DFL 2014 Week 17: A new champion is crowned!

Well.. it's time again.  Time to do a little bragging, time to make some excuses... time to wrap up the write ups for the year.  It's been a good year.  Not a great year.  I mean, I am pretty sure that my life will return to a bleak, dreary and gray existence without a gold ring of my very own for this year.  Sure, my THREE golds from last year will help, but I only pulled in a paltry ONE gold ring this year.  And it wasn't even for the DFL.  I mean, seriously, I've not been the champion of the DFL for a good day now.  This is terrible. How do you people do it?

(OK OK OK... that is the LAST time that I can really enjoy the Commish AND Champion smack talk for the next year.  I hope that you bastards are happy with yourselves!)

Now, let's get to this week's games before we wrap for the year.  First up, Pick'em!

Ben and Phil bingo'ed AGAIN this week.  So, that means that we have picked identically for the entire playoff season (only missing 1 in the quarter finals).  More importantly, that means that we're going to tie for the year.  We  both walk away with 66 correct picks, and we'll share this gold this year.  (Ben has a higher percentage of correct picks, but that's because he missed a week.  Some might argue that this means that he should actually pull in the gold, but I disagree.  I tend to favor the whole pick every week for the advantage.  However, since Yahoo! isn't picking a definitive winner, I won't either.)  Mike went 2-2 this week to keep his lead in front of RA Dave.  So, Mike pulls in a Bronze here.

Official Pick'em Results:
Phil : Gold
Ben : Gold
Mike: Bronze
RA Dave : Honorable mention  (I'm pretty sure that RA Dave has never kept the picks the entire season before. He was a scant 3 shy of bronze this year.  Well done, Sir!)

Before we get into the games, I  just wanted to make a point.  Technically, the games aren't official until Thursday, but none of the games were even remotely close.  So, I'm OK for officially crowning a champion here.

Championship Game:  Ben (2) vs Missy (1):  This game could have been close.  This game actually was close until about 6 PM on Sunday. At that point Aaron Rodgers hooked up with Randal Cobb twice and that pretty much put the final nails in the coffin for Missy.  Like always not a single player on Ben's team really slacked off.  Missy had put a pretty good numbers, but when Manning the Greater someone walks out of a winning game with less than 2 points, you know that you're in for trouble.  Congratulations, Ben. Here's the gold.

Bronze Game:  Phil (3) vs RA Dave (4):  This was kind of an anticlimactic game.  Dave didn't pull Brady, whose team had already made it to the first round BYE.  On the other hand, Phil had the foresight to see that Brees *really* needed a win and Drew pulled in a stunning 4 points.  And it didn't really get much better than that from here.  Pretty much nobody hit the projected points.  The one shinning spot in the game was that Phil picked up the Dallas D, and the went on to pull down just shy of 20 points.  Yeah, it was a victory for Phil, but at what cost?  Fuckin' Dallas!

At least McKayla got a silver...

Who cares bowl:  Skoot (5) vs Crutch (6):  Yeah, this game was just for seeding for the draft next year, so nobody was really taking it seriously.  What do we see but... HOLY FUCK!!

Or, the family friendly version.

Skoot made his way into the centurian club AND delivered a stunning 74 point beat down of the week.  (I'm pretty sure that this is the biggest blow out  of the season.)  The ironic thing is that this game was actually projected at the closest score.  So... well done, Skoot.  You went out on a high note with absolutely no ramifications.   (And I  just noticed this... Skoot started to Gordon, who was benched for attitude problems.  So, if skoot has put put in Andre Williams instead, the beat down would have been closer to 85 points.  Day-um Skoot!)

Bitch Bowl:  Melanie (8) vs Mike (7):  Both teams come into the game winless in the post season.  Both teams really hoping to avoid the last loss that will make them the bitch of the playoffs...Well, Mike's team just couldn't get their heads out of their asses.  So, Melanie gladly hands Mike the title of Playoff Bitch this year.  (Come on, Rivers!!  -7 points?  What are you thinking???)  One of the very few awards where the loser gets a trophy:

Enjoy it, Mike. You've earned it.

And that's about it for the games this year.  It was a good season.  But before we get into the boring stats of the year, here's a quick run down of some interesting stuff this year:

• This year, we saw our first pre-draft trade. Ben and Phil did a bunch of draft pick trades.  So, that meant that Ben put together the unstoppable team WITHOUT a first round pick.  Well done, sir!
• Even with the greatly reduced bench, we only had 1 regular season trade.  That was between RA Dave and Mike.  It actually seemed to wake up all of the players involved in the trade and improve both teams.
• (I'm not saying anything, but  you notice the teams making the trades all wound up in the playoffs.  And 3/4 of them finished top 4.  I'm just sayin'...)
• The record for the most moves this year goes to Phil with 33! Huzzah!  RA Dave was next with 28.  Kookie, in a very unKookie season had a pissant little 22 moves.
• The record for the least moves goes to McClennen:  1.  1 move all season.  And he claims that this is a mistake.  But with a 6 game losing streak at the end of the season, at least he'll be drafting well next year.
• SO VERY CLOSE!!!  Missy was on her way to a perfect season this year when, in week 14 (the last game of the regular season), it was ripped away from her by Mike.  Well done, Mike!  And don't let being playoff bitch take anything away from the spoiler role you played.  We are all counting on you and you pulled it off.
• Hello, Medal.  This is the first time since 2004 that Ben has gotten any medal, and the first time that he's pulled in gold.  Again, congratulations.
• This was actually the first year that I did a write up every week myself.  And lemme just say "Whew!"  you bastards need to throw down for a week or two next year.  :)

Now that this season is in the books, here's the draft order for next year:

1. Terri
2. McClennen
3. Kookie
4. Patrick
5. Mike
6. Melanie
7. Crutch
8. Skoot
9. RA Dave
10. Phil
11. Missy
12. Ben

A few team stats, to whet our appetite:

• Most points for:  Ben (1473.14)
• Least points for:  Terri (922.65)
• Most points against:  McClennen (1265.37)
• Least Points against:  Missy (977.23)
• Longest Winning Streak:  Missy (12 games)
• Longest Losing Streak:  McClennen (6 games - though there were a few team that had 4-5 game losing streaks.)

