Wisconsin Rapids Bro League
Week Six
Our Seventh Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for the Dolphins trading their 2022 first round pick.
Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)
Steven Nett Division
Scott's Many Endeavors (Nick Zurawski) 6-0 W6
Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 5-1 W1
Yeezy Taught Me (Nathaniel Hoefs) 2-4 W1
Todd's Plan (Andy Todd) 1-5 L4
Tanner Glaza Division
Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 3-3 W2
SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 3-3 L1
Take Mahomes Country Roads (Ryan Dougherty) 2-4 L1
Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 2-4 L2
Week Six Final Scores
COLE defeats SNEEN 143.02-133.88
HOEFS defeats ANDY 126-124.76
NICK defeats RYAN 143.58-96.28
DARRIN defeats ALEC 159.8-137.74
Heroes of the Week: RB Derrick Henry (35.6), WR Cooper Kupp (34), RB Leonard Fournette (30.7)
Waiver Wonders: QB Kirk Cousins (28.52), WR Donovan Peoples-Jones (26.1), WR Cole Beasley (21.8)
What-if of the Week: If Andy would have started RB Damien Harris (17.8) over RB Antonio Gibson (4.4), he'd have beaten Hoefs by 12.06.
Hero of the Week: RB Derrick Henry (Team ChowHounds)
Upcoming Week 7 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)
Darrin v. Nick
Cole v. Alec
Hoefs v. Sneen
Ryan v. Andy
Thursday Night Football: Denver @ Cleveland 7:20 PM
Sunday NOON: Washington @ Green Bay
Kansas City @ Tennessee
Atlanta @ Miami
NY Jets @ New England
Carolina @ NY Giants
Cincinnati @ Baltimore
3:05 PM: Philadelphia @ Las Vegas
Detroit @ LA Rams
3:25 PM: Houston @ Arizona
Chicago @ Tampa Bay
Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis @ San Francisco 7:20 PM
Monday Night Football: New Orleans @ Seattle 7:15 PM
BYES: Buffalo, LA Chargers, Dallas, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville
Bro...
Long live the comeback king! 96 point comebacks are still the rarest of royalties to have come around in this fantasy football league. Cole Walters challenged his fading reputation as captain comeback with a 2-3 start, where he sat in last in the Tanner Glaza Division. It was a battle between two dominant lefties, Sneen v. Cole, loser predominantly uses their right hand this week. To what should have been the surprise of absolutely no one, he not only overcame a 75-point deficit headed into Monday Night Football but, Walters' stone cold stunner took him from the weakest link to the prettiest feces on the shit mountain that is our NFC East nightmare division. It's not like Cole's team is bad or anything (he put up 143.02 for cryin' out loud!), in fact I'd say seven out of eight WRBL owners put together quality fantasy teams this year with Nick and Darrin being the only two to emerge as clear championship contenders thus far. There's plenty of time in the now 17-game regular season for others to join their tier of talent and the inverse applies as well. We're not here to root for injuries or anything but if Russell Wilson, Christian McCaffery, David Montgomery, Chris Carson, Rodrigo Blankenship and others aren't safe then who's to say we're not a week away from the toll of 31 carries per game finally taking it's toll on human monster truck Derrick Henry or Lamar Jackson taking an awkward step on the Ravens' soggy field that has cost them half their starting lineup already? Nobody is safe in fantasy football... unless you're playing my team. In that case, you can just go ahead and hit the snooze button on your game-time decisions in the lineup since they won't be needed.
