John E. beat Tim 145.60 to 56.00, a margin of 89.60 that passes Nick’s 87.60 over Tim in Week 6 and Owen’s 86.24 over Nick in Week 4 as the widest of the season. Tim has been on the wrong end of two of the three. His lineup Sunday: Lamar Jackson, listed Out, started for the third consecutive week, 0.0. TreVeyon Henderson, listed Out with an illness, 0.0. The Saints defense, on a bye, 0.0. Chris Godwin, 0.0. Nick Folk, 0.0. Brock Bowers scored 28.2, Rome Odunze 12.7, Brian Thomas 8.2 and Quinshon Judkins 6.9, and that is the entire 56.00. John E. got 31.1 from Ja’Marr Chase, 20.4 from Jonah Coleman, 20.2 from Trey McBride, 19 from the Jaguars defense he won on waivers Thursday, 18.6 from Luther Burden and 16.6 from DJ Moore. Last week he scored 146.98; the week before that, his season high was 126.70. He is 3-5 after an 0-5 start, has won three straight, has the most points in the Magic Castle at 912.38, and this morning sits first in the power ranking, up five places. The 6-6 series is 7-6 John E. Tim stays on 74 career wins, has lost four in a row, and the season record of lineups with dead slots at kickoff is now 1-8.

Jonathan 104.38, John P. 102.96. The fourth-closest result of the season, behind Kevin–John P. 0.42 in Week 1, mike–Timothy 0.48 in Week 4 and Kevin–Timothy 0.92 last week; John P. has now lost two of the four. He started Bryce Young, who scored 4.36, with Kirk Cousins scoring 27.18 on his bench — the fourth time this season Cousins has out-scored Young from the bench, and the first time the gap has decided a game. Jonathan needed 45.17 net from Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jayden Daniels and Stefon Diggs against Jason Myers, and got 49.58 to Myers’ 3.0: Smith-Njigba 23.8 on Sunday night, Daniels 12.98 and Diggs 12.8 on Monday. Tucker Kraft scored 17.3 on Thursday, Dylan Sampson, won on waivers that morning, 12.9, Kimani Vidal, won the same morning, 5.0. Jahmyr Gibbs scored 24.8 for John P., the Buccaneers defense — won Thursday, in the lineup by kickoff — 18, Rashee Rice 18.3. It was Jonathan’s 111th regular-season win; John P. stays on 109. The series is level at 10-10 and Jonathan, 6-2, leads the Magic Castle by a game.

Josh 156.48, Michael 116.34. Josh’s total ties Michael’s own 156.48 from Week 2 as the fourth-highest score of the season, behind mike’s 187.72, Timothy’s 173.34 and Sean’s 167.42. Tee Higgins scored 37.5, the week’s top line and 21.57 over projection, the week’s largest beat; Joe Burrow 36.48, 17.93 over; Chuba Hubbard 24.9 on Thursday; the Steelers defense 19; T.J. Hockenson 15.8 from the flex; Colston Loveland 11.5 on Sunday night. Josh finished 59.66 over his projection, the third-largest team beat of the season, with Carnell Tate, listed Out, scoring 0.0 in his lineup and Ladd McConkey and Khalil Shakir scoring 24.0 on his bench. It was his 99th regular-season win. Michael started Davante Adams, on injured reserve, for the second consecutive week — his fourth straight game with a dead slot — and scored 116.34 around the empty slot — Patrick Mahomes 25.44, Harold Fannin 23.4, James Cook 18.1 — which would have won three of the week’s other six games. He has lost three straight, is 4-4, and is 1-3 in games with a dead slot. The series is 9-4 Josh.

The week

Fourteen teams scored 1,439.16 points, an average of 102.80, down from 105.48 and the fourth week of eight under 106. Three teams finished under 70 — Owen 45.80, Tim 56.00, Nick 65.44 — the most since Week 2, when four did. Owen’s 45.80 is the second-lowest score of the season behind Tim’s 42.60; Tim’s 56.00 is the third-lowest. The season average is 107.56.

mike 123.08, Sean 115.88. Sean led 115.88 to 106.88 after Sunday night, having gotten 12.98 from Caleb Williams and 2.0 from the Seahawks defense; mike had two Monday starters he signed on Thursday morning, and Chig Okonkwo scored 3.2 and the Commanders defense — the sixth defense he has rostered this season — scored 13. Bhayshul Tuten scored 29.9, 14.72 over projection, Puka Nacua 25.0, Bucky Irving 21.0; Matthew Stafford scored 7.28. Michael Wilson scored 26.8 and Josh Jacobs 23.2 for Sean, who has lost four straight since starting 4-0 and is 4-4 with the most points in the league, 959.38. mike has won five straight since starting 0-3 and is 5-3. The series is 10-7 Sean.

