DFL 2018 Week 4: Embrace the New Normal

I'm not going to complain.  I'm not going to get worried.  I'm just going to accept everything as the new normal.

Namaste, fuckers.

What's weird this week?  We'll go in bullet form:

• Gruden got his first win.
• There were *3* games that went into over time.
• The Redskins (can I still say that?  The Washington team) are top of their division.
• The Falcons are at the bottom of theirs.
• There's still a team who hasn't pulled in a win yet.
• AND IT'S NOT THE BROWNS.
• Or the Bills for that matter...

But hey, if this can be the mascot of a professional team, then I guess that I can be OK with the way the NFL is rolling these days:

He's a national treasure and you know it.

So, let's pop the champagne and get things going.  Gritty, if you please.

 (Or maybe I should have gone with this?  

I dunno...)

Elimination League!  Yeah, pretty much everyone left went crazy conservative this week.  Josh and Phil picked the Chargers, and McClennen picked the Jags.  Even though LA made it a little close, all picks were correct this week, and no strikes given out.  

(As a side note:  Come on guys!  We are all going to metal.  No need to prove anything any more.  Just take strikes and let me enjoy the gold.)

Pick 'ems.  Finally, Ben's random pick bullshit bites him in the ass!  I think that we can all rejoice in this.

Phil goes 5-1 (Dammit, Mike.  I really could have used another bingo here). Ben, Mike, Terri, and Crutch go 3-3.  Josh pulls up the rear with a sad, lonely 2-4.  So, here's where we stand:

Phil: 18-6

Ben:  15-9

Mike:  13-11

Terri:  11-13

Crutch:  11-13

Josh:  11-13

So yeah... it's still a pretty tight race.

And now... on to the games!

Patrick (104.10) vs. Mike (48.33).  Remember last week when Mike got the top score AND delivered the beat down of the week?  What a difference a week makes!!  Patrick got top score and Mike got bottom score.  Now, did didn't help that Mike had 3 players on BYE, but on the flip side, they are all Redskins.  Patrick, on the other hand, had EVERYTHING go right.  Most of his players hit triple digits, even his D got close.  Pretty much the game looked like this, the whole way through:

Seriously, Patrick. Settle down, it's going to be a long season!

With this cornucopia of points, Patrick easily has the most points scored in the league.  Still not in first place, but points-wise, he is.

Phil (98.58) vs Skoot (66.56).  This one started out terrible for Skoot, as he started the Minnestoa defense against the Rams.  They were projected to go negative and oh boy did they!!!  Ryan went off the hook, and the rest of his team did fine.  Sadly (actually no, forget that.  *Gladly*), Phil's team did really well across the board.  Except for his TE.  And for those of you keeping score.  Phil's had two starting TEs this year, and they are both injured now.  I'm not going to show you the injury since feet aren't meant to go that way, but needless to say, this was pretty much everyone's resaction:

Crutch (84.60) vs. Josh (68.25).  The. Game. To. Watch.  Yeah, I probably should have said that before the games actually happened to, you know, hype the game a little.  However, the last two undefeated teams went at it this week, and... Crutch pulled in the victory on Monday night.  Fitzpatrick has been going off the hook and there was no reason for Crutch to bench him.  Sadly, he went belly up, and went negative.  Luckily for Crutch, he had so many other players hit double digits that it didn't matter... Josh, on the other hand...  Bunch of double digits games, but not nearly as impressively.  Gordon continued to live above his Christian name, but the Cleveland D just shit the bed.  As always, never put your trust in Cleveland.

I don't want to kick a team when it's down, but really?  Is this the
best that you can do?

Unfortunately for Josh, this rips him from 1st place to 4th.

Terri (81.15) vs. Steve (75.99).  What happens this week to Stephen?  He starts Goff.  So, going into the sunday game, he's up 35 points.  Slam dun, right?  Nope!  Terri was so hungry for the first win of her season that somehow she inspired Flacco and Tate to be better than they have any right to be.  I think that her speech was something along the lines of "Pretend like you're not you."  Great coahing, Terri.  As for Stephen... rough start man... lots of games left, but man your players are hot and cold and nothing in between!!!

Remember when Katy Perry was still relevant?  Well I'm bringing her back!

D (74.78) vs. Ben (68.85).  You remember at the beginning of the season when Yahoo! predicted that Ben wouldn't win a game all season?  Well, this week he got his third loss in a row, but looking at his team, I don't know why.  Mahomes is hot.  Bryant is hot, Jones had a great game...  Shit, even his shitty TE on a shitty team hit double digits.  But here comes D somehow nullifying all of those great performances with Stafford (Geez, that's two in a row for him - maybe Stafford's getting hot again?), Lindsay, Erts... all putting in solid performances.  So, well done, D.  Keep it up and maybe you can finish above .500 on your following to your gold year.  Ben, man......

I mean, like.... good luck, I guess?

Kyle (56.88) vs. McClennen (53.98).  Man, o man... this game....I mean... it's over.  So, we've got that going for us.  Kyle pulled out the win, mostly on the backs of Luck and Brown.  Wait - what?  Luck had a 25+ point game?  When that shit happens, there's just not much that you can say... so I won't.  McClennen, man... Just some bad luck here.  Parker is benched at the last minute, The Vikings go crazy on your D.  But hey, when you're in last place the only place to go is up.

And one final thought:  Mike, you didn't play two TEs this week.  WTF?

And I know that one of them was on BYE, but maybe pick up another TE
next time that happens?  Good luck charm and all..