Indian Outlaws (88) @ Troll Hunters (94) Okay, let’s start with the upset of the week. I mean, all IOs had to do was not start a DST and he would have won this matchup. Overall TH's Defense literally just played a lot better than IOs. The QBs and RB 1-2 were a fairly even matchup (which wasn’t expected from breezy and CJ by any means up they kept pace for the most part. IOs really pulled away with Foster and OD Jr. But that was still no match for the 38 points his DPs and DST put up against IOs (net) 4.3. IOs really put up around a 100 pts with any normal defense which is why these point totals were not factored into the rankings below. TH got lucky this week and he’ll need more than luck if he wants to have a record above 500 this year. North Side Angels (136) @ Smell My Finger (108) It’s great seeing big numbers from each of these teams again. However, if you take a closer look it it’s a little misleading. Bother teams had top scoring DST with a 28 point total for NSA and 31 points for SMF. Looking past these it is pretty easy to see that NSA had a stronger week. With 6 teams (excluding the DST) posted double digits for NSA as compared to only 3 from SMF, you can see this being a tough week. He might have had a change if Hyde dropped another 30 points or russel posting above 20. However, that was not the case which gave NSA a fairly big win. SMF had a few poor performances from Hill and Evans who should be the stars of this team. SMF could have lessened this damage by adding Vereen from the bench into the flex spot giving him around 15 more points however that still wouldn’t earn him the win. So it’s another tough week for SMF who is putting up a lot of points on a weekly basis, just doing so against the wrong team. Boy Toys 2 (75) @ 302 Cadets (99) This was basically just a straight win by 302 Cadets. Peyton continue to struggling and Tyrod Taylor out performing him by a solid 15 points. Along with a better performance from the 302 RBs giving him another 12 points on the spread helped him earn the W. Both Flex and WRs didn’t break double digits which will have to change if either of these teams want to take down one of the top teams. Both K were around 11-12 points and neither teams bench could’ve helped/hurt enough to make a difference. Overall, a few players out shined and earned the win. Just poor performances from past stars kept Boy Toys at the bottom of this matchup. Big City Hillbillies (167) @ The Mullynation (150) However, if there was ever a team that is playing the wrong team at the wrong time it is Mullynation… She is definitely putting up the points to win most games on a weekly basis but can’t seem to catch a break (unlike 90* who is definitely catching more than just predators). However, this week hurts a little more than the normal high scoring heartbreak as Jamaal Charles is now out for the season with a ACL injury. After my comments about limited depth at the RB position must have cursed her as Murray finally had a good week before season her top asset fall to pieces. This 150 points is more than just DPs and DST scoring big numbers but actual players putting up huge numbers. However, the turning point of possibly the season is Doug Martin actually putting up two weeks of double digit (and 20+) at that. This was definitely the x-factor for BCH this week and earned him the win as each team was fairly evenly matched outside of this one big game. Once again, Mullynation is out of Luck… 90* Putters (138) @ River Gypsies (100) Title Fight RGs was looking to defend THE BELT for the second time and was expected to do so until another 90* player gained freedom from their suspension and putting up 20+ points on his first game back. However, this is nothing outside the ordinary for Antonio Gates to do. Brady and Edelman continued their scoring spree and Gronk was getting no love this week. The streak continues as 90* forces top players to have below average games. The 3 players over 20+ points was really the game changer this week with a 18 point river card to put him over the RGs. Ryan had a tough game but when your team wins only 25-19 with your RB getting 24 points… it’s a double edge sword. You want the RB to get the score but it is still taking points away from Ryan which didn’t help this week against 90* putters. Ryan has been held back a little with this new found fam from Freeman. Hopefully Ryan can turn the tables and start cashing in on a few of these scores going forward. Neither teams bench would have had a material effect on the outcome of the match with Allen Hurns on RGs only providing a benefit of 10-20 points which is still not enough for this matchup. The streak for 90* continues as he takes the BELT from the defending title fight champ!! Power Ratings (Week 6) 1. The 90* Putters (-) 5-0 • 90* Putters is still undefeated (mostly because any team that plays has their worst game of the season) but he still has earned this 5-0 (and not to mention THE BELT) by putting up consistent points each week. Everyone has good weeks and everyone has bad weeks and then there is 90* Putters right in the middle. All you have to do everyone is consistently score like 125 points and we can beat him!! However, based on the trends everyone will have a tough week and probably play sub par (get it par like as in golf…) Sorry I’ve been around him too much and his golf slang is rubbing off. I mean Lynch and Cobb have been banged up but Brady and Edelman have continued to remain hot earning him a spot at number 1. With the addition of Gates will only make him more of a threat because as we saw last week, River’s number 1 target is back to business and ready to put the Chargers back on track. 2. Big City Hillbillies (+1) 4-1 • Big City Hillbillies has moved up to the number 2 spot because of his top WR core. After the top waiver pick up of James Jones, BCH has been on a roll since losing to Mullynation in Week 1. Some might say that he even deserves the top spot because of his Total Points for are (on average) 10 points more than 90* putters. However, he does hold the belt and is undefeated. So when you put up a W this week and beat him again in points by a 15+ points, I’ll consider bumping you up if he is still undefeated after week 6. With solid performances lately by Forte, Rivers and Olsen, it’s not a surprise that BCH is number 2 and possibly only a surprise that he isn’t number 1 yet. 3. River Gypsies (-1) 3-2 • I’m still kinda questioning this spot at #3 after the trade recently giving up the RB #1… AJ Green is great and doing great but was he worth the freak who is Freeman? We’ll have to wait and see. RGs does have a few other RB options with Millar Blount, Jennings, and now Yeldon (pending he’s not hurt). And 302 needed a few more solid RBs so I would have tried to pawn one of those off (unless he tried and Derek was a boss and said no). Overall, I’m a little worried now that RGs is losing his top gun for a solid but less productive weapon. We’ll see if he can continue to post large point totals similar to his glory days in weeks 1-4. Unless Bell becomes the new Freeman of this team, I could see a few more tough games in the near future. 