Week 6 Recap:

Katon (1-5) 144.3 vs. Scotty (4-2) 150.2

A week after losing 157.7 to 155.2, Scotty bounces back scoring 150.2 and defeating Katon who put up his second-best game of the season and still takes the L. Scotty has had an incredible 302 points scored against him the past 2 weeks, for an average of 151 points against and he is 1-1. That’s damn impressive. If only Scotty’s fantasy defense was as good as his fantasy defense (NE D/ST). This week’s explosion was due to Stefon Diggs going off for 46.3 points, NE D/ST getting 28, and Brady showing up for a 24.8. Katon has now lost games that he’s scored 124.8 and 144.3. His lone win came in Week 3 when he put up 150.3. He got 33.9 from Matt Ryan, 26.2 from Zeke (his best game of this season), and 25 from Devonta Freeman (his best game of this season). It just wasn’t enough and Katon finds himself in a huge hole if he wants to make the playoffs.

JD (5-1) 66 vs. Kenny (4-2) 75.8

Kenny lost in Week 5 despite putting up a respectable 127.6 and in Week 6 he gets a win against the last undefeated team by putting up 75.8. Isn’t fantasy football awesome? Kenny entered MNF down 7.3 points with Kenny Golladay left to play. Golladay caught a 66 yard pass on a flea flicker to start the game and he wind up being Kenny’s top scorer with 17.1 points. JD’s 5-0 start ends with a whimper and a tear.

Jen (1-5) 129.1 vs. Chase (1-5) 92.9

Chase traded Odell for 3 new starters, but they combined for 24.6 points as Jen gets her first win of the season. Odell finished the week with 15.5 for Moose. This is a tough fall for Chase. I know what this feeling is like to go from being in 4 Super Bowls in 5 seasons to finishing dead last in 2018. But my regression happened slowly over time. Chase’s has been immediate. Last season through 6 weeks Chase was 6-0 scoring 857.2 points for an average of 142.9 points per game. This season through 6 weeks Chase is 1-5 scoring 583.3 points for an average of 97.2 points per game. Jen was led by Scary Terry McLaurin’s 26.6 and Chris “Brad shouldn’t have traded” Carson with 26.5. Congrats to Jen for joining the Win column!

Moose (5-1) 123.5 vs. Trey (3-3) 108.3

Moose has his worst game of the season to date, but still scores the 5^th most points in the league in Week 6 to take down Trey. Big story for Moose was Lamar Jackson going off for 33.6 points including a 19-152-1 rushing stat line. Nick Chubb continues to impress and earn his 1^st round draft pick with 28.9 points and new acquisition Odell got 15.5. Scary moment for Moose was Amari Cooper exited the Jets game early due to a quad issue. Seems like he’s bruised up and listed as “day-to-day “Trey finally got production out of Curtis Samuel, who put up 21.4 and scored a pair of touchdowns. But with so many people on bye week he couldn’t keep up with the league’s top scorer through 6 weeks.

Mike (2-4) 84.5 vs. Joe (4-2) 96.1

Joe was led by Austin Hooper’s 23.9 and CMC’s 19.3. Mike got a rock solid 29.4 from Deshaun Watson, but 7 out of his 9 players scored in single digits. Mike has just hasn’t been able to get it all together this season.

Brad (4-2) 144.4 vs. Tommy (2-4) 91.5

Brad followed up his 188-point Week 5 explosion with a solid 144.4-point outing, good for 2^nd highest scorer of the week. Brad got 28.9 from Fantasy Football’s #1 Fantasy Qb after 6 weeks, Russell Wilson, 26.7 from James Conner who scored a pair of touchdowns against the Chargers, and a combined 44.1 from #1 Fantasy Wideout of 2019 so far Chris Godwin and 2018 #1 Wideout Tyreek Hill. Brad could have scored a lot more, but Will Fuller couldn’t haul in any of his 3 deep touchdown targets thrown his way. Tommy got a respectable 23.5 from Carson Wentz, but 5 players scored in single digits and he was really hurt by Gurley’s injury and Hilton’s bye week. He wind up starting 3 Titans against the Broncos and they combined for a paltry 11.6 fantasy points. With this win, Brad has matched his win total from 2018 where he went 4-9 in the regular season and 0-3 in the Bottom Bowl.

Week 7 Preview:

***Game of the Week***

Moose (5-1) vs. JD (5-1)

The battle of the best records hits us in Week 6. On the line? A 6^th win and virtual playoff spot lock. Although their records are even, and Moose comes in averaging 138.3 he will be extremely bit by the bye-week bug this week. Moose will be short Nick Chubb, Odell Beckham Jr, DJ Moore, and starting kicker Joey Slye. In addition, Amari Cooper is questionable due to the Quad issue. JD has a wideout injury problem of his own, with first round pick Davante Adams. It certainly appeared the Packers desperately need him, but not sure if that toe is going to cooperate or not. JD has Dak against Philly’s Pass Funnell Defense. Good at stopping the run, horrible at defending the pass. Ingram is @ Seattle, who just gave up 28.9 fantasy points to Nick Chubb. JD also has Juju and his kicker on a bye week, so he’ll be scrambling for a flex play as well. JD’s Bills D/ST against Miami might be his best player. JD looks favored but looks to be closer than one might think.

