It all started two years ago. Leland was coming off his Wane McGarity Bowl Championship. Not only did he win, but he managed to secure the #1 overall pick for the next season's draft (before keepers). Things couldn't look better as there'd be no doubt Leland would once again be in contention for winning a 2nd straight title. Then he took C.J. Spiller....and it alllllll went downhill from there. Just bad luck though right? I didn't think nothing about it at the time. Who ended up winning the next season? Why..that would be me. Thanks to LeSean McCoy and Brandon Marshall, I was able to secure my first (and only so far) Wane McGarity Bowl Championship. The next year would be the introduction of keepers, so of course I'm going to keep the guys who got my the championship the year before. I mean it's LESEAN MCCOY!!! No brainer right? McCoy and Marshall not only busted beyond belief, but I had the worst fantasy football season ever, winning only 3 games and finishing dead last. Hmmm...could it be? But Albert, went unscathed when he won his titles (he back to back and then made a 3rd straight finals before losing to Leland)? Just chalk it up to horrible luck again. Then there's this year....Matt, coming off his improbable championship victory against Mayra and without sacrificing major draft picks, was looking to repeat by keeping Odell Beckham and Jamaal Charles. He even secured his championship QB, Ben Roethlisberger later in the draft. The band was back together. Unfortunately, Ben would get hurt in week 3, then this past Sunday, Jamaal Charles would tear his ACL, and Matt went from championship hopeful, to 1-4 and dead last in the standings. Now there's still plenty of season left, so it's never over until it's over, but man....it really seems like the Fantasy Football Championship Curse IS REAL. I'm sure though, most would take the curse, if it meant winning the title. Here's the Week 5 results.
Kumamon Express (5-0) 118.44
Woe Is Me (2-3) 68.02
Well, color me surprised that this was such a blowout. This is uncharted territory for me, as I'd never been better than 3-0 to start a season. I'm now tied with Mark with 2nd best start in league history (not gonna ever beat Mayra though). After the Hopkins vs Foster/Hilton play, I was getting IRATE with my guys in the early games. Seemed like none of them were doing shit. Luckily, Matt Forte got a game winning TD and really that was all I needed as Kenny's team just once again didn't show up. There's nobody even really to talk about as Ameer Abdullah and Latavius Murray got benched, and Kenny's WR group is just horrible. Russell Wilson is big time frustrating. Kenny's best player is hurt, and his 2nd best player is injury prone. Just hasn't been his season at all, after high expectations yet again. Kenny hasn't broken 100 points this season, and after his 97 point week 1, hasn't even scored 80 points in any week sense. For me, I feel like the score is deceiving, because my guys really didn't do much outside of Forte, Hopkins, and Eli Manning. Man Eli's been huge while Romo's been out. Eli sealed my win with a 441 yard, 3 TD performance. I feel like I'm due for a letdown any day now and it could very well happen against Ryan. The only good thing is, though Kenny is 11th via points, almost every team in the league is 3-2 and 2-3, so he's not out of the playoff race whatsoever. Kenny will take on Leland next week.
Game MVP
Eli Manning (Kumamon Express)
441 Passing Yards, 3 Passing TD's, 1 INT, 11 Rushing Yards, 32.24 Points
No Soup For You (2-3) 95.56
BigBadBob (3-2) 95.42
Ouch.....definitely the lowest margin of victory in league history as Leland wins b .14th of a point in this grueling matchup. Dad was only up a little over 8 points going in to Monday Night and Leland had Keenan Allen. Allen took his sweet time getting his points and even when he did..it was unimpressive, but just enough. He did this despite mediocre play from most of his team (Matt Ryan was AWFUL and Calvin Johnson continues to be hampered by bad QB play). The guys that did stand out though were HUGE. Todd Gurley....man...he looks real sharp with 159 rushing yards. DeMarco Murray FINALLY woke up with 120 total yards and as score. Allen Hurns of all people (not Calvin nor Keenan Allen) led all receivers on Leland's team with 116 yards and a score. For Dad, Thomas Rawls screwed him over against me, but this week he a beast with 169 yards and a score. At least Dad knows, if Lynch is out again, he can count of Rawls for production. For most of the game, it looked like Andre Ellington was a horrible play (David Johnson had already scored two goal line TD's, and Chris Johnson was eating up yards). He got a late 63 yard TD to salvage his day. Larry Fitzgerald continued his revival with 58 and a score and Sam Bradford was a nice spot start with Cam on by with 333 Passing Yards, and two Td's (unfortunately through 2 INT in the endzone as well). What hurt dad was Randall Cobb, V Jax and Travis Kelce. They combined for only 12.7 points. Cobb's been quiet the past two games, which has been really disappointing for Dad. The win was huge for Leland, as a 1-4 start would nearly cripple his playoff chances. He'll try to get to .500 when he plays Kenny next week, while Dad has to shake off the loss and play Leland's brother Eugene, who continues his amazing run at a playoff berth.
