Updated look at my team's usage through week 5:
| PLAYER | USED | TOTAL | PTSPER$ | PTSPER$RNK |
| QB - Josh Allen - BUF/7 - $25 | 4 | 168.40 | 6.74 | 4 |
| QB - Jared Goff - DET/6 - $9 | 1 | 42.00 | 4.67 | 11 |
| RB - Joe Mixon - CIN/10 - $30 | 2 | 33.40 | 1.11 | 18 |
| RB - Saquon Barkley - NYG/9 - $26 | 5 | 94.60 | 3.64 | 13 |
| RB - Dameon Pierce - HOU/6 - $10 | 3 | 58.80 | 5.88 | 6 |
| RB - Zamir White - LV/6 - $6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 |
| RB - Jeff Wilson - SF/9 - $3 | 2 | 31.00 | 10.33 | 1 |
| WR - Courtland Sutton - DEN/9 - $19 | 4 | 64.80 | 3.41 | 14 |
| WR - Marquise Brown - ARI/13 - $18 | 5 | 97.70 | 5.43 | 8 |
| WR - JuJu Smith-Schuster - KC/8 - $15 | 1 | 13.90 | 0.93 | 19 |
| WR - George Pickens - PIT/9 - $6 | 2 | 30.50 | 5.08 | 9 |
| WR - Josh Palmer - LAC/8 - $6 | 2 | 28.90 | 4.82 | 10 |
| WR - Sammy Watkins - GB/14 - $4 | 1 | 12.30 | 3.08 | 16 |
| WR - Braxton Berrios - NYJ/10 - $4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 |
| WR - Laviska Shenault - CAR/13 - $3 | 1 | 17.00 | 5.67 | 7 |
| TE - Kyle Pitts - ATL/14 - $24 | 1 | 16.20 | 0.68 | 20 |
| TE - Tyler Higbee - LAR/7 - $10 | 4 | 66.40 | 6.64 | 5 |
| TE - Hayden Hurst - CIN/10 - $8 | 2 | 32.40 | 4.05 | 12 |
| TE - Cade Otton - TB/11 - $3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 |
| PK - Evan McPherson - CIN/10 - $6 | 4 | 41.90 | 6.98 | 3 |
| PK - Austin Seibert - DET/6 - $3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 |
| PK - Rodrigo Blankenship - IND/14 - $3 | 1 | 9.50 | 3.17 | 15 |
| TD - Minnesota Vikings - MIN/7 - $3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 |
| TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/13 - $3 | 1 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 17 |
| TD - Tennessee Titans - TEN/6 - $3 | 4 | 26.00 | 8.67 | 2 |
These values reflect when they actually were used. Not surprising that Wilson is my leader it value per dollar. Tennessee gets a small asterisk as there is a week they tied with Arizona but since they have been used more I gave them the tiebreaker. McPherson has been expensive - but productive. Allen has lived up to his high cost. Higbee makes me feel good about that pick. A little surprising that Barkley doesn't show in the bang for the buck department given that I've used him every game so far. Shenault meanwhile has shown up only once but he really made it count. Otton counts for nothing of course - but I think he'll zoom up the chart as the season wears on. On to the positions:
QBs: Allen - used 4 times, Goff 1 time. Goff laid an egg this week but the fact that he beat Allen in a week is an upset in and of itself. That said in spite of his generally positive numbers I really worry about relying on him in week 7 (Allen's bye) when he is going up against the Dallas team that has allowed more heralded QBs to score 15.50, 18.55, 16.70, 13.00, and 20.40 over the first 5 weeks of the season. That's an average of just under 17 points per game compared to the 42 points I've been getting - a 25-point haircut that easily could be even worse.
RBs: Barkely 5, Pierce 3, Mixon 2, Wilson 2, Z White 0. Only 2 of my 10 flexes so far has come from this group that feels solid to me - a little surprising. Wilson has been taking the sting off of Mixon's slows start - hopefully Mixon can build on the somewhat more promising effort last week in the 2nd half vs Baltimore.
WRs: Hollywood 5, Sutton 4, Pickens 2, Palmer 2, JuJu 1, Shenault 1, Watkins 1, Berrios 0. Hollywood Brown and Sutton have been the mainstays but it's heartening to see that 6 of my 10 flexes have come from this bunch. They are all in the mix enough to give me hope that they'll contribute and even the nonqualifying numbers have sometimes been okay. Every flex I have gotten (from this and the other positions) has been at least 11 points. Frankly it might be the best WR depth I've had in this contest as I usually have more suspects than prospects by this point. Berrios is the one non-contributor. I still feel like he'll sneak in a big game or two as they have used him in odd and creative ways. Here's hoping.
TEs: Higbee 4, Hurst 2, Pitts 1, Otton 0. Higbee has been a target monster which has been very reassuring, especailly with the massive struggles of Pitts. Hurst has chipped in a couple of nice games and he's getting pretty consistent looks in the offense. Pitts....has been a disaster. He has way too much talent for things to stay that way.....right? As mentioned above, Otton is getting more and more play and looks from Brady as the season goes on which is exactly what I hoped. Really might be my x-factor down the stretch if I make it that far in the contest.
PKs: McPherson 4, Blankenship 1, Seibert 0. It's the Money Mac show now. He's managed to be a real nice contributor that has justifed the luxury price I've paid. As for Blank and Seibert - it just feels like their phones aren't ringing at all meaning a game with no FG attempts by Mac will put me in dangerous territory I'm afraid.
DEFs: Tennessee 3 1/2, Arizona 1 1/2, Minnesota 0. The Titans looked like the biggest overlay when I took them and have pretty much played like it (though their haven't been any big hits really as yet). Arizona has been fine as a number 2. Minnesota hasn't counted by they haven't exactly been trash either as they average a decent 5 points per game (by comparison Tennessee has 27 and Arizona has only 24) - so hopefully they'll put their best efforts up when I need them. The diversified approach has me averaging exactly 7 points per game so far.
Here's hoping luck continues to shine on the best roster I've put together in quite some time. (Even if the 2 post-$100 bonus rosters I considered have been actually, um better).
On To Week 6!!!!!!!!
-QG
). I have bolded the starters, and selected a normal amount at each position based on what a "typical" 30-player roster would look like. I also did not roster anyone who did not play in week 1 (i.e. Deshaun Watson or Deandre Hopkins).
