23/24 Week5 Recap
WEEK 5 RECAP
Looky here, looky here, there are no longer any totally defeated teams this season, with Trevor making out alive from the early season dumpster bowl against Ira. The bottom and top of the pack are starting to settle into their spots, but there are a whole lot of teams fighting in the middle of the standings right now. Still to early to tell who will be making the playoffs and who will be eating hotdogs, but the fact that we're all watching and analyzing each other moves and waiver acquisitions shows that everybody feels that they are still in the hunt. We're cursing the ones who took our waiver targets and actually making trades (except for Payton, because he's the only one who hasn't realized yet that he doesn't know how to trade in fantasy). Love the fight I'm seeing in everyone to push for playoffs/away from the hotdog suit. We mozy....
PS: Something we should vote on is if we want to actually have a prize for winning the losers bracket winner, this way everyone is still playing through the end of the season. Mt suggestion was that they get to decide the next venue for the hotdog eating and we could maybe draft together for once. Just a suggestion, feel like going to Tampa every single year wouldn't be fun/fair for out of towners. But give me all greasy ideas I want 'em.
Fuck You Cammarn Vol.2 (147.46) v Brother Decotis Lives (119.12)
My team isn't allergic to touchdowns anymore bb. Reek, Diggs, Laporta, and Montgomery's solid performances kept me up most of the matchup. Tuna on the other hand got great performances from Hurts and Jacobs, but the rest of his team couldn't keep pace at the end of the day. Chandler Jones went crazy cause the Raiders don't throw it to Davante enough, true story.
OceanGate's Deepwater Gaurdians (99.22) v Non-Fungible Team (81.6)
Tight game, only one thing to really talk about from Jake's side; and that's George Kittle. He hasn't done much this season, but his 3 tuddy game was enough to overcome the rest of his overwhelming team. Hope for Jake is that he show's more consistency, cause the rest of the season has not looked good for Kittle. Only one of Robby's players is a lock to go over 20 points, we'll blame Robby being in Germany for the SUNGOD playing while injured. And it shows, outside of Amon-Ra this team doesn't like it wants to compete.
2019 All Pros (117.54) v Brian Kellys Fupa (69.22)
Oof. Schmaus might have a good team but this was downright embarrassing. Marty tried to win his entire week with Breece Hall and Travis Kelce, because the rest of his team might as well not have shown up. No one thought Zack Moss would be a factor with Taylor back, but even if his 35 bench points were on Marty's team it wouldn't have mattered. Schmaus didn't get a huge game from McCaffrey for once but Thielen, Mahomes, and the Jets D gave him huge games to down Marty.
Losers Bracket Champ (122.16) v The :( Tragedy of 2023 (95.16)
Meg has not equalled his win total from last season, congrats Grumble. Not a very exciting matchup to talk about, but hey Camm finally got points from a TE congrats as well. Hopefully his other trade stabilizes this team, but this week was not stable for him at all. He only had one other player in double digits after Goedert's 22, with Lamar and Flowers close to breaking double digits at least. Meg on the other hand had solid performances from his entire team, his lowest scoring players getting close to 8. The reemergence of Waddle and Kamara might save the Losers Bracket Champ.
Martins Sweat Box (176.46) v Dawson's Zeke (95.16)
Holy shit. First Trev was horny watching DJ Moore live getting close to 50. Then he got to watvh Jamaar do the same thing, cause apparently Joe Scheisty is back. He might've just gotten his first win, but I don't think anybody is chomping at the bit to face this low-ranked team. The scoring potential of Josh Allen and his WR's alone is a scary prospect. On the other side, Ettiene went crazy, but the only player on Ira's team that was close to matching that ambitious 35 was DHop with 19. With Jefferson out, Ira might need to make some moves to keep his playoff chances alive.