Here's the draft order from the beginning of the year (and the draft grade that Yahoo! assigned us):

1. Kookie (B)
2. RA Dave (B-)
3. Crutch (A)
4. Melanie (B)
5. Skoot (A-)
6. Ben (A-)
7. Missy (A)
8. Terri (D+)
9. Patrick (C)
10. McClennen (C)
11. Mike (D)
12. Phil (B)

As always,  I won't ask who's in for next year right now, since we've got 11 people who are bitter about something and 1 who wants to retire as champion.  (I've already chatted with Ben.  He's got the smug satisfaction of a Champion.  I mean, why do people act like that? ;-) ) But before we get to stats from last year, here's the suggestions list that I have for rule changes next year (in no particular order):

1. More bench slots (jebus, this was a tight year!)
2. *NO* bench slots (I'm pretty sure that Ben was kidding about this one.  I'm pretty sure.)
3. Bring back the TE as a required position. (I can hope, right?)
4. Up the points for positions, except for K and DEF.  (Patrick suggested this because he thought that DEFs were pulling in too much.  We did have ST in the DEF slot this year, so that could be an option too, if we want to knock the DEF points down a bit.)
5. Lock the teams at playoffs; that is, don't allow add/drops in the post season (so far, overwhelming negativity about this, but I'm open to hearing Patrick's rationale).
6. Pull back the playoffs so that we don't end on week 17 where a lot of NFL teams could potentially be protecting players.  (Ben suggested this because he was afraid that his unstoppable team might not completely dominate the championship game - how'd that work for ya, Ben?)

I *think* that's all of the proposed rule changes that we have for this year.  Lemme know if I missed any.  I'll be in contact in the July time frame to start it up again next year.  Enjoy the offseason!  I know that I will. I'm already plotting ways to mess with the new champion.

And, in case any is interested, here's the point breakdown of the top 100 offensive players (scoring wise) from this year:

