The Wane McGarity Championship Preview

 

Well, here we are. After the drafts, the trades, the waiver wire pickups, the injuries, the agonizing losses, the awesome wins, alllllll the lucky bullshit in between, 12 teams started with a goal, to become this year's Wane McGarity Bowl Champion, and after 15 weeks, 10 teams will have to wait until next year for that opportunity. But for Leland and Kenny, their as close as close can get to achieving their  goal. For Leland, it'll be a return to glory. Leland's been here before, he's 2-0 in Finals Appearances, and he'll try to win a record 3rd this season. For Kenny, it's the opposite, He's been here twice as well, both on the losing end, including last year's heartbreaker to Mark. Armed with an even better team than last year, he'll hope the 3rd time is the charm for that elusive championship. Who's dreams will be coming true? Will Kenny finally break through, or will Leland be setting records. All questions that will be answered at

Wane McGarity Bowl VIIII

No Soup For You (Leland) 

vs

Scott's Tots (Kenny)

Leland Lawrence (No Soup For You)

Finals Appearances: 3rd

Finals Record: 2-0 (Won in 2012 vs Albert, and in 2015 vs Mark)

Regular Season Record: 8-5 (1st Place)

Regular Season Points Leader

How Leland Got Here: Leland's journey started out very shaky, as he started out 0-3. Ironically this is 2nd time he's started out 0-3 and made the finals. David Johnson was looking like a bust of a pick and it was looking like another possible disappointing season for Leland. He quickly turned it around though, and started scoring points in bunches, while also ripping off a 7 game winning streak. A trade for Zeke rejuvenated his team, and it started to look like there was no way Leland was going to lose again. Then..disaster struck, first the Kareem Hunt fiasco cost him huge as he lost his arguably 1st or 2nd best player to suspension. A few days later, he would lose Emmanuel Sanders to injury as well. Rex Burkhead's reemergence also has killed James White's value and to add more insult to injury, it looks like Leland will be without Tyler Boyd, the guy he traded David Johnson for, as well, add that to the uncertainty of Aaron Rodgers and Leland has a lot of question marks in route to the finals.  He still finished with the #1 seed and points title, but lucky for him he got away with a subpar performance in the semis because of Matt's team's inexplicable meltdown. It's not often Leland finds himself as the underdog, but in this championship final that's exactly what he is.

Kenny Bybee (Scott's Tots)

Finals Appearances: 3rd

Finals Record: 0-2 (Lost to Me in 2013, Lost to Mark in 2017)

#3 Seed

2nd in Points Scored

How Kenny Got Here: Just like Leland, Kenny's season started off frustrating. His team was scoring points but he kept losing because his points against was just so sky high. This was exactly why we changed the 6th seed to points based. Kenny not only hit perfectly on keeping Antonio Brown and Christian McCaffrey, but after week 1 he picked up a guy who would be critical to his run to to the title. Phillip Lindsay. Lindsay has been the waiver wire pickup of the year, providing top end scoring. Kenny's super deep roster has paid off dividends as he ended the season on a tear, not even needed the 6th seed rule to make the playoffs. He easily dispatched of both Eugene and me and now heads into his 3rd Wane McGarity Bowl as once again a heavy favorite. He was a heavy favorite last year too, but fell just short in his quest for a title (thanks in part to an  untimely Antonio Brown injury). Will fate once again be against Kenny? Or will he finally be able to breakthrough and become champion?

Head to Head Record

Leland won the regular season matchup 1-0, beating Kenny 159.38-85.22 in Week 7

Official Predictions

Yahoo Says: Kenny wins

I Say: Kenny wins. Neither team has looked particularly well the past couple of weeks, but there's a lot more uncertainty on Leland's side than Kenny's side at this stage of the season. Maybe this would be an epic clash if Leland's team was full strength, but unfortunately it's not. Although the way this season has gone, nothing would surprise me, I just think it's Kenny's time and he's due. I really believe the 3rd time will be a charm and I honestly think Kenny wins this pretty easily. I hope am wrong and it's at least semi competitive, but I just can't see Kenny's team as a whole underperforming as bad as it's been the last couple of weeks, and even then, he still won both of his matchups with ease. It's going to take a lot of wild card blowup performances for Leland, and I just think it's going to be too much to overcome. I believe Kenny should be the 2018 Wane McGarity Bowl Champion.

Semi Finals Overview: The Wane McGarity Bowl Is Set

 

So honestly this is the worst playoffs I've ever seen in my entire time playing this dumb game. Seriously the past 3-4 weeks, when you take into account all the key injuries (and suspensions) and underwhelming performances from elite stars, it's been even more a crapshoot than ever to win a playoff game this year. Sooooo many guys busted this week, it's a who's who of top flight talent. Put it this way, not one team scored 100 points this week. And as you'll see in the recap, a record was set...but not the kind to proud of. After all the carnage, we do have our Wane McGarity Bowl officially set. So who got in? Here are the results.

Scott's Tots (9-6)               99.36

Rigmas Forever (8-7)        74.54

And once again I fail for the 4th time in the semis as my team outside of Justin Jackson and Alvin Kamara just didn't come to play. The score doesn't really show how close this matchup was. It was really a dreadful performance from both of our teams that started with 0 for me from Keenan Allen. Kenny got a pretty good Deshaun Watson performance, but the rest of his team was average at best down to awful on Saturday Night and Sunday. Philip Lindsay was held to under 7 points, neither Antonio Brown or Julian Edelman met their projections and Zach Ertz was held to under 4 points. I was actually a 3 point favorite going into the Monday Night games with Cam, Ian  Thomas, Michael Thomas, and Alvin Kamara still to go vs Kenny having Christian McCaffrey and Mark Ingram. But, as soon as the game started, the outcome was never in doubt. The game pretty much started with a 50 yard TD pass from....CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY to a random tight end (not MY tight end) and it was just an embarrassing performance from my team the rest of the way. Only Kamara did anything, as Michael Thomas was again disappointing and Ian Thomas caught two passes on the very first Panthers drive and was done after that. Cam was terrible..god awful as I got the absolute worst QB performance I've gotten since I got a 0 from Tony Romo in the 2011 Finals. He finished with a pathetic 5 points and it's beyond obvious his injury is super serious, but he keeps on playing. T.Y. Hilton and Tarik Cohen had respectable games, but nothing mind blowing. So Kenny's team is the first team to reach back to back finals since Albert went to 3 straight back in 2010-2012, and it's his 3rd finals appearance overall, which ties Albert for most all time. It was far from pretty, but at the end of the day the better team did win. For me, it really felt like a super weird season. I never felt like my team had any sorts of consistency and I basically got a bye by default, not because I had a superior team. Also, what seems to be a common theme in the playoffs for me, my team just seems to run out of gas as honestly Cam and my Saints players have been pretty average the past 3-4 weeks. This time, I had no one else on my team to bail me out. I find solace in knowing that even had I played Damien Williams, I would've lost, so lineup decisions wouldn't have mattered. That's the way it goes sometimes. If I seem calm about it, ha, trust me, I wasn't, I had my meltdown last night (didn't even bother to watch the 2nd half of the game) and this morning begrudging congratulating Kenny on his victory. It sucks beyond belief, but it is what it is and I once again have to gear from the 3rd place to see if I can get money back. For Kenny, his team has been the best team to me for a while now, especially after Leland lost to key pieces in Kareem Hunt and Emmanuel Sanders so I think he'll go into the finals as the favorite. He's 0-2 so far in the Finals, but 3rd time could be the charm, and this could be his best team out of the 3 that have made the finals. 

