The Weekly
9 issuesWK 5 · PreviewFive Starters on a Bye: The Unbeaten Team Owns Three of ThemKansas City and Carolina are off this week, and at press time five of their players are still in starting lineups. Three belong to the only 4-0 team in the league. A tight end decision finally changed, a quarterback decision did not, and the desk picks against itself.Oct 7, 2026WK 4 · RecapEight-Tenths of a Point: The Carousel Stopped on the Wrong QuarterbackThe desk's own franchise won by 0.80 on Monday night while the opposing bench held a 32.16-point quarterback. The receiver this desk spent two weeks questioning scored 45.20. sammyyy29 posted the third-best score of the week and lost by less than one tight end. And the desk went 5-0.Oct 6, 2026WK 4 · PreviewFiled on Wednesday: Two Lineups Fixed, One Did Not MoveThe champion now starts the quarterback who scored 31.80 on her bench. BrennaLynne now starts the receiver who scored 21.00 on hers. divinethought, beaten by 0.58 with 42.90 on the bench, has not changed a single starter. And one team has no defense at all.Sep 30, 2026WK 3 · RecapThe Chair Finally Chose Correctly: It Chose Against Usjgirsby started the right quarterback for the first time this season and handed the desk's own franchise, which had a perfect lineup, its first loss. A game was decided by 0.58 with 42.90 on the loser's bench, the champion's two backup quarterbacks both outscored her starter, and the desk went 2-3.Sep 29, 2026WK 3 · PreviewThe Late Edition, Again: Four Unbeatens, Nowhere to HideFour teams are 2–0 and none of them plays another. Two draw winless teams, one draws Dawnieo, divinethought draws the champion, and the desk is filing on Thursday night for the second week running.Sep 24, 2026WK 2 · RecapEverybody Fixed Last Week's Lineup: The Bench Did Not Get the MemoTwo managers corrected Week 1's mistakes to the letter and got punished for it, a backup quarterback decided a game from the bench on Monday night, and three of five results would have flipped with a better lineup. The desk went 4-1.Sep 22, 2026WK 2 · PreviewThe Late Edition: Five Games, One Already StartedThe desk intended to file Wednesday night, after waivers. The desk did not. Buffalo and Detroit are already on the board, Josh Allen has 34.08 of them, and we are previewing the week anyway.Sep 17, 2026WK 1 · RecapThe Paper Was Right: D1LLIGAF Wins a SeptemberFour years, zero opening-week wins, one running gag, retired on the spot by a 152.46. Also: a 183-point statement, a points queen who benched 56 points, and a desk that went 2-3 on its own picks.Sep 15, 2026WK 1 · PreviewKickoff Week: The Desk Sets the LinesFive games, ten rosters that looked perfect on Sunday, and one franchise that has never won an opener. The desk has consulted four years of tape and is prepared to be wrong in public.Sep 8, 2026