Week 5 Recap:
Mustafa (5-0) 148.3 vs. Kenny (3-2) 117.1
Moose has dominated in his first 5 weeks and his team has gotten better. Josh Allen’s 40 points led Moose who also got 27.4 from Cooper Kupp, 18.1 from Saquon Barkley, and 18.8 from rookie phenom Dameon Pierce. Kenny had a decent week with 117.1, but decent weeks won’t compete with Moose’s ridiculous lineup. Kenny got 30.9 from Davante Adams on MNF, 21.4 from Mike Williams, and 22.7 from Jeff Wilson. But 5 players scored in single digits including four players that scored 6 or less. Moose gets it done.
JD (3-2) 106.5 vs. Tommy (4-1) 149.5
Tommy bested JD this week and wind up being Top Scorer in the league. Tommy was the only team that could’ve beaten Moose this week. He got 30.9 from Leonard Fournette and 29.2 from Derrick Henry. JD got 36.9 from Austin Ekeler and 30.4 from Patrick Mahomes, but a big difference maker in this matchup was Defense selection. JD got -1 from Miami D/ST and Tommy got 24 from Dallas D/ST for a 25 point swing. Tommy also outscored JD in the flex with Kareem Hunt’s 13.2 to JD’s Garret Wilson who only got 4.2. Even if JD had started Mostert he would have fallen short. Tommy for the win.
Chase (3-2) 95.8 vs. Katon (0-5) 88.9
Finally Katon set his full lineup!….oh wait. Nevermind he started Logan Thomas who was inactive prior to the kickoff. I know this because I had Logan Thomas in another league and dropped him for Cade Otton. I won that matchup by less than 1 point. If Katon had started Montgomery or Devonta Smith or picked up a tight end (Evan Engram or Cade Otton anyway) then he would have come out ahead in this one. That’s a lot of if’s though. Chase was looking defeat in the eyes heading into Monday Night Football, but Travis Kelce caught 7 balls for 25 yards and 4 Touchdowns to secure the victory. He also had a nice game from Dalvin Cook with 25.1. Those two players accounted for 55.1/95.8 points or 57.5% of his total point output. The other 7 players were all in single digits including 4 players that scored less than 6 points. Chase squeezes one out and drops Katon to 0-5.
Joe (2-3) 105.5 vs. Trey (1-4) 134.6
Congratulations to Trey who got his first win of the season this week! With no JT as well, very good job. The main reason Trey won was because of Taysom Hill’s ridiculous game against the Seahawks. He carried the Saints on his back to the tune of 9 rushes, 112 rushing yards, 3 rushing touchdowns, and a passing touchdown. Hill outscored Joe’s Mark Andrews by 20.1 points. Trey won by 29.1 points. Joe’s team disappointed with his Qb, Rb1, Wr1, Wr2, and Flex all scoring in single digits. He broke 100 thanks in large part to his peripherals as Andrews got 18.9, SF D/ST got 19, and Justin Tucker got 16. 53.9 from your peripherals is pretty damn good. Your perhipherals accounting for 51.1% of your total point output is not. Congrats again Trey!
Mike (2-3) 115.0 vs. Scotty (2-3) 72.4
Speaking of bad teams that got wins last week, Mike Grote got the W! Mike got 24.7 from Carson Wentz, 30.8 from Josh Jacobs who I was wrong about in my draft grades, by a lot. He also got 22 from NE D/ST. Mike even overcame Tee Higgins getting 0 fantasy points after he aggravated his ankle, which resulted in him playing only 10 snaps. I’m going to compare two players points scored through five weeks, let me know which player you would rather on your fantasy team:
Player A: 9.6, 11.4, 11.6, 7.4, 5.1, Total= 45.1 Points
Player B: 9.0, 13.0, 10.0, 13.0, 16.0, Total= 61.0 Points
Which would you choose? Well luckily Mike doesn’t have to choose, because they are both on his team. Player A is Mike’s first round pick Najee Harris. Player B is Mike’s #1 Kicker Daniel Carlson. I may have been wrong about Jacobs, but I’ve been right about Najee so far. Scotty got 17.8 from Marquise Brown, but that was his top scorer. He had several players score right around 10 points, but he had 4 players J Williams (5.6), TJ Hockenson (1.1), Pit D/ST (3.0), and Koo (0.0) combine for 9.7 points. Scotty’s worst game of the season and surely a disappointment after his 190 point explosion last week.