Kevin 89.48, Owen 45.80. Owen started Michael Penix, won on waivers Thursday, and Penix scored −2.9, the only negative starter of the week. He started Ka’imi Fairbairn on a bye, 0.0; Zay Flowers, 0.0 against a projection of 18.45, the week’s largest individual miss; and Emanuel Wilson on Monday night, 0.0. On his bench, Tyler Allgeier scored 36.1 — the highest bench score by any player this season — and DeMario Douglas 16.6, and the bench, 52.7, out-scored the starters, which had not happened to any team this year. Owen finished 48.85 under projection and is 108.32 under for the season, the most in the league. Kevin — Jaylen Warren 20.3, Bo Nix 17.28, Malik Washington 15.0, Hunter Henry 6.0 after all — scored 89.48, the week’s lowest winning total and 11.91 under projection; he has finished under his projection in seven of eight weeks and is 5-3, with the twelfth-most points in the league. It was his 91st regular-season win and it levels the series at 10-10.

Jeff 121.06, Nick 65.44. D’Andre Swift scored 27.9 on Sunday night, 13.29 over projection, and the rest of Nick’s lineup scored 37.54: Jared Goff 5.04, DK Metcalf 1.4, Parker Washington 3.6, Darren Waller 2.1, and the Falcons defense, signed Sunday at noon, 3. The Packers defense he released to sign it had scored 11.0 on Thursday night; Tyler Bass scored 16.0 on his bench behind Brandon McManus’ 6.0, Josh Downs 12.3 behind Washington. Tony Pollard scored 27.7 for Jeff, Josh Allen 25.56 back from his bye, Christian Watson 17.3, Travis Kelce 11.7; Drake London scored 1.8, 14.63 under projection, and left with a head injury. Jeff is 6-2, leads the Smith House by two games, and has allowed 731.90 points, the fewest in the league. The series is 11-7 Nick.

Anthony 108.56, Timothy 88.10. Timothy benched Jordan Love for Dak Prescott one week after benching Dak for Love; Love scored 21.52 on the bench, Dak 15.8 in the lineup. Matthew Golden scored 20.9, Bijan Robinson 7.6 against a 21.79 projection, Saquon Barkley 12.4 on Monday, Kenyon Sadiq, won on waivers Thursday with George Kittle on a bye, 3.2, and Samaje Perine, signed Sunday morning and started in the flex, 2.9. Braelon Allen scored 23.3 for Anthony, Drake Maye 18.46, Chase Brown 16.1, Justin Jefferson 14.3, Dallas Goedert 7.2 on Monday. Anthony’s 132nd regular-season win is his third straight; he is 5-3, and the series is 9-7. Timothy is 4-4 and has lost two straight.

Standings

Jonathan (892.00) leads the Magic Castle at 6-2, with mike, Anthony and Kevin a game back at 5-3 and John E., John P. and Tim at 3-5. Jeff (940.70) leads the Smith House at 6-2 by two games over Sean, Michael and Timothy, all 4-4; Josh and Nick are 3-5 and Owen 2-6. Sean has the most points in the league at 4-4. John E. has the most in the Magic Castle, 912.38, at 3-5 — 20.38 more than Jonathan. Kevin is 5-3 with 775.52, twelfth in the league. Josh has allowed the most points, 962.10; Jeff the fewest. The Smith House leads the conference scoring 6,237.88 to 5,808.56.

Magic Castle

Smith House

Records and streaks

John E.–Tim, 89.60, is the season’s widest margin; Jonathan–John P., 1.42, is its fourth-closest. Josh’s 156.48 is tied for the fourth-highest score of the season, and his 59.66 over projection is the third-largest team beat. Tyler Allgeier’s 36.1 is the season’s highest bench score, and Owen’s is the first bench to out-score its starters. John E. has scored 146.98 and 145.60 in consecutive weeks after a previous season high of 126.70. Kevin reached 91 regular-season wins, Anthony 132, Jonathan 111 and Josh 99; John P. and Tim stay on 109 and 74. mike has won five straight, John E. and Anthony three; Sean and Tim have lost four straight, Michael three. Michael has started a dead slot four weeks running, the last two of them Davante Adams from injured reserve; Tim has started Lamar Jackson while listed Out three weeks running, and lost all three.

