Thursday, October 25, 2018

WRBL Week 7, 2018 Recap

Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week 7
Our 4th official season of blaming Cole Walters for the disappearance of the Lindbergh baby.


Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)
Steven Nett Division
Team Easy Breesy (Ryan Dougherty) 5-2 L1
grumble grumble grumble grumble (Scott Aschebrook) 4-3 W1
Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 4-3 W1
Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 3-4 L3

Shooter McGavin Division
Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 5-2 L1
Perfectly Balanced (Nick Zurawski) 4-3 W2

Crazy Todd's Driveway Band (Andy Todd) 2-5 W1
SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 1-6 L1

Week Seven Final Scores
COLE  129 RYAN  122
NICK  125  ALEC  100
ANDY  139 DARRIN  95
SCOTT  133 SNEEN  83


Heroes of the Week: RB Kareem Hunt (Andy), QB Patrick Mahomes (Scott), RB Todd Gurley (Ryan)


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Hero of the Week: RB Kareem Hunt (Crazy Todd's Driveway Band)
Waiver Wonders: DF Denver Broncos (33 points), RB Marlon Mack (31), QB Mitchell Trubisky (31)

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James P. McCoy/Buffalo News
Waiver Wonder: RB Marlon Mack (159 Total Yards, 2 TDs, 1 2 Pt. Conversion)
Zeros of the Week: Owner Tyler Sneen, Owner Alec Swanson


Upcoming Week 8 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)
Andy vs. Scott
Nick vs. Darrin
Cole vs. Alec
Sneen vs. Ryan
Thursday: Miami @ Houston 7:20 PM
Sunday Morning London Game: Philadelphia vs. Jacksonville IN LONDON 8:30 AM
Sunday: NY Jets @ Chicago NOON
Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati NOON
Seattle @ Detroit NOON
Denver @ Kansas City NOON
Washington @ NY Giants NOON
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh NOON
Baltimore @ Carolina NOON
Indianapolis @ Oakland 3:05 PM
Green Bay @ LA Rams 3:25 PM
San Francisco @ Arizona 3:25 PM
New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:20 PM
Monday: New England @ Buffalo 7:15 PM
Bye Weeks: Atlanta, Dallas, Tennessee, LA Chargers

Bro...
Some people think meditation is relaxing, some people find this internet phenomenon ASMR relaxing, others just check their fantasy matchup and see that Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown and Jimmy Graham are on bye week. Personally, that third option is the most relaxing of them all as Darrin Aschebrook's weaker week seven lineup led to my second victory of the season and no amount of whispering into a microphone or deep breaths will match the pure euphoria I experienced witnessing T.Y. Hilton score twice as the Chiefs muted Cincinnati's offense. Also relaxing, watching the Chargers and Titans sleepwalk their way to a failed two-point conversion that could potentially decide the AFC wildcard race with no stakes in either team at 11 AM. The London game is typically a difficult watch but, what can I say? As someone who works from 2-11 on Sundays, I enjoy the shit out of seeing a full NFL game once a week, no matter the teams (just don't make me watch Jason Garrett coach ever again, literally any network). Luckily, my next two Sundays are off-days for me as well with one being my TD-only league's midseason draft (This Sunday) and another just being a random Sunday fun day. I look forward to tracking all the fantasy points with/against you guys and hopefully, the game-time conversations are more in-depth than any previous week and who knows, maybe we can even schedule an end-of-year meeting more than a few days in advance? (Now, I'm just talking crazy).

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The only thing more 2018 than Cardi B doing an ASMR video would be if she capped it off with a Fortnite dance.
I don't think the Brewers are going to win the World Series, you guys... It's Red Sox-Dodgers in the Fall classic and if there's one thing we should all know by now, it's that Boston will absolutely sweep the floor with the experienced-yet-constantly-underwhelming Dodgers. Is 4 championships with 3 different managers, 3 different front offices and no key player on all four teams considered a dynasty? I say no. Congratulations to Red Sox GM Dave Dombrowski on living up to his name as a guy that will sell every single prospect in one's organization (see: Yoan Moncada, Anderson Espinoza, Michael Kopech, etc.) in order to play highly-priced, proven veterans like the J.D. Martinez, Ian Kinsler, David Price and Chris Sale. It's a gamble that has not really payed off in baseball for a few years now but, Boston seems on pace to grab at least one title out of it (they are up 2-0 in the 7-game series as I type this). As for the Dodgers, I'm happy to see my fantasy players Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Yasiel Puig succeed but again, that ring is out of reach as long as Boston's offense continues on this powerful path they're on. 