Name Team - Position	Fan Pts	Proj	Actual	Inc	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Int	Sack	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Ret TD	2PT	Fum Lost
Aaron Rodgers GB – QB	309.56	23	2	179	4381	38	5	28	43	269	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Andrew Luck Ind – QB	300.63	59	1	236	4761	40	16	27	64	273	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Peyton Manning Den – QB	283.38	17	6	202	4727	39	15	17	24	-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Drew Brees NO – QB	243.57	21	7	203	4952	33	17	29	27	68	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
Ben Roethlisberger Pit – QB	242.36	94	9	200	4952	32	9	33	33	27	0	0	0	-6	0	0	3	5
Tom Brady NE – QB	238.63	57	15	209	4109	33	9	21	36	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
DeMarco Murray Dal – RB	236.14	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	392	1845	13	64	57	416	0	0	0	5
Tony Romo Dal – QB	233.59	73	22	131	3705	34	9	30	25	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Le'Veon Bell Pit – RB	232.39	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	290	1361	8	105	83	854	3	0	0	0
Russell Wilson Sea – QB	227.96	84	5	167	3475	20	7	42	118	849	6	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
Antonio Brown Pit – WR	221.79	20	10	0	20	1	0	0	4	13	0	181	129	1698	13	1	1	2
Marshawn Lynch Sea – RB	218.25	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	280	1306	13	48	37	367	4	0	0	2
Joe Flacco Bal – QB	214.22	160	23	211	3986	27	12	19	39	70	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Ryan Atl – QB	212.72	48	11	213	4694	28	14	31	29	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Matt Forte Chi – RB	212.52	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	266	1038	6	130	102	808	4	0	2	2
Eli Manning NYG – QB	212.12	153	20	222	4410	30	14	28	12	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Philip Rivers SD – QB	204.85	100	19	191	4286	31	18	36	37	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Tannehill Mia – QB	196.4	124	13	198	4045	27	12	46	56	311	1	1	1	-4	0	0	0	2
Arian Foster Hou – RB	195.27	25	14	0	5	1	0	0	260	1246	8	59	38	327	5	0	0	2
Dez Bryant Dal – WR	192.8	9	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	88	1320	16	0	0	0
Jay Cutler Chi – QB	190.93	63	24	191	3812	28	18	38	39	191	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Demaryius Thomas Den – WR	188.26	7	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	184	111	1619	11	0	1	0
Eddie Lacy GB – RB	188.01	5	18	0	0	0	0	0	246	1139	9	55	42	427	4	0	0	2
Jordy Nelson GB – WR	187.76	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	98	1519	13	0	0	0
Jamaal Charles KC – RB	178.51	2	25	0	0	0	0	0	206	1033	9	59	40	291	5	0	0	3
Odell Beckham Jr. NYG – WR	169.93	188	30	1	0	0	0	0	7	35	0	130	91	1305	12	0	0	1
Randall Cobb GB – WR	169.45	28	31	0	0	0	0	0	11	37	0	127	91	1287	12	0	1	2
Andy Dalton Cin – QB	167.14	120	36	173	3398	19	17	21	60	169	4	1	1	18	1	0	1	2
Justin Forsett Bal – RB	166.92	189	32	0	0	0	0	0	235	1266	8	59	44	263	0	0	1	0
Emmanuel Sanders Den – WR	165.59	60	33	0	0	0	0	0	8	44	0	141	101	1404	9	0	1	0
Cam Newton Car – QB	163.51	65	27	186	3127	18	12	38	103	539	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Matthew Stafford Det – QB	159.73	58	26	239	4257	22	12	45	43	93	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Rob Gronkowski NE – TE	157.96	46	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	82	1124	12	0	0	0
Jeremy Maclin Phi – WR	155.22	68	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	85	1318	10	0	0	0
Lamar Miller Mia – RB	151.27	92	37	0	0	0	0	0	216	1099	8	52	38	275	1	0	0	3
Alshon Jeffery Chi – WR	150.02	24	40	0	0	0	0	0	6	33	0	145	85	1133	10	0	0	0
Julio Jones Atl – WR	149.79	14	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	163	104	1593	6	0	0	1
Mike Evans TB – WR	148.04	99	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	123	68	1051	12	0	0	0
Jeremy Hill Cin – RB	147.03	83	38	0	0	0	0	0	222	1124	9	32	27	215	0	0	0	2
C.J. Anderson Den – RB	146.56	190	42	0	0	0	0	0	179	849	8	44	34	324	2	0	0	0
Colin Kaepernick SF – QB	145.93	89	28	189	3369	19	10	52	104	639	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Antonio Gates SD – TE	139.34	146	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98	69	821	12	0	0	0
Ryan Fitzpatrick Hou – QB	137.84	175	74	115	2483	17	8	21	50	184	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Smith KC – QB	137.46	148	44	161	3265	18	6	45	49	254	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Ingram NO – RB	136.57	110	49	0	0	0	0	0	226	964	9	36	29	145	0	0	0	1
T.Y. Hilton Ind – WR	136.13	62	41	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	0	131	82	1345	7	0	0	1
Matt Asiata Min – RB	134.48	194	57	0	0	0	0	0	164	570	9	63	44	312	1	0	2	1
Alfred Morris Was – RB	134.3	26	46	0	0	0	0	0	265	1074	8	26	17	155	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Graham NO – TE	134.06	8	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	85	889	10	0	0	2
Joique Bell Det – RB	133.21	49	48	0	0	0	0	0	223	860	7	53	34	322	1	0	0	1
Derek Carr Oak – QB	132.78	1844	58	251	3270	21	12	24	29	92	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
LeSean McCoy Phi – RB	132.13	1	45	0	0	0	0	0	312	1319	5	37	28	155	0	0	0	3
Kelvin Benjamin Car – WR	128.82	106	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	73	1008	9	0	0	1
Golden Tate Det – WR	128.74	70	50	0	0	0	0	0	5	30	0	144	99	1331	4	0	0	0
Mike Wallace Mia – WR	126.95	66	61	1	0	0	0	0	4	16	0	115	67	862	10	0	0	1
Calvin Johnson Det – WR	126.58	6	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	71	1077	8	0	0	0
Giovani Bernard Cin – RB	122.79	19	62	0	0	0	0	0	168	680	5	59	43	349	2	0	0	0
Martellus Bennett Chi – TE	121.64	122	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	90	916	6	0	2	0
Torrey Smith Bal – WR	121.18	54	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	49	767	11	0	0	0
Julian Edelman NE – WR	121.15	71	70	0	0	0	0	0	10	94	0	134	92	972	4	1	0	0
DeAndre Hopkins Hou – WR	120.4	104	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	76	1210	6	0	0	1
Greg Olsen Car – TE	118.32	87	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	123	84	1008	6	0	0	0
Kyle Orton Buf – QB	117.38	221	78	160	3018	18	10	33	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Roddy White Atl – WR	116.84	30	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	80	921	7	0	0	1
Jordan Matthews Phi – WR	116.38	136	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	67	872	8	0	0	0
Steve Smith Sr. Bal – WR	116.1	149	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	79	1065	6	0	0	1
Brandon LaFell NE – WR	115.99	200	69	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	119	74	953	7	0	0	1
Anquan Boldin SF – WR	114.15	109	68	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	131	83	1062	5	0	0	0
Julius Thomas Den – TE	113.06	35	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	43	489	12	0	0	0
DeSean Jackson Was – WR	111.23	53	54	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	95	56	1169	6	0	0	0
Frank Gore SF – RB	109.67	51	60	0	0	0	0	0	255	1106	4	19	11	111	1	0	0	2
Andre Ellington Ari – RB	108.8	16	80	0	0	0	0	0	201	660	3	64	46	395	2	0	0	2
Chris Ivory NYJ – RB	108.65	134	75	0	0	0	0	0	198	821	6	27	18	123	1	0	0	1
A.J. Green Cin – WR	108.27	11	71	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	116	69	1041	6	0	0	2
Fred Jackson Buf – RB	107.94	79	87	1	0	0	0	0	141	525	2	90	66	501	1	0	1	0
Sammy Watkins Buf – WR	106.31	101	76	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	128	65	982	6	0	0	1
Eric Decker NYJ – WR	105.48	69	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113	74	962	5	0	0	0
Brandon Marshall Chi - WR	105.34	13	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	61	721	8	0	0	1
Coby Fleener Ind – TE	104.46	196	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	51	774	8	0	0	0
Andre Williams NYG – RB	104.27	121	82	0	0	0	0	0	217	721	7	37	18	130	0	0	0	0
Teddy Bridgewater Min – QB	103.61	246	67	143	2919	14	12	39	47	209	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Darren Sproles Phi – RB	103.41	125	96	0	0	0	0	0	57	329	6	62	40	387	0	2	0	1
Ahmad Bradshaw Ind - RB	103.33	129	99	0	0	0	0	0	90	425	2	47	38	300	6	0	0	2
Eddie Royal SD – WRProbable	103.05	204	91	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	91	62	778	7	0	0	1
Mohamed Sanu Cin – WR	101.98	178	84	0	79	1	0	1	7	51	0	98	56	790	5	0	1	0
Shane Vereen NE – RB	99.95	37	103	0	0	0	0	0	96	391	2	77	52	447	3	0	0	0
Steven Jackson Atl – RB	99.05	82	89	0	0	0	0	0	190	707	6	27	20	148	0	0	0	0
Travis Kelce KC – TE	97.98	144	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	67	862	5	0	0	3
James Jones Oak – WR	97.14	161	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	111	73	666	6	0	0	1
Malcom Floyd SD – WR	96.24	177	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	52	856	6	0	0	0
Jonathan Stewart Car – RB	95.67	140	90	0	0	0	0	0	175	809	3	31	25	181	1	0	0	1
Greg Jennings Min – WR	95.18	141	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	59	742	6	0	0	0
Kendall Wright Ten – WR	94.7	81	107	0	0	0	0	0	4	54	0	93	57	715	6	0	0	1
Mark Sanchez Phi – QB	94.15	202	141	111	2418	14	11	23	34	87	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jarvis Landry Mia – WR	94.05	234	138	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	0	112	84	758	5	0	0	4
Marques Colston NO – WR	93.58	64	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99	59	902	5	0	0	1
Tre Mason StL – RB	92.92	195	92	0	0	0	0	0	179	765	4	26	16	148	1	0	0	1
Isaiah Crowell Cle – RB	92.45	207	104	0	0	0	0	0	148	607	8	14	9	87	0	0	0	2
Andre Johnson Hou – WR	91.94	40	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147	85	936	3	0	0	3
Branden Oliver SD – RB	91.64	205	114	0	0	0	0	0	160	582	3	45	36	271	1	0	0	0

