3 weeks into the season, it’s time to take the League’s temperature.

RANKINGS ACCORDING TO THE COMMISH

(ESPN’s playoff seed prediction in parenthesis)

(1) Blake (1st): 3-0, 353.88 total points scored
Commish Commentary: If he can keep winning, he’ll stay in the lead. Lose a game, lose the lead.

(2) Zac (3rd): 2-1, 411.06 total points scored
Commish Commentary: No worries here. If he can continue to win most of his games, his points scored will guarantee him a spot in the postseason.

(3) Veronicca (4th): 2-1, 367.68 total points scored
Commish Commentary: She’s got options: score more points, or stay ahead on wins, or Blake loses a matchup. So far, the West is a competitive Division in our league and the East is not, so she needs to keep up in points if she hopes to beat out the competition. Currently sitting one game behind the lead, Veronicca also has Chelsea and Jean hot on her tail. Either 1 loss or a 5 point PF deficit could mean a tumble to 5th place.

(4) Josh (2nd): 1-2, 387.86 total points scored
Commish Commentary: Keep to the plan. Wins and losses are random, points scored is less random.

(5) Chelsea (5th): 1-2, 364.88 total points scored
Commish Commentary: Currently in a trio with Veronicca & Jean, playing musical chairs for 2 playoff spots in the case that Veronicca loses a game. The situation could also get more interesting if Blake drops a matchup.

(6) Jean (6th): 1-2, 363.86 total points scored
Commish Commentary: Identical situation as Chelsea, 1.02 points removed.

(7) Joe (7th): 1-2, 333.56 total points scored
Commish Commentary: Joe needs points. Lucky for him, Mahomes, Jones, Chase, & the Cowboys D all have something to prove.

(8) Kayla (8th): 1-2, 296.90 total points scored
Commish Commentary: Doesn’t this feel familiar? Didn’t she also suffer from an injured QB last year? When will Kayla catch a break? She had a great W1, but then the story became about injuries and tough positional matchups. She has a solid squad, and her X Factor might end up being Brock Bowers. With a Brock Purdy pickup on the waivers and a couple of big stars down the roster, she’s due to strike back up in the rankings in a big way. If her PF deficit gets any worse, her only path to the playoffs will quickly become her win-loss record.

INTERESTING STATS

Everyone’s a Winner — each of us has at least 1 win

• 3 Wins: Blake
• 2 Wins: Zac & V
• 1 Win: Josh, Chelsea, Jean, Joe, & Kayla

High Rollers — there have been 4 instances so far of a team scoring 140+ points in one weekend:

• Veronicca W2: 154.42 in win over Zac
  • Biggest Overachiever: Alvin Kamara (27 points over prediction)
• Zac W2: 149.26 in loss to Veronicca
  • Biggest Overachievers: James Cook (13 points over prediction), Nico Collins (13 points over prediction), & George Kittle (10 points over prediction)
• Chelsea W2: 147.78 in win over Josh
  • Biggest Overachievers: Davante Adams (10 points over prediction) & Chris Godwin (10 points over prediction)
• Josh W3: 147.26 in win over Kayla
  • Biggest Overachievers: Kyren Williams (12 points over prediction) & Zach Charbonnet (10 points over prediction)

Bottom Feeders — there have been 2 instances so far of a team scoring less than 80 points in one weekend:

• Kayla W3: 73.88 in loss to Josh
  • Biggest Underachievers: Rhamondre Stevenson (15 points below prediction), Anthony Richardson (12 points below prediction), CeeDee Lamb (12 points below prediction), & Tyreek Hill (9 points below prediction)
• Joe W2: 77.84 in loss to Veronicca
  • Biggest Underachievers: Ja’Marr Chase (11 points below prediction), Cooper Kupp (11 points below prediction), Michael Pittman (10 points below prection), & Patrick Mahomes (8 points below prediction),

Big Year for the Comeback Kid — we’ve had 4 Monday Night Comebacks so far

• W3: Zac scores 70 points behind monster performances by Josh Allen, James Cook, Brian Robinson Jr, & Mike Gesicki to cover his 60 point Monday night deficit to Jean’s 120 points.
• W3: Joe scores 43 points between Ja’Marr Chase & Dalton Kincaid to claim his first win over Veronicca’s measly 95 points.
• W2: Veronicca scores 44 points from the Jalen-to-DeVonta connection to come from behind and beat Zac’s monster score of 149.
• W2: Chelsea scores 33 points from Bijan Robinson & Drake London to come from behind and beat an average showing of 125 from Josh.

“This Wouldn’t Have Happened if You Could See the Matrix Like Me” (Zac) — there have been 23 bench performances over 20 points; *repeat players with asterisk

• Joe W1: 33.1 points from Jayden Reed
• Jean W3: 29.86 points from Dak Prescott
• Kayla W2: 29.0 points from Marvin Harrison Jr
• *Veronicca W2: 28.7 points from Malik Nabers
• *Veronicca W3: 28.2 points from Malik Nabers
• *Veronicca W1: 28.16 points from Jayden Daniels
• *Veronicca W3: 28.06 points from Jayden Daniels
• Chelsea W3: 27.6 points from Amari Cooper
• Jean W3: 27.0 points from Dallas Goedert
• Kayla W1: 26.08 points from Anthony Richardson
• Kayla W2: 24.7 points from Calvin Ridley
• Kayla W1: 24.4 points from Jameson Williams
• Veronicca W2: 23.7 points from Jaxon S-N
• Chelsea W1: 22.3 points from Chris Godwin
• Veronicca W1: 21.9 points from Stefon Diggs
• Veronicca W3: 21.2 points from David Montgomery
• Chelsea W3: 21.04 points from Aaron Rodgers
• Joe W1: 21.0 points from the Cowbys DST
• Blake W1: 20.8 points from Xavier Worthy
• Josh W3: 20.7 points from Zack Moss
• Joe W2: 20.1 points from JK Dobbins
• Kayla W3: 20.0 points from Terry McLaurin
• None from Zac! This is either some great roster management or a lack of position depth—given his injury report, I’m leaning toward the latter.

Eat, Sleep, Score — top 3 points scorers (highest PF, the tiebreaking measure for playoff eligibility)

• Zac: 411.06 total points scored
• Josh: 387.86 total points scored
• Veronicca: 367.68 total points scored

Maybe You Should Invest in a Lucky Charm — most points scored against them

• Veronicca: 394.80 total points scored by opponents
• Zac: 393.06 total points scored by opponents
• Kayla: 380.14 total points scored by opponents