BEST MOVE OF THE WEEK
After earning "Worst Move of the Week" honors last week, PMotr rebounded nicely and has earned our "Best Move of the Week." PMotr opted to play Sammy Watkins against our beloved Minnesota Vikings, choosing him over the comparable Michael Floyd. Sammy went off with 120+ yards and 2 TDs, including the game winner, to the tune of 24.2 points. That was PMotr's highest scoring player by almost eight full points (Carson Palmer at 16.5 was next). Michael Floyd, on the other hand, earned 10.7 points on the bench. Considering PMotr only won by eight points over #Omaha, Sammy was the difference maker. Good call, Dan. WORST MOVE OF THE WEEK We're going to feature the PMotr - #Omaha matchup again, but this time it's #Omaha's turn for some recognition. Hayden chose to bench Ronnie Hillman in favor of RB2 Andre Williams (eh), FLEX Anquan Boldin (...), and RB1 Isaiah Crowell (what?). Andre Williams has been a disappointment thus far, especially coming off that abysmal NYG - PHI Monday night game last week. Anquan is always all over the place, and with the exception of last week's 15 points, he hadn't broken double digits all season. I know Crowell scored a TD last week, but he was also sizeably out-touched by Ben Tate and is a backup. Hillman, on the contrary, ran for over 100 yards in his first game last week, and there was no indication that he wasn't going to keep his starting job this week. Hillman was just as competent as he looked last week, and he earned 22.3 points on the bench. Williams (5.1), Boldin (5.0), and Crowell (2.3) didn't fare as well, and it cost #Omaha their third victory. Power Rankings: #1 the mullynation (5-2) --- This was an odd week for fantasy football in general. A lot of studs fell flat, and teams scored low. Though many projections topped 120, no one really came all that close to reaching their projection. the mullynation scored 108.9 points, good for second place to SI (110.1), and also good enough to keep the status quo at the top of our rankings. Even with Jimmy Graham dropping a big old zero, the mullynation won a close match with the up-and-coming Cadets. Luck and Murray dazzled as usual, Kelvin maintained his status as the #8 WR in fantasy football, and TY Hilton has emerged as the #10 WR in fantasy football. Who would have thought that the mullynation could lose Megatron and Graham and still keep winning? Honestly I didn't. The injuries are being covered just fine. Notable Underperformers (People I expected significant points from who didn't live up): Ben Tate (3.4) Brian Quick (3.3) Jimmy Graham (0.0) #2 Staff Infection (5-2) --- SI is looking like a fearsome team even if Le'Veon Bell doesn't like rushing for TDs. Who cares? Despite one sole rushing TD on the season (Week One), after Bell's fantastic performance last night, he has jumped up into the #4 RB spot for the year. Gio Bernard had a really rough day, but Bell and DT definitely picked up the slack. Lamar Miller is scoring nicely, being the only viable option on the ground in MIA. Jordan Cameron though... How many times are we going to have to go through this Gentry? The guy is a mirage. Just wait. Notable Underperformers: Gio Bernard (1.6) Jordan Cameron (0.5) Zac Stacy (0.0) #3 Turn Down for Watt (5-2) --- In a week where teams were on the down-turn, TDfW did about as well as I would have hoped. The Seahawks Defense was my most disappointing play, which is starting to get on my nerves. There was decent, pretty uniform production from everyone else. No one on TDfW broke 20 points, and the defense scored in the negatives, but the team still almost got to triple digits. I'll take that as a win in this weird week. And to all you nay-sayers, don't forget that AJ Green and Rashad Jennings have been getting cozy sitting injured on my bench, but TDfW is still chugging along and getting wins. Odell Beckham Jr. has certainly filled in nicely for Green, and Tre Mason might be my new fill-in RB. Once Jennings and Green are back, hopefully soon, TDfW is going to be back in the discussion for best team. Notable Underperformers: Seahawks Defense (-1) #4 Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (4-3) --- The name lives for another week. Chris, you should really send Derek a fruit basket. GMMBP is looking legit after being one of only four teams to crack 100 this week, albeit barely. Rodgers was his