And here are the top 25 defenses (scoring wise) from this year:

Defense/Special Teams	Fan Pts	Proj	Actual	Pts Allow	Sack	Safe	Int	Fum Rec	TD	Blk Kick	Ret Yds	Ret TD
Philadelphia Phi – DEF	202.13	193	81	382	49	0	12	16	7	6	1405	4
Buffalo Buf – DEF	195.1	197	98	273	54	1	19	11	2	3	1124	2
Houston Hou – DEF	174.75	187	102	293	38	1	20	14	6	2	630	0
Baltimore Bal – DEF	172.23	209	158	302	49	1	11	11	2	3	1369	1
St. Louis StL – DEF	171.53	174	146	306	40	0	13	12	3	3	1581	2
New England NE – DEF	162.1	154	153	301	40	0	16	9	4	5	1124	1
Seattle Sea – DEF	161.8	133	159	252	37	1	13	11	3	2	1072	0
Kansas City KC – DEF	158.88	256	240	279	46	0	6	8	1	0	2035	2
Green Bay GB – DEF	154.2	208	157	336	41	1	18	9	4	1	888	2
Miami Mia – DEF	148.15	240	199	367	39	3	14	11	3	5	1286	0
Minnesota Min – DEF	147.75	241	200	327	41	0	13	6	5	3	1470	0
Indianapolis Ind – DEF	145.43	237	195	337	41	0	12	14	2	1	1377	0
Cincinnati Cin – DEF	142.93	1814	1819	326	20	3	20	6	1	1	1677	0
Arizona Ari – DEF	142.35	215	167	293	35	0	18	7	4	3	694	1
San Francisco SF – DEF	141.28	163	212	328	36	0	23	6	3	1	1331	0
Cleveland Cle – DEF	140.55	239	198	331	31	1	21	8	3	3	982	0
Detroit Det – DEF	140.4	173	193	280	42	1	20	7	2	2	896	0
Denver Den – DEF	132.45	255	236	342	41	1	18	7	3	2	1098	0
Pittsburgh Pit – DEF	129.98	260	248	368	33	1	11	10	5	0	1079	1
Dallas Dal – DEF	123.63	259	247	338	28	0	18	13	3	1	1065	0
Jacksonville Jax – DEF	122.43	278	283	378	45	1	6	14	3	0	1297	0
Carolina Car – DEF	118.1	264	255	362	40	0	14	12	2	0	1044	1
New York NYG – DEF	117.23	279	284	382	47	0	17	9	1	1	1249	0
Atlanta Atl – DEF	116.33	1818	1923	385	22	0	16	12	2	3	1413	1
Chicago Chi – DEF	113.98	1813	1818	430	39	0	14	10	1	3	1399	1

And while we're at it, here's the top 25 Kickers (points wise) this year:

Kickers	Fan Pts	Proj	Actual	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Miss 0-19	Miss 20-29	Made	Miss
Stephen Gostkowski NE	170	201	85	1	11	10	12	1	0	0	51	0
Cody Parkey Phi	162	203	100	0	10	14	4	4	0	0	54	0
Adam Vinatieri Ind	153	212	117	0	10	10	7	3	0	0	50	0
Dan Bailey Dal	149	218	125	0	6	6	8	5	0	0	56	0
Matt Bryant Atl	149	217	124	0	10	4	8	7	0	0	40	0
Dan Carpenter Buf	148	214	119	0	9	12	7	6	0	0	31	1
Steven Hauschka Sea	147	219	131	0	10	10	9	2	0	0	41	0
Randy Bullock Hou	144	227	137	0	6	13	7	4	0	1	40	0
Shaun Suisham Pit	143	228	140	0	12	6	10	1	0	1	45	0
Justin Tucker Bal	141	232	145	0	10	11	4	4	0	0	42	0
Caleb Sturgis Mia	140	233	149	1	12	7	6	3	0	0	41	0
Mason Crosby GB	139	220	132	0	7	11	5	4	0	0	53	2
Nick Folk NYJ	134	229	161	0	13	7	9	3	0	0	23	0
Graham Gano Car	132	250	164	0	7	12	9	1	0	0	34	0
Chandler Catanzaro Ari	128	257	170	0	5	12	10	2	0	0	27	0
Josh Brown NYG	127	242	171	1	6	9	4	4	0	1	44	0
Mike Nugent Cin	127	244	173	0	6	10	10	0	0	0	39	0
Phil Dawson SF	125	266	179	0	6	8	5	6	0	0	33	0
Blair Walsh Min	123	268	183	2	4	8	7	5	0	1	29	0
Cairo Santos KC	122	270	191	1	10	6	7	1	0	0	38	0
Nick Novak SD	116	269	206	1	6	8	4	3	0	0	40	0
Greg Zuerlein StL	113	291	197	1	6	10	2	5	0	1	34	1
Kai Forbath Was	106	1790	226	0	11	6	7	0	0	0	31	1
Patrick Murray TB	106	1833	246	0	2	7	6	5	0	1	31	0
Shayne Graham NO	104	1828	239	0	6	9	3	1	0	0	46	1

EDIT:  Lest this be lost to the sands of time, I should also mention that Phil was the overall winner of the survival league as well this year.  Yay Phil!

DFL 2014 Week 16: Semi-Finals.

First off, it's Christmas week.  So, I wanted to say Merry Christmas to all of my friends in this wonderful league.  Of course, I'm not including Ben in that list because screw that guy.  For the second time this year, Ben kicked the ever loving stuffing out of me.  Congratulations, Ben, you ruined Chirstmas at the Rau Haus:

Phil's reaction about halfway through Sunday.

At the end of Sunday Night Football, it' didn't get any better.

Can freaking NOBODY on my team score???

And of course anger gave way to total sadness on Monday morning.

Man, I don't want to live like the rest of these bastards.  I
*need* a gold ring this year.

 But you're not just screwing up my Yuletide, man.  Look what you're doing to Santa:

Santa lost a lot of money on the game.  A *LOT* of money.

So, here's a special request for everyone in the league.  Point to Ben and

Man, I've gotten a lot of play out of this scene in the write ups this year...

OK OK OK...  I'm getting *way* ahead of myself.  Let's take a look at something extraordinarily exciting... Pick ems!  Eh.. it was only Ben and I picking this week, and we both went 4-0.  Not a lot of upsets this year in the playoffs.  So, it's going to come down to the last week for 1st place and for 3rd place.  Mike and RA Dave... don't forget to pick this week!

