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Written by Cory Puffett
Published October 30, 2025
Game of the Week: Brandon Saunders (106.36) vs Stephen April (95.05)
Game of the Week: Brandon Saunders (106.36) vs Stephen April (95.05)
All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 6-5
The only game without a Top 6 scorer, Stephen was still in striking distance entering Monday Night Football with Isiah Pacheco and Harrison Butker left to make up a 22.37-point deficit. With only about 11 points between them, the defending champ couldn’t pull out his sixth win of the season.
An injury to Quinshon Judkins midway through the third quarter certainly factored in, but Brandon’s squad had better balance across the offense with Jalen Warren’s 9.24-point outing the only single digit score outside of the kicker and defense positions. He even pulled off a rare successful double-TE move, and with two rookies no less, as Harold Fannin and Oronde Gadsden combined for just shy of 30 points!
Eric Meyer (129.93) vs Alex Mayo (113.07)
Eric Meyer (129.93) vs Alex Mayo (113.07)
All-time H2H: Series tied 3-3
Jeffery McDonald (129.53) vs Sean Kennedy (103.52)
Jeffery McDonald (129.53) vs Sean Kennedy (103.52)
All-time H2H: Sean leads series 2-1
Will Massimini (124.90) vs Alex Kincaid (75.27)
Will Massimini (124.90) vs Alex Kincaid (75.27)
All-time H2H: Alex leads series 6-2
William Battle (120.55) vs Anthony Battle (93.25)
William Battle (120.55) vs Anthony Battle (93.25)
All-time H2H: William leads series 10-8
Evan Ash (112.08) vs Cory Puffett (106.44)
Evan Ash (112.08) vs Cory Puffett (106.44)
All-time H2H: Cory leads series 10-9
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 – 140.19
Eric Meyer – 129.93
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.
Competitive Lineup Penalty Report
This year, we instituted a new rule requiring managers to start a full lineup of active players. A strike system penalizes managers who leave inactive players, or players on bye, in their starting lineup.
Strike 1: No penalty
Strike 2: Fine of $100 FAAB + move to back of all postseason tiebreakers
Strike 3: Repeat Strike 2 penalty + move to back of every round of next year's draft
Strike 4: Dismissal from AFL
Strikes clear in reverse order, two seasons (currently 30 regular season weeks) after the first earned strike.
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) Eric Meyer #19 in his career (t-2nd most all-time)
129.93 points Does not rank in Top 100 all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Alex Kincaid #7 in his career
Jordan Love, 30.51 2nd career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Jeffery McDonald #4 in his career
Jonathan Taylor, 38.81 8th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Eric Meyer #19 in his career (t-3rd most all-time)
Michael Pittman, 19.85 1st career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Will Massimini #10 in his career
Tucker Kraft, 30.45 3rd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Will Massimini #26 in his career (most all-time)
Chris Boswell, 22.00 10th career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Cory Puffett #17 in his career (4th most all-time)
TB Buccaneers, 25.09 2nd DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Alex Kincaid #8 in his career
#1 Power Ranking Brandon Saunders #9 in his career
#12 Power Ranking Cory Puffett #7 in his career
*Repeat from last week
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) Brandon Saunders #15 in his career (2nd most all-time)
Harold Fannin as a FLEX play may not have been a coaching risk for Brandon on its own, but when he added Tyjae Spears Sunday morning it became a risk because another available player, Darnell Mooney, had a higher projection than Fannin and could have been added instead of Spears and plugged into his starting lineup. It wound up working out in Brandon's favor as he earned 13.18 points from that decision, more than the 11.31 points he beat Stephen April by.
Honorable Mention: William Battle earned a league-high 20.84 points this week by succeeding on two of his three coaching risks. He missed out on 0.07 points by starting Patrick Mahomes over Josh Allen at QB, but he made up for that with 1.50 points by adding Dalton Schultz for a FLEX start instead of Darnell Mooney and then added another 19.41 points by starting RJ Harvey instead of Keon Coleman in his second FLEX spot.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Alex Kincaid #12 in his career (3rd most all-time)
Though he only failed on one of his two coaching risks, Alex cost his team a league-high 20.67 points this week. He actually earned a solid 9.10 points by picking up Washington's defense for a spot start instead of Cincinnati's, a pretty big risk considering Washington was projected for negative points. But he made a huge mistake that cost his team 29.77 points by starting Xavier Worthy instead of James Cook in his FLEX.
Managers took a combined 14 coaching risks this week and were successful on 6. The league's net point differential was -8.43
To date in 2025, the AFL has a .440 success rate on 116 total coaching risks with a -120.79 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
Brandon Saunders 4-7 breakdown (#8 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
Alex Mayo 7-4 breakdown (#5 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.
Jonathan Taylor, RB Jeffery McDonald 38.81 Points (#43 all-time)
Tucker Kraft, TE Will Massimini 30.45 Points (#19 all-time)
Chris Boswell, K Will Massimini 22.00 Points (t-#17 all-time)
Chase McLaughlin, K Alex Mayo 18.10 Points (t-#58 all-time)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DEF Cory Puffett 25.09 Points (#87 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 #4 QB performance of the week on his bench
Drake Maye, 26.02 Points
Evan started Jalen Hurts, the QB3 for Week 8
Cory Puffett dropped the #5 QB performance of the week
Joe Flacco, 25.51 Points
Alex Kincaid left the #2 RB performance of the week on his bench
James Cook, 37.17 Points
Cook's performance would have ranked #62 on the all-time single-game RB performance list
Stephen left the #1 WR performance of the week on his bench
Troy Franklin, 24.85 Points
William Battle left the #4 K performance of the week on his bench
Ka'imi Fairbairn, 15.40 Points
Cory Puffett left the #5 DEF performance of the week on his bench
Denver Broncos, 13.58 Points
Cory started the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the DEF1 for Week 8
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 8
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 1,309.95 points in Week 8
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of 178 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.
Brandon Saunders's league-leading active streak of 100-point games extended to 13, setting a new career high and tying the fourth longest streak in AFL history.
Alex Kincaid's league-leading active drought of 100-point games extended to 4, tying his career high from Weeks 5 through 8 of the 2020 season.
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