DFL Week 14: End of the Regular Season.

Well, this is the end of the road for the bottom 4 teams this week.  Sadly, there wasn't a miracle, so the top 8 from last week got into the playoffs this week and the bottom 4 remained, well, the pitts.  So, before I get into the specifics of week 14, let's say goodbye to the bottom of the barrel, as it were:

In 9th place, AKA "King of the Losers" is Crutch, who headed the team Crotch's Penetrators this season.  This was his first season with fantasy football.  All in all, not too bad.  Almost went .500 this season and had well over 1,100 points.  Hail to the King, baby!

In 10th place, Terri, who managed "Team Sweet T", ends her first season in the DFL.  (I think that this was her first FFL experience as well, but I'm not sure about that.)  Again, not too bad.  Almost winning half of her games this year.  Plus she hung in there until the end, snagging a win this week.

In 11th place, Kookie, who was Olympic Cry-Babies, met expectations.  With his 31 moves this year, he made a valiant mid-season come back, only to be shut down in the last 4 weeks.  But really, this is 1 position  higher than he usually finishes.  So... onward and upward, right?

And finally in 12th place is Skoot, AKA PointFiveDonkey.  Skoot autodrafted and though the team that he drafted wasn't awful (Yahoo! put him squarely in the middle of the pack), the entire NFL seemed to turn against him.  Injury after injured plagued his team.  Though, truth be told,  he didn't seem to worry about it too much, as he had the 3rd least moves overall.  Also, he winds up with the first pick of the draft next year.

As for the last three playoff spots?  They went to Missy (ScoobyDoo), Phil (Philthy Bastards), and Mike G (Lint Lickers).  Though it probably should be noted that Mike G didn't even get to .500 this year.  We'll call him the Seattle of the DFL.  (The Seahawks were in contention for a wildcard slot a few years ago and they didn't hit a .500 record either.  *Spoiler Alert* they were also eliminated before the playoffs really began as well....)

So, let's get to the re-capping, huh?  (BUST A CAP!)  Pick'em this week.  Just awful.  I mean...  Really really horrid job, folks.  The best pick was Mike G, going 3-3.  Everyone else got 2-4.  Now, in all reality, we can't beat ourselves up too hard when both the Panthers and the Eagles win.  It seemed kind like bizzaro world out there this week. The only real fall out of the week is that Mike jumped up to a tie for 5th place in overall picks.

And since we're at the end of the regular season, I should congratulate Kookie, Crutch, and myself for pulling in Gold, Silver, and Bronze respectively for the regular season pick'ems.  However, like I said in my write up last week, keep those picks coming, because I believe that we have three more weeks of picks until the final official crowning is to take place.

Now, the games!  Lots and lots going on here!  So, let's dive right in!

Streak Bowl:  Ben vs Phil:  Ben had 4 wins in a row coming into the game, Phil had 3, marking the two longest winning streaks in the league.  Somehow Phil walked away with the victory here.  Eli is finally starting to look like his old self, Sproles somehow woke up and Boldin got lucky enough to see the endzone twice.  Yay!  More importantly, Jenning forgot to play and Pettigrew got hurt early in the game.  So, even with Peterson being a beast, it just wasn't enough.  (Ben got the last laugh though.  Through crazy random happenstance, Ben and I both tried to pick up Mike Wallace at the same time, and he was faster on the draw.  How was Wallace still available in week 15???)

The Power Bowl:  Joy vs Melanie.  The top two ladies in the league went head to head this week and Joy put the beat down of the week on Melanie.  (56 points... none too shabby, though it certainly is not the league record 74 points....)  Sadly, Melanie did pull down line up Nirvana with her 62 points.  Yikes! (Then again, that's kinda what happens when your DEF plays NE in December.  Geez, Melanie!!)  And speaking of DEFs, let's got to the record-breaking DEF.

The Can we continue the slide into obscurity bowl:  Skoot vs Patrick.  Patrick hasn't gotten a win in a month now.  About the time that he locked up his playoff berth.  Though Patrick's team put up really good numbers (he would have beaten fully three quarters of the league this week with his numbers), Skoot took home the pie by starting this Seattle DEF.  They scored  a record breaking 43 freaking points.  And to be fair, Patrick started a strong DEF (the Giants), who threw down 29 points themselves.  And here's the crazy thing.  They were tied at 100 going into Monday night with only their TEs left to play.  So, yeah, Aaron Hernandez picked up 22 points, while Daniels only picked up 3.  Great game, fellas!

The Hey look Who's Still Playing Bowl featured Kookie and Terri.  Neither made it into the playoffs, and I think that their teams knew it.  Combined, their teams scored just under what Crutch's team score, who, I will remind you, didn't make the playoffs either.  But really, this game *nobody* showed up to play.  Well, I guess that Steve Smith did, but he was benched, so there's not much more to say, is there?

The Let's play for fun bowl starred RA Dave and Missy.  Not really too much to talk about here, except the only asterisked stat that I've seen this year.  Llyod got 6 points for recovering a fumble in the endzone, which is the most unique way for anyone to score a touchdown, I believe.  (And once again, a clean sweep of picks blows up in everyone's faces!)

The most talked about game of the week?  Mike G versus Crutch.  If Crutch won by 50 points (not record breaking by any stretch this year),  he would have snuck into the playoffs.  Sadly, he only won by 19 points. The good news for the rest of the league is that Brady and Moreno are now out of the league.  The rest of us breath a sigh of relief.  Thank you, Mike G, for only getting respectably beaten, as opposed to beat down.  Now, the big question is whether RG3 is going to be able to shake off his injury from week 14.

Lots going on!

Can Patrick stop his slide out of the league by picking up just a win or two?
Can Phil continue his 4 game winning streak?
Will RG3 be back to full power?
Will Bryant be able to bounce back?
Will the upsets continue?

It's playoff time!!!

Though, looking at the field of people still standing, I'm thinking that Joy and RA Dave probably have the best shot of taking gold this year...  This is sad for me, since I play Joy this week.  I was originally thinking that I wished that I would have been 8th seed, but looking at it, I think that Melanie has equal chances of destroying me this week as well....  Good luck all around, boyos!  But mostly for me. :-)