BEST MOVE OF THE WEEK
As I mentioned in last week's "Best Move of the Week," benching studs is tough to do. Calvin Johnson certainly qualifies. After two straight weeks of Calvin playing (and posting less than 1 point each week), and with his status for this past weekend in doubt, the mullynation had an issue. The fact that the WR replacing him (TY Hilton) played on Thursday night made the decision even more difficult. At that point, Calvin hadn't been ruled out for Sunday. Still though, the mullynation went with her gut and benched Calvin for the week, giving his spot to Hilton. Hilton went off for 28 points, and the mullynation earned an unexpected victory over SI even with much of her team on bye. WORST MOVE OF THE WEEK Alright, I'll rip myself for the first real time. I earned the "Worst Move of the Week" by benching Cam Newton in Week Six. I got caught up in the Eli hype, and for one brief moment, I forgot this was Eli Manning I was dealing with. When Cam is fully healthy, he's a Top 5 fantasy QB because of his rushing ability. He certainly showed that (for the first time this season) this past week, posting 34 points on my bench. Meanwhile, in the first game of the year I trust Eli and put him in my lineup, he scores 4 points on one of the worst offensive displays since that one NYG/MIN Monday night game. It ended up not mattering since I won my matchup, but if I would have trusted my guy I would have scored 123, not 93. We have another week with two awards! The other "Worst Move of the Week" goes to my opponent this week, PMotr. He played the Bengals defense, and for the second straight week, they earned negative points. They lost PMotr four points, and considering the team only lost to TDfW by 10.7, it doesn't take a genius to see that a measly 7 points from another defense would have been the difference in an L and a W. There were 16 defenses that scored at least 7 this week, eight of them unowned. Power Rankings: #1 the mullynation (4-2) +1 This was a victory that I really didn't see coming. Megatron is injured, her four Saints players are on bye, her stud RB Murray is facing Seattle, and on top of that, her QB, WR3, and TE have to play on a short week on Thursday Night Football? Oh wait, and she's playing the #1 team? What a recipe for success. Nonetheless, the studs came to play, with the mullynation boasting point totals of 19.8, 20.6, 24.6, and 28.3. No one was going to outscore her this week, with her grabbing her first Highest Score of the Week honors. Interestingly, even though she's the highest scoring team this season (beating second place by 58 points), this is the first time she's won the week. That speaks volumes to the team's consistency. #2 Staff Infection (4-2) -1 SI actually turned in a very impressive week despite losing to the mullynation, and he would have made the 12 point loss more interesting had Jeremy Maclin decided not to score only 1.6 points. Even though Stafford doesn't quite look himself without Calvin out there, and Le'Veon Bell hasn't found the endzone since Week One, SI still knows how to roll up the points. Moreno went and tore his ACL, so Lamar Miller was gifted some job security. If Maclin can avoid laying eggs like on Sunday, who knows how high SI can score? #3 Turn Down for Watt (4-2) --- I'll admit it; TDfW got pretty lucky this past week. TDfW earned its fourth victory, but it was over one of the two teams who scored less than it this past week (PMotr and #Omaha). Still, I take solace in the fact that I've dumped Eli Manning in favor of Cam Newton, and had TDfW stuck with Cam, it would have posted a nice 120+ total. TDfW isn't going to make that mistake again. The starters looked surprisingly mortal this past week, with only JJ Watt, Jordy Nelson, and Gronkowski turning in solid performances. Can we talk about JJ Watt though? This guy is a freak of nature. Scoring 18 points as a defensive player in our league is absurd. Like really. He was TDfW's highest-scoring player this past week, likely the only time that will happen to any team all year. JJ carried the team to victory, albeit a weak one. Still though, lots of fantasy football is luck, and I'll take every win I can get. TDfW needs a good performance this week. #4 Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (3-3) +2 After being christened with its new name, GMMBP has made an impressive run up to our #4 spot! In the last two weeks (the time with the new name), there are only three teams that have scored at least 100 points in both weeks. Those teams? the mullynation, SI, and GIN MAKES ME BUM PUCKER. What an underdog story. GMMBP has also done some savvy waiver-picking, boosting his roster. He takes on TK in Week Seven, and I see no reason to stop the hype train. It'll take some mettle to climb higher, but if we see a repeat of Week Six (TDfW scoring 93, GMMBP scoring 108) there's no way GMMBP doesn't crack the top 3. #5 JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (3-3) -1 Like TDfW, JO had a bit of a down week. Julio scored a season-low 5.2 points, which I don't anticipate happening again. JO dropping one spot in the rankings has more to do with GMMBP moving up, rather than JO moving down. After all, GMMBP did just beat JO by 13. As we've seen all season, JO can score huge points in some weeks, but it's not a consistent thing. I expect a bounce-back though! I'm picking JO over SI as my upset