Ironman Fantasy Football - Season 5 Recap

Entering the season, Mark and I had completed four seasons of Ironman Fantasy Football.

Arguably the finest accomplishment in athletic history. Could I make it 5-0?

Here were our week one starters:

Although the projections were only one point different, Mark took the first game handily. Worthy got injured on the first series and Egbuka had a debutant ball performance. 

In week 2, I lost by 12. Hockenson put up 1.5 for me while Kraft scored 21 on my bench. 

In week 3, I lost by 1.5 and almost any move I would have made differently would have given me the win. My other defense put up 21 more points, and I had 3 players outscore Kraft (who was in my flex spot this time) on my bench. 

So after three, I was 0-3, but thinking how I could easily be 2-1. 

The next five, were not as close.

Lamar Jackson got hurt and missed a bunch of time. Weeks 5 and 8 were winnable in theory, but my roster just wasn't that great. The rest of the time, Mark just steamrolled me. 

In week 9, Worthy and Kraft both scored under 4 points. But I still put up 153 thanks to big games from Drake London, Tee Higgins and Lamar. Finally, a win!

Then the next two games, Mark put up 160.5 and 148 to clinch his first Ironman title. 

The season is over at 10-1 with 8 games still left to play (week 17 counts as two games). 

In his final win, Mark's Josh Allen put up 48 points. He was on the bench. And Mark's wagon of a team still scored 148 without Josh Allen. Crazy. 

Mark drafted great players and they all stayed healthy. He had top players at every position, including value picks. 

I barely had any good players and they got hurt. 

Pretty simple when you look at it that way. 

The streak is no more.