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Two undefeated teams remain, the Game of the Week has arrived, and Crunchtime’s biggest stars are starting to separate themselves.
🏆 GAME OF THE WEEK
💰 THE PIMPS (2-1) vs. GREEN BAY GAMBLERS (3-0) 🎰
The Points King vs. Perfection
Lifetime Series: The Pimps lead 14-11
There wasn’t much debate about the Game of the Week.
Corey’s Gamblers are 3-0.
Ben’s Pimps lead Crunchtime with 363.90 points.
One has the perfect record. The other has been the league’s most productive team.
Ben also owns the season’s biggest team performance, 147.86 in Week 2, although last week’s 88.94-point clunker against the Top Dawgs proved even the Pimps can have an off Sunday.
The stars are still there. Jonathan Taylor has 54.5 Crunchtime points, while Amon-Ra St. Brown has 53.8 and CeeDee Lamb 52.9. That’s three different Pimps sitting above 50 points already.
Corey’s biggest weapon hasn’t been Saquon Barkley. It’s been Kenneth Walker III, who has piled up 70.2 Crunchtime points and is coming off a Week 3 performance of 19.3 that ranked RB5 for the week.
Lamar Jackson has contributed 69.2 points at quarterback.
That’s the difference between these teams so far. Ben has gotten scoring from everywhere. Corey has gotten enough from the right places at the right times.
👀 LINEUP WATCH
The Pimps: Dak Prescott, Jonathan Taylor, Amon-Ra St. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, Travis Kelce, David Montgomery, Bhayshul Tuten, Ravens D/ST and Cam Little.
Green Bay: Lamar Jackson, Saquon Barkley, Tetairoa McMillan, Rashee Rice, Tucker Kraft, Kenneth Walker III, Tee Higgins, Chiefs D/ST and Harrison Butker.
Josh Jacobs appears on Corey’s bench, but that’s not a managerial decision. He’s unavailable, so Corey isn’t choosing Barkley and Walker over Jacobs.
The Gamblers are going into the Game of the Week with what they’ve got.
🔥 SERIES WATCH
The Pimps lead 14-11 lifetime.
Ben can make it 15-11 and knock Corey from the undefeated ranks. Corey can make it 14-12 and leave Week 4 at 4-0.
363.90 points vs. 3-0.
That’s why this one gets the marquee.
🌮 TACOMAN9000 (3-0) vs. TOP DAWGS (1-2) 🐶
One of These Zeros Has to Go
Lifetime Series: Top Dawgs lead 3-0
This matchup is where the standings begin to look drunk.
Tacoman: 3-0, 357.56 points.
Top Dawgs: 1-2, 351.98 points.
Only 5.58 points separate these teams.
Two entire wins separate their records.
Hector’s biggest weapon has been impossible to miss. Jaxon Smith-Njigba has scored 80.06 Crunchtime points through three weeks, including last week’s 26.36-point WR1 performance.
That’s not one good Sunday. That’s a season trend.
Scott has his own monster. Jahmyr Gibbs has 81.3 Crunchtime points, making him one of the highest-scoring players at any non-quarterback position in the league. Last week he dropped 34.4 and finished RB1.
So Week 4 gives us something pretty fun:
JSN: 80.06 season points, Week 3 WR1.
Gibbs: 81.3 season points, Week 3 RB1.
Hector and Scott each arrive with one of Crunchtime’s hottest players.
👀 LINEUP WATCH
Tacoman: Jalen Hurts, D’Andre Swift, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Garrett Wilson, Trey McBride, Chuba Hubbard, George Kittle, Eagles D/ST and Brandon Aubrey.
Top Dawgs: Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, Drake London, Zay Flowers, Brock Bowers, Jaylen Warren, Josh Downs, Texans D/ST and Tyler Loop.
Here’s where we’ll actually watch the managers.
Puka Nacua is currently on Hector’s bench.
Deebo Samuel is currently on Scott’s bench, with Josh Downs occupying a FLEX spot.
Unlike an injured or suspended player sitting on the bench, these are the types of lineup calls that can become part of Monday’s story.
Especially if somebody goes nuclear.
🔥 SERIES WATCH
Scott is 3-0 lifetime against Hector.
Hector is 3-0 this season.
So we have two different undefeated streaks occupying the same matchup.
Tacoman can become 4-0 in 2026 and finally beat the Dawgs.
The Dawgs can become 4-0 against Tacoman and hand Hector his first loss.
One zero survives. One doesn’t.
