Week 5 Wrap-Up

Hey everybody.

Working on a pretty fun article right now. Hoping to have it posted tonight.

Wanted to spread the word that I handed Jordan his ass this week in our matchup, 118-79. Also maintaining a 5-0 record in another league and am now tied for 3rd in the Expert League with other Fantasy Football bloggers. Props to My Fantasy League and Roto Experts in the #1 and #2 spots.

Just wanted to get this post out there and hear from you guys about how your teams performed.

What worked? What didn't work? What players are you looking to pick up?

Week 5 Fantasy Football Showdown: Andrew vs. Jordan

Ali vs. Frazier. Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins. Batman vs. the Joker. Coke vs. Pepsi. Hamilton vs. Burr. And now… Andrew vs. Jordan.

For weeks, the world of sports has been counting down to this most epic rivalry. Who will emerge from the chaos as champion and who will pout for the remainder of the week?

The league: Iupati Like It’s Your Birthday. The opponents: Sweet Sweet Cundifflingus and Tootsie Sproles. The rules are simple: Standard, non-PPR league. 1 point per 25 passing yards, 10 receiving yards or 10 rushing yards. 6 points per touchdown, 4 per passing touchdown.

Jordan's Team (Sweet Sweet Cundifflingus)		Andrew's Team (Tootsie Sproles)
Record: 4-0 /// Total Points: 503		Record: 3-1 /// Total Points: 389
Cam Newton (NO)	QB	Philip Rivers (@DEN)
LeGarrette Blount (@SF)	RB	Arian Foster (OAK)
Isaac Redman (TEN)	RB	Beanie Wells (@MIN)
Jonathan Stewart (NO)	RB/WR	Steve Smith (NO)
Roddy White (GB)	WR	Hakeem Nicks (SEA)
Wes Welker (NYJ)	WR	A.J. Green (@JAX)
Rob Gronkowski (NYJ)	WR/TE	Nate Washington (@PIT)
Jimmy Graham (@CAR)	TE	Jared Cook (@PIT)
Jason Hanson (CHI)	K	David Akers (TB)
Tennessee Titans (@PIT)	DEF	Cincinnati Bengals (@JAX)

You tell us:

• Who will win the battle?
• Why will they prevail?
• What shall be the fate of the loser?

UPDATE: Andrew molested me. Bad. I knew he would, in truth, but I didn't know it would hurt this much. ~ Jordan

Humbling Losses: You and I Can Overcome This

I will come out and say it. This week I suffered the biggest loss of my fantasy football career. But let this post be a lesson to you. That you can rise from an abysmal week. One loss, no matter the margin, is no reason to find your season as a total loss. It is still early in this game. Just like the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2 or the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1, every team, even fantasy, has an off week.

I went into Week 3 in my league projected by ESPN to win by 10 points. I was solid with my starters and thought that I would breeze through another week. Let’s take a look at how things turned out:

QB: Philip Rivers, 6 fantasy points
RB: DeAngelo Williams, 2 fantasy points
RB: Montario Hardesty, 7 fantasy points
RB/WR: Steve Smith, 1 fantasy point
WR: Hakeem Nicks, 2 fantasy points
WR: AJ Green, 2 fantasy points
WR/TE: Kenny Britt, -1 fantasy point
TE: Evan Moore, 1 fantasy point
 DEF: Tennessee Titans, 8 fantasy points
K: Mason Crosby, 9 fantasy points

“Iupati like it’s Your Birthday” League Fantasy Football Draft Results

UPDATED! I accidentally got Jordan's team entirely wrong. Phew. I fixed it though. Its much more embarrasing for him now.

Finished this draft about a week ago and wanted to let everyone know how it turned out. If you’ve been reading through the posts, this is the draft where Jordan drunkenly drafted three… THREE… tight ends. You would think that he take the advice of his own fantasy website, but no.

Below are the results for my team, Jordan’s team, and Gurgs’s team. I personally think that Gurgs had the best draft in the league. Let me know what you think in the comments.

My Team- Tootsie Sproles (Second overall pick)

QB- Philip Rivers

RB- DeAngelo Williams

RB- Beanie Wells

RB/WR- Kenny Britt

WR- Hakeem Nicks

WR- Mike Williams

WR/TE- Malcolm Floyd

TE- Jared Cook

DEF- Atlanta

K- Mason Crosby

Bench spots- Arian Foster, AJ Green, Zach Miller, Steve Smith (CAR), Antonio Brown, DeMarco Murray, Steve Breaston

Jordan’s Team-Sweet, Sweet Cundifflingus (10th overall pick)

QB- Tony Romo
RB- LaGarrette Blount
RB- Tim Hightower
RB/WR- Wes Welker
WR- Andre Johnson
WR- Roddy White
WR/TE- Jimmy Graham
TE- Jason Witten
DEF- New England
K- David Akers

Bench spots- Jonathan Stewart, Rob Gronkowski, Brandon Jacobs, Lance Moore, Hines Ward, I. Redman, Marion Barber

 

Gurgs’s Team- Orton Hears a Who (4th overall pick)

QB- Matthew Stafford

RB- Ray Rice

RB- Frank Gore

WR/RB- Jahvid Best

WR- Vincent Jackson

WR- Miles Austin

WR/TE- Austin Collie

TE- Jermichael Finley

DEF- San Diego

K- Sebastian Janikowski

Bench spots- Mark Ingram, Mike Tolbert, Mike Thomas, Michael Bush, Jerome Harrison, Jerome Simpson, Chris Cooley

So, those are the teams. The draft was before Foster’s injury and before CJ ended his holdout, so I’m left without my first pick for week 1. As I said, I believe that Gurgs had the best draft in the league, but her team is one of the most fragile fantasy teams I’ve ever seen put together in my life. Stafford, Gore, Best, Jackson, Collie, Finley all missed time last year and Austin is nursing a hamstring right now.