Week 1

The Domination of the Week:  Evan 173.00  --  136.86 Jeff

Futility of the Week:  Stacey for scoring the third most points of the week in a losing effort.

And so it has begun.  The third season of the domination league started with a bang on Thursday night as Barr and Heath got off to rapid starts on the heels of Kelvin Benjamin and CJ Anderson respectively.  That too-soon Benjamin pick isn't looking all that bad in hindsight.  The first matchup to conclude was coincidentally the matchup of the week as well as what turned out to be the domination of the week.  Evan dominated Jeff by 36 points in the battle of the misleading team names.  Monster performances from Luck, Green, and even Dan Bailey got Evan off to a fast lead, one that would prove to be insurmountable as Jeff's trio of Patriots players failed to bring him back.  Their matchup concluded on Sunday night.  All of the other matchups were relatively close heading into Monday and each team had at least one player playing that evening.  Barr put the win out of reach for Ethan after Big Ben put him up by 32 with only Ethan's defense left (The Rams who got shredded).  Its worth noting that Barr was the runner up for domination of the week.  Could this be the year of Barr??  Stacey seemingly had the win locked up against Brian but when you have Antonio Brown nothing is out of the realm of possibility.  Thanks to Brown and a resurgent Carlos Hyde he overcame a 42 point deficit to win 177 to 171 in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.  It's interesting that for the second season in a row Stacey has lost to me in week 1 while I score the most points of the week.  Last season Stacey had the second most points against her accrued for the year and she is off to a similar start this year.  The closest matchup heading into Monday was Derek vs the defending champion, Heath.  The RB heavy draft didn't quite work out for Derek in week 1 as both Elliot and Ingram underperformed.  Both team's QBs didn't quite live up to expectations either and in the end Heath got the victory.  I'll note, however, that Heath has already been bitten by the injury bug as Keenan Allen is lost for the season and Russell Wilson is questionable for week 2.  In an attempt to remedy the situation a trade was made which sent Jordan Reed and the Carolina Defense to Ethan in exchange for Delanie Walker and Stefon Diggs.  Unfortunately week 1 didn't see any team win by 50+ but such instances happened on about a dozen occasions last season.

The week 2 matchup of the week is The Umbrella Matchup: Barr vs Jake.  Trash talk abounds and Barr has suddenly come to life with the disses after a strong week 1 win.

Standings;
1. Brian (1-0)
2. Evan (1-0)
3. Heath (1-0)
4. Barr (1-0)
5. DJ (1-0)
6. Stacey (0-1)
7. Derek (0-1)
8. Jeff (0-1)
9. Jake (0-1)
10. Ethan (0-1)