We're going to start this Wrap-Up with a friendly reminder from your commissioner to use the Trading Block feature. So far Gentry and I are the only ones to use the feature, and it definitely helps facilitate any trading. I know people overvalue their draftees, and it can be hard to work out trades sometimes, but I think trades definitely factor in some more excitement and another element of salesmanship and strategy. So far there have been four trades in our league, and I've been involved in all of them. I'd encourage you guys to join me! Furthermore, if you do work out a trade amongst yourselves, just shoot me a text and I'll push it through using the League Manager tool. Waiting days for the roster to be changed is absolute nonsense. If you agree with another team on a trade, I don't see why you shouldn't have that swap done immediately. Unless there's obvious collusion (for example Hayden trading Peyton Manning to his brother for Legarrette Blount), the trade will go through. I'm not here to veto an unbalanced trade unless it's cheating.
BEST MOVE OF THE WEEK Evan earns his first award here. JO grabbed the Chargers Defense off waivers last week, choosing to play them against the hapless Jaguars. JO narrowly defeated TK, with a slim margin of 4.8 points. Choosing to grab the Chargers instead of another defense could have proved to be the difference for JO this week, as they posted a healthy 13 points. Good call. WORST MOVE OF THE WEEK We have our first tie for worst move of the week. First, we'll address the lopsided trade of Jordy Nelson. I understand the desperate need for RBs on Team Kanne, and frankly the next five weeks are going to be pivotal in deciding playoff implications, but being willing to drop Jordy for limited (and temporary) RB help is tough to understand. Maybe it's that he's white. Maybe it's that he had only 5.9 points in Week Three. Maybe it's because Kanne really doesn't like Packers. Whatever. I don't know. All I know is that if Kanne had demanded Rashad Jennings for Jordy, I likely would have made that deal. That would be pretty fair value. He didn't ask for more, so why would I just offer it? Our second problem was the playing of Carolina's defense by RRiaa. I don't know about you all, but if a defense loses nine points and looks so absolutely helpless in giving up 37 points to Pittsburgh, I'd drop them. You know what I wouldn't do? I wouldn't keep them on my team and play them against a solid Baltimore team in the next week. That matchup resulted in another 38 points given up, again without a turnover. That kind of production earns a lovely negative ten points. That's right: double digit negative points. In back-to-back weeks, RRiaa has a healthy -19 points from the defense position. Over the same two weeks, 302 has 34 points. There was no reason to keep the Panthers defense rostered. Power Rankings: #1 the mullynation (3-1): --- Once again, the mullynation scores over 100 points, and once again, she maintains her Top-4 scoring status. This is a consistent team, without obvious boom-or-bust issues. With Luck (and Rivers) continuing to do some serious work, Graham still showing he's the best TE in the game, Murray putting up ridiculous RB1 numbers, and Kelvin Benjamin emerging as a legit WR1 on any other team, the mullynation is stacked with upper echelon studs. Did I mention that she posted 110 points with Calvin Johnson having the worst game of his career? Did I also mention that she finally gets Ben Tate (her original RB2) back this week to bolster her FLEX position? Oh and did I mention that she still has Josh Gordon patiently waiting for his playoff emergence? This is the team to beat right now, week in and week out. There's a reason this is the highest-scoring team, clearing second place by over 10%. #2 Turn Down for Watt (3-1) --- Even with Cam Newton continuing to be maligned by his ribs, TDfW is putting up consistent points on a weekly basis. Other than that absolutely ridiculous 53 point display in Week Two, TDfW has posted 135, 110, and 123 points, respectively. After trading some RB talent for Dez Bryant and Jordy Nelson this past week (to join with AJ Green), the WR corps is now arguably the best in Just Win, Maybe. Maybe it's not so arguable, maybe that's just a fact. Percy Harvin, AKA the guy who really isn't going to see the lineup ever