Week 6 Recap

Just when you thought it was done and dusted - we got some big surprises. We had some teams that sleepwalked their way through the week, while some others rose from the dead and the standings and the Power Rankings got a BIG shakeup.

Standings

Let’s address the elephant in the room. Samantha is CRUISING right now. 5-game win streak, least-points against, top overall team. Thank you CMC

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Meanwhile, Ryan has pulled ANOTHER garbage time touchdown, this time against Shannon. That makes 2 in the last month - or 40% of his record. Wins are wins…but his team seems a bit…

For the record, Ryan sent me this

Meanwhile, we should talk about Tuesday. This was less a zombie game as much as it was an full-on Team of the Week, System of a Down-style performance.

Not only did she roster a full team (nice), she got a full 1st round performance out of McConkey, who couldn’t catch a stuffed fish at Pike Place until this week. Achane? 35 points. Dak? 22 points. Matthew Golden (who?) 13.7 points with no TDs. The reliable duo of Puka and Davante’s Taco Bell? Missing in action (later found in the injury tent).

Result? Big W against Megan and is now in 3rd place while being 7th in points scored. Tuesday and Sam are 1 and 2 in Points Against, and with the remaining schedules it kinda feels like a playoff preview.

And what’s that over there? Another zombie team?

Oh sorry - that was just some sleepwalking after hitting the slopes.

In other zombie Duck news, JB got the W over Blythe. This one went down to the wire. Looking at the rosters this could have gone so many different ways - JB could have subbed out Justin “I’m holding Madison Beer’s hand” Herbert for Jaxson “I can’t spell USC anymore” Dart and had a blowout. Or Blythe could have rolled with the Bucs over the Titans and stole a W.

Big day from the bottom of the standings.

Speaking of the bottom of the standings, the Mildly Exciting Whites had quite a battle with Lamar Whatever Whatever Whatever. This one was had a bit more of a yoyo-quality to it. I jumped out to an early lead - but Jon pulled out the pro move and sent an early congratulations around the 1:00pm kickoff. As Erik will tell you, that’s a GUARANTEED way to flip the trend on the outcome.

And it almost worked. Going into MNF we were projected less than 10 apart and until the 4th quarter it was less than a TD of separation. Jayden Daniels pulled off some fireworks at the end to hand Jon the L…but that was definitely too close.

And now…for the new entrants to CLUB 99

Morgan: Coming off a HUGE win the week before and Erik reeling from losing to me - CLASSIC trap game. What’s the lesson here? PLAY BAKER MAYFIELD. Josh Allen might be #2 in points scored, but Baker has more TDs, fewer interceptions, and is averaging just about the same fantasy points per game.

Erik: Malik Washington was your entire team this week. This is a dude who CHOSE to play football at Northwestern and then CHOSE to play at Virginia. Your record reflects these choices.

Megan: Yeesh - what a week to drop a clunker. It did not start well when the Giants torched the Eagles and with the exception of Josh Jacobs, it didn’t get better. Kinda like the Cranberries (sticking with the zombie theme here).

The rest of Club 99 were regulars, but don’t worry Julian, you would have beat Megan this week, so that’s something.

Looking across the League, the only real intriguing Bench action was between Shannon and Ryan. This was a game where all the chips were on the table because literally everyone was hurt, on a BYE, or playing for the Cardinals…who have some locker room issues

To Shannon and Ryan I award 5 poker chips, redeemable only at Angel of the Winds.

Manager Stats

On interesting nerd note is that the Stomp Rate (how well a team does against the entire league each week) started out with a pretty wide distribution and is slowly converging. Don’t get me wrong, Julian and I still barely have a pulse, but we’re seeing a bit of a squeeze where even the top teams aren’t dominating week-to-week. I have no idea what that means other there really isn’t a dominant team week-to-week.

Schedule Notes

Heads up: Week 8 there are 6 teams on a BYE. Stock up now.