Checking the NFL injury report this week...
I went to a friend's house for a Halloween party on Saturday night. I didn't intend on my costume to be fantasy football themed, but turns out it sorta was... (and yes, that's actually me under there)
I'd list off all the injured players, but I think there might be a per-page character limit, so I'd better not. I'll point out the notable injuries in my recap. Speaking of...
Brice wins a close one vs Zach this week. CMC continued his dominance. Although he's averaging less than 60 rushing yards per week, his receiving totals have more than made up for it. And Rachaad White now has back-to-back productive weeks acting as the starter.
Things got a little ugly though, as wideout Puka Nacua suffered an ankle sprain. Thankfully, it doesn't seem too serious, but his Week 7 status is up in the air, especially considering the Rams have a Bye in Week 8. They may play it safe and rest him until Week 9.
Also, DJ Moore was apparently rushed to the hospital after the Bears Monday Night game... no news as to what that's all about, at least at this time.
Brice continues to separate himself from the pack, as he moves up to 5-1 and gets a Week 7 matchup with Jordan.
Zach falls to 2-4 and also saw an injury to emerging superstar Emeka Egbuka, when he left this week's game with a hamstring issue. Have to imagine he will miss some time, but no concrete news as of now.
Apart from Jalen Hurts, Zach's squad didn't see much production this week. Javonte Williams was kept in check all day, partially due to game-script, and Amon-Ra St. Brown somehow managed only 45 yards on 9 receptions.
Zach goes up against Tom's team in Week 7.
Alllllright, the story of the week for Dan's team was, of course, Cam Skattebo. Remember that one guy in college who’d always yell “WOOOOOO” all over campus at 2 a.m.? That’s Cam in a nutshell.
Skattebo put up 110 yards and 3 scores this week, then shotgunned 7 beers in the locker room afterwards. Unfortunately that last stat isn't part of our league's scoring system (yet), otherwise I imagine he would have been a fairly high draft pick.
George Pickens also had a huge game for Dan, putting up 168 and a score..while Trey McBride pulled in a season-high 8 receptions and found the endzone as well.
Dan moves on up to 4-2 and squares off with me in Week 7.
Tom saw Stafford fall back to earth this week, which was disappointing considering he had a plus-matchup vs Baltimore. Guessing the Rams losing their best WR may have had something to do with that.
I think Dan sent this in our group chat, and it applies to several players on Tom's bench this week..
As far as the positives, Bijan went nuclear, tallying 238 total yards and a TD, and Ladd McConkey got his first 100-yard performance.
Tom now sits at 3-3, and gets a matchup with Zach this week.
Teams must be very motivated to play Kyle... his opponent's teams are averaging over 135 points through the first 6 weeks. So the schedule has not been kind, to say the least. This matchup was no exception, with Jordan's team putting up over 157..
Drake London & Josh Jacobs both had huge games, but the real story here is Rico Dowdle.. After his 234 yard performance last week, Dowdle casually topped that, contributing 239 yards this Sunday.
To put it in perspective, Dowdle has more yards in his last 2 games (473) than Saquon Barkley has all season (462).
I have no clue what the Panthers are going to do regarding their RB room when Chuba gets back, but it would be pretty foolish to not give more playing time to the guy who has been putting up these types of performances, which also resulted in two wins.
Jordan needed his win also, and he's hoping to ride that momentum into Week 7 when he faces Brice.Kyle just had one of those weeks, where you're waiting for all the touchdown alerts, and they never come. The lone bright spot this week was DK Metcalf, although you could argue that any week without seeing your players get injured is considered a personal victory. So he did luck out there.
Kyle drops to 1-5. If history has shown me anything, he is definitely not out of it yet. There is still plenty of time to string together wins and get back into the hunt. Kyle will look to do just that when he faces Ramsey this week.
Speaking of Ramsey, he came up on the losing end of his matchup with Matt in Week 6.
I feel like I bring up Jaxon Smith-Njigba's name every week. I know that, because i have to lookup his name to try and spell it correctly every time. I also know that because he's having one of the strongest WR seasons in the NFL so far. In fact, he's just behind Puka in overall scoring, which is saying something. He's surpassed 130 yards in his last couple games, and remains an elite receiving option.
Unfortunately Justin Fields managed to throw for...wait, am I reading this right? 45 yards in the Jets' week 6 loss to the Broncos. Wow, ok then. Didn't know there were such things as "boom or bust" QBs, but it's starting to be a bit of Russian Roulette with Fields each week.
Ramsey did see his tight-end Njoku leave Sunday's game with a knee injury, so add him to the list of players banged up this week. Ramsey gets a matchup with Kyle in Week 7.
Matt has gotta be happy the Bengals traded for Joe Flacco. Flacco immediately seemed to have a connection with Ja'Marr Chase, as Chase pulled in double-digit receptions in Sunday's game. Maybe, JUST maybe Flacco will be the medicine they needed.
Drake Maye and Jonathan Taylor also put up notable performances. Taylor is the #1 scoring RB on the season through 6 weeks.
Matt is back to 3-3 and faces off against Kent in Week 7.Kent got some Monday Night magic out of Jayden Daniels & D'Andre Swift to come back and get the win vs me this week.
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