Week 6 Recap

Well we can tell there's some byes starting, because this scores this week were pretty horrendous all around. 

This matchup is a prime example of some shitty scores.  Remember when I was talking about Brown's bad luck last week?  Turns out playing James solves that problem (where do I sign up?).  Brown got the win despite going against the WR trio of Marques Colston, Chris Givens, and Ryan Broyles.  That seriously has to be the worst WR trio I've ever seen.  I'd venture to say that's the worst WR trio ever fielded by a fantasy team in a 10-team league.  And I'm talking in the entire history of fantasy football.  They have combined for 115 points for the year, or a whopping 19 points per week.  From 3 players.  Combined.  He also continues to start Eli Manning, who is averaging a shade over 10 points per week.  Wow.  Good win for Brown who crawls out of the basement, all the way into 9th place.

Bry wins this heavyweight battle and does so pretty handily.  He also gained 30 points on the first place team in the process and moved two games up on Matt/Sean, the other threat for a bye.  Matt/Sean were without Matt Ryan and I guess this is my fault, but I should've made it clear that you don't HAVE to start a quarterback in the flex.  Any position can start there.  This is the only explanation I can come up with as to why a savvy manager such as Matt Ficeto, would think it's a good idea to start Ryan Fitzpatrick in Seattle.  I actually think 6 points was the best case scenario.  They are #1 in points in the league still, so I should back off a bit, but c'mon...Ryan Fitzpatrick?

Bry's stars kind of let him down here, but he got two bounce back performances from guys previously thought of as fantasy studs.  Cam Newton lit up the Vikings and looked like he did as a rookie, and in Tampa, Mike Glennon found out being a QB is much easier when you just throw it up to VJax and let him make a play. Bry is in the driver's seat now for a bye.

Speaking of byes, Hill is inline for one as well.  Not a great score for Hill, but Scott.....oh boy Scott.... I know Cobb got hurt (and stayed hurt) but this team is falling apart.  Kappy looks like he's destined to be a bust.  Vick is injured.  Cobb is injured.  Doug Martin isn't getting goal line carries.  Chris Johnson continues to be Chris Johnson.  Alex Smith refuses to throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field.  Even Scott's kicker got hurt:

Hill's team did enough to keep first place by about 20 points over Bry, but that gap is closing quickly.  Murray got hurt, but Ray Rice is ready to slot in there and Hill shouldn't miss a beat.  A little concerning is Jordan Cameron, who for two weeks in a row was not a featured part of the offense.  But other than that, not much to worry about here.  A good squad that should get a bye.

Hemrick's team is starting to mount a comeback here.  The high scorer of the week is now 4th in points and 4th in the league.  Justin Blackmon, on a team without a QB, is coming through big time for Hemrick.  And this week, Knowshon Moreno won Broncos Bingo and was given all the touchdowns.  Next week it might be Decker or Thomas or Thomas or Welker, but this week it was Moreno.  He put up 180 points with Megatron doing nothing.  Impressive display for Hemrick

Ferencz was hanging in there for a while, but Moreno's big day kind of buried Joe.  Amazingly, the Andre Ellington play worked out, but Garrett Graham, and really all the Texans but Foster, was a disappointment in a game they were expected to dominate.  Ferencz moves down to 8th, but I still think this team is a playoff team.

Mintz' win puts him at 3-3 and in position to make the playoffs.  Andy Dalton almost doubled the score of Peyton Manning.  Both his reach receivers scored touchdowns.  And despite whiffing with his running backs, he still put up 155 points and a win.

So the towel is in my hand.  My arm is raised in a throwing motion, but I can't bring myself to do it just yet.  This week I play the first place team though.  That might make me throw it.  This is pretty simple, if my QB's suck, so does my team.  I do love Jamaal Charles though.

And this is why bad luck kills a team, because everyone is bound to have a down week, but at 1-4 a down week will kill you and it pretty much has killed me.  The GM is not happy and has promised changes to the media.  Stay tuned, things could get interesting.