No Soup For You (9-6)                 90.96

Light's Broken Bots (8-6)             47.32

WOW...this is the most unbelievable jaw dropping playoff performance I've ever seen and not in a good way. This is exactly why this game is so maddening and frustrating. Give a piece of two, this is the same exact team with the same exact core that scored 144 points just last week. This week...not even 50...not even 50 points..not an typo. Matt's team put a playoff record low 47.32 points in just a inexplicably awful performance. Patrick Mahomes basically accounted for half of the points. Thielen, Juju, Gronk, Kittle all massively flopped at the same time. How DOES THAT happen?! I really thought Matt was going to win this with ease, but it was just a nightmarish way to end what was a solid season. These playoffs have been absolutely awful so far and this matchup was basically over before the Sunday Night game. Leland had Robert Woods for fun. The scary thing, Leland's team was honestly not that great either and he lost yet ANOTHER key piece to his team with Tyler Boyd getting injured. For Leland, it's his 3rd finals appearance and he's 2-0 in the finals so far. He also ties Albert and Kenny for most Finals Appearances, but he can take over most Wane McGarity Bowl victories all time with 3 if he beats Kenny. It's going to be a really difficult task to say the least, but if anyone can get it done it's Leland. So the "Cousin Connection Bowl" will end up happening in the 3rd place game, while Kenny takes on Leland in Wane McGarity Bowl VIIII. 

Other League Notes: As typical with the loser bracket, no one really gives a crap or pays attention much to the results, but lost in the shuffle was Dad's miracle win against the Drew. It looked like Drew had an easy win to advance to the loser bracket finals with Drew Brees left to go, but Brees was terrible and Dad advances to his 3rd straight Michael Wiley Loser Bowl Finals by a mere 2 points. He'll take on Albert who easily beat Mike in the semis. The most awkward and pointless matchup of the playoffs is always the 5th place game. I mean, there's nothing to gain from it really. Kind of a pride thing. Eugene beat Mark by 3 points. Geez, seems like the consolation bracket is a lot more competitive than the actual playoffs. Finally, in what is a matchup about pride because no one wants to finish last place, Ryan won the 11th place game against Alex. For Alex, it officially ends a season that I'm sure he'd like to forget.

Thursday Night Overview: It All Comes Predictably Crashing Down

 

You wanna know why I loathe this game so much? Because I have zero control on what actually happens in this stupid game. This is my 6th trip to the final four in the playoffs..6 times I've been here..and I'm about to fail yet again for the 4th time to even reach the Championship game. Last year it's because of a random TE Decision. This year, an in game injury has already killed my week before it's even started. Yup Keenan Allen, who I own of course, got hurt in the 1st quarter in last night's game and never came back. BIG FAT 0 in the playoffs nonetheless. Just forget any chance of beating Kenny's team (like I had one to begin with) now because it ain't happening. On top of that, I had Damien Williams in my lineup alllll week but chickened out at the last second because I didn't want two wild card plays on a Thursday in a semi final playoff matchup and since Melvin Gordon was ruled out, I thought Justin Jackson would be the better play and stuck with him and Tarik Cohen. Naturally Damien Williams goes off (of course he does, I own him and didn't play him, I promise you if I played him he'd have 60 total yards with no TD's). It's just so predictable how shit my luck is. It's beyond aggravating and I don't see how you guys shrug this shit off. Maybe it's because yall have real lives that don't revolve around this game. Anyways, Kenny's going to sail to the finals (again) while I'll get to play in the 3rd place game for the 4th fucking time and pretend to be focused on it because you get your money back. Justin Jackson WAS good, I"m not a TOTAL idiot, but it's for nothing. Oh and TY Hilton either will play but be limited or just be ruled out completely just to stick it to me even more. On the flip side of the matchups, Matt didn't get the Mahomes superman performance that he's been getting all season and I think he might be in jeopardy of losing to Leland now. He's going to need his core of Juju, Thielen, Gronk, and George Kittle to really pick up the slack if he's going to advance to the championship.

Semifinals Matchups and Predictions

Well..here we are...the final 4. We've weeded out 8 teams so far and now we're left with the four best teams standing. Like I said in my last post, I truly believe these are the best 4 teams left which is rare to get considering how unpredictable this game is. Speaking of unpredictability, these playoffs have been a NIGHTMARE with the number of key injuries to superstar players. Kareem Hunt, Melvin Gordon, A.J. Green, Spencer Ware, Carson Wentz are just a few guys whose injuries are mucking things up for us. So without further ado...here's who I think is advancing to the 2018 Wane McGarity Bowl.

Rigmas Forever (8-5) vs
Scott's Tots (8-6)

Yahoo Says: Kenny wins
I Say: Kenny Wins. Oh boy....for me personally, Kenny is my BIGGEST rival. He's my best friend and we go all the way back to middle school. As far as fantasy goes, we've done sooooo many leagues together starting all the way back to the Good Ol' Sandbox days. Surprisingly, in all of the years we've played in this league, we rarely cross paths besides the mandatory regular season matchups. The only time we have in the playoffs? 2013..when I beat Kenny to win my one and only Wane McGarity Bowl. So to say this matchup means a lot to me and him is the biggest understatement. There's no one I'd rather beat to get to the top, and unfortunately I'd rather lose to anyone else than Kenny. There are a LOT of moving parts yet to be determined for both our lineups. So many unknowns, our lineups could change multiple times throughout the week. One thing that is for sure though is the ultimate reason for picking Kenny to beat me...he's just simply got the better overall team. It's way more balanced than mine. I have a nagging Cam injury, uncertainty at tight end, a hobbled T.Y. Hilton, a struggling Saints combo, a questionable flex, it's just a lot of wild cards and it would be nearly impossible for me to hit on every decision I have to make. I feel like Kenny has the more stable team and he's been on a tear the last few weeks. I would 100% love to be wrong, but just being real here. This is Kenny's to take. Hope my team proves me wrong...we'll see.


