!!CONGRATULATIONS TIU ON GETTING HIGH SCORE FOR WEEK FIVE!!
MANTLE OF MAGNIFICENCE
And now, we only have one undefeated team in DFFL after 5 weeks - NUT (5-0). DFFL production was at its highest point total this week and while we had two close games winners put points on the board.. We have two 4-1 teams and a first time winner added to the Wk 5 MoM this week...Congratulations!
(TIU(4-1) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤺), (CAB(4-1)⭐), (UGG(2-3) ⭐), (NUT(5-0)⭐⭐⭐🏈🤺), (MTT(1-4) ), and (KED(2-3) 🏈 ) in order of points scored.
CELLAR OF SHAME
Only one team remains in the CoS who has never had a winning week. Indeed the eyes of that team - JWW (0-5) - have begun to close; no longer capable of detecting the rays of winning glory. Far gone is that week in January where they celebrated their first DFFL championship. However, after selling one's soul to the devil - Patrick Mahomes - one shouldn't expect to see much light. The CoS welcomes a newcomer to this dark, dank place, newly shat upon PTS (4-1). Come in, the cold disgusting gruel JWW scrounged up in your diet for the next few days..Muhahaha..
(DMM (2-3) ⭐🏈), (TMW (3-2)⭐⭐⭐⭐🏈🤺), (PTS (4-1)⭐⭐), (RAF(1-4) 🏈), (JWW (0-5) ⭐⭐🤺), and (DNF(2-3) ⭐⭐🤺) in order of losing points scored.
(KEY: 🤺-Top 5 Defense/ST, 🏈-Top 5 Kicker, ⭐-Top 5 Player Q/R/W/T)
DFFL WEEKLY PRODUCTION NOTES
TOP 5 Notes:
Ø Most of the Top 5 Players (17) were on losing teams this week. 13 belonged with winners.
Ø MTT is only team without a Top 5er.
Ø CAB is 4-1 with only 1 Top 5er; JWW is 0-5 with 3 Top 5er.
DFFL Production:
DFFL scored 1719.48 in Week 5.
Wk1-1493.7; Wk2-1558.98, Wk3-1526.44, Wk4-1676.94, Wk5-1719.48
Meeting Expectations:
5 of 12 teams met or exceeded production expectations (CAB, MTT, DMM, UGG, TIU).
TIU has gone over projected team score a 4th week in a row.
TIU Week 5 score blew past projected production by 17%. A DFFL best in 2023.
Failing Expectations:
2 teams fell 30% or more below projected points in Week 5. JWW was at 30% under, and DNF had DFFL's 2nd worst performance, coming in at 62% below projections!
Week 1 MTT retains the worst performance at 65%.
Benched Diamonds - Wasted Production:
Highest Bencher QB – TMW's Brock Purdy (38.1)
Highest Bencher RB - TIU's Zack Moss (38.5)
Highest Bencher WR – DMM’s Curtis Samuel (17.5)
Highest Bencher TE – TIU's Logan Thomas (21.2)
Highest Bencher K – TMW’s Nick Folk and NUT's Evan McPherson (12)
Highest Bencher DEF – DNF's New Orleans Saints (24)
DFFL Platinum Performers
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The Life's (UGG) Ja'Mar Chase (WR) - 55.7. *CMC's 56.2 is Season High
The Bart's (CAB) Justin Fields (QB) - 49.5
The Toe's (TIU) DJ Moore (WR) - 48
The Nut's (NUT) Travis Etienne - 42.4
The Millionaire's (DMM) Jalen Hurts - 42.3
DFFL WEEK 5 AWARDS
Tyson Award. Nite, Nite! Thleep Tight!
- MTT (1) brought his A-game into the ring against DNF this week with a number of 20+ point players, and a TE (Goedert) who brought in a whopping 26 points - 2nd only to Kittle in Week 5. While MTT only managed ~149 points (2nd lowest winning score in Wk5), he managed to knock out DNF by a season record 80.3 points! MTT kept trust in Jordan Addison who after bringing in a goose egg last week, managed to beat expectations this week with an 18 point day. Honorable mention goes to CAB and his victory over JWW by almost 74 points - second highest blowout of the season!
2023: RAF (1), TMW (1), PTS (2), MTT (1)
Historical: JWW 139.88
Maguire Award. Show me the Money!
