Yes work kept me busy this week…so we are a day late…but hopefully not too many dollars short in our DraftKings account…Do you know where your 30 point player is?…it was 30 or bust for every position player award in Week 6…a 2nd 2-timer Quarterback…Tie goes to the Runner…Shawn plays with himself…a Golden Path Kick-Off…2nd Half Shut Outs…Season Highs and Lows…Efficient Survival…X-Factor defies the odds…lets go…
Drew Brees (XFA)
The bar was raised in Week 6 as 5 different Quarterbacks made it to 30 points…TDQBITU™ continued his efficiency clinic posting an 83% completion rate on the way to the top Quarterback Rating of Week 6 (140.0) and 30 points…Matthew Stafford tied for the most Touchdowns in Week 6 with 4 and the 2nd highest Quarterback Rating of 139.8 on his way to 30 points…Eli Manning got 141 yards in 2 Touchdown passes to Odell Beckham to climb to 403 yards for the week on his way to match at 30 points…Cam Newton had the least efficient day with only a 57.5% completion rate…but he scrambled in for a Rushing Touchdown and added a 2-Point Conversion to edge ahead of the group to 31 points…in the head-2-head match-up with Cam…Drew Brees put all the pieces together throwing for the 3rd highest total of his career at 465 yards and added 4 Touchdowns with 1 Interception to take the Week 6 title with 38 points…Brees is the 2nd Quarterback to to claim a 2nd Quarterback of the Week award…the 2nd overall trophy on the year for X-Factor…
LeSean McCoy (BBA)
3 Running Backs made their way to 30+ points in Week 6…after being stuffed by the Vikings Defense in Week 5…Lamar Miller bounced back against the Colts…posting the 3rd highest total of his Career with 149 yards and making his 1st and 2nd trips to the End Zone in 2016 on a 1 yard Rush and 10 yard Reception to reach 31 points…LeSean McCoy abused the 49ers line to the tune of 140 Rushing yards on only 19 carries (7.37 ypc)…including growing Touchdown runs of 4…12…and 18 yards to reach 34 points…David Johnson picked up where he left off in Week 5…recording his 2nd 100+ yard outing in 2 weeks…111 yards on 22 carries (5.05 ypc)…with Touchdowns in each of the 1st 3 Quarters…and then 3 Receptions for another 27 yards matched the 34 point total…Tied on Touchdowns…this award goes to Shady on total yards from scrimmage 142 to 138…it is the 1st Running Back of the Week award for McCoy…the 6th overall trophy on the year for Bubba Army…the Army is the 1st team to hit for the cycle with a trophy earned at every starting position this year…
Odell Beckham (RNT)
Both of our 30 point Wide Receivers in Week 6 set Career Highs…and both came from the Runs N Throses roster…after back-2-back 1-digit outings…Brandin Cooks took out his frustrations against the Panthers Secondary…he grabbed 7 of his 9 targets (77.8%)…and raised his Career High of 143 set in Week 1 to 173 yards…a monster 87 yard Touchdown brought him to exactly 30 points…through the 1st Half of play…it appeared Odell Beckham was not enjoying football again…with only 2 Catches for 11 yards…but then he exploded…hauling in 6 of his next 7 Targets for a Career High total of 222 yards…including a lead-changing 75 yard bomb…and the game winning 66 yard Touchdown to take the award with 41 points…it ties as the 10th Highest Receiver Score in TBFL History…the 2nd Highest Receiver Score on the year…it is the 1st Receiver of the Week award for Beckham…and the 2nd overall trophy on the year for Runs N Throses…
Adam Vinatieri (MNY)
The Top-2 Kickers in Week 6 both followed our Golden Path on their way of turning it up to 11…Justin Tucker hit all 5 of his Kick Opportunities…getting 3 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points against the Giants to end right at 11 points…Adam Vinatieri did the same with his 5 shots against the Texans in their Sunday Night overtime contest…Nobody kicked a Game Winner as both were on losing teams…so we will go to total Kick Yardage in this Shoot Out…Tucker hit from 23…35…and 39 yards…while Vinatieri connected from 36…37…and 41 yards…giving him the edge 114 to 97…Vinatieri goes back-2-back becoming the 1st to claim a 2nd Kicker of the Week award on the year …the 4th overall trophy on the year for Money Inc…