No Soup For You (8-5) vs
Light's Broken Bots (8-6)

Yahoo Says:  Leland Wins
I Say: Matt wins. Oh boy..talk about a matchup that has had so many twists and turns. First of all remember just a mere couple of weeks ago it was Matt that broke Leland's 7 game winning streak by barely a point or two after that unbelievable Rams vs Chiefs shootout. At first, I thought Leland was a shoo in for the Finals..then he turned around and lost both Kareem Hunt and Emmanuel Sanders...then I thought Matt was the no doubt winner after he blitzed Mark in Round 1..but now Matt will be without the services of Spencer Ware and Kerryon Johnson yet again and once again Matt's RB Depth is thin...so it seems like advantage Leland again right? Until you realize that Matt's running back depth has been thin ALL SEASON basically and he's still been able to overcome it because of the enormous depth at the rest of his positions, starting with Patrick Mahomes. When you have Mahomes, Juju, Thielen, Gronk, and Kittle you can more than afford to have mediocre RB plays. Yahoo has Leland as a small favorite but I think Matt takes it and advances to his 2nd Wane McGarity Bowl.

Round 1 Overview: Anticlimactic Start To The Playoffs

 

There's no way around it, as awesome and unpredictable the regular season ended for us..the 1st round of the playoffs was a boring ass dud. Beyond predictable with no suspense. Honestly, the right four teams are in the playoffs. Selfishly I wish that wasn't the truth as I reallllly wanted Mark and Eugene to be in my bracket, but it didn't happen so we have our final four. Here are they yawn inducing results of Round 1. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Scott's Tots (8-6)                              108.54

Rocket Man (6-8)                               69.14

Good lord, this was not even exaggerating, over by the first wave of games. Seriously...Kenny's 4 1:00 PM plays outscored Eugene's entire team.  Gross. Kenny's team wasn't even THAT good, at least to his standards, yet because Eugene's team was so terrible it didn't matter and it was easy nearly 40 point blowout. It's not Eugene fault, he lost A.J. Green and Melvin Gordon at the absolute wrong time, but man, this was just a glorified bye for Kenny. Unfortunately Eugene ends the season on a 5 game slide. For Kenny, he plays me next....yay. 

Light's Broken Bots (8-6)                                                144.68

Shock The Monkey (7-7)                                                   82.98

Another laughable matchup that was never in doubt. Matt wins by over 60 in this snoozefest. I guess Mark put up a better fight..if you count scoring in the low 80's a fight. George Kittle absolutely went BONKERS which afforded Matt to have a pretty average Patrick Mahomes game. This is exactly why I wanted Mark and Eugene in my bracket. I basically could've coasted to the finals while also getting Kenny eliminated (he would've lost to Matt had Mark won the final week of the season) Damn you Alshon Jeffrey for not being able to outscore Josh Doctson in Week 13. Matt gets Leland's team, which I would've said was the favorite about 3 weeks ago, but with him losing both Kareem Hunt and Emmanuel Sanders for the season, I think Matt actually has the upper advantage now. For Mark, what a rollercoaster, I went from never buying his team, to buying in, to can't believing I second guessed my original stance. Anyways, at the very least, Mark's loss means we're guaranteed a new champion this year, as Albert still get to keep his claim to fame as the only repeat champion in our league's history.

Round 1 MVP

George Kittle (Light's Broken Bots)

7 Receptions, 210 Receiving Yards, 1 TD, 30.5 Points (All in the 1st Half)

Round 1 Matchups and Predictions

Here we are folks, no more messin around. We've already eliminated 6 teams from playoff contention and now it's playoff time. Simple rules apply, win and advance, lose and your season is over. This should be short and sweet as I only have to predict two 1st round matchups. Me and Leland await the winners. Here we go


Scott's Tots (7-6) vs
Rocket Man (6-7)

Yahoo Says: Kenny wins
I Say: Kenny wins. They split the season series, but Eugene's win came in week 2 of the regular season. His team has torpedoed since then. He's on a 4 game losing streak and came unbelievably close missing the playoffs altogether thanks to a 56 point performance in Week 13. No Melvin Gordon, no A.J. Green, no real dependable QB, and now..he faces Kenny's team, which honestly, after accounting for all the recent injuries, is the best team in the playoffs in my opinion. There's no way Kenny loses this matchup. Eugene is way overmatched and this should end up being a big time blowout. I get the winner of this matchup next.

Light's Broken Bots (7-6) vs
Shock The Monkey (7-6)

Yahoo Says: Matt wins
I Say: Matt wins. Mark won by under 10 points in their first and only meeting. This matchup has a little bit more intrigue than Kenny/Eugene. If Mark's team had done their damn job, he would've had an easier opponent and played Eugene, but they didn't and here we are. Matt's got Kerryon Johnson in his lineup and I'm thinking he'll end being inactive, while Spencer Ware has a difficult matchup. I still think Matt takes it, but Mark does have a chance to pull of an upset and a couple of Matt's guys underperform.

Week 13 Overview: A Crazy End To A Crazy Regular Season

 

Well, it wouldn't be a Week 13 without twists and turns with playoff hopes and seeding on the line. Not one team had clinched a playoff spot much less a bye, so there was a TON up for grabs. After a highly competitive intense week, we now officially have our playoffs set. Congrats to Leland, myself, Kenny, Matt, Mark, and Eugene for advancing to the postseason. I'll get into the seeds in the notes for the week. So here's how it allllll went down in the final week of the regular season.