(Though eesh, looking at the projections for next week, there's not a lot of surprises coming.  )

So, let's get into the crapfest, shall we?  Now, I'm not calling it a crap fest because I lost (though certainly that was a helpful deciding factor).  Nay, I'm calling it that because every team (except 2) missed their projects.  Like by a lot.  Of the two that exceeded their expectations, one did so impressively and the other... not so much.  (Was that enough of a tease to keep you interested?  Yeah, probably not, but here's a picture of an evil duck to keep your attention...

And thus ends the longest parenthetical of the year.)

Missy (1 seed) vs RA Dave (4 seed).  Missy took this one to the bank and cashed it.  Everyone on Dave's team just shat their pants this week.  Well, except for Beast Mode, but that dude doesn't take a week off.  Brady showed his beginning of the season colors, Maklin couldn't get things going, and the Arizona D played Seattle, with expected results.  That is to say, pulling in negative points.  Missy had Foster, Miller, and Gronk beat expectations, but that was about it.  However, that was enough to get her a ticket to the championship game.

Pictured above:  Missy and Dave in their natural habitat.

Ben (2 seed) vs Phil (3 seed).  Yeah, yeah yeah, we all know how this turned out.  This game was pretty much a collective implosion, just Ben's team imploded a little less than Phil's team.  Do good for ya, Ben!  (And yes, this was the game where my TE pulled in 20 points and Ben's goose egged.  Somehow this supported both Ben's and Phil's opinions on Tight Ends

Dammit, Ben.  Put your shirt on.

Skoot (5 seed) vs Melanie (8 seed).  Fucking Skoot.  He's desperate not to be playoff bitch.  So, what does he do?  He goes and picks up Tony FUCKING Romo.  Then, what does Romo do?  Well, he seems to still be forgetting that it's December and it's time for his implosion.  The Cowboys are *rocking* right now and Skoot just cashed in.  Well done, sir.  Not only did Skoot pick up the win, but he delivered a Ben-like 79 point beat down of the week.

Crutch (6 seed) vs Mike (7 seed).  Crutch was heavily favored in this game, and just *barely* pulled it out.  Mike was the other team that exceeded expectations.  And if Mike had just switched out Keenan Allen for another W/R, then he might be out of the running for playoff bitch. So, Mike, even though you did get more points than expected, it was

Don't forget folks!  Next week (week 17) is the last week of our season.  Check out the NFL standings and see if games matter to your players.  Teams are just salivating for those BYE weeks that are up for grabs and the wildcard tickets.

And just so that we're all on the same page, next week it's

1st seed vs 2nd seed
3rd seed vs 4th seed
5th seed vs 6th seed
7th seed vs 8th seed

I'm  not sure that this has ever happened in the history of the DFL.  Congratulations!  We are having perfectly expected playoffs.  :)

But keep tuning in!  Who's gonna walk away Champion?  Who's gonna sneak in that bronze?  Geez, who's gonna be playoff bitch?  So may unanswered questions!

DFL 2014 Week 15: And here comes the playoffs!!

What a week this week was!  That is to say, what a crummy, under-performing week this was!  8 teams still left and pretty much nobody came close to projectiosn.  Well, except for Missy, who attacked the week with reckless aplomb, as usual.

Regardless, this week we started on the playoff run.  That means that 4 teams advanced into the semi-finals, with the ultimate goal of bringing home the gold.  And on the flip side?  4 teams were eliminated from the race for the gold.  The good news is that they were all automatically entered into the running for the playoff bitch.

Pictured above, the ending of a perfectly good season.

Of course, before we can really plunge into the games, let's take a look at the pick'ems.  

Ben and Phil both chose conservatively this week and went 3-1.  (Dammit, Dave!  Lose and Ben and I could have had perfect picks this week!)  Thus, keeping the tie for first place alive and well.  Mike, on the other hand, went 2-1 by picking himself over Ben, and completely forgetting to make a pick in the Skoot vs Dave game.  The big news this week is that RA Dave finally broke the dry spell and picked perfectly this week!  You know what we call that???

You bastards don't know how long I've been sitting on this gif.

So, Ben and Phil are untouchable at 58 picks a piece...  But now RA Dave has made it interesting by pulling within 1 pick of Mike.  Who's taking the gold, silver, and bronze here?  Only 8 more games left to pick!!

And now, let's get into the heavy lifting... the playoffs!  We'll start with the top seed and work our way down.

Missy (1) vs Melanie (8).  In the early games, it looked like Melanie might have an outside shot of pulling an upset here.  Manning barely made it into double digits, Foster was held up surprisingly well by the Colts.  And then Missy made the tactical mistake of starting the Buffalo D against Green Bay, in Lambeau, in December.  Some freaking how, this turned out to be brilliant choice, as they shut down the Packers and pulled in 25 point.  Then Gronk went crazy,as did Bryant.  Sadly, nobody on Melanie's team stepped up for this great opportunity.  So, not only did Melanie lose, she also received the beat down of the week.  Or to put it another way:

Missy says "People who sneak into the playoffs don't advance!!!"

Ben (2) vs Mike (7).  Again, this looked like a perfect situation for the upset.  Rodgers went negative, The Eagles D went negative, Jennings touched the ball once.  All that seems fine and dandy for Mike, but then Ben's team turns on the afterburners and Beckham pulls in damn near 30, Murray almost gets 20, and Bell *does* get 20 points.  And those three players were enough to beat all of Mike's team, who could only scrounge 2 player to hit double digits (Colston and Lacey - yay trade!)  So, Ben missed administering his sixth beat down of the week by less than 2 points.  To lesson the blow, Ben told the following joke:  What did the hand say to the face?

SLAP!!

Phil (3) vs Crutch (6).  This was the only game this week where the teams had played each other twice earlier in the season.  The more delicious thing is that the victories were split from the earlier games. So, this would make for a good tie breaker.  Both QBs did very well.And Crutch's Hill was the only other player to blow it up in this game.  However, the rest of Phil's players were slightly less shitty than the rest of Crutch's players.  So, Phil was able to pull out a pretty decisive victory, though not nearly as nicely as was projected.  But a win is a win.  So, moving on.

