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Written by Cory Puffett
Published October 17, 2024
For the sixth time in AFL history, we had three managers lose games as Top 6 scorers while three Bottom 6 scorers won their games. The juxtaposition between good and bad luck doesn't get more stark than that in a 12-team league.
The first time it happened was in Week 7 of the 2016 season. The second time was in Week 11 of the 2020 season. Then in 2022, we had three instances of this happening in Weeks 3, 5, and 10.
One of those three lucky winners was Evan Ash, who won the 15th Toilet Bowl game in league history. His 66.53 points was the lowest winning score the AFL has seen since 2016, when starting lineups expanded from eight spots to nine. It is also the third lowest winning score all-time.
On the losing side of that matchup, Eric Meyer scored just 59.00 points which is the fourth lowest team score in the AFL since 2016.
Their combined 125.53 points was the fifth lowest combined score in AFL history and nearly five points lower than the previous matchup-low dating back to 2016.
Game of the Week: Jeffery McDonald (109.53) vs Cory Puffett (104.76)
Game of the Week: Jeffery McDonald (109.53) vs Cory Puffett (104.76)
All-time H2H: Jeffery leads series 1-0
George Kittle got Jeffery off to a hot start on Thursday night in Week 6 with his two-touchdown performance against Seattle. Cole Kmet negated that advantage Sunday morning in London with his own two-touchdown outing.
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In that same international game, Travis Etienne finished in the negative by carrying three times for -1 yard before leaving the game with an injury, but Dak Prescott turned in his own abysmal performance in the 4 o’clock window for Cory. Lamar Jackson’s strong outing at 1 p.m. for Jeffery was offset by Tyrone Tracy’s impressive outing on Sunday Night Football in Cory’s lineup.
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It wasn’t the war between giants we were hoping for, nor was it a true war of attrition. It just wound up being a bizarre matchup with Jeffery’s win probability fluctuating between the high 80s and the mid 50s until the Sunday night game finally ended with Jeffery prevailing by less than five points.
Sean Kennedy (147.49) vs William Battle (115.61)
Sean Kennedy (147.49) vs William Battle (115.61)
All-time H2H: Series tied 8-8
Anthony Battle (115.08) vs Alex Kincaid (138.87)
Anthony Battle (115.08) vs Alex Kincaid (138.87)
All-time H2H: Series tied 4-4
Will Massimini (113.30) vs Brandon Saunders (111.72)
Will Massimini (113.30) vs Brandon Saunders (111.72)
All-time H2H: Brandon leads series 9-5
Alex Mayo (93.10) vs Stephen April (95.79)
Alex Mayo (93.10) vs Stephen April (95.79)
All-time H2H: Series tied 3-3
Evan Ash (66.53) vs Eric Meyer (59.00)
Evan Ash (66.53) vs Eric Meyer (59.00)
All-time H2H: Evan leads series 9-8
Free Agent All-Stars vs Tom Brady Award Winner
Every week, we take the best possible lineup made of players who were available on waivers in the AFL at the end of the week and compare it to the top scoring team of the week in our league. Included percentages for the Free Agent All-Star players represent the percentage of FleaFlicker leagues in which each the player was rostered as of data gathering (usually Tuesday morning).
Final Score:
Free Agent All-Stars – 159.27
Sean Kennedy – 147.49
YTD Tom Brady Award Winner Record: 1-5
IR Report
In our league, any player can be placed on IR regardless of injury designation. Once on IR, the player cannot be moved, dropped, or traded for a minimum of three weeks.
After Week 1, IR placements are retroactive to the prior week as long as the player was already on the team's roster but was not in the starting lineup during that prior week. This means those players will be eligible to come off IR after just a two-week stay.
Weekly Manager Awards
How were this week's $10 divvied up? Weekly awards with no financial benefit can also be found here
Weekly Manager Awards
How were this week's $10 divvied up? Weekly awards with no financial benefit can also be found here
$4 - Tom Brady Award (Highest Scorer) Sean Kennedy #13 in his career
147.49 points Does not rank in Top 100 all-time
$1 - Norm Van Brocklin Award (Top QB) Will Massimini #8 in his career
Jordan Love, 28.06 1st career QB1 week
$1 - Adrian Peterson Award (Top RB) Sean Kennedy #5 in his career
Joe Mixon, 27.99 5th career RB1 week
$1 - Flipper Anderson Award (Top WR) Sean Kennedy #19 in his career (t-2nd most all-time)
Chris Godwin, 29.45 3rd career WR1 week
$1 - Shannon Sharpe Award (Top TE) Cory Puffett #16 in his career (t-3rd most all-time)
Cole Kmet, 21.65 3rd career TE1 week
$1 - Scott O'Brien Award (Top K) Will Massimini #22 in his career (most all-time)
Chris Boswell, 19.40 6th career K1 week
$1 - Chuck Noll Award (Top DEF) Alex Kincaid #8 in his career
Detroit Lions, 24.76 5th DEF1 week all-time
David Carr Award (Lowest Scorer) Eric Meyer #12 in his career (t-5th most all-time)
#1 Power Ranking Sean Kennedy #13 in his career (t-5th most all-time); 3rd of 2024
#12 Power Ranking Alex Mayo #2 in his career
Coaching Report
Who earned or cost him team the most points or a win based on coaching decisions? Find out here.
