Tuesday, October 8, 2019

XI: Week Five Recap

In a week as feast or famine as any on registry, Hill Valley continued to McFly high, soaring to 5-0. It's the second best start in franchise history, after they began 8-0 in 2011; Which, to date is the second best start ever. The longest undefeated streaks to start the season belong to New York (9-0 in 2015), with Mar-A-Lago and South Park both winning seven straight to start the season, in 2011 and 2014 respectively.

Larkspur Bowl IX runner-up HCM City sits in second at 4-1, tied with the Ohio Tommy Boys, both on four game win streaks after dropping their openers. Behind them are the Savannah Petes, the league's overall points leader dropping to 3-2 after their worst performance to date. Another new franchise, the Jersey Sanitation Crew, sits over .500 in playoff position, along with perennial playoff contenders New York's Finest and the Pawnee Pride.

Dropping under .500 with eight games left to play are the Grabbers, who have now lost three straight after opening up with a pair of victories. They sit alongside Carmel and Binghamton, both at 2-3 and with some work to do to get back into the sweepstakes.

South Park is a hard luck 1-4, with a competitive point total that should help them if they can claw into a tiebreaker situation. The same cannot be said of Deputy or Phoenix, who will likely need to win seven of their remaining eight games to ensure they can punch a ticket- the Van Halens missed the dance last year but appeared in 2017 and 2016, while the Uprising last missed the playoffs in 2009. Finally, the South Philly Rum Ham won't go winless; They eke out a victory and now have something to build upon over the remaining two months of play.



Week 5 Matchups

 
WEEK FIVE POWER RANKING:

  1. HCM 272: The top score in the league this season (4th best all time) saw 47+ points from Will Fuller, Christian McCaffrey, and Aaron Jones. Uh, that will do pig. That will do.
  2. OTB 242: Ohio didn't need this many points to win, but what were they gonna do, ask Amari Cooper to take it easy? Utter domination from the surging Boys.
  3. CRT 221: The sort of up-and-down the lineup production that is the result of expert planning and execution, the whiff of victory is especially sweet against top shelf competition.
  4. PAW 215: The Pride have their RB factory churning out quality, while MT and George Kittle round out a great set of weapons... but QB remains unsettled and the defense booms and busts.
  5. HVM 208: Another week, another win, Hill Valley rarely overwhelms but consistently shows no chinks in the armor. If A-Rod and OBJ turn it around, they'll be truly scary.
  6. NYF 203: Winning with Lamar Jackson off his game, everyone else picked up the slack and New York has no obvious holes... though the onslaught of byes is still yet to come.
  7. SPC 190: Good enough to win is yet again not enough to win, as all but four of the Cows put up double digits, but only one score (Jaylon Smith, 18.5) scored more than 15.
  8. JSC 181: Goose eggs from Mike Evans (mystery) and Sammy Watkins (injury) felled a team performance further hindered by lingering injuries to David Johnson and Brandin Cooks.
  9. PRH 180: Rum Ham get out of their dark place, holding off the collapsing Grabbers thanks to trade acquisitions DJ Chark and Preston Smith, plus ole reliable Matty Ice. 
  10. SAV 174: A rare misstep by the Petes, with Phil Rivers, Keenan Allen, and Emmanuel Sanders all neutralized, and Evan Engram injured. They'll look to rebound against Pawnee.
  11. DVH 174: Deshaun Watson has alternated between unstoppable and stoppable, but he could not will a team that got single digit production from ten starters to victory.
  12. MAL 167: This sequel plays exactly the same way! Injuries to Pat Mahomes (Q) and Sterling Shepard (D) spoil the return of McLaurin, as the offense looks to get back on track. 
  13. BIN 158: The Carson/Lindsay running game was very good, and Juju bounced back soundly. This concludes the list of bright spots for the Snipers in week five.
  14. PHX 147: Nearly every gamble Phoenix has taken has backfired (this week: Gallman) and time is running out. Right now they wouldn't qualify for the consolation bracket. 


WEEK FIVE TEAM-OF-THE-WEEK:

  • QB Deshaun Watson DVH (48.34) 473 total yards, five touchdowns, only five incomplete passes... Watson at his best is as unstoppable as any quarterback in the league at their best.
  • RB Christian McCaffrey HCM (52.5) 237 total yards, three touchdowns... he even threw a pass, and though it fell incomplete, he's shown he's as multifaceted as anyone in the league.
  • WR Will Fuller HCM (53.3) Showing that he is more than a touchdown specialist, he had eleven catches that did not finish in the end zone, and only 3 that did. 217 receiving yards.
  • TE George Kittle PAW (19.4) 88 yards on seven touches, a touchdown and five first downs, Kittle's return from the bye invigorated a Pride offense to a victory.
  • DL Danielle Hunter JSC (21.5) Seven total tackles, two sacks and TFLs, and Hunter is back on track for a sack a game pace. He's extremely reliable at a volatile position.
  • LB Joe Schobert HCM (19.5) & LB Demario Davis PHX (19.5) Shared honors for tackle monsters Joe (11 & a TFL) and Demario (7 and two PDs) in week five.
  • CB Jaire Alexander OTB (19.85) A pick and three batted balls, plus a couple of tackles, and Jaire has scored at least 9.5 points in four of five games on the season.
  • SS Tyrann Mathieu OTB (19.5) Ohio IDPs have been dominant week in and week out, and Honey Badger totes the mantle here with a 79 yard pick six, a PD, a three tackles.
  • K Justin Tucker MAL (16.0) two PATs, two short field goals, and two long field goals. Easy, peasy, pudding pie.


B-DIVISION POWER RANKINGS:

  1. MANITOBA MOOSECREW 1257.15 (+264.04)
  2. TORONTO LES TRES PETITES 1181.21 (+302.52)
  3. NITTANY LIONS 1175.79 (+216.09)
  4. BREWTANG KILLA BEEZ 1102.63 (+237.67)



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