4. Indian Outlaws (+3) 2-3 • I’ll be honest, I don’t know what my bro was thinking putting IOs down at number 6 last week. Just because a few players had a few bad games (trend continued last week knocking him out of the survival game) and giving an ailing TH team some life. This team still deserve to be Top 4. This is based on player expectations which should be trending up but is actually trending down (ie. last week is a prime example). These are no C.J. Anderson stories thought, its just a few players ruining his week. Like last week with the ravens DST. If he didn’t even start a DST he would’ve won. So let’s be clear, he still has players like Lacy, Foster, and Beckham Jr!!! With a solid bench to back him up. It might take him a few week but I am predicting a mini winning streak coming even though he has some tough match ups in week 8 and 9 against NSA and BCH. However, that’s just my mini prediction. 5. Northside Angels (-1) 3-2 • NSA does drop one spot but only because I still think IOs team is still great (excluding that record). Still has top players like Rodgers and the number 1 WR right now Larry Fitz. However, top players like AP and Jimmy Graham still putting up poor puts which isn’t moving NSA up anytime fast. These are top players that need to start performing if he wants at least a little consistency in scoring. Good thing is that AP is off his buy and hopefully he can start making the magic happen which will help NSA but our home town team as well. He still has a decent group of other possible starters like Gio and Chris Johnson at ARZ. However, they need to solidify their starting spots to make NSA a top team. Until then, he is hanging in the middle of the pack. 6. The Mullynation (-1) 2-3 • Mullynation had a great team until J. Charles decided to be the next player to join the list of injury bandwagon... which doesn’t help Mully going forward. Note: 302 Cadets- there is another IR player you can pick up and hold a bench spot (similar as Jordy) for no apparent reason at all. I mean trading for Murray’s backup was a good play to protect at least some of your RB depth but starting two philly backs could be costly based on their current output. (Note: Gaining Frank Gore is a definite addition to add a 2nd RB who actually has a starting role) Mullynation definitely benefited the most from this deal but with IOs having a bench like that, it was a good call to add a little more depth at WR. Luck has been absolutely terrible but she has still been putting up mad points which does give her a consideration to move back up to number 5. (but I wrote this before the trade so tough luck you stay at number 6 this week). She still has two top 10 WRs so if her RBs (new and old) can produce she’ll move back up the list and it’s only a matter of time. 7. 302 Cadets (-) 2-3 • Cadets should’ve moved up this week have a steal of a trade to get the one and only Devante Freeman!! However, he still has a troubled QB spot and a few top RBs that are really a coin toss each week with Dion Lewis and Latavius Murray. I like both these guys but I question their consistent based on both of their past few performances. Also Antonio Brown might be WR #1 but it’s tough to be #1 with Mike Vick throwing you the rock or should I say lack of throwing. He has a lot of good players but will the QB spot be his weakness going forward? Hopefully, the new addition of Freeman and the old consistency of Brown will make up for this throughout the season. 8. Smell My Finger (-) 1-4 • SMF basically stays at his number 8 spot because of his number 1 waiver pick up of Charcandrick (really that’s a real name?) West who is expected to take over for the late J. Charles. Hyde and Hill are still solid performers if they are given the ball and their team is up so I should expected decent (like 10) points from these two on a weekly. WR are a little shaky with a few of his better performers on the bench or a bye this week. If he can get a little more WR performance and Russell and continue to put up above average QB scores SMF doesn’t have a bad team. We’ll just see if his new addition of Char West will make a immediate impact or whether he will be another backup RB trying to play in the big leagues. 9. Boy Toys 2: Muddy Boogaloo (-) 1-4 • Okay, I would have to agree with my brother that I (TH) deserve the bottom. Which gives Boy Toys the number 9 spot. I mean Payton can’t be bad forever, he’ll have to turn it around at some point. With Ingram being a fairly strong building block for a RB 1 as Breezy is struggling the NO. However the problem in up coming weeks is depth from the bench and whether or not he can cover for any players who might be on a bye week (similar to #Swft below him). Fortunately, he is player a TH team who is missing he new start gurley and reliable A. Cooper on byes next week. If he had these players, it might be a little different store but as for Week 6 predictions, TH is probably in for a long week and Boy Toys has a slight advantage if his players can start to produce. 10. Troll Hunters (-) 2-3 • TH is in for a tough week 6 which is why he remains at the bottom for this week. If he new star Gurely wasn’t on a bye along with his one consistent WR (A. Cooper) it might have move him up a few spots after that win against IOs. Breezy, McCoy and the one and only CJ having tough seasons so far it’s a unexpected start for TH and is lucky to be 2-3. Hopefully he can survive these bye weeks and move up the ranking so he can start avoiding the bottom stop which has been seen too many times the past few seasons for his liking. This will only happen if at least a few of these so called stars start earning their season starting predictions. Like CJ, come on CJ!! When I sat you last season you did will but when I play you this year you decide to suck. Maybe this is the week when it all changes (Note: he shouldn’t get his hopes up)
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