RA Dave (4) vs Skoot (5).  Dave takes the victory here, making 0 upsets in the first round of playoffs.  Of course, the odd thing is that only Dave picked the non-upset, which of course, screwed more people than not in the Pick'ems.  Thanks Dave!!

Pretty much everyone's reaction to the game, except for RA Dave.

So, where does that leave us?  Well, the Championship bracket looks like this:

Missy (1) vs RA Dave (4).  Projections-wise, this looks to be a pretty one sided game in Missy's favor.  But any given Sunday and all.  

Ben (2) vs Phil (3).  There are a *lot* of injuries here.  Phil's got 3 questionable folks, and Ben's got two himself, plus another that is completely out.  The big question in my mind is how quickly can Murray recover from his surgery for his off hand this week?  They are listing him as questionable, but I'll be really surprised if he doesn't start.  As it stands right now, Ben is projected up by 10 points, and I think that's a little conservative.  This game has the potential to be Ben's 6th beat down of the week.  Dammit.

(And as I predicted a few weeks back, the match up against Missy looks a hell of a lot sweeter than it does against Ben.)

And the consolation bracket has:

Skoot (5) vs Melanie (8).  Currently, this is projected to be within a point of each other.  This might be the game to watch this week!

Crutch (6) vs Mike (7).  Right now, these two are playing for the sweet, sweet 5th seed in next year's draft.  Of course, to get that, they'll need to also accept the title of Playoff Bitch.  Not sure what the target should be?  Yeah, me neither.  It does look like Mike might be heading to 5th seed though.  Not a lot of good match ups this week for him.

And t hat's about it.  Keep slugging away, guys - only two more weeks before we can officially dole out trophies.  Oh, and remember, in addition to the normal Thursday Night Football, the NFL in all of its branding genius, also has two Thursday Night Football games on Saturday this week.  Yeah, I don't get it either.  But make sure to set your line ups accordingly!

DFL 2014 Week 14: The end of the Regular Season

No lie... you know where I was the other day?  The doctor.  She says (and I 'm paraphrasing here) "You, Phil, are the very specimen of human fitness.  You look as ruggedly awesome as you did when you were 18.  The only possible thing that could possible harm your god-like physique is a lack of sleep."  So, why am I making this update after midnight instead of sleeping?

OK, the doctor might have said "gord-like physique." Don't judge me.

OK in all reality, it's because I've gone 100% in updates this year and I sure as *hell* don't wanna miss one now.  Since the kids don't go to bed until just before the game starts tomorrow, I've gotta do it now.  So, strap in and try to hold on to the twisted logic of my sleep deprived brain.  You've been warned!!

OK, so seriously, though, we just got past week 14.  So that means that the regular season has come to a close.  So, we say goodbye to fully a third of my readership and we get into the excuses and finger pointing for why some player prevented you from moving on.  Luckily, McClennen has already been eliminated or else we'd be able to point our first finger.  (Seriously, though, get well soon, Cam!  We all know that Anderson won't be able to thrust us into the #1 spot with a stunning 5-8-1 record!)  So, here we go!

First off, Pick'ems!  Only 4 people made picks last week.  Phil and Ben picked identically, to stay 4-2, and keep the top spot tied.  Mike went 4-2 by picking himself upsetting Missy (and somehow making it so), while RA Dave clocked in at a paltry 2-4.  This keeps Phil and Ben tied at 55 points, while Mike puts a little distance between him (at 43 points) and RA Dave (at 40 points).  Less games coming in the next three weeks, so it's coming down to it!

Match ups, Match ups, Match ups!

Let's start at the top and work our way down, shall we?

Ben vs Kookie.  Ben, once again, destroys this week.  His team is all but unstoppable at this moment.  This 70+ point slaughter of Kookie was his *fifth* beat down administration this year.  And being that he scored 144 points, it is the highest point total this year. Yahoo! gave Ben a special trophy to commemorate this fifth beat down, so I'm goann give him one too:

As for Kookie - sorry man...  Not much to be done here.  Sadly, this does knock you squarely out of playoff contention.  The good news is that you should be nicely seeded at pick for the draft next year.

Skoot vs. McClennen.  Skoot digs deep to finish the regular season strong.  With 5 players scoring above 15 points, there wasn't really much that McClennen could do to stop him. O wait.  Sure there was.  Maybe drop his THREE players on the IR?    That might have been a good idea.  So, McClennen ends his sophomore season in 11th place.  Good for the draft next year, bad for this year.  The big question for Skoot, in my mind, is can Cutler keep showing up for the games?

I'm assuming that he deriving his power from Ditka.

Phil vs. RA Dave.  OK I've never been so pissed about delivering an ass whoopin'.  All that I needed to do was win by less than 30.  Could I do that?  NOoooo... I mean Brees certainly did his best to help, but in the end, I kicked RA Dave's ass to the tune of about 50 points.  Why is this bad?  Well, I am now seeded 3rd in the play offs.  This means that if I make it to the second round, I'll be facing Ben, not Missy.  I think that I would have had a chance against Missy... I'm just hoping to avoid a beat down, if I face Ben in a fortnight.  As always, I think that Parcels says it best:

Patrick vs Terri.  Well color me surprised on this game.  Yeah, it didn't really matter for this season.  Both teams were pretty much eliminated. However, Patrick turned on the after burners.  He also threw down a 50+ point beating.  I was certainly surprised to see Patrick join the centurian club this week.  The bad news is that this thrust Patrick into the King of the Losers spot (9th place), and Terri gets first pick in next year's draft.  Well done Patrick!

I dunno.  This is the first thing that came up for a GIS of "Well Done, Patrick"
Honestly,I was expecting some SpongeBob...

This next game needs a little introduction  A little razzle dazzle, if you will:

Mike vs Missy.  That's right!  after 13 long weeks of win after win.  Mike delivers the knock out punch on the perfect season to Missy.

I know that I shouldn't be so gleeful in someone else's misery, but how can you not be ecstatic when you see a face like this?

Well done, Mike!  Such a performance not only got you into the playoffs, but now you're seeded high enough to not be playing Missy in the next week either! Instead you get to play... Oh... Ben.  Shit.  Hey man, lightning struck once spoiling Missy's perfect season.  Make it strike again by embarrassing Ben out of the playoffs.  Here's to you, Mike!