- TIU (2) wins his second Maguire of the year this week beating TMW and getting 17% over projection from his starting lineup - 189.16. The Toe's DJ Moore - in Chicago from Caroline - had his best fantasy day ever - 48 points! Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs waited until the 4th Quarter in their game to light up the points, earning 38 and 24, respectively. Had TIU resolved that Zach Moss was going to be THE GUY to run JT's first week back in uniform, he might have started him and achieved a 200+ point win. Zach Moss is a baller! He beat Josh Allen (QB) score with 38.5 points.
2023: TMW (2), PTS (1), TIU (2)
Historical: DNF 246.5
Cliffhanger Award. By the skin of your teeth and newly discovered hair loss!
- NUT (3) nervously chewed finger nails and pulled out more than a few hairs from his melon tonight as he was able to eek out a 2 point win against DMM with a score of 171.26 to 169.42. While NUT started almost everyone he should have in this game, he was also bolstered by an anomalous point explosion out of Travis Etienne in London - 42.4 points! Etienne had been trending quite poorly as they might say in England...that is until he decided to show the Bills Defense a thing or two. NUT did leave some points on the Bench, but with the depth he has points are going to continue to remain off the score. This is NUT's 3rd Cliffhanger, highlighting the tough competition he's been up against week-to-week. Honorable mention goes to KED who beat RAF by 3.16 points. This may be the first time two DFFL matchups were so dangerously close to a tie in one week.
2023: UGG (1), DNF (1), NUT (3)
Historical: “The Tie”’19 (CAB vs RAF); “Halloween Howler.84”’22 (TMW vs NUT)
Meme Award. When your best isn’t good enough, but makes for great jokes!
- DNF (1) gets a Meme this week and makes DNF franchise history with his worst point performance ever in a DFFL matchup - even beating last year's 80 point showing in the DFFL BOWL V game. Bringing in a measly 68.58 points this week, the Fan'Tasty probably wants to forget this week. Unfortunately for DNF, as a result of being a Top Tier scorer since the league's inception it will likely not be forgotten or unmentioned by the many teams who have suffered through the bragging of a very proud - almost cocky - franchise. The sad truth is that every player, starter and bench, for DNF this week decided to take a point vacation - truly a perfect storm of bad matchups, lacking depth, and injury. Most frustrating was the injury to his $100+million player, Justin Jefferson (6.3). This one truly hurts DNF, and we all hope JJ is not off the field long.
2023: MTT (1), RAF (2), UGG (1), DNF (1)
Historical: MTT 55.82 (Wk1/2023), OIE (MTT) 66.04.
Shamrock Award. I found me 4-leaf clover, and though small, I be a winner!
- KED (1) managed a pathetic 113.84 points this week from his lineup of misfits, proving to be just enough to win a game in Week 5 and earning his first Shamrock of the year. KED truly jas had a tough season putting together some strong production in games that he ultimately lost. I believe the Fantasy Gods took pity this week with his team mostly on BYE. Enlisting his bench players, dome of whom he had hired from the cast of little people who didn't make the cut in a remake of the Wizard of Oz, he patched together just enough talent to stave off the hapless and truly amateur-hour RAF team. KED went to work in Week 5, trading for the #2 WR Josh Reynolds (18+) in Detroit in a week where the #1 was OUT. The victory was sealed when San Francisco and TE George Kittle went up against a Dallas, Texas, high school team that Jerry Jones decided should play in the Cowboys stead. Go figure. Well, the Kittle season started in the 1st Quarter and didn't let up all game. He had the best performance (26.2) since 2022 Week 16 vs. Washington (30). You see, it appears that Kittle likes to play against NFC East teams.
2023: UGG (1), PTS (1), CAB (2), KED (1)
Historical: CAB 102.7
TY-SHAM: PTSvsRAF(wk2 138.02).
Red Shirt Award. Starfleet security officer taking one for CAPT Kirk.
- DMM (2) gets his 2nd Red Shirt Award of the season in Week 5. DMM saw NUT's 40 burger in Etienne and raised a 40 burger in Hurts. But this proved simply not enough going into a close game on MNF. Indeed for the first time in a while CAPT Kirk (NUT) was actually worried that this cocky Red Shirt (DMM) who eagerly and cunningly whooped up on some Planet Vegas Packer Whackers, could escape before him. DMM might actually be able to outrun him when the fierce - yet handsome looking - Garoppolo started roaring and launching large boulders in their direction as he got closer to their location. However, the Jakobi Wan Devante with which DMM had engaged Garoppolo proved incapable in warding off DMM defeat. Sadly, as NUT climbed aboard the lander, and soared into the night air, nothing much was left of the valiant DMM down below. "Whew", NUT sighed. "That was close! I'll be sure to hang that red shirt for DMM once I've cleaned my shorts."
