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2016 Fantasy Football Eliminator Challenge: Week 6

Set the best lineup each week, but choose carefully! Can you take on the challenge?

By Garrett Atkins
Adam Vinatieri was the high score of Week 5! But which team did he lead to victory?
Adam Vinatieri was the high score of Week 5! But which team did he lead to victory?
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Welcome to the Week 5 update of the Faketeams Fantasy Football Eliminator Challenge!

Week 5 saw incredible games and incredible fantasy football performances. Let’s take a look at how our entries did in Week 5:

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
rk1101 Andy Dalton, Cin Jordan Howard, Chi Terrence West, Bal A.J. Green, Cin Jordy Nelson, GB Hunter Henry, SD Buffalo Bills Adam Vinatieri, Ind Season: 391 Avg: 78.2
Week 5 Points 21 21 9 5 9 13 16 23 117

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
Punk is Dead Ben Roesthlisberger, Pit C.J. Anderson, Den Frank Gore, Ind Jordy Nelson, GB Jordan Matthews, Phi Zach Ertz, Phi Minnesota Vikings Adam Vinatieri, Ind Season: 493 Avg: 98.6
Week 5 Points 29 6 7 9 6 3 17 23 100

Team QB RB RB WR WR TE DST K Total
Tcepnt Tom Brady, NE Jerrick McKinnon, Min Terrence West, Bal T.Y. Hilton, Ind Eddie Royal, Chi Kyle Rudolph, Min Minnesota Vikings Stephen Gostkowski, NE Season: 426 Avg: 85.2
Week 5 Points 29 4 9 23 4 1 17 6 93

rk1101 leads the week for the 1st time this season taking home the top prize in Week 5. rk1101 beat yours truly by a final score of 117-100. This was a tough week to lose as all 3 entries put up high score totals. Adam Vinatieri(23), Andy Dalton(21) and Jordan Howard(21) led the way for the winning team this week. Howard played a big part in rk1101's victory but Hunter Henry also helped by outscoring the other 2 TEs by 10 or more points. Punk is Dead remains the leader in both season total and weekly average with a solid 98.6 points per week.

Under the rules of this contest, myself, Tcepnt, and rk1101 are picking Week 6 without 40 possible options each. The choices will definitely begin to get more and more difficult. Because Ray Guilfoyle joined us in Week 2 he will have the 8 players he chose that week removed from his available player pool should he rejoin us this week. A reminder of players that are ineligible to select for Week 6 are:

Team Position and Players
Punk is Dead QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Derek Carr, Oak Mark Ingram, NO Julio Jones, Atl Jason Witten, Dal Houston Texans Mason Crosby, GB
Spencer Ware, KC Michael Crabtree, Oak
Week 2 Eli Manning, NYG DeAngelo Williams, Pit Allen Robinson, Jax Delanie Walker, Ten Baltimore Ravens Matt Prater, Det
DeMarco Murray, Ten Willie Snead, NO
Week 3 Aaron Rodgers, GB Melvin Gordon, SD Jarvis Landry, Mia Dwayne Allen, Ind Carolina Panthers Dan Bailey, Dal
Charles Sims, TB Marvin Jones, Det
Week 4 Kirk Cousins, Was David Johnson, Ari Alshon Jeffery, Chi Greg Olsen, Car Arizona Cardinals Dustin Hopkins, Was
LeGarrette Blount, NE Demaryius Thomas, Den
Week 5 Ben Roesthlisberger, Pit C.J. Anderson, Den Jordy Nelson, GB Zach Ertz, Phi Minnesota Vikings Adam Vinatieri, Ind
Frank Gore, Ind Jordan Matthews, Phi
Tcepnt QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Derek Carr, Oak Christine Michael, SEA Antonio Brown, Pit Jared Cook, GB Cleveland Browns Dan Bailey, Dal
Spencer Ware, KC Amari Cooper, Oak
Week 2 Andy Dalton, Cin DeAngelo Williams, Pit Odell Beckham Jr., NYG C.J. Uzomah, Cin Carolina Panthers Dan Carpenter, Buf
Danny Woodhead, SD Tyrell Williams, SD
Week 3 Phillip Rivers, SD Melvin Gordon, SD Jarvis Landry, Mia Greg Olsen, Car Houston Texans Nick Novak, Hou
Theo Riddick, Det Travis Benjamin, SD
Week 4 Cam Newton, Car Ezekiel Elliot, Dal DeAndre Hopkins, Hou Hunter Henry, SD Buffalo Bills Will Lutz, NO
Jordan Howard, Chi Terrelle Pryor, Cle
Week 5 Tom Brady, NE Jerrick McKinnon, Min T.Y. Hilton, Ind Kyle Rudolph, Min Minnesota Vikings Stephen Gostkowski, NE
Terrence West, Bal Eddie Royal, Chi
rk1101 QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 1 Matthew Stafford, Det Rashad Jennings, NYG Sammy Watkins, Buf Dwayne Allen, Ind Tampa Bay Buccaneers Travis Coons, FA
Ryan Mathews, Phi Marvin Jones, Det
Week 2 Joe Flacco, Bal C.J. Anderson, Den Odell Beckham Jr., NYG Gary Barnidge, Cle Seattle Seahawks Roberto Aguayo, TB
Danny Woodhead, SD Doug Baldwin, Sea
Week 3 Matt Ryan, Atl DeAngelo Williams, Pit Jarvis Landry, Mia Dennis Pitta, Bal Miami Dolphins Josh Lambo, SD
Charles Sims, TB Michael Thomas, NO
Week 4 Kirk Cousins, Was LeGarrette Blount, NE T.Y. Hilton, Ind Kyle Rudolph, Min New England Patriots Blair Walsh, Min
Carlos Hyde, SF DeSean Jackson, Was
Week 5 Andy Dalton, Cin Jordan Howard, Chi A.J. Green, Cin Hunter Henry, SD Buffalo Bills Adam Vinatieri, Ind
Terrence West, Bal Jordy Nelson, GB
Ray Guilfoyle QB RB WR TE DST K
Week 2 Blake Bortles, Jax Ezekiel Elliot, Dal Allen Robinson, Jax Delanie Walker, Ten Seattle Seahawks Matt Prater, Det
Thomas Rawls, Sea Tajae Sharpe, Ten

For those new to the challenge, here are a few ground rules. The format is basic enough; construct a lineup using the following roster setup: 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1DST, & 1K. We will use standard ESPN scoring which is can be found here. There isn’t even a salary cap when setting the lineup!

What makes this challenge… challenging is that you can only select each player ONCE per season! That means if you pick Aaron Rodgers in Week 1, you CANNOT choose him again Weeks 2-17. Matchups play a HUGE part in this game, but so do injuries. Wait too long on using Le’Veon Bell and he could suffer an injury that leaves him unusable in your available player pool the rest of the season. We are using 2RBs and 2WRs per week to make it even more difficult.

For those joining us in Week 6, you have the entire pool of players at your disposal! We will have new winners each week! In addition to that, we will also have a season long total and a weekly average leaderboard.

Can you pick the best lineups all season long? Join the fun in the comments below and may the best faketeamer win!

Please post your lineups in the comments below. I will update this weekly with the leaderboard and you will put next week’s lineup in that post! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below as well. Thanks for the read and please share this post to grow this challenge and the faketeams community!