KARNO FANTASY 2023

HEADLINE

Milwaukee Mavericks obliterates Novotny Bombers by 69.20 points in Week 2's most violent fantasy crime.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Week 2 of Karno Fantasy 2026 was less of a competition and more of a public execution. Three blowouts. Three teams left staring at the wreckage. The most grotesque of the bunch: Milwaukee Mavericks dropped 158.40 on the Novotny Bombers, who could only muster 89.20 in response — a 69.20-point margin that is, by definition, the biggest beatdown in league history through two weeks. Amon-Ra St. Brown (35.20), Jake Ferguson (20.30), and Harrison Butker (17.00) all showed up. Meanwhile, Novotny Bombers trotted out Marvin Harrison Jr. for a cool 0.00 points and Drake Maye for 8.90. That's not a fantasy team, that's a cry for help.

The chaos didn't stop there. WASTEWATER WINNERS posted a season-high 162.60 — the highest single-week score in the league this season — to blow out Rockies REVENGE 162.60–111.50. Davante Adams went nuclear for 39.50 points. Patrick Mahomes added 34.90. Rockies REVENGE, meanwhile, had Lamar Jackson for 17.80 and left 46.50 points rotting on the bench. Here comes the PAIN! also joined the blowout club, putting up 141.70 behind Josh Allen's absurd 46.70-point performance to stomp JC Wagons 141.70–94.50. Justin Jefferson managed only 8.50 for JC Wagons. That's not a flex. That's a bruise. Four teams are now 2-0. Four teams are 0-2. The gap between the haves and the have-nots is already looking uncomfortably wide for a cousins league where everyone has to see each other at Thanksgiving.

The only non-blowout results were Remember The Tight Ends outlasting Lisbon Lushes 142.20–122.70 — powered by Jaxon Smith-Njigba's 42.50-point monster game — and Lil' NoVot sneaking past Unchecked Aggression 89.90–67.20 in the saddest high-five in fantasy football history. Both winners move to 1-1, but let's be honest: that Unchecked Aggression score of 67.20 is going to haunt the league GroupChat all week. Week 3 arrives with four undefeated teams on a collision course and four winless teams running out of runway. Someone's going 0-3. Prepare accordingly.

MATCHUP RECAPS

Remember The Tight Ends (jnovot2867980) def. Lisbon Lushes (toddnovow), 142.20–122.70

Jaxon Smith-Njigba dropped 42.50 points and immediately became the most important player in jnovot2867980's fantasy universe — good thing the team is literally named Remember The Tight Ends, because Travis Kelce's 25.10 kept the engine running too. Remember The Tight Ends moves to 2-0 with the most consistent floor in the league: their season low is 133.10, meaning they've never dipped below the league average. Lisbon Lushes had CeeDee Lamb for 35.30 and Dak Prescott for 37.60 — combined, that's 72.90 points from two players — and still lost by 19.50, which tells you everything about the rest of their roster's contribution. Saquon Barkley put up 3.00 points. Three. DJ Moore was literally negative. Lisbon Lushes also left 57.40 points on the bench, which is both impressive and infuriating. At 1-1, toddnovow needs to start making better lineup decisions before this becomes a pattern.

WASTEWATER WINNERS (ESPNfan4627121982) def. Rockies REVENGE (Fliggor), 162.60–111.50 💥 BLOWOUT

WASTEWATER WINNERS posted the league's highest single score of the season at 162.60 — 33% above the week's league average of 119.33 — and it wasn't even close. Davante Adams erupted for 39.50, Patrick Mahomes added 34.90, and somehow ESPNfan4627121982 still had 90.00 points sitting unused on the bench. Ninety. Points. On the bench. The Steelers D/ST chipped in 11.00 and both Trey McBride and George Kittle each cleared 18.00, giving WASTEWATER WINNERS arguably the most suffocating roster depth in the league right now. Rockies REVENGE had Jonathan Taylor for 29.20 — a perfectly respectable performance — but Lamar Jackson came in at 17.80 and Ashton Jeanty managed only 10.30 on what should be one of the most coveted backfields in fantasy. At 0-2 with a 46.50-point bench left idle, the execution problem is real. Rockies REVENGE is not a bad team — they're just in a brutal spot, and Week 3 needs to be a turnaround or the playoffs become a long-shot conversation.

