DFL 2018 Week 7: Halfway there, boys (and girl)!

Ah..... do you feel that?  We're halfway through the regular season!  Let's all take a deep breath in and enjoy the moment, shall we?

Of course, for some of you, it's probably more like this:

You know who you are.... *cough* McClennen,Stephen,Terri*cough**cough*.

Looking across the board, it's a pretty even season this year.  top three spots are within a game of each other, and the next 6 spots are also within a game of each other.  Nobody's *really* running away on points total.  OK, I'm about 60 points ahead of the next person in line, but after that, the top 5 are pretty clustered, as are the bottom 7. Except for McClennnen.  Who I think might have built his house on a aboriginal burial ground or something.  This season is rough.  Like rougher than usual.  Even for McClennen.

But chin up, McClennen. Even D has managed to turn it around these last two seasons.

Enough hemmin' and hawin', let's get to it!

This was the results of a GIS for "hemmin and hawin."  I don't think
that Google speaks Southern.

Elimination League.  Yeah, we're definitely getting to the short rows here.  Week 7 and the easy picks have pretty much dried up.  So, no huge surprise that Josh, McClennen, and I all picked Indy over Buffalo.  And the 37-5 domination did not disappoint.  We all move on to another week.

Pick 'ems.  Well, Mike and Terri didn't make picks this week, and it was a bad week to do so.  Ben and Phil both went 5-1, Josh was even keel at 3-3 and Crutch decided that he didn't like to put too much pressure on Ben and went 2-4.

Here's the standings:
Phil:  32-10
Ben:  26-16
Crutch:  23-19
Mike:  22-14
Josh:  21-21
Terri:  19-17

So, we're all .500 or over, though some of us are getting *really* close, JOSH.

And now, since I didn't win 1.6 billion dollars, I guess that I can finish the write up.

Crutch (96.37) vs Mike (63.44).  Crutch was just a hair away from the centurian club this week, but he made up for it by administering the beat down of the week.  Sure, Mike's Gurly pulled in 25 points, but Crutch's Hunt pulled in 28.  And the rest of Mike's team, did eh.. OK.  Crutch's team was on fire!  Flacco, Hill, and Cohen all pulled in double digit games.  Oh, and Denver's D went absolutely crazy with nearly 20 points themselves.    Well done, Crutch!

Phil (91.45) vs D (77.73).  First thing first.  In this game, over 15 points were scored by tight ends.  AND MINE WAS ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM!!!!

I mean, I don't really have much else to say about this game.  Yeah, I won.  But the tight ends, man.  the tight ends!!!

Terri (78.96) vs McClennen (60.56).  I know.. it's weird to see Terri scoring so high.  But here we are.  Thanks in large part to Newton not giving up against the Eagles, Burton coming off a BYE week, and Detroit not having any other tools besides Johnson, Terri pulls in the win.  McClennen did have a pretty solid week with the LA D,but like, that was it.  A lot of BYE weeks rocked him, so next week should be better.

I don't really have much to say about this game, so here's a
picture of Pickle Rick.

Ben (68.17) vs Kyle (62.12).  Well, the Mahomes show rolls on for Ben.  He pulls in *another* win, mostly on Mahomes' back.  Kyle, on the other hand, if getting bitten by "Which kinda good, but not great QB do I play this week?" sydrome.  I've been there before, buddy, and it sucks.  Had the coin flip gone differently and you picked Luck over Wentz, you'd have a win this week.  But I mean, what are you going to do?

I mean, how can you say no to this scruffy caveman?

Skoot (65.12) vs Patrick (57.63). Woah!  Call it the upset of the week!!!  Skoot  was figthing for last place somewho bean Patrick who's been fighting for first.  Taking a page from Ben's playbook last year, Skoot intentionally kept his TE, who was on BYE in this week because fuck me, that's why.  Not to be outdone, Patrick played his D against the Pats.  Bold choice, but kinda blew up in your face.

I agree.  It would have been hella cool to see Khalil have his way with Brady,
but we are where we are.

Josh (64.74) vs Stephen (47.44).  Man...  This was not an impressive game.  Granted, there were a LOT of goose eggs on the bench, but what made it to the field wasn't all that impressive either. 

So, like, Josh won.  But it sure didn't feel like it.

OK folks, let's have a great back half of the season!