special for Week Seven, so I apologize Evan. I've gone an unbelievable 1-9 in my picks in the last two weeks after starting 14-6. Perhaps my faith in your team is dooming you. #6 302 Cadets (3-3) +1 Is there a QB controversy brewing in the cadets' barracks? After riding Drew Brees to mixed success in the first five weeks, 302 swapped in Joe Flacco during Brees' bye week. Flacco proceeded to do okay I guess, only throwing 4 TDs in the FIRST QUARTER en route to 32 points. That's a measly 12 points better than any game Brees has played all season. With Flacco facing ATL's joke of a defense and Brees facing DET's surprising #1-ranked defense, will this be another week with Joe at the helm? 302 also gets Jamaal Charles back from his bye, so his 114 point total (with fill-in QB and fill-in RB) looks even more impressive. Unfortunately 302 squares off with the mullynation this week, so we'll have to wait and see if 302 can break .500 for the first time since Week Three. This team is a yo-yo. Point totals in the first six weeks are as follows: Week One: 101.6 Week Two: 80.0 Week Three: 97.3 Week Four: 139.2 Week Five: 82.4 Week Six: 114.2 Get some consistency, 302, and you'll be a lock for the top 5. #7 Team Kanne (3-3) +2 TK is an interesting team. Cutler and Foster are playing as well as they ever have, and are carrying TK. This week, Andre Johnson decided to show up for the first time this season, to the tune of 14 points. Also, TK's waiver pickup of Antone Smith actually worked out nicely with 13 points. Like TK, Smith is a head-scratcher. On just 23 touches this year, Smith has somehow scored 5 touchdowns and is the ninth highest-scoring RB. I can't imagine he can keep it up, but I was also saying that three weeks ago. Maybe this pickup will solidify TK's RB position, allowing him to fly up the standings. Whatever happens next doesn't change the fact that he just scored 121 points on #Omaha, earning our third 50+ victory. It doesn't appear that Kanne has told Hayden what his name-change will be yet, since it hasn't happened. We're all waiting with baited breath, Kanne. We've had two good ones so far. #8 Poppin Mollies on the reg (3-3) -3 PMotr posted its lowest point total of the year with 82.3 points this week, losing to TDfW. The Roethlisberger/Cousins carousel has momentarily halted, with PMotr opting for Carson Palmer instead. Lynch looked mortal for the first time, Ellington still hasn't had a good rushing game, Asiata is looking like his workload is heading downwards, and PMotr just traded Doug Martin and Wes Welker for Victor Cruz and Knowshon Moreno, both of which are now on IR. Oh and the Bengals defense scored negative points (-4) for the second week in a row. This was not a kind week for PMotr. A middling defensive performance would have assured victory, but the Bengals just weren't up for it. The good news is that Steve Smith Sr, Julius Thomas, and Stephen Gostkowski are looking incredible. PMotr faces off with #Omaha this week, so maybe they can right the ship. #9 Ray Rice is an asshole (1-5) +1 RRiaa had a heart-breaking loss this week. He was so ready to prove me wrong, prove that his 1-4 record was a fluke, that he didn't deserve the #10 seed! RRiaa earned a very respectable 110 points this week, facing a 302 team without Jamaal Charles and Drew Brees who had scored only 82 points in Week Five. The stage was set for the upset...but then Joe Flacco happened. Flacco's 32 points made the game close, otherwise RRiaa would have ran away with it. When the dust settled, RRiaa fell four points short of the upset, but they still move ahead of #Omaha for the effort. Shady finally looked something like the Shady we knew last year, even if he couldn't find the endzone. The WR corps was solid, with Sanu, Jeffery, and Edelman scoring 18, 14, and 10 points respectively. On top of that, the bench had a great day. You just need some luck on your side, Alex! #10 #Omaha! (2-4): -2 Another week, another #10 seed. Chris, Evan, Kanne, and Spence have occupied this spot before, but now it's Hayden's turn. Chris is #4, Evan is #5, Kanne is the third-highest scoring team, and Spence just posted his highest total yet and is figuring stuff out. Hayden, you're next. The #10 spot is an embarrassment, but it also appears to have some sort of magical healing powers. You have nowhere to go but up. This week was not the best for #Omaha, in fact it was by far the worst yet for #Omaha. Failing to break 70 is going to earn #Omaha a new name this week. Things aren't so grim though. #Omaha just traded Cruz for Martin before Cruz went on IR, and also he has a grudge match with PMotr, Martin's former owner. If we say that SI and the mullynation squared off in last week's heavyweight matchup, consider this Week Seven's lightweight matchup. May the best man win. Predictions (Winners underlined): Ray Rice is an asshole (1-5, +526/-660 ) @ Turn Down for Watt (4-2, +625/-580) JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (3-3, +596/-605) @ Staff Infection (4-2, +654/-555) the mullynation (4-2, +712/-665) @ 302 Cadets (3-3, +612/-573) Poppin Mollies on the reg (3-3, +597/-539) @ #Omaha! (2-4, +514/-614) Team Kanne (3-3, +634/-605) @ Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (3-3, +520/-588) Last Week’s Picks: (1-4) Why am I even doing this again? Overall record: (15-15)
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