Week 5 Awards
Matt Pileggi
Eddy - No. 2 Crew: We’ve been bridesmaids over the past 3 weeks, but now it’s finally our turn to win the coveted Eddy award. While OBJ actually got his first TD of the season, he managed a pedestrian 11.6 points. Luckily for us, it’s really been the running game that has gotten us out to a solid 5-0 start this season. This week was no different, with David Johnson lighting it up on Thursday Night Football, Demarco Murray continuing to churn out the yards, and a lucky stash of Jordan Howard paying off already. We stacked up 66.5 points from our 3 RBs alone. I’m happy to have a solid team week to week thus far, without much roster juggling needed, and hope that trend will continue the rest of the season.
Wait?! We’re Not Playing Golf - Drew. Drew had a miserable outing this week. Eddie Lacey and Jeremy Hill both laid eggs, before leaving their games late with injuries. The Bengals DST gave him literally nothing, and the rest of the team was not far behind. Unfortunately for Drew, even the return of Tom Brady could not save him (though he totally destroyed the Browns). I feel a bit bad for Drew though. His roster is stuck in that dreaded Fantasy Limbo where he is forced to choose between starting Will Fuller V or Sammie Coates and Jay Ayaji or Matt Asiata. As we all know, it’s the type of choice you rarely ever get right and you often wake up Monday morning regretting them. We’ve all been there Drew, but it goes to show that repeating is difficult even in Fantasy Football!
Quad Balls - Cella. 90.1 - 86.6 This was a matchup that looked better on paper than it ended up being. However, both Matt and Bob underperformed equally and this game ended up a very close one. Ultimately, Cella squeaked out another win by a slim margin of 3.5.
Tough Luck - Jack. 101.8 This award is not given every week but it goes to Jack this time. Not only would he have won all but one other match up this week, he may have even won his own matchup if only he had given up on Denver just a little. If CJ Anderson and Demaryius Thomas had been enough Broncos to satisfy his craving, he may have started Larry Fitzgerald and pulled out the win over Jeff. But, overall, it was a very tight matchup. Big Ben has been crushing it lately, and the rest of his team is not too shabby. A return to dominance from the Carolina DST might be all he needs to secure a few wins in the weeks ahead.
Bottom Feeder - Nobody. I think this might technically go to Cella this week, having won with the lowest score of any winning team. But his was a close game, and he would’ve won in 3 other matchups as well. So I don’t think anyone is actually deserving of the award this week.
Super Sharted - Seth Seth’s 82 points is not a bad showing, but he lost to Kevan’s 99.8. His bench, however, scored 91.2 points. Prescott, Bennett, and a surprising Artis-Payne were among the top performers at their positions for the week while they rode the bench on Seth's team. Swapping Bennett for Rudolph alone would have won him this matchup - but that’s a tough choice to make without the hindsight.
Beat Down - Ron. This was actually a close game for a while. Our projections were not too different by half-time of the 1:00 games, but it was all downhill for Ron from there. While we exceeded our original 122 projection, Ron’s team crumbled. Antonio Brown salvaged a poor start, and we cursed Theo Riddick as he ran all over the the Eagles. But the rest of Ron’s team did not live up to expectations. It might help him to know that he would’ve lost anyway, but it’s never fun to receive the Beat Down.
Poopy Pants - Drew I already voiced my empathy for Drew’s team this season, but I am giving him the Poopy Pants award for a personal reason this time. Drew, you were poised to give Matt his first loss and leave my team as the only only undefeated team in the league. But you blew it! I know it’s not totally your fault, and the final score is not that close. But the original spread was 6.7 points and I was hoping Brady would give you the edge. Alas, the battle of the Matts continues into week 6.
Honorable Mention: Bob, I also considered you for Poopy Pants this week. You decided to start DeAndre Washington, who has a single-digit average this season, instead of Tevin Coleman. Early on it looked like Devonta Freeman was far and away the better keeper pick, but that gap might be closing all of a sudden. I decided you are having a rough enough time of it this year so I just threw it in as an honorable mention instead.
Bob Schopf
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