Week 6 recap
Chris (1-5) vs Julian (3-3)
Let’s start with the game of the week. Chris has been hurting for his win and Julian is trying to stay in the playoff race. Bye weeks hit both teams hard this week with 7 total players on the bench with a bye. Julian had 7 players get over double digit scoring this week, but only 5 exceeded their projections. Julian's scoring was led by Andy Dalton and his 3 passing TD performance. He also smartly started Justin Forsett who had been questionable with an injury but came through for a 17.10 point day. His two TE line up saw Rob Gronkowski and Tyler Eifert combine for 27 points, but it was Gronk who couldn't keep up his end of the bargain by coming up short in his projected points. For Julian not one person really stepped up. Everyone was just around average. After weeks of playing around with his lineup, Chris finally hit on the right combination. 7 players hit double digits and 7 players went over their projected points (not all the same players). Chris had three guys go into overtime to also get a few extra points in bonus football time. Greg Olsen and Tom Brady led the way with 26.10 and 23.48 points. Olsen had a dominating game of 7 catches 131 yards and 1 game winning TD. Brady threw for 3 TDs of his own to go along with a 300 yard passing day. Two fill in adds, Kamar Aiken and Ronnie Hillman, both went over their projections with 11.20 and 14.50 respectively. Chris was just a little bit better than Julian in just about every position. Chris even has a new toy to play with have Martavis Bryant back from suspension and putting up 32.50 points on his bench. The league needs to watch out for this team. Chris gets his first win 130.98 - 112.72.
Matt H (6-0) vs Matt M (4-2)
With the battle for first place on the line this matchup had the highest combined score for the week. If you look at each team’s starting lineup they seem pretty even. Matt H has had QB injury trouble so he had to run out Ryan Tannehill this week and got an 18.04 score from him. Matt M has had Drew Brees trouble this season but he still managed to get a 16.68 score. Each team had a high scorer get over 35 points, DeAndre Hopkins (36.80) for Matt H and Devonta Freeman (35.80) for Matt M. Even the second highest scorer for each team was close! Matt H had Cory Ivory (28.60) and Matt M had Keenan Allen (29.70). I could keep the comparisons going. Matt H was let down by his two RBs who combined to score 20 points less than their projected totals. Matt M had two WRs combine to score 17 points less than their projected total. For every position they were neck and neck. Their Defense had a 1 point difference. Their TEs had a 2 point difference. You usually like to see these game come down to Monday Night. You want to see a star receiver go against a star running back to see who will win a match up. But no, this was not like that. This match was determined in the first set of games. Matt H had his kicker, Brandon McManus; get his third straight double digit week. He put up 14 points compared to Matt M, Adam Vinatieri, and 3 points. Matt H wins the kickers duel 141.74 - 133.78. #banthekicker
AJ (3-3) vs Josh (1-5)
In the lowest scoring match up of the week AJ is playing to keep up with playoff contention and Josh is just trying to stay relevant in this league. Josh only saw 3 of his players hit the projected totals this week. His disappointment was lead by his receiving duo that combined for 13.20 points. Both Antonio Brown and Jeremy Maclin each achieved their season low. Carson Palmer had another good not great week 421 yards passing and a TD, but also 2 INTs. Jarvis Landry was ok with a TD 66 total yard and 3 catches. AJ also had 3 players get over their projected totals. His high scorer Aaron Rodgers had another less than stellar day with 255 yards passing and 2 TDs for 19.60 points. AJ flex had a decent day, Eric Decker, with 4 catches for 59 yards and TD. He also lost a fumble, but it was still good enough for 13.90 points. One of this year’s fantasy surprises Gary Barnidge only had 3 catches for 39 yards, but two of them went for TDs and he racked up 18.90 points. Even though it was low scoring this did come down to Monday Night. AJ was holding firm to a 15 point lead and each had one player left. Odell Beckham Jr for AJ and DeMarco Murray for Josh. There may have been some optimism coming from Josh's sideline with news the Beckham might be out, but that quickly vanished with Beckham coming out for warm ups and news saying he is a go. It seemed like both teams on Monday Night wanted AJ to win this match up. Beckham dominated the first drive of the game and scored a TD. That pretty much put the match up out of reach for Josh immediately. Murray did his job by going for 109 yards rushing and a TD and also adding 3 catches for 14 yards. Murray scored a match up high score of 21.30 points. Josh scored the lowest point total of the week and AJ had the lowest point total for a winning team this week. AJ gets the win 108.30 – 95.44.
