This week is the annual MIISFFL League Meeting, the one time we ask all managers to belly up to the bar, look your opponent in the eye, and tell them how you really feel. This year we will have the League Meeting at Grotto Pizza on Snowden River Parkway in Columbia. If you need help finding the place if you haven't been there before, just ask. We have reached the point in the season where every matchup for the rest of the year will be intra-divisional. The next time we have an AFC vs. NFC matchup will be in the playoffs. We will have playoff pictures as part of the mashup from now until the end of the year, and let's just say that I'm glad the season does not end for a few more weeks, because this playoff picture thing could get messy.
Editors Note: Your esteemed commissioner will be TARDY to the League Meeting this year as refereeing season will have started and somebody has to keep you clowns in line. You don't pay me enough to do this stuff.
So let's take a look at the playoff picture through Week 10:
If the season ended today:
Division winners: Patrick (7-3, AFC) and Dewey (7-3, NFC)
Patrick wins the AFC outright at 7-3. Dewey wins the NFC at 7-3 by virtue of his head to head win over Eddie in Week 1, but a critical matchup this week at the League Meeting will have a lot to say about that.
Wild Cards: Eddie (7-3) and Chris (6-4)
With 4 teams currently at 6-4 the race for both Wild Cards is still wide open. Right now, Chris takes it. The 4 teams at 6-4 are Zach, Chris, Kent, and Nick. Chris has the advantage of having played Nick, while the 3 AFC teams all split. Since Chris is 2-1 amongst the tied teams, he gets the playoff berth, but with still a long way to go.
How did the current leader do? As mentioned last week, due to JP's relegation to CFL Fantasy Football, his "How did the champ do?" item is officially discontinued. From now until the end we will focus on the current standings leader, and going into this week it was Patrick. All I have to say is, "you're welcome," KOing the current leader 142-109. If I could retroactively take some of those points I scored this week and add them to my Week 9 score I would most appreciate it. With the rest of the AFC falling like dominoes around him, Patrick had a golden opportunity to create even more separation between himself and the rest of the division but laid an egg. Single digit scores from 6 of his 9 starters allowed him to barely crack the 100 point barrier. Meanwhile, your humble commish feared another return of the bye week blues with 4 more key players on bye this week. However, in surprising fashion, Ryan Tannehill and Doug Baldwin put their big boy pants on, stepped up, and combined for 49 points between them, making up for a lackluster effort David Johnson, but can you really call 24 points "lackluster?" When a bad week is still the 10th best scoring output of the week, you're a Fantasy MVP candidate.
Game of the Week Uncle Humble Pie Eddie is finally adjusting to life without Peyton Manning it seems. Like the Colts did in 2011, he took a major tumble and rocketed to the top of the standings...of the draft order. This season, though, Eddie took that advantageous draft position and made meatballs out of dead meat, taking advantage of Russell Wilson's late season resurrection (somebody had to throw those passes that Baldwin caught) and tallying 3 more 20 point performances to earn a 148-108 victory. Zach had a chance to get into the playoff chase all by his lonesome, but Drew Brees can't do it by himself. Fantasy upstart Ty Montgomery turned into a fantasy downfall, at least this week anyway only mustering 3.46 points. Zach is in the cluster at 6-4, but on the outside looking in. Eddie is level with Dewey for first place in the NFC with a rather large matchup vs. Dewey this week.
Blowout of the Week Speaking of Fantasy MVP candidates, does Ezekiel Elliott win it or does his offensive line? The touchdown he scored at the end of Sunday's game in Pittsburgh was embarrassing for a defense to allow. The O-line of the Cowboys knocked everyone to the ground before Zeke even touched the ball and he romped into the end zone for the 3rd time capping off a 40-burger and the top RB score of the season thus far. Dewey will take every single one as he did everyone a favor by whitewashing Kent 166-114. Every time Kent loses is a cause for celebration around here as DeMarco Murray can't do it all by himself. Zeke got some help from Jordy Nelson (26 points) and the Tampa Bay defense (32 points). The latter was surprising, but then again, they were playing the Bears.
The Futility Bowl Hahaha! Just because he doesn't get an item dedicated to him anymore, does not mean he is immune from the Futility Bowl, losing it to Jeff 100-80. Dak Prescott has become a fantasy asset, not quite an MVP candidate (especially on JP's team), but that trade could set JP up well for the future with tremendous upside keeper potential. This season, fuhgeddabatit. Dak's about the only thing JP's got going for him as his squad put up yet another lackluster performance across the board. Even Jimmy Graham could not duplicate his Week 10 heroics. Jeff didn't exactly light the scoreboard up either, just barely cracking the 100 point plateau, but against JP, that seems to be more than enough these days. Unfortunately for Jeff, at 4-6, he has quite the uphill climb to get into the playoff picture with several teams at 6-4 and better.
This week's other results:
Sean (3-7) defeated Tom (3-7) 109-93
Chris (6-4) defeated Nate (4-6) 111-100
Weekly Pot Winner: Dewey (166 points)
The League Meeting is Sunday at Grotto Pizza. I will be late, but hope to see you there!
Nick
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