Joe (4-2) vs. Kenny (4-2)

Another battle between winning teams so far. Kenny catches Joe on a huge bye week where he’ll be without #1 Fantasy Rb Christian McCaffrey and #2 Fantasy D/ST in Panthers D/ST. Joe’s strength is his peripherals where he’ll feature #1 Fantasy Tight End Austin Hooper, #3 D/ST 49ers against the paltry Redskins (but travelling coast to coast), and #3 Kicker Greg Zuerlein. He’s starting Duke Johnson and Dede Westbrook, so there’s that. Kenny’s team is actually solid. He has 2 Top 20 Rb’s in Philip Lindsay and Jordan Howard. He has 2 Top 20 Wr’s in Adam Thielen and Kenny Golladay. #7 Tight End Zach Ertz @ Dallas. He’ll be without Jarvis Landry due to bye week. ESPN opens this game up with Kenny being a 2.4-point favorite but going to be a great game.

Keeping up the games featuring teams with the same records:

Chase (1-5) vs. Katon (1-5)

Two 2018 playoff teams are battling it out to survive in Week 7. The loser will drop to 1-6 and pretty much solidify a Bottom Bowl ticket. Chase gets Patrick Mahomes @ Denver on a short week. Mahomes lost the duel against Watson last week. There was one play that I think summarized that matchup. Mahomes was rushed, attempted to escape, but looked slow and hobbled by that ankle injury. Watson was healthy and ready to run, thus won the match. Gallup and Tate have good matchups for Chase, but keep in mind Arizona’s secondary will get a boost from the return of lock down corner, Patrick Peterson. Luckily, Tate operates in the slot and should avoid the shadow coverage. Katon has Matt “Throwing for 300+ every week” Ryan against the Rams who lost Aqib Talib to IR. Without Talib their defense has been suspect, setting up Falcons pass catchers to have a big week. (This includes Chase’s Julio Jones). Katon has Zeke against Philly’s solid ass run defense. Gordon @ Tennessee looks gross. Freeman faces that same Rams team. I think Katon is favored but should be a good game.

Tommy (2-4) vs. Scotty (4-2)

Scotty is coming off back to back shootouts and is looking to stay hot against a struggling Tommy team. Tommy has averaged 94.6 the last two weeks while averaging 143.3 against him. Scotty has averaged 152.7 over the past two weeks. Yikes. I don’t think NE D/ST will get their average 22 points against a revitalized Jets team with Sam Darnold back at the helm. But Tommy’s team lacks play makers and I don’t think they can handle Scotty’s Trio of Top 10 Running Backs.

Mike (2-4) vs. Brad (4-2)

Brad has scored an average of 166.6 points over the last two weeks. Mike has averaged 112.1 in that span. He has been up and down the past four weeks scoring 133.4-66.7-139.7-84.5. He’ll hope to continue that trend and get 130+ again this week. To do that he’ll need Deshaun Watson to stay hot at Indianapolis who is getting back star linebacker Darrius Leonard on defense. He has Joe Mixon vs. Jackonsville, James White @ NYJ, Mike Thomas @ Chicago, and DJ Chark Jr. @ Cincy who won’t have their two starting cornerbacks this week. Mike’s strength is his 3 Top 15 Wide Receivers. Brad has 2 Top 15 but won’t have #1 Fantasy Wideout Chris Godwin this week due to byes. He’s also short James Conner, so he’ll rely on Miles Sanders at Dallas. Sanders has been catching more passes lately due to injuries to Darren Sproles and Corey Clement. We’ll see if he can hold down the Rb2 spot for Brad. Brad is hoping to get Evan Engram back in a smash spot against a Cardinals Defense that has given up the following stat lines to tight ends this season: 7-146-1, 10-127-2, 6-75-2, 9-83-1, 4-30-0, and 10-138-1. That’s an average of 21.6 fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends. If he can’t go due to MCL sprain, then Brad will be shooting darts on the waiver wire for the second week in a row.

Jen (1-5) vs. Trey (3-3)

Despite Trey having two more wins than Jen, he has only scored 14.9 more points than her, but a whopping 188.7 less points have been scored against him. Enter this matchup and Trey will have his second week in a row missing a lot of players to byes, this time at the wideout position. He’ll be missing Mike Evans and Curtis Samuel. He gets Josh Jacobs and Marlon Mack back and Hopkins is due for a big game. Jen has been looking like she won the trade with Brad as Chris Carson has gone for 19.1-21.7-26.5 since the trade. It evens out her team and her team is actually better than her 1-5 record. Carson-DJ-Ridley-McLaurin-Kittle is a solid nucleus for her. She may not make the playoffs, but she can definitely play spoiler.

Good Luck This Week!