Captured Sunday, Sept. 13, at 5:15 p.m. PDT, the Tony Romo league is still unfinished, but several managers have already donated points to the couch cushions. California Stoners are the obvious starting point. Parker Washington’s 19.30 on the bench would have beaten Jaylen Warren’s 10.30 in the W/R/T spot by 9.0 points, and Jared Goff’s 20.44 would have topped Drake Maye’s 14.82 by 5.62. The quarterback call is especially rough because Goff also had the slightly better pregame projection, 23.24 to 21.85. The outcome is hindsight; the modest projection advantage was available evidence. California should explain its quarterback preference, not pretend the 5.62-point difference was inevitable.
Jerky Jones left the cleaner receiver correction available. Stefon Diggs scored 15.50 on the bench, while Terry McLaurin gave only 3.40. That is a 12.10-point miss in a WR slot. Michael Wilson’s 10.60 also beat McLaurin by 7.20. Jerky still has Sunday-night rescue options, but those completed receiver outcomes are part of why the matchup needs rescuing. McLaurin’s higher projection made the original choice defensible; the cost still belongs in the review.
The Bower Rangers got away with two ugly omissions because Gibbs and Lamar covered the mess. Kyle Monangai’s 21.40 would have beaten Jonathon Brooks’ 7.70 by 13.70 in an RB slot, and Juwan Johnson’s 14.40 would have topped Sam LaPorta’s 9.80 by 4.60 at tight end. LaPorta over Johnson was defensible on projection, 12.17 to 10.15; Brooks was also projected ahead of Monangai, 10.74 to 8.14. The 13.70-point outcome gap makes Monangai a next-week comparison, not proof of a bad pregame choice.
KY all up in your eye made the most avoidable flex miss of the day. Ashton Jeanty scored 32.70 on the bench and would have crushed Jameson Williams’ 8.50 by 24.20 in the W/R/T slot. Jeanty was even projected higher, 14.78 to 13.21. Gone in 60 Saquons left Mark Andrews’ 8.90 behind Harold Fannin Jr.’s 4.10, a 4.80-point difference despite Fannin’s small projection edge. Its louder receiver review is D.J. Moore’s 22.00 on the bench versus Adams’ 5.60. Coker’s 34.80 is another bench explosion, but the capture does not prove when he joined this roster. The actionable Week 2 lesson for California and company is basic: in full PPR, do not let name value outrank bankable targets, passing-down work, or the better projection when the gap is already pointing the other way.
