{"id":31,"date":"2026-09-23T20:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.7geniuses.com\/fantasy\/?p=31"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:30:30","slug":"the-state-of-the-league-two-weeks-down-dignity-already-questionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.7geniuses.com\/fantasy\/the-state-of-the-league-two-weeks-down-dignity-already-questionable\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of the league: two weeks down, dignity already questionable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One undefeated team. One winless team. Six teams pretending everything is fine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two weeks into the 2026 season, and we already know enough to make several irresponsible conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One team remains undefeated. One team remains winless. Six teams are packed into the great mediocre middle at 1-1, where everyone can still convince themselves they’re a championship contender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to 7 Geniuses and the Loser<\/strong>, where the sample sizes are small, the confidence is enormous, and the managerial decisions are already becoming evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s assess the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc51 King of the Very Small Hill: Smack my Fannin \ud83e\udd75<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Record: 2-0 | Points: 305.36<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is exactly one undefeated team in the league, and unfortunately everyone else now has to hear about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smack my Fannin opened the season by dropping 170.96 points<\/strong> on BritishBullies, winning by 52.54. Week 2 wasn’t nearly as dominant, but 134.40 was enough to dispose of Brockback Mountain and move to 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concerning part for the rest of the league isn’t merely the record. It’s that Smack my Fannin has already scored 305.36 points<\/strong> while apparently treating the waiver wire like a Costco free-sample station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalton Schultz. Cincinnati’s defense. Denzel Boston. Tre Tucker. Jonah Coleman. Josh Downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players are entering and leaving this roster at a rate that suggests the front office is being operated by a man who has discovered the ADD\/DROP<\/strong> button and intends to get his money’s worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is, however, a developing branding crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Fannin has been dropped.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which raises an uncomfortable constitutional question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you continue operating as Smack my Fannin<\/em> when you no longer possess a Fannin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League Office is reviewing the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea8 Managerial Malpractice: Legal Beagels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Legal Beagels deserves credit for rebounding in Week 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, before we discuss the recovery, we need to examine the crime scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1 produced one of the early favorites for Managerial Malpractice of the Year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting on the Legal Beagels bench:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Mahomes \u2014 21.66<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chuba Hubbard \u2014 22.20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deebo Samuel \u2014 15.00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefon Diggs \u2014 13.50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the starting lineup staggered to 106.06 points<\/strong> and got obliterated by Kenbucky Fried Chicken, 170.62-106.06.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s more than 72 points sitting on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all of them could or should have started, obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when that much production is sitting comfortably on the sideline while your active roster is being beaten by 64.56 points<\/strong>, investigators are required to ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal Beagels responded appropriately in Week 2, unleashing Josh Allen for 40.82 points<\/strong> and James Cook for 22.40 in a 143.92-101.08 win over Austin Bowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patient survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medical board has not closed the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf57 Kenbucky Fried Chicken: From Penthouse to Outhouse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No team has experienced the emotional range of Kenbucky Fried Chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

170.62 points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 64.56-point victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantasy football is easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does everyone complain about this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 2:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

102.30 points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 38.94-point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly the waiver wire is open at 2:13 a.m. and you’re staring at Rashod Bateman’s player page thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Maybe this is the answer.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenbucky’s week-to-week scoring decline was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

68.32 points.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s not regression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s falling through an open elevator shaft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that the Week 1 explosion proves the ceiling exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bad news is apparently somebody removed the stairs leading back to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udca9 Turd Burglars: Extremely Unfortunately Legitimate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We need to discuss the Turd Burglars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not because we want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the numbers require it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

