Week 9 Results: Beware Of The Trap Game

We're down to stretch run as it's the final four regular season games of the fantasy season. The anti-clamatic part is the #1 and #2 seeds. Mayra and Albert have these locked up cold and they won't have to worry about anything basically until 6 weeks from now. Then there's those who cashed out and called it a day already. Me, Leland, Ryan, Mark, and Kenny have all conceded this is just not our year and have focused our energies for next season. The fun part? Spots #3-#6 are up for grabs and there are 5 teams gunning for 4 spots. With everyone having identical records, it makes every week that much more crucial. Which leaves us to something everyone should be aware of...the dreaded trap game. You know..the matchup you salivate over because you're playing against one of the doormats of the league. The projections have you winning by 40 points or so. I don't know when, I don't know who, but someone WILL get upset by a doormat before the season is over. In fact, Drew was VERY close to having that happen this week. There's going to be a week where for God knows what reason guys like Kenny Britt, Andre Holmes, Bishop Sankey etc..just go OFF and your team doesn't. The pressure is totally off us..it's allllll on the teams left in the playoff hunt to do their jobs. Being a spoiler would be a great incentive on our side..as we want to make someone as miserable as we are. Just a warning...don't take these matchups lightly...cause you never know what might happen. Here are the Week 9 results.

JTG's Warehouse (5-4)                  98.5
Arturo's Beans (2-7)                      91

This was WAYYYYY closer than expected..considering Drew was originally projected to obliterate me by nearly 28 points. I tried my best..but ultimately failed yet again in my quest to break my losing streak which stands at 7. Ben Roethlisberger would've been a god amongst men had his 6 TD, 35 point performance carried me to the improbable upset. Instead all it did was prolong the inevitable, though Drew did have to sweat this out until the 3rd quarter, when Andre Williams finally caught a pass and then scored a TD to seal the deal. Julian Edelman (of all people) and Andre Ellington led the way with 44.5 points between them. Demaryius Thomas had a solid yardage game with 127 yards and Julius Thomas had a  TD. Drew's running backs still leave a lot to be desired. When Rashad Jennings and Ryan Mathews come back, Branden Oliver and Andre Williams will take a severe hit, the only sliver of hope is that Adrian Peterson somehow can get back on the field at the end of this season. So Drew survives the scare for win #5 and he'll face Leland in yet another trap game scenario. I'll take on Alex and his scorching hot team next and if I lose I'll add longest losing streak in Wane McGarity Bowl history to my awesome list of achievements this season.

Game MVP

Julian Edelman (JTG's Warehouse)

9 Receptions, 89 receiving yards, 1 receiving TD, 1 Return TD, 24.5 Points

  

Bigger Balls (9-0)              103

Next!!!! (2-7)                       54

I feel stupid for thinking there was a possibility Leland might pull off the upset. I don't drink, so you can't blame alcohol for my absurd train of thought. Even if Leland had played Mike Evans (27 points on his bench) it wouldn't have mattered. Mayra's mediocre game still resulted in 103 points and she broke my Dad's record of most wins in a row with 9. Andrew Luck capped the night off for her with 354 passing yards and 4 more TD's. Antonio Brown did his usual too with 144 and a score. Finally though, Mayra will have a challenge next week as she faces Eugene and she'll be without Ahmad Bradshaw, Andrew Luck, and Antonio Gates. Should be interesting to see what happens here. Leland takes on Drew next week.

Game MVP

Andrew Luck (Bigger Balls)

354 Passing Yards, 4 Passing TD's, 30 points

Rocket Man (5-4)                  117.5
Hoosier Daddy (3-6)               87

Leland bounces back with a nice win here against what could've been a potential upset bid. Eugene is LOADED with wide receiver talent. Maclin, Cobb, Julio, V-Jax, Calvin, Martavis Bryant, its an embarrassment of riches. Maclin put up another HUGE game with 30 points (158 and 2 scores), Bryant  caught two TD's passes as well. He played this game without Calvin, Randall Cobb, and Julio Jones and survived just fine. Everyone on his roster scored double digits. Ryan put up a solid fight, but lost Nick Foles to an early injury. Only Jeremy Hill was great with 154 yards and two TD's. Eugene will face his biggest challenge of the season when he takes on Mayra. He's got the roster to win, especially with her having key players on bye. It would be a huge win for Eugene. Ryan takes on my Dad in another attempt to play spoiler.

Game MVP

Jeremy Maclin (Rocket Man)

6 receptions, 158 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 30 points

 

The Bad Robofies (5-4)                105.5

Dr. Light's Robots (5-4)                  83

This is HUGE win for Dad and a season saver. Without Brandon Marshall and Gio Bernard, Dad was still able to survive and beat Matt pretty easily. Dad PICKED THE RIGHT QB THIS WEEK!! Tom Brady has been amazing of late and he ended up with 333 passing yards and 4 TD's for 27.5 points. Alfred Morris finally had a huge game and carried the running back load with 109 total yards and two TD's. Mohammad Sanu also continued his great season as he got Dad 95 yards and a score. Jordan Matthews even chipped in a TD. Dad looks like he'll have to go without the services of Gio again which would suck, but at least his matchup isn't too brutal against Ryan. For Matt..opportunity to break away wasted. Emmanuel Sanders had another great game with 151 yards and 10 catches, Jamaal Charles had 88 and a score. QB Play was average per the usual. Under 200 yards and 2 TD's for Alex Smith. Odell Beckham added 156 yards on 8 catches but it was after the game had already been decided. Matt gets a gift next week as he'll take on Kenny and that should as easy as a win you can get, while Dad takes on the aforementioned Ryan.

Game MVP

Tom Brady (The Bad Robofies)

333 Passing Yards, 4 Passing TD's, 1 Int, 27.5 points

Channel 4 News Team (8-1)                100.5

Woe Is Me (3-6)                                     63

The biggest story coming out of this was Arian Foster getting hurt. Man this would be a HUGE loss for Albert if it's serious. It sounds like he's going to be fine, but you just never know with him. Before he got hurt, he had already amassed 119 total yards and a score. Really, considering the opponent it didn't mean much. Ronnie Hillman put up two TD's, Peyton Manning had his usual 20+ point game and Anquan Boldin had 93 and a score. A.J. Green also game back and chipped a TD. Albert's basically been just as hot as Mayra, in fact Albert's only loss is against Mayra and he's won 7 in a row himself. He'll look to make it 8 against another terrible team in Mark, while Kenny takes on Matt.

Game MVP

Peyton Manning (Channel 4 News Team)

438 Passing Yards, 2 Passing TD's, 2 INT's, 22 Points

 

Winter Is Here (5-4)               142
Shock The Monkey (2-7)        93.5

Alex's team is JUST ROLLING right now as for the 2nd straight week he puts up the most points in the week and this week it's not even CLOSE. He built on that great Thursday start, as Marshawn Lynch finally woke up with 143 total yards and two scores. Gronk added a TD and over 100 yards, Lafell scored again, and T.Y. Hilton had 71 and a score to top off the week. Half his players scored 20 or more points. That's just insane. This is team is loaded with guys with huge upsides. I would not want to face this team in the playoffs, that's for sure. Mark actually put up a decent fight scoring 93.5 points. He was lead by Deandre Hopkins and Eric Decker who put up 36.5 points combined. It's just not even close to being enough when you're playing a team as hot as Alex's is right now. He'll take me on next, but it might be a little bit of a challenge with a few guys on bye. Mark takes on Albert next week.

Game MVP

Marshawn Lynch (Winter Is Here)

67 Rushing Yards, 2 Rushing TDs, 5 receptions, 76 receiving yards, 27.5 Points