La Liga 🏈2026 season recap

Week 2 · Top story

POP GOES THE WASABI

The number

BENCH PRESSED

81.90

The bench alone came 0.62 short.

@PopPop4126 rode Josh Allen's five-touchdown stadium opener to the week's top score and flattened @Wasabi209.

The Rundown

Week 2 · from the desk

ALLEN, ALL IN

PopPop4126 Pops Off, EaglesRx Gets Sacked by Its Own Backup, and Herbert's Hermanos Win Family Night

Josh Allen opened Buffalo's new stadium by accounting for five touchdowns, and @PopPop4126 threw the housewarming party on @Wasabi209's lawn. The scarier part was who never got invited inside: Jared Goff threw four touchdowns from the bench, which is either depth or a hostage situation. One Sunday turned fourth place into first.

Goff wasn't the only quarterback with 327 yards and four touchdowns stuck in a fantasy waiting room. Matthew Stafford matched him yard for yard and score for score from @EaglesRx's bench while Lamar Jackson (15.8) started, and Stafford spent Monday night feeding Davante Adams, who was busy beating @EaglesRx for @sedwards1495. That's not losing to an opponent. That's the backup forwarding the mail. Elsewhere, the eldeib bowl went to @alexeldeib, as Jaxon Smith-Njigba's three scores outran @nseldeib and kept the bragging rights in the family name. And @TurkeyTime1 pushed every right lineup button and lost anyway, proof that good decisions need good players to decide on.

Two weeks in, five teams are unbeaten and the penthouse already needs a waiting list. Eleven teams now take aim at @PopPop4126, and the scouting report is short: pray that bench stays on the bench.

Power Rankings

All-play record, then points

POP CHARTS

  1. 1up 3

    PopPop4126

    2-0 19-3 all-play

    Josh Allen christened a new stadium. This roster christened first place.

  2. 2no change

    Herbert's Hermanos

    @alexeldeib 2-0 18-4 all-play

    Benched Tre Tucker (22.9) torched Herbert's Chargers. With hermanos like these...

  3. 3down 2

    Never Gonna Gibbs You Up

    @alysson2114 2-0 18-4 all-play

    Started Dak (29.76) over Mahomes (28.98) and guessed right by 0.78. Sharp, if sweaty.

  4. 4up 1

    EaglesRx

    0-2 16-6 all-play

    Two top-five scores, zero wins. Keep scoring like this and the wins have to show.

  5. 5up 2

    sedwards1495

    2-0 15-7 all-play

    Brock Purdy (28.48) even ran one in himself. Purdy good case for a contender.

  6. 6down 3

    Won’t Rock

    @ActuallyLogan 2-0 15-7 all-play

    Undefeated and sliding anyway. Justin Jefferson (8.5) needs to RSVP to DeVonta Smith's party.

  7. 7down 1

    The (P)Rice is Right

    @jmass 1-1 8-14 all-play

    Trey McBride (18.1) and Will Reichard (12.3) kept it respectable. Bijan owes a rebound.

  8. 8up 1

    👩‍🍳 Cook coop conk

    @nseldeib 0-2 8-14 all-play

    Omarion Hampton (17.5) scored and fumbled, the whole season so far in one afternoon.

  9. 9down 1

    TurkeyTime1

    0-2 5-17 all-play

    Two losses in September. Nobody told TurkeyTime1 carving season is November.

  10. 10up 1

    You'll Never CMC Me Again

    @Wasabi209 0-2 4-18 all-play

    Matt Gay hit a career-long 59-yarder. The schedule (349.12 against) kicked back harder.

  11. 11up 1

    Like a Good Nabers

    @brickhouseallison 1-1 4-18 all-play

    CMC needed 23 rushing yards for two scores. A 1-1 record built on very short trips.

  12. 12down 2

    Livin' La Liga Loca

    @kellengil 0-2 2-20 all-play

    Tetairoa McMillan (15.1) and Tee Higgins (14.5) held up their end. Help is on backorder.

Trophies

The stats package · 13 awards

GOFF DUTY

The big stuff

Biggest domination

@PopPop4126

by 81.90 over You'll Never CMC Me Again

Cameron Dicker scored 2.0 and it still wasn't remotely close.

Top score

@PopPop4126

177.12 (+48.1 vs proj)

Amon-Ra St. Brown (35.2) would have been the headliner almost anywhere else.

Biggest loser

@kellengilLivin' La Liga Loca

77.76 (-39.3 vs proj)

Two other teams' benches outscored this lineup. The couch is setting the bar.

Closest game

@brickhouseallisonLike a Good Nabers

by 12.08 over TurkeyTime1

The tightest game of the week, and Rachaad White (14.3) still napped through it.

Other fun stats

Best manager

@TurkeyTime1

95.1% of max (94.64)

Pushed every right button. None of them were connected to anything.

