Weller Done: Ben rides Goedert and Etienne to the crown

Week 15 – Fancy Football IX

The crown

Congratulations to Ben Weller, who cashed the crown with 175.1 and a balanced, mid-chalk build that kept hitting green. The headline was Dallas Goedert at 25.0 for just $3.8k, paired with a smash from Travis Etienne Jr. (31.5). Ben squeezed steady production across the roster with Nico Collins (23.5), Chris Olave (20.5), Zay Flowers (15.8), and Jaxson Dart (23.1), while the Bears D/ST (18) did the dirty work. He even survived a quiet Cooper Kupp (9.6) and a down game from Bucky Irving.

The chase

Mike Fior (158.3) surged into second thanks to a savvy, low-rostered hammer in TreVeyon Henderson (33.1) alongside Etienne, Olave, and Flowers. One misstep—Kyle Monangai (3.3)—kept him from threatening late. Dwayne Richter (155.2) rounded out the podium with Matthew Stafford (24.9), Goedert (25.0), and a sharp contrarian dart in Jacory Croskey-Merritt (15.6) powering a low-chalk 9.6 build.

Chalk, pivots, and pain

• Chalk that smashed: Travis Etienne Jr. (37.8%, 31.5), Puka Nacua (18.9%, 30.9), Bears D/ST (18), and Jaxson Dart (24.3%, 23.1).
• Low- to mid-owned difference-makers: Amon-Ra St. Brown (8.1%, 44.4), TreVeyon Henderson (10.8%, 33.1), Courtland Sutton (8.1%, 27.3), Jameson Williams (10.8%, 29.4).
• Popular landmines: Isaiah Likely (13.5%, 0.0) torpedoed several builds, while Justin Jefferson (10.8%, 4.2) and Jaylen Waddle (5.4%, 4.6) failed to fire. Cheap traps also included Raiders D/ST (0.0), Packers D/ST (1.0), Cowboys D/ST (1.0), Quentin Johnston (0.0), and Riley Leonard (0.0).

Value corner

Tight end was a gold mine: Dallas Goedert and a one-man island Darren Waller (25.6, drafted only by Sean O’Neil) topped the value chart, with Dalton Schultz (21.6) not far behind. Single-bullet sharps included J.J. McCarthy (24.5, Ed Ulreich) and the Eagles D/ST (16, Brian Salisbury)—smart calls even if the full builds didn’t climb into contention.

Standings snapshot

Eric Wilde keeps control of the season race and stretches to a W7 with another top-half finish. Nick Rohrbeck’s 4th and strong showings from Jack and Kyle Gagnon pushed that trio up the board. On the flip side, Charlie Weller’s flyer on Isaac TeSlaa (0.0) capped a tough week at 37th.