Week 8 Overview: Leland Keeps Dominating

 

There's a reason every year at the beginning of the season, I always feel like Leland is a good bet to at the very least make the Wane McGarity Bowl. He knows what he's doing. He's a two time champion and though the past couple of seasons he's had some bad luck injury wise go his way, I've always felt like it was just a matter time before everything would just click and all of a sudden after an 0-3 start..it has more than just "clicked"..Leland's been a rocket ship to the top. He's not only won 5 matchups in a row, he's scoring at a SUPER high pace and leads the league in scoring. That's with him trading away the guy who was supposed to be the cornerstone of his team, David Johnson for what seemed at the time a lowball offer of Tyler Boyd. Nope..Boyd has been brilliant this year and Leland's deep team has even carried him through a bye week where he had no James Connor or Aaron Rodgers (he scored over 160 that week). He just made another shrewd trade as Ryan is playing for the future now, by trading for Zeke Elliott. Could this finally be the year Leland reclaims his place on top of the league for what would be a record 3rd time? Only time will tell, but it's looking damn good to me.

The Results

Scott's Tots (3-5)                                    147.10

Rigmas Forever (4-4)                               99.06

SCLSU MudDogs (5-3)                              96.56

I Am Queens Blvd (4-4)                              93.20

Light's Broken Bots (5-3)                           105.42

Underdawg (2-6)                                        105.10

Channel 4 News Team (4-4)                      132.46

Shock The Monkey (5-3)                             80.50

Rocket Man (5-3)                                       149.82

Hoosier Daddy (2-6)                                    94.38

No Soup For You (5-3)                               146.24

Trump 2020 (4-4)                                           93.10

Top 5 Scorers 

James Connor (No Soup For You)                   35.70 Pts

Patrick Mahomes (Light's Broken Bots)          30.52 Pts

Todd Gurley (I Am Queens Blvd)                   30.50 Pts

Cam Newton (Rigmas Forever)                      29.96 Pts

Jared Goff (Underdawg)                                 29.50 Pts

Top 5 Scorers (Non QB)

James Connor (No Soup For You)                    35.70 Pts

Todd Gurley (I Am Queens Blvd)                    30.50 Pts

Marlon Mack (Rocket Man)                             27.90 Pts

Joe Mixon (Channel 4 News Team)                 27.30 Pts

Marvin Jones Jr. (Rocket Man)                       27.20 Pts

Top 5 Duds

T.Y. Hilton (Rigmas Forever)                           3.9 Pts

Drew Brees (I Am Queens Blvd)                      8.3 Pts

Tyreek Hill  (Shock The Monkey)                    8.5 Pts

Alshon Jeffrey (Shock The Monkey)                5.5 Pts

Kenjon Barner (Underdawg)                              .4 Pts

Highest Scoring Team

Rocket Man (149.82 Pts)

Lowest Scoring Team

Shock The Monkey (80.50 Pts)

Biggest Blowout

55.44 Pts (Rocket Man vs Hoosier Daddy)

Closest Game

.32 Points (Light's Broken Bots vs Underdawg)

Week 8 Notes: I'm not really too upset that I lost (I mean I ran into a buzzsaw this week, Kenny had 11 TD's by halftime in the first wave of games, there's just nothing you can do when a team is THAT much on fire) but I am upset and disappointed that my team didn't score points this week. T.Y. Hilton was the biggest disappointment in what was a shootout game with tons of points scored. He managed 1 measly catch for 34 yards. That's it. Unacceptable period. After starting off the season strong points wise, my team has taken a nose dive in that area and I've slipped big time. I need points to stay alive in case my record can't carry me to a playoff spot and I'm really feeling down on my team. A combinations of guys hurt, and having byes when my opponents are full strength (its happened every week the last 3 weeks and keeps happening until week 10) is just absolutely killing my chances at winning every week. If Sony Michel misses again, I'll be down him and T.Y this week while not only does Mike get a full team at his disposal, he naturally gets Cooper Kupp back in time to face me. Can't write this kind of luck folks...only me. For Kenny, after weeks of frustration, he finally got a full squad and this is what it can do. His guys just went absolutely bonkers and he got a much needed win and points boost. He actually made a trade with his opponent Mark to grab Golden Tate and a higher waiver claim. Risky, but a nice move in the long run. I talked about Leland at the beginning and damn I mean there's really not much more to say. Mike was depleted and this was about expected as expected can be. Leland just has too much scoring power to deal with regularly much less with key guys on bye. Leland has put up crazy points the last three weeks and now he gets another pretty easy matchup with Drew's team up next. For Mike, after a slow start, then a nice rebound, he's back to slumping again with a 2nd loss in a row. He's now barely holding on to that last playoff spot by mere points. He's got a "tough on paper" matchup against me, but considering that my team's bark is worse than it's bite, it's definitely a matchup he can win, especially at full strength. Alex Alex Alex...ok so this winning streak has been fun and cute, but it's time to get serious and start taking Alex as a serious threat regardless of what his roster looks like. That's 4 straight wins where Alex has been the heavy underdog. LeSean McCoy scored just enough to pull off he upset against Drew. What did Drew in? How about Todd Gurley deciding NOT to score at the end of the Rams-Packers game. Man that's gotta sting bad. Drew also lost Will Fuller for the season and it doesn't get any easier for him when it he has to take on Leland next. He keeps proving me wrong but this week..THIS week has to be the week it comes to an end. No Andrew Luck and he's facing another team that's been on fire recently in Eugene. I'd seriously be surprised if he won this week (more surprised than the previous 4 times I' said I'd be surprised). Speaking of bad beats, Dad lost by a mere .32 points to Matt and this one can be blamed on me. Dad needed a RB and was going to start Devontae Booker but I sold him on the fact that Kenjon Barner was going to be the "2 down back) of the Patriots and that he would probably get a lot of touches in the 2nd half of what was perceived to be a blowout. That BACKFIRED BIG TIME. Not was Devontae Booker more than serviceable (double digit points) but the Patriots decided to get cute and let wide receiver CORDARRELLE PATTERSON get the ground work with 10 touches for 38 yards. Barner got a mere 2 carries. Unbelievable. I'm sorry Dad, that one's on me. I basically killed Dad's season and he'll take on Albert next, while Matt squeaks by and basically wins on the shoulders of Patrick Mahomes and Adam Thiren once again. Matt is definitely a dark horse championship contender and he gets another cush matchup against Ryan next week. Ryan is in rebuild mode already as he made a trade to get James Connor as a 12th round keeper prospect. Injuries have basically killed Ryan's season and he really hasn't been that competitive this season. Eugene easily beat him, and this is a year where we could see a brother vs brother finals as Eugene has basically been just as good as Leland's. They both have the same record, but Eugene has slightly more points. Eugene should be able to keep the momentum going against Alex next week. And finally, man a few weeks ago Mark was on top of the league and then I gave him the seal of approval (i.e. The KISS OF DEATH) and his team has plummeted since that 4-0 start. He's lost 3 of his last four, his team has seemed to regress and now he plays a suddenly rejuvenated team in Kenny, with a TON of injuries and byes. I'm not seeing how he wins this week. That's what makes each week in the league so damn crucial...it's so easy to go from #1 seed to on the brink of being outside of the playoffs. Albert's team continues to be a frustrating Jekyll and Hyde type team. One week he's putting up 75 the next 132..there's zero consistency and you literally never know what you're going to get week to week. It feels like he has the pieces, they just all have to click at the same time and it's easier said than done. Although he won't have Joe Mixon or A.J. Green this week, he should still have a solid chance to win since he's playing my Dad's struggling underachieving team.