Worst manager

@jmassThe (P)Rice is Right

72.1% of max (125.92)

Jalen Coker (14.6) sat again, too. "Never gonna bench Coker" aged one week.

benchD. Schultz26.00

startedT. McLaurin7.00

Best bench

@PopPop4126

81.28 on the bench

Stefon Diggs (21.7) caught two touchdowns. Nice digs, shame about the view.

Best player

@alexeldeibHerbert's Hermanos

J. Smith-Njigba 42.50

Three touchdowns, one handed to the fans. Even the crowd got a cut.

Bench MVP

@PopPop4126

J. Goff 29.78

Four touchdown passes, and the reward was a front-row seat to Allen.

benchJ. Goff29.78

startedJ. Allen40.82

Overachiever

@sedwards1495

D. Adams 39.50, +25.9 vs proj

195 yards and two scores. Monday night became Davante's Inferno.

Underachiever

@kellengilLivin' La Liga Loca

S. Barkley 3.00, -13.6 vs proj

Saquon gained nine rushing yards, roughly one good stride for him.

Lucky

@brickhouseallisonLike a Good Nabers

won with the 8th-best score

Seven teams scored more. None of them were on the schedule.

Unlucky

@EaglesRx

lost with the 3rd-best score

CeeDee Lamb (35.3) did everything except pick the opponent.

Scoreboard

Week 2 finals

WAS HE IN?

Like a Good Nabers beat TurkeyTime1

FinalGame 1+12.08

Like a Good Nabers102.12

TurkeyTime190.04

Top gunsC. McCaffrey 22.6vsLAR D/ST 16.0

Waiver pickup Konata Mumpfield earned a start and caught one pass for it.

Won’t Rock beat Livin' La Liga Loca

FinalGame 2+26.42

Won’t Rock104.18

Livin' La Liga Loca77.76

Top gunsD. Smith 27.7vsT. McMillan 15.1

Fans debate whether Shough crossed the goal line. He never crossed into the lineup.

Never Gonna Gibbs You Up beat The (P)Rice is Right

FinalGame 3+27.74

Never Gonna Gibbs You Up118.56

The (P)Rice is Right90.82

Top gunsD. Prescott 29.8vsT. McBride 18.1

Rice's late incompletion forced overtime, and Butker (17.5) cashed it for the opponent.

sedwards1495 beat EaglesRx

FinalGame 4+34.68

sedwards1495164.08

EaglesRx129.40

Top gunsD. Adams 39.5vsC. Lamb 35.3

The Rams posted "Ate the W." @sedwards1495 got the leftovers.

PopPop4126 beat You'll Never CMC Me Again

FinalGame 5+81.90

PopPop4126177.12

You'll Never CMC Me Again95.22

Top gunsJ. Allen 40.8vsJ. Taylor 29.2

New England's defense (28.0) more than tripled its projection. Allen had backup.

Herbert's Hermanos beat 👩‍🍳 Cook coop conk

FinalGame 6+24.82

Herbert's Hermanos128.98

👩‍🍳 Cook coop conk104.16

Top gunsJ. Smith-Njigba 42.5vsJ. Cook 20.9

Hurts led a game-winning drive with 14 seconds left. Wrong game, @nseldeib.

Nerd Corner

Standings & lineup math

CROWDED PENTHOUSE

ShowHide the standings and lineup math
Standings
TeamW-LPFPAAll-playLuckBenched
1PopPop41262-0329.06194.3419-3+0.2733.9
2Herbert's Hermanos2-0299.94251.9218-4+0.3630.4
3sedwards14952-0291.98228.4015-7+0.6429.0
4Never Gonna Gibbs You Up2-0290.56181.9418-4+0.3626.0
5Won’t Rock2-0272.74197.3215-7+0.649.3
6The (P)Rice is Right1-1237.28192.808-14+0.2765.5
Playoff line · top 6 get in
7Like a Good Nabers1-1176.36236.504-18+0.6420.3
8EaglesRx0-2277.16335.0416-6-1.4537.8
9TurkeyTime10-2209.60270.685-17-0.4525.5
10👩‍🍳 Cook coop conk0-2203.28280.928-14-0.7338.1
11You'll Never CMC Me Again0-2186.34349.124-18-0.3638.2
12Livin' La Liga Loca0-2176.76232.082-20-0.1840.7
Lineup report, week 2
TeamPtsMaxLeftEff
TurkeyTime190.0494.644.6095.1%
PopPop4126177.12187.2210.1094.6%
Won’t Rock104.18111.687.5093.3%
sedwards1495164.08177.0813.0092.7%
Like a Good Nabers102.12115.3213.2088.6%
Never Gonna Gibbs You Up118.56137.2618.7086.4%
You'll Never CMC Me Again95.22110.2215.0086.4%
Herbert's Hermanos128.98150.4821.5085.7%
Livin' La Liga Loca77.7692.4814.7284.1%
EaglesRx129.40164.9835.5878.4%
👩‍🍳 Cook coop conk104.16135.1631.0077.1%
The (P)Rice is Right90.82125.9235.1072.1%