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!
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