1. The Miami Sharks (4-1) and CLO Collins (3-2) are who we thought they were, the best two teams in the league are 1 and 2 in points scored and at this point heavy favorites to meet up in Ultimate Dynasty Bowl II.
2. No one has had a rougher fantasy season than Anthony Hatfield. His former Bipolar Bears were a preseason top 3 team but lost key members WR Percy Harvin (injury), TE Aaron Hernandez (murder). Even with those losses, the Purists seemed like a legit competitor but Murphy's Law is in full effect here folks (what can go wrong will go wrong). Their stud young halfback Doug Martin is getting no help in Tampa leading to low end HB2 production, their locked in break out halfbacks David Wilson and Lamar Miller have not even come close to living up to expectations, their QB Newton is having a rough year in a limited offense, and Marshall isn't even playing like an elite option. Add all this up and it looks like the 2-3 Purists will have to wait until 2014 to taste some success.
3. There has been an absolute assault on the record books so far. Starting in week 1 Super Manning top the all time scoring record for a single game posting 158, since then the Goon Squad (139, week 2) and Kory Adams (135, week 4) have joined the top five. The Miami Sharks beat the all time record for longest winning streak, winning 7 consecutive games. Both the Dynasty Kings (54, week 2) and Carolina Lions (51, week 3) have joined the top 5 in lowest single game scores of all time.
4. There are most likely more records to come. The Miami Sharks (proj. 1,593), CLO Collins (proj. 1,585), and Super Manning (proj. 1,439) are all projected to destroy the single season highest scoring record (2012 Dynasty Kings 1,332). On the flip side no one is on pace to beat the 2012 Goon Squads lowest single season scoring record, but we do have three teams on pace to carve out a spot in the top 5 worst, newly named Gio's Odyssey is on pace for 1,100 which would be good for 2nd worst all time, Dynasty Kings on pace for 1,103 which would be good for 3rd, and the Purists are on pace for 1,156 which would put them at 5th worst all time. Furthermore the all time single season record for record (2012 Kings 10-4) seems like it could be toppled by the Sharks (4-1) and/or CLO (3-2). Ticks 3-11 2012 season seems like it could be toppled by either the Kings, Gio's Odyssey, or both.
5. Matt Boles is the biggest early season surprise compiling a 3-1-1 record over the first five weeks, good enough for the 2nd best record in the league. I'll wait until further down in the article to tell whether I think they'll continue their early season hot streak but I will say the rest of their schedule only presents two games where they'll most likely be favored, next week against the Purists and week 14 against Dynasty Kings.
6. The UFL Division is the most intriguing division in Ultimate Dynasty. All the teams in this division match up so well with each other and it would be easy to see any of the four teams win the division and even with some luck a championship. This is going to be a dog fight throughout the year to see who captures the division crown and I could even see 2 teams coming out of this division and grabbing playoff spots.
7. Who is the Wildcard favorite? Preseason it was Kory Adams and Bipolar Bears but both teams have gotten off to less than ideal starts and have shown they are definitely beatable. I'd say Kory, GoonSquad and all UFL teams are all legitimate wildcard contenders.
8. Julio Jones news just dropped in the midst of writing this and now has to make it on this list of top story lines. Miami Sharks must decide if they'll try to replace Julio from within or make a roster move.
9. Can't write #9 to depressed about #8 but if I did it'd be something about how the 2013 draft class is performing better than anyone could have expected, other than Ball, Austin, and Patterson.
10. The race for the #1 draft pick is in full swing with the Purists owning Dynasty King's pick (1-3-1) and the King's owning Gio's Odyssey's pick (1-3-1).
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