Crutch vs Melanie.  This one... OK this one was pretty anti-climactic.  Both low seeds going into the game, both low seeds coming out of the game.  Crutch squeaks by Melanie with a score of 76-67.  Not at lot happened here. Well, outside of a lot of wrong Pick'em Picks.  So, rock on, you crazy cats!

And that brings us to the playoffs.  So, sadly, we need to say goodbye to Patrick, Kookie, McClennen, and Terri.  Looking forward to the playoffs, it looks to be a couple of solid games, and a few potential blow outs:

Missy (1) vs Melanie (8):  Seems a little closer than it probably should.  Good luck, ladies!
Ben (2) vs Mike (7): Yeah, Ben's probably going to have another blow out on his hands.  (Looking at his roster, I just don't think that he's got a lot of weak spots...)
Phil (3) vs Crutch (6):  This is a pretty highly projected difference in Phil's favor, but Crutch is right...  Romo is still out there.  What's more, I don't think that Romo knows that it's December...
RA Dave (4) vs Skoot (5):  This is the closest projected game and could be a good one.  Is Skoot going to seek revenge for getting knocked out of the playoffs early last year?  Will RA Dave be able to overcome the 9 point gap?  This is the one to watch, folks!

Good luck everyone! (Except for Crutch.  Screw that guy.)

DFL 2014 Week 13: Ultra Violent Beatings Ensue.

Yep.. here we are again... a scant 2 weeks left in the regular season.  4 playoff spot left open.  People hungry for the win... So, what happens?  A *hell* of a lot of beat downs are issued.  We had a 25 point difference in a game.  Not the beat down of the week.  There was a 40 point blow out.  Not even close to the beat down of the week.  Surely, the 50+ point savage beating that was laid down took home the beat down of the week.  You'd think so, but it wasn't even runner up.   An almost 60 point walloping took home the runner up for the beat down of the week.  That's right...  The almost impossible to handle 76.59 point difference was the winner of the beat down of the week.  Congratulations to Ben for picking that up against Patrick this week.

But you know what was the most painful game of the week to watch?  It was the game that ended with a scant 2 point difference.  Melanie took home the victory against me with just a 2 point lead.  And the shitty thing is that it came down to Jarvis Landry on Monday night.  If he would have caught that last pass lobbed at him in the 4th quarter on MNF, then I would have walked into sweet, sweet victory...

And the real kicker?  That play also eliminated me from the playoffs
in my other league.

Perhaps I'm getting a little ahead of myself.  Let's look at perhaps the most boring pick'ems week of all time.  Three people picked this week:  Ben, Phil, and Mike.  We all picked the same for all of the games, except for Mike's pick on the Skoot vs Terri game.  Again, loyalty costs Mike a point.  So, Ben and Phil went 5-1, and Mike went 4-2.  (And not to beat a dead horse, but if Landry just freaking caught that pass, both Ben and I would have bingo'ed this week.  They would be the first bingo in over 2 months!)  So, Phil and Ben are still tied at the top, and Mike sneaks past RA Dave to land in 3rd place.  That means that the race for 3rd place is only separated by 1 scant pick.  Keep those picks coming, guys!

Now, on to the games.  As noted above, we have some pretty severe beating this week, so we'll start from the highest beating and work our way down.

Ben vs. Patrick:  Points Difference:  76.59.  I don't know how many beat down of the weeks Ben has administered this year, but it's a freaking lot.  The one week that Patrick convinces Stafford to wake up, and nobody else on his team hits 11 points.  On the other hand, Ben only had 2 players not reach double digits.  (And I mean well into the double digits.)  This pretty much summed up the game:

And Patrick always *did* like Raiden.

Mike vs McClennen:  Points Difference:  57.28.  Mike went off this week, which catapulted him into contention for the playoffs.  This is Mike's second visit to the centurian club this year, and it could not have come at a better time.  McClennen, on the other hand, just took the beating. But when you start the New England Defense against Green Bay in Lambeau in November... well, you get what you get.

(And this is what you get.)

RA Dave vs Kookie:  Point Difference:  43.03.  Dave firmly kept his grip on third place this week, with no small amount of thanks going to DeAndre "How the fuck did Dave get lucky enough to start me" Hopkins bettering his projections by nearly 20 points.  Plus, Brady (his early season trade) is still paying very high dividends.  Kookie... just... ugh.  Manning the lesser kept being lesser.  Somehow Smith Sr got nearly shut out, Garcon had freaking nobody throwing to him... well, you get the idea.

Like this, but Dave didn't have to work quite so hard...

Skoot vs Terri:  Point Difference:  42.84.  Well, Terri met expectations this week and just kept right on going...  Kaepernick went way negative, and three other player didn't hit 3 points.  I know that I always say that kickers win games, but when your kicker is your high scorer, just...  Ouch.  Skoot, on the other hand, continued to show unwaivering support for Jonas Grey, who certainly beat my expectations of 0 (With a stunning 0.27 points) this week.  Well done, Skoot!  Also, this match up featured perhaps my favorite smack talk of the season said "This is rediculous.  I'm about to throw the turkey right through the TV."  Topical and wonderful!

But the turkey would be OK... They can fly, right?

Missy vs Crutch: Point Difference:  24.07.  I really thought that Crutch had this game, when Jeffery and Charles combined early for 30+ points.  Sadly, then the rest of the team conspired to keep  his score low. 5 of his plays totaled less than 15 points. Missy, on the other hand did.... OK?  Certainly just shy of 100 points is good, but Manning the greater was just OK.  And a fifth of her points came from the smack that Buffalo laid on Cleveland.  So, this wasn't so much a beating as a stepping aside and letting your opponent fall all over himself.

Oh, Santa!  You completely symbolize this game!

Melanie vs Phil:  Point Difference:  2.13.  This game was so close and it came down to the 4th quarter in Monday Night Football.  Complete heart breaker to go out like this.  I'm not sure which image to post to symbolize this game.  It's either this:

Or this:

Either way:  Dammit.

Now, what does this all mean for week 14, AKA the last week of the regular season?  Well, it means that there are only 4 teams locked in to the playoffs:  Missy, Ben, RA Dave (wow - nice come back, Dave!), and Phil. And the crummy thing is that we're all pretty much locked into the seeding where we are right now.  (OK, if Phil beat RA Dave by more than 32 points, then the 3 and 4 seeds get shaken up a bit, but that would be one hell of a blow out and I don't think that'll  happen.)

