FCNPFFL: Week 5 Results

Through four weeks this league was starting to break like a bad Hollandaise sauce. We still had three undefeated teams and five teams overall with just one loss or less. On the other side of the ledger we had six teams with one win or less including two without a win. Only six teams make the playoffs meaning we could be getting perilously close to having some of our league eliminated by Halloween. That would be awful. We have always prided ourselves in being pretty competitive with usually 10-12 teams still vying for the playoffs with a week or two remaining. I don't have the same feeling for this season.

Week 5 was a big week for this league. All the top teams were playing the current cellar dwellers. If we didn't act fast to get another Hollandaise sauce ready for plating, our final meal that is this season could be ruined.

As a reminder the NFL is bringing us more fun THURSDAY night action between the CHICAGO BEARS and the lowly NEW YORK GIANTS. This looked better on paper around Labor Day that is does now.

BYE WEEKS FOR WEEK 6: ATLANTA FALCONS and MIAMI DOLPHINS

Onto the action:

At 3-1 I had a chance to bury 1-3 Ike a little deeper in the league, but Ike was getting healthy just as I was without any running backs. Thursday night I took a lead behind Josh Gordon who posted 11. Ike answered back on Sunday with 25 from Russell Wilson and 18 from Ray Rice. I had a great effort from Justin Tucker who scored 17 but saw my RBs score just 4 points to leave me way behind. Then Dez Bryant took over. He scored 19 points and I drew nearly even with the Sunday night game left for us. We both had our defenses playing and the 49ers for me crushed the Texans for him as I ran away with the game with a 17-0 advantage in that category.

Final Score: Escaped Lunatics 84 Myra's College Fund 66

My win meant that Luke needed to beat his brother Joel this week to stay atop the Critter Corner Division and stay undefeated as well. We had another on the field QB battle squaring off in fantasy world as Joel had Aaron Rodgers going up against Matt Stafford for Luke. Joel won that category 21-17 thanks in large part to Luke losing Stafford's main squeeze Megatron who didn't play. Of course it was a Pyrrhic victory as James Jones scored 20 points nearly matching Rodgers. Joel was in trouble but he FINALLY got production from David Wilson who scored early only to lose him to injury! He did get another stellar performance from Julius Thomas who scored 20 points and newly acquired Austin Pettis tallied 15. Luke was now 17 back with just Frank Gore to play while Joel still had two players. It didn't look good. But Gore didn't go down quietly as he scored 14, but was benched as the 49ers were blowing out Houston. Joel had the game in hand...until Ryan Mathews got injured and scored 0 points. Nick Novak missed a field goal, leaving the door open, but recovered scoring just 3 points and knocked Luke off.

Final Score: Nikachu 71 Deathtongue 68

In another battle with on the field/fantasy world pairings, undefeated Ben took on one win Alex with Peyton Manning squaring off against Tony Romo. In the fantasy world, Romo out-dueled Manning 49-41, getting Alex back into the game after Ben was spotted a 17-0 lead thanks to the Browns D on Thursday. Ben had a trio of 10 points scorers as well, but Alex was able to keep pace with four guys scoring between 9-12 points. When the dust settled from this high scoring, back and forth affair, it was Alex that not only scored enough to knock of Ben, but he outscored the entire league and earned himself $10 (becoming the fifth different team to lead the league in scoring). Two undefeated teams down, one to go.

Final Score: Worthless Peons 103 The Magic Wands 94

Nick G created quite the stir when he traded away the bulk of his early picks in order to move up to #1 overall to draft Adrian Peterson. At 4-0 he looks like the smartest guy in the room. This week without AP it was up to Matt to even up the league by giving Nick G his first loss. Eli Manning had a decent day for Matt with 21 points, but only Caleb Sturgis also added double digits with just 10 points for the Puppies. Nick G didn't get the production from his backup backs without AP as Brandon Jacobs and Rashad Jennings mustered just 5 points. He did get 22 from Andrew Luck and 14 from DeSean Jackson to make this game incredibly close. After Antonio Gates scored 4 points Sunday night (along with the 4 from Jennings) Nick G had tied the game with his kicker left to play. Matt Bryant tallied 4 points as well on Monday night to keep the Lollipop Kids perfect through five weeks.

Final Score: The Lollipop Kids 62 Rainbows & Puppies 58

Adam was looking to rebound from his first loss of the season while Jody was just looking to notch win number one. Early Sunday Jody had two double digit scorers with 11 each from Chris Johnson and the Rams D. Adam did a bit better with three players topping that led by 17 from Matt Prater, 16 from Jamaal Charles and 12 from the Bengals D (who shut down his own QB, Tom Brady with just 8 points). When the sun set and the moon came out, Jody came to life with 25 from Philip Rivers and 12 from SeaBass to take the lead by six. Adam had two players left to just one from Jody and while Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez were the biggest names, Jacquizz Rodgers stole the show scoring 17 points and leading Adam to a come from behind victory.

Final Score: Biggums' 'Basers 88 DoggNutz 77

On paper the high scoring squad coached by Mike looked to be a heavy favorite over the wildly inconsistent Nick B team, but that's why they play the games! With a healthy, full lineup Nick B came to play getting 18 from CJ Spiller (healthy enough), 14 from Jason Witten, 12 from Cam Newton and 10 from Rashard Mendenhall. Through Sunday's games, Mike had just a lone player hit double figures as LeSean McCoy netted just 13 points. He needed a Peyton Manning type effort from Matt Ryan to get back into this game, but Ryan scored just 21 points leaving him 15 short.

Final Score: The Knacks 78 Bookoo Barbarians 63

With one win combined in the meeting between Nate and John, its fitting this is the last game of the week to discuss. It did after all give us two of our three lowest scoring games of the week. John got 22 from Drew Brees and 12 from Nick Folk to outscore Nate who got 15 from Garrett Hartley and 10 each from Foster/Murray.

Final Score: The Situation 63 The Bounchers 50

Standings after Week 5:

Back Wall Division:

Lollipop Kids (Nick G) 5-0
Magic Wands (Ben) 4-1
Biggums' 'Basers (Adam) 4-1
Bookoo Barbarians (Mike) 2-3
Worthless Peons (Alex) 2-3
Myra's College Fund (Ike) 1-4
DoggNutz (Jody) 0-5

Critter Corner Division

Deathtongue (Luke) 4-1
Escaped Lunatics (Jason) 4-1
The Knacks (Nick B) 3-2
Nikachu (Joel) 2-3
Rainbows & Puppies (Matt) 2-3
The Situation (John) 1-4
The Bounchers (Nate) 1-4

Schedule for Week 6:

Nick G 5-0 vs Adam 4-1 (Game of the Week)
Ben 4-1 vs Jason 4-1
Luke 4-1 vs Matt 2-3
Nick B 3-2 vs John 1-4
Joel 2-3 vs Mike 2-3
Alex 2-3 vs Nate 1-4
Ike 1-4 vs Jody 0-5

Now this is a weekly schedule that could go a long way to determining our division winners. Four of the top five records squaring off.