Coaching Report
Who earned or cost him team the most points or a win based on coaching decisions? Find out here.
Chuck Knox Award (Best Coach) Brandon Saunders #10 in his career
With one coaching risk, Brandon earned a league-high 13.37 points in Week 6. When Thursday Night Football kicked off, Anthony Richardson was projected to play Sunday afternoon and outscore Geno Smith. In fact, Richardson was expected to play up until mid-morning Sunday. Ultimately he didn't play, and so Brandon's decision to start Smith on Thursday night worked out in his favor.
Hue Jackson Award (Worst Coach) Alex Mayo #8 in his career (t-5th most all-time)
On two failed coaching risks, Alex cost his team a league-high 24.25 points and a victory. He started Roschon Johnson and placed a healthy Michael Pittman on IR, costing himself 6.25 points and ensuring Pittman cannot reenter his lineup until Week 9. Alex cost his team another 18.00 points by picking up Adonai Mitchell off waivers instead of Keenan Allen for a spot start.
Managers took a combined 13 coaching risks this week and were successful on 6. The league's net point differential was -35.85
To date in 2024, the AFL has a .494 success rate on 79 total coaching risks with a -159.14 point differential
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Who have been the luckiest and unluckiest managers this season? Find out here.
Manager Luck Report
Who suffered an unlucky loss or earned a lucky win this week? Who have been the luckiest and unluckiest managers this season? Find out here.
Lucky Wins
Evan Ash 1-10 breakdown (#11 scorer for the week)
Stephen April 3-8 breakdown (#9 scorer for the week)
Jeffery McDonald 5-6 breakdown (#7 scorer for the week)
Unlucky Losses
William Battle 9-2 breakdown (#3 scorer for the week)
Anthony Battle 8-3 breakdown (#4 scorer for the week)
Brandon Saunders 6-5 breakdown (#6 scorer for the week)
Luckiest managers through Week 6 (all-play)
Jeffery McDonald 1.8 wins above expected
Sean Kennedy 0.7 wins above expected
Eric Meyer 0.6 wins above expected
Evan Ash 0.6 wins above expected
Luckiest managers through Week 6 (median scoring)
Jeffery McDonald 2 wins above expected
Evan Ash 1 wins above expected
Will Massimini 1 wins above expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 6 (all-play)
William Battle 2.1 wins below expected
Brandon Saunders 0.5 wins below expected
Anthony Battle 0.4 wins below expected
Cory Puffett 0.4 wins below expected
Unluckiest managers through Week 6 (median scoring)
William Battle 3 wins below expected
Brandon Saunders 1 wins below expected
Positional Top 100 Leaderboards
These players posted one of the 100 best performances in AFL history within their position groups.
Positional Top 100 Leaderboards
These players posted one of the 100 best performances in AFL history within their position groups.
Chris Boswell, K Will Massimini 19.40 Points (t-#26 all-time)
Austin Seibert, K Alex Kincaid 16.60 Points (t-#87 all-time)
Detroit Lions, DEF Alex Kincaid 24.76 Points (#89 all-time)
Missed Opportunities
The players riding their managers' benches would have been key contributors.
Missed Opportunities
The players riding their managers' benches would have been key contributors.
Alex Mayo left the #1 QB performance of the week on his taxi
Caleb Williams, 31.42 Points
Williams was the QB5 while on Alex's TAXI in Week 5
Will Massimini left the #3 QB performance of the week on his bench
Baker Mayfield, 27.00 Points
Will started the real-QB2, Jordan Love, this week
Anthony Battle left the #5 WR performance of the week on his bench
Allen Lazard, 20.80 Points
Evan Ash left the #3 TE performance of the week on his bench
Mark Andrews, 14.85 Points
Stephen April left the #5 TE performance of the week on his bench
Evan Engram, 12.40 Points
Evan Ash left the #2 DEF performance of the week on his bench
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 23.52 Points
Top 100 Team Scores
These managers' earned one of the 100 highest team scores in AFL history.
Top 100 Team Scores
These managers' earned one of the 100 highest team scores in AFL history.
None in Week 6
Weekly League-wide Point Total
How high- or low-scoring was this week in the context of AFL history?
Weekly League-wide Point Total
How high- or low-scoring was this week in the context of AFL history?
The AFL scored 1,270.78 points in Week 6
This does not rank in the Top 50 in league history out of 161 regular season weeks
Scoring Anomalies
Did the second-highest scoring team lose? Or the second-lowest scoring team win? These sorts of anomalies and more are included here.
Scoring Anomalies
Did the second-highest scoring team lose? Or the second-lowest scoring team win? These sorts of anomalies and more are included here.
For the 15th time in AFL history, the two bottom scoring teams faced off. Their point differential of 7.53 points ranks 7th lowest among those games.
Eric's active streak of 100-point games ended at two, leaving William Battle and Jeffery McDonald tied for the longest active streak at three games
Alex Mayo's league-leading active drought of 100-point games extended to four games
This is the 18th drought of at least four games in AFL history. Alex is one game away from equaling the longest drought of his career.
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