Projections and injuries

The projected favorite went 5-2 and is 34-22 for the season, 61 percent. The two favorites who lost were Michael, who beat his projection by 12.46 and lost to a 59.66 beat, and John P. (−14.02). The week’s largest team beats were Josh (+59.66) and John E. (+36.10); the largest misses were Owen (−48.85), Nick (−27.30), Timothy (−23.55) and Tim (−21.76), all underdogs who lost. Among starters: Tee Higgins +21.57, Joe Burrow +17.93, Bhayshul Tuten +14.72, Tony Pollard +13.52, D’Andre Swift +13.29 and Harold Fannin +12.79 on the high side; Zay Flowers −18.45, Lamar Jackson −17.26, Drake London −14.63, Michael Penix −14.48, Bijan Robinson −14.19 and Javonte Williams −14.00 on the low. Five starters carried projections of zero into the week and scored zero — Josh’s Tate, Michael’s Adams, Owen’s Fairbairn, Tim’s Henderson and Saints defense — and a sixth, John E.’s Jeremiyah Love, listed Out, played and scored 2.3. As of Tuesday morning: Lamar Jackson (thumb), TreVeyon Henderson (illness) and Kyle Monangai (thumb) are Out for Tim; Hunter Henry (foot), Jake Ferguson (ankle), A.J. Brown (ankle) and Dontayvion Wicks (ankle) for Kevin; Carnell Tate (Josh, shoulder), Jeremiyah Love (John E., ankle), Emeka Egbuka (Timothy, foot), DeVonta Smith (Nick, hamstring), Brian Robinson (Owen, hamstring) and Kendrick Bourne, David Montgomery and Zonovan Knight (mike) are Out. Travis Etienne (Jonathan, hamstring) has gone on injured reserve, where RJ Harvey (Anthony), Tyrone Tracy (Jeff) and Davante Adams (Michael) remain. Questionable: Drake London (head), Matthew Stafford (arm), Bhayshul Tuten (ankle), Michael Wilson (ribs), Christian McCaffrey (calf), Cam Skattebo (hamstring), Amon-Ra St. Brown and James Cook.

Transactions

Eighteen completed moves since last Tuesday and no trades; the season total stays at five. The Thursday waiver run: Kevin won Hunter Henry, releasing Jalen Nailor; John E. won the Jaguars defense, releasing the Titans defense, and Makai Lemon, releasing Geno Smith; Jonathan won Dylan Sampson, releasing C.J. Stroud, and Kimani Vidal, releasing Roschon Johnson; mike won Elijah Mitchell, releasing Dameon Pierce; Timothy won Kenyon Sadiq; John P. won the Buccaneers defense, releasing the Texans defense; Owen won Devin Singletary and Michael Penix, releasing Samaje Perine and Jacoby Brissett; Anthony won Jaydon Blue. After the run, mike signed Chig Okonkwo, the Commanders defense and Keon Coleman; Owen released Rashid Shaheed on Thursday and signed Wan’Dale Robinson on Friday, who scored 15.7, his best starter; Timothy signed Perine on Sunday morning, three days after Owen released him, and started him; Nick released the Packers defense for the Falcons defense on Sunday.

Power ranking

Market value, not results: 70 percent the FantasyCalc value of each roster’s best legal lineup, 30 percent the whole roster. John E. climbs five to first, the fourth different manager to hold the top spot this season after Anthony, Jeff and Sean. His best lineup, 26,820, is only fourth, behind Sean, Timothy and Jonathan; his roster value, 34,306, is 2,128 clear of Anthony’s and carries the ranking. Anthony falls four to fifth with a best lineup down 972, and Jeff falls four to sixth on a lineup that gained 96 while four teams above him gained more. Sean and Timothy each climb two. Josh climbs two to eleventh on a best-lineup gain of 3,782, the week’s largest; Nick falls two to tenth on a loss of 1,852. Tim’s best lineup fell 2,601 to 12,193, and his whole roster, 12,992, is now worth less than any other team’s best lineup.

Values from FantasyCalc redraft, 14-team, 1QB, full PPR, pulled Tuesday morning. Best lineup = QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, FLEX by value; kickers and defenses carry no market value. Last week = the Week 7 recap’s ranking; Draft = the post-draft ranking of September 9. Projections are Sleeper’s pre-game player projections scored with this league’s settings; injury designations are Sleeper’s as of Tuesday morning. All-time rankings this week are against the league record lists (top ten scores, top five margins, each manager’s career high and low).