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| Andy Lyons/Getty Images Despite losing the game of the year Monday night, QB Josh Allen (28.72) made enough progress against the Titans to assist the comeback in the WRBL game of the year for the Colieveland 96ers. |
All hope is not lost for Sneen Machine though, as his loss to Cole's trio of Bills (Allen, Emmanuel Sanders & Tyler Bass) puts him at 3-3, 1-2 in the division which to my surprise is the tiebreaker for our divisions. Cole has only played two Glaza-based opponents to the tune of 1-1 and it's not like the other two owners (Ryan and Alec) are out of it at a game behind with 2-4 records. That Bills-Titans game had a toe dipped in every Bro League match this week 6, changing Cole's fortunes and one Nathaniel Hoefs' as well. Year two has proven more difficult so far for young Nathan but this week saw him experience the joy of others turmoil when Stefon Diggs caught a short fourth-quarter pass (his final reception of the evening), competing Yeezy Taught Me's very own comeback from down 22.66 to winning over Todd's Plan by 1.24. The worst part about this win for Hoefs was just how many BAD lineup decisions he made this week that made NO DIFFERENCE on our matchup. Starting QB Justin Herbert (11) over Kyler Murray (25.76) would have been a reasonable managerial choice at any point over the past month and a half but for whatever reason, Herbert just wasn't prepared for Baltimore's postseason-ready defense while Kyler coasted his NFL team to a 6-0 start. Hoefs also started RB Chase Edmonds (8) over Khalil Herbert (19.2), WR Jakobi Meyers (11.4) over CeeDee Lamb (36.1) and Antonio Brown (24.3) plus on a much lesser note TE Darren Waller (10.9) over Zach Ertz (12.9). He couldn't make any correct decision and still won. My bench was outscored by his, 24.5-135.86. Thanks for the trade offer, Ryan. I wish any one of my seven previous offers was good enough for you guys but I think I'll tough this one out with Michael Thomas and company wreaking havoc on your teams come the second half of the season.
Trading with the enemy ahead of Ryan and I's week 7 battle might not be the best idea whether or not I rob him of active players in exchange for him owning his own personal homer since I see nothing on his roster worth taking beyond Mahomes and Aaron Jones (and he's not parting with either of those two for my glorified practice squad). Cole will face Alec without the former's trio of Bills AND Najee Harris (RB3 in WRBL this season) while Alec just loses WR Justin Jefferson, the 7th-best WR in WRBL so far. A common theme for the upcoming week 7 will be the list of absences. This week is the only week on the 2021 NFL schedule with SIX teams on bye, highlighted by the Chargers, Bills, Cowboys and Vikings (four of the most fantasy-friendly offenses so far). Hoefs' and Sneen's match will end up looking nothing like their finished products they've put together on their respective rosters this season with Hoefs missing Herbert, Diggs, Lamb, McCaffery (IR) and Kareem Hunt (IR) while the Machine is lacking his top two RBs in Dalvin Cook & Austin Ekeler plus QB Dak Prescott and breakthrough WR Mike Williams. How teams maneuver this week will be fascinating as the waiver wire hasn't seen a ton of movement at the time of publication for this post.
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| NFL MVP candidate and Sneen Machine QB Dak Prescott welcomes the upcoming bye week after suffering a calf strain on his walk-off winning TD over New England this Sunday. |
All of that noise will be overshadowed by the combined 11-1 BATTLE ROYALE that should be Nick's Scott's Many Endeavors vs. Darrin's Team Chowhounds. Nick's only noteworthy absence is RB Ezekiel Elliott while Darrin will be without starting TE Dalton Schultz and WR Adam Thielen. The health of Nick's set-it-and-forget-it wideouts Tyreek Hill and Terry McLaurin (both questionable) will be paramount in setting the tone for this fight for the top slot in the Steven Nett Division. Fun fact: Darrin has outscored Nick 4 out of 6 weeks to this point. In a matchup this critical and tightly-matched, it might come down to something fluky like a defense returning a pick-six and both Darrin's Carolina D plus Nick's Patriots D should have plenty of opportunities against the two pathetic New York teams and their turnover prone signal callers. Speaking of poor quarterback play with turnover potential, the Browns are down every player of note as Case Keenum will take on dwindling Denver and their subpar play from QB Teddy Bridgewater. I miss Jerry Jeudy, Jarvis Landry and the days where I didn't look at D'Ernest Johnson on the waiver wire and have to restrain myself from trapping myself into another awful Thursday night performance.