2023: KED (2), TMW (1), DMM (2)
Historical: NUT 205.10 (Halloween Howler, Oct22)
Mojo Award. “Yeah, Baby!” Best pickup or start/sit decisions.
- NUT (2) gets his second Mojo Award this week for keeping faith in the poorly performing Travis Etienne as a FLEX on a Sunday morning in London. Etienne had his best game ever on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills in London, earning 42.4 points! Now, you could say, cmon man! anyone woulda started Etienne! While this is true for most of us, NUT had options - potentially better options. Particularly when you consider that just the previous week in London, Etienne only achieved 12 points. One might expect a similar performance only a few days later? Additionally, NUT left Hollywood Brown on the Bench, who one might argue would have been a better FLEX than Etienne given Arizona's recent good fortunes in the passing game. In truth, this is always the toughest award to decide. Even with caveats that the Mojo can only go to a winning team, each week DFFL owners make solid sit/start decisions that make it difficult to select just one award. Having said this, honorable mention goes to UGG for staying with Ja'Marr Chase (55.7) despite a number of terrible Cincy offense performances. UGG recognized that Cincy could get right in the Arizona desert against a team Steve loves to hate. UGG really didn't have much choice, and that is why an honorable mention he gets - along with CAB and TIU for their starting lineup good fortunes.
2023: TMW (1), TIU (1), CAB (1), NUT (2)
Historical: EJT (KAK) 58.25 “FitzMagic”
Noonan Award. “Best Ball Award”...na-na-na-na-naaaa!.
DMM (1) earns a Noonan Award in Week 5 for what might have been had he used some of the point power he had on the Bench in his lineup. Find you someone who loves you the way DMM loves Jerry Jeudy week to week. DMM looked at the Broncos-Jets game and said, "The hell with Sauce! In Russ and Jeudy I trust!" Cue the eye rolls. Meanwhile, on his bench dudes like Curtis Samuel (17.5) and that RB who everyone is saying is better than Najee Harris Jalen Warren (14.4) sat ready to avail their talents to The Millionaire. But anyway, this was such a close score, and DMM could have pulled this out with just one more catch by Devante Adams (9.5). Too bad we can't have do-overs. But would we make the necessary changes if we did? Maybe not. DMM loves him some Jeudy!
2023: MTT (1), JWW (2), TMW (1), DMM (1)
Deck Chairs Award. First Class or Steerage? All equally suck on Titanic!
- RAF (2) gets yet another Deck Chairs award for thinking he made a steal on waivers with Calvin Austin III. RAF slyly paid a dollar for the goober and slinked off to his junk in the harbor...literally and figuratively, junk. RAF added Calvin Austin to this WR core. So confident in this "jewell" that he placed him in the coveted WR2 slot. RAF then prepared to sail his junk through the fair and following seas of KED Harbor, which had been subdued following a BYE hurricane a couple days before. However, this harbor hid some dangers RAF had not considered. First, he hadn't accounted for the Kittle-Ness Monster that actually loved swimming below calm waters after hurricanes. Additionally, when the Kittle-Ness Monster sees stars, it makes him very angry. You see, RAF had been visited by DubbaDub recently, and DubbaDub had left behind his Dallas Cowboys jersey, which laid carelessly over the side - it's shiny silver star reflecting out over the water. Second, RAF forgot that when he sails through the more dangerous sections of any body of water at night between the prime time hours of 6-9pm, it tends to lead to bad news. True to these issues, RAF was unable to fend off the monster TE...RAF sank into the unforgiving sea, his junk unsalvageable in 2023...doubs...doubs...doubs...
2023: JWW (1), DMM (1), DNF (1), UGG (1), RAF (2)
Will we continue to see an undefeated team after next week? Will the only team not to have experienced a win this season finally get a 'W'? We shall see. I suspect a few teams (RAF) will make less transactions, and settle into preventing disaster in the Consolation Bracket - the writing firmly pressed into the wall at this point. On to Week 6.
~Rudolf
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