In football news, HOLY TRADES! Amari Cooper is a Cowboy! Eli Apple to the Saints! Damon "Snacks" Harrison is a Lion! Carlos Hyde is a Jaguar? (Why?) and now, Patrick Peterson, Demaryius Thomas and Derek Carr are all reportedly available. The NFL embracing the trade deadline is the most exciting development of the past couple seasons because there's nothing more painful to watch than someone supremely talented waste their time getting beaten up for a team that is going absolutely nowhere (see: Aaron Rodgers, Odell Beckham Jr., David Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald and Russell Wilson). Speaking of getting beaten up, Marshawn Lynch, Bilal Powell and Sony Michel are all out of action for a while for three very different injuries (Lynch on IR, Powell's career may be over and Michel is week-to-week with an arm thing). If it weren't for all of these roster moves, the biggest news of the week would still be Blake Bortles getting benched for Cody Kessler, only to get second-team snaps and still start this Sunday for some reason. 

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Cody Kessler kept it safe on Sunday, which was the wrong choice as Blake Bortles still holds the higher ceiling at quarterback in Jacksonville.
In the WRBL, Julio Jones' refusal to score a touchdown through seven games ended up costing the first-place Team Easy Breesy a win against the Colieveland 96ers. Thanks to Tevin Coleman being just mediocre enough to get by, Cole was the victor of this matchup by just seven points. All six of the owners not involved in this match would like to thank Cole for squishing the standings a little bit closer from top-to-bottom. Another reason for the standings feeling more claustrophobic this week compared to any previous? Melvin Gordon's random injury that wasn't really news until Saturday afternoon went undetected by the formerly 5-1 Tax Paying Homeowner Alec Swanson. If he had detected this news, he could have started Tarik Cohen's 21 points and maybe even added Crazy Todd's RB Austin Ekeler ahead of time and gotten enough points to outdo Nick's 125-point week. Instead, Allen Robinson and an inactive Melvin Gordon combined for one more fantasy point than Josh Tiffany this weekend and now, Nick sits one game behind Ryan in the Steven Nett division and the Shooter McGavin division isn't over yet. We already covered Crazy Todd's Driveway Band's Crazy Odd Bye Week Win over Team ChowHounds but, an underrated aspect of this blowout was the unfortunate head injury sustained by the usually elite RB LeSean McCoy (he finished with 0 points this Sunday). Hopefully, the Bills' RB can rediscover his touches and win back fantasy owners going ahead once he returns to action. Lastly, Scott didn't need Andy's three best players to beat the hell out of Tyler Sneen's lackluster team but, he has them now anyway so, it is officially time to panic and trade if you are anyone besides Scott because any team with Joe Mixon, Patrick Mahomes, Odell Beckham Jr., the league's best fantasy defense (LA Rams) and Christian McCaffrey is one team to be feared. Maybe it's time to start dealing for picks, Sneen?

The timing to trade my three best players to Scott could not be better as now I get the opportunity to take them all on for the first time as it's Driveway Band versus grumblegrumblegrumblegrumble. The duel of the two teams' whose names only exist because of Nick Zurawski. This will only end one of two ways, I stun the world and eek out a victory thanks to Josh Gordon, O.J. Howard and whatever defense is playing Derek Anderson this week (New England Patriots! Come on down!!!) or I lose by 70+ points and sleep easy knowing I can just keep Kareem Hunt and waste two more first-round picks on running backs in 2019. The momentary hope we all experienced this week will immediately be washed away by Tyler Sneen mismanaging his machine of a team somehow and Team Easy Breesy could/should bounce back to a 6-2 record. Somebody should call the repair man because this Sneen Machine is broken (-live studio audience applause-). Nick playing Darrin could be good for Ryan as well if Aaron Rodgers and Antonio Brown's returns are enough to steer the ChowHound ship in the right direction after a 3-game losing streak and both teams end the weekend at 4-4. Now, there are some good games in the NFL this week like the Packers vs. the Rams, the rematch of the Browns-Steelers Week 1 tie and the Saints-Vikings rematch after Stefon Diggs altered the NFL history books last postseason but, I'm a WRBL man first and foremost so, 4-3 Cole going against 5-2 Alec in a battle of "who's going to blow this season first?" is what really rustles my jimmies (RIP Jimmy Garoppolo; he was rustled too viciously). Does anybody else want to see Alec jump into a snowbank for Joe Mixon and Amari Cooper? Because Cole's nipples have gotten old and while those are also on the table, the WRBL Reviews are all about content and if we can get MarShawnson Lynch poses to warm our bitter, frigid winter hearts than the season will have been a success. Just do it before our Halloween trade deadline, Scott or face more grumbles.

