Bloggers of Seattle Fantasy Football League: Week 1 Recap

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LEE VOWELL VS. TODD VANDENBERG

MIAMI, FL – SEPTEMBER 09: Dion Lewis #33 of the Tennessee Titans celebrating with teammates after rushing in for a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – SEPTEMBER 09: Dion Lewis #33 of the Tennessee Titans celebrating with teammates after rushing in for a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

FINAL SCORE: Vowell 156.5, Vandenberg 101.4

The battle between 12th Man Rising co-site experts, Lee Vowell and Todd Vandenberg were on the complete opposite sides of the scoring spectrum this past week. While Vandenberg posted the lowest score of any team, Vowell was the second-highest scorer and won by the greatest margin.

What it simply boiled down to for Vandenberg was a whole lot of bad luck. Not only did Vowell have three players with 20-plus point games, Kenyan Drake (9.6), Zach Ertz (9.8), and Chris Hogan (2.1) failed to produce for Vandenberg.

Ironically, Vandenberg had the highest scoring player of the match in Aaron Rodgers (24.9). But Russell Wilson (20.4), Saquon Barkley (20.8), Dion Lewis (22), A.J. Green (19.2), Cooper Kupp (17.8) were just too much for Vandenberg’s team to handle.

Vowell also received significant production from some unlikely sources in Tyler Lockett (14.9) and Greg Zuerlein (16), which served as the icing on the cake.

The one low point for Vowell, however, was losing Greg Olsen to injury with no expected return date. This could be a problem for Vowell as he looks to fill his flex spot in Olsen’s absence.