Week 2 2017: @ Imposing Monstrosity

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: Oakland

El Pollo Loco is coming off a week 1 win for just the second time in 6 years beating I Love Brock n' Roll 138-80. Brock took a devastating blow losing David Johnson to a wrist injury for the foreseeable future. You gotta feel for that franchise. However, Johnson would not have been enough to take down Loco that put on a balanced team effort. Loco looked strong in week one and now they sit alone on top of the West division for the first time in franchise history. However, the talk around Albuquerque this week has been: will this be the same Loco? It is true that Loco has had big games in the past just to turn around and disappoint the very next week. But something seems different about this Loco team. GM Josh Cermak told me, "this team just seems to have a confidence that our teams in the past lacked". This seems like a confident bunch indeed, but will they be able to keep the offense rolling this week?

Loco's week 2 opponent will be league newcomer Imposing Monstrosity. Stros lost a heartbreaker to La Flama Blanca in the closest matchup of the week. It was a down performance in which their stars Leveon Bell and Rob Gronkowski never got going. Don't expect that to happen this week as Gronk has a much better matchup this week and Bell has another week to get into football shape after reporting just before week 1. Stros also added another piece in Stefon Diggs via trade last night and it appears he will be plugged right into the starting lineup.

Loco showed a balanced attack in week one with Antonio Brown and Tyreek Hill leading the way with 30 and 27 points respectively. Everyone else in the starting lineup contributed without anyone having a really bad week. If Loco wants to turn the tide this season being able to have consistent weeks like that will be the key. Heading into week 2 Cermak expects Drew Brees to lead the charge with a better matchup this week and playing at home. Additionally, Loco likes what they saw from Christian McCafferey and they expect him to take another step forward this week.

The experts don't expect this one to be very close projecting a final score of 135-121, but with Stros' stars having better matchups this week they should have a much better week. Don't be surprised when this one comes down to the wire.