I thought I had a chance of winning, but it’s not even halftime and you’re already ahead so…
I’ve outscored all but four teams, yet I’m about to be 1-4. Beef has five fewer points and is about to be 5-0. Admittedly, he’ll have about 10 more than me after this week.
Kelce had 4 TDs and Waller was hurt almost immediately. But I’ve never believed in karma, anyway
So this cat fight is fun and feel free to continue, but I would say it’s an understandable mistake for Hamlet to make, his response was rather muted, and it’s really hard for you to try to high road this one by implying you would never be okay with calling a concussion a minor issue while you’re actively cheering a guy breaking his leg.
Edit: An apology would be reasonable there on his part, but you’re slicing things pretty thin when assuming you’re dismissing the importance of concussion if a great insult while otherwise cheering injury that benefits you. Sure, one was focused on real world football/human implications and the other was focused on fantasy, but it’s still celebrating a dude breaking his leg.
You might even say one was a response to the other.
I’ve been very lucky with the head to heads this year obviously but yahoo projects me to miss the playoffs despite the 5-0 start.
I think my team has the chance to get better down the stretch, especially as Dobbins recovers more. It looks like Allen Robinson is washed up and useless, but on the plus side, it turns out Tyler Lockett can still be good with Geno Smith.
Chubb is #1 nfl running back and in general probably the #1 human overall and The True Josh is going to have a 600 yard game this month.
Rhamondre Stevenson put up 160 yards when Harris was out and Harris’ contract is up this season. That’s about as promising as you can get with a NE RB.
This is a big week, and not just because of the (arbitrary) Rivalry Week. Is it possible to have a must-win in week 6 of 14? Down 4 games, I think RNATB actually has to win this week or his season is over. But now that Beef took the scoring lead between the two, RNATB actually has to make up 5 games as it stands. That is on the edge of unreasonable as it is, but losing this week and having to make up 6 with 8 games to go would be just about impossible.
Aside from that, this week represents one of the very few chances Omni has to pick up a win at all. This league has never seen a winless team, nor even a 1-win team. It would be beyond embarrassing to be the worst team in this league’s history by 2 whole games.
For me, I have a big projected lead but it looks much easier than it will actually be. I’ll have 3 starters on bye, and 3 of the remaining starters are nursing injuries. I may be forced to start both Tyreek and Waddle in a game where both are hobbled and the third stringer is starting at QB. If I’m overly aggressive, I can have one single starter with a green matchup this week. Not ideal. After this comes the hardest part of my schedule, too, so a win this week would really help. My next three weeks are against teams with a combined current record of 11-4. It’s 17-8 over the next 5 weeks. That’s the gauntlet for my squad.
Poor RNATB with 703 points against, far and away the most. And then Omni firmly in second with 653. That’s not helping the cause. After that is a pair around 600 (Retro, Ellis), another pair around 575 (Hamlet, Formerly), then dale around 540, Justin at 525. At the bottom is a tight race for fewest, right around 500. (Beef, Gaffer, Peteys.)
