fantasy wrap: week 1

ESPN.com projected scores for our teams in this order, for week 1 only:

1 Savan
2 Kirat
3 Dave
4 Matt
5 Niraj
6 Doyle
7 Boss
8 Mark
9 Swag
10 Harlan

This is how it turned out:

1 Mark
2 Harlan
3 Niraj
4 Doyle
5 Boss
6 Kirat
7 Matt
8 Savan
9 Dave
10 Swag

Really, the one that ESPN was close on, was that Swag would finish towards the bottom. So take their projections with a shaker of salt.

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In addition to the real, tangible trophy that will be bought for the winner, ESPN allows me to create virtual trophies. Two of which will be awarded throughout the season, to the person with the highest and lowest one-week scores. I'm guessing since they're not up yet, they won't be awarded until Saturday when scores are locked.

Mark will be the first to receive the Golden Helmet Award for scoring 143.5. As soon as someone posts a score higher than that, they will claim the Golden Helmet.

Swag will be the first to receive the Red Banner of Shame for scoring 81.5. As soon as someone posts a score lower than that, they will claim the Red Banner.

Once I realized that I couldn't beat Mark, I was just hoping I wouldn't get the Red Banner of Shame in Week 1. Both of these scores seem beatable, especially the low score during bye weeks, but you never know.

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And Matt was the first to benefit from scheduling, and Boss the first to get screwed. They're in the same division and Boss scored more than Matt; he lost, Matt won.

And with Matt's victory, Naperville takes an early 1-0 lead in inter-divisional games.

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Three Guys That Won Your Week

Brees 50
Eagles D 42
Peterson 39.5

Interestingly, 2 of the three were consensus #1 at their position. It's almost like people knew ahead of time that Brees and AD would be good.