Jen (1-4) 94.5 vs. Brad (4-1) 132.3
Brad gets his 4th win of the season in Week 5. This is already 1 more win than the 2021 Regular Season where Brad finished 3-11. He was led by Jalen Hurts 27.5, Nick Chubb’s 28.4, and Christian McCaffrey’s 19.9. Jen had a big day from Justin Jefferson who had 12 catches for 154 yards, but everybody else scored 15 or less. Olave caught a touchdown, but sacrificed his body for it and wind up being ruled out for a concussion. Then on Monday Night Football Jen was down by a little less than 40 points with Darren Waller to play, but he hurt his hamstring in the first half of the Chiefs game and wind up scoring 0 for Jen. Despite poor performances from James Conner (6.8) and Antonio Gipson (5.4) Jen has some reason for optimism, which I will talk about in the Week 6 Preview.
Week 6 Special! Best Players By Round Drafted Through 5 Weeks of 2022 Season:
Round 1: Mustafa- Cooper Kupp, Wr #1 through 5 weeks
Round 2: Tie: Katon- Wr #2 Stefon Diggs, Mustafa- Rb#2 Saquon Barkley, Chase- TE #1 Travis Kelce
Round 3: Brad- Nick Chubb, Rb #1 through 5 weeks
Round 4: Tie: Mustafa- Qb#1 Josh Allen, Mike- Rb#4 Josh Jacobs
Round 5: Trey- #2 Qb Lamar Jackson
Round 6: Mustafa- Dameon Pierce, Rb#9 through 5 weeks
Round 7: Brad- Jalen Hurts, Qb#3 through 5 weeks
Round 8: Trey- Tyler Lockett, WR#9 through 5 weeks
Round 9: Jen- Chris Olave, WR #14 through 5 weeks
Round 10: Brad- Bills D/ST, #2 through 5 weeks
Round 11: No one
Round 12: No one
Round 13: Tie: Mustafa- Curtis Samuel, WR#22, JD- Raheem Mostert, Rb#30, Scotty- Jamaal Williams… controversy.
Round 14: Mike- Daniel Carlson, #1 Kicker
Round 15: No one
Round 16: Mike- Alec Pierce.
Let’s see how this looks 5 weeks from now!
Week 6 Preview:
***RIVALRY GAME***
Moose (5-0) vs. Chase (3-2)
7 Championships won out of 13 Seasons of the BBY Dream Team League represented in this matchup. Moose with 4, Chase with 3, including last season. Moose comes in averaging 149.8 points per game compared to Chase’s 105.9 per game. The insane thing about Moose’s complete and utter dominance of this league to date is that his team has actually gotten better over the past couple of weeks due to various injuries across the NFL. Moose has #14 Rb Rhamondre Stevenson who has Top 5 Rb potential over the next couple of weeks due to an injury to Damien Harris. He has Melvin Gordon III who is starting due to the season ending injury to Javonte Williams. One might not even notice that his Rb2, #9 Rb Dameon Pierce is on bye this week. Moose will have #1 Qb Josh Allen in the ultimate revenge game in Kansas City, where the nightmare of a coin toss in last years playoffs have him out for blood. @2 Rb Saquon Barkley leads the 4-1 Giants against the Baltimore Ravens. #1 WR Cooper Kupp faces Carolina. WR#13 AJ Brown and TE#5 Dallas Goedert face Dallas’s reall solid defense on Sunday Night Football. Don’t overlook Moose’s #7 D/ST Jacksonville going up against the Garbage Fire that is the Indianapolis Colts who are surprisingly 2-2-1 on the season. Moose will have his choice in the flex between Michael Thomas if available, Melvin Gordon III, or WR #22 Curtis Samuel. On Chase’s side he will be without stud WR #11 Amon-Ra St. Brown and Qb #10 Jared Goff. He’ll have to turn to Qb #13 Kirk Cousins against a decent Miami defense. He has #14 Rb Dalvin Cook in the same game. JK Dobbins is @ NY Giants. Michael Pittman Jr. is against the Jaquars. He’ll have JuJu Smith-Schuster and TE#1 Travis Kelce on the wrong side of the Buffalo matchup and AJ Dillon against the Jets. I don’t see Chase competing with Moose this week, he is just too powerful at this moment in the season.
