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!

Week 5 Recap

Joe (3-2) 157.7 vs. Scotty (3-2) 155.2

In miraculous fashion, Joe comes back on MNF with an incredible 20-point performance from 49ers D/ST. Scotty entered MNF up 17.5 points with Joe just having a defense left. But if there is any person in the league to not chalk that up to an easy victory it would be Scotty, who has NE D/ST that is averaging 20.8 points per game. But just incredible game guys. This has been the game of the year so far and unfortunately all anyone could talk about in the group message was Brad’s ki… you know what I’ll get to that later. This was CMC’s 49.1 vs. Aaron Jones 48. Perhaps even crazier of a stat is the fact that Scotty got 0 from Sammy Watkins. So he got 155.2 with 8 players…

Brad (3-2) 187.7 vs. Kenny (3-2) 127.6

Going into Week 5 Kenny had one of the lowest Points Against at 337.6 or 84.4 points per game. After this week that average increases to 105.1 per game. This was Kenny’s best scoring game of the season. His previous high score was 103 points in Week 4. Despite scoring his highest, he loses by 60.1 points. This explosion was due in large part to Will Fuller, who Brad wind up started thinking Atlanta-Houston could be a shootout and that Robby Anderson wasn’t valid due to Darnold being out. ESPN wanted me to start Miles Sanders over Fuller, and I’m glad I went in a different direction. My decision was rewarded with one of the best performances in our league’s history. Fuller gets 50.3, Brad gets 187.7. The trio of Godwin, Robinson, and Fuller combined for 105.1 fantasy points enough to beat Trey, Chase, Katon, or Tommy this week. Brad’s 187.7 was more than the combined score of Trey and Chase’s matchup, which was 175.7. This tremendous performance was overshadowed a bit by Robbie Gould on MNF. Brad had a shot to beat his previous record of 191.9 if Gould could score 10 fantasy points. He missed 3 field goals and the record stands. What is it with this league and kicker drama?

Jen (0-5) 125.7 vs. Mike (2-3) 139.7

Like Kenny, Jen had her best game of the season and still couldn’t get it done. She had some solid performances from Chris Carson (21.7) and George Kittle (17.2), but Mike had an answer for that in the names of Deshaun Watson (46.7) and Michael Thomas (37.6). It’s a tough loss for Jen, who appears to already be eliminated from the playoffs. But her lineup is coming along, and I have no doubt she’ll be competitive in games moving forward, might be able to even play spoiler. And who knows. There are still 8 games left. Maybe she gets a winning streak going. Never say never.

Trey (3-2) 99.2 vs. Chase (1-4) 76.5

Gross. Trey had 30.7% of his points come from Josh Jacobs against the Bears in London. He also got a solid 19 from Marlon Mack who had an incredible run against the Chiefs where he jump-cut 3 or 4 times in a row and broke off for a big gain. It was crazy… Chase floundered despite Sony Michel getting his season best 19.5 as Mahomes came down to Earth with a just-okay 21.5 points. Trey pulls off his second win in a row scoring between 99-108.5. A win is a win, am I right?

JD (5-0) 114.7 vs. Katon (1-4) 92.8

Well well well. It appears Katon in fact, did NOT beat the shit out of JD. Instead JD beat up on Katon. This was due in large part from Dak playing from behind and racking up the yardage to the tune of 28.1 points and Tyler Boyd catching a long bomb to get his total up to 25.3. Katon watched a Packers defense that got shredded by Jordan Howard look decent against Zeke, who only got 15.9. Katon had 6 players score 6.8 or less and Matt Ryan’s 34.9 wasn’t enough to carry the weight. Katon will need Melvin Gordon to get going if his team is going to be able to compete during the bye weeks and make it into the playoffs.