SDMB-Dynasty League - Week 5
| Week 5 | Actual | Season | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hamlet +2 | 186.30 | 1. Jules | 736.32 |
| 2. Jules -1 | 166.77 | 2. Peteys | 698.14 |
| 3. Beef +4 | 151.80 | 3. Hamlet +1 | 678.20 |
| 4. Ellis +1 | 142.90 | 4. Ellis -1 | 637.05 |
| 5. Peteys -3 | 136.15 | 5. Beef +1 | 622.03 |
| 6. RNATB +2 | 134.10 | 6. RNATB -1 | 608.80 |
| 7. Retro -3 | 130.05 | 7. Retro | 574.75 |
| 8. dale -2 | 103.95 | 8. dale | 548.10 |
| 9. Justin | 81.40 | 9. Justin | 491.91 |
| 10. Omni +1 | 74.46 | 10. Mundi | 420.40 |
| 11. Mundi -1 | 56.15 | 11. Gaffer | 413.15 |
| 12. Gaffer | 49.20 | 12. Omni | 386.51 |
| Week 5 | Actual | Season | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hamlet +2 | 11-0 | 1. Jules | 48-7 |
| 2. Jules -1 | 10-1 | 2. Peteys | 42-13 |
| 3. Beef +4 | 9-2 | 3. Hamlet +1 | 39-16 |
| 4. Ellis +1 | 8-3 | 4. Ellis -1 | 38-17 |
| 5. Peteys -3 | 7-4 | 5. Beef +1 | 34-21 |
| 6. RNATB +2 | 6-5 | 6. RNATB -1 | 32-23 |
| 7. Retro -3 | 5-6 | 7. Retro +1 | 25-30 |
| 8. dale -2 | 4-7 | 8. dale -1 | 25-30 |
| 9. Justin | 3-8 | 9. Justin +1 | 18-37 |
| 10. Omni +1 | 2-9 | 10. Gaffer -1 | 16-39 |
| 11. Mundi -1 | 1-10 | 11. Mundi | 8-47 |
| 12. Gaffer | 0-11 | 12. Omni | 5-50 |
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| Week 5 | Potential | Season | Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hamlet +2 | 209.20 | 1. Jules | 885.65 |
| 2. Jules -1 | 175.77 | 2. Hamlet +1 | 813.20 |
| 3. Beef +1 | 172.60 | 3. Peteys -1 | 804.36 |
| 4. RNATB +6 | 159.35 | 4. Beef +1 | 767.08 |
| 5. Peteys -3 | 152.05 | 5. Ellis -1 | 744.00 |
| 6. Ellis | 149.30 | 6. Retro | 717.25 |
| 7. dale | 143.35 | 7. RNATB | 708.16 |
| 8. Retro -3 | 140.70 | 8. dale | 676.17 |
| 9. Gaffer +3 | 121.96 | 9. Justin | 642.98 |
| 10. Justin +1 | 118.20 | 10. Gaffer | 640.19 |
| 11. Omni -2 | 109.47 | 11. Omni +1 | 591.81 |
| 12. Mundi -4 | 79.35 | 12. Mundi -1 | 569.80 |
| Week 5 | Potential | Season | Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hamlet +2 | 11-0 | 1. Jules | 50-5 |
| 2. Jules -1 | 10-1 | 2. Peteys | 40-15 |
| 3. Beef +1 | 9-2 | 3. Hamlet +1 | 37-18 |
| 4. RNATB +6 | 8-3 | 4. Beef -1 | 37-18 |
| 5. Peteys -3 | 7-4 | 5. Ellis | 32-23 |
| 6. Ellis | 6-5 | 6. RNATB +2 | 29-26 |
| 7. dale | 5-6 | 7. Retro | 26-29 |
| 8. Retro -3 | 4-7 | 8. Gaffer -2 | 26-29 |
| 9. Gaffer +3 | 3-8 | 9. dale | 19-36 |
| 10. Justin +1 | 2-9 | 10. Justin | 14-41 |
| 11. Omni -2 | 1-10 | 11. Omni | 13-42 |
| 12. Mundi -4 | 0-11 | 12. Mundi | 7-48 |
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| Week 5 | Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ellis +7 | 96% | A | 1. Peteys +1 | 87% | B |
| 2. Jules +1 | 95% | A | 2. RNATB -1 | 86% | B |
| 3. Retro -1 | 92% | A- | 3. Ellis +1 | 86% | B |
| 4. Peteys +1 | 90% | B+ | 4. Hamlet +1 | 83% | B |
| 5. Hamlet +2 | 89% | B+ | 5. Jules +1 | 83% | B |
| 6. Beef +3 | 88% | B+ | 6. Beef +1 | 81% | B- |
| 7. RNATB -6 | 84% | B | 7. dale -4 | 81% | B- |
| 8. dale -2 | 73% | C- | 8. Retro +1 | 80% | B- |
| 9. Mundi +1 | 71% | C- | 9. Justin -1 | 77% | C |
| 10. Justin -6 | 69% | D+ | 10. Mundi | 74% | C |
| 11. Omni | 68% | D+ | 11. Omni +1 | 65% | D |
| 12. Gaffer | 40% | F | 12. Gaffer -1 | 65% | D |
I have not actually looked at this numbers but the league seems much more polarized this year than most.
