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Written by Cory Puffett
Published September 11, 2025
Life has not slowed down for me in the past year. If anything, I feel even busier now than I did at this time last year, which I did not imagine would be the case.
I've put quite a bit of work this offseason into building out our league's history on League Legacy. They have a mobile app now, too, with an android version in testing, and all you have to do to access our league's history is create an account with the same email address you use for FleaFlicker and you will have free access.
The biggest difference this year compared to last year in these writeups is that I have added a 'Luck' column to the power rankings chart. This displays your wins above or below expectation based on breakdown and Top 6 performances.
Without further ado, let's jump into the first recap of our league's 13th season!
Game of the Week: Sean Kennedy (79.28) vs Stephen April (83.59)
Game of the Week: Sean Kennedy (79.28) vs Stephen April (83.59)
All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 5-4
For the fifth time in AFL history, and the first time since 2023, the game of the week featured the two lowest scoring teams in the league. Who would have guessed it would come in Week 1, when the game of the week features the defending champion and the manager he beat in the Sabol Bowl?!
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That’s just what happened here. Sean’s squad featured the game’s high scorer as Breece Hall went for 145 all-purpose yards. Too bad for him, the reigning league champ had two more double digit performances in his lineup, allowing Stephen to sneak away with a victory by less than 5 points despite his Burrow/Chase stack combining for less than 12 points.
William Battle (139.58) vs Will Massimini (119.40)
William Battle (139.58) vs Will Massimini (119.40)
All-time H2H: Will leads series 9-7
Alex Kincaid (121.37) vs Alex Mayo (89.80)
Alex Kincaid (121.37) vs Alex Mayo (89.80)
All-time H2H: Alex K leads series 4-3
Evan Ash (99.48) vs Brandon Saunders (115.92)
Evan Ash (99.48) vs Brandon Saunders (115.92)
All-time H2H: Brandon leads series 9-6
Anthony Battle (104.58) vs Cory Puffett (93.65)
Anthony Battle (104.58) vs Cory Puffett (93.65)
All-time H2H: Anthony leads series 8-7
Jeffery McDonald (90.93) vs Eric Meyer (103.63)
Jeffery McDonald (90.93) vs Eric Meyer (103.63)
All-time H2H: Jeffery leads series 2-1
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 – 147.64
William Battle – 139.58
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. New this year, however, players without an injury designation at their time of placement must remain on IR for two additional 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 (or four weeks if they did not have an injury designation when they were placed on IR).
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) William Battle #8 in his career
139.58 points Does not rank in all-time Top 100
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) William Battle #12 in his career
Josh Allen, 42.24 17th career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) William Battle #16 in his career (T-4th most all-time)
Derrick Henry, 30.99 11th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Brandon Saunders #16 in his career (5th most all-time)
Zay Flowers, 25.31 1st career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Eric Meyer #15 in his career
Brock Bowers, 13.50 2nd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Brandon Saunders #9 in his career
Cam Little, 16.80 1st career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Will Massimini #20 in his career (2nd most all-time)
Chicago Bears, 18.34 7th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Sean Kennedy #16 in his career
#1 Power Ranking William Battle #10 in his career
#12 Power Ranking Sean Kennedy #17 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 #12 in his career (T-5th most all-time)
Cory was the only manager in the AFL to earn positive coaching points in Week 1, earning 2.10 of them by succeeding on both of his coaching risks. He earned 0.20 points by starting Tetairoa McMillan at wide receiver instead of Jerry Jeudy and another 1.20 points by adding Matt Prater to start at kicker instead of Nick Folk.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Alex Mayo #9 in his career
By failing on two of his three coaching risks, Alex cost his team a league-high 6.01 points this week. He did earn 3.15 points by starting Jameson Williams instead of Jerome Ford at FLEX, but he cost his team 2.07 points by starting DJ Moore at FLEX instead of D'Andre Swift and another 7.09 points by starting Caleb Williams instead of Justin Fields at quarterback.
Managers took a combined 11 coaching risks this week and were successful on 5. The league's net point differential was -10.20
To date in 2025, the AFL has a .455 success rate on 11 total coaching risks with a -10.20 point differential
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Find out here. (Note: Season-long luck has a new home in the Power Rankings chart)
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Find out here. (Note: Season-long luck has a new home in the Power Rankings chart)
Lucky Wins
Stephen April 1-10 breakdown (#11 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
Will Massimini 9-2 breakdown (#3 scorer for the week)
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.
Josh Allen, QB William Battle 42.24 Points (#17 all-time)
Cam Little, K Brandon Saunders 16.80 Points (T-#91 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.
Alex Mayo left the #3 QB performance of the week on his bench
Justin Fields, 31.71 Points
Eric Meyer left the #5 QB performance of the week on his bench
Justin Herbert, 29.37 Points
Sean Kennedy left the #3 RB performance of the week on his bench
Javonte Williams, 20.75 Points
William Battle left the #3 WR performance of the week on his bench
Keon Coleman, 22.10 Points
Jeffery McDonald left the #2 TE performance of the week on his bench
Dalton Kincaid, 12.25 Points
Alex Mayo left the #4 TE performance of the week on his bench
Tyler Warren, 11.83 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.
None in Week 1
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 1,240.71 points in Week 1
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of 171 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.
For the 18th time in AFL history, the two bottom scoring teams faced off. Their point differential of 4.31 points ranks 8th among those games.
Stephen April had the second lowest score but still won the game of the week, making this the 5th time in AFL history a manager has won the Peyton Manning Award with a 1-10 breakdown.
Brandon Saunders's league-leading active streak of 100-point games extended to 6, dating back to Week 11 of the 2024 season.
Sean Kennedy and Evan Ash's league-leading active drought of 100-point games extended to 2, dating back to Week 15 of the 2024 season.
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