First and foremost, thanks to everyone for coming out to the League Meeting on Sunday. As always it was an enjoyable event to get everyone from the league together to talk some trash, make some bets (even if they never happened in the first place), and watch our fantasy (and real) teams suffer. Of course no league meeting would be complete without some big news.
We must of course acknowledge the news that Eddie, despite currently topping all the standings in MIISFFL, has informed us that he will not be returning for MIISFFL 2014.
Of course, as he was leaving the Greene Turtle, he left the door open for a 2014 return should he take it all the way and win the whole enchilada.......just saying.
In the lead up to the League Meeting, the tradewinds were blowing with full force as several deals were consummated clearly establishing the buyers for Shadynasty Now...and the sellers for the future. Here's a quick recap of the trades:
Kent pretty much managed to piss off the entire league by making deals with Nick and JP, acquiring the likes of Drew Brees and Eric Decker in return for Knowshon Moreno, Jericho Cotchery, and Andrew Luck. He obtained Reggie Bush from JP in exchange for Riley Cooper, Terrence Williams and a draft pick swap (or as Dewey called it, a bag of Skittles). Gaz attempted to counter by dealing with Sean, getting Andre Johnson in return for a Joique draft pick swap, moving Sean into the 3rd round (would that be a bag of M&M's?). Nick, JP, and Sean (at the bottom of the standings), improve their keeper and draft lot for 2014 as parity reigns supreme. Gaz and Kent make moves to win right now.
If Kent DOESN'T win right now, it will pretty much go down as the biggest fantasy football failure in the history of the sport. This is pretty much a guaranteed fact and was heavily debated during the league meeting as the consensus was definitely in favor of Dewey. So how did the actual matchups go?
In probably the most hyped matchup of the League Meeting, Dewey was praying to just about any god who would listen that he should beat Kent. Unfortunately, the football gods wrought vengeance on Dewey for past transgressions not listed as Dewey left over 60 points on his bench. Kent on the other hand took advantage of his mid-week transactions by starting his optimal lineup and posting the second high score of the week at 134. Oddly though it was his old stalwarts that did most of the scoring (35 from Megatron and 29 from McCoy). Dewey's starters left something to be desired (5 from Cameron, 3 from Harvin, and -1 from KC Defense). Kent now surges to 7-4 and atop the Greene Turtles division. Dewey is left to pick up the pieces...and restack his bench.
In the matchup of Virginian front-runners, Eddie and Gaz came into the League Meeting with their own division lead on the line. A win by Eddie essentially would have salted the division away whereas a win for Gaz would make it a 2-horse race. While AJ Green underwhelmed in a sloppy game in Cincinnati, the rest of Gaz's troops picked up the slack to the tune of a 137... tops in the league. Eddie needed big performances from Peyton, Charles, and the Patriots in the primetime games to overtake him. And the way those three were going all year, it almost seemed like a certainly. Alas, Charles and the Pats stayed in single digits, and 18 from Peyton isn't anywhere near his average season output. The result is that Eddie has fallen into that tie with Gaz making the Pub Dogs division very much up for grabs.
Elsewhere at the League Meeting, Jeff had a chance to make the 7-4 crowd a trio instead of a duet. All that was standing in his way was a Harry Douglas...no not THAT Harry Douglas. Get your minds out of the gutter. Zach needed a win to keep his playoff hopes alive. A loss would've been a severe setback. Harry Douglas got his (24 points) Carolina Cam lit up New England (30-burger) to give Zach a rather comfortable win over a bomb squad that was sporting more facial hair than usual. You know what they say. Too many fuses on the bomb will never allow it to explode.........(somebody had to have said that right?)
In the matchup of the League Meeting no-shows, Tom and Andy each needed a win to keep pace with the Kent-meister in the Greene Turtles division. A back and forth matchup ended up turning on a Detroit defense that played great against Pittsburgh...at least for a half...but ended up in the negatives to sink Tom back to 5-6. On the other hand, all but 2 of Andy's charges finished in double digits, with Welker and Prater putting him over the top on Sunday night. Steve Smith did his best to close the gap on Monday for Tom, but too much antagonizing by Aqib Talib made him lose his mojo, and made Tom lose the game.
In another match of League Meeting no-shows, Sean continued his quest back to respectability, and drove yet another nail in the coffin of the defending champ's season. This is what Patrick gets for putting too much faith in the Washington Redskins, as RGIII wallowed in the negatives for most of the afternoon, until a spirited 4th quarter comeback brought back a measure of respectability. That last interception was just rubbing salt in the wound though. Sean was paced by a Big Ben who ended up dropping a 40-burger on the hapless Detroit D that did in Tom. Now at 4-7, Sean at least would avoid the ignominy of the first pick for the second year in a row...barring a miraculous run by.......
This year's winner of futility commissioner of the year! Even the League Meeting must have a futility bowl and this year it was between myself and JP. Both of us have sold our souls on the present in the hopes of building for the future. I gave away Brees, and JP gave away Bush (neither of whom did anything spectacular yesterday mind you), and the result was a 120-99 win for JP, exacting vengeance for his earlier week 3 loss at the hands of the commish. But the result is not what matters, as JP has advanced his draft position for 2014, and I now have for the first time ever solidified my keeper roster. I'll give a cookie to anyone who can tell me who my 2014 keepers are.
That's a wrap on the League Meeting recap. Thanks again to everyone for coming out and supporting MIISFFL Fantasy Football. We are always open to suggestions on how to make any and all of our league events better. And don't forget that gambling is allowed and encouraged...unless of course you start claiming you won a bet that never happened. That's frowned upon.
Back to basics for next week:
Jeff-Patrick (The bell has tolled for Patrick; Jeff needs to win and get some help)
Kent-Andy (Does Andy have the magic potion to stop the Shady Express?)
Eddie-Zach (Can Eddie keep some distance between himself and the rest of the division?)
Gaz-Zach (Can Gaz do the same?)
Nick-Dewey (Can I dish out another whoopin' to the same guy I whooped earlier this year?)
Tom-JP (The middle of the pack and not much of a shot bowl)
Now back to report cards....
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