Rana Maye-d It Rain

Week 2 — Fancy Football IX

Crown recap

Congrats to Jordan Rana, who earned the crown with a season-high 180.4. The build hit all the right levers: a slick one-off of the value-smashing Falcons D/ST (21.0), a ceiling nuke from Ja'Marr Chase (39.5), and a savvy rookie swing on Drake Maye (26.3). Add in workhorse output from CeeDee Lamb (23.2), Javonte Williams (25.0) and a steady Travis Etienne Jr. (16.9), and Jordan cruised by 16.7 despite eating the chalk flop from Hunter Henry (1.9).

Near misses and key pivots

Nick Rohrbeck took second (163.7) on the back of breakout rookie Rome Odunze (34.8) plus Ja'Marr Chase. Giovanni Vincenzo (159.6) rounded out the podium with a double-star turn from Chase and CeeDee Lamb while squeezing value from Juwan Johnson (15.9) and Jahmyr Gibbs (19.4). Tip of the cap to Mike Mckenna (4th) for surviving a rough Joe Burrow (7.0) thanks to James Cook (29.5), Quentin Johnston (15.9) and Juwan Johnson.

The shock-and-awe stack of the week belonged to Amon-Ra St. Brown (42.2) and one-bullet Jared Goff (37.0). Kristyn Morrison rode Goff to 16th, while Jack Gagnon and Mike Fior leveraged Amon-Ra into top-10 and top-5 finishes, respectively.

Chalk talk: where entries won and lost

Popular plays were a mixed bag. CeeDee Lamb (33.3% rostered) delivered a solid 23.2, and Christian McCaffrey (27.8%) returned 22.7. But heavy clicks on Breece Hall (5.8) and Kyren Williams (10.0) dulled a lot of lineups, and the crowd-favorite James Conner (27.8%) settled at 12.2. The true landmines:

• Bears D/ST (-4.0) buried multiple entrants
• Derrick Henry (2.3) stalled several builds
• Cowboys D/ST (1.0) and Broncos D/ST (0.0) offered no lifelines

Sleeper sizzle

Low-rostered darts were difference-makers:

• Rome Odunze (34.8, 3 drafters)
• Tucker Kraft (27.4, 3)
• Drake Maye (26.3, 1) — the winner’s needle-threader
• Mac Jones (22.8, 1)
• Hunter Renfrow (23.8, 1)

The big picture

Jordan vaults to the top of the season standings (W2) and plants the early flag with the best score of the year. Giovanni keeps pace in second, while Dwayne and Nick Rohrbeck stay firmly in the chase pack. Notably, the commissioner Zachary Wand slid from last week’s summit after a tough 99.5 — proof that Fancy Football giveth and taketh in a hurry.