It is 10:25PM on Thursday night as I type the first words of this weeks post… I have worked something close to 60 hours already this week. What was once a fun activity has become a true punishment. It’s my own fault for coming out of the gate too hot, just like Jon D did. There is nothing to be done now but open another beer and tear through this weeks rankings.
#1: Drop your Mike’s (4-2)
Another W, that’s 3 in a row. With K&D starting Wentz, DYM moves into #1 in points scored and holds onto the top spot this week. The team managed to put up 111 points this week, with less than 10 from the WRs… who are just way better than that. I don’t have much to complain about as I look at this team (and trust me, I don’t want to admit that about a Jeremy Wearn roster). For lack of anything else to point out, Tom Brady is QB 14 and acting crazy enough that maybe AB did sleep with Giselle? Hard to know, but I do wonder.
#2: Kupp and Down (5-1)
5 Wins in a row! I guess you do have to have a doctoral degree to get to the top of this league. The commish jumps back up the #2 spot he was originally slated for last week despite continued questionable decision making. What will it take to stick with Amari Cooper? Cooper is up to WR11 in this years league! How does WR11 not crack the starting line up of team starting 3 of them! Commish continues to leave points on the table, but it doesn’t matter. Kupp is #2 in points scored and 5-1 in the league with a strong chance to make the playoffs. The CMC trade does make me question if Mitchell is off track for a healthy return this season, and either way it diminishes his value, but the WR’s on this team are just too strong to ignore in a pass catcher’s league.
#3 Jonathon’s Legends (4-2)
Legends squeaked by in a close one against a Nasty Nick team that (SPOILER ALERT) we all already know I’m putting at #12 this week. However, the news on JT seems to be better than initially feared, as he held himself out for precaution last week. If St Brown can return to the early season killer he was, this team will continue to present a challenge every week. While I used to see this team as a high flying atomic bomb, the fact that they’ve averaged 85 points the last 3 weeks has me a bit concerned.
#4: The Van Buren Boys (5-1)
Another week, and another opponent scoring in the 70s… TVBB opponents are averaging 85 points a week, even my team could be .500 against that type of competition. RB is becoming a bit of concern on the roster, as CLE might be parking Hunt in a true backup roll where he belongs (#ChubbForever) and there are absolutely no alternatives on the bench. The time might be ripe to propose a trade with the boys.
#5 Low Tee (3-3)
Our other 3 win streak team, while the jury is still out on the Montgomery trade(s), the Kamara one seems more clear. The Saints won’t let AK into the end zone and he still is putting up points. This team has a ton of options and Jamison keeps making smart sit/start decisions. This is another team with a lot of depth that might consider putting together two or 3 solid players for another roster Rockstar. Rumor has it that the General Manager of 3&Outs made an illegal campus visit recently, so let’s keep our eye out for fishy activity.
#6 So Sticky it Hurts (3-3)
I hope this team has some sticky left, because the wheels are falling off and it’s going to be tough to reattach them. Aaron Jones and CEH are both still top 12 running backs, but not in the month of October. Both RB’s touches are down, and Green Bay is starting to look like a mess. Hollywood Brown would seem to be out for the season, and after seeing every ball tonight go to Hopkins, I’m not sure it would matter if he came back anyways. Scoones matches up against Gano this week, who simply can’t buy a break, so a bounceback (at least in the W column) seems likely.
#7: Okwuegbunam Lowes (3-3)
You should have traded me Sutton when I tried to overpay for him Blowes. As mentioned previously, its still unclear who won the Montgomery trade (yes I know he was flipped again to Jack this week), but it certainly hasn’t been the debacle that Byron tried to make it out to be (God the Bears suck). Hopkins is a welcome addition to this team, and based on tonight’s usage rate he should see roughly 80 targets a game, which should help. But despite that injection of life, this team is walking a thin line. Gordon III is an unhappy camper who might not Hackett in Denver, and Keenan Allen is always 1 snap away from another 6 week injury.
#8 I Don’t Gano what I’m doing (2-4)
Another solid showing from Gano and another L… Scored more than 8 other teams last week and was not rewarded. Fantasy football is a cruel cruel sport. Plus, I asked Sean, and not one of you so called “friends” sent him the pizza I requested in last weeks post, for shame! Sean has 5 starters on bye this week, and needs to do some serious free agent scrounging between now and Sunday morning. This might be what we call a schedule loss, and the team can’t really afford that right now.
#9: The Three and Outs (2-4)
DID YOU GUYS HEAR, the Stanford Prodigal Son returns to the Bay! CMC likely doesn’t play Sunday, and that poses a short term problem for the World’s Greatest Seahawks fan. But In the long term that can only be seen as a win. Jack took it in the shorts last week, and is 2-4, but the committee has a new mantra: We only look forward! And going forward this squad looks like a monster with plenty of time to make up ground for the playoffs.
#10: Drank with Power (1-5)
OH BABY, A Win feels so good. Fantasy is the greatest and the worst all at once. Despite being 1-5 with little reason for optimism, I am invigorated tonight! If somehow, someway this team stormed back and snuck into the playoffs it might be the greatest accomplishment of my life (Sorry to Luke, Cooper, and Ashley). I also snagged Foreman from free agency 3 minutes after the CMC news broke (Matthew Berry said he was the guy to grab) and Murray from waivers on Weds morning, we’ll see how that shakes out. In other news, did I mention that I beat Byron last week? Because if I didn’t, you all should know that I beat Byron last week.
#11: Can we Re-Draft (3-3)
Is this too low? OF COURSE IT IS! But there is a 5 spot penalty for losing to the Appalachian St. of our fantasy football league. I spent like 15 minutes just now trying to figure out to imbed a screen shot of the $20 venmo Byron sent me with the caption “I hate you”. But alas, I’m a numbers guy and overpaying for a wordpress site where I ramble incoherently late on Thursday nights is the extent of my technological prowess. So I’ll just send you all a screen shot to the group chat in the morning. Right here is where I should write something that has anything to do with Byron’s actual team, but instead I’m just going to update the lifetime record of Chris vs Byron in the Go-Ducks-Go League: Its 7-3 bitch.
#12 Nasty Nick (1-5)
“Most of his players have very favorable matchups this week, producing an estimated points total that this ranker thinks is likely too high.” – Power Ranker Week 6. That’s right, I’m quoting myself to start this squad’s writeup. 5 L’s in a row for Nasty Nick, and a squad who continues to produce ESPN point projections that truly baffle me. That combined with the fact that he’s facing the team about to pull off the turn around of the Millennium has Nasty cemented firmly at the bottom of the league.
PICKS OF THE WEEK (brought to you by Cost Less Auto Parts)
Lock of the Week (3-0): Commish over TVBB
Upset of the Week (1-2): Low Tee over Drop your Mike’s
NFL Spread (1-2): WAS +4.5 over GB
It is 12:38AM… Until next week folks
Go Ducks Go Power Rankings 
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