FlyingElvis
won for the first time since week #10 last year and jumped back in the
thick of the race, only 2 rank-points from first place. This win
was particularly impressive given that QB Carr was injured and Cousins
was on bye. Starter T Taylor did not get the job done in Cincy
and only scored 8.75 pts. Also college starter Nick Fitzgerald
was on bye which was a drag for FE. FE pulled off the win with
WRs and defense. AJ Green scored a long TD against the tough
Bills defense and finished the game with 21.25 pts. Hopkins did
even better on SNF with 23.5 pts, catching only 4 passes but 3 of them
were TDs in garbage time. However the main highlight was the
strength of the defense. Bosa sacked E Manning twice and forced
one fumble. Telvin Smith and Barry Church each scored a TD on the
Jaguars defense. Just imagine if FE had started the Jags defense,
then those TDs would have counted as 4 for FE, but unfortunately the
Jags were
benched in favor of the Raiders which was a bad move (25.5 pts for Jax
vs 0.5 pt for Oak) but had no consequence for the rankings this
week.
The BeaudoinBrothers finished second for the third straight week and
have now moved to the top of the standings without a single win.
The Bros finished less than 2 pts behind FE in a close race, with much
of their scoring being in garbage time on SNF similar to FE. D
Watson threw for 4 TD passes in the last 18 minutes of the game and 5
TDs in total. We have to give him credit for taking what the
Chiefs defense gave him late in the game, but given how he could not
move the offense in the first half, his performace comes with question
marks. That does not change the fact that he finished the game
with a stunning 44 pts against a good defense. At the very least
he avoided turnovers and he even made a bone crushing tackle to save a
TD after a fumble by his RB. After 5 weeks not only has he taken
over K Hunt (Adm) as the top rookie despite not being the starter in
week #1, but also he how leads all players in the PQBFL at all
positions, ahead of T Brady. Numbers do not lie. Beaud
missed out on first place because kicker Bryant and the Broncos defense were
on bye and backups Crosby (-2 pts) and the Cards (-2 pts) did worse
than the counterparts who were not playing at all.
OldNo7 finished a respectable 3rd and moved closer to first place due
to Adm's woes. However it will be difficult for Old to stay in the race
without a viable rookie now that D Cook is out for the year.
Backup Engram got the goose egg this week and on the bench J Peppers
only scored 2 pts. Old was without a kicker this week like many
other teams but for Old it was due to Janikowski's injury. Old
was able to get decent scoring on the board thanks to Newton's 3 TD and
350+ passing yard win in Detroit, and with M Gordon's 2 TDs on top of
160+ yds from scrimmage against the Giants. Kelce also had a big
first half with 8-98 before getting his bell rung and a
concussion. On defense, Old started injured O Vernon so Old
should consider themselves lucky to escape with 3rd place despite three
players in the starting lineup getting a zero.
WaxOnWaxOff finished in the middle of a tight pack from 3rd to 5th,
just behind Old and a bit in front of Dec. Wax has not been able
to maximize performance this year and are in 5th place in the standings
despite scoring a total of 696 pts which is very close to league
leading Beaud at 711 total points. This means Wax remains a team
to watch and is also indicated by strength of starters 3rd in the
league, a hair behind Adm and very close to Beaud too. Starting
the right QB has been a welcome change recently as Wax did it again
this week with Stafford scoring 15.5 pts against Carolina.
However it should be noted that before his 2 TDs in the last 5 minutes
of the game, Stafford was not doing anything at all. Wax benched
R Wilson which was a good call because Wilson only scored a short TD
against the Rams. And benching Roeth despite Big Ben playing at
home saved a big headache of -4.75 pts with Roeth throwing 5 INTs and
no TD
The Decepticons' disappointing season continues with 5th place this
week and the team being left in the dust behind the close pack in the
standings Beaud-Adm-FE-Old-Wax. It might very well be between Dec
and Bas for last place unless something changes. And to make
matters worse,
JJ Watt got hurt and he is now out for the year. Watt was
taken in the 5th round so no help is on the way for Dec because Watt is
not even eligible for the injured player rule. The season is
going to the crapper already and Dec might start thinking about next
year, being already 10 rank-points behind first place and having so
many other teams to overcome. Dec did not necessarily expect a
great week due to not having a kicker and because both Ju Jones and M
Thomas were on bye. TY Hilton was fine as a backup with 15.75 pts
but Parker was not with only 1.25 pt. A Rodgers did the job once
again with 27.75 pts but it's simply not enough particularly with holes
at RB where D Murray was held to 2.25 pts and L Miller 7.25 pts.
The Admirals have been knocked off their pedestal and things are going
downhill fast after a fast three-week start. Adm had built an
impressive lead in first place but it all vanished in the matter of two
weeks only. ODB was team leader this week with 18.25 pts but that
was the
last time that he had the opportunity to score anything at all, due to
his season ending injury. This is a massive blow for Adm.
As if it
could not get any worse, Gurley showed that he won't be able to sustain
his early season success now that he is entering a phase of the
schedule where he is playing tough defenses. He could not do
better than 50 yards from scrimmage against the Hawks defense.
Fellow RB Hyde had also been a pleasant surprise but this week he was
benched in the second half of the 49ers game despite being
healthy. He finished with only 2.5 pts and one of those points
was a recovery of Hoyer's fumble. He was completely outrushed
10-49 to 8-11 by his teammate M Breida.
The GloriousBastards were in position to finish 4th before MNF but S
Diggs' stinker of 1 reception for 4 yards sunk the team to last place
this week and back to last place in the standings. Bas still lead
the league in injury points and cannot wait for Luck to come back to
health. Dalton scored 12.75 pts which was not a disaster but he
is simply not starter material, ranking 18th best QB. E Elliott
showed some signs of life with 11 pts but could not score.
Nevertheless he has been climbing the RB ranks slowly, now up to 4th
best. At WR, Bas benched D Adams which seemed like a wise move
after Adams got smashed in the head by Trevathan a few days earlier. But Adams
proved to be a tough guy and came right back with 7 receptions and 2
TDs. Benching Adams was costly because not only starter Diggs
stunk, but also Cooks did not do all that much with only 9.25
pts. Like so many other teams, Bas was without a kicker this week
which did not help, and the Giants defense continues to suck, even at
home against a previously winless team. They only scored 3 pts
against the Chargers.
