Week 7 Recap!

So this week is going to be a short one guys, I'm acclimating to waking up at 5AM everyday and I just got Evil Within 2, so week 7 is my short week. 

However, we are halfway through the season officially with week 8 coming up, so I just wanted to make sure you guys knew this:

If the Playoffs started now....

1. Jared Grube (bye)

2. Nic Meyer (bye)

3. Yuriy Yedinak vs. 6. Andrew Gomez

4. Orest Yaslinskiy vs. 5. Valeriy Shishkin

Out of playoffs 

7. Jake Yorke

8. Matt Burke 

9. Gary Meyer

10. Alex Gomez

11. Daniel Smith 

12. Chris Cone

Both D Smith and Cone are 2-5, everyone else is 3-4 or better, and there are no undefeated teams.  The biggest gap between playoffs and not right now is 2-5 < 3-4.  So no one is even close to out of this yet.  Moving on.

WEEKLY GAME RECAPS

Matt Burke versus Chris Cone

Matt:  you play Thompson and good things happen man, this brings you from near last place to back into the light with a 3-4 record which ties you with Andrew and puts you half a game back from Val.  Thompson and Bell carried you, as no one else on your team really showed up.  Bell is a cool guy to have because if he keeps getting 30+ carries he should keep putting up points.

Cone:  this week was a bit of a mess for you, with Fournette out there wasn't much hope, and if Ginn hadn't put up a randomly large day then this loss would have looked worse.  Brady is good, but no one else performed and there's a lot of down trends sitting on your team at the moment.  Stay diligent though.

Matt wins 113-88

Yuriy Yedinak versus Jared Grube

Yuriy:  Alex Smith put up 31 and you lost.  When Freeman doesn't perform that team seems much less explosive, but the good news is that you got blown out so astronomically that it doesn't even matter.  You got curb stomped but luckily built yourself a cushion so it doesn't hurt too bad.

Jared:  dude I know you think you're a genius right now, and you deserve some happiness after the week you had, but I can feel your false sense of security already ripping apart your future.  You've got some stupid high scores, but that's probably the best you'll get all year from most of these players, and wouldn't it have been nice to see their bests spread across multiple weeks?

Jared wins 222-104

Daniel Smith versus Orest Yaslinskiy.

 

On a side note, your guys' names are so similar I literally had to read the score 3 times to figure out who I was talking about.  

Daniel:  Dak made your team look good!  Thank goodness you benched Ryan finally.  Ignoring Amendola, AJ Green was literally your weak point which means hey, you're doing something right.  I know being at 2-5 is not a good feeling, but you're scoring well man, so you can mix it up a bit but don't panic.

Ory:  where the hell did this Reed come from?  I dunno, but I stand by what I said last week and 1 week won't sway me.  Todd Gurley continues to outperform all expectations so kudos for that, and Mike Evans put up a nice week.  You've got some holes in your roster, but they don't seem terrible in comparison to the rest of the league.

Ory wins 149-129

Jake Yorke versus Andrew Gomez

Jake:  check it.  Shady and Graham score TDs and you win.  Crazy I know, but hey maybe that's the ticket.  In a week where 6 teams didn't score a single TD somehow you managed almost 1 per starter.  This may be your get right week, and luckily it's before the too little too late zone.

Andrew:  I can feel your Jordy Nelson pain from a state away, and it hurts me too.  Hundley did not look good, and that's a bad place to be for a first round pick.  Your RBs aren't very exciting since Cook went down, but the bottom half of your WRs looks pretty good.  If you had even one more nice RB to pair in, you might just find something solid, or maybe not.

Jake wins 160-132

Gary Meyer versus Valeriy Shishkin 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Dad:  I don't really want to give the most encouraging words as this win looks about as ugly as a win could.  This was like that Panthers v Bears game, where even though there were no TDs someone had to win. Uh, Brees looked good.

Val:  you should feel bad, your bench killed your starters, and your bench wasn't even great.  Literally Ertz and Ajayi were your only players in double digits.  It's a bad look dude.

Oscar beats Val 72-67

Nic Meyer versus Alex Gomez

Nic:  the most overlooked fantasy aspect is the consistency that the right kicker and D can bring you, I love it.

Alex: for a while I was legitimately scared, then the Broncos looked godawful and everyone should feel bad.  Your receiving corp looks more dead then some people's steaks.  Good luck dude, I think you might need it.

Nic wins 120-98

PLAYER PROFILE

(Powered by Jake Yorke)

Ory, you're always good but thus far you haven't achieved your greatness.  You haven't made it to the championship despite many good seasons, even if most aren't great.  I don't think anyone can view you as a push over, as you have a .542 win percentage with an overall record of 39-32-1.  It's interesting because last year you were 9-4, and averaging a whopping 139.1 points per game but every single year otherwise you have been 6-7 or 7-6 (once 7-5-1).  

Look I'm not trying to be mean, but Ory that's as close to actual middle of the road I can see.  You lost last year to Alex in the semifinals, and your record in the playoffs is 1-2.  You should be able to get lucky and actually win once because I don't know anyone as active as you are, but at this point the only fair NFL team comparison I have for you is the Arizona Cardinals.  Usually good, but you just haven't gotten over that hump, and everyone but your division mates is rooting for you.  

POWER RANKINGS 

1. Jared Grube (5-1-1 955 PF) (previously 2)
2. Nic Meyer (5-2 902 PF) (previously 3)
3. Yuriy Yedinak (5-2 892 PF) (previously 1)
4. Orest Yaslinskiy (4-3 853 PF) (previously 6)

5. Jake Yorke (3-4 845 PF) (previously 10)

6. Andrew Gomez (3-4 855 PF) (previously 5)

7. Matt Burke (3-4 786 PF) (previously 11)

8. Daniel Smith (2-5 860 PF) (previously 8)

9. Oscar Meyer (3-4 742 PF) (previously 12)

10. Alex Gomez (3-4 727 PF) (previously 7)

11. Chris Cone (2-5 808 PF) (previously 9)

12. Valeriy Shishkin (3-3-1 712 PF) (previously YOU DESERVE THIS)

Good luck guys.