Week 1

2026 Season

Regular Season

Week 1: Big saltena drops 188, John loses with 173, and the 0.08 game gets a sequel

Matchups All-Play All-Team

Sixteen seasons of this league have produced 2,492 team-weeks, and Week 1 of 2026 added ten more, one of which was Big saltena's 188.46, the 31st-best score anyone has ever posted here. The other nine ranged from a loss that should have been a win to a 90.96 that has a long history behind it.

173.52
Sacks in the City
margin
14.94
7-2 · 9-0
188.46
Big saltena
  • #31 all-time score
  • 63-8 John at 150+
  • 2nd-best Tony's career week
  • 13 John's win streak in this brief
Josh Allen 39.66
best starter on the field
Trevor Lawrence 34.10
on John's bench
Sacks in the City
  • 31.90
    D. Swift
  • 27.20
    J. Jefferson
  • 23.70
    A. St. Brown
Big saltena
  • 39.66
    J. Allen
  • 32.60
    K. Walker
  • 31.10
    J. Gibbs
Series · Big saltena leads 10-9
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The Best Loss in League History (This Week's Edition)

Sacks in the City scored 173.52 on Sunday. That is the 16th-best week of John's 260 in this league, better than anything he managed in all of 2025, and good for a 7-2 all-play record against the field. He lost. Here is why that matters: coming into the week, John was 63-7 all-time when scoring 150 or more. Seven losses in 70 games. He has now taken his eighth, and it took the second-best week of Tony's career to do it. Big saltena's 188.46 sits behind only the 189.10 Tony put up in Week 10 last year, and it came with Josh Allen (39.66), Kenneth Walker (32.60), and Jahmyr Gibbs (31.10) doing the heavy lifting while Colston Loveland contributed a round 0.00 from the starting lineup. Tony is 29-7 when he scores 150-plus, has never won a title in 12 seasons, and finished second last year from the #3 seed. A 188 in Week 1 is how a team announces it is done being the bridesmaid. As for John, Trevor Lawrence scored 34.10 on his bench. Sacks in the City is 0-1 with the third-best score in the league, and if the past is any guide, John's 13-game win streak, the longest any manager in this brief has ever put together, says the correction is coming.

114.04
Bismellah Cookin Lamb
margin
59.92
1-8 · 8-1
173.96
Straight Receptions Homie
  • 59.92 margin
  • #111 blowout all-time
  • 54-5-1 Thinh at 150+
  • 0-12 Daniel under 100
Derrick Henry 34.80
best starter on the field
Dak Prescott 18.40
on Daniel's bench
Bismellah Cookin Lamb
  • 23.80
    I. Likely
  • 16.70
    L. McConkey
  • 14.00
    T. Loop
Straight Receptions Homie
  • 34.80
    D. Henry
  • 29.70
    A. Jeanty
  • 23.60
    J. Taylor
Series · Straight Receptions Homie leads 6-3
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Thinh Ran the Ball Until It Stopped Being Funny

Straight Receptions Homie's top three starters were Derrick Henry (34.80), Ashton Jeanty (29.70), and Jonathan Taylor (23.60). Three running backs, 88.10 points, and a 59.92-point win over Bismellah Cookin Lamb, the biggest blowout of the week and the 111th-largest in league history. Thinh's 173.96 is the 14th-best week of his 258 here, and his record when scoring 150 or more is now 54-5-1. He is also one of only two managers here, with Patrick, who has never finished last, and 16 seasons of that gets you a 125-104 career mark and two titles. Daniel's side of it is harder reading. Bismellah Cookin Lamb finished last in 2025 at 5-10 and opened 2026 with 114.04, a 1-8 all-play week, and Kenny Gainwell's 2.30 in the lineup. Daniel is 0-12 in his career when scoring under 100, so 114.04 at least keeps him out of that bracket. Barely.

