Week 6 Recap!

Week 6 was an incredibly good week for me.  I left a job that made me unhappy to one that gives me adult like hours, and actual gives me a sense of fulfillment.  It was apparent too that my team shared most of my optimism and put up their largest score yet and the highest score of the season.  There was some losses strictly due to attrition though as we saw Rodgers go down, Winston got hurt, and Gordon Haywards foot amputated itself. 

The most interesting part of the week in my opinion was simply that the Lions and Saints scored like 90 points in a game and Ingram was the only offensive player that actually went off. Go figure.  

TOP 5

QB

1. Deshaun Watson (163 points)
• The rookie sensation.  He dropped another 29 points and looked good doing it.  Chances are he won't be number 1 next week because of his bye, but he's got more than a 10 point lead so he might still hang out in the top 5.  Fuller and Hopkins and Watson look like the real deal.
2. Alex Smith (149 points)
• I mean, he had an okay game but....  dude doesn't belong here really, and if it wasn't for Hunt he wouldn't be here.  But whatever, I can't keep saying that he's here because of week 1, so instead I'll say that he's here because of the week competition this year.
3. Tom Brady (148 points)
• He didn't have a great week against the Jets, instead he had a good week.  The Patriots really should have lost that game with that dumb TD fumble thing, but that game really showed that the Pats aren't unbeatable, and Brady can still play slightly less than godly.
4. Carson Wentz (142 points)
• Honestly if it weren't for the fact that Jared drafted Julio and Cooper he'd probably be rolling everyone right now.  His backup QB is solid, and someone has actually played better in his more difficult matchups as opposed to his easier ones.  Watch out for the easy cake games, he may not do so well.
5. Aaron Rodgers (129 points)
• Rest In Peace and may you go to clavicle heaven for but a short while.

RB

1. Kareem Hunt (138 points)
• A low scoring week from him still has >100 yards.  Whatever, the Chiefs will begin their regression now, and especially if they trot out a "not concussed" Tyreek Hill then there could be problems.
2. Todd Gurley (132 points)
• He only rushed for 116 yards, what do you want me to say?!  He's been doing damn good, and although Seattle stomped him he still came back and scored a respectable 12 against JAX.  
3. Leonard Fournette (126 points)
• That motherfucking spin move though.
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4. Melvin Gordon (122 points)
• Well these last two weeks have been crazy.  Dudes as good as can be in PPR, he catches more passes than a receiver and runs like a younger version of Matt Asiata.  Whatever though he plays with the biggest crybaby of all Rivers so I feel bad for him.
5. Le'Veon Bell (119 points)
• He's kinda doing the same thing as Gordon but with a QB that self reportedly "doesn't have it anymore."  Bell is proven and I wouldn't be surprised if he bounces up real quickly on this list.

WR

1. Antonio Brown (128 points)
• That catch that he had to score the go ahead TD was magician like.  Antonio Brown just refuses to be stopped by anything other than Big Ben.  That spirit, that determination, that's my Brown ( ;) ).
2. Deandre Hopkins (108 points)
• Quiet week he had, but the TD made it worthwhile.  He's the number 1 target of the number 1 QB right now, if the down week includes a TD well than shit yeah.
3. Larry Fitzgerald (102 points)
• I remember watching the hiesman ceremony when he came in second.  I was in an Elephant Bar eating a burger and drinking a cherry coke.  I was in like my freshman year of high school.  Dude has been playing for a long long time.  He's like a slap in the face to that dumb saying that Father Time is undefeated.
4. AJ Green (96 points)
• He just had his bye week and he is still here.  I dunno.
5. Devante Adams (89 points)
• On one hand RIP to Aaron Rodgers, on the other hand he got all his points with Hundley.  This is a fluid situation, and where Nelson is so good because of his chemistry with Rodgers, Adams is just kinda coming into his own as a badass possession receiver.

TE

1. Zach Ertz (94 points)
• For Zach, the floor is the ceiling.  His point range is literally 13-17.  That's the variance range.  That's it.  I don't even really get how this isn't part of a robotic simulation.
2. Rob Gronkowski (88 points)
• Huge variance, but the dude scored a ridiculous amount.  Arguably the WR1 on the team with Tom Brady throwing the ball there can be many scores.
3. Travis  Kelce (82 points)
• When Alex Smith plays against a good team it looks like Kelce can disappear.  His attitude is his biggest problem and I think that he doesn't have what it takes to play on an NFL team, that's why he plays for the dirty Chiefs.
4. Cameron Brate (71 points)
• He's already had his bye and yet he is putting up big points each week since.  I mean big points in the way that 10+ points is big points for a TE.
5. Evan Engram (62 points)
• For a damn rookie TE, he's doing good.  When the rest of the dominoes fall down around you, that means you are the only domino.  So he has all 6s.

GAME REVIEWS

Valeriy Shishkin versus Yuriy Yedinak

Val:  Well I think the worst thing that could happen to your team has, Aaron Rodgers got hurt.  I didn't mean to jinx him, and as an Adams owner I don't like this much, but here we are.  Jay Ajayi finally scored some points, but when your lynch-pin is broken the whole team comes spilling out.  Garçon also had his QB replaced to a name that looks like Beat Hard but is pronounced like Beth Hard.  Aaron Rodgers is a huge blow to your team, but the good news is that the rest of the team is still pretty consistent.  

