Week 10, or "That's Not What You Want"

 Well, it certainly wasn't what some teams wanted. For the most part, the rich got richer, and the middle class stayed middle class. I guess it's a lot like America.

RECAPS!

Utah Falco keeps hopes alive, pops Pedro Pickles 115.5-83

Falco was teased by CMC coming back, and then getting injured again, but it didn't matter against Pickles this week. Neither did it matter that he started Chris Carson (who didn't play this week) in his flex spot. Pickles was partly victimized by Drew Brees' rib injury, but also got basically nothing from Travis Fulgham, and literally less than nothing from the Washington Football Team defense. It's his second straight week playing the Tidwell winner, but it's not like he's lit the world on fire either time.

Team Provost destroys Released Dix On Boobies, 114.5-65.5

I actually toyed with this headline: Team Provost starts his bench, beats Released Dix On Boobies 68.5-65.5. Because yeah, that would have been true. It started on Thursday night for Boobies (heh) with a bad performance from AJ Brown, and then Provost was basically as steady as he's been all year. I don't think he should expect that kind of performance from his bench depth pieces, but his starters are good.

Regress to the Mean has a bye week, beats Hamilton Rod & Gun 109-58.5

Actual text message exchange between HRG and The Commish on Sunday night:

I mean, we kinda knew this week was looming for HRG: he drafted all Cowboys and Chiefs, and they were both on bye this week. HRG tried to ride the Curtis Samuel train, but Samuel remembered he's a great athlete not a great football player, and Russell Wilson seems to have forgotten how to play quarterback. RTTM had Josh Jacobs, and Diontae Johnson, which was almost all he needed. Nice to see he didn't play down to the level of his competition.

Death Valley Driver delivers The Jeff Fisher Effect a loss, 107.5-89.5

DVD didn't need a monster week from Davante Adams this week and he's glad to have Miles Sanders back. It was a pretty unremarkable 107 points from DVD, though Adam Thielen helped him to that on Monday night with 2 TDs. JFE's second best scorer was his kicker, so that's rarely good. He got killed in the RB department, thanks to Gio Bernard (against the Steelers) and JK Dobbins. JFE is DOA.

Iron Ryan holds strong, hacks Hardcore Sucks 105-68.5

Kyler Murray and Antonio Gibson took I-Ry to the win this week. It wasn't DK Metcalf (thanks to the aforementioned Russell Wilson disappearing act). Hardcore Sucks does just that. He made some tough choices this week too, leaving Mike Evans and Justin Jefferson and their double digit point outputs on his bench.

Let's Talk Money

Utah Falco won his first of the season, and only his third Tidwell of all-time. 

 Playoff Picture and Week 11 Matchups

Here's who's in the playoffs as of right now, with their Week 11 opponent:

1. Team Provost (DVD)
2. Regress to the Mean (JFE)
3. Iron Ryan (Pickles)
4. Released Dix On Boobies (Falco)

We have the weird quirk in our standings where our #2 and #3 scoring teams are 4-6 and TWO games out of a playoff spot. If either of them gets hot, they could find themselves in the playoffs. 

HRG is #3 in scoring (despite his dismal output this week) and draws Hardcore this week. HRG and Hardcore are 7-7-1 all-time against each other (their tie was benching all their players in a third place playoff game).

DVD does NOT have history on his side in his attempt to get into the playoffs. He's 3-8 all-time against Team Provost. Working in DVD's favor is that he has Provost's QB's favorite target in Davante Adams. Working against DVD is having Josh Allen on bye.

RTTM is 9-2 all-time against JFE. Also, JFE's team is garbage.

Pedro Pickles needs a win, just as HRG does, to stay in the hunt. He's 8-3 all-time against I-Ry. 

Boobies (heh) and Falco have split their all-time series at 7-7. Falco needs the win more, as he hopes he can keep winning until CMC comes back. If he does, he could make some noise in the playoffs.

Good luck in Week 11!