DFL 2017 Week 13: Ugh.. the pain.. it doesn't stop.

Well.. it's been a week.  A week that's seen 4 more teams lock down their playoff berth.  And in case you're wondering, no one of them wasn't me.

Ugh... but congratulations to Ben, Patrick, Josh, Kyle, Kerry, and D. They are all now guaranteed a post season. That leaves two spots open and three teams vying for them: Terri, Crutch, and Phil.  Terri and Crutch have more wins, but Phil's got more points.  So, all that Phil needs to do to sneak into the playoffs is to beat the competition this week.  And that competition would be the overall second ranked and second highest points total overall.  Well, then.....

ffffuuudge....

Pick 'ems!   Well, full picks this week.  Josh came out on top with 4-2, followed by Ben, Mike, and Terri pulling in 3-3.  Crutch limped along at 2-4.  Sadly, that wasn't the worst performance this week.  Phil tanked with an abysmal 1-5.  And that means that we have a new leader:

Ben:  49
Phil:  47
Crutch: 34
Josh:  31
Mike:  25
Terri:  25
Patrick:  15

 Lots of upsets this week and that just means that we've got a pretty dynamic game on our hands where anyone ... can... goddammit, Ben.  I mean, this is like your anti-minor all over again.  You make bullshit picks at the beginning of the season and somehow you bullshit your way to the top.

Complete side note here... did you know how awesome the ASL sign for bullshit is?

Cuz now you do.

All that being said, let chat on these games, shall we?

Ben vs. McClennen.  Holy fuck shit, Batman!  Ben broke into the centurian club here and delivered the beat down of the week.  Every freaking body on Ben's team was firing on all cylinders.  Ben's lowest scorer still beat most of McClennen's players.  This is kinda how this game felt:

While this was a meaningless game for Ben (he's long since locked down the 1st seed), it killed any of McClennen's post season dreams....

Josh vs. Skoot.  Again, pretty much everyone that Josh started was kicking all sorts of ass.  (Though, sadly, he was still 20 points lower than Ben in overall points this week.)  And Skoot.... well at least he put in most of his starters.  Most of them.  I mean, not starting Bell for the last 6 weeks was a bold choice, but good for Skoot for actually putting him in this week.  But Josh took it in typical, understated fashion:

Crutch vs. D.  Well, this sure was an interesting game...  D lost, but still secured a playoff berth.  Crutch won, and is fighting for the post season.  Also, the fact that the Miami D put up damn near 40 points for Crutch didn't hurt any either.  You've kinda got to feel for D, though.  He's got pretty much the streakiest team in the league.  Cousins is either crazy hot or terrible, last week Jones had a 30 point game, this week?  2 catches.  Well, get it out of your system now, I suppose, D.  And Crutch, savor the win while you can.  You're gonna need all of the help that you can muster to get into the playoffs...

What?  This was the first GIS hit for "savory".

Kyle vs. Patrick  Well, if this isn't a big old cup of what the hell happened?  Sure, Kyle put up a decent score here, but Patrick just shit the bed this week.  And what is going to make it hurt even more is that Gronk is suspended (at least for now) for 1 week.  So, his bench is going to be getting even more crowded.  Also, side note.  Kyle is still crazy Pat heavy.  So, the fact that he was somehow able to squirrel a win out of this  game when Tom Brady didn't see the end zone even once is nothing less than astonishing.

Kerry vs. Mike.  Well, Kerry hit line up Nirvana, while Mike..... Mike really REALLY didn't....  Mike almost scored as many points on his bench as he did with his starters.  Not much else to say about this one...

 Terri vs. Phil.  Last, and certainly least, Terri whooped on Phil this week.  So, that means that I'm ending the season as badly as I started it.  (Back to Back wins against the Gs at the front, and back to back losses against the Gs now.)  No huge stories in this game.  Terri's players just sucked a little less than my players.

Alright folks.  As mentioned above, it's do or die for 3 of us.  Seeding, time for 5 of us, 3 of us have already checked out.  And fuck Ben.  So, good luck this week!  I sure as hell know that I'm going to need it.