Yuriy:  not the best week, but apparently your presence causes bad luck to Val when you are hanging out with him.  My solution, request Sundays off and get ready to see a lot of Val.  Your WRs blew but Gordon and the Ravens saved you, feel hopeful but not too much, as without the passing TD from Cohen you might have a majority of roster spots that looked awful.

Yuriy beats Val 125-97

Orest Yaslinskiy versus Jake Yorke

Jake:  that was a harsh bye week for you man.  Staring Ricardo Louis means that you had to have been in a bad position.  Bryant and McCoy on bye means you're gonna start some bad stuff, unfortunately for you everyone but Cousins ended up being bad stuff.  A case of bye week hell or teams fallling apart?  Find out next week.

Ory:  I knew that Jordan Reed trade would be a damn wash.  People were serious about vetoing it and I said, betcha Reed sucks.  I'm happy to have been right.  You won, but you made a few questionable start/sit decisions and next time you should definitely choose differently than what you feel like doing.

Ory wins 130-104.

Alex Gomez versus Daniel Smith 

Daniel: my first and main question to you is, how do the Saints score 52 points and Thomas only gets 4?!  With AJ Green on bye you put up a respectable game but uh.... Matt Ryan is losing you games man.  MVP or not he might literally be your LVP.  That's least valuable player just so you know.  Look I know that Min D was playing GB but you do know that TEN is absolutely garbage this year right?  I mean Jacoby Brissett scored more against them than Matt Ryan scored against Miami.

Alex:I dunno how it's working for you man, but you just won't die.  Look the truth is that we had a conspiracy against you where everyone knew who would be injured and who wouldn't be and we made sure that you got a majority of who would be.  Why else did you think we gave you first pick?  Have you seen that movie Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson?  Neither have I.  Nice with Ingram picking up now though.

Alex wins 123-118

Andrew Gomez versus Jared Grube 

Andrew:  I look at your team as a tale of warning, don't get to used to success because it can all come crashing down quickly.  On the real though, a Diggs being our hurt your team clearly, and the weird way that CJ Anderson is being treated by the Broncos doesn't make it easier.  Carr and Crabtree certainly haven't ,are the team better than Fitzgerald, but again if I've learned anything it's that you never know what way a trade will go.  You scored over 100, but I can personally say I'm happy you lost.

Jared:  to Zeke or not to Zeke, that is the question.  Who the hell knows what's going on in that strange court of law?  Wentz is kinda carrying you right now, and if it wasn't for Hunt as well I think you'd be in a precarious spot.  Julio doesn't look great, and Cooper is unfortunately the worst of the worst.  You have two top 5 players and yet, you're trending in a strange sad downward spiral despite the win.  Maybe now you make a trade instead of waiting for change to come to you?  Or maybe you deny the problem like a true fantasy football addict and see where this new wave lands you.  That choice is yours my friend.

Jared wins 123-105

Oscar Meyer versus Matt Burke:

Dad:  how about that, Adrian Peterson really did show up for you.  By all means in any game where the Saints score 52 points, Drew Brees should probably score more than 15 points.  But he didn't, and instead you should have played Cam Newton.  Truly that's neither here nor there though, and your team didn't do bad but it just kind of went against a brutal high scoring team.  What I will say though is that AD did look great, and while losing isnt fun, you aren't out of the race yet and the wildcard is still clearly up for grabs.

Matt:  you played Chris Thompson and Watson.  Hell yeah man, when I tell you and you listen looks it works out pretty well.  The two Ty's on your team are the sad part to me, but even then the rest is staring to click.  I'm not too naive to believe you're out of it yet, as you always seem to make a late push, but I guess just keep hoping and hoping and hoping.

Matt wins 143-116

Chris Cone versus Nic Meyer

Cone:  fun fact:  you had the 3rd highest score this week.

Fun fact:  you lost by the largest margin.

You had a really good week despite a couple of dead beats on your starting lineup, hell you put up 140 and made. A strong case that you're better than it looks.  I do enjoy that every week you start a virtual nobody that somehow puts up points (Hooper).  It's a sight to behold.

Nic:  🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

Nic wins 174-140

POWER RANKINGS

1. Yuriy Yedinak (5-1 788 PF) (previously 1)
2. Jared Grube (4-1-1 733 PF) (previously 2)
3. Nicholas Meyer (4-2 782 PF) (previously 5)
4. Valeriy Shishkin (3-2-1 645 PF) (previously 3)

5.  Andrew Gomez (3-3 723 PF) (previously 4)

6.  Orest Yaslinskiy (3-3 704 PF) (previously 9)

7.  Alex Gomez (3-3 629 PF) (previously 11)

8. Daniel Smith (2-4 731 PF) (previously 6)

L

9. Chris Cone (2-4 720 PF) (previously 8)

10. Jake Yorke (2-4 685 PF) (previously 7)

11. Matt Burke (2-4 673 PF) (previously 12)

12. Oscar Meyer (2-4 670 PF) (previously 10)

Good luck guys!