🏆 MIDWAY MONSTERS (1-2) vs. SCALLYWAGS (2-1) 🏴☠️
Two of Crunchtime’s Best Running Backs Collide
Lifetime Series: Midway leads 17-10
The defending champions finally woke up last week.
And the reason wasn’t particularly mysterious.
Bijan Robinson: 34.3 points, RB2.
Tyler Shough: 31.8 points, QB4.
Those two accounted for 66.1 of Midway’s 111.70 points, or 59.2% of the entire offense.
Bijan now sits at 65.7 Crunchtime points through three games, giving Tim one of the league’s biggest running-back weapons.
Unfortunately for the defending champs, McE has one too.
Derrick Henry has scored 70.9 Crunchtime points, putting him ahead of Bijan through three weeks. Henry finished RB3 in Week 3 with 20.9, but the Scallywags couldn’t find enough help elsewhere and lost 92.84-83.54.
So forget the records for a moment.
Henry: 70.9 points.
Bijan: 65.7 points.
That’s a heavyweight fight in the middle of this matchup.
👀 LINEUP WATCH
Midway: Tyler Shough, Bijan Robinson, George Pickens, Christian Watson, Colston Loveland, Bucky Irving, Jameson Williams, Saints D/ST and Jake Bates.
Scallywags: Patrick Mahomes, Derrick Henry, Ladd McConkey, Emeka Egbuka, Dalton Kincaid, Jeremiyah Love, Aaron Jones Sr., Steelers D/ST and Trey Smack.
Tyler Shough remains Tim’s quarterback, but we’re not calling that a benching of Caleb Williams. Williams is injured, so Shough is the man while Caleb recovers.
Fortunately for Tim, his replacement just finished QB4.
Sometimes fantasy football actually solves a problem for you.
McE has also switched from the 49ers defense to Pittsburgh after getting only one point from San Francisco last week.
🔥 SERIES WATCH
Midway leads 17-10 lifetime.
Tim can get the defending champs back to 2-2 after an 0-2 start.
McE can improve to 3-1 and leave the Monsters staring at 1-3.
The Monsters finally woke up.
The pirate has been asked to locate the snooze button.
⚔️ DARQUE WARRIORS (2-1) vs. MIAMI JESTERS (0-3) 🃏
History Favors Brad. Desperation Favors Miami.
Lifetime Series: Darque leads 15-9
Brad finally did something last week he’d never done before:
Beat Joe Buck Yourself.
And Darque didn’t exactly sneak out the back door with it. The Warriors won 106.88-65.04, a 41.84-point beating that moved Brad to 2-1.
Joe Burrow has accumulated 64.92 Crunchtime points through three weeks, giving Brad steady production at quarterback. Ja’Marr Chase hasn’t been nearly as dominant yet at 36.5, but Harold Fannin Jr.’s 17.1 last week provided the kind of surprise production that wins fantasy matchups.
Miami’s problem isn’t finding one productive player.
James Cook III has 48.2 Crunchtime points and finished RB4 in Week 3 with 20.4.
The problem is finding enough players to join him.
Last week, Jordan Love and Cook combined for 43.88 points.
Miami’s other seven starters combined for 25.70.
That’s how you score 69.58.
And that’s how you become 0-3.
👀 LINEUP WATCH
Darque: Joe Burrow, Ashton Jeanty, Ja’Marr Chase, Chris Olave, Harold Fannin Jr., Breece Hall, Quinshon Judkins, Seahawks D/ST and Jason Myers.
Miami: Jordan Love, James Cook III, Justin Jefferson, DJ Moore, Tyler Warren, Jaylen Waddle, Emanuel Wilson, Patriots D/ST and Ka’imi Fairbairn.
De’Von Achane is currently on IR, so we’re not blaming Miami for failing to start him. Emanuel Wilson currently occupies that second FLEX position.
Travis Etienne Jr., Brian Thomas Jr., Mike Evans and Terry McLaurin are among the healthy bench options worth watching.
🔥 SERIES WATCH
Brad leads 15-9 lifetime.
Darque can move to 3-1 and make it 16-9.
Miami can finally get its first victory and cut the series to 15-10.
For the Jesters, we’re past style points.
Just locate a W and bring it home safely.
☘️ IRISH PRIDE (1-2) vs. JOE BUCK YOURSELF (0-3) 🏈
The Rubber Match — With a Very Awkward QB Situation
Lifetime Series: Tied 2-2
There may not be another roster in Crunchtime that illustrates the difference between having quarterback points and actually using quarterback points better than Irish Pride.
