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
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)
Waiver Wonders: WR Albert Wilson (33 points), WR Cole Beasley (31), QB Jameis Winston (30)
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 137NICK 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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| Matthew Healey/UPI Hero of the Week: WR Tyreek Hill (Tax Paying Homeowner) |
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| Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Waiver Wonder: WR Albert Wilson (6 catches, 155 yards, 2 TD's) |
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
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.
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.
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
Drew Brees 122 (Ryan)
DeShaun Watson 68 (Cole)
Ryan Fitzpatrick 24 (Cole)
Philip Rivers 22 (Nick)
Jared Goff 13 (Andy)
RB
Melvin Gordon 157 (Alec)
Saquon Barkley 152 (Alec)
Alvin Kamara 138 (Darrin)
Ezekiel Elliott 114 (Nick)
James White 108 (Darrin)
Christian McCaffrey 93 (Scott)
Isaiah Crowell 53 (Sneen)
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)
Mark Ingram 21 (Scott)
Chris Thompson 17 (Scott)
Javorius Allen 16 (Darrin)
Jamaal Williams 16 (Sneen)
Marshawn Lynch 14 (Cole)
Michael Thomas 109 (Ryan)
Stefon Diggs 103 (Alec)
Keenan Allen 85 (Nick)
T.Y. Hilton 61 (Andy)
Brandin Cooks 38 (Nick)
Keelan Cole 12 (Andy)
Jamison Crowder 9 (Andy)
Josh Gordon 9 (Andy)
Amari Cooper 1 (Alec)
Travis Kelce 95 (Nick)
Jared Cook 40 (Scott)
Trey Burton 39 (Alec)
Kyle Rudolph 39 (Ryan)
Justin Tucker 59 (Scott)
Wil Lutz 52 (Alec)
Robbie Gould 44 (Darrin)
Matt Prater 26 (Ryan)
Greg Zuerlein 16 (Ryan)
Cairo Santos 10 (Ryan)
Graham Gano 3 (Alec)
Los Angeles Rams 44 (Scott)
Jacksonville Jaguars 37 (Alec)
Philadelphia Eagles 32 (Ryan)
Chicago Bears 27 (Andy)
Cleveland Browns 19 (Nick/Darrin)
Los Angeles Chargers 15 (Nick)
Carolina Panthers 14 (Cole)
New England Patriots 7 (Nick)
Team ChowHounds 4-2
Colieveland 96ers 3-3
The Scottfather 3-3
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...
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| 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. |
Scoring Leaders
QB
Patrick Mahomes 153 (Andy/Scott)
Matt Ryan 145 (Alec)
Aaron Rodgers 128 (Darrin)
Cam Newton 111 (Nick)
Tom Brady 110 (Sneen)
Russell Wilson 61 (Scott/Andy)
Carson Wentz 35 (Scott/Ryan)
Philip Rivers 22 (Nick)
Jared Goff 13 (Andy)
Andrew Luck 11 (Cole)
RB
Todd Gurley 170 (Ryan)
James Conner 135 (Cole)
Kareem Hunt 104 (Andy)
David Johnson 88 (Scott/Andy)
Joe Mixon 52 (Andy)
Tevin Coleman 47 (Cole)
Jordan Howard 46 (Ryan)
Dalvin Cook 24 (Andy)
Phillip Lindsay 22 (Ryan)
Carlos Hyde 17 (Scott)
Marshawn Lynch 14 (Cole)
Devonta Freeman 12 (Sneen)
Leonard Fournette 8 (Cole)
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)
A.J. Green 107 (Cole)
Odell Beckham Jr. 105 (Andy)
Mike Evans 94 (Scott)
JuJu Smith-Schuster 94 (Sneen)
Demaryius Thomas 76 (Darrin)
Jarvis Landry 55 (Scott)
Emmanuel Sanders 43 (Cole)
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)
Julian Edelman 15 (Nick)
Nelson Agholor 13 (Ryan)
Jamison Crowder 9 (Andy)
Josh Gordon 9 (Andy)
Amari Cooper 1 (Alec)
TE
Zach Ertz 106 (Sneen)
Jimmy Graham 65 (Darrin)
George Kittle 62 (Cole)
Rob Gronkowski 55 (Sneen)
Eric Ebron 48 (Ryan)
Trey Burton 39 (Alec)
Jordan Reed 33 (Scott)
David Njoku 30 (Alec)
Evan Engram 24 (Andy)
Austin Hooper 22 (Andy)Evan Engram 24 (Andy)
Benjamin Watson 10 (Andy)
Delanie Walker 9 (Cole)
Delanie Walker 9 (Cole)
Greg Olsen 5 (Ryan)
K
Harrison Butker 63 (Andy)
Mason Crosby 62 (Sneen)
Stephen Gostkowski 60 (Nick)
Matt Bryant 52 (Cole)
Cairo Santos 10 (Ryan)
Graham Gano 3 (Alec)
Chris Boswell 2 (Darrin)
DF
Baltimore Ravens 49 (Darrin/Andy)
Houston Texans 34 (Sneen/Nick)
Green Bay Packers 29 (Sneen)
Cleveland Browns 19 (Nick/Darrin)
Minnesota Vikings 16 (Cole)
New York Jets 1 (Darrin)
Denver Broncos -2 (Nick)
Denver Broncos -2 (Nick)
New Orleans Saints -4 (Andy)
Hypothetical Standings
Tax Paying Homeowner 5-1
Team Easy Breesy 4-2
Perfectly Balanced 3-3
Crazy Todd's Driveway Band 1-5
SNEEN MACHINE 1-5
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