2019 Week 6 Huntingten Homies Newsletter

Huntingten Homies

Intro

This will be a formative week for everyone’s playoff chances, because after this we will be over halfway
done with the regular season. Last week, the West went 5-1 against the East, which means people’s
playoff hopes didn’t change that much. Andy lost, but so did Grant. Likewise, Chip won but so did Andre.
Nick is the only team that lost footing in the divisional playoff race, and Thad was the only one to gain
footing.

Facts

• This week we saw the most consistent scoring across the league so far this season. It was the
first week that nobody scored 160+ points, and overall, the standard deviation in scoring this
week was 19 when the previous low was 24.9. This doesn’t mean much but it is interesting.

• Andre is averaging 27.5 points from his defense each week, and the next closest person is Ridge
at 18.7.

• Nick is the only team that Andy has played that he has not beaten.

Strength of Schedule

Hardest schedule has the lowest number. This is the first week I did not average out this number. So the
number shows the total amount of wins everyone would have with your schedule.

Alternate Schedules

Team Urchins Andre Andy Chip Connor Grant Jeffrey Hedgehogs Nick Ridge Stephen Thad
Urchins
1 33 2 22 2 22 2 1 2
Andre 3
Andy 45 4 4444 44 4 3 4
Chip 3
Connor 4 64 5 64 3 43 4 3 2
Grant 4
Jeffrey 5 6 56 65 5 44 4 4 3
3
Hedgehogs 3 3 3 22 21 22 1 3 2
Nick 4
Ridge 5 4 6 5 64 3 33 2 1 1
Stephen
Thad 1 2 3 1 1 11 22 0 1

3 35 2 44 4 3 33 3

3 32 2 44 2 21 12

5 44 4 55 5 4 34 2

1 31 3 33 1 1 1 22

2 42 2 31 0 3 2 1 23

Find your name on the left and follow that row right to see how many wins you would have with that
person’s schedule.

Luckiness

This is the first week I haven’t put this graph on a curve, but this should make it easier to see if you are lucky or
unlucky, and by how much. Chip, believe it or not, is currently the most lucky team, and Nick is the most unlucky
team. You can see exactly how lucky your team is. Thad, for example, has won exactly one more game then he
should have. Everyone else has a decimal number.

Road Signs

Andy

This portion of the newsletter will focus on comparing teams' previous week
performances to road signs that we all know.

SEA ANDY HEDGEHOGS
URCHINS
This award is given to This award goes to the
The stop sign is given to the team that would team that scored the
the lowest scoring team have won, if they would most points. A surprise
each week. This week have started the correct winner, the Hedgehogs
the Sea Urchins only players. This week I am managed to score 140 pts.
managed to score 71.5 the recipient of this After last week's outburst
pts. When looking at his unfortunate award. I of points, this week
top scorers, Harrison seriously contemplated brought many teams
Butker was in the top 3 starting Adrian Peterson back down to earth.
with 6 pts. An average over Joe Mixon (Thad is Credit to the Hedgehogs
score of 7.8 pts is rarely my reference), but I did taking advantage of this
going to lead to a win, not. I could have started and putting up the high
and it did not this week. either him or Golden score. This week you did
Tate, both feasible not want to enter into a
options, and won. matchup with the
Hedgehogs.

SEA URCHINS

This prestigious award is given to the team that got railed the
hardest. Thee Sea Urchins already featured as the STOP sign
this week. This led to them being absolutely railed by Andre.
Scoring 71 pts will almost certainly get you railed every week.
Hopefully you're looking for it at this point, Sea Urchins.

Dk awards

KILLER KONG – The Killer Kong is a very familiar face again this
week. Andre put up 34 points with his Defense/Kicker, which is
only his third best score this year. He has been absolutely killer
so far this season with the Patriots Defense.

DIDDY KONG – There is not a good Diddy Kong winner this week
because the top 6 scoring DKs all won their matchups. This
makes this award fall to Andy, who had 16 points from his
Defense and Kicker, but lost his matchup. 16 DK points, but
Diddy win?

HAIRLESS KONG – Stephen wins this award just by having the lowest
DK of the week. 8 points isn’t the worst DK we’ve seen, but it was still 9
points below this week’s average.

KRANKY KONG – There was just one man who made Kranky Kong
disappear last year, and this year in after Week 6 he has returned.
Nick Nolan receives this ultimate bad award, because Kranky Kong is
larger than just one week. Nick has now gone 5 weeks in a row, while
having the lower DK score in his respective matchup. He has also been
below the scoring average each of those weeks.

CHIPREDICTIONS
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WEEK SEVEN
Hey everyone. I’m back in England which is about to Brexit faster than me after I eat
eggs with Tabasco sauce. I don’t want to give France credit for anything, but I went 4-2 last
week with my picks and one was a super upset (but shoutout to Jeffrey for getting that first W).
That brings my total to 7-5. Not great, but not terrible. Will this week see me go full Barney
Stinson with a perfect week? Probz not.
You all know the drill. I’m writing this before 11:00 on Thursday, where no games have
been played. So I’m going to make these predictions based on player matchups, bye weeks,
injuries, team mojo and my Peter tingle.
Let’s do this thing.

Daddy’s Darlings (4-2) v. Team Nolan (1-5)
ESPN Prediction – Daddy’s Darlings (-10.8)

It’s funny how a David and Goliath matchup can work. I thought there was no way in the
seven hells Jeffrey would beat Andy, given records and everything. But I was wrong.