Here comes the PAIN! (slfdxplr08) def. JC Wagons (Kyle12179), 141.70–94.50 💥 BLOWOUT

Josh Allen. 46.70 points. That's it. That's the recap. Okay, fine — Christian McCaffrey added 22.60 and Brandon Aubrey hit 16.00 from the kicker spot alone, which is the kind of thing that makes your opponent want to close the app. Here comes the PAIN! bounced back from a Week 1 loss to win going away, and slfdxplr08 moves to 1-1 trending in the right direction. JC Wagons, on the other hand, scored 94.50 — 23% below league average — and the symptoms are everywhere: Justin Jefferson with 8.50, Colston Loveland with 1.30, T.J. Hockenson with 5.90, Deebo Samuel with 6.50. Brock Purdy was the only bright spot at 32.40, and even that couldn't save a lineup that collectively refused to show up. JC Wagons is 0-2 with a season high of just 127.60. The margin for error is gone.

Milwaukee Mavericks (bellefso) def. Novotny Bombers (novots19), 158.40–89.20 💥 BLOWOUT

The 69.20-point margin is the single largest blowout of the season, and it deserves its own moment of silence. Milwaukee Mavericks was 29% above league average with Amon-Ra St. Brown (35.20), Jake Ferguson (20.30), Omarion Hampton (18.50), and Harrison Butker (17.00) all delivering in a lineup that had no weak links. bellefso is 2-0 with a roster that swings between 108.60 and 158.40 — the variance is wild, but the ceiling is absolutely lethal. The Novotny Bombers, bless their hearts, started Marvin Harrison Jr. for 0.00 points and Drake Maye for 8.90 while Jahmyr Gibbs (23.30) and Dalton Kincaid (22.50) were the only signs of life. novots19 is 0-2, averaging just 102.65 per game, and staring down a schedule that isn't getting any more forgiving. The Bombers need a roster shakeup yesterday.

New Number, Who Dis? (ESPNFAN3068833014) def. Team Carter (ESPNfan7381931210), 131.20–120.80

The only close game of the week, and it wasn't pretty for either side. New Number, Who Dis? ground out a 10.40-point win on the back of Kenneth Walker III (23.80), DeVonta Smith (27.70), and a Patriots D/ST that quietly dropped 22.00 — which is either genius or luck, and at 2-0 it doesn't really matter which. Trevor Lawrence contributed a very Trevor Lawrence 7.00 points at QB, meaning the win came despite the quarterback, not because of him. Team Carter had Ja'Marr Chase (26.50), Chris Olave (22.60), and Jalen Hurts (22.00) all performing — but Dallas Goedert's 1.40 points and Drake London's 8.90 left too many points on the table. Team Carter is 1-1 with 275.80 total points — more than three of the four undefeated teams — and the record simply does not reflect the roster quality. ESPNFAN3068833014 survives another week with their 2-0 record intact, but Lawrence needs to wake up or this house of cards gets shaky fast.

Lil' NoVot (wi_player287) def. Unchecked Aggression (ESPNFAN7869483590), 89.90–67.20

Congratulations to Lil' NoVot for winning the least impressive game in fantasy football history. wi_player287 scored 89.90 — 27% below league average — and still won by 22.70 points because Unchecked Aggression put up 67.20, which is 45% below league average and the lowest single-game score in the league this season. Puka Nacua: 0.00. Malik Nabers: 1.10. David Montgomery: 4.40. Stefon Diggs was the only player who showed up at 21.70, and Justin Herbert checked in with a forgettable 11.80. Unchecked Aggression also left 64.00 points on the bench — more than their entire starting lineup scored — which is the kind of lineup management that should be a criminal offense in a cousins league. Lil' NoVot's season high through two weeks is 89.90, meaning their best game is still below every other team's floor except Unchecked Aggression. They're 1-1, but nobody is scared of them.

