Golden Showers Fantasy Football League Week 6

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.

Golden Showers Fantasy Football League Week 5

Week 5 Recap

Matt H (5-0) vs Josh (1-4)

Josh had everything lined up this week to take down an undefeated Matt. Two key line up changes by putting Todd Gurley and DeMarco Murray in at RB this week that saw both go over their projected total getting over 32 combined points. Made a trade to get Charles Clay that was needed to give his TE position a chance for points. And finally inserted a red hot Jeremy Maclin who also went over his projected total. Matt was the underdog by four points this week, but he wasn't worried. He knew his studs would go off. DeAndre Hopkins and Dion Lewis combined for over 51 points for him. Matt's QB Tyrod Taylor had another solid game adding 23.36 points, over his projection. There was also disappointment in both lineups. Josh's big TE trade couldn't even get him two points. The TE he traded away got 8 points sitting on a bench. His QB Carson Palmer was hardly in the game. Palmer barely got his projected total but was replaced early because his team was beating the Lions by way too much. Palmer didn't even get enough snaps to qualify for the weekly contest for QBR. Matt saw three players get below there projected points. The disappointing Jeremy Hill is still not impressing the fantasy world this yea, Jordan Matthews kept dropping TDs, and the Colts forgot about Donte Moncrief this week. Like most weeks this match came down to Monday Night. Matt had a 15 point lead, but Josh had his high scoring number one pick Antonio Brown going. No defense had been able to stop him he had just snapped an NFL record streak of games with 5 catches and 50 yards. This win seemed like a lock. But then Mike Vick decided he hates Antonio Brown and never threw him the ball. Brown only scored 7.50 points. Heart breaking for Josh. Matt Squeaks by to remain undefeated 121.26 - 114.24.

Julian (3-2) vs Matt M (4-1)

The rookie, Matthew Miller, coming into this week 5 thinking this fantasy football thing is easy. All of his players have been on fire. Some how he drafted the fantasy MVP, who came out of no where. Knowing him I'm sure he was already writing his victory speech. This week he got a taste of fantasy heart break, and it came in a big way. Matt's first pick and overall stud Jamaal Charles went down with an ACL injury, he is done. Matt also saw another quartet of his players come up short on their projections; Randal Cobb, Micheal Bennett, Vincent Jackson, and Keenan Allen. Allen was the high scorer with only 11.70 points. Not all bad news for Matt. The MVP I was referring to is of course Devonta Freeman who put up another monster game getting 32.70 points. Matt Defense the Packers smacked around the Rams good on Sunday giving him another 23 points. This day belonged to Julian though. His team went off with 6 of his players getting over their projected points. Top scorer Andy Dalton is proving that he is the real thing this year. Julian started his fan favorite Bengals stack have Tyler Eifert  start at TE. this turned out to be a good move because Dalton threw 2 TDs in the game and both were to Eifert, Julian was just hogging all of the Bengals points ( he also started Gio Benard). Julian being the brave man he is started the Jaguars number two receiver and got reward. Allen Hurns went over 100 yards and a TD scoring 22.60 points. Last but not least Justin Forsett had a day with a TD and 170 yards. This match was all Julian who took a 50 plus point lead into Monday Night. Matt had no chance. Julian gives Matt his first loss 160.54 - 121.00.

Gino (3-2) vs AJ (2-3)

In a battle of a couple of two 2-2 teams Gino and AJ both started out hot. AJ, who has been the master of the waiver wire, put up two huge scores from players who the fantasy community are just recognizing. Gary Barnidge has been lighting up the score boards the last few weeks and this one was no differnt. With a dominatng 8 catch, 139 yard, and 1 TD game he nearly hit 5 times his projected target, 27.90 points. Another player that AJ was ahead of the game with was Willie Snead. Snead has turned into a top pass catcher who add 5 catches and 74 yards with a TD to gain 20.10 points. A more common house hold name Odell Beckham Jr did his usual thing and went off on Sunday Night getting AJ 25.40 more points. Gino's morning, or afternoon since he lives a little farther east, was just as high scoring. His stud Matt Forte went over 100 yards and caught a late TD to get 21.90 points. Newly acquired Allen Robinson scored 2 TDs to go along with 7 catches and 72 yards and put up 26.20 points for his monster day. The was some let down between the teams. Gino's top receivers Demaryius Thomas and TY Hilton both could not hit their projections. AJ saw his QB Aaron Rodgers give up 3 turnovers and had a season low of 17.54 points. Also, there is CJ Anderson, who is part of that inept Bronco offense. He only got 6 points from a projected 11. AJ's real killer was his Defense, Houston, who got him a grand total of 0 points. After all of that AJ still took a 13.24 point lead going into Monday Night. But, Gino had his other newly acquired pick ups going. A Charger stack consisting of Philip Rivers and his BFF Antonio Gates. Rivers threw for 365 yards and 2 TDs, and of course those 2 TDs went to Antonio Gates who added 9 catches and 92 yards. Together they combined for 51.80 points and just ran away with the contest. Gino wins with this weeks high score 161.50 - 122.94.