usual self, dissecting the Panthers defense en route to 24.3 points, while the rest of the scoring was more modest. This has been GMMBP's M.O. for wins this year. Rodgers does great, and everyone else tries not to shit the bed. GMMBP's highest scoring non-Rodgers starter tipped the scales at 14 points (Shaun Suisham), but it was enough. Reggie Wayne had a measly 1.5 points, and after three straight rough weeks (and with GMMBP's depth at WR), he may be approaching droppable-status. Then again, CPatt hit that four weeks ago yet he's still rostered on GMMBP. Mike Wallace has been a great find this year, and Vereen finally played a game that shows his talent, even if he was benched. Notable Underperformers: Reggie Wayne (1.5) Reggie Bush (3.2) Michael Crabtree (2.7) #5 302 Cadets (3-4) +1 "Get some consistency, 302, and you'll be a lock for the top 5." That's what I said last week, and 302, you're on your way. 302 finally strung together two consecutive 100-point outings, the first time they've done that this year. Though 101 points is an okay-not-great total in most weeks, this week it's a great total given the overall low scores. Charles and Bradshaw are playing like a great RB tandem, posting 16.7 and 19.1 respectively. Antonio Brown is a frightening talent at WR, and even though he couldn't quite get the points needed on Monday night to earn 302 the win, 13.1 isn't a bad night. As a side-note, 302 may be upset that Antonio Brown's toe-dragging TD was reversed. I sympathize. However, that was a 16 yard TD reception, worth 7.6 points. After it was reversed, Brown caught a 15 yard pass but did not score, earning 1.5 points. He ended up the game with 13.1, and 302 lost by 6.6 points to the mullynation. Thus, even if Brown's TD hadn't been reversed, it still wouldn't have been enough to win, or even tie. 302 would have instead lost by 0.5 (and 302 had home-field advantage, so there's no point arguing that issue). It just wasn't in the cards this week, Derek. Notable Underperformers: Vernon Davis (2.1) Eddie Royal (2.0) #6 Poppin Mollies on the reg (4-3) +2 PMotr posted a respectable 98.5 points this week, and he has Sammy Watkins to thank. Watkins was usually good for about 5 points a week, but this week he exploded for 24.2, helping PMotr past #Omaha by 8.5 points. Palmer was solid, as was Ellington, and Joique Bell looked competent in his return. Lynch, Steve Smith, and JT were surprisingly the players holding PMotr back. Those are the three guys that have been carrying PMotr, but this week, they didn't really show up. Losing Asiata (who is being phased out) hurts the RB depth a bit, and James White is not exactly someone you want to rely on. Notable Underperformers: Marshawn Lynch (7.1) Steve Smith (6.7) Julius Thomas (2.7) Matt Asiata (3.7) #7 JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (3-4) -2 "Julio scored a season-low 5.2 points, which I don't anticipate happening again." And boy was I right! Julio followed up last week's rough performance by scoring 5.6 points this week! That's the improvement I was counting on. Way to go Julio. Way to make me look smart. Forte and Olsen are playing like studs, and Romo has been as good as he ever has been. That's a nice core right there. You'd think that you should automatically add Julio and BMarsh into that team core, but really they're not playing like it. Julio is hurt by the Falcon's joke of an offensive line, and Marshall is getting frustrated at Jay Cutler's play. On top of that, Frank Gore has now scored a total of 5.8 points in the last two weeks, and Fred Jackson is down for at least four with an injury. All the sudden, the team that looked really solid on paper isn't quite as solid. Since this is the Power Rankings, not the How Many Points Did Your Team Score This Week Rankings, I'm moving JO down a tad. I think the RB inconsistency is going to hurt going forward, and and if those big-name WRs can't fix it, then who could? Notable Underperformers: Frank Gore (2.0) Fred Jackson (2.8) Julio Jones (5.6) Steven Jackson (2.5) #8 Team Kanne (3-4) -1 TK performed pretty well this week outside of Jay Cutler, Antone Smith, and Delanie Walker. Smith isn't too much of a surprise; he's an obvious boom-or-bust guy, and this week he happened to bust. Cutler and Walker are more surprising, given how well they both have played this year. Arian Foster played