Sunday's slate is a bit quieter than normal with so many in the playoff hunt (probably 5/6 with Jacksonville on the outside) off this week but, Titans-Chiefs should provide fantasy fireworks with the WRBL's QB1, RB1 and TE1 all on the field (hopefully as Travis Kelce is questionable again) at noon. The Jared Goff revenge game is absolutely in play with whispers of his benching being fueled by his coach calling out his performance in press conferences this week as the 0-6 Lions travel to LA to face the 5-1 Matt Stafford-led Rams. This should spell a good week from WR1 Cooper Kupp as long as the Rams don't run away with it early. I'm starting Justin Fields again because the referees in Tampa can't possibly be as bad as the ones that did the Packer-Bear game last week and there's always the chance he Bortles his way into a solid fantasy day despite losing 24-49. We're not giving Carson Wentz enough credit for playing through injury and only throwing one shovel-pass INT through six games. Sure, the Colts are 2-4 but watch the former MVP candidate torch San Francisco's weak secondary once his O-line gives him a chance. Lastly, the Saints play Seattle and there's no hope of Michael Thomas coming back so I see no point in that game even being played when the NBA is back and the MLB playoffs are still going strong. Wait, Wil Lutz is back? I'M IN!
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| Butch Dill/Associated Press The Saints have suffered through some awful kicking luck this season and welcome the return of Wil Lutz nearly as much as the eventual return of a certain former All-Pro Wide Receiver. |
Scoring Leaders
QB
Patrick Mahomes 153.88 (Ryan)
Tom Brady 151.26 (Sneen)
Lamar Jackson 142.64 (Nick)
Kyler Murray 121.46 (Hoefs)
Josh Allen 119.1 (Cole)
Aaron Rodgers 114.74 (Darrin)
Russell Wilson 98.64 (Andy)
Joe Burrow 70.1 (Alec)
Derek Carr 35.68 (Alec)
Daniel Jones 16.54 (Cole)
Justin Fields 13.26 (Andy)
Justin Herbert 11 (Hoefs)
RB
Derrick Henry 170.1 (Darrin)
Austin Ekeler 128.8 (Sneen)
Najee Harris 121.2 (Cole)
Ezekiel Elliott 114.6 (Nick)
Jonathan Taylor 113.2 (Alec)
Aaron Jones 110.1 (Ryan)
Alvin Kamara 87.1 (Darrin)
Joe Mixon 83.5 (Nick)
Nick Chubb 82.8 (Ryan)
James Robinson 69.8 (Ryan)
Dalvin Cook 65.9 (Sneen)
D'Andre Swift 60.8 (Cole)
David Montgomery 59.8 (Alec)
Christian McCaffrey 58.4 (Hoefs)
Antonio Gibson 58.3 (Andy)
Saquon Barkley 55.6 (Cole)
Alexander Mattison 49.4 (Hoefs/Andy)
Darrell Henderson 41.6 (Sneen)
Chuba Hubbard 41 (Andy/Nick)
Kareem Hunt 36.7 (Hoefs)
Chris Carson 35.4 (Nick)
Clyde Edwards-Helaire 32.2 (Hoefs)
Leonard Fournette 30.7 (Darrin)
Chase Edmonds 30.3 (Hoefs)
Alex Collins 26 (Andy/Alec)
Damien Harris 25.1 (Andy)
Darrel Williams 23.9 (Andy)