Mike (1-4) vs Reuben (3-2)

Going into week 5 Reuben had his mind on separating himself from the pack. With only one loss up to this point a win would give him a 4-1 record on a clear path to the playoffs. Unfortunately for him his team was popping champagne bottles before the game. Only three players went over their projected points and they barely did it. LeVeon Bell eclipsed his projection by .11 points and this was the high scorer with 22.70 points. Jason Witten couldn’t get half of his points, but it’s not his fault…he has no QB. Emmanuel Sanders went over 100 yards but only went over his projection by 1.75 points, but it’s not his fault either because he has no QB. Too bad for Reuben because the QB is also HIS QB, Peyton Manning. Peyton had another weak game with 266 yards and 2 INTs. That’s it. He scored a grand total of 8.64 points, 10 below his projection. Ameer Abdullah through in another 1.60 points and his free agent Defense the Giants could not contain the resurgent 49ers offense and only scored 2 points. Mike has had a tough start to the season. His QB Andrew Luck hasn’t been 100%. His late round flyers haven’t panned out. He even had a week where a QB and RB combined for 0 points. But you know what…there is still a lot of fight, and heart, and toughness in this kid. He has waited patiently for Arian Foster to return to form, 118 total yards 9 catches and 20.80 points. He searched vigorously on the waiver wire to find Eli Manning to start for him at QB who faced a soft 49ers Defense and through for 441 yards and 3 TD for 29.74 points. He even started the Rams Defense against Aaron Rodgers and the high scoring Packers, but he knew this was the day Rodgers would slip up and give the ball away 3 times and succumb to 2 sacks. And lets not forget he called up Doug Martin from the bench who did nothing but rush for 123 yard and 2 TDs, plus he catch a TD too. You can tell he was so sure of himself he picked up and started Owen Daniels from the inept Bronco offense who laid a goose egg. Mike wins crushing Reuben for the blow out of the week 153.44 - 95.54.

Rico (3-2) vs Chris (0-5)

A rare mid week trade between opponents this week made this match up a little more tense. The trash talking for this game started long ago and continued up until kick off. Rico sent over his QB Tom Brady and RB Danny Woodhead, breaking up his Patriot and Charger connection, to Chris for his two starting RBs Mark Ingram and Eddy Lacy. Once brothers now enemies, these player were now scoring points against the ones who drafted them. Brady had his normal 3 TD 275 yard passing day getting Chris an unfamiliar 25.30 points in the QB spot. Chris saw 6 of his players get over their projected points. New addition to the line up Duke Johnson Jr had 13.70 points. Chris’s has new Patriot stack with Brady and of course his top scorer Stephen Gostkowski. Gostkowski added 15 more points. Rico’s trade was not quite as profitable as he would have hoped. His two new RBs were projected for 31.32 points but could only scratch out 13.90 between them. In Rico’s other trade he sent Philip Rivers for Matt Ryan. Rico, trying to create and offensive stack with Falcons Ryan and his Stud Julio Jones. But just like the RBs it was a little disappointing. Ryan had 3 turnovers and 0 TDs earning him a 8.16 point total, 10 short of his projection. Julio was playing banged up and only had 5 catches for 67 yards, fortunately for Rico, Julio fell on a fumble in the end zone scoring Rico a cheap TD. Rico only had 3 players over their projected totals and the top two scored 22 points each. Julian Edelman had 120 yards on only 4 catches and one of those was a TD. The other is maybe Rico’s most consistent play, the Denver Defense. The Broncos picked up two fumbles and took a pick to the house all while only letting the Raiders score 10 points. The Broncos 22 Defensive points (orange) crushed their projected total of 8.44 points. Rico had a 28.10 point lead going into Sunday Night, but Chris had two more players. Both newly acquired. Larry Donnell had a quiet game most of the night…up until the last drive. Donnell made an uncharacteristic, unbelievable game winning TD catch which shot up his point total to 15.50 points. Chris was within striking distance and it all came down to Monday Night. Danny Woodhead was going in what was believed to be a shootout. Woodhead was averaging 16 points a game and Chris only needed 14.57 to claim his first victory. The Chargers used Woodhead from the beginning and he got a fast 12.60 point start, but after that the Chargers just forgot about him and he didn’t touch the ball the rest of the way. Chris was 1.96 points short of Rico and that elusive victory. Rico dodges a…what’s more dangerous than a bullet? Cannon Ball, Torpedo, Nuke? No. A years long worth of ridicule. Don’t worry Chris you will get another chance at him. Rico wins 113.56 - 111.60.

