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Written by Cory Puffett
Published September 18, 2025
Game of the Week: William Battle (49.78) vs Brandon Saunders (156.30)
Game of the Week: William Battle (49.78) vs Brandon Saunders (156.30)
All-time H2H: William leads series 15-7
We added another chapter to the biggest rivalry in the AFL this week as William Battle and Brandon Saunders faced off for the 22nd time. It is the second year in a row they’ll face off just once in the regular season; and yet, regardless of playoff matchups, no other pair of managers will be able to catch up to them by the end of the 2025 campaign.
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This was the least exciting of any of their 22 meetings. A week after leading the AFL in scoring and earning top billing in the AFL’s debut power rankings of the season, William’s team posted an absolute dud. Josh Allen was his lone player to score double digits, and he didn’t even reach 11 points. With 49.78 points, his team’s score ranks eighth lowest in AFL history and second lowest since starting lineups expanded from eight to nine players in 2016.
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Brandon, meanwhile, enjoyed a nice leap from fourth in scoring to open the season to the top spot in Week 2. He had seven players score double digits, with four of them north of 20 points. He still faces a long, uphill battle (no pun intended) to close the gap on William’s all-time series lead, but this was certainly a feel-good game for the 2023 AFL champ.
This is Brandon’s 17th Peyton Manning Award in his career, tied for the third most with Cory Puffett. He is now 17-19 in 34 career appearances in the game of the week while William falls to 14-10 in his appearances.
Anthony Battle (130.81) vs Sean Kennedy (95.90)
Anthony Battle (130.81) vs Sean Kennedy (95.90)
All-time H2H: Sean leads series 10-8
Jeffery McDonald (127.14) vs Will Massimini (130.31)
Jeffery McDonald (127.14) vs Will Massimini (130.31)
All-time H2H: Jeffery leads series 2-1
Alex Mayo (123.77) vs Evan Ash (81.80)
Alex Mayo (123.77) vs Evan Ash (81.80)
All-time H2H: Evan leads series 5-2
Cory Puffett (109.97) vs Stephen April (122.22)
Cory Puffett (109.97) vs Stephen April (122.22)
All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 6-5
Eric Meyer (106.59) vs Alex Kincaid (120.52)
Eric Meyer (106.59) vs Alex Kincaid (120.52)
All-time H2H: Alex leads series 6-3
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 – 167.43
Brandon Saunders – 156.30
YTD Tom Brady Award Winner Record: 0-2
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) Brandon Saunders #11 in his career
156.30 points Ranks #58 all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Cory Puffett #21 in his career (2nd most all-time)
Jared Goff, 36.20 4th career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Jeffery McDonald #1 in his career
Jonathan Taylor, 30.95 5th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Alex Mayo #4 in his career
Amon-Ra St. Brown, 36.21 4th career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Will Massimini #9 in his career
Tucker Kraft, 21.85 2nd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Anthony Battle #18 in his career (t-2nd most all-time)
Brandon Aubrey, 24.50 4th career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Brandon Saunders #11 in his career
BAL Ravens, 25.92 9th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) William Battle #16 in his career (t-2nd most all-time)
#1 Power Ranking Brandon Saunders #4 in his career
#12 Power Ranking Sean Kennedy #18 in his career (t-3rd most all-time)
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) Evan Ash #16 in his career (most all-time)
Evan led the league in coaching points while taking only one coaching risk. Cooper Kupp was projected for more points than Zach Charbonnet in Week 2, but Evan went against FleaFlicker projections and earned 11.70 points with his FLEX play.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Will Massimini #9 in his career
On the opposite end of the coaching spectrum, Will also took but one risk in Week 2, but he cost his team 13.56 points by picking up the Indianapolis Colts defense to start instead of the available unit with the highest projection, the Arizona Cardinals.
Managers took a combined 15 coaching risks this week and were successful on 8. The league's net point differential was +5.61
To date in 2025, the AFL has a .500 success rate on 26 total coaching risks with a -4.59 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
Alex Kincaid 5-6 breakdown (#7 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
Jeffery McDonald 8-3 breakdown (#4 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.
Jared Goff, QB Cory Puffett 36.20 Points (t-#85 all-time)
Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR Alex Mayo 36.21 Points (#34 all-time)
Malik Nabers, WR Brandon Saunders 33.80 Points (#69 all-time ... nice)
Brandon Aubrey, K Anthony Battle 24.50 Points (#4 all-time)
Baltimore Ravens, DEF Brandon Saunders 25.92 Points (t-#68 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.
Evan Ash left the #3 QB performance of the week on his bench
Drake Maye, 28.87 Points
Alex Kincaid left the #2 TE performance of the week on his bench
Zach Ertz, 15.25 Points
Anthony Battle left the #3 TE performance of the week on his bench
Juwan Johnson, 13.55 Points
Alex Kincaid left the #4 TE performance of the week on his bench
Jake Ferguson, 11.80 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.
Brandon Saunders 156.30 Points (#58 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 1,355.11 points in Week 2
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of 172 regular season weeks (it was less than 3 points off)
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 20th time in AFL history, the highest and lowest scoring teams faced off. Their point differential of 106.52 points ranks 3rd highest among those games.
Brandon Saunders led the league in scoring while playing in the game of the week, making this the 38th time in AFL history a manager has won both awards.
William Battle recorded the lowest score in the league this week after winning the Tom Brady Award a week ago. This is the 9th time in league history this has happened.
Note: this does not count two instances of a team ending the season as the high scorer and then claiming the Week 1 David Carr Award the next year
Brandon Saunders's league-leading active streak of 100-point games extended to 7
Sean Kennedy and Evan Ash's league-leading active drought of 100-point games extended to 3
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