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Written by Cory Puffett
Published November 6, 2025
Game of the Week: Stephen April (85.04) vs Eric Meyer (174.05)
Game of the Week: Stephen April (85.04) vs Eric Meyer (174.05)
All-time H2H: Series tied 6-6
Eric’s squad had a phenomenal week, finishing with a Top 15 all-time team score thanks to a pair of 30-point outings, including Brock Bowers who came within a point of setting a new league record for points by a tight end in a single week.
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The matchup wasn’t particularly close and wound up as one of the ten biggest blowouts in league history. Eric had the three highest scoring players of the contest and six of his players outscored Stephen’s number two scorer.
Alex Kincaid (81.84) vs Brandon Saunders (153.89)
Alex Kincaid (81.84) vs Brandon Saunders (153.89)
All-time H2H: Brandon leads series 5-3
Alex Mayo (134.39) vs Cory Puffett (89.70)
Alex Mayo (134.39) vs Cory Puffett (89.70)
All-time H2H: Alex leads series 5-2
Sean Kennedy (129.59) vs William Battle (93.23)
Sean Kennedy (129.59) vs William Battle (93.23)
All-time H2H: Sean leads series 9-8
Jeffery McDonald (92.66) vs Anthony Battle (105.90)
Jeffery McDonald (92.66) vs Anthony Battle (105.90)
All-time H2H: Anthony leads series 2-0
Evan Ash (90.18) vs Will Massimini (89.36)
Evan Ash (90.18) vs Will Massimini (89.36)
All-time H2H: Evan leads series 9-7
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 – 174.05
YTD Tom Brady Award Winner Record: 3-6
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 #20 in his career (2nd most all-time)
174.05 points Ranks #12 all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Alex Mayo #11 in his career
Caleb Williams, 39.44 1st career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Eric Meyer #25 in his career (most all-time)
Christian McCaffrey, 34.29 9th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Sean Kennedy #20 in his career (3rd most all-time)
Drake London, 35.00 1st career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Eric Meyer #16 in his career
Brock Bowers, 37.58 3rd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) William Battle #10 in his career
Ka'imi Fairbairn, 19.00 10th career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Evan Ash #15 in his career (t-5th most all-time)
Los Angeles Rams, 12.84 7th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Alex Kincaid #9 in his career
#1 Power Ranking Eric Meyer #36 in his career (most all-time)
#12 Power Ranking Cory Puffett #8 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) Eric Meyer #5 in his career
Eric earned a league-high 18.04 points by succeeding on both of his coaching risks. By starting Michael Pittman instead of J.K. Dobbins at FLEX, he earned 8.85 points, and the other 9.19 points came from starting Justin Herbert at quarterback instead of Jayden Daniels.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Stephen April #7 in his career
Like Eric, Stephen took two coaching risks this week. Unfortunately for him, he failed on both and cost his team a league-high 23.64 points, making his margin of defeat against Eric all the uglier. He lost 8.25 points by starting Evan Engram at tight end instead of Isaiah Likely, who had a higher projection when his game began on Thursday night. The other 15.39 points he lost were a result of his own quarterback coaching risk, starting Daniel Jones instead of Sam Darnold.
Managers took a combined 14 coaching risks this week and were successful on 7. The league's net point differential was -30.90
To date in 2025, the AFL has a .446 success rate on 130 total coaching risks with a -151.69 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
Evan Ash 4-7 breakdown (#8 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
William Battle 6-5 breakdown (#6 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.
Caleb Williams, QB Alex Mayo 39.44 Points (t-#39 all-time)
Williams tied Justin Herbert's Week 11 performance in 2021, which was also in Alex Mayo's lineup.
Drake London, WR Sean Kennedy 35.00 Points (#56 all-time)
Brock Bowers, TE Eric Meyer 37.58 Points (#2 all-time)
Bowers only trails Darren Waller's Week 13 performance in 2020 when he scored 38.50 points for Stephen April.
Ka'imi Fairbairn, K William Battle 19.00 Points (t-#36 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.
William Battle left the #2 QB performance of the week on his bench
Josh Allen, 31.91 Points
Stephen April left the #4 QB performance of the week on his bench
Sam Darnold, 29.27 Points
Brandon Saunders left the #5 QB performance of the week on his bench
Jaxson Dart, 29.13 Points
Anthony Battle left the #2 TE performance of the week on his bench
Colston Loveland, 27.20 Points
Loveland's 27.20 points would have ranked t-#35 all-time
Jeffery McDonald left the #3 TE performance of the week on his bench
Dalton Kincaid, 19.50 Points
Alex Mayo left the #3 DEF performance of the week on his bench
Pittsburgh Steelers, 19.94 Points
Alex would have earned the Chuck Noll Award (and $1) if he'd started Pittsburgh because the top 2 defenses for the week were unrostered
Evan Ash left the #5 DEF performance of the week on his bench
Houston Texans, 15.79 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.
Eric Meyer 174.05 Points (#12 all-time)
Brandon Saunders 153.89 Points (#75 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 1,319.83 points in Week 9
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of ### 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 Evan Ash and Will Massimini was the 32tnd game in AFL history decided by one point or less.
Evan's 0.82-point margin of victory is the smallest since Week 8 of the 2024 season when Stephen April beat Brandon Saunders by 0.74 points.
Eric Meyer led the league in scoring while playing in the game of the week, making this the 39th time in AFL history a manager has won both awards.
This is Eric's 9th career double and his first since Week 2 of the 2021 season.
Brandon Saunders's league-leading active streak of 100-point games extended to 14, setting a new career high and tying the third longest streak in AFL history.
Alex Kincaid's league-leading active drought of 100-point games extended to 5, setting a new career high and tying the sixth longest drought in AFL history.
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