173.56 points.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s currently the highest single-week score we’ve seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Williams: 37.26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenneth Walker: 35.60<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bijan Robinson: 28.30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Montgomery: 27.40<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s 128.56 points from four players.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turd Burglars then lost Week 2 to BritishBullies, 164.36-120.62, bringing them back to 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Week 1 established something important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This roster possesses enough firepower to ruin someone’s Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings us to Week 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They get the undefeated Smack my Fannin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is either where the league’s only perfect record ends…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…or where we begin having a very annoying conversation about 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 BritishBullies: Reports of Their Death Were Premature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BritishBullies opened the season by allowing Smack my Fannin to hang 170.96<\/strong> on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Week 2 produced one of the strongest performances of the young season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BritishBullies 164.36
Turd Burglars 120.62<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davante Adams: 37.50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Taylor: 28.20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeVonta Smith: 24.70<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s a convincing response after the Week 1 beating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BritishBullies are 1-1, but the 282.78 total points suggest Week 1 wasn’t evidence of a bad team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may simply have been evidence that sometimes you walk into the wrong bar on the wrong night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf7a Tony Romo’s Corona: Offensive Outbreak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tony Romo’s Corona has scored 302.40 points<\/strong> through two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only Smack my Fannin has scored more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet Tony Romo’s Corona sits at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to fantasy football, where being good and actually winning are only loosely affiliated concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 2 featured an absurd receiving combination:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaxon Smith-Njigba \u2014 41.00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amon-Ra St. Brown \u2014 32.70<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s 73.70 points from two receivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Romo’s Corona beat Kenbucky Fried Chicken 141.24-102.30 and now heads into Week 3 with Jared Goff arriving as quarterback insurance following the Jayden Daniels situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The record says 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scoring says this is probably not a team anyone particularly wants to see on the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83e\udd20 Austin Bowers: From Hero to Missing Person<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Week 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Bowers 150.46
Brockback Mountain 89.70<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 60.76-point massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Bowers looked terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal Beagels 143.92
Austin Bowers 101.08<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just like that, the sheriff disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s a 49.38-point scoring drop<\/strong> in one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 1-1, Austin Bowers remains perfectly alive in an eight-team league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we’re going to need to determine which version is real:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 150-point gunslinger from Week 1?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or the guy from Week 2 wandering through town asking if anybody has seen his offense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f Brockback Mountain: Searching for the Trailhead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Record: 0-2 | Points: 211.06<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There must always be one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brockback Mountain is currently the league’s only winless team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 1 brought an 89.70-point performance and a 60.76-point beating from Austin Bowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 2 was substantially better: 121.36 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Smack my Fannin scored 134.40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Brockback Mountain enters Week 3 at 0-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathematically, this means almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritually, however, we’re monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The waiver wire activity suggests management understands the urgency. Emmett Johnson, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks have all arrived as reinforcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 3 brings Legal Beagels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A win gets Brockback Mountain immediately back into the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An 0-3 start gets them their own recurring section in this publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfc6 THE WEEK 2 TROPHY CASE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc51 Fantasy God of the Week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jaxon Smith-Njigba \u2014 41.00 points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-one fantasy points from a receiver is less “good game” and more “personal attack.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\ude7a Managerial Malpractice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Legal Beagels \u2014 Week 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are carrying this award forward because the bench remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc9 The Golden Dumpster<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kenbucky Fried Chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

170.62 \u2192 102.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 68.32-point collapse<\/strong> deserves hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preferably hardware recovered from a condemned building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\uddf2 The Horseshoe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Smack my Fannin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The league’s only 2-0 team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning by 52.54 in Week 1 was dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning Week 2 by 13.04 while scoring 36.56 fewer points?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s where we begin checking for horseshoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udea6 The Crime Scene<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Austin Bowers 150.46 \u2192 101.08<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last seen: Week 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If found, please return the offense to its owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd25 WEEK 3: THE HYPE & HATE REPORT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Turd Burglars vs. Smack my Fannin \ud83e\udd75<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is the main event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The league’s highest single-week scorer against its only undefeated team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Turd Burglars produce anything resembling Week 1, the undefeated season could end quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Smack my Fannin reaches 3-0, we’re going to have to start using phrases like “league leader” without laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody wants that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brockback Mountain vs. Legal Beagels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Desperation Bowl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brockback Mountain is trying to avoid 0-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal Beagels is trying to prove Week 2 was the real version and Week 1 was merely an unfortunate administrative error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somebody leaves this game feeling much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somebody else may begin researching fantasy basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kenbucky Fried Chicken vs. BritishBullies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Volatility Bowl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams have already demonstrated the ability to score more than 160.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both have also demonstrated the ability to make their owners stare silently at their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There may not be a more unpredictable matchup this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tony Romo’s Corona vs. Austin Bowers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two 1-1 teams heading in opposite emotional directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Romo’s Corona just produced 141.24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Bowers just produced 101.08.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But both teams have already crossed 150 this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could become a shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or fantasy football could do what fantasy football does and both teams could score 108.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcca THE BOARD AFTER TWO<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

1. Smack my Fannin \ud83e\udd75 \u2014 2-0 \u2014 305.36 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Tony Romo’s Corona \u2014 1-1 \u2014 302.40 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Turd Burglars \u2014 1-1 \u2014 294.18 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. BritishBullies \u2014 1-1 \u2014 282.78 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Kenbucky Fried Chicken \u2014 1-1 \u2014 272.92 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Austin Bowers \u2014 1-1 \u2014 251.54 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Legal Beagels \u2014 1-1 \u2014 249.98 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Brockback Mountain \u2014 0-2 \u2014 211.06 PF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks have told us almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which will not prevent this publication from drawing sweeping conclusions from all of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smack my Fannin has the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brockback Mountain has the dumpster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six teams are fighting over everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 3 begins the process of determining which of these teams are contenders, which are frauds, and which managers will spend Sunday evening insisting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I almost started him.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to 7 Geniuses and the Loser.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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