Post by Cincinnati Bengals (Chris) on Oct 9, 2018 1:51:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the least volatile PRs you’re likely to ever seen in the league, as teams more or less confirmed their standings so far, in Week 5. At the top, and it’s hard to believe I’m saying this, but for the first time in 2018, Cecil did NOT score 200 points in a week. He only scored 163 points, but that was plenty enough for a win and stay undefeated (Which only he, Buffalo, who moves to #2, and Jacksonville who climbs to #3, can say) on top. That’s usually plenty enough points for anyone, except for Minnesota, who has lost two games this year now while scoring at least 165 points in each. This time he fell to Jacksonville, who remains undefeated, after an Alvin Kamara I don’t know what game. Despite his two losses, because he remains fourth in points, and because of the nature of his losses, he stays ahead of Garrett (Whom he has outscored by nearly 100 points), who continues to find ways to win in impressive come-from-behind fashion when it looks like he is dead. But to delve into how peculiar it is that Minnesota IS 3-2: Both Cincinnati and Minnesota (Third and fourth in scoring respectively by an infinitesimal amount of separation) are on pace to best the league record in points by over 1 PPG…and they have lost a combined three games in which their teams scored 165+ (One of Minnesota’s losses was to Cincy, so that makes sense, as does Cincy’s loss to Philly, who is 2nd in scoring and more than 10 PPG over each of those two teams…and for reference, Cecil is nearly 200 points clear of him).
Speaking of Philly, Andrew finishes a strange stretch against the AFC North, dominating an improving Baltimore team by nearly 70, beating his friend and former league champion Garrett by 70+, and logging the second-highest-scoring effort of all time (Oh, and losing his quarterback in the process), signing his backup (Who outperformed the #1 overall pick) and besting Chris by 7 points like nothing had happened, and then losing to a Cleveland team who is also on the rise by nearly…you guessed it, 7 points. But still, this is crazy town, and explains why Philly only falls two spots to #4. Cincy rises one spot to #5. The Chargers and Carolina each climb one spot, in games that weren’t decided until the very end of Sunday and Monday night respectively (And which Carolina would not have won if New England didn’t start a lineup one defender short for whatever reason). Detroit drops three spots to round out the top-10 after running into a Houston team that finally played to its potential—and climbed a spot to #13 because of it. Oakland and the New York Jets ahead of HOU, each climbed a spot as well due to impressive efforts. New Orleans dropped three spots behind them due to points on the season, tied with Detroit for the largest drop this week. Baltimore and Cleveland both climbed a spot with their wins this week (Giving the AFC North four winning teams) to round out the top half.
Tampa drops two spots after their first dud of the season. Indy, still coasting off his Week 1 tour de force, played and beat one of the only two teams he bested in points this week. He rises two spots on what we’ll call a scheduling quirk. Below him is Miami, who joins the top-20 after once again outperforming expectations (He’s a tough out for anyone, so don’t get caught sleeping). Arizona and Atlanta each drop two, and are struggling to find consistency. They’ve both been all over the map and hard to get a read on. Atlanta is the lowest-ranked 3-2 team due to season points. LAR and TEN each climb three spots after impressive wins (Though Tennessee’s win came by virtue of Green Bay starting no FLEX on offense, which gifted him the game). That’s one reason, in addition to season points, that Jaxon’s Packers (Fun to say) stay put below all-but-two one win teams.
Below Dallas, every team except for Washington and Kansas City started AT LEAST ONE inactive player with another active player on their bench who could’ve started instead. Two of them lost games because of it this week, bringing the season total of thrown games to three, and making it the worst such week this year. I wonder why they find themselves at or near the bottom every week? Maybe the answer lies in the fact that outside of Washington, every team below 22 in the PRs has appeared in the Inactives Report this year. Just a helpful suggestion to, you know, try setting your lineup to win at fantasy football.