Rich owns Josh Allen and Brock Purdy.
Through three weeks, ESPN has Allen at 103.94 Crunchtime points.
Purdy has 98.86.
That’s 202.80 fantasy points sitting in one quarterback room.
And Rich can start only one of them.
Last week, unfortunately, he picked the wrong one.
Allen scored 16.46.
Purdy exploded for 39.28 and finished QB1 for Week 3.
Irish lost by 9.14.
You know where this is going.
And Rich probably doesn’t need anyone reminding him what Brock Purdy scored.
So naturally, we just did. 😂
Dennis experienced a smaller version of the same problem. Justin Herbert started and scored 14.74 while Trevor Lawrence put up 25.78 on the bench.
Unlike Rich, Dennis has made a change.
👀 LINEUP WATCH
Irish Pride: Josh Allen, Cam Skattebo, DeVonta Smith, Davante Adams, Dalton Schultz, Christian McCaffrey, Parker Washington, Lions D/ST and Evan McPherson.
Joe Buck Yourself: Trevor Lawrence, Kyren Williams, Malik Nabers, Luther Burden III, Juwan Johnson, Omarion Hampton, Chase Brown, Rams D/ST and Cameron Dicker.
Trevor Lawrence is IN. Justin Herbert is OUT.
Dennis is 0-3. Something had to change.
Rich is staying with Josh Allen, and when your starting quarterback has produced 103.94 Crunchtime points through three weeks, that’s not exactly an indefensible decision.
It just happens to look more interesting when the guy behind him has 98.86 and just finished QB1.
Christian McCaffrey has also quietly produced 45.0 Crunchtime points for Irish Pride, while Javonte Williams is currently on Rich’s bench.
🔥 SERIES WATCH
There couldn’t be a cleaner setup.
Irish Pride 2.
Joe Buck Yourself 2.
The fifth meeting decides who takes the lifetime lead.
Rich can get back to 2-2.
Dennis can avoid 0-4.
And if another Irish quarterback goes off on the bench?
We’ll probably have our Week 4 headline written by halftime.
📊 CRUNCHTIME STANDINGS ENTERING WEEK 4
| Rank | Team | Record | Streak | Points Scored | Points Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🌮 Tacoman9000 | 3-0 | W3 | 357.56 | 247.82 |
| 2 | 🎰 Green Bay Gamblers | 3-0 | W3 | 290.70 | 247.20 |
| 3 | 💰 The Pimps | 2-1 | L1 | 363.90 | 312.56 |
| 4 | ⚔️ Darque Warriors | 2-1 | W1 | 312.02 | 286.22 |
| 5 | 🏴☠️ The Scallywags | 2-1 | L1 | 293.06 | 275.78 |
| 6 | 🐶 Top Dawgs | 1-2 | W1 | 351.98 | 310.78 |
| 7 | ☘️ Irish Pride | 1-2 | L1 | 326.74 | 333.30 |
| 8 | 🏆 Midway Monsters | 1-2 | W1 | 272.58 | 297.72 |
| 9 | 🃏 Miami Jesters | 0-3 | L3 | 245.38 | 362.58 |
| 10 | 🏈 Joe Buck Yourself | 0-3 | L3 | 210.78 | 350.74 |
The standings continue to produce some excellent nonsense.
The Pimps are third despite leading the league in scoring.
The Top Dawgs are sixth despite ranking third in team scoring.
Meanwhile, the undefeated Gamblers have scored only 290.70 but have faced a league-low 247.20 points.
Corey isn’t going to apologize for that.
Nor should he.
Nobody has ever returned a fantasy victory because it wasn’t aesthetically pleasing.
⭐ THE CRUNCHTIME STARS TO WATCH
The season is young, but we’re starting to see which players are carrying the league’s contenders.
🐶 Jahmyr Gibbs — Top Dawgs: 81.3 Crunchtime points and coming off the Week 3 RB1 performance.
🌮 Jaxon Smith-Njigba — Tacoman: 80.06 points and coming off Week 3 WR1.
🏴☠️ Derrick Henry — Scallywags: 70.9 points and Week 3 RB3.
🎰 Kenneth Walker III — Gamblers: 70.2 points and Week 3 RB5.
🏆 Bijan Robinson — Midway: 65.7 points and Week 3 RB2.
And then there’s Rich’s quarterback room:
☘️ Josh Allen — 103.94 points.
☘️ Brock Purdy — 98.86 points.
That’s not a quarterback room.
That’s a weekly anxiety disorder.
Welcome to Week 4. 🏈🔥
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