading active streaks of 100-point games extended to 4
Alex Mayo's league-leading active drought of 100-point games ended at 5, tied for the longest of his career
Eric Meyer takes over as the active leader with his 3trd straight sub-100-point outing, one shy of his career-long
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