This Week

Chris is 6-1, alone in first, with the sixth-most points in the league and a +1.91 luck rating, second-highest. Sam B is 3-4 with the fourth-most points and a -1.27 luck rating, 11th. Their all-play records are 47-30 for Sam B and 45-32 for Chris, so over a full season against everybody, Sam B has been the better team, and he averages 4.05 more a week. Sam B sets his lineup at 91.7 percent, second in the league, to Chris's 87.0, and just won by 19.68 with Bo Nix scoring 26.18 on his bench. Chris has Drake Maye, 138.46 in seven starts, and four straight wins. Sam B, because the all-play record has been the best predictor in this league all season and it has been saying this for weeks.

Mike is 4-3 with the 11th-most points, a 21-56 all-play record, and a +2.09 luck rating, the highest in the league by a margin. His four wins have come by 25.98 combined, and the last one was over the top-scoring team with a 0.0 at FLEX. Sam O is 2-5 with the seventh-most points, a 35-42 all-play record, and 903.88 points faced, the most in the league. He averages 11.30 more than Mike. Mike's average is the lowest of any opponent Sam O has faced this season. Sam O, and if he loses this one the schedule was never the problem.

Patrick is 5-2 with the second-most points, a 54-23 all-play record, and the first should-have-won loss of his season after starting the wrong quarterback and the wrong defense against Chris. Drew is 4-3, fresh off a 2.46-point win with eight starters, and sets his lineup at 79.4 percent, last in the league, with 207.60 on the bench. Patrick averages 13.66 more and has outscored Drew by 95.60 this season. Josh Allen is back for Drew. Patrick's bench quarterbacks have 202.22 between them. Patrick, as long as one of the three starts.

The biggest gap on the board: Lauren averages 123.44, Val 94.45, 28.99 apart. Lauren has won three straight with the top score of the week, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has 196.16, the most by any player in the league, and she has the third-most points. Val has the fewest points, a 16-61 all-play record, and three should-have-won losses, the latest with Tony Pollard scoring 36.5 in a 6.54-point loss. Lauren.

Chandler just scored 97.72, the low score of the week, with Cook and Daniels on bye, and is 4-3 with the most points in the league and a 54-23 all-play record. Kyle just scored 133.72, the second-highest score of the week, and lost, because Isaiah Likely scored 3.2 in the lineup while Cam Skattebo scored 19.1 on the bench. Kyle has the fifth-most points, a 41-36 all-play record and the worst luck in the league at -1.73, with four should-have-won losses. Chandler averages 12.89 more and sets his lineup at 94.9 percent, first in the league. Chandler, with both quarterbacks back.

Arjun averages 113.33, Bryan 113.46, 0.13 apart. Arjun has a 34-43 all-play record and a +0.91 luck rating; Bryan has a 38-39 all-play record and -0.45. Both just had the same problem: Arjun's Omar Cooper Jr. scored 22.5 on the bench for the second straight week, and Bryan's Joe Burrow scored 28.88 on the bench while Bryce Young started and scored 5.42. Bryan has won two straight anyway. Arjun sets his lineup at 89.3 percent, fourth; Bryan at 84.6, 11th. Bryan on the all-play record and the streak, with the lowest confidence of the week, because whoever fixes the bench first wins this one.