POWER RANKINGS

1. WASTEWATER WINNERS (ESPNfan4627121982, 2-0) — League-high 162.60 this week, 90 pts left on bench, and a 150.85 average. This roster is genuinely alarming.

2. Milwaukee Mavericks (bellefso, 2-0) — Posted the league's biggest blowout at +69.20. Amon-Ra, Ferguson, and Butker are a core that wins championships.

3. Remember The Tight Ends (jnovot2867980, 2-0) — The most consistent floor in the league (season low: 133.10). JSN's 42.50 and Kelce's 25.10 in Week 2 is a scary combo.

4. New Number, Who Dis? (ESPNFAN3068833014, 2-0) — Still undefeated but Trevor Lawrence at 7.00 is a ticking time bomb under this 2-0 record.

5. Team Carter (ESPNfan7381931210, 1-1) — Leads all 1-1 teams with 275.80 PF. Chase, Olave, and Hurts are legitimate. Goedert's 1.40 is the one blot.

6. Here comes the PAIN! (slfdxplr08, 1-1) — Josh Allen at 46.70 and CMC at 22.60 is a top-5 core. Bounced back strong. Rising fast.

7. Lisbon Lushes (toddnovow, 1-1) — CeeDee Lamb (35.30) and Dak (37.60) in the same week and still lost. Bench management is the killer here.

8. Rockies REVENGE (Fliggor, 0-2) — Not a bad roster — Jonathan Taylor hit 29.20 — but 46.50 left on the bench in a 51-point loss is indefensible.

9. JC Wagons (Kyle12179, 0-2) — Brock Purdy (32.40) is the only consistent weapon. Jefferson at 8.50 two weeks in is a real problem.

10. Novotny Bombers (novots19, 0-2) — Averaging 102.65. Marvin Harrison Jr. at 0.00 points. Drake Maye at 8.90. This is not going well.

11. Lil' NoVot (wi_player287, 1-1) — Won with 89.90 points. Their season high is 89.90. Carson Wentz at 6.20 explains everything about this team.

12. Unchecked Aggression (ESPNFAN7869483590, 0-2) — 67.20 points. 64.00 left on the bench. Puka Nacua and Malik Nabers combining for 1.10. This is a full-blown crisis.

LOOKING AHEAD

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  🔥 Marquee Matchup: The first collision of undefeated teams is coming — when any two of WASTEWATER WINNERS, New Number Who Dis?, Remember The Tight Ends, and Milwaukee Mavericks meet, someone's 2-0 record dies. Watch the schedule board.

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  📈 Streak Watch: WASTEWATER WINNERS (W2) and Milwaukee Mavericks (W2) are both averaging over 133 points and showing no signs of slowing down. At what point do we just hand them the trophy and go home?

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  🚨 Must-Win: Novotny Bombers and Unchecked Aggression are both 0-2 and sitting at the bottom of the league. A third loss for either team makes the playoff math genuinely brutal in a 12-team cousins league where everyone is watching.

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  💀 Revenge Game: Lisbon Lushes need a response after losing despite CeeDee Lamb and Dak both going off. toddnovow has the weapons — the lineup decisions have to be better. Fifty-seven points on the bench is not a strategy, it's a waste of everyone's time.

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  📊 League Trend: Three blowouts in Week 2 (margins of 51.10, 47.20, and 69.20) suggest the talent gap between the top and bottom of this league is widening fast. If the 0-2 teams don't course correct — especially on bench management, where Unchecked Aggression left 64.00 pts unused — this could be a very long, very lopsided second half of the season.