Losing Season, Drinking Reason (100.34) v 3 Kids 1 Nut (89.42)
Gordo with the greasy sneak for yet another week. Solid performances from his entire team sans his defense and starting RB's propelled him to victory. Hell, starting Russell Wilson wasn't even a dumb move. Meanwhile, Payton was begging me to bench Sam Howell....who turned out to be his highest scorer. Yikes. The returning Cooper Kupp was the only other player he had in double digits, no hope for a comeback there.
Power Dankings
Separating the field into tiers this week like in previous seasons, grouping the teams based on how I feel they're sitting so far.
Tier 1) CFB Playoff Hopefuls
1. 2019 All Pros (Schmaus) 4-1
On paper this looks like a good team. But in our league this is a great team, with McCaffrey winning games by himself most of the time. The team to beat thus far as we approach mid-fantasy season.
2. Fuck You Cammarn Vol.2 (Mesh) 4-1
My WR stack is dangerous. But Danger is also David Montgomery's middle name.
Tier 2) Panic Meter Starting to Sway
3. Losing Season, Drinking Reason (Gordo) 3-2
He's keeping his team steady and capitalizing on low scoring opponents, but his schedule gets a little bit harder in the next couple of weeks, we'll see if his team is still ranked this high when he makes it out of the other side.
4. OceanGate's Deepwater Gaurdians (Jake) 3-2
Ekeler is coming back, pushing Jake higher up the rankings than I initially thought. He made it through that injury with a winning record, so all he has to do is hope his receiving corp shows enough consistency to push him into the playoffs.
5. Brother Decotis Lives (Tuna) 2-3
Good team with tough matchups unfortunately. His team rn is based purely on the Raiders offense and the Philly tush push, so here's Tune praying teams don't figure out how to stop that play.
Tier 3) Just Give Me A Chance!
6. Brian Kelly's Fupa (Marty) 3-2
Good record without a good team, crazier things have happened. But his best players are slowly dying, with Richardson out and Kelce questionable again. Is there enough steam for the Fupa Party's fight? Only time will tell.
7. Loser's Bracket Champs (Meg) 2-3
Like I said before, Meg finally reached the same amount of wins as he did last season. Next goal is a playoff berth, but his team likes to take breaks every other week. He needs some consistency to sustain his season.
8. The :( Tragedy of 2023 (Camm) 2-3
He's making trades to sustain his shit season, but alot of his players look tuddy dependent, which is never good week-in week-out. No one thinks your team is good Camm get over it.
Tier 4) The Dumpster
9. Martin's Sweat Box (Trevor) 1-4
He finally has a win but that's not good enough to get out of the dumpster. Will the fantasy gods finally show pity on the highest scoring team? Trev better hope if he wants to see the light again.
10. 3 Kids 1 Nut (Payton) 2-3
James Connor's death and his weekly quarterback shuffle haven't ruined Payton's chances yet, but it's looking dicey. Hopefully his WRs can carry him or he can learn to send fair trades to keep his team afloat.
11. Non-Fungible Team (Rob) 2-3
Quite the fall from grace for last year's champion. His team doesn't look bad on paper but there's no all-stars besides the Sungod. Here's hoping (for Rob's sake) that the Atlanta stack pops off now that Ridder looks like a real QB.
12. Dawson's Zeke (Ira) 1-4
We're back boys. Ira's only consistent player is out and it looks like a lost season. But anything can happen, and Ira might have to make some moves to avoid being HotDawg king after being crowned with that title just two years ago.
Love how many trades are being made this week alone, we're slowly learning not to get too attached to our teams (except for Robby, hold onto Kyle Pitts for me). I'll say it once, I'll say it a thousand, thousand times: love the parity in the league this year. But one thing is for certain, we're approaching midseason and there might not be time for some teams to do anything but fight to avoid hotdawgs. We have a wild and important few weeks before midseason, hope to see everyone thriving and scoring mucho points. But in the meantime fuck you all, and as always Fuck You Cammarn (Vol.2).
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