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Scott Aschebrook walking into commissioner Nick Zurawski's league office on November 1st.

Scoring Leaders

QB
Patrick Mahomes 185 (Andy/Scott)
Matt Ryan 164 (Alec)
Drew Brees 138 (Ryan)
Cam Newton 135 (Nick)
Tom Brady 131 (Sneen)
Aaron Rodgers 128 (Darrin)
DeShaun Watson 68 (Cole)
Russell Wilson 61 (Scott/Andy)
Carson Wentz 35 (Scott/Ryan)
Andrew Luck 33 (Cole)
Jared Goff 29 (Andy)
Ryan Fitzpatrick 24 (Cole)
Philip Rivers 22 (Nick)
Andy Dalton 7 (Darrin)

RB
Todd Gurley 200 (Ryan)
Saquon Barkley 178 (Alec)
Melvin Gordon 157 (Alec)
Alvin Kamara 153 (Darrin)
Kareem Hunt 140 (Andy)
James White 137 (Darrin)
James Conner 135 (Cole)
Ezekiel Elliott 119 (Nick)
Christian McCaffrey 106 (Scott)
David Johnson 97 (Scott/Andy)
Tevin Coleman 63 (Cole)
Isaiah Crowell 53 (Sneen)
Joe Mixon 52 (Andy)
T.J. Yeldon 51 (Nick)
Jordan Howard 46 (Ryan)
Giovani Bernard 43 (Nick)
LeSean McCoy 42 (Darrin)
Sony Michel 41 (Sneen)
Matt Breida 35 (Andy)
Mark Ingram 27 (Scott)
Kenyan Drake 26 (Nick)
Dalvin Cook 24 (Andy)
Phillip Lindsay 22 (Ryan)
Adrian Peterson 18 (Ryan)
Carlos Hyde 17 (Scott)
Chris Thompson 17 (Scott)
Javorius Allen 16 (Darrin)
Jamaal Williams 16 (Sneen)
Marshawn Lynch 14 (Cole)
Devonta Freeman 12 (Sneen)
Austin Ekeler 11 (Andy)
Leonard Fournette 8 (Cole)
Alex Collins 7 (Sneen)
Dion Lewis 5 (Nick)
Peyton Barber 3 (Cole)

WR
Adam Thielen 177 (Cole)
Tyreek Hill 152 (Alec)
Davante Adams 137 (Scott)
DeAndre Hopkins 137 (Nick)
Julio Jones 130 (Ryan)
Michael Thomas 128 (Ryan)
A.J. Green 125 (Cole)
Antonio Brown 122 (Darrin)
Stefon Diggs 114 (Alec)
Mike Evans 111 (Scott)
Odell Beckham Jr. 105 (Andy)
Keenan Allen 97 (Nick)
JuJu Smith-Schuster 94 (Sneen)
Demaryius Thomas 85 (Darrin)
Jarvis Landry 80 (Scott)
T.Y. Hilton 79 (Andy)
Brandin Cooks 54 (Nick)
Robert Woods 49 (Sneen)
Emmanuel Sanders 43 (Cole)
Golden Tate 39 (Ryan)
Cooper Kupp 34 (Alec)
Chris Hogan 27 (Sneen)
Alshon Jeffery 27 (Ryan)
Sterling Shepard 21 (Andy)
Larry Fitzgerald 19 (Cole)
Allen Robinson 19 (Alec)
Will Fuller 17 (Sneen)
Julian Edelman 15 (Nick)
Nelson Agholor 13 (Ryan)
Keelan Cole 12 (Andy)
Sammy Watkins 11 (Sneen)
Chris Godwin 10 (Darrin)
Jamison Crowder 9 (Andy)
Josh Gordon 9 (Andy)
Tyler Boyd 5 (Cole)
Kenny Golladay 5 (Scott)
Amari Cooper 1 (Alec)

