I hoped that week 5 would be the end of the injuries, but week 6 came in and was just as awful. I found a few clips that sum up how the last two weeks have felt.
Anyway, enough of the dramatics, let's get to the week that was.
Game Recaps
Skyler vs Tyler: With 4 major players going on IR, this week did not look promising for Skyler. That bleak outlook continued after his WR scored 0 on Thursday night. Tyler gave Skyler a small spark of hope when Mr. Unlimited and Javonte turned in stinkers on Thursday night as well. And despite Deebo Samuel going out after 9 plays, Skyler managed to win this tickle fight by a narrow margin. Even though this was the clear battle of ineptitude, it still had its drama as it was also the nail-biter of the week and had several lead changes throughout the day. This game would have been more intense had it not ended on the Sunday afternoon games, but such is life. Neither team had a 20+ point player. Skyler managed to get a win as he had 5 players score double digits, while Tyler only had 4.
Kyle vs Tommy: This was the second closest game of the week, and it required Tommy to come from behind on SNF. He ended up winning comfortably, but he had to sweat out his defense for a while until Josh Allen scored enough to give him a cushion. Kyle had zero players in the 20+ point valley of death, while Tommy had two players in the 20+ point squad. Tommy should also be commended for getting more diverse by swindling Matt and no longer having only white guys in his 20+ club.
Matt vs TJ: This game was the weekly bonanza -- it outscored the Kyle/Tommy by 0.42 and the Brandon/Scott game by 2.34 Matt ended up being the high scorer of the week and helped lead the charge to the bonanza, but TJ was no slouch as he at least scored over 100, unlike some other losers in this league. This bonanza was brought to us by Matt having Raheem Mostert in the 20+ point union, while TJ also contributed only one player (Keenan Allen) to the 20+ point cavalcade. Despite it being the bonanza, it wasn't all that exciting or dramatic as Matt led wire to wire and this was the blowout of the week.
Rob vs Jordan: This game had a little back and forth, and Rob decided he was done giving away wins to the West, and tried this week. It didn't help that Jordan had a key player who fell victim to injury this week. Rob had two people in the 20+ point kinship, and Jordan also had two people in the 20+ point squad. They also had the same number of people in the double digit club, which makes his win by 15 all the more perplexing. I suppose it was a game of inches for each player matchup, and Rob won enough of those to get the win this week.
Trevor vs Brady: The game started competitively and was close with several back and forth score lines, and then Trevor decided to quit messing around and finish Brady off -- and I'm pretty sure it was Trevor's fault that Montgomery got hurt and left early. I assume he used his shady doctor network and got in touch with the Lions doctor and had him injury Monty somehow. Trevor had two players in the 20+ point network. Brady also had two players in the 20+ point unit.
Brandon vs Scott: In the battle of defeated players, Scott got his first win of the season as well as his first career win. This was the second biggest blowout of the week. Brandon started out mediocre and had all of his players finish in the morning games. Scott took advantage by gradually chipping away at Brandon's lead in the afternoon games until he took the lead thanks to Hurts and Kupp. Brandon had two people on the 20+ point team, while Scott had two on the 20+ point side (the aforementioned Hurts and Kupp) as well.
I didn't lead off with it because I wanted to be dramatic about all of the injuries, but the whole West division lost this week. I just wanted to call that out specifically, and I'm sure that won't come back to haunt me in week 7. If it does, I can just skip another week of blogging.
Award Season
MVP: Mostert was the highest scorer on the highest scoring team. I thought about giving it to a player on Skyler's team since this was the closest game, but none of his team were MVP's, they were just the least LVP on the team.
LVP: Speaking of LVPs and Skyler vs Tyler, Davante Adams had his lowest game of the season after having the lowest game of the season the week before. If Davante had hit his season average of 20, Tyler wins his game.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: Kyle was the highest scoring (5th overall) loser, so he wins the Unluckiest Award.
Luckiest Team of the Week: With all the injuries he had, and for being the 3rd lowest scorer and still finding a way to win, Skyler was the obvious choice.
Highest Scorer of the Week: Matt beat out Scott for this award by 5 points.
Lowest Scorer of the Week: Tyler takes the cake no one wants this week.
King of the Court: Tyler picked a really bad week to be the Lowest Scorer of the Week, and Skyler takes the crown this week. Congrats to Kyle on winning it next week.
Kyle keeps his green jacket from last week. He really knuckled down to be the guy to finish in the least amount of strokes. TJ tried to finish in as few strokes as Kyle but sadly finished two behind. He kept pace with Kyle 5 of the 7 days but came up just short on Thursday and Monday. Tommy managed to be in their tier and was only 5 strokes behind Kyle. Matt, Brandon, and Skyler were in the next tier and finished 13+ strokes behind Kyle. Scott, Brady, and Rob only got into the golf game once this week because they have lives apparently and don't feel the need to stroke it that often. In a surprise move, neither of the doctors got in on the golf game this week -- losers.
Skyler (1) vs Kyle (9): Skyler has 0 players on Thursday and 1 player in primetime. He has 1 player on bye. Kyle has 2 players on Thursday and 1 player in primetime. This game will determine the king of the court.
Brandon (12) vs Brady (3): Brandon has 1 player on Thursday and 3 players in primetime. He has 2 players on bye. Brady has 1 player on Thursday and 0 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Based on standings, this looks to be the biggest blowout.
Scott (11) vs Trevor (7): Scott has 0 players on Thursday and 2 players in primetime. He has 2 players on bye. Trevor has 1 player on Thursday and 2 players in primetime. He has 1 player on bye. Based on standings, this is 1 of 3 games that could be the weekly nail biter – it could also be the battle of ineptitude based on standings. However, based on projections, this could be the bonanza.
Jordan (10) vs Matt (5): Jordan’s team is a mess thanks to the bye week and injuries. He could have 1 player on Thursday and 1 player in primetime. He has 3 players on bye. He doesn’t currently have a healthy/startable TE/K/DST. Matt has 0 players on Thursday and 4 players in primetime. He has 0 players on bye.
TJ (4) vs Rob (8): TJ has 0 players on Thursday and 1 player in primetime. He has 0 players on bye. Rob has 1 player on Thursday and possibly 2 players in primetime. He has 3 players on bye. Based on standings, this is 1 of 3 games that could be the weekly nail biter.
Tommy (2) vs Tyler (6): Tommy has 1 player on Thursday and 0 players in primetime. He has 3 players on bye. Tyler has 1 player on Thursday and 4 players in primetime. He has 1 player on bye. Based on standings, this looks to be the bonanza. Based on standings, this is 1 of 3 games that could be the weekly nail biter.
The only game with fewer than 3 total players in primetime is Skyler vs Kyle. All the other games look to have 3-5 players (per my estimates), which should make for some fun and late drama.
Good luck to everyone this week but the Green Jacket wearing goon.
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