Arizona Cardinals (BBA)
Week 6 saw 3 squads reach 2-Digit scoring…with the Eagles offense sputtering against the Redskins Sunday morning…the Defense took things into their own hands scoring 12 points in only 3:42 with an 86 yard Kickoff Return followed up with a 64 yard Pick-6 to end on 14 points…in Sunday afternoon action…the Chiefs went into Oakland and took away all the Raiders toys…after allowing an early Touchdown…they clamped down and held the Raiders scoreless for 26:58 before Janikowski hit a Half Time Field Goal with 0’s on the clock…the Chiefs then shut them out in the 2nd Half…only 2 Turnovers and 2 Sacks kept them behind at 11 points…on Monday Night the Cardinals countered everything the Jets tried…only allowing 1 trip into the Red Zone…a 2nd Quarter Field Goal was followed with their own 2nd Half Shut Out…eventually helping Geno Smith into the starting job before Sacking and Intercepting him to end on 17 points…it is the 2nd Defense of the Week award for the Cardinals…the 7th overall trophy on the year for Bubba Army…
Team of the Week
This contest was all Buccaneers Division in Week 6…Hurricanes held a brief lead at 16 points after Thursday Night…but the Sunday Morning contests let Runs N Throses climb into the top slot with 138…Sunday Afternoon saw X-Factor get a boost from his Seahawks and Jeremy Maclin to take over the lead with 149 points…but Frank Gore cracking the Century Mark for the 1st time this season on Sunday Night Football tied things up at 149 each…Runs N Throses got only 4 Extra Points from Chandler Cantanzaro…but it was enough to take control of 1st Place…ultimately winning on Roster Efficiency over Josh with 95.6% of 160 Potential Points to 88.2% of 169 Potential Points…153 points is the Highest Score so far this Season…it is the 1st award on the year for Run N Throses…their 20th overall award as a Franchise…
Chump of the Week
The lowest 2 scores of Week 6 were in the head-2-head Storm Division battle between Armed N Dangerous and Bay Area Thrashers…the same 2 teams that ended in a Chump Tie during Week 6 of the 2015 Season…Armed N Dangerous had the lowest Roster Efficiency with only 75.3%…but unfortunately also had the lowest Potential Points with 77…Pre-Season Prediction Posts said this team was lacking depth…and with Injuries and Bye Weeks…only 3 players on the 18 man roster made it to 2-Digit scoring…58 points is the Lowest Score so far this Season…it is the 1st Chump Award for Armed N Dangerous on the year…they move into a tie with Bay Area Thrashers and Bubba Army with their 18th Chump Score as a Franchise…
Chump Survivor
A 5th different Chump Score winner in 5 Weeks eliminates Armed N Dangerous from the competition…average scoring in the league rose back up 5 points to the Week 1 level of 108 points…Bay Area Thrashers was the only remaining team to post a Potential Score below that level (99 points)…It’s getting harder to field an All-Bench squad…6 teams in Week 6 were 1 player away from reaching their max Potential Points score…
Notes & Numbers
All 3 of the Division Leaders from Week 5 lost in Week 6…
X-Factor winning the Brothers Battle ends Warriors 4 game win streak…and extends X-Factor’s win streak over Warriors to 4 games…The win marks X-Factor’s 30th Division Win…and marks Warriors 60th Division Loss…
All 3 of X-Factor’s wins are against teams with a 4-2 Record…those teams are averaging 116.3 points per game…but X-Factor have still managed to have the lowest average points scored against them with 96.7…
Fudgie Whales 103 points in Week 6 makes them the 3rd fastest to reach 5,000 points scored in Divisional Games…taking 50 Divisional Games played to reach the Milestone…