again, was just traded for Bishop Sankey, who has a chance to be the guy in Tennessee. It's not like he's going to see the FLEX spot over any of those three WRs, but without him, the RB depth is definitely lacking. Losing Harvin isn't great, but what value does he have on the bench? Lacy has completed the toughest portion of his schedule, and Jennings continues to impress and silence his doubters. Jennings is facing the putrid Atlanta run defense this week, and is likely going to yield another nice total. JJ Watt continues to prove that he is not in fact a human, and his ridiculous 12 point outing was just icing on the cake. #3 Staff Infection (3-1) --- Staff Infection earned the second-most points of the week despite Gio and Demaryius sitting idly on his bench. That's pretty impressive. Stafford had a fantastic outing, his best since Week One. LeVeon Bell showed he's only slightly mortal, but Lamar Miller of all people helped carry the load. The only issue this week was that the FLEX position, WR1, WR2, and TE all combined for less than 30 points, though Maclin likely won't stay down for long. SI was helped by stellar output from his Niners defense and his kicker, much like TDfW. Getting points at those positions is just so valuable, since it can give a 20+ advantage over an average D + kicker output. That certainly held true in this case, as SI's opponent netted a total of 5 points from the two positions. With a face-off against full-strength TDfW in Week Five, one of these two is likely to move down in the Power Rankings next week. ESPN projects a SI victory by 8, though FantasyPros gives SI only a 2 point victory. This will be an interesting week, and I have no doubt that SI could go to 4-1. #4 302 Cadets (2-2) +2 Jamaal Charles is back everyone. For the sake of the Cadets, that's a very good thing. An RB corps of Charles and Bradshaw is suddenly an obvious strength, and Chris Ivory in the FLEX isn't too bad either. 302 fared just fine without Dez Bryant this week, posting the high score. Of the 2-2 teams, I think this is the team to beat. The cadets got absurd (likely unsustainable, but whatever) production from the WR1, WR2, and TE slot (unlike SI), posting a ridiculous 25.8, 22.5, and 23.4 spread. That's enough for a win in virtually any week. Antonio Brown is playing like a man possessed, posting fantastic numbers no matter the opponent. If he keeps it up, the loss of Dez will hardly be noticed. This is a team on the way up the charts, though it may have just hit its highest point total of the year. #5 JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (2-2) -1 As I've said a bunch of times before, for some reason I really believe in this team. JO was fortunate this week to have the opponent it had, earning a victory with only 99 points. Any time you can win a game without scoring in the triple digits, you're fortunate. Foles had a really rough outing this week, but I see a huge bounce-back against St. Louis. Perhaps JO is better served by going with Romo, the new pickup this week. Still, it's going to take a lot to get past the mullynation in Week Five, and the 25 point projected deficit reflects just how friendly the mullynation's matchups are this week. Though Gore is getting older and will likely lose time to Carlos Hyde over the course of the year, he's definitely still capable of a studly fantasy day, as shown this week with his 100+ yard, 23.4 point outing. The bench may not be the deepest, but as long as Gore can keep churning, this is a nice starting lineup. #6 Poppin Mollies on the reg (2-2) -1 In Week Four, 53.9 of PMotr's 96.1 points came from two sources: the unlikely Matt Asiata and Steve Smith Sr. Smith is showing no signs of aging, and may in fact be as good as he has ever been. Though I wouldn't bet on Smith ending the year as the #4 fantasy WR, he certainly is productive now. Asiata may be in trouble going forward with McKinnon showing serious flashes of talent, but like Smith, he certainly is productive now. PMotr couldn't quite sneak past the mullynation without help from Lynch, Julius Thomas, or Floyd. A seriously unfortunate bye week left PMotr crippled, but he did get decent production from the replacements. The depth is decent, and proved that this week. It just simply wasn't enough to get the victory. That's not a huge concern, and the slight drop in