The Results

Rigmas Forever (8-5)                   119.74

Channel 4 News Team (6-7)          82.30

I Am Queens Blvd (7-6)                95.38

Shock The Monkey (7-6)              93.04

No Soup For You (8-5)                121.32

Underdawg (5-8)                          78.98

Scott's Tots (7-6)                         128.76

Light's Broken Bots (7-6)              89.40

Hoosier Daddy (5-8)                    81.64

SCLSU MudDogs (6-7)               66.22

Trump 2020 (6-7)                        84.96

Rocket Man (6-7)                        56.58

Top 5 Scorers

Patrick Mahomes (Light's Broken Bots)               37.00 Pts

Travis Kelce (Shock The Monkey)                       32.80 Pts

Todd Gurley (I Am Queens Blvd)                        30.00 Pts

Keenan Allen (Rigmas Forever)                           29.80 Pts

Tarik Cohen (Rigmas Forever                              29.64 Pts

Top 5 Duds

Michael Thomas (Rigmas Forever)                         6.50 Pts

Drew Brees (I Am Queens Blvd)                            8.78 Pts

Matt Ryan (Shock The Monkey)                            8.64 Pts

Tyreek Hill (Shock The Monkey)                          5.50 Pts

Julio Jones (Trump 2020)                                      2.80 Pts

Highest Scoring Team

Scott's Tots (128.76 Pts)

Lowest Scoring Team

Rocket Man (56.58 Pts)

Biggest Blowout

42.34 Pts (No Soup For You vs Underdawg)

Closest Game

2.34 Pts (I Am Queens Blvd vs Shock The Monkey)

Week 13 Notes: Ok, so let's start from the top seed to the 6th seed in the recap. Leland making the playoffs was a mere formality as he was in regardless if winning or losing, but after a two game skid, he had to feel good about his team bouncing back and taking the Blowout Of The Week Honors. Leland finishes as not only the #1 seed and bye but most points in the league, so he gets both year end bonuses. The only scary thing is the loss of Kareem Hunt. Leland's a deep team, but that's a pretty huge loss and now that we're left with the best of the best, it definitely makes Leland a little more vulnerable than he was. For Dad..it was never about the win here, but MAN did he have a golden opportunity to sneak in the playoffs. Eugene's DISASTER end opened up the possibility but Dad fell short and he fell short for one reason..he played Jared Goff over Russell Wilson. If Dad plays Wilson..he's the #6th seed believe it or not. Unbelievable. Now of course that's a coin flip decision but it just shows you just HOW crucial lineup decisions are. All in All I felt like that Dad had a better season than his record indicates. At least he can look forward to having a generational back like Saquon Barkley on his squad for the forseeable future. Leland on the other hand can chill for a week as he gets that well deserved bye. And the other team getting the bye...ME....yup...all the complaining I do about my luck, fortunes have finally turned around the last two weeks as despite back to back week of Kamara and Michael Thomas just flat out KILLING me, I manage to survive. The rest of my squad is really carrying the load thankfully. I still had crap games from Cam, Sony Michel and the TE position, but Keenan Allen and Tarik Cohen absolutely CARRIED me to a bye thanks to their outstanding performances. Remember, I traded Emmanuel Sanders and Jordan Howard for them and that trade has paid off BIG dividends. I still would LOVE to see my team as a whole get it together, because I'm going to need it. My bracket is going to be rough for reasons I'll get into in a bit. For now though, I'll enjoy the week off of stress free football. Kenny finished the season as strong as a team could after being left for dead record wise. I was never worried that Kenny would miss the playoffs because of his points and finally the wins caught up to the points and not only did he make it but he finishes 3rd. He easily defeated Matt's championship caliber team and honestly, this is the team to beat in my opinion. It's the most well rounded deepest team in the playoffs. There's a solid chance Kenny makes the finals for a 2nd straight time. For Matt, it seems like the 1st time Mahomes wasn't able to lead him to victory after a 37 pt explosion. Matt's lack of a running game showed here and Kerryon Johnson's injury really hurt him these past two losses. Thielen and Juju also had rare off games and Matt drops to 4th in the standings. He's still a dangerous team and this was just one of the weeks that I don't expect to repeat. Mark vs Drew was SUPER critical to playoff positioning. At the end of the day, we knew who was in, just didn't know where seeds #3-#5 would fall. A Mark win not only would put at #3 but would force Kenny and Matt to play each other in the 1st round. Mark losing would force him to play Matt as the #5th seed. Both guys had shitty QB Plays in Brees and Matt Ryan and both have excellent games from two of their studs (Gurley and Kelce) but Tyreek Hill killed Mark's chances and on the very last game of week it was basically tied with Drew having Josh Doctson vs Mark having Alshon Jeffrey. Doctson outscored Jeffrey by 2.34 points giving Drew "fake" 6th place and dropping Mark to the 5th seed. Now Kenny's in MY bracket which sucks beyond belief and puts a damper in my celebration of the bye. Eugene kept the 6th seed but he SERIOUSLY did everything in his power to LOSE it. He not only lost again, he only put up 56 points, thus opening up the opportunity to both Dad and Mike. I talked about my Dad coming up short, but Mike's situation was even worse. With Philip Rivers left to go, Mike cutting the lead to the 6th seed to less than a point going into the Chargers final drive. The Chargers missed a field goal than had a field goal blocked before the Steelers were called offsides both times. Then the Chargers hit the winning field goal. Had they missed it would've forced OT and you'd think Rivers would easily get the point he needed for Mike to make the playoffs. A gut wrenching loss that could only be compared to Alex getting nudged out of the playoffs by .6 tenths of a point in 2015 and Kenny getting "Schaubed" out in 2010.  So Eugene survives but I mean his team is DOA with so many key injuries and he has to face Kenny right off the bat. Really can't see that ending well. And the only matchup that was pretty irrelevant was Ryan/Alex. Ryan won to at least get to 5 wins and Alex's team just caught up with him. He did great with what barriers he had to face and here's hoping next year treats him a lot better than this season. 6 Teams remain now and it's off to the playoffs!

Thursday Night Overview: Hunt BOMBSHELL

 

Well, I was gonna start this post bitching and moaning about Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara sucking for a 2nd straight week but that will have to wait for just a bit as news came out tonight that Kareem Hunt was released by the Chiefs after a video leaked showing Hunt in a physical altercation with a young girl back in February. This is HUGE news as Hunt is one the premier backs in the league and it has a huge fantasy implications. Hunt is on Leland's team and this will be a giant blow to his squad, though to be honest Leland's team is pretty deep at RB and I honestly think he can survive the hit, though it still sucks. The big benefactor is Mark, who has Spencer Ware on his roster and now has himself a RB2 at the very least. This gives Mark a huge boost right before the playoff start. Ok back to the bitching and moaning..so yep another Thursday night Saints game and another Thursday Night Disappointment as once again Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas way underperformed on their projections. This sucks on so many levels, as it's probably now going to cost me a bye for sure (I seriously don't think I can survive this two weeks in a row) and if my points are low enough, will bounce me out  of the playoffs altogether. My guys have way worse matchups than they did last week and I can totally see my team scoring in the low to mid 80s or worse because of that and the underachievements of my two top guns. Basically, if you played a  Saint you got fucked. So Drew's spoiler chances against Mark dropped significantly after Brees' Dud. Kenny should be fine overall, but his chances of beating Matt took a minor hit with Ingram's terrible game, Ben Watson and Trequan Smith got 0's for Eugene and Mike respectively and Alex inexplicably played Brandon Marshall who I don't even know if he's active left and took a 0 there, which basically seals the deal on his season. There were only two Cowboys worth playing and Zeke was his usual great self, which means Leland is one step closer to sealing up that bye, while Amari Cooper had a decent yardage game for Dad but did lose a costly fumble. With Dad needing all the points he can get, getting under double digits from Cooper was not the best of starts to his week.