TE
Zach Ertz 128 (Sneen)
Travis Kelce 109 (Nick)
George Kittle 82 (Cole)
Jimmy Graham 65 (Darrin)
Rob Gronkowski 55 (Sneen)
Eric Ebron 54 (Ryan)
David Njoku 45 (Alec)
Jared Cook 40 (Scott)
Trey Burton 39 (Alec)
Jordan Reed 39 (Scott)
Kyle Rudolph 39 (Ryan)
Evan Engram 28 (Andy)
Austin Hooper 22 (Andy)
Benjamin Watson 10 (Andy)
C.J. Uzomah 9 (Darrin)
Delanie Walker 9 (Cole)
Greg Olsen 5 (Ryan)

K
Harrison Butker 71 (Andy)
Stephen Gostkowski 68 (Nick)
Justin Tucker 64 (Scott)
Mason Crosby 62 (Sneen)
Wil Lutz 58 (Alec)
Matt Bryant 52 (Cole)
Robbie Gould 44 (Darrin)
Matt Prater 42 (Ryan/Cole)
Greg Zuerlein 29 (Ryan)
Dan Bailey 13 (Darrin)
Cairo Santos 10 (Ryan)
Adam Vinatieri 5 (Nick)
Graham Gano 3 (Alec)
Chris Boswell 2 (Darrin)

DF
Los Angeles Rams 68 (Scott)
Baltimore Ravens 52 (Darrin/Andy)
Houston Texans 49 (Sneen/Nick)
Jacksonville Jaguars 40 (Alec)
Philadelphia Eagles 33 (Ryan)
Green Bay Packers 29 (Sneen)
Chicago Bears 27 (Andy)
Cleveland Browns 19 (Nick/Darrin)
Los Angeles Chargers 18 (Nick)
Indianapolis Colts 16 (Andy)
Minnesota Vikings 16 (Cole)
Carolina Panthers 14 (Cole)
New England Patriots 7 (Nick)
Arizona Cardinals 3 (Cole)
New York Jets 1 (Darrin)
Denver Broncos -2 (Nick)
New Orleans Saints -4 (Andy)

Hypothetical Standings
Tax Paying Homeowner 5-2
Team Easy Breesy 4-3
Perfectly Balanced 4-3
Colieveland 96ers 4-3
Grumble Grumble Grumble Grumble 4-3
Team ChowHounds 4-3
Crazy Todd's Driveway Band 2-5
SNEEN MACHINE 1-6

Thursday, October 18, 2018

WRBL Week 6 Recap, 2018

Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week 6
Our 4th official season of blaming Cole Walters for every midwestern townsperson having a bad taste in music.


Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)
Steven Nett Division
Team Easy Breesy (Ryan Dougherty) 5-1 W2
Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 3-3 L2
The Scottfather (Scott Aschebrook) 3-3 L1
Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 3-3 L1

Shooter McGavin Division
Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 5-1 W5
Perfectly Balanced (Nick Zurawski) 3-3 W1

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 1-5 W1
Crazy Todd's Driveway Band (Andy Todd) 1-5 L4


Week Six Final Scores
SNEEN  138 ANDY  137
NICK  150 COLE  120
RYAN  158 SCOTT  98
ALEC  164 DARRIN  137

Heroes of the Week: WR Tyreek Hill (Alec), RB Saquon Barkley (Alec), RB Todd Gurley (Ryan)


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Hero of the Week: WR Tyreek Hill (Tax Paying Homeowner)
Waiver Wonders: WR Albert Wilson (33 points), WR Cole Beasley (31), QB Jameis Winston (30)

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Waiver Wonder: WR Albert Wilson (6 catches, 155 yards, 2 TD's)
Zeros of the Week: DF Chicago Bears (Andy), RB Alfred Morris (Darrin), DF Jacksonville Jaguars (Alec)