Game MVP
DeMarco Murray (No Soup For You)
83 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 7 Receptions, 37 Receiving Yards, 21.5 Points
Rocket Man (4-1) 102.64
Dr. Light's Robots (1-4) 86.56
He just keeps winning. Eugene's Draft Day Projection according to Yahoo was a 3-10 season. He's 4-1, in position for a bye, the 2nd highest scoring team after 5 weeks, and just 1 game behind being 1st place. Words cannot even begin to describe this run he's making. We discussed Matt's loss of Jamaal Charles, which was not only a huge blow for this week, but Matt's season as well. Matt had a horrible start with that Moncrief start, and you can tell that Matt's going to be super thin at RB with Charles gone. Alfred Morris and Jonathan Stewart are just not going to do it. Tyrod Taylor had a great game for Matt (almost 24 points) but HE got hurt too and will miss multiple weeks. Marcus Mariota time for Matt. Matt's top receivers got the job done, as Odell Beckham Jr had 121 and a score and Julian Edelman had 120 and a score. Unfortunately Beckham GOT HURT TOO, though it didn't seem too serious as he finished the game. Just bad luck for Matt. For Eugene, he does it again without super strong games from Julio Jones and Aaron Rodgers. Dion Lewis has been the steal of the draft so far as had 19.3 points. Again, the supporting players are getting the job done. John Brown, James Jones added TD's. This was with Mark Ingram scoring below 10 points and Jason Witten not even scoring 4. Eugene will probably be the favorite (as long as Julio Jones plays) against Dad next week, while Matt gets a much needed matchup with a team who's struggling worse than his in Alex.
Game MVP
Dion Lewis (Rocket Man)
34 Rushing Yards, 8 Receptions, 59 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 19.3 Points
Channel 4 News Team (2-3) 129.94
Hoosier Daddy (2-3) 118.00
Sucks for Ryan, who scored the 3rd most points in the league this week, but played the team who scored the most. It really looked like Ryan was on his way to a 3rd victory, but Antonio Gates came through HUGE for Albert with 92 Receiving Yards and 2 TD's to complete the comeback from behind win. Surprisingly, A.J. Green and Gronk were relatively quiet and it was DOUG MARTIN of all people that led his team in scoring with 3 total TD's and a 158 total yards. He had 35.3 points which brought back memories of Martin's rookie year. Carson Palmer didn't play the whole game in the blowout against the Lions but still managed 3 Passing TD's. Travis Benjamin had a solid yardage game, and T.J. Yeldon had his first TD as well. For Ryan, the loss sucks, but if there's any doubt that Devonta Freeman isn't for real....yeah...he definitely is. He almost had yet another 30 point game with 197 total yards and a score. Joe Flacco was also an excellent spot start as he had 2 Rushing TD's, a Passing TD and 210 yards. Justin Forsett once again came alive with 170 total yards and a score, though he did tweak his ankle. I don't think it's serious though. The one weakness Ryan does have and has had all season is his WR's. Golden Tate was the best one, but even he didn't do that much with 74 yards and a fumble. That Mike Evans pick is looking like a bust more and more every week. The good thing for Ryan though, is that he should have Andrew Luck back next week, and if his trio of RB's keep performing at a high level, he did score enough points to beat most of the teams in the league this week. He'll take on me and try to be the one to take me down. Albert takes on Drew next week.
Game MVP
Doug Martin (Channel 4 News Team)
123 Rushing Yards, 2 Rushing TD's, 35 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 35.3 Points
Bigger Balls (3-2) 106.44
Sons Of The Harpy (2-3) 86.50
For a little while this looked like Drew was in control, but once again Le'Veon Bell to the rescue. 127 total yards and a game winning TD as time expired not only helped Bell's real life team get a win, but Mayra's fantasy one as well. Antonio Brown continues to struggle with Roethlisberger out. He started out strong with a huge catch, but did relatively nothing after that. How about that dual Bengals play of Andy Dalton and Tyler Eifert? Those two combined for a little more than half of Mayra's point and helped overcome bad games from Leonard Hankerson, Cole Beasley, Brown, and Charles Clay. Carlos Hyde also had a good game with 93 yards and a score. You can tell Adrian Peterson was out of the lineup as Drew's running backs were TERRIBLE. Boobie Dixon, Rashad Jennings, and on his bench Isiah Crowell just aren't going to get the job done whatsoever. Brady was Brady with 275 passing yards, 2 Passing TD's and a Rushing Score and Allen Robinson was great with 72 yards and two TD's. Shockingly it was Amari Cooper and Demaryius Thomas who disappeared as they combined for only 14.90 points. Drew also keeps playing TE Carousel and that hasn't worked out great. For Drew's sake, he better hope Julius Thomas gets back in the groove. Drew will get Peterson back and take on Albert next week, while Mayra gets Mark.
Game MVP
Andy Dalton (Bigger Balls)
331 Passing Yards, 2 Passing TD's, 1 INT, 18 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 29.54 Points
Shock The Monkey (2-3) 72.84
Winter Is Over (2-3) 59.40
I'm not spending much time on this atrocious matchup. Mark just sucked less than Alex. Alex was doomed from the get go playing an inactive Eddie Royal. Anquan Boldin showed up but that's it. Eddie Lacy continues to suck, Jimmy Graham isn't getting used properly, Drew Brees is an above average fantasy QB, Marques Colston is old, and C.J. Spiller is terrible (besides his fluky 80 yard TD). It's not too much better for Mark as Alshon Jeffrey missed yet another game, and Peyton Manning continues to look 100% finished. The only bright spot was Gary Barnidge who had 139 yards and a score (which was one of the BEST catches of the year). Mark takes on Mayra next week, while Alex takes on Matt.
Game MVP
Gary Barnidge (Shock The Monkey)
8 Receptions, 139 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 23.90 Points
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