Week 1 2017: vs. I Love Brock n' Roll

Starting Lineup:

QB: Drew Brees

WR: Anotonio Brown

WR: Keenan Allen

RB: Ezekiel Elliott

RB: Christian McCaffrey

TE: Martellus Bennett

Flex: Tyreek Hill

K: Cairo Santos

D/ST: Buffalo

The fantasy season is finally upon us as we kick off the 6th season of the fabled MFFL tonight. Last year was another disappointing season for El Pollo Loco. Finishing with another sub .500 record and missing the playoffs. However, last year was a new low for Loco as they missed post season play completely finishing in the bottom two of the league. Going into the off-season Loco new that they had to drastically change something to succeed in this league. Set up with the 3rd pick in the 2017 draft they did just that, changed up their strategy. For the first time ever Loco drafted a position other than RB in the first round taking WR Antonio Brown. Loco tends to wait on QBs and this year they took Drew Brees in the 3rd round. They also shocked the entire league by taking a risk on RB Ezekiel Elliot in the 2nd. That pick will pay off for at least week one as Elliot will suit up.

Enter Loco's week 1 opponent I Love Brock n' Roll. They finished dead last in the league last season one game behind Loco. However, they owned Loco sweeping them 2 games to none and Loco is looking to get revenge on BnR. This series has been close throughout the leagues short history with the overall record standing at 5-5. So it will most likely be a close game. When speaking to Loco GM Josh Cermak earlier this week he told me, "This may be Brock n' Roll's best team yet. They definitely have star power with David Johnson, Matt Ryan, and Amari Cooper". BnR does look good on paper set to be lead this week by Johnson, Ryan, and Houston D/ST all with great matchups. Expect BnR to put up big numbers this week.

Loco will be lead by some fire power as well led by the aforementioned Brees, Brown, and Elliot. Elliot will play this week while the NFL deals with his appeal. Speaking with Cermak about the Elliot situation he said, "It's great to have Zeke for week 1, but that means it's a must win for us. It feels weird to say must win in week 1, but with 6 games hanging over Zeke's head we don't know how long he'll be available for us so we need to take advantage of when he is on the field". With guys like Brown and Brees Loco doesn't have to lean on Elliott. Loco also has explosive guys in Christian McCaffrey and Tyreek Hill so watch out if this offense gets a rhythm. 

The experts expect this one to be close projecting the score to be 127-126 in favor of Loco. So be sure to tune in for kickoff tonight because you won't want to miss a minute of the action.