Week 13 Matchups and Predictions

Well..this is it...the last week of the regular season for Fantasy Football. It flew by as usual and after 12 weeks of awesome wins, agonizing losses, injuries, breakout performances, we STILL don't have a clue how the playoff seeding is going to shake out. Sure there are a couple of teams who are in despite not being officially in but even with them, who knows where they finish. This is going to be the craziest Week 13 we've ever had. Should be interesting. Here's the final week of Matchups and Predictions


Rigmas Forever (7-5) vs
Channel 4 News Team (6-6)

Yahoo Says: I win
I Say: Albert wins. It might be too little too late for Albert, but he's done a damn fine job at wrecking his opponents playoff chances. He basically killed off Alex's playoff chances two weeks ago and he denied Leland from not only officially clinching the playoffs, but a bye as well. Albert's team is unpredictable and there's no telling which team will show up. First of all, once again I'm a huge favorite, which never bodes well (I only won by a mere 8 points last week and underachieved) He blew me out in Week 2, and since I'm the one with the most to gain from winning, I just don't think the Fantasy Gods will be on my side this week. I feel like I used my luck up last week. A win would keep alive for a bye so it'd be nice, but I'd have to do something my team hasn't done all year, win a 3rd game in a row. I hope I'm wrong again, but I just don't see it happening.

Shock The Monkey (7-5) vs
I Am Queens Blvd (6-6)

Yahoo Says: Mark Wins
I Say: Mark wins. This is the most critical matchup of the week as if Mark loses, it opens up the 6th seed to my Dad and Mike because of Mark's points. Mark is a favorite by less than half a point, but I do think he gets the win here. He gets back Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill and just feel like he's got a more stable team than Drew. Drew's got Brees and his RB's of course, but those WR are just dart throws and who knows how good they'll be. A win for Mark could get him a bye depending on the fates of me, Matt, and Leland.

Light's Broken Bots (7-5) vs
Scott's Tots (6-6)

Yahoo Says: Kenny Wins
I say: Kenny wins. This is the definition of a heavyweight fight as Matt gets Mahomes back and both teams have tons of firepower. Another critical matchup that will determine playoff seeding and possibly byes. Because Kenny's the 2nd leading scorer in the league, and it's not even close, Kenny's going to be making the playoffs. But he can finish anywhere from #2-#6 which is crazy. The Bye is tricky for Matt too, because even if Matt wins, he'll have to hope I lose or if I win, he'll have to outscore me. I'm only a little over a point and a half over him. If Kerryon Johnson misses another game, that'll be huge blow to Matt's chances and since Kenny's team seems more deep, I'll take Kenny here.

SCLSU MudDogs (6-6) vs
Hoosier Daddy (4-8)

Yahoo Says: Ryan Wins
I Say: Ryan wins. Ryan, like Albert has done an excellent job playing the spoiler role after upsetting Mark last week. Believe it or not, as slim as it is, I think there's still a chance for Alex to make the playoffs. He'd need to win and the rest of the 6-6 teams have to lose. That's A LOT to ask for, but hey..a chance it's a  chance. I just don't see Alex winning unfortunately.

No Soup For You (7-5) vs
Underdawg (5-7)

Yahoo Says: Leland wins
I Say: Leland wins. Leland went from a shoo in bye to needing to win this week to secure one. The silver lining is, Leland is 100% in, the worst he can finish is 4th seed, but it would be nice to avoid that extra week of work. Leland's two losses have been fluky to me, he lost a shootout where he put up 127 points, before that he lost to Matt by a mere 1 and a half points thanks to Mahomes going bonkers in that Rams/Chiefs Monday Night Shootout. I think he wins here. For Dad, win or loss doesn't matter, it's allllllllllll about points. He just needs a shootout to keep up points and hope that Mark loses and Mike scores low. If that happens, Dad can get in.

Rocket Man (6-6) vs
Trump 2020 (5-7)

Yahoo Says: Mike Wins
I say: Mike wins. Wow..what a difference 3 weeks makes. Eugene looked like a near lock for the #2 bye, now he's fighting for his playoff life. He's been on a 3 game losing streak, he lost Melvin Gordon, and even if A.J. Green does come back, who knows how effective he'll be his first week back and who knows how he'll perform with Jeff Driskel at QB. That's a lot of unknowns for me to be confident in Eugene's team. For Mike, just like Dad, it's not about wins and losses, it's about points. The more points Mike puts up, the better his gives himself for a chance to make the playoffs.

Week 12 Overview: Uncharted Territory

 

I've said it in the past before, but it rings more true than ever this year. This is the craziest, tightest playoff race in the history of the league. After 12 weeks, with 1 Week left in the season, not one team has clinched a playoff berth. That's beyond insane. Usually by now, there's at least one standout team record wise who's distanced themselves from the pack, but this year? Not one team has more than 7 wins. While 9 teams have at least 6 wins. The unpredictability is unprecedented and outside of Leland (he hasn't officially clinched but at worst, he's in by points) I don't know who's making it and what seed they'll land. Here's a recap of yet another crazy week in the Wane McGarity Bowl.

The Results

Rigmas Forever (7-5)               120.34

Light's Broken Bots (7-5)         112.62

I Am Queens Blvd (6-6)            102.44

Trump 2020 (5-7)                         96.36

Underdawg (5-7)                        137.06

SCLSU MudDogs (6-6)                89.12

Channel 4 News Team (6-6)        133.98

No Soup For You (7-5)                127.82

Scott's Tots (6-6)                          153.40

Rocket Man (6-6)                           97.28

Hoosier Daddy (4-8)                      100.48

Shock The Monkey (7-5)                77.18

Top 5 Scorers

Christian McCaffrey (Scott's Tots)                41.20 Pts

Amari Cooper (Underdawg)                          34.00 Pts

Juju Smith-Schuster (Light's Broken Bots)   31.40 Pts

Deshaun Watson (Scott's Tots)                     31.40 Pts

Kirk Cousins (Channel 4 News Team)         30.38 Pts

Top 5 Duds

Michael Thomas (Rigmas Forever)                  5.80 Pts

Alvin Kamara (Rigmas Forever)                     10.30 Pts

George Kittle (Light's Broken Bots)                  8.80 Pts

Aaron Rodgers (No Soup For You)                 12.92 Pts

James Connor (Hoosier Daddy)                        9.50 Pts

Highest Scoring Team

Scott's Tots (153.40 Pts)