Golden Showers Week 4

Week 4 Recap

Matt M (4-0) vs Josh (1-3)

Horrible. Just awful. This had to be the most embarrassing effort in all of fantasy football. I mean just think what could have been if things were different. Of course what I am talking about is that Matt started Randall Cobb. He could not even get half of his projected points (pathetic). Everyone else in his starting line exceeded their projections. Matt’s team was led by Devonta Freeman and his 3 TDs for a second week in a row. A late week add in Martellus Bennett piled on 25 points. But this huge out put of points seemed to go to waste. Not because Matt faced a foe that pulled out a total greater then his, no, quite the opposite. Josh rolled out his line up with high hope, but it turned out to be a day he wish he could forget. In the direct inverse of Matt’s lineup Josh only had 1 player reach and exceed his projected total. Good ol’ John Brown led the way with 15.80 points for Josh’s squad. Just to reiterate, Josh saw 8 of his 9 players come up short of their projected totals. It was a rare bad day for the Steelers with Heath Miller and Antonio Brown combining for 10.30 points. Carlos Hyde being plagued by a bad offense which isn’t letting him run only got 3.20 points. Just needed to look towards his bench, which out scored his starters (86.90) by 10 points with only 5 guys. As good as Matt was he could have done better. Vincent Jackson was sitting on his bench with 30.70 point, he probably should get rid of that bum Cobb. Matt wins the most uncompetitive contest ever 181.56 - 76.88.

Reuben (3-1) vs Chris (0-4)

As bad as Josh’s team looked he still outscored Chris’s team. Chris had a tough day only seeing one of his guys get over their projected total. Mark Ingram led his team with 18.80 points. Greg Olsen seemed to disappear, last week he was a monster, this week he was as quiet as a mouse only getting 4.80 points. The usually reliable Marvin Jones, who apparently only catches touchdowns, only had one catch and it was not a touchdown. The big hype this week was for Derek Carr, but he just couldn’t live up to the expectation. Reuben only saw two of his guys reach the projected totals. Led by Le’Veon Bell and his 28 points, Reuben was able to just get enough out his players to get by Chris. AJ Green had an ok game for his standards getting 15.20 points. The second highest scorer was the Carolina Defense which has been the most consistent part of the line up. Reuben and his team are still scoring 100 points a week. Chris on the other is still winless and drastic changes may be on the horizon. Reuben wins a blow out 109.02 - 70.54.

Rico (2-2) vs Julian (2-2)

In one of the closer matches Julian had a good head start by having Justin Forsett getting an early 15 points on Thursday Night. His leading scorers were Pierre Garcon, who added 18.50 points with a late game winning TD in his game, and Chandler Catanzaro, who seemed to kick all the points for the Cardinals in that game. Julian did see let downs by the usually stout Cardinals Defense who could only come up with 1 point against the Rams, and also Darren Sproles who barely saw any action getting only 1.70 points. Rico had his usual high scoring game having 5 of his players get past their projections (two others just miss the projections by .04 and .06). Rico had a Chargers connection that led him in points. Philip Rivers and Danny Woodhead had 26.22 and 17.80 respectively. Rico did see disappointment in his star receiver though. Julio Jones only had 4 catches for 38 yards which equaled to 7.80 points (cut him). At the end of the Sunday day games Rico had a slight 13 point lead with Dan Bailey and Jimmy Graham still to go, while Julian had his QB Russell Wilson left. It wouldn’t be the craziest thing to see Wilson go off and lead Julian to victory. Rico had Bailey get 8 more points Sunday Night to pad his lead to 21 points now. All Julian needed was for Wilson to get over 20 points and not have Jimmy Graham see the ball. Well this almost happened. Jimmy only had 4 catches for 29 yards (cut him). Wilson couldn’t get it done though with 2 fumbles and a lack luster offensive performance he only got 15.48 points, below his projected total. Rico wins a down to the wire match 118.82 - 105.68.