Moose (4-1) 142.1 vs. Tommy (2-3) 97.7

Moose has taken the Chase role from 2018, with just consistent dominance over his opponents. Moose got 40 from Amari Cooper and 36 from Eagles D/ST, which combined equaled 77.8% of Tommy’s total score. Moose has now had games of 154.2-141.5-130.8-137.7-142.1 for an average of 141.3 points per game. Chase, who has scored the least amount this season is averaging… 98.1. Tommy got 23.2 from Julian Edelman, 16.9 from Gurley who had a pair of touchdowns against the Seahawks on TNF, and 13.8 from Derrick Henry. Tommy’s peripherals combined for 15 points, which was no match for Moose’s considering the D/ST got 36.

Week 6 Preview:

*Breaking News* Moose trades Chase Matt Breida, Mark Andrews, and Michael Gallup for Odell Beckham Jr, Rex Burkhead, and OJ Howard.

JD (5-0) vs. Kenny (3-2)

JD’s undefeated season gets hit with the bye week bug this week as he’ll be without his starting Tight End, D/ST, and some flex options. He’ll be scouring the waiver wire to complete his starting lineup. Kenny looks all set on his end, but with some less than favorable matchups. JD’s best play is Mark Ingram vs. Cincinnati. He’s going to eat. Kenny’s best play is Adam Thielen vs. Philly’s Defense. JD is averaging 113.4 and Kenny is averaging 102.1, but JD’s Darren Waller has been averaging 10.9. Is it enough for Kenny to hand JD his first loss of the season? Or will Dizzle move on to a virtual lock of a playoff spot, by moving to 6-0? Should be a great game.

Trey (3-2) vs. Moose (4-1)

Trey enters Week 6 with two wins despite scoring 108.5 or less to face a Moose team that is averaging 141.3 points per game. Trey will have his Rb1, Rb2, Rb3, Rb7, and Wr4 on bye this week. Moose traded away three of his bench players for Odell Beckham Jr’s playmaking ability. Trey has gotten lucky the past two weeks, but not sure if that luck is sustainable. Moose features #4 Qb Lamar Jackson, #3 Rb Austin Ekeler, #5 Rb Nick Chubb, #2 Wr Amari Cooper and #4 Tight End Travis Kelce. Trey will have #5 Tight End Will Dissly and #10 Wr Mike Evans squaring off against Carolina’s cornerback Bradberry who held Evans to a 4-61 line in Week 2. #21 Wr Hopkins is in a prime spot to bounce back in a potential shootout against the Chefs. Trey has some intriguing matchups, but not sure if he can hang with Moose.

Brad (3-2) vs. Tommy (2-3)

Brad enters this week listening to Roses by Outkast thinking his shit doesn’t stink after a Week 5 explosion. Brad may have blew his load too early (again) and now hobbles into a capable Tommy team led by his Trio of Running backs. Brad is looking to be without Fantasy’s #1 Tight End and his backup Tight End Chris Herndon, who as I’m writing this is not practicing due to a hamstring injury. Despite this Brad features #2 Fantasy Qb Russell Wilson @ Cleveland, #2 Fantasy Rb Dalvin Cook against Philly’s incredible run-stopping defense, #1 Wr Chris Godwin facing Carolina (8-121-1 stat line in first meeting), #8 Fantasy Wr Will Fuller. That’s right. He moved up from #66 to #8 thanks to last week’s 50-point outing and not gets a potential shootout against the Chiefs. Tommy will have Wentz @ Min, #7 Rb Henry @ Denver (remember Fournette had a 225-yard rushing game against Denver who is completely depleted on defense from injuries), Le’Veon Bell’s floor and ceiling should increase with Sam Darnold coming back. Tommy will be without TY Hilton due to bye week and Brad is hoping to get 2018 #1 Fantasy Wr Tyreek Hill back from his shoulder/chest frame injury. Difference could be Tommy’s Olsen vs. whatever Tight End Brad digs up as Olsen posted a 6 catch 110-yard performance against Tampa in Week 2. Should be a good game. Let us not forget that since Brad defeated Tommy in Super Bowl #3 by 1 point, Tommy has dominated this series. He’s won 7 of the last 9 or 78%. The Fantasy Gods have committed to making that heart-breaking SB loss up to Tommy, but continually beating the shit out of Brad every year.