Lowest Scoring Team

Shock The Monkey (77.18 Pts)

Biggest Blowout

56.12 Pts (Scott's Tots vs Rocket Man)

Closest Game

6.08 Pts (I Am Queens Blvd vs Trump 2020)

Week 12 Notes: When I wrote the Thursday Night Overview, I wrote it just after that disappointing Falcons/Saints game and my emotions were fresh. If you were to tell me that Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara would combine for 15 pts and Juju Smith-Schuster would score 31 and Thielen 22.5 and I'd WIN...I'd laugh in your face all day but yes for once..believe it or not luck was on my side. The rest of my team actually came through and did the heavy lifting with a pretty balanced attack. Such a crucial win, and officially as of now, I'm the 2nd seed with a bye (by a mere 1.5 pts over Matt). For Matt, it was opportunity to clinch a playoff spot but his team just came up short. Adam Theilin did his best and almost brought Matt all the way back. I honestly think if Mahomes wasn't on bye and Kerryon Johnson play, I lose so it was just the luck of the matchup for me. So now with playoff positioning on the line I take on Albert while Matt faces Kenny's red hot team. At least he'll have Mahomes back for that. So speaking of Kenny, his team has climbed all the way back to .500 and is firing on all cylinders. He easily dispatches of Eugene and outside of Leland, he's the next nearest lock for a playoff spot. Even if he loses, his points are so much higher than anyone else outside of Leland that he should make it. Kenny has a legit chance though of a actually finishing with a bye though he does need a lot of help on the front. For Eugene, it's been a disaster last 3 weeks. Not only has he lost A.J. Green for a few weeks now, but Marvin Jones was placed on IR and now Melvin Gordon is hurt and expected to miss multiple weeks. Marlon Mack is also in concussion protocol. Eugene has slid all the way to 6th and he might have another low scoring affair with so many key guys out. He'll take on Mike next, while Kenny takes on Matt. Talk about living up to his name, it looked like Dad's season was over a couple of weeks ago, but two straight high scoring weeks and wins and Dad is right back in the thick of things points wise. He still has a shot and it's not a 1 in a million shot. It's a decent shot. He completely obliterated Alex this week. He has a tough matchup with Leland, but honestly wins and losses don't matter to Dad, he just needs to put high points. For Alex, his team finally caught up with him. Hey, it's not his fault that injuries and Le'Veon Bell's holdout were a setback to his squad. Kudos to him for even getting to 6 wins, but this team just isn't that good as shown by the low over scoring of his team. I don't think there's a way Alex makes it regardless of winning or losing, but hey getting to above .500 would be a nice goal to achieve and he takes on Ryan next week. So Ryan played the role of spoiler perfectly this week easily defeating Mark in what was a terrible loss for him and could potentially end up leading to Mark being on the outside looking in. I've stated that Ryan's team is better than his record suggests and it definitely proved it this week. It's a shame Leonard Fournette was just never fully healthy because when he is, he's one the top fantasy backs in the league. Ryan might have to evaluate weather or not he wants to keep him next year. Those Chiefs byes killed Mark and he lost a LOT of ground points wise as he didn't even put up 80 points this week. Mark HAS TO win next week. The crazy thing is that everything is in play for Mark, a bye all the way to being eliminated. He takes on Drew next, who's not a slouch, while Ryan can once again play spoiler against Alex. Another team relishing in the spoiler role is Albert. Albert's team is so damn unpredictable and inconsistent, it's maddening. Last week Albert BARELY beat Alex, yet this week, he went toe to toe with Leland and outscored him in a shootout. Crazy stuff. His team has done this all year. Unfortunately in the grand scheme of things it doesn't mean much, but blocking a team from clinching a playoff spot has to feel good and he can do that to me next week (he's already beaten me in Week 2). For Leland..wow...am I jinx or what?! After I said "I don't think Leland is going to lose again" he promptly drops two straight. The frustrating thing is both losses have been under 10 pts (combined about 8 pts) and this week it's not like his team played awful, they scored 127, he just ran into Albert on a hot week. The silver lining is his playoff spot is not in doubt, he'll make it, but the bye isn't a lock and he takes on Dad next in a matchup that might be harder than it looks. And finally after a statement win last week, Mike fell to Drew this week in the week's closest game. Although it's not a great to lose, Mike still has a slim chance at that 6th seed via points if things go his way. Drew can still get to 7 wins and still has an outside shot as well, but at the very least he can mess Mark up by beating him next week.

Thursday Night Overview: Turkey Day Ruined

 

Well...the rest of this week is just completely fucked for me as I'm now dreading Sunday and the inevitable loss I'm going to receive because..you guessed it....MY TEAM ONCE AGAIN COMES UP SMALL AS FUCK WHEN IT MATTERS. So FUCKING PREDICTABLE. In the most EASY MATCHUP POSSIBLE. Kamara and Michael Thomas underscore their projections by 25 points (through no fault of their own) and I'm just...done. Done because now my points will SUCK...and done because Matt still all his big guns to go while I completely wasted mine. I tell you...it's why I NEVER have ANY confidence. Laughably Yahoo has me as  the favorite still, but Yahoo is a giant JOKE so there's no WAY IN HELL I fucking win. I'll end up getting blown out and have to pray Mike doesn't cut into my points lead. Unbelievable and as a sick joke, my first play of the week, Tarik Cohen, actually did GOOD and overscored on his projection. What a mean fucking trick. Beyond fucking irate. For Matt, he used up his flex play on Ito Smith, who sucked, but who CARES. It's not a big deal. His worst player played bad. My TWO BEST PLAYERS did nothing. HUGE DIFFERENCE. Fun fact..when Kamara and Michael Thomas bust together, I've never won. Also, still haven't had a 2 game winning streak since Weeks 3-4. From leading the league in scored points this week, to this. Just whatever the fuck ever.  Drew and Mike both had the balls to start two of the random Saints receivers who scored TD's against each other (Kirkwood for Drew and Austin Carr for Mike) and that matchup is going to be as close as close can be. Drew's throwing darts at his WR's (he played Bruce Ellington as well) and yet still has a chance to pull of the win. Mike got a great game from Julio Jones and like I said Austin Carr scored, but Austin Hooper was disappointing. I don't really have a feeling either way, I just need Mike to NOT score 24 more points than me. Zeke has been amazing since Leland traded for him and I have no doubt it'll be smooth sailing for him against Albert this week, as he's already taken a 22.8 point lead. Things were looking kinda bleak for Eugene, but Calvin Ridley saved the day with a TD and because Mark Ingram underperformed for Kenny, Eugene's in the driver's seat in their matchup. Dad played his spoiler role to perfection as Amari Cooper WENT OFF with 34 points while Theo Riddick added 9.5 points. I don't see how Alex is going to survive that, but who knows. Allen Robinson was disappointing for Ryan and thanks to some Matt Ryan Garbage, and decent Kenny Golladay game,  Mark's still got a solid chance to beat Ryan.