Upcoming Week 7 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)
Nick vs. Alec
Ryan vs. Cole
Sneen vs. Scott
Darrin vs. Andy
Thursday: Denver @ Arizona 7:20 PM
Sunday Morning London Game: Tennessee vs. LA Chargers IN LONDON 8:30 AM
Sunday: New England @ Chicago NOON
Buffalo @ Indianapolis NOON
Detroit @ Miami NOON
Minnesota @ NY Jets NOON
Carolina @ Philadelphia NOON
Cleveland @ Tampa Bay NOON
Houston @ Jacksonville NOON
New Orleans @ Baltimore 3:05 PM
LA Rams @ San Francisco 3:25 PM
Dallas @ Washington 3:25 PM
Cincinnati @ Kansas City 7:20 PM
Monday: NY Giants @ Atlanta 7:15 PM
Bye Weeks: Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Seattle & Oakland

Bro...
This is my fifteenth season of fantasy football fun and things have never seemed weirder. Not to bore the readers of this WRBL Update with more details on separate leagues that I am a part of but, 2018 seems to be the most matchup-dependent season of fantasy football I can remember. None of the 0-6 or 1-5 teams I've seen (that are still trying) look especially weak and the number of teams I've seen with high season-long scoring totals that sit at .500 or worse is ridiculous. In the WRBL, things are so even that only two teams currently stand atop a .500 record (Team Easy Breesy and Tax Paying Homeowner). Meanwhile in Andy Todd's fantasy land, my touchdown-only team has ridden Todd Gurley and Patrick Mahomes to just third place because we've had the most points scored against us by far (Also, the team we're tied with for second has relied on Aaron Rodgers, David Johnson, Melvin Gordon and just acquired Antonio Brown so, the competition is high caliber right now). If that wasn't bad enough, I'm also in a league with some other family friends where the highest scoring team is 2-4, I'm fourth-best in points yet sit in last (also 2-4 and in a three-way tie) and the 3rd-lowest scorers are alone at the top at 5-1. How does that even happen? Fluky scheduling nonsense. The second-worst league I'm in is my family league (Yes, there is the TD-only league with family friends, a separate family friend league and a family league), which has shitty Yahoo! rules and I refuse to fully invest in but, that didn't stop from coaxing a laugh or two out of me when I realized the reality of another 2-4 incoming demise. Last week in this league, I lost by two points to my dad as he scored the highest point total for the week (90) and I came in second for the week with 88. That was a "Well darn, I guess I'll just have to score more" moment and I followed it up this weekend by doing just that with 94 points (take that, dad's cousin Dan!). Cool story, right? WRONG. My multiple-time champion opponent that doesn't need any introduction on draft night pulled out the highest point total of the week (I was once again second) with 110. AS IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, I EVEN GOT BONED IN COLLEGE FANTASY FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND. With many of my "star" players like Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray, WR Marqise Brown, WR CeeDee Lamb, K Austin Siebert, Clemson RB Travis Etienne and Washington State QB Gardner Minshew on bye, I still somehow scored the most points in this eight-team league over the weekend by 37 points over everybody... except for my opponent. We tied 167-167. The lesson of all this? Fantasy football is very random and not to be trusted, in case you did not know that already.

We started a fantasy college league five weeks into the season, making things presumably much easier for Nick Saban's Smile but, that was not the case in Week 7/3.

My luck wasn't that bad this week as I got a nice chunk of points from my squad and only lost because the worst team in the league (points-wise) outscored me by one point in a week that saw my Bears defense score -1 after giving up 31 points while Sneen's Packer defense scored +4 points in a game where they let Raheem Mostert turn into Barry Sanders and they gave up 30 points to C.J. Beathard. All reports were that neither team played any defense but, apparently the Packers played some because at the end of week 6, there was a five-point differential in our box score. The biggest difference in 2018 football has been the lack of defense (as can be seen in this week's 40-7 Dallas trouncing of the Jaguars) and despite Team ChowHounds 137-164 loss to Alec, Darrin must take some comfort in seeing Baltimore's defense accumulate 11 sacks and 19 fantasy points because right now, they are THE only defense in the NFL that should be allowed to trash talk anyone because they're the only ones PLAYING defense. Going into the wild Sunday night game, the Colieveland 96ers held an 18-point lead over Perfectly Balanced and that lead would have vanished if it were just Stephen Gostkowski out there booting all 22 of his WRBL points but, Nick fulfilled his weekly duty of fielding a full roster (sorry Cole) and both Travis Kelce and Julian Edelman helped an 18-point deficit turn into a commanding 30-point win for the league commissioner. Brotherly love? No such thing exists after Scott somehow managed to have five players score exactly three points in a 60-point win for early repeat favorite Ryan. If Ryan can score 158 with Drew Brees and Michael Thomas on bye weeks, what hope is left? Alec? Has he even seen the playoffs before? Who the hell is Alec Swanson? Who the hell is Mel Kiper? Has anyone seen or heard from Alfred Morris? Where is my remote and where do I fast-forward this season? Get off my lawn.