Tommy (4-1) vs. Brad (4-1)
Tommy graciously hosted Brad for the draft and I’m very appreciative of that. Now both teams find themselves 4-1, both riding 4 game winning streaks and looking to get their 5th win of the season. Unfortunately for Tommy bye weeks have begun, meaning he won’t have his first round pick Rb#5 Derrick “King” Henry. Brad is unscathed by bye weeks. Tommy will have #9 Qb Joe Burrow in the New Orleans Super Dome. Louisiana loves him and I’m sure he’ll put on a show considering the Saints just got sliced and diced by Geno *checks notes* Smith in Week 5. #7 Rb Leonard Fournette travels to Pittsburgh where Tommy will have TB D/ST as a stack against rookie-led Kenny Pickett. Pickett was sacked 3 times last week against the Bills and threw one interception. I expect more of the same. Tommy has #5 WR Tyreek Hill against Minnesota. This could be a battle of the Dolphins wideouts since Brad has #7 WR Jaylen Waddle, but Brad might choose to go with #20 WR Gabe Davis in a shootout in Kansas City considering some guy named Skylar Thompson might be the starting Qb for the Dolphins this week with Tua and Teddy Bridgewater both trying to get cleared from concussions. If one or both of those Qbs get cleared then Brad will have to make a decision. Tommy has the other Browns Rb in #21 Rb Kareem Hunt against a New England defense that has given up decent points to pass catching backs this season. Tommy also has #17 Wr DK Metcalf matched up against a beatable Cardinals secondary. Brad has #3 Jalen Hurts in a critical matchup against division rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. The Eagles offensive line is Hurt, so look for Hurts to be running away from Micah Parsons all night. Brad has his trio of Rbs for this matchup with #1 Nick Chubb against NE who shut down Jamaal Williams last week, #12 Rb Aaron Jones against an underrated Jets Defense, and #6 Rb Christian McCaffrey against the Rams in Los Angeles. He’s been a model of consistency for Brad regardless of opponent with games of 13.7, 17.8, 15.5, 21.3, and 19.9. Let’s see if a Qb and head coach change influences CMCs production moving forward. Brad is hoping to have a shot heading into Monday Night Football where he’ll have #15 WR Courtland Sutton @ LA Chargers.
Scotty (2-3) vs. Jen (1-4)
Both teams coming off of underwhelming losses, but one of these teams has a reason to be optimistic. Jen will have a pair of talented rookies to deploy at RB with #10 Rb Breece Hall and new starter Kenneth Walker III who takes over the Seattle backfield due to the season-ending injury to Rashaad Penny. We’ll have to wait to see if Jen has James Conner in the matchup @ Seattle as he injured his ribs against the Eagles. They’ve called up a couple Rbs from the practice squad which isn’t a good sign. We’ll learn more as the week progresses. Jen will also be monitoring Chris Olave who is in the concussion protocol. Given Tua’s situation I doubt any player currently in the protocol is going to be rushed back due to optics. Both the NFL’s and the players ability to see because of their brain injury. Scotty will have Tom Brady @ Pittsburgh. Rb #20 Joe Mixon against our Saints, Wr#10 Deebo Samuel in a smash spot against Atlanta, #6 Wr Marquise Brown @ Seattle and #19 Wr Mike Evans in the Pittsburgh matchup. Scotty looks to be favored due to Jen’s injur concerns.
