Friday, October 6, 2017

Week 5 2017: @ ShowMeYourTDs

Starting Lineup:
QB: Jameis Winston
WR: Antonio Brown
WR: Keenan Allen
RB: Ezekiel Elliott
RB: Mike Gillislee
TE: Charles Clay
Flex: Tyreek Hill
K: Greg Zuerlein
D/ST: Philadelphia

El Pollo Loco is coming into week 5 hot! Scoring 152 points against Unstopa-Bo and bringing their season record to 3-0-1 (2-0-1). Still undefeated marking their best start in franchise history, that's the good news. The bad news is Loco is coming off the biggest blowout of the week and it has been well documented on this site that Loco is atrocious in games after the biggest blowout. A lowly 2-6 to be exact. Teams having letdown games after a big win is something that happens all the time in footbal. However, what has happened to Loco seems like some sort of bad juju. Loco hopes to buck this trend, but it will be tough as they play a tough ShowMeYourTDs squad.

TDs comes into this matchup 1-3, but their team is much better than that record as they have the leagues toughest schedule so far. They have one of the deepest teams in the league and this week they are going to need that depth with a lot of significant byes. Devonta Freeman, Jordan Reed, and Denver D are all big contributors to this team and all have byes this week. The good news is they still have Jordy Nelson, DeAndre Hopkins, and Bilal Powell. Additionally, TDs made some good pickups this week with Cameron Brate and Detroit D both having good matchups. TDs has the bye week blues, but don't expect him to leave this week black and blue. He will compete.

This week Loco only has to deal with one bye. They will be without the services of Drew Brees because of his bye week. Which should not be a huge problem as QB is the deepest position in the game. However, it still hurts Loco not having that leadership on the field and will need Antonio Brown and Ezekiel Elliott to shoulder more of the load than usual. Loco made a trade earlier this week and a new face steps into the lineup as Mike Gillislee makes his first start in red and yellow. His debut last night was less than desirable as he had only managed 5 points.

The matchup got off to a poor start last night for Loco as both players had down nights compared to expectations and TDs players rose to the occasion. Jameis Winston was able to save a poor start with 15 points. As it stands now TDs leads Loco 32-20. Loco is not out of it yet, but they have some work to do. As it was stated earlier TDs is going to compete in this game. With a live projection of 128-126 this one may come down to Tyreek Hill vs. DeAndre Hopkins on Sunday night.

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