Rico (4-2) vs Mike (1-5)
Mike is still trying to figure out his lineup, but you can see he is putting the work in. It seems like all the right pieces are there he just need to come up with the right formula. He had big output from Arian Foster who had 112 total yards including 5 catches and a TD for 22.20. Foster’s score was high than any single player on Rico’s roster, and that wasn’t even Mike’s best guy for the day. Calvin Johnson finally showed up this season, in an overtime game he hauled in 6 catches for 166 yard and 1 TD for the games high score of 28.60. Unfortunately for Mike that was all the good news for him. Six out of nine players did not reach their projected total. Shane Vereen, who had a great week last week getting 25 points, could only come up with 1 catch for 6 yards on Monday Night and 1.60 points. Thursday Night Mike had a disappointing performance by Brandin Cooks, who could only get 8.10 points of his projected 15.29. Mike might want to think about activating his number one pick, Andrew Luck scored 27.98 points while sitting on the bench this week, whereas, Eli Manning put up a measly 10.76. Rico, on the other hand, had a great day. It was a pure team effort with not one person taking all the glory. Seven of the nine starters reached their projections. The high scorer was Jimmy Graham who had 8 catches for 140 yards for a season high of 22.00 points. Right behind him was Mark Ingram who on Thursday had 2 rushing TD to go all with 56 total yards. Everyone took care of business for Rico. The one chink in the armor though is at RB with Eddie Lacy hardly showing up to play. His stat line showed 3 rushing yards with 2 catches and 17 yards receiving. Lacy’s 4 points were a quarter of what he was projected. And then there is Julio Jones who only got 6 catches for 93 yards and came up short of his projection of 18.99 points (pathetic). Rico left Alshon Jeffery just sitting on the bench this week who scored a total of 28.70 points. Rico’s winning streak continues 146.20 – 102.26.
Gino (4-2) vs Reuben (3-3)
Reuben was favored to win this matchup by 2 points, but for the second week in a row Gino comes up with the highest score of the week! Gino saw seven of his staters get above their projected totals. His top scorer was Philip Rivers who went crazy on the field throwing for 503 yards and 2 TDs, and nearly missing a third TD at the very end of the game. He brought in 28.12 points. Gino had a pair of WRs, Demaryius Thomas and Allen Robinson, that went over 20 points; and his third WR TY Hilton was .60 away from another 20 points. Matt Forte was also was flirting with 20 points just missing it with 19.90 points, which also cause him to be under his projected score. The one blunder Gino had was he left in TJ Yeldon who didn’t play and gave Gino a 0. It may have been a mistake or maybe he was just took mercy on Reuben. Reuben posted up the second lowest score of the weekend, not even reaching 100 total points. Reuben only had three players over their projections. Emmanuel Sanders and Julius Thomas were the lone bright spots . Each were over 20 points. Reuben’s third player hitting his projection was Mason Crosby, kicker, who got 9.00 points, projected for 8.04. Reuben was let down by his top two picks Le’Veon Bell and AJ Green, who combined for 16.40 points while they were projected for 38.80. Bell had a quiet 88 yard rushing day and Green had a pedestrian 4 catch 36 yard day. Reuben’s highly touted big waiver wire pickup, Charcandrick West, had a tough first day in the spotlight, 39 total yards and lost a fumble which got him a score of 2.90 points. Former fantasy football great, Peyton Manning, had another forgettable performance. Only 290 yards passing with a TD, the 3 INTs killed his day. Manning was 5 points shorts of his projection with a score of 12.60. I guess Gino didn’t feel comfortable going into the Monday Night game with only a 45.12 point lead and Reuben all out of players. So just to be safe he started the Philadelphia Defense and they were awesome. They held the Giants to 7 points, they had 3 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, 2 INTs, and took one of those for a TD. 19.00 points are added to Gino’s total giving him 160.62. Gino gets his first Biggest Blowout of the Week. This is also the second week in a row Reuben is on the losing end of the Biggest Blowout of the Week. Gino crushes 160.62 - 96.50.