AJ (2-2) vs Mike (0-4)

In what was projected to be the biggest blow out of the week turned out to be a defense struggle. Neither team could really take control and put up those high scores we have been accustomed to see in this league. I really feel the difference might have been when Mike was too busy saving lives and keeping the world safe and forgot to change out and injured Andrew Luck from his lineup. Hey it happens to the best of us. To be fair to AJ though the back up would have been Matthew Stafford and he got smothered by the Seahawks Defense and only got 8.12 points. Another costly reason for Mike’s low out put was Ryan Matthews, who scored big last week but put up a doughnut this week. Now luckily for AJ, this time, Mike last Doug Martin on the bench who had his best game of the year gaining 25.30 points. Not all bad news for Mike, the Rams Defense, Graham Gano, and Travis Benjamin all went over the projected scores. AJ got decent production from his lineup, compared to his opponent, at least everyone score a point. Aaron Rodgers was basically shut down by a strong 49ers Defense and only got 16.26 points, 5 points short of projected. Super stud Odell Beackham Jr couldn’t crack 9 points, and Jordan Reed ended up injuring himself twice in the game only getting have his projection. AJ was led to victory by the pick up of the week in Karlos Williams who surpassed his projection and scored 16 points, and also Justin Tucker kicked for 15 points on Thursday Night. Oh what could have been for Mike if he changed his quarterback…probably not much. AJ wins an interesting match 89.06 - 62.40.

Matt H (4-0) vs Gino (2-2)

This turned out to be the game of the week. Gino was projected to win by 15 and hand Matt his first loss of the season. Matt was already in a hole after watching his top scoring QB Ben Roethlisberger go down last week he had to make a key QB pick up off of waivers. He got Tyrod Taylor who had been lighting the fantasy football world on fire. Unfortunately for Matt Taylor had his lowest output of points for the season. Jordan Matthews and Travis also had underwhelming performances both getting well below their projected totals. Matt did see 5 of his players get above their projections. His team was led by DeAndre Hopkins who added a second straight 100 yard day and Jeremy Hill who woke back up and scored 3 TDs, they scored 24.70 and 24.00 points. 'All Day’ Adrian Peterson was also flirting with another 20 point day. Gino still continues to show us that you score points and win games through the draft, plus so key free agents help I guess. Gino saw 8 of his players get into double digit scoring, 5 of them passing their projections. Charles Clay and Brandon Marshall led the way with 20.10 and 19.80 scores. Cam Newton wasn’t needed much in his game, so they had a disappointing 16.06 points. Both of Gino’s RBs were under the projected targets. Once again we had another contest go down to Monday Night Football. Matt took a slim point lead into the game with still needing to roll out a shaky Seahawks Defense and Gino H=having Steven Hauschka still to kick for the Seahawks. Good thing for Gino the Seahawks haven’t really figures out to score TDs yet so his kicker benefited scoring 11 points for the night. The Seahawks Defense was able to keep the Lions off the scoreboard for the most part but were not getting any extra points with sacks or turnovers. With time winding down Gino has a lead of .40 with the Lions driving. Calvin Johnson of the Lions catches an arrow pattern and is heading straight for the end zone. The touchdown will gaurentee and victory for Gino and knock Matt out of the ranks of the undefeated. Out of no where Kam Chancellor flies in and knocks the ball loose inches from the goal line. The ball goes out of the endzone with a little nudge from KJ Wright for the touchback. Matt gets the point for the fumble recovery and takes a small lead as time expires. Matt wins a thrilling Monday Night comeback to remain undefeated 133.96 - 132.36.