Week 12 Matchups and Predictions

The one thing I always hope for when playing in our league is still being in contention for the playoffs until at least Thanksgiving Week. I dunno, there's just something about meaningful football games and holidays that just feels right. Most years, I've at least been in contention, and this year is no different. Every week we get closer to the end of the regular season, the magnitude of the matchups increases ten fold. This year it feels like it increases 100 fold, because not one playoff spot has been clinched yet officially. A win here is CRUCIAL and there's a ton of pressure to make the right lineup decisions. This is going to be one of the most intense weeks we've seen in a long time. Here are this weeks Matchups and Predictions


Light's Broken Bots (7-4) vs
Rigmas Forever (6-5)

Yahoo Says: I win
I Say: Matt wins. Just because Yahoo was right last week, doesn't mean I have any confidence they'll be right again. Matt picked up a SUPER huge victory against Leland last week and is now in the driver's seat as far as the playoffs go. He basically just needs to win 1 of his last two and he should be good to go. I have seen zero consistency when it comes to my team. I haven't won back to back weeks since weeks 3/4 and then after dropping 2 straight, it's been nothing but alternating wins and losses each week and guess what...this week's turn is a loss. I know Matt's going to be without Mahomes and Kerryon Johnson, but let's not act like Tom Brady is Alex Smith or anything, despite his struggles. Also Juju/Gordon/Theilen/Gronk/Kittle all have dangerous high scoring upside. I also HATE the fact that I have 3 Thanksgiving plays, meaning this matchup has a chance to be over before the week even officially begins. I hate having to use Tarik Cohen because he's been just so bla the past couple of weeks. Until my team proves it can been consistent more than one week, I think Matt takes this and then I gotta hope for some help next week to keep my playoff hopes alive.

Trump 2020 (5-6) vs
I Am Queens Blvd (5-6)

Yahoo Says: Mike Wins
I Say: Drew wins. The winner keeps their faint playoff hopes alive, while the loser is basically done for the year. Mike and Drew swapped places after last week as Drew went from the Resurrected Hopeful to clinging on to a tiny chance at a playoff spot, while Mike's team was left for dead only to put up major points and score an upset against Mark and revive his playoff chances a bit. The loser here is probably done, unless high points are scored. Mike might be without Week 11 breakout star Tre'Quan Smith, while although Drew has no Todd Gurley, he still has Aaron Jones and Dalvin Cook. I give Drew the slight edge here.

Rocket Man (6-5) vs
Scott's Tots (5-6)

Yahoo Says: Kenny wins
I Say: Kenny wins. This is a HUGE matchup and this game is equally important for both teams. Kenny is 2nd in the league in points so beating Eugene would probably not only secure that points lead in case he needs it for the 6th seed, but Kenny would officially be in the playoffs record wise as well. For Eugene, a two game losing streak could not have come at a worse time. With A.J. Green's status up in the air (and also just how effective will he be if he does play) plus it looks like Eugene is going to have to rely on ol' wormhead Eli Manning, I think Kenny takes this week. For Eugene, he at the very least needs to put up some major points, because me and Matt are both close in points and there's a chance Eugene will be on the outside looking in if he can't put up points this week.

No Soup For You (7-4) vs
Channel 4 News Team (5-6)

Yahoo Says: Leland wins
I Say: Leland wins. Shockingly, Leland's 7 game win streak came to an end via a 1.5 point loss to Matt last week. We're still delaying the inevitable. Leland WILL get in. 7 wins and a HUGE points cushion makes it just a mere formality, but for his sake, it'd be nice to make it official this week. Even in victory Albert's team played terrible and overall Albert's 2nd to last in overall points. Leland "should" win this (I jinxed him last week, so maybe it happens again).

SLCSU MudDogs (6-5)  vs
Underdawg (4-7)

Yahoo Says: Dad wins
I Say: Dad wins. Holy crap does this look bad. I had to look twice to see if Alex had empty roster spots, but nope, the team he's trucking out there, in a must win, survival game, is projected to score 77 points. Dad's a 35 point favorite, but we allllllllllllllll know how Alex's voodoo magic works. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Alex won a 72-65 slugfest but Dad SHOULD win if everything is right with this world. A loss here for Alex would really crush his playoff hopes. He needs wins to get in, more importantly 2 wins. Dad might not be playing for anything, but playing spoiler isn't a bad consolation prize.

Shock The Monkey (7-4) vs
Hoosier Daddy (3-8)

Yahoo Says: Ryan Wins
I Say: Mark wins. Just like Leland, Mark blew a golden opportunity to actually take over the #1 seed. He got upset by Mike despite a brilliant comeback but this week, despite playing the team with the worst record in the league, he'll be without all his Chiefs players. That's right no Tyreek Hill and no Travis Kelce. This gives Ryan the opening he needs to play spoiler. Even though Ryan's the favorite, I think somehow Mark finds a way to win. If he doesn't though..man does it complicate an already complicated playoff race.

Week 11 Overview: Pure Madness

 

I can't even put to words what happened in last night's Chiefs vs Rams game. It kinda sucks to not be able to FULLY enjoy it just because of the fantasy implications but it was still an entertaining game to watch. Not only critical for the real teams involved, but super critical for the league as we're down to the last couple of weeks of the regular season. This is shaping up to be one the tightest race we've had in a good long while as technically not one person has clinched a playoff spot after Week 11. In fact, in my opinion seeds #2-#6 are all wide open and so many things could happen that trying to predict who's going to be in could lead to insanity, Here's what happen on what was a crazy, unpredictable Week 11

