There’s only four weeks left in the regular season, which means we’re getting closer and closer to the playoffs. Which really, in the end, only matters for four people. But who will those four be?
Scrote Squad (128.5) vs. Hooper’s Heroes (74.5)
This was the only week’s matchup of 5-4 teams, and it worked out well for Scrote Squad. I think I may not have given The Scrote enough credit. Of course, he got a huge boost from Robert Woods, who isn’t going to put up 35 points every week. But his bench, while not overly deep, has some good players on it. Hooper on the other hand…uh oh. He’s 5-5 and in a playoff spot, but he’s really struggling to score points. Any time you start Frank Gore and Bilal Powell as your RBs, it’s probably not going to end well.
Released Dix on Boobies (110.5) vs. The Jeff Fisher Effect (100)
Panic may be starting to set in for The Effect here. It’s his third straight loss, and his one-time stranglehold on the top seed has loosened substantially. Boobies (heh) needed this win to try an keep pace in the playoff chase, but he’s got a lot of teams to climb over. The good news for him is that his team might be more talented than a couple of those teams. Unless Devonta Freeman is out for a while, he could at least make things interesting. The Effect was missing three of his top 6 scorers (the Chiefs were on bye), but with a one game lead now, it’s more nerve-wracking.
Outta Luck (94) vs. Jameis Winston Zeddemore (69)
Credit to Outta Luck for putting together a team that will compete, even after the loss of David Johnson. Golden Tate, Jimmy Graham and JuJu Smith-Schuster scored in the high teens, carrying him to victory. Zeddemore is stuck, as he’s hitched his wagon to Jordan Howard, who is part of a bad Chicago defense, and has a coach who challenges his team INTO a turnover (for reference, it’s not a very good strategy for winning, no matter how good a show of sportsmanship it is: see the play here). There just isn’t much talent on his roster, and the talent he does have has been disappointing. He did put up a pretty nice score this week though (had to).
Pedro Pickles (98.5) vs. Iron Ryan (58.5)
Pickles kept pace with a very thorough shellacking of Iron Ryan. Even 20.5 points from Sterling Shepard wasn’t much help. Of course, only one other player broke into double digits, and that was his quarterback.
No, not THAT quarterback. He did have a couple double digiters on his bench, but it wouldn’t have mattered. Iron’s overall lack of consistent talent showed here. Pickles, meanwhile, got 32 points from Mark Ingram (because the Saints suddenly are good at running the ball), which helped offset the 3 he got from the newly acquired T.Y. Hilton. (Pickles won’t complain though: Aaron Jones, who he traded away, played barely a quarter before going down with a sprained MCL).
Grim Reaper (115) vs. Team Provost(105.5)
Last week I called this one the closest to a must win we’ve had so far. And one team performed like it. The other lost Ezekiel Elliott for 6 weeks and is in trouble. It didn’t matter that Reaper’s bench QB (Kirk Cousins-27 points) outscored his starting QB (Dak Prescott-5 points), because every one of his skill position guys topped the 10 point mark. I don’t know if Isaiah Crowell will continue to do that, but hey...for this week, he’ll take it. Provost meanwhile has to trot out receivers like Robbie Anderson and DeSean Jackson, who are kind of the same guy. Anderson has been pretty good for him lately, but that’s not the pair you want to make a playoff run I don’t think. If Cam Newton keeps putting up games like he did Monday night though...who knows?
Other Observations
- What in the hell has happened to the Broncos defense? They’ve given up 92 points in back to back weeks (granted, it’s been against two very good offenses) but damn. Two years removed from a Super Bowl, and the Broncos look more like the stuff that comes out the backside of the horse than the horse itself.
Poop. In other words.
- Kirk Cousins was our highest scoring bench player this week, which is fine. He’s basically on Reaper’s roster as insurance anyway.
- Our standings continue to be a palindrome. Which is neat, but means literally nothing.
Money Winner
The Scrote Squad ball-tapped everyone again this week, earning his second straight Money Title.
Standings update
Perhaps there’s a little separation, but not much. OK, there's exactly as much separation as there could be. (That's awfully meta of me, isn't it?) Pickles and Scrote moved to 6-4, and occupy the second and third spots in the playoffs. The fourth spot is really close between The Heroes and Reaper, though Reaper has the edge. The points are so damn close (5 point difference).
Outta Luck is also 5-5, but more than 100 behind in points. Zeddemore has the same record but has the second FEWEST points in the league, about 50 behind Luckless (which means he's about 150 behind the other 5-5 teams. Provost is still second overall in the points race, but is 4-6 and in some trouble without Zeke (maybe). The good news for him, he's got about a 60 point lead, so if Provost ends up with the same record as Reaper or Heroes, Provost is in. Iron Ryan is also 4-6, and then Boobies (heh) is sagging at the bottom (had to), in record and in points.
We're on to Week 11! Luckless and Reaper is the major important matchup, as both are 5-5. Zeddemore draws The Effect, Scrote gets Iron Ryan, Heroes faces Provost, Pickles takes on Boobies (heh).
OH! And I almost forgot. I saw this truck on my commute home on Monday morning. I had some implication for our league.
Enjoy the week!!
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