I agree. At this point in the season it seems rare for even one team to be out of it.
This year we have four.
Doh! Just realized that the “Potential” column headers are causing linefeeds because the header is too long. I thought I had changed it to “Potent” in the program but I guess I did that manually. Gotta try and remember to fix that for next week; hopefully posting this helps me remember.
I was pretty excited to start Eno Benjamin after holding him for two years waiting for him to get his chance. I had other options that were safer, but Eno was defensible enough considering he was facing the worst run defense in the NFL. It turned out fine, whatever, but I forgot how horrific it is to watch Kyler Murray. He’s the most athletically gifted piece of shit QB in history. He has no idea how to sustain drives, his pocket awareness sucks, and he’s such a pain in the ass to root for. He falls in love with every double covered 5’8" receiver he sees as long as they are at least 30 yards down the field.
In other news, I was really excited to steal Tyquan Thornton in the 5th this year. I was pleasantly surprised during the preseason when he showed up more polished than I expected. Obviously he’s a mismatch being 6’2" with sub 4.3 speed, and the hope was that NE would guarantee him a role since he brought something completely different from anyone else on the roster. Not only did he have that role, NE was manufacturing touches for him in ways that offenses do for featured alpha WRs. He got several runs, and multiple red zone targets. I really hope that continues
If we hadn´t just talked about an all time new low score a couple of weeks ago I would’ve guessed Justin’s 47 points might be it. Ouch.
Looks like I’m gonna get my first loss this week unless they, you know, cancel tomorrow’s game due to a Russian nuclear strike or something, which I admit would be problematic in the world but good for my playoff chances.
I think your Yahoo win projection is really conservative. You’re not a favorite or anything, but I would say you have around a 33% chance as a rough estimate? It should be a defensive battle, which could do it for you. Denver’s D has been locking people down, and with no Keenan Allen, it could keep Herbert down enough. And it isn’t like Denver’s offense has done anything all season, so your defense could reasonably triple their projection. That 6 point projection looks ridiculous now that I see it, actually
In my division, it was a perfect storm. Everyone else will be tied at 2-4, and I will be at 6-0 with a 4 game lead with 8 weeks to go. Just hoping for health at this point
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bench situation as dire as dale’s this week. His entire bench, all of it, in totality, combined for a projected score of 3.21 points. They didn’t hit that, of course. So his entire bench, all of it, in totality, combined for 1.8 points. That doesn’t include two players who he was forced to start who also ended up with 0 points.
He still might win
I lost by 9.7 after the Browns defense scored -4 for me. I started them because the projections were as follows:
Browns proj. 10.32 vs Patriots: -4.00
Giants proj. 4.96 vs Ravens: 10.00
Jets proj. 0.67 vs Packers: 24.00
Steelers proj. 0.55 vs Bucs: 6.00
All three defenses on my bench would have won my game for me; starting the Browns was the only way I could lose.
I’m stunned to even have a slim chance, but yeah, this week was brutal. Injuries, byes and suspension hit me about as hard as I’ve ever had in 20 years of playing fantasy football.
I am .06 points ahead of RNATB. This ended up being way closer than expected. Really need an interception here. If they hadn’t got that PI penalty and Denver kept the ball for the rest of the game I would’ve won. Damn.
It’ve been within half a point for like 40 minutes now, it’s tense. Most scenarios from here on out don’t favor me. Need maybe a pick and a FG from the chargers or a pick going the other way maybe.
TEAM OF DESTINY.
I almost have as many points as 2-4 Ellis Dee.