ranking is more due to 302 jumping up than PMotr moving down. #7 #Omaha! (2-2) --- A somewhat weak WR situation was just remedied tonight with the addition of the dynamic Percy Harvin. Though Harvin has disappointed thus far, trading the Bishop Sankey lottery ticket is likely a smart move for #Omaha. No longer relying on Cecil Shorts III as a WR3, #Omaha is ready for the bye weeks ahead. This past week, an awful 13.4 combined points from QB, RB1, RB2, and FLEX doomed #Omaha against TDfW. That's tough to rebound from. Luckily, those positions are usually solid, with Manning, Ball, Stacy, and Spiller. The Broncos bye week definitely hurt #Omaha this week, forcing Hayden to swap Manning for Brady's 2.4 points. It's unclear why Brady is still on anyone's team. Actually it's probably pretty clear: it's just his name value. Now that Manning is through his bye, it's time to cut ties to that anchor. #Omaha faces his brother this week in yet another enticing matchup. Despite a meager ESPN projection of 90, I see #Omaha certainly breaking 100 and grabbing the W. #8 Team Kanne (1-3) +2 Though this team is simply bad, it really does have some decent potential. Cutler is proving a solid QB and Delanie Walker has been a really nice surprise. Though there's no doubt TK overpaid to shore up the RB position by cutting loose Jordy Nelson, there's little question that the his RBs needed a dramatic upgrade. Securing the "Questionable" Arian Foster's backup is nice, considering he will likely miss at least a couple more games this year from the hamstring. Donald Brown somehow did very little with a juicy Jacksonville matchup, which isn't a fantastic sign. Another issue is the fact that Jamaal Charles finally resembled Jamaal Charles this week. Look for Knile Davis to lose all value, but the hope is that TK can get 4+ decent games out of Brown before Mathews comes back. In that time, TK really needs to play the waiver wire and find some more RB help. Putting up 94.9 points with this lineup is great, but losing to a score of 99.7 stings. #9 Ray Rice is an asshole (1-3) -1 Lesean McCoy is not himself. After posting a legendarily bad 19 attempt, 22 yard showing in Week Three, he barely improved with a 10 attempt, 17 yard showing in Week Four. Something is wrong in Philly, and any team that has hitched their wagon to Shady is suffering. Interestingly, RRiaa actually had a pretty good week in Week Four, but the aforementioned blunder to continue to play the Panthers defense was costly. Well actually there was really nothing to be done to overcome SI's 116 points (40 point victory), but any time your defense loses ten points, that's a serious issue. A nice defensive showing (18 points) and an average showing by Shady (12 points) would have made this a tie. Two simple problems that doomed RRiaa to a rough point total. Week Five shows a matchup with TK, with both teams at full strength. This could be a battle to avoid the #10 spot next week. #10 Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (1-3): -1 GMMBP takes a slight tumble this week, but it's an important fall down to the final place on our rankings. I doubt Chris would argue this, with a paltry 63.1 point total. This was achieved almost completely by Aaron Rodgers, who posted an impressive 28.9 total. Other than Rodgers though, no starter scored 8 points! Yeah Brandon Marshall is usually good for at least ten, but starting Patterson, Mike Wallace, Reggie Bush, and LeGarrette Blount is not a recipe for success. The team did have a down week, no one would doubt that, but at its core, there's not a ton of talent. Interestingly, PTaS is projected to actually beat #Omaha this coming week, but until then, wear the new name "Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker" with pride. Good choice, Derek. Predictions (Winners underlined): #Omaha! (2-2, +365/-392) @ Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (1-3, +309/-415) Poppin Mollies on the reg (2-2, +415/-365) @ 302 Cadets (2-2, +415/-364) Turn Down for Watt (3-1, +419/-380) @ Staff Infection (3-1, +410/-306) JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (2-2, +385/-386) @ the mullynation (3-1, +465/-423) Team Kanne (1-3, +419/-474) @ Ray Rice is an asshole (1-3, +355/-452 ) Last Week’s Picks: (4-1) Overall record: (14-6)
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