week 5 news and notes

NFFL week 5 recap

Good one this week with power rankings chaos, trades, and general MNF madness…

#1 Arbo 104, Tighe 90
Arbo takes care of business in week one as disputed #1 ranked squad by dispatching a Tighe team in trade transition.  Cooks might have been in the running to start ahead of Moncrief or Wright and each call would have made an impact- a good sign going forward but a tough pill to swallow at present.

Arbo was paced by a big Gates showing and, quite frankly, I am not buying.  But who knows?  We all understood TE as a strength for this squad so the output is fully deserved.

Sean 104, Chessman 71

Sean continues his surge as he moves atop the league at 4-1.  I look at his team now and see six questionable right up top- so all business as usual- the 30 spot from Eli set the tone.

Wiseman’s post trade performance remains similar to his pre-trade showing- one more, perhaps, before wrapping it up for 2015?  Eifert may have emerged as a big piece looking ahead and CJ Anderson is a good lottery ticket to have if more trade bait is needed later.

Curran 85, Nemo 79

Three tough ones in a row for Father Coffee but he pulls out a W here behind his usual suspects.  The Edelman touchdown really was the difference, and in a big way, while Hill is really causing that panic button to go off.

Injuries have begun to conspire with bye weeks to keep Nemo on the losing streak despite a good shot to sneak past Curran.  Getting things going will be very tough with both Ivory and Lynch out and that is likely to write the story here for 2015 unless things are shaken up in a big way.

Lee 99, Concannon 86

Lee moves to 4-1 here with a big showing from Rawls and the return to form of Bell.  The Foles thing, though…

The commish drops his second in a row after butchering a WR decision.  Tough swing but hoping to get back on track this week.  We will certainly need more than 24 points from QB, though.

TMac 87, Thompson 84

The parade might be on pause for Thompson as the Annual Julio Jones injury arrives.  Good balance throughout the squad here but not enough to edge TMac.  Has Bortles earned a full time roll ahead of the struggling Smitty?

Foster is still shaking off the rust and the nagging injuries are a concern.  There is also the Morris thing- but for now, this was a big W and provides some good forward momentum.

DFlam 100, Malinn 93

Becks returns to form to haunt his former owner here to help Flam overcome some really shaky RB play.  Vereen made a nice showing and perhaps a deal involving one of those WRs is on the cards.

Malinn is always going for it or totally blowing it up and this week is the latter- but with so much turmoil in the league a good deal may be hard to find.  We’ll keep an eye on things for now.  Seeing Murray and Forsett team up for big points was an encouraging trend.

Trade and waiver analysis

*Tighe trades RB C.J. Anderson, QB Mike Vick, and WR Michael Floyd to Thompson for RB Giovani Bernard and RB Josh Robinson

This one breaks down fairly simply- tends to happen when a top team deals with a bottom one- Tighe picks up Bernard, who has been a fairly consistent ten points or so, in exchange for two struggling but relatively well regarded talents in Anderson and Floyd.  Wiseman picks up a needed QB in Vick and Tighe gets some potential future value- although very much speculative- in Robinson.

I think the winners/losers here will come down to whether Anderson hits his auction value at some point- but even then, if Tighe gets what he came for (that consistency from Bernard) then it would be hard to fault him for pulling the plug so quickly on the highly rated Anderson.

Week 6 preview

1pm games

Chessman v Concannon / Nemo v Malinn / DFlam v Sean

Who is #1???

#1 Arbo v TMac

Thompson v Curran

Two games here involving the controversial power ranking #1 squads- the committee labeled Curran #1, causing the commissioner to pull out the invisible rulebook and declare that such moves were not permitted. 

Arbo is off to a good start through Ingram so TMac will need some big showings- GRONK!- to make up ground.  Meanwhile, Thompson is headed in the right direction with nearly 30 via his Falcons- Curran will call on his own QB/WR combo Sunday night to straighten things up.

…we hope not Lee…

Tighe v Lee

Tighe takes his turn at Lee here and we may finally see him pickup that long hinted at L due to a dreadful start out of Coleman.  Freeman continues to be something else- touchdown dependent, maybe, but more like he can be depended on for touchdowns given his recent run.