Week 6 Recap

 WEEK 6 Recap

We haven't even gotten to the halfway point of the season and two things are certain. One, all our teams are banged the fuck up. And two, we're all so good at fantasy football that the waiver wire looks disgusting even with our paltry five bench spots. So kudos to us, but with bye weeks hitting, more than a few teams are looking for replacements and puking in their mouths a little bit when they see the wire. This is the part of the season that makes of breaks teams, it'll be real exciting to see what teams make it out with playoff spots or even a full roster the way this season is going.

TRADE NEWS; 2nd trade of the season is made, again Robby dealing players to avoid waffle house, trading James Conner to Jackson for Chase Claypool. This seemed like a match made in heaven, with Robby shipping one of his many RB's to RB-needy Jackson for a WR who has underperformed so far this season.

Let's take a look at the last week while I cry about my own RB situation:

Fuck You Cammarn Vol.2 (139.2) v Non-Fungible Team (105.6)

In a matchup of teams desperately needing another win to stay relevant, I came out on. top with the highest league score of the week (which I needed, coming into the week with the lowest points for). Prescott, Waddle, and Diggs put up more or close to 20 for me, and a whopping 23 from my D (heh) helped propel me to victory before 3 of my players even started on Monday night. Rob had some good performances from Hurts and his RB's, but not enough from the rest of his team, with Kelce being the only other one to put up double digits (and curiously, the only player starting on either side from mine and Rob's trade 2 weeks ago).

When you can't count on projections

Orchids of Asia (112.4) v Brother Decotis Lives (103.86)

RIP to Tune's RB's. But even with Hunt going down, he should feel let down by the Charger's who could barely get on the board Sunday, hurting the performances from all their WR's. Even with the sorry showing by Allen and Williams, Tune should have had enough points in the bag to win. Schmaus' team didn't wow by any means, but the bye week pickup of Kenyan Drake ended up saving him, with the backup Raiders back grabbing two tuddies on the day. Some may call it luck, Schmaus will say he's just savvy, but either way that pickup shows you never know who will show out on any given Sunday.

Kenyan Drake stealing Schmaus a win

Sean Paul's Naughty Shawties (128.28) v Omalu's Future Patients (127.98)

This week gives us yet another squeaker of a game, with Camm narrowly beating Jackson by .3. Jackson had the advantage on RB and kicker points, and even had a decent showing at WR when looking at how well most of Camm's pass-catchers performed. But the Mahomes Jackson matchup went to the Naughty Shawties, whose glut of points was able to make up most of what Jackson scored, with his defense scoring just enough to narrowly pull out the win.

How close this matchup was

Return of the Fupa Party (129.18) v Dawson's Zeke (108.96)

All hail King Henry. Ira seemed to have his first win of the season locked up, with most of his team outperforming Martin's. Solid games from Zeke, Thielen, and Ruggs put Ira ahead, with his Bills defense going up against the Bill's kicker, TE (Knox) and Henry. And boy did that shootout hurt Ira, with his defense scoring 0 against Henry's 3 tuddies. A heartbreaker to say the least, but a lesson noone should forget. I don't care how many points you have, against Henry any loss is possible.

King Henry to absolutely everybody

Kupp the Balls (131) vs The Leftover's IR (103.2)

Why Payton keeps changing his team name is a mystery to me, it would've been great to see the IR of old face the one of new. And it was the new boiz that came out on top, with Cooper Kupp having another stellar fantasy day and waiver-wire pickup Damien Williams showing out in his first game as Kansas CIty's starting RB. Donny had great games from his RB's but not much else from anyone else other than Justin Tucker. And lest we not forget another 23 from Aaron Rodgers and Dalvin, Donny would've needed his entire team to pop off in order to avoid a two game loss streak. 

Payton might be broken but he aint out yet

Losing Season, Drinking Reason (137.84) v Robby Anderson WR1 (135.52)

Another squeaker of a game sees Gordon continuing his win streak, and getting back to .500 in the process. Payne likes to mention that he has lost multiple games by 2 points, and my response is sucks to suck, fantasy gods aren't with you this year. Gordo is finally getting consistent (and immense) productivity out of Johnathan Taylor and Mark Andrews and paired with silence of the CDLamb's 32.6 points Payne needed alot to make up those points. And he got alot, but sadly not enough. Almost 30 from Fournette and Josh Allen and close to or more than 15 from his D and kicker should have been enough. The Monday QB matchup went to Payne, but just enough from Ryan Tannehill gave Gordo a slight win. 

Payne after another narrow loss

POWER RANKINGS

This week we're focusing on a player that every team has whose consistency could make or break their season.

1. Return of the Fupa Party (5-1), Justin Jefferson

The Fupa party finally returns, taking the top of the power rankings. While Marty has an aggressive line of running backs, his WR's are a little less sexy on paper. He needs his top wideout, Jefferson, to keep up his production to keep his team going. It's more than likely he keeps it up being as good as he is, but if teams start to double cover him and limit his production, Marty might not have the depth at the position to sustain the top spot in the rankings.

2. Sean Paul's Naughty Shawties (5-1) Antonio Brown

Camm has a damn good team and stays close to the top of the rankings after a narrow victory this week. While his team has a plethora of good players that could be considered, Antonio Brown's consistency this season has saved Spellcheck more than once. He definitely seems to be Brady's favorite target, especially downfield, but he's going to have to keep producing to remain Camm's not-so-secret weapon.

