DFL 2018 Week 16: Merry Christmas - and Funk All Dis.

Well, it's Christmas Day, but that doesn't stop this train from rolling on.  I'm sure that by now everyone is full of Christmas cheer, merriment, and spirit of the season.  Oh, and bitter rage.

OK, Keep it together, Phil... Keep it together.  Anyways, I'll keep it short this week because there are fewer and fewer games that matter and, I mean, come on. It's Christmas.

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Pick 'ems!  Well, as good as last week was, this week was at least consistent in its mediocrity.  Phil, Crutch, and Mike all went 2-2, while Benbot pulled up the rear at 1-3.  There was some variation, but everyone missed on picking Patrick, and everyone hit on Kyle.  So, one last time for Josh:

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That leaves us with the following for the post-season:
Phil:  6-2
Crutch:  6-2
Mike:  6-2
Ben:  4-4

And overall:
Phil:  62
Crutch:  53
Josh:  49
Mike:  47
Ben:  46
Terri:  27

Normally, I would go from highest score to lowest score, but, ironically, it's reverse of that in order of importance.   So, we'll start at the highest seeded game to the lowest this week.

Patrick (1st seed: 50.81) vs Josh (5th seed:  76.88).  Boy oh boy, the upsets keep rolling in Josh's favor.  On Patrick's side, Rivers shits the bed, Cooper shits the bed, Kelce shits the bed...McCaffrey and Crosby hit projections, but it really doesn't matter.  Josh's insane running back core did their work and Rothlisberger decided that nothing's over til it's over.

Nothing's over, just get me something to drink!

Mike (2nd seed: 82.84) vs. Ben (3rd seed: 64.80).  Mike came out swinging.  Woods, Anderson, and Williams all had 15+ point games.  Brees was a little slower, only pulling in 11 points.  Sadly Gronk wasn't even looked at on Sunday.  Ben put his best foot forward, but really only Mahomes stepped up.  Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, and Mike sallies forth.

Evil Ash, notwithstanding.

D (8th seed:  83.81) vs. Phil (4th seed:  60.04).  Dammit.  D's team kicked ass and my team collapsed. 

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Sadly, not even with that much style...

Kyle (6th seed: 96.06) vs. Crutch (7th seed:  81.88).  Well, look who stepped up!  Kyle's team exceeded expectations pretty much across the board.  Considering that he was projected to win in the first place, it was kind of a slaughter.  So, when Crutch very kindly asked not to be in the bitch bowl, this was Kyle's response:

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So, that means with the results of the semi-final round that it'll be Josh vs Mike in the Championship (neither have won the gold before - huzzah!) and Patrick vs Ben in the race for bronze next week.  Of course, we'll also be looking at Phil vs Crutch for the bitch bowl.  Who can be the biggest post season loser???  D and Kyle will also face off, but really who cares about that?

And on a completely unrelated note... Foles is tearing it up again down the stretch... How freaking cool would it be if he were able to sneak the Eagles into the playoffs this year??

We're all counting on you, St. Nick.