Week 1

I won't have time tomorrow night to write about this week and Tuesday will be too late for all of you mongers. It is going to be incomplete as there are about 5 games that could be decided by tomorrow (Cameron got the better of Brent.. mine and Sean's has been decided hours ago).

Five Key Takeaways:

1. Brady and Gronk looked really great in Week 1 - 30.12 and 28.9 fantasy points respectively. I wonder if the Bills will be able to slow them down next week. Rex Ryan does a decent job against the Pats. 
2. Touch nothing with the following teams associated with them - Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, and probably Washington Redskins.
3. Welcome back Carson Palmer. 3 TDs and 307 yrds = 30.58. He makes Arizona a playoff team. I think Fitzgerald will benefit with targets and receptions with this return, but Palmer does a good job spreading the love around. 
4. Remember when I said TE's don't matter... I don't matter. There were 4 TE's that had over 20 pts (Gronk, Seferian-Jenkins, Kelce, and Eifert).  
5. Say goodbye to the teams scoring over 120. Last year there was only two weeks where someone did not eclipse that mark. It could still happen, but no one is on pace to hit that this week. 

Biggest Surprises:

1. Marcus Mariota. 4 TDs in the FIRST half. Sure it was against the Bucs, but it was pretty amazing for a Rookie to do what he did. He threw the ball only 16 x's, completing 81% of his passes and had 4 TDs with 209 yrds. Perhaps its worth it to start him against the Browns next week? Fitzpatrick threw for 2 tds, 179 yrd, 1 INT, and had no sacks. 
2. D'Angelo Williams. The guy has not been relevant since Carolina went to the 'ship (that was awhile ago my friend. Remember Jake Delhomme?). He had a good game against the Pats.  I don't think this continues on as the 49ers looked pretty stout this week. 
3. Alex Smith and Travis Kelce (26.42 and 25.20). Smith got off to a hot start in the first half by targeting Kelce, who would score 2 TDs. Smith has still not thrown a TD to a WR in well over a calendar year. Next week looks to be a challenging matchup as Denver's defense looks much improved.  

Biggest Disappointments:

1. Andrew Luck. 2 TDs/2 INTs/2 sacks. Luck did not look good, despite the additions of Gore and Johnson. Next week he faces the Jets, who he hasn't faced since his Rookie year. He threw 4 ints in that game. Look for him to bounce back. He's 1000% better than Johnny Football. 
2. Peyton Manning. I said that he has not looked himself, but I thought he would look sharper in todays game. He looked good on the first drive, which was all short and intermediate passes. He then overthrew two sure fire TDs and gave up a pick six. This looked like Week 14 Manning. Could be the new offense or it could be that Manning is an old dog. 
3. Injury bug - Hilton, Jackson, Carr. 

Looking back: 

Paragon Heroes (Cameron) is now wataaaaah! (five a's). Last year he started strong by scoring 106.48 and won. He has already eclipsed that mark. He then lost the next 11 games. Hopefully, this will not be the case for him again. 

The lowest score of week 1 last year came in at 65.04 by Pippa Hills (Scott H). I will probably not hit that mark. Can I overcome and finish strong like Pippa? Probably not. I will be everyone's homecoming game this year.