Katon (1-4) vs. Scotty (3-2)

Scotty will be featuring 4 Top 10 Fantasy Running Backs this week, having #9 Kamara (16.2 avg), #7 Fournette (17.1 avg), #4 Aaron Jones (21.4 avg), and #5 NE D/ST (20.8 avg). Of course, New England gets a Giant’s team that is eviscerated by injuries and are looking to be without their top Rb (Barkley, Wr (Shepherd) and Tight End (Engram). What in the actual fuck is up with NE’s schedule? Katon disappointed last week in taking down undefeated JD and is searching for answers after dropping Michael Gallup for a kicker. Katon could’ve used Gallup last week as Keenan Allen and Robert Woods underwhelmed. He does have #6 Fantasy Qb Matt Ryan going up against Arizona’s secondary who will be without Patrick Peterson for one more week. Ryan has had 300+ yards passing in every game this season and has had double digit touchdowns in 4/5 games. Zeke will be facing a Jet’s Defense who will still be without CJ Mosley. Dallas is coming off an embarrassing ass whooping at home and now get a rusty Sam Darnold. Katon needs Melvin Gordon to be Melvin Gordon but facing Pittsburgh who will try to slow down the game with their third string Qb doesn’t look too promising. His Bears D/ST is out on a bye.

Mike (2-3) vs. Joe (3-2)

Joe has been smashing lately having absolutely nailed his first-round pick. Joe had pick #4 and looked destined to get Zeke or DJ when Katon surprisingly took Zeke at #3 after Barkley and Kamara went 1 and 2. Joe has been riding White LaDainian Tomlinson all season and is #1 Fantasy Rb. A complete monster. Tampa Bay shut CMC down in Week 2 of this season but would be surprised if they are able to contain him twice. Kerryon Johnson is in a nice spot for Joe against a below-average run defense in Green Bay on MNF. Cooper Kupp gets San Fran, who’s been surpassingly good this year, specifically in the trenches, which is where the Rams have underperformed. Rams play better at home and Kupp’s consistency has locked him in as a sure-fire starter each week. Josh Gordon is over due for a big game for Joe and Joe has continued his kicker-whispering ways with #1 Fantasy Kicker Greg Zuerlein. Mike is coming off a win in the bottom bowl over Jen. This is due to his #3 Fantasy Qb Deshaun Watson, who lit up the Falcons and is looking for a repeat performance in a shootout against Kansas City. Mike has 3 Top 12 Wideouts in #4 Mike Thomas, #5 DJ Chark Doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo, and #12 Tyler Lockett. If Mike wants to hang with the big boys, he needs to get more production out of Joe Mixon (#32 Rb) and James White (#34 Rb).

Jen (0-5) vs. Chase (1-4)

Oh boy… Jen will be without Jacoby Brissett and Frank Gore this week due to bye week. David Johnson is banged up with a back injury adding to her long list of injuries this season. Chris Carson has been very effective for her and may be the best player on her team after shipping away Tyreek Hill for points now. Kittle finally got in the end zone last week and will continue to produce for her. Ridley has a favorable matchup against Arizona. Chase will feature a brand-new team (cue Aladdin’s brand-new world song in background while reading this). He’ll have #1 Fantasy Qb Patrick Mahomes, #7 Fantasy Wr Julio Jones, then new comers #18 Rb Matt Breida, #3 Tight End Mark Andrews, and #32 Wr Michael Gallup. Keep in mind Gallup missed a couple weeks, he’s averaging 18 points per game, which would make him Fantasy’s Wr#7 if he stayed on that pace through all 5 weeks. This was a big trade that makes Chase much better and more competitive right now. Unfortunate timing for Jen, who is looking down the barrel of an 0-6 start.

Good Luck This Week!

-Commish