Fantasy Football: Volume II: Chapter 5

Volume II: Chapter 5: Betrayal from Within

“For me, I always wonder what’s worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That’s a really tough call.”

-Hilarie Burton

We don’t have an intro this week because Peter didn’t want to come to class. A nice side note is that Ethan’s team is terrible and that he has put up a combined 93 the last two weeks. That is horrific.

Matchups from Week 4

Steven Marinkovich beats Eric Maser 143-98

Dillon Scheel beats Ethan Stern 111-41

Ben Cleasby beats Jordan Schilling 85-43

Peter Snodgrass beats Jamie Cullen 102-74

Love/Hate List

Steven Marinkovich

Love: T.Y. Hilton – Even though the Colts have become more and more grody, big man T.Y. has been somewhat consistent. With a matchup at home against DA BEARS, the Colts should be able to toss around the ball at will and T.Y. should have a pretty solid outing. At least a 17 from my boy.

Hate: Deandre Hopkins – THE MAN WEARS CLEATS WITH NO ANKLE SUPPORT. Deandre has not lived up to expectations this year and he has a really tough match up against the 4-0 Vikings who have a ferocious defense. Little man Deandre has no real upside this week and if he keeps wearing cleats with no ankle support, a major injury could be on the horizon.

Ben Cleasby

Love: David Johnson – He plays the Niners, enough said. Ezekiel Elliott just threw up a 20 against the Niners defense, and with Navorro Bowman now out for the season, look for Johnson to go ham sandwich. This money maker shreds on the ground and flies through the skies, he’s a born savage and is probably a lady killer. Watch him dominate the Niners and become the number one running back this week.  

Hate: Will Fuller – Fuller has been doing just outstanding. He’s even outscoring his counterpart, Deandre Hopkins. However, he’s facing the number one defense this week. The Vikings D have been surprisingly superior and anybody facing this defense of mongrels should be afraid. Give Fuller a break and put him on your bench.

Ethan Stern

Love: Jordan Howard – 5.1… this is Jojo Howard’s yards per carry and he’s on DA BEARS so that’s saying something. This rookie is most definitely on the come up and making himself known throughout the league. This potent RB is definitely the type of back that DA BEARS want to build their franchise around. With an absolutely stupendous outing, putting up triple digits yards, young Stud Howard should be looking at a firm 12+ and look for him to get in the endzone.

Hate: Matt Ryan – IT’S A TRAP! Matty Ice’s whole aura is an absolute fallacy. He has only gone against porous defenses including Tampa Bay, Oakland, New Orleans, and the iffy Carolina Defense. Julio Jones’s monumental play has bailed out Matt Ryan’s shakiness these first couple of games. This week will be Ryan’s first test of legitimacy going against the spooky intimidating Broncos Defense. I forecast Matt Ryan to show down and stay in single digits for scoring this week.

Peter Snodgrass HAD AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE BECAUSE HE THINKS IT’S OKAY TO SCHEDULE HIS COLLEGE COUNSELOR DURING VIKING CLASS  

Love: SKIPPING CLASS

Hate: BEING A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE VIKING MAGAZINE

Jamie Cullen

Love: Melvin Gordon – After scoring 0 touchdowns all of last season, Melvin is on a touchdown rampage this year. He’s scored 6 touchdowns in 4 games, and now gets to face a weak Raiders defense that just allowed Terrance West to run all over them. Melvin is a touchdown machine, but this week he’s gettin’ yards too.

Hate: Lamar Miller – Lamar has gotten all of his points off of yards this season, as he has yet to score a touchdown. This week he goes up against the undefeated Vikings and their strong defense, so it’s not going to get any easier for him. Although he gets a lot of carries, Miller will struggle to find room with them this week.

Dillon Scheel

Love: DeMarco Murray – A steady workload has led to very steady production for Murray. As the Titans figure out their passing issues, Murray is their most reliable asset on offense. He is on a similar pace in yards and in fantasy production to back when he won the rushing title in 2014. Start him with confidence.

Hate: Matt Forte – His production has been falling every week and he netted only 1.9 YPC last week versus the Seahawks. This week they travel to Pittsburgh where Big Ben has found his groove on offense and their defense is coming along as well. I expect the Jets to have to throw in this one. You better hope Forte is active this week in the passing game.

Deep Sleeper of the Week

Jack Doyle – In the words of Dillon Scheel when Ethan Stern tried to trade him Jack Doyle, “Who the **** is Jack Doyle?” So we decided to throw the big man a bone and make him a deep sleeper. He’s playing DA BEARS and DA BEARS suck. Jacky boy may get some red zone touchdowns this week.

Bold Prediction of the Week – Ethan Stern to set a new lowest score record of less than a 40

Long story short, his team sucks.

This Week’s Matchups

Steven Marinkovich V. Ethan Stern

Dillon Scheel V. Jordan Schilling

Ben Cleasby V. Jamie Cullen

Peter Snodgrass V. Eric Maser

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