JD (3-2) vs. Trey (1-4)
Can Trey do the unthinkable?! Can he win two games in a row? JD comes in 0-2 in non-division games after getting blown out by Scotty in Week 4 (190.6 to 114.7) and Tommy in Week 5 (149.5-106.5). Trey will have #2 Qb Lamar Jackson @NY Giants who did a good job containing Aaron Rodgers in London last week. He’ll have #13 Rb Miles Sanders in that Dallas game on SNF. Travis Etienne got things going last week with his first double digit fantasy game of the season 12.9. He’ll look to continue that against a terrible Colts team. Trey looks like he’ll roll with Terrific Taysom again this week. Taysom Hill is Tight End #3 after that 39 point explosion last week. Also don’t sleep on Trey’s Wr#9 Tyler Lockett. JD will try to stop his losing streak with Qb#4 Patrick Mahomes with a herd of Buffalo running full speed into Kansas City this weekend. #3 Rb Austin Ekeler is coming off of back to back 30+ point performances but will face off against #9 OPRK Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. The Broncos should be well rested since their last game was on Thursday 10/6. Raheem Mostert has all but locked up the Rb 1 duties for the Miami Dolphins. He’ll be relied upon heavily if the Dolphins are without Tue and Teddy and have to roll with Skylar Thompson at Qb this week. JD will have WR # 21 CeeDee Lamb in that pivotal Eagles game on Sunday Night Football. Should be a great matchup!
Joe (2-3) vs. Katon (0-5)
This bottom bowl preview has one team that is desperate for a win to try and stay in the playoff hunt and one team that may or may not know that I’m writing about them every week on these weekly write ups. Hey Katon, if you are reading or listening to this let me know by typing in “I commit to starting 9 active players this week, I promise” into the Fantasy Group Chat. And then actually do that please. Joe will have Geno Smith vs. Arizona because there is no way in hell Joe would be stupid enough to start Russel Wilson again after that horrendous display on Thursday Night Football. Joe will also start some running backs, but all of them are garbage and don’t deserve to be mentioned in this write up. He’ll rely heavily on #18 Wr Ja’Marr Chase @ New Orleans and #2 TE Mark Andrews @ New York Giants. Don’t sleep on Joe’s defense #1 SF D/ST against the flightless Atlanta Falcons. Katon will have… damn Katon you’re still rolling with Matthew Stafford? Gross. Alvin Kamara in the Cincy game. David Montgomery on Thursday Night Football with an over under set at a whopping 38. Wr#2 Stefon Diggs is @ Kansas City in a potential smash spot. Will Katon get his first win of the season? Will Joe make it to .500? Will Katon start 9 active players?
Mike (2-3) vs. Kenny (3-2)
Mike limps in after getting his second win of the season and Kenny limps in after getting crushed by Moose in Week 5. Both have been bitten by the injury and bye week bug this week. Mike will be without #4 Rb Josh Jacobs and #1 Kicker Daniel Carlson. Kenny will be without Rb D’Andre Swift and WR#4 Davante Adams. Let’s see who they do have for this matchup. Oh God… this is so bad. I’m sorry guys I have my limits. I can’t preview this game. The Rb’s are Najee Harris, Jerick McKinnon, Devin Singletary, and Jeff Wilson Jr. (Insert throws up emoji). The WR’s are #24 Tee Higgins and Chris Godwin vs. #8 Mike Williams and #12 Amari Cooper. Flexes are Michael Gallup and Jacobi Meyers. But hey both have Top 10 Tight Ends with Mike’s #9 Gerald Everett and Kenny’s #7 Tyler Higbee! If either team scores in triple digits I’ll be genuinely surprised.
Thanks for reading and good luck!
-Signed, The Commish
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