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.
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