144.22
Coker, Barely Know Her
margin
53.26
6-3 · 0-9
90.96
XXXDaDa
  • 239th of 256 Dashon's week
  • 0-9 XXXDaDa all-play
  • 4-35 Dashon under 100
  • Evan McPherson 19.00 best XXXDaDa starter
Jalen Hurts 30.72
best starter on the field
Travis Kelce 8.60
on Dashon's bench
Coker, Barely Know Her
  • 30.72
    J. Hurts
  • 29.80
    J. Coker
  • 29.70
    C. Watson
XXXDaDa
  • 19.00
    E. McPherson
  • 15.26
    J. Herbert
  • 9.90
    M. Nabers
Series · Coker, Barely Know Her leads 14-12
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Fifty-Three Points and a Kicker

Vacation in The Hampton beat XXXDaDa 144.22 to 90.96, and the story is on both sides of the hyphen. Andrew's 144.22 came from balance: Jalen Hurts 30.72, Jalen Coker 29.80, Christian Watson 29.70. It ranks 56th of his 260 weeks, solidly good, and Jaxson Dart's 32.60 on the bench says the ceiling is higher. Remember that Andrew went 12-3 as the #1 seed last year and finished fourth; the question for Vacation in The Hampton was never the regular season. Dashon's 90.96 is the part people will talk about. It is the 239th-best of XXXDaDa's 256 weeks, the last time he scored lower was 89.86 in Week 9 of 2025, and the all-play was 0-9, meaning every other roster in the league beat that total. Only two XXXDaDa starters reached double digits: Justin Herbert and Evan McPherson. Did the kicker outscore the quarterback? 19.00 to 15.26. Yikes. Kyle Pitts added 0.00, Dashon is 4-35 in his career when scoring under 100, and the four wins were not built like this.

141.14
Concepcion w/ My McBride
margin
26.68
5-4 · 2-7
114.46
Bishop sycamore
  • 114th of 186 Nate's week
  • 5-8 Nate in Week 1
  • 5-8 Patrick's Week 1
  • 21.70 Dallas Goedert on the bench
Bijan Robinson 27.30
best starter on the field
Deebo Samuel 15.00
on Nate's bench
Concepcion w/ My McBride
  • 27.30
    B. Robinson
  • 23.20
    C. Olave
  • 20.00
    T. McBride
Bishop sycamore
  • 26.96
    L. Jackson
  • 14.10
    C. Skattebo
  • 12.00
    C. Little
Series · Concepcion w/ My McBride leads 11-6
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The Champion Survives His Own Defense

Patrick's Concepcion w/ My McBride is the defending champion, having gone from the #4 seed to the title last year, and Week 1 looked like a team that knows it: Bijan Robinson 27.30, Chris Olave 23.20, Trey McBride 20.00, and a 141.14 that beat Bishop sycamore by 26.68. It also included the Houston Texans defense at negative one point, which is a number a starting lineup is not supposed to contain. Dallas Goedert scored 21.70 on Patrick's bench. Nate's Bishop sycamore got 26.96 from Lamar Jackson and very little else, with Cam Little (12.00) as the third-best starter and the Philadelphia Eagles defense at 4.00. Bishop sycamore's 114.46 is a middling 114th of 186 weeks for Nate, whose career sits at 71-102 with no titles and three last-place finishes. His Week 1 record is now 5-8, the worst opening-week mark of anyone in the league.

120.36
Smack Down the Middle
margin
5.20
4-5 · 3-6
115.16
Escuela de Snyder
  • 5.20 margin
  • #153 closest all-time
  • 25.66 Mahomes on the bench
  • 7-10 Kevin in Week 1
Caleb Williams 41.26
best starter on the field
Patrick Mahomes 25.66
on Jonathan's bench
Smack Down the Middle
  • 41.26
    C. Williams
  • 18.50
    D. Moore
  • 12.10
    J. Croskey-Merritt
Escuela de Snyder
  • 22.20
    J. Smith-Njigba
  • 21.66
    J. Daniels
  • 16.80
    B. Irving
Series · Smack Down the Middle leads 18-12
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Five Points, a Hundred Dollars, and Patrick Mahomes on the Bench

El Primo beat Escuela de Snyder 120.36 to 115.16, the closest game of the week at 5.20 and the 153rd-closest in league history. Caleb Williams scored 41.26 for Kevin, the biggest number on any starter line in the league this week, and the rest of El Primo was quiet: DJ Moore 18.50, Jake Ferguson 1.60, and a bench total of 18.20. Kevin's 120.36 ranks 144th of his 250 weeks, which is to say it was an ordinary El Primo week that happened to land on the right side. His Week 1 record is 7-10 and his career is 103-126 with four last-place finishes, so any Week 1 win is a small event. Jonathan's Escuela de Snyder had the better roster and the worse decision. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (22.20), Jayden Daniels (21.66), and Bucky Irving (16.80) started; Patrick Mahomes scored 25.66 on the bench, part of 62.56 unused points. Swapping Mahomes for Daniels is worth 4.00, and the margin was 5.20, so the lineup was not the whole story, but it was most of it. Jonathan is 114-115 for his career after this one, a single game under .500, coming off a 5-10 season.