really well against the Steelers, Andre Johnson was serviceable, Kendall Wright looked legit, and Greg Jennings was decent. TK is still in the unenviable situation of having to start Smith on a weekly basis, but given his nice waiver position, hopefully he can find a decent fill-in RB2. There have been so many injuries and underperforming stars, meaning there's a lot of value left to be claimed. If TK can solidify that spot (like previously grabbing Branden Oliver, Justin Forsett, Jerick McKinnon, or Ronnie Hillman, for example), this team could make a big jump up the standings. Notable Underperformers: Antone Smith (0.9) Jay Cutler (3.9) Delanie Walker (1.7) #9 #Omaha! (2-5) +1 The tenth position struck again! #Omaha was dropped to #10 after scoring 78.3 points and 69.9 points in Weeks Five and Six, but once again, the ten seed turned in a respectable performance. #Omaha scored 90.5 points in a tough loss to PMotr, losing by eight. The good news (and tough news) is that #Omaha easily could have won this game, had Ronnie Hillman supplanted either Crowell, Williams, or Boldin, as I outlined earlier. I still think that this team has a long way to go, especially in the RB department, but if Hillman can offer some production from that Denver backfield, that will go a long way. Losing CJ Spiller, while not exactly a stud this year, still hurts a bit in regards to options. Trading Zac Stacy for Terrance Williams might prove to be a great move, just by the fact that Stacy is basically now a non-factor. Peyton is playing as well as he ever has, but unfortunately one guy isn't enough to carry this team right now. The similarities between the two Hansons' teams are striking, but while one is trending up, the other is trending down. Both have undeniably elite QBs (Manning / Rodgers). Both are heavily relying on free agent RBs (Hillman & Williams / Oliver & Forsett & Vereen). Both have one really talented pass catcher (Cobb / Gates), but the rest aren't being super productive, at least not enough to carry a team. For GMMBP, this technique has started to work. For #Omaha, results are pending. Notable Underperformers: Andre Williams (5.1) Jason Witten (2.7) #10 Ray Rice is an asshole (1-6): -1 RRiaa can't really catch a break. Last week they posted a respectable total and the WR corps looked solid. An RB tandem of McCoy and Morris, while not great, really isn't all that bad! Martellus Bennett has certainly slowed down from his early season production, but he's pretty good too! The only thing missing last week was elite QB play, and Russell Wilson followed that up by delivering 37.1 points this week...on RRiaa's bench. RRiaa made the savvy pickup of Tom Brady, who had a great day. No doubt. 22.4 points from a free agent pickup is a nice get, but leaving 15 more QB points on the bench is just a tough break. Furthermore, that solid WR corps from last week? Sanu, Jeffery, and Edelman totalled 11.5 points this week after each breaking double digits last week. Alfred was a no-show, and Jeremy Hill did nothing (which isn't too surprising, but hey). This was a rough week for RRiaa. Shake it off, Alex. These guys are better than 1-6. Notable Underperformers: Alfred Morris (5.7) Jeremy Hill (1.5) Alshon Jeffery (0.9) Predictions (Winners underlined): Turn Down for Watt (5-2, +718/-648) @ the mullynation (5-2, +821/-766) 302 Cadets (3-4, +713/-682) @ JULIOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (3-4, +689/-716) Staff Infection (5-2, +764/-648) @ Team Kanne (3-4, +708/-708) #Omaha! (2-5, +603/-712) @ Ray Rice is an asshole (1-6, +592/-753 ) Gin Makes Me Bum Pucker (4-3, +623/-662) @ Poppin Mollies on the reg (4-3, +695/-629) Last Week’s Picks: (4-1) Overall record: (19-16)
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By: Hayden HansonMr. Hayden Hanson (Editor in Chief) is an Accountant-extraordinaire, as well as an aspiring writer. He has written several moderately-successful self-help books, the most famous of which is "What Do You Mean You Can Smell My BO?" Gustav Travers of the New York Times praised the book as "A vulnerable, courageous look into the mind of a man who has literally no sense that other people exist. And also no sense of smell. Nope, he definitely doesn't have that either. Just musk, like a hog that's gotten into the cabbage." Archives
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