Week 6, or the week before Week 7

Commish got a text message on Monday from Hardcore Sacks: "Man, I do not feel comfortable with my lead." (He was winning 145-96.5). He was right to not feel that comfortable. Mostly because Derrick Henry did Derrick Henry things for Hamilton Rod and Gun, going for 36 points, and nearly closing the gap on his own. What was basically the difference in the 145-138 final? The CeeDee Lamb game-winning TD in OT against the Patriots.

There's so much irony in that for these two managers. I love it.

Tough luck for HRG, who's the #1 scorer in the league but sitting at 3-3. But no one is feeling sorry for him: he's got Derrick Henry, who's the top RB by a literal mile so far this year. Interestingly enough, Hardcore is the #2 scorer in points for, and ALSO has the #2 points against. He's had more points scored AGAINST him, but he's sitting at 4-2.

That's nothing compared to the points against for Team Provost, who's #1 in that category. And this week, he lost to Death Valley Driver, who put up the second-most points (tied with HRG) on the week. I say that as if it means overall that Provost has been snake bitten, but he's scored the 8th fewest points. It is the second straight week he's lost to someone who scored over 130 points, but he hasn't exactly blown doors in those two weeks. In that Week 5 CenturyFest, Provost put up the lowest point total.

Speaking of blowing doors, The Jeff Fisher Effect has posted back-to-back weeks over 130 points. It didn't hurt this week that Pedro Pickles didn't put up much fight, partly thanks to his Heinicke-McLaurin stack not working at all, and Kareem Hunt (who's now headed to IR) getting injured. This was Pickles' lowest point output of the season, but somehow he has the lowest total points on the season.

And speaking of low point totals, holy cow Bishop Sycamore Centurions. After rolling through the first 4 weeks, and miraculously pulling out a Monday Night Miracle tie last week, his team put up the lowest point total in the league this season. (For context, Lamar Jackson last week scored 41 points, which is more than 70% of the point total of his ENTIRE TEAM this week). This week, Travis Kelce was the only starter that put up double figures. His team is injured, but maybe isn't as good as his 4-1-1 record might have you believe.

Oh, and Utah Falco who played B.S., is now 4-2, and looking pretty good. He's got good starters, decent depth, and might just be making his way to his first playoff berth. Ever. Like, in league history.

Looking through the projections (admittedly early in the week), it's going to be a weird one this week. With so many high powered teams and players on bye, some teams are bound to be playing some guys they wouldn't normally. So let's see what happens!

All that said, I leave you this week with my favorite new commercial:

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