Miles Sanders 17.3 (Nick)
Josh Jacobs 17 (Darrin)
Cordarrelle Patterson 16.2 (Sneen)
Mike Davis 12.1 (Alec)
James Conner 10.7 (Sneen)
Kenyan Drake 10.5 (Ryan)
Zack Moss 5.9 (Ryan)
Myles Gaskin 3.4 (Cole)
Raheem Mostert 2 (Cole)
James White 0.6 (Andy)
WR
Cooper Kupp 152.8 (Hoefs)
Tyreek Hill 137.7 (Nick)
Davante Adams 124.8 (Cole)
DK Metcalf 105.1 (Alec)
DeAndre Hopkins 98.7 (Darrin)
Stefon Diggs 95.3 (Hoefs)
Justin Jefferson 93.14 (Alec)
Keenan Allen 86.9 (Andy)
Amari Cooper 80.8 (Ryan)
Adam Thielen 76.7 (Darrin)
Mike Williams 76.5 (Sneen)
Brandin Cooks 76.4 (Darrin)
CeeDee Lamb 72.4 (Hoefs)
D.J. Moore 67 (Sneen)
Mike Evans 63.9 (Andy)
Calvin Ridley 58.5 (Andy)
Terry McLaurin 54.9 (Nick)
Deebo Samuel 51.8 (Nick)
Michael Pittman Jr. 46.1 (Ryan)
A.J. Brown 45.4 (Alec)
Diontae Johnson 33.8 (Andy)
Robert Woods 31.2 (Sneen)
Ja'Marr Chase 27.1 (Sneen)
Chris Godwin 24.7 (Alec)
Allen Robinson 24.6 (Sneen)
D.J. Chark 16.8 (Cole)
Tee Higgins 16 (Cole)
Emmanuel Sanders 14.1 (Cole)
Julio Jones 13.6 (Ryan)
Tyler Lockett 13.5 (Andy)
Jaylen Waddle 11.6 (Cole)
Jakobi Meyers 11.4 (Hoefs)
DeVonta Smith 8.7 (Ryan)
Courtland Sutton 8.7 (Cole)
Terry McLaurin 8.6 (Nick)
Marquise Brown 7.5 (Darrin)
Chase Claypool 3.7 (Ryan)
TE
Travis Kelce 108.8 (Andy)
Mark Andrews 102.8 (Sneen)
Darren Waller 82.8 (Hoefs)
T.J. Hockenson 77.1 (Alec)
Noah Fant 75.3 (Nick)
Kyle Pitts 55.3 (Ryan)
George Kittle 40.6 (Darrin)
Logan Thomas 33.7 (Cole)
Mike Gesicki 27.8 (Cole)
Dalton Schultz 26.8 (Darrin)
Rob Gronkowski 9.5 (Ryan)
Dawson Knox 7.5 (Ryan)
K
Tyler Bass 66 (Cole)
Justin Tucker 62 (Sneen)
Brandon McManus 52 (Alec)
Harrison Butker 46 (Darrin)
Matt Gay 45 (Nick)
Daniel Carlson 28 (Ryan)
Mason Crosby 22 (Hoefs)
Jason Sanders 21 (Andy)
Matt Prater 19 (Andy)
Younghoe Koo 17 (Hoefs)
Greg Zuerlein 10 (Nick)
Nick Folk 3 (Hoefs)
Josh Lambo 1 (Ryan)
DF
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 (Alec)
Denver Broncos 37 (Andy)
Los Angeles Rams 31 (Cole/Andy)
Arizona Cardinals 29 (Cole/Sneen)
New Orleans Saints 26 (Ryan)
Cleveland Browns 23 (Nick)
Buffalo Bills 21 (Sneen)
Carolina Panthers 16 (Darrin)
Pittsburgh Steelers 16 (Hoefs)
Indianapolis Colts 14 (Ryan/Nick)
Dallas Cowboys 13 (Hoefs)
Green Bay Packers 9 (Cole)
San Francisco 49ers 7 (Nick)
Atlanta Falcons 6 (Cole)
Baltimore Ravens 4 (Sneen)
Las Vegas Raiders 4 (Hoefs)
Miami Dolphins 4 (Cole)
New England Patriots 4 (Nick)
Washington Football Team 3 (Darrin)
Tennessee Titans 2 (Hoefs)
Cincinnati Bengals 1 (Nick)
Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose)
Scott's Many Endeavors 5-1
Team ChowHounds 4-2
SNEEN MACHINE 3-3
Yeezy Taught Me 3-3
Colieveland 96ers 3-3
Take Mahomes Country Roads 3-3
Tax Paying Homeowner 2-4
Todd's Plan 1-5