London calling at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday? Gross. Keep an eye on y'all's rosters as the Chargers and Titans are the latest duo of mediocre, boring teams that might put on a fun show in Wembley Stadium. As if my sleeping schedule wasn't messy enough, the excitement just continues onward at noon as the Panthers and Eagles play in a potential playoff preview, the Chicago Khalil Macks play the New England Tom Bradys and BROCK LOBSTER gets to defend his crown as the league's best overtime quarterback at home against the Lions. Potential league MVP Todd Gurley will be the star of the 3:00 games if he continues at his current pace even though the other two games at 3 are even better entertainment value (Saints-Ravens; two potential playoff teams and Dallas-Washington; a rivalry where the loser is in deep trouble). In case everyone doesn't already get enough Patrick Mahomes hype in their day-to-day routine, the Chiefs are on Sunday Night Football once again as they were flexed in to the timeslot against the Bengals at Arrowhead (It's bound to be rocking). If you like watching extremely talented offensive players having their time wasted and potential future earnings at risk, then Giants-Falcons on Monday Night Football is the game for you. Personally, I just want Eli Manning to not take a shit on me this week since I actually get to watch a Monday nighter for once and the OBJ-Shepard-Engram trio is currently what I'm banking on pulling through successfully for the first time in seven weeks. 

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Adam Gase looking at Cole's odds (+10.7) versus Ryan this week.
Cole versus Ryan is the matchup everyone will be intently focused on this week. Even though 6/8 teams are mediocre or worse right now, we'd still love to see Mr. Dougherty knocked down a peg because he's having way too easy a time atop the standings right now and he has been for 22 WRBL weeks now. The Steelers, Packers, Raiders and Seahawks being on byes this week have done major damage to the ChowHounds-Driveway Band dual as we are down Antonio Brown, Aaron Rodgers, Jimmy Graham, Russell Wilson and that puts players like C.J. Uzomah and Chris Godwin in the driver's seat for determining whether or not Darrin will have to battle uphill going forward or not. I remember a story of someone losing a fantasy baseball league because of a last-day home run by former Angels' first baseman Jefry Marte' (he of 659 career at-bats) and it blew my mind but, C.J. Uzomah catching a touchdown becoming the determining factor for Darrin getting a playoff spot and eventually winning the league would be iconic. The Sneen Machine and The Scottfather are in a similar predicament as a matchup between 1-5 and 3-3 teams. If both Sneen and I can pull off major upsets this week, then the battle for the final two playoff positions (since Alec and Ryan have pulled ahead early) will regain some intensity and intrigue. Hey, maybe even Nick can return to form with a win over Alec and keep the first through third seeds grounded as well. It is fantasy football after all and with the things I've seen these last couple of weeks, everything is on the table both trade-wise (Seriously, someone take Joe Mixon or OBJ now please) and possibility-wise.

Scoring Leaders

QB
Patrick Mahomes 153 (Andy/Scott)
Matt Ryan 145 (Alec)
Aaron Rodgers 128 (Darrin)
Drew Brees 122 (Ryan)
Cam Newton 111 (Nick)
Tom Brady 110 (Sneen)
DeShaun Watson 68 (Cole)
Russell Wilson 61 (Scott/Andy)
Carson Wentz 35 (Scott/Ryan)
Ryan Fitzpatrick 24 (Cole)
Philip Rivers 22 (Nick)
Jared Goff 13 (Andy)
Andrew Luck 11 (Cole)