Week 2 Preview

1-0
Smack Down the Middle
120.36 pts · 5th of 10
all-time
8 – 7
Smack Down the Middle leads 8-7
1-0
Big saltena
188.46 pts · 1st of 10
Smack Down the Middle · last week
W 120.36 – 115.16
6th of 10 this week
Big saltena · last week
W 188.46 – 173.52
1st of 10 this week
  • El Primo 8-7 series
  • 0.08 (2024) closest game
  • 99.32 (2017) biggest
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El Primo vs Big saltena: The 0.08 Game Gets a Sequel

The league's highest scorer meets the league's most ordinary 1-0 team, and the history says ignore the scores. El Primo leads the all-time series 8-7 and has won the last two, including 152.78 to 147.10 in Week 9 last year. The two have played the single closest game in the series at 0.08, Kevin's 106.70 over Tony's 106.62 in Week 2 of 2024, and the lopsided one, Kevin by 99.32 in Week 13 of 2017. Tony has Josh Allen and a 188 on the board. Kevin has a series lead, Caleb Williams, and the memory of winning this matchup by eight hundredths of a point.

1-0
Concepcion w/ My McBride
141.14 pts · 4th of 10
all-time
18 – 14
Concepcion w/ My McBride leads 18-14
0-1
XXXDaDa
90.96 pts · 10th of 10
Concepcion w/ My McBride · last week
W 141.14 – 114.46
5th of 10 this week
XXXDaDa · last week
L 90.96 – 144.22
10th of 10 this week
  • Patrick 18-14 series
  • Patrick 2-0 title games
  • 94.62 (2014) Dashon's best
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Concepcion w/ My McBride vs XXXDaDa: Patrick Owns the Title Games, Dashon Owns the Blowout

Patrick leads 18-14 all-time and has won the last three, plus all three postseason meetings: the 2012 and 2013 championship games and a 2021 consolation game. The one thing Dashon has on his side is the biggest win anyone has recorded in this series: 94.62 points, in Week 14 of 2014. That was a long time ago, and XXXDaDa just scored 90.96 in total. The defending champion is 1-0; the 0-1 team's best starter was a kicker.

0-1
Sacks in the City
173.52 pts · 6th of 10
all-time
5 – 4
Sacks in the City leads 5-4
0-1
Bismellah Cookin Lamb
114.04 pts · 9th of 10
Sacks in the City · last week
L 173.52 – 188.46
3rd of 10 this week
Bismellah Cookin Lamb · last week
L 114.04 – 173.96
9th of 10 this week
  • John 5-4 series
  • 183.40 (2025) Daniel's best week ever
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Sacks in the City vs Bismellah Cookin Lamb: The Only Series Daniel Can Argue About

John leads 5-4, and the last five meetings have gone John, John, Daniel, Daniel, John. Daniel's 183.40 in Week 4 of 2025, the best week of his career, came against Sacks in the City. So did the 62.54-point beating he handed John in Week 11 of 2024. This is the one rivalry where Bismellah Cookin Lamb has real receipts, and John arrives 0-1 with the league's third-best score and a bench quarterback who outscored his starting kicker by 33 points.