1. Seattle 5-0 0
2. Buffalo 5-0 +1
3. Jacksonville 5-0 +1
4. Philadelphia 4-1 -2
5. Cincinnati 4-1 +1
6. Minnesota 3-2 -1
7. Pittsburgh 4-1 +1
8. Los Angeles Chargers 4-1 +1
9. Carolina 3-2 +1
10. Detroit 3-2 -3
11. Oakland 3-2 +1
12. New York Jets 3-2 +1
13. Houston 3-2 +1
14. New Orleans 3-2 -3
15. Baltimore 3-2 +1
16. Cleveland 3-2 +1
17. Tampa Bay 2-3 -2
18. Indianapolis 2-3 +2
19. Miami 2-3 +2
20. Arizona 2-3 -2
21. Atlanta 3-2 -2
22. Los Angeles Rams 2-3 +3
23. Tennessee 2-3 +3
24. Dallas 1-4 -2
25. Denver 1-4 -2
26. New York Giants 1-4 -2
27. Green Bay 2-3 0
28. Washington 0-5 0
29. New England 0-5 0
30. Kansas City 1-4 0
31. Chicago 1-4 0
32. San Francisco 0-5 0
Speaking of Philly, Andrew finishes a strange stretch against the AFC North, dominating an improving Baltimore team by nearly 70, beating his friend and former league champion Garrett by 70+, and logging the second-highest-scoring effort of all time (Oh, and losing his quarterback in the process), signing his backup (Who outperformed the #1 overall pick) and besting Chris by 7 points like nothing had happened, and then losing to a Cleveland team who is also on the rise by nearly…you guessed it, 7 points. But still, this is crazy town, and explains why Philly only falls two spots to #4. Cincy rises one spot to #5. The Chargers and Carolina each climb one spot, in games that weren’t decided until the very end of Sunday and Monday night respectively (And which Carolina would not have won if New England didn’t start a lineup one defender short for whatever reason). Detroit drops three spots to round out the top-10 after running into a Houston team that finally played to its potential—and climbed a spot to #13 because of it. Oakland and the New York Jets ahead of HOU, each climbed a spot as well due to impressive efforts. New Orleans dropped three spots behind them due to points on the season, tied with Detroit for the largest drop this week. Baltimore and Cleveland both climbed a spot with their wins this week (Giving the AFC North four winning teams) to round out the top half.
Tampa drops two spots after their first dud of the season. Indy, still coasting off his Week 1 tour de force, played and beat one of the only two teams he bested in points this week. He rises two spots on what we’ll call a scheduling quirk. Below him is Miami, who joins the top-20 after once again outperforming expectations (He’s a tough out for anyone, so don’t get caught sleeping). Arizona and Atlanta each drop two, and are struggling to find consistency. They’ve both been all over the map and hard to get a read on. Atlanta is the lowest-ranked 3-2 team due to season points. LAR and TEN each climb three spots after impressive wins (Though Tennessee’s win came by virtue of Green Bay starting no FLEX on offense, which gifted him the game). That’s one reason, in addition to season points, that Jaxon’s Packers (Fun to say) stay put below all-but-two one win teams.
Below Dallas, every team except for Washington and Kansas City started AT LEAST ONE inactive player with another active player on their bench who could’ve started instead. Two of them lost games because of it this week, bringing the season total of thrown games to three, and making it the worst such week this year. I wonder why they find themselves at or near the bottom every week? Maybe the answer lies in the fact that outside of Washington, every team below 22 in the PRs has appeared in the Inactives Report this year. Just a helpful suggestion to, you know, try setting your lineup to win at fantasy football.
1. Seattle 5-0 0
2. Buffalo 5-0 +1
3. Jacksonville 5-0 +1
4. Philadelphia 4-1 -2
5. Cincinnati 4-1 +1
6. Minnesota 3-2 -1
7. Pittsburgh 4-1 +1
8. Los Angeles Chargers 4-1 +1
9. Carolina 3-2 +1
10. Detroit 3-2 -3
11. Oakland 3-2 +1
12. New York Jets 3-2 +1
13. Houston 3-2 +1
14. New Orleans 3-2 -3
15. Baltimore 3-2 +1
16. Cleveland 3-2 +1
17. Tampa Bay 2-3 -2
18. Indianapolis 2-3 +2
19. Miami 2-3 +2
20. Arizona 2-3 -2
21. Atlanta 3-2 -2
22. Los Angeles Rams 2-3 +3
23. Tennessee 2-3 +3
24. Dallas 1-4 -2
25. Denver 1-4 -2
26. New York Giants 1-4 -2
27. Green Bay 2-3 0
28. Washington 0-5 0
29. New England 0-5 0
30. Kansas City 1-4 0
31. Chicago 1-4 0
32. San Francisco 0-5 0