RB
Todd Gurley 170 (Ryan)
Melvin Gordon 157 (Alec)
Saquon Barkley 152 (Alec)
Alvin Kamara 138 (Darrin)
James Conner 135 (Cole)
Ezekiel Elliott 114 (Nick)
James White 108 (Darrin)
Kareem Hunt 104 (Andy)
Christian McCaffrey 93 (Scott)
David Johnson 88 (Scott/Andy)
Isaiah Crowell 53 (Sneen)
Joe Mixon 52 (Andy)
Tevin Coleman 47 (Cole)
Jordan Howard 46 (Ryan)
Giovani Bernard 43 (Nick)
LeSean McCoy 42 (Darrin)
Sony Michel 39 (Sneen)
Matt Breida 35 (Andy)
T.J. Yeldon 34 (Nick)
Kenyan Drake 26 (Nick)
Dalvin Cook 24 (Andy)
Phillip Lindsay 22 (Ryan)
Mark Ingram 21 (Scott)
Carlos Hyde 17 (Scott)
Chris Thompson 17 (Scott)
Javorius Allen 16 (Darrin)
Jamaal Williams 16 (Sneen)
Marshawn Lynch 14 (Cole)
Devonta Freeman 12 (Sneen)
Leonard Fournette 8 (Cole)
Adrian Peterson 8 (Ryan)
Dion Lewis 5 (Nick)

WR
Adam Thielen 151 (Cole)
Davante Adams 137 (Scott)
Tyreek Hill 133 (Alec)
DeAndre Hopkins 123 (Nick)
Antonio Brown 122 (Darrin)
Julio Jones 113 (Ryan)
Michael Thomas 109 (Ryan)
A.J. Green 107 (Cole)
Odell Beckham Jr. 105 (Andy)
Stefon Diggs 103 (Alec)
Mike Evans 94 (Scott)
JuJu Smith-Schuster 94 (Sneen)
Keenan Allen 85 (Nick)
Demaryius Thomas 76 (Darrin)
T.Y. Hilton 61 (Andy)
Jarvis Landry 55 (Scott)
Emmanuel Sanders 43 (Cole)
Brandin Cooks 38 (Nick)
Robert Woods 37 (Sneen)
Cooper Kupp 34 (Alec)
Golden Tate 29 (Ryan)
Chris Hogan 27 (Sneen)
Alshon Jeffery 27 (Ryan)
Larry Fitzgerald 19 (Cole)
Allen Robinson 18 (Alec)
Will Fuller 17 (Sneen)
Julian Edelman 15 (Nick)
Nelson Agholor 13 (Ryan)
Keelan Cole 12 (Andy)
Jamison Crowder 9 (Andy)
Josh Gordon 9 (Andy)
Amari Cooper 1 (Alec)

TE
Zach Ertz 106 (Sneen)
Travis Kelce 95 (Nick)
Jimmy Graham 65 (Darrin)
George Kittle 62 (Cole)
Rob Gronkowski 55 (Sneen)
Eric Ebron 48 (Ryan)
Jared Cook 40 (Scott)
Trey Burton 39 (Alec)
Kyle Rudolph 39 (Ryan)
Jordan Reed 33 (Scott)
David Njoku 30 (Alec)
Evan Engram 24 (Andy)
Austin Hooper 22 (Andy)
Benjamin Watson 10 (Andy)
Delanie Walker 9 (Cole)
Greg Olsen 5 (Ryan)

K
Harrison Butker 63 (Andy)
Mason Crosby 62 (Sneen)
Stephen Gostkowski 60 (Nick)
Justin Tucker 59 (Scott)
Matt Bryant 52 (Cole)
Wil Lutz 52 (Alec)
Robbie Gould 44 (Darrin)
Matt Prater 26 (Ryan)
Greg Zuerlein 16 (Ryan)
Cairo Santos 10 (Ryan)
Graham Gano 3 (Alec)
Chris Boswell 2 (Darrin)

DF
Baltimore Ravens 49 (Darrin/Andy)
Los Angeles Rams 44 (Scott)
Jacksonville Jaguars 37 (Alec)
Houston Texans 34 (Sneen/Nick)
Philadelphia Eagles 32 (Ryan)
Green Bay Packers 29 (Sneen)
Chicago Bears 27 (Andy)
Cleveland Browns 19 (Nick/Darrin)
Minnesota Vikings 16 (Cole)
Los Angeles Chargers 15 (Nick)
Carolina Panthers 14 (Cole)
New England Patriots 7 (Nick)
New York Jets 1 (Darrin)
Denver Broncos -2 (Nick)
New Orleans Saints -4 (Andy)

Hypothetical Standings
Tax Paying Homeowner 5-1
Team Easy Breesy 4-2
Team ChowHounds 4-2
Perfectly Balanced 3-3
Colieveland 96ers 3-3
The Scottfather 3-3
Crazy Todd's Driveway Band 1-5
SNEEN MACHINE 1-5