1-0
Coker, Barely Know Her
144.22 pts · 3rd of 10
all-time
16 – 19
Escuela de Snyder leads 19-16
0-1
Escuela de Snyder
115.16 pts · 7th of 10
Coker, Barely Know Her · last week
W 144.22 – 90.96
4th of 10 this week
Escuela de Snyder · last week
L 115.16 – 120.36
7th of 10 this week
  • Jonathan 19-16 series
  • Jonathan 1-0 playoff meetings
  • 75.24 (2025) biggest
  • 0.56 (2014) closest
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Vacation in The Hampton vs Escuela de Snyder: Thirty-Five Games and Counting

The most-played matchup on the slate. Jonathan leads 19-16 and has won three of their four postseason meetings, though only one was a playoff game, the 2021 third-place game; the most recent, 151.24 to 142.68 in 2024, was for seventh place. Andrew owns the recent history: the last two, including a 202.20 to 126.96 demolition in Week 4 of 2025 that stands as the biggest margin in the series at 75.24. Andrew is 1-0 and third in points; Jonathan is 0-1 with a quarterback question. The closest game these two have played was decided by 0.56 in Week 14 of 2014. Somewhere between 0.56 and 75.24 is Sunday.

1-0
Straight Receptions Homie
173.96 pts · 2nd of 10
all-time
13 – 8
Straight Receptions Homie leads 13-8
0-1
Bishop sycamore
114.46 pts · 8th of 10
Straight Receptions Homie · last week
W 173.96 – 114.04
2nd of 10 this week
Bishop sycamore · last week
L 114.46 – 141.14
8th of 10 this week
  • Thinh 13-8 series
  • 64.20 (2023) Nate's worst week
  • Nate 151.30 2020 consolation game
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Straight Receptions Homie vs Bishop sycamore: Nate Would Like to Forget Week 1 of 2023

Thinh leads 13-8, has won the last three, and has taken four of the last five. The worst week of Nate's career, 64.20, came against Straight Receptions Homie in Week 1 of 2023, a 90.44-point loss that is also Thinh's biggest win in the series. Nate has one thing to hold onto: he beat Thinh in the 2020 consolation bracket, 151.30 to 111.84. He is 0-1 with a 5-8 Week 1 record; Thinh is 1-0 with three running backs who just scored 88.10 between them.

Things to Watch

  • The 0-1 club is not a sentence. Of the 78 teams that started 0-1 in prior seasons, 26 finished top-4, 13 reached the final, and 7 won the title. John, Jonathan, Nate, Dashon, and Daniel are not out of anything.
  • Whether Big saltena's 188.46 holds as the season high. The all-time Week 1 record is 193.30, Pat's Mahomos in 2022, and Tony came within 4.84 of it.
  • John's 150-plus record, now 63-8. If he scores 150 again and loses again, something strange is happening.
  • The Escuela de Snyder quarterback decision: Mahomes 25.66 on the bench, Daniels 21.66 in the lineup.
  • Dashon's floor. XXXDaDa's 90.96 was the 18th-worst week of a 256-week career, and Concepcion w/ My McBride has won three straight in the series.

Generated by claude-fable-5-1 · September 29, 2026

Matchups

All-Play Records

How each team would have fared against every other team this week. A 9-0 means they outscored everyone.

# Team Score All-Play Record
1 Big saltena 188.46 9-0
2 Straight Receptions Homie 173.96 8-1
3 Sacks in the City 173.52 7-2
4 Coker, Barely Know Her 144.22 6-3
5 Concepcion w/ My McBride 141.14 5-4
6 Smack Down the Middle 120.36 4-5
7 Escuela de Snyder 115.16 3-6
8 Bishop sycamore 114.46 2-7
9 Bismellah Cookin Lamb 114.04 1-8
10 XXXDaDa 90.96 0-9

All-Team

The top scorer at every position across all rosters this week.

Slot Player Team Points
QB Caleb Williams QB · CHI Smack Down the Middle 41.26
RB1 Derrick Henry RB · BAL Straight Receptions Homie 34.80
RB2 Kenneth Walker RB · KC Big saltena 32.60
WR1 Jalen Coker WR · CAR Coker, Barely Know Her 29.80
WR2 Christian Watson WR · GB Coker, Barely Know Her 29.70
WR3 Justin Jefferson WR · MIN Sacks in the City 27.20
TE Isaiah Likely TE · NYG Bismellah Cookin Lamb 23.80
FLEX1 D'Andre Swift RB · CHI Sacks in the City 31.90
FLEX2 Jahmyr Gibbs RB · DET Big saltena 31.10
K Evan McPherson K · CIN XXXDaDa 19.00
DEF Pittsburgh Steelers DEF · PIT Sacks in the City 20.00
Total 321.16
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