Then, there are 5 teams who are fighting for those last 4 slots. Skoot, Crutch, Melanie, Mike, and Kookie.  Skoot and Crutch at sitting pretty at 6-7 and a pretty massing point lead.  So, really, it's going to come down to Melanie (who could easily be knocked out of the playoffs due to a low overall points total), Mike (who has one last shot of killing Missy's unfeated season, not looking good though), and Kookie (who has a *real* uphill battle with going up against Ben AND having the lowest points total of the 5 fighting for a playoff berth - of course a win for Kookie and a loss for Mike will pop him into the playoffs).

Lastly, at 4-9, I'm pretty sure that McClennen, Patrick, and Terri have been well and truly eliminated from the race this year.  Sorry guys!  This week you're just playing for seeding in the draft next year.  On the fun coincidence side, it looks like Terri and Patrick, who are the last two ranks in the league,  have the same record and they will be playing each other.  So, we do get a battle for last place this  year.  Yay!

Always fun to have a potty bowl at the end of the season...

So, that's it!  Set your line up and strap in, fellas!  It's gonna be a photo finish for this last week in the regular season.

DFL 2014 Week 12: Let there be rematches!

Well, here we are again, week 12 and you know what that means!!!  Two things actually:
1 - Rematch week!
2 - Thanksgiving!

The first one is important so that we can relive some of the bullshit from week 1 (and correct it potentially).  The second one is important in that I've been furiously cleaning all week in anticipation of family coming into town.  So, I'm typing this now on Thanksgiving day so that I can publish this before the noon game kick off.

Let's get to this update!

First off... Pick'ems.  Well, we've really only got 5 people in contention still and one didn't make picks this week.  Come on, Skoot!

Skoot... You're killin' me Skoot.

So, Phil took to the top spot gonig 5-1, Ben and RA Dave both went 4-2, and finally Mike is making his come back going 3-3.  So, that leave the race for the Pick'ems trophy looking like this:

Phil  46-26

Ben  46-20

RA Dave 38-16

Mike 35-31

Skoot 33-21

So, the shake up this week was that Phil tied Ben for first and Mike ripped 5th place from Skoot.  Nice work Gentlemen.

(Also, looking at the picks, there's not a lot of picks made this week.  So, if you want to get an easy jump on the competition, you've only got a few scant hours before kick off!!  Hurry!)

Now, a quick look at rematches.  As a reminder, here's what happened in week 1:

Crutch beat Phil 83.36 - 70.53

Melanie beat Kookie 97.65 - 69.38

Patrick beat RA Dave 105.38 - 73.20 (with the beatdown of the week)

Skoot beat Ben 101.98 - 89.34

Terri beat Mike 75.10 - 53.33

Missy beat McClennen 71.09 - 52.28

So, let's see what happened this week, shall we?

Phil vs Crutch:  Balance is restored.  It was looking pretty bleak for Phil going into Monday night.  Phil was down 30+ points.  So, will the right Brees show up?  Could Justin Forsett rise above his station?  You're damn right.  Phil put down the second highest points for him this year.  What do you think, TO?

Melanie vs  Kookie:  Balance is restored.  Dispite nobody picking him this week, Kookie rose up and took back a sliver of his masculinity by winning the game this week.  With 4 of his players pulling in 6 or less points, you might wonder how.  Well, that would be because Manning had a 21 points game, and Luck had a 5 point game.  Now, I know what you're thinking  "How the hell did Kookie get his hands on Peyton??"  Yeah, that would be Manning the Lesser vs Dallas.  Maybe this means that the Cowboys will be self-destructing from the other side of the team this year?  Nah...  Romo is still gonna crack...

 

I'm not even on anyone's team this year!!  Why am I getting bashed???

RA Dave vs Patrick:  Balance is restored.  Not only did RA Dave win this week,but he also laid down the smackdown of the week!  Good on ya, RA Dave.  And I've gotta say, in the last few weeks RA Dave has really turned on the afterburners.  With his almost league high move count, he's put himself squarely into 3rd place.  When you can do that *and* embarrass Patrick (and his little QB too!), that's just a good week right there!

Ben vs Skoot:  Balance is restored.  Pretty much everyone on Ben's team hit it out of the park this week.  Now, one could argue that Percy Harvin had a bad week with not even putting a point on the board.  I, however, would argue that's about where he should be.  (Yes, I'm still bitter from a few years ago when he was on my team and he fucked me by getting migraines left and right.  Wanker.)  Skoot, on the other hand, picked up Jonas Grey like half of the fantasy teams in the league.  The other half knew that Gray will likely not see the endzone for the rest of the season.  Gray actually goose egged this week and got NOTHING.

Terri vs Mike:  Balance is restored.  This was a pretty weak game.  In fact, the lowest scoring game of the league this week.  (In week 1, they were the second lowest scoring game of the week.  Eesh...)  The good news?  The Lacy trade continues to pay off.  Well done, Mike on reclaiming dominance in house G.

Well, now.  Balance has been restored in every single game so far this week.  Winner from week 1 became losers in week 12.  Let's see how the last one turned out.  I mean no pressure, but McClennen, we're kinda looking to you to break this insane winning streak of Missy's.

Missy vs McClennen:  Missy slaps McClennen across the face, pounds her chest and looks to the crowd:

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???

Yep, Missy keeps her winning streak alive.  She's currently 2nd in overall points and dead last in points against.  Yeah...  Missy's doing fine...  McClennen on the other hand.... well, he's made the following bold moves this week:

• Starting his QB who was on BYE.
• Holding onto a rookie WR who's on the IR.
• Starting Bishop Sankey versus the godlike Eagles D.

So, that's how that went...

OK, y'all.  We're coming down to it now...  Two more players locked in a playoff spot (RA Dave and Phil).  So, that means only 4 left!  Two weeks, folks.  That's all that we've got left.  Pretty much everyone is still in contention.  Currently the bottom 4 teams are sitting at 4-8.  The next three teams are at 5-7.  So, really, a few good games could turn the tide and sneak a few surprises into the playoffs.  

And lest we forget... last year an 8th seed actually was in the championship game.  So, keep at it fellas!

And BTW, Crutch and Mike...  you are the only two remaining people who can prevent Missy from taking home an undefeated season in the regular season.    So, fingers crossed.