3. Kupp the Balls (4-2) Cooper Kupp

Payton has 2 of the top 5 wideouts this year, but even then isn't scoring nearly as much due to the rest of his team underperforming/dying. While they both could have counted, I chose Kupp due to him being an absolute force of nature this season on a team with way more options at receiver than the Niners. Cupp keeps torching defenses to claim the top receiver spot in the season, but even so PayPay has taken a couple of losses. If his team get healthy again he could be scary coming into the playoffs, but if he wants a shot at the trophy at all he needs Kupp to carry him while the rest of his team rests up.

4. Orchids of Asia (4-2) Alvin Kamara

Schmaus keeps winning games, but when looking at his RB depth, it's raises the question of whether he can keep it up. Yes he got a big game no one was expecting to avoid falling to .500, but his team needs help. The Seahawks stack has taken a major hit with Wilson going down and noone believing that Geno Smith can throw the ball longer than 30 yards. Until the stack can reach the heights it hit at the beginning fo the season, he desperately needs Kamara to hold his team afloat in the meantime.

5. The Leftovers IR (4-2) Amari Cooper

Donny has taken two straight losses after a flawless start, but his team has life in it yet. He has to be pleased that he hasn't dealt with any deaths in the family yet this year (I'm knocking on wood Don, don't worry), but his WR corps does not strike fear into his opponents. He needs his de facto #1 receiver Cooper to have some big games to complement the talent of his top two RBs.

6. Omalu's Future Patients (4-2) Lamar Jackson

This one might seem easy, but for where Lamar has been drafted in leagues across the country, he should be rolling over defenses with points. While he has balled tf out for Jackson on numerous occasions (with them both having the same last name this could get confusing) LAMAR is a slave to the Raven's game script. Take Sunday, where Jackson (Lamar) had less than 15 points even when the Ravens stomped, because they didn't need him to ball out with the lead and their talent running the ball. That cost Jackson (Jacob) the win, and could the Raven's parity of strength end up costing Jackson (Snakely) again in the long run? I don't which Jackson is which anymore, help.

7. Losing Season, Drinking Reason (3-3) Johnathan Taylor

Damn son, look at Gordo climbing higher and higher, due to the exploits of Taylor and Mark Andrews in recent weeks. I chose Taylor as the player he needs to continue consistency for a few reasons, 1 being that of the two players that have helped his win streak, Taylor has been as electric as everyone expected when they drafted him as high as he normally was. And because of the Antonio Gibson, who has been losing touches week by week and can't stay healthy recently either. If Gibson ends up losing more volume as he has so far, Gordo needs to be able to count on Taylor to keep chunk producing for his team to continue it's ascendancy.

8. Brother Decotis Lives (3-3) Chargers Offense

Tune put most of his eggs in one basket when it came to his WRs, having both Chargers starting wideouts usually balling out for him. Regardless of his very, very, very precarious RB situation and Marquise Brown finally living up to the Hollywood nickname, his team lives and dies by how Keenan Allen and Mike Williams perform. I think Tune needs to SUGGEST that Herbie stop throwing to everyone else on the team, his fantasy life this season most definitely depends on it.

9. Fuck You Cammarn Vol. 2 (2-4) Kyle Pitts

I'm out of the dumpster for the moment, but if I want to stay out and have a chance at a comeback this season, I need my Kyle Pitts gamble to pay off. I gave up Kelce as part of the package to acquire Pitts, and in the one game I had him, he scored over 20 points. But that was the first game he really did anything this season, and I need the rookie to play up to his draft ranking more often to keep my team in the mix. 

10. Robby Anderson WR1 (1-5) Leonard Fournette

The former LSU star finally starting producing like a #1 back should, and at the perfect time with Chubb going down. There's alot of players on Payne's team who could be producing more on a week-to-week basis, he needs Fournette to step up now more than ever if he wants to avoid Waffle House. The rest of his running backs can't really be counted on to produce every week, but here's hoping that Fournette earned all of the touches he's been getting. 

11. Non-Fungible Team (1-5) Jalen Hurts

Last week showed us exactly the kind of fantasy monster Hurts is, having an absolutely horrid game and still popping off to the tune of 25 points. This might have to do with Hurts being the only saving grace in an otherwise horrid Eagles offense (sorry Tune), but with Rob's team not hitting the heights he envisioned, he's gonna need Hurts to keep being the fantasy anomaly that he is. Rob is now the biggest fan of garbage time, in Eagles games at least.

12. Dawson's Zeke (0-6) Adam Thielen

I don't feel bad for dunking on Ira's team in the write-up every week, but I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. Let's just say he needs fucking everyone on his roster to come together for at least one week to grab that elusive win. A pleasant surprise has been Adam Thielen, who is outperforming his beginning of the season expectations. He's the only player that can be considered a saving grace for Smeagol, and if he doesn't keep it up there's not much else that can keep this team afloat if most of the players refuse consistency.

Season is almost at halfway done and even with there being a distinct separation between the men and the boys a little earlier this season, it looks like things might be heating up soon when it comes to the standings. Bye weeks and injuries are a bitch and can break teams almost instantaneously. What I mean to say is don't stay comfortable with your rankings, good or bad. There's a lot of fight left in all of us this season and I can't wait to see a changing of the guard. 

Week 7 Matchups

Fuck You Cammarn Vol.2 v Orchids of Asia

Sean Paul's Naughty Shawties v Non-Fungible Team

Dawson's Zeke v Brother Decotis Lives

Kupp the Balls v Omalu's Future Patients

Losing Season, Drinking Reason v Return of the Fupa Party

Robby Anderson WR1 v The Leftovers IR