The Results

Rigmas Forever (6-5)                  131.08

Rocket Man (6-5)                         90.58

Scott's Tots (5-6)                          116.42

I Am Queens Blvd (5-6)                 77.42

Underdawg (4-7)                          122.52

Hoosier Daddy (3-8)                      80.66

Channel 4 News Team (5-6)            82.94

SCLSU MudDogs (6-5)                   66.78

Light's Broken Bots (7-4)                108.12

No Soup For You (7-4)                    106.98

Trump 2020 (5-6)                            129.84

Shock The Monkey (7-4)                127.54

Top 5 Scorers

Patrick Mahomes (Light's Broken Bots)               43.42 Pts

Jared Goff (Underdawg)                                       39.12 Pts

Tyreek Hill (Shock The Monkey)                         38.50 Pts

Drew Brees (I Am Queens Blvd)                          34.52 Pts

Saquon Barkley (Underdawg)                               34.20 Pts

Top 5 Scorers (Non QB)

Tyreek Hill (Shock The Monkey)                       38.50 Pts

Saquon Barkley (Underdawg)                            34.20 Pts

T.Y. Hilton (Rigmas Forever)                            32.00 Pts

Ezekiel Elliott (No Soup For You)                     29.60 Pts

Mike Evans (Rocket Man)                                 27.00 Pts

Top 5 Duds

Carson Wentz (Channel 4 News Team)               2.34 Pts

James Connor (Hoosier Daddy)                           7.90 Pts

Todd Gurley (I Am Queens Blvd)                      10.90 Pts

Zach Ertz (Scott's Tots)                                         2.50 Pts

Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rocket Man)                            9.58 Pts

Highest Scoring Team

Rigmas Forever (131.08 Pts)

Lowest Scoring Team

SLCSU MudDogs (66.78 Pts)

Biggest Blowout

41.86 Pts (Underdawg vs Hoosier Daddy)

Closest Game

1.14 Pts (Light's Broken Bots vs No Soup For You)

Week 11 Notes: Man...so this is what is soooooo maddening about team. No consistency whatsoever. Yes I won...Yes I scored the most points in the league for the 2nd time out of 3 weeks (with a loss sandwiched in between) but my team can never do it for more than a week at a time. They are obviously CAPABLE of it...they just don't. Regardless, this was a huge critical win aided by Eugene missing two of his top receivers (A.J. Green and Marvin Jones) and my team as a whole for the most part going off with T.Y. Hilton showing why you keep playing him despite weeks of unremarkable games. It's funny that I have no trust in my team whatsoever and never feel like I should be favored but if looked at this roster and it WASN'T mine..I'd be scared to face it. I'm sure people in the league would love me to not make the playoffs and I don't blame them one bit. I do have a good team..when they get it together it's damn near unbeatable. It wasn't just the win that has me happy, it's the points. A big week like that puts in the thick of the points race as well..as a fallback in case I drop a game or even lose out. I just gotta keep up points, as I'm only 11 pts from the 2nd most points in the league. To say next week's matchup vs Matt is huge is a GIGANTIC UNDERSTATEMENT. It's more than huge...it's basically a playoff game within the regular season. A win against Matt, increases my chances to make the playoffs that much more, while a win for Matt basically cements his playoff spot officially. For Eugene, it's been a rough couple of weeks. Points are keeping him a 4th seed, but he too has a critical matchup against Kenny which at the end of the day could drop Eugene to the brink of elimination. The good news is, he should at the very least be getting A.J. Green back, he's going to need as many fully healthy bodies as possible to take Kenny's deep team. So let's go to the thrilling upset Matt pulled which culminated last night when once again Patrick Mahomes managed to bail Matt out and give Matt a HUGE win against Leland's team who was on a 7 game winning streak. This matchup was literally decided at the very end and despite a final Mahomes pick, Matt won by a little over a point. Mahomes has been the catalyst of Matt's success..and in a matchup where Matt's playoff hopes are still up in the air he once again came up huge. Matt did suffer a bit of bad news as Kerryon Johnson suffered an injury that will at least keep him for next week. That, combined with Patrick Mahomes on bye (thank the lord) is a little worrisome for Matt, but he still has a pretty strong group of guys and I think they still can overcome that against me. For Leland, disappointing, but not really that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It delays the inevitable playoff clinch by 1 week, but he still has a large points lead with 2 weeks left in the season. He also gets Albert's team left and that should be the week he finally clinches. Kenny vs Drew was a big disappointment as after hyping Drew's team last week, his team came crashing down in a brutal loss. Aaron Jones started the week awesome, and Drew Brees did his part, but that was literally it. This is how stupid fantasy football is. In a game where there was 105 points scored, not only did Todd Gurley NOT score a TD, he literally has his worst game of the season by FAR. Unbelievable...how that happens WHO knows, but he saved his worst for the WORST time and Dalvin Cook got shut down as well. The loss is bad, but the low scoring is even WORSE..basically a death knell for Drew's playoff chances now. Kenny's team keeps cruising by winning and scoring high points,  and he's now 2nd in points scored and has a ton of momentum. Points might not end mattering if Kenny ends up running the table though the schedule remains tough, with 2 playoff caliber teams left. Kenny gets Eugene next week in yet another HUGE matchup for the week, while Drew tries to keep his season on life support against another team fighting for their playoff life, Mike. Mike came THISCLOSE to blowing a huge lead against Mark last night, as Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce did their best to bring Mark back, but fell just a bit short. Mark only lost by 2.3 points and it's a HUGE loss playoff wise as he could've clinched a playoff spot this week. Instead, he's with the rest of us..still fighting and there's a chance he might miss the playoffs completely. On paper, he's facing the worst team next week in Ryan, but Ryan's team is not THAT bad and the fact that Mark has 3 Chiefs on bye is worrisome as well. It wont be a walk in the park win, and if he loses, there should be major worry having to rely in beating Drew in Week 13. For Mike, his team was left for dead but they responded in a MAJOR way. His points puts him back in the thick of things for the points race, and also keeps him alive record wise. Mike's got a deep solid team and he takes on Drew next. One of them will have their playoff hopes officially ended next week. Albert's disappointing season continues as he BARELY beats Alex and his super awful roster. There was a point on Sunday where I really thought Alex was going to do it yet again and win with like 65 fucking points. It's a win, but ugh. The points did Albert no favors but hey, if it keeps ya technically alive, it's better than being officially done. Stefon Diggs bailed Albert out. For Alex, there's nothing to say, this is what his team is. A low scoring group of Wild Card plays that somehow manages to survive because teams can't score on him. The only silver lining is his favorable schedule, but he now has to win out. Albert still has a sliver of hope, but he faces Leland next, who's coming off a bad loss. I fully expect Leland to bounce back. And finally in the irrelevant bowl, Dad got blowout of the week against Ryan. The only thing I'll say is, not keeping Devante Adams will be the biggest "what if" of the season for Dad. I really believe had he kept him over Devonta Freeman, Dad would be in the thick of the playoff race.