Andy is down a Christian McCaffrey this week. But he gets a Saquon Barkley back. That
seems unfair in truth. Aside from that, his team is seemingly at full strength. Nick also has a
seemingly full team, so this could be a sneaky matchup. Getting Tyreek Hill back helped Nick’s
team, I would assume, but I don’t know how much of a difference that makes against Andy’s
team.

I’m going with Andy this week. He needs to bounce back like Big Sean this week, and I
think Saquon helps him do that.

WINNER – Daddy’s Darlings

Richard Sherman (2-4) v. Tanking for Tua (1-5)
ESPN Prediction – Tanking for Tua (-6.0)

Here we have two teams that are trending in opposite directions. Jeffrey is coming off the
back of his first win of the season, while Connor is starting to slide a little bit. It plans to be a
doozie of a matchup, if I had to guess.

Jeffrey comes into the week with only his kicker on bye and no real crippling injuries to
his team. Connor meanwhile has Mike Evans on bye, Sammy Watkins hurt and he’s starting
Daniel Jones at QB. I’ve seen Danny Dimes play in person and he’s pretty impressive for a big
guy, just throwing that out there.

This matchup is going to be a close one and one worth keeping an eye on, but I’m taking
Jeffrey. It’s so hard to pick against the firepower in Jeffrey’s team, even if it blows up in my
face.

WINNER – Tanking for Tua

NukTown OBJYNs (2-4) v. Ruffles Have Ridges (4-2)
ESPN Prediction – Ruffles Have Ridges (-2.4)

This is ESPN’s third closest prediction of the week. Looking at the lineups, everything
looks fairly even in truth. Ridge is stockpiling three defenses, which is curious, but fair play to
him if that works out.

In terms of outages, Stephen is down OBJ for the week, while Ridge is without JuJu.
Aside from that, both teams appear healthy which means it’s coming down to whose team is
better. Looking at it by position, one team has the better groups of players, but the other has
better matchups. I’m super conflicted here.

I’m going to take Ridge in this one, simply because Deshaun Watson wore a $400
Givenchy t-shirt a few weeks back and you can’t lose when you have sauce like that.

WINNER – Ruffles Have Ridges (in a close one)

Melbourne Sea Urchins (1-5) v. Huntington Hedgehogs (3-3)
ESPN Prediction – Huntington Hedgehogs (-51.6)

I had to do a double take when I saw the line for this game. 52 points??? That’s an insane
line for fantasy football, even if it is PPR. Alec doesn’t even have many positions missing from
his team, which is so bizarre. He’s only projected 72.8 points. Granted, that’s without a defense,
but even so…

I don’t get that at all. The only person Alec has on bye is Nick (Partial) Chubb, which is a
real boner for his team. I’m still in shock over that line.

I’m taking Matt because there’s no way you bet against a line that high. I don’t
understand anything.

WINNER – Huntington Hedgehogs

Master Ki-Thadi-Mundi (3-3) v. Davante’s Inferno (5-1)

ESPN Prediction – Master Ki-Thadi-Mundi (-0.9)

Close prediction this week, but not quite the closest via ESPN. Thad won a close one last
week, and Andre has been hotter than any team in the league this year, outside of one ;).

Andre has a decent proportion of his team on bye for the week. Godwin and Olsen are on
bye, and Davante Adams didn’t practice today, so he’s a toss-up for the week. On the other side,
Thad has a change up from last week, having added Brandin Cooks and DK Metcalf via trade
this past week. I like the matchups for both teams and think we’re in store for a high-scoring
contest.

I’m giving Andre the edge because of the damn Pats defense. He also has the 49ers
defense, which is raw too. Andre gets the W this week because the Pats are playing the Jets.

WINNER – Davante’s Inferno

GAME OF THE WEEK

5’9 Kyler Whale (4-2) v. Alvin and the Nose Rings (6-0)

ESPN’s Prediction – Alvin and the Nose Rings (-0.2)

The game of the week this week pits the first in the West division v. first of the East
division. I’m going into the week undefeated, while Grant is 0-1 since he changed his team
name.

Boy, this one is going to be a doozie as well. Second time I’ve used doozie in this
segment, how about that. My team has some favorable matchups – Kelce against the Broncos,
Lindsay against the Chiefs – to name a few. But Grant’s team isn’t a bunch of slouches either.
Dalvin Cook is a dawg, Keenan Allen hates the Chargers but still balls out and DJ Chark feels
the Minshew Mania. On any given week, his team can score big.

I said this two weeks ago and it worked for me, but this time I really think my team, like
Indianapolis, is without luck. If Kamara doesn’t play this week, I think it guarantees Grant the
win. Even if he does play, I still think Grant wins. Either way, I have Grant playing spoiler and
ending my perfect season in Week 7.

WINNER – 5’9 Kyler Whale

Alright gang, those are my picks for this week. I don’t have anything really new to report, so if
Brexit causes the world to end and everything to catch on fire here, I guess it was nice knowing
you guys. Good luck this weekend, enjoy Fall Break if you’re on it, and I’ll look forward to
writing again next week if Brexit hasn’t destroyed the whole of the UK.

Power Rankings

Based on the average of two formulas and the GM’s personal rankings.

Power Rankings

1. Chip
2. Andy
3. Andre
4. Ridge
5. Grant
6. Hedgehogs
7. Connor
8. Thad
9. Nick
10. Stephen
11. Urchins
12. Jeffrey

Comparisons are on fall break this week, because I am on fall break.