Highest Scoring Team ($15)
Curtis’ Bronco Coat
Coach Nick
150.47 pts
Highest Scoring Player ($7)
No Nonsense Nelson
Coach Aaron
DJ Moore - 48.5 pts
*Nick’s Jamar Chase scored 54 points but you cannot win both weekly awards in the same week.
What’s more annoying? An undefeated Ewoldt or having the #1 power-ranked team in the league whose team also #%$&ing SUCKS. Sure, sure, Ewoldt may have the easiest schedule in the IFL (opponents averaging just 92.1 PPG), but after knocking off the fakers, Dierks’ Heathens, 100-84, the Course Rangers are just winning, baby. Defense wins championships, right?
Now, last week I hyped up Austin and Goffpocalpyse, and I don’t want to lose sight of the fact, that he picked up another win this week, beating Curtis 126-106, and is quietly starting his Moneyball A’s run I warned you about.
But right now, the hottest team in ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ fantasy, is Nick and Curtis’ Bronco Coat. Or is it the Scallon Express? Nick just took command of the highest PPG on the season after laying 151 points on Qualley this week, and now leads the All-Play standings as well at 49-26. But the Scallon Express is 2nd in PPG, and 1st over the last 4 week, having now won 4 straight games, and besting Drew this week 133-112 to take over the Boy Scout Cyclone division. Nick has a two game lead in the Cul-de-Sack, and Ja’Marr “I’m Always Open” Chase’s 50-burger is a terrifying performance considering that the Bengals offense may be warming up. The Scallon Express; however, is unleashed, with Cooper Kupp returning, and up to his usual shenanigans, Breece Hall no longer on a snap count, and, the rich get richer, as Chris, curiously trades (unless countered by tonight) for the soon-to-be-backup Zack Moss, sending Deebo Samuel and $25 FAAB to the Express.
And there’s also TC Schefter, who yet again defies all known fantasy football experts, by trusting in Justin Fields, and polevaulting his 30-bomb into his 2nd straight win, doing Jord dirty 149-97. TC is the 3rd highest scoring team in the league, and spoiler alert, will be making some moves in this weeks’ expert power rankings. 👀
Now, we all love a good GMing, and Week 5 was quite the showcase, as Brady foresaw that his opponent, the Doc, was unlikely to be able to play his stud RB Aaron Jones, and frantically scooped up the backups for both the Packers and Raiders ahead of the announcement that Jones was indeed out for the game. The Doc, understandably hurt and betrayed, by this cold-hearted maneuvering from his opponent, could only play Zamir White, 3rd-stringer for the Raiders, who, unfortunately, did not see the field last night. That meant that Tuna with Mustard’s 2.5 point deficit would remain, and ALL-TIME D would pick up their 2nd win of the season.
The Doc had this to say when he realized what was going on:
You have to wonder if a win in the Iowa Fantasy League is worth losing your job over, huh B? Well yes, we unanimously agree that it is. So well played, Dean of Students. If it’s any solace to the Doc, most teams in this league do not have bench players that are so bad that they can just be tossed aside at a whim to grab two no-name RBs, and have no bearing on the rest of the season. But Brady’s roster is that bad.
Status quo in the division standings - near-zero movement.
Qualley takes over the leaderboard, as Ewoldt falls to 3rd. 👀
More Bijan. Sorry, not sorry.