We are at the halfway point for the regular season, and half of the league has a winning record (click here for the latest standings). I'm pretty sure Thanos would like that. Anyway, enough Avengers references, onto the weekly review.
Skyler vs Kyle: Kyle getting his highest score of the year and Skyler getting his lowest score of the year is the recipe for instant butt-whooping. The game looked like it might be close early on, but that ended fairly quickly. Obviously, this is some sour grapes from me, but Kyle is 2nd to last in scoring and currently would have the bye week and the 2nd seed. Fantasy football is weird.
Brady vs Ren: Brady underperformed a little bit, but Ren underperformed a little bit more (his 4th highest scorer was his kicker). Brady stays on top of the leaderboard, with Ren dropping a few spots.
Tommy vs Trevor: I am Turbo wins the battle of the lower end teams by a healthy margin. I am Turbo is now tied for 7th (he is technically in 9th due to the tie-breakers ). Obviously, we still have a long way to go before the playoffs, but given the way the team started, Tommy has the team in a good spot. Trevor, unfortunately, is in a bad place. His ranking starts with a 1, just like Brady's ranking, except Trevor's ranking ends in a 2.
TJ vs Rob: In a weird week, Rob got the win, even though he started a running back who got him -0.5 points. This win gets Rob from 12th place to 10th place. He still has a ways to go to make the playoffs, but a win is a win. As mentioned on the group chat, TJ is a kingmaker, in that he gives the win to last place teams and they feel like Kings for the day.
Jordan vs Matt: This was the second closest game of the week, and the final score actually ended up being fairly close even though the result was never in question. Basically what I'm saying is there were a lot of blowouts this week. This win gets Jordan back into the playoff race (5th place overall), but his playoff seeding would be 6th since the south will somehow get a 3 seed.
Tyler vs Geoff: In what was the closest game of the week, Geoff managed to squeak out a win vs Tyler on Monday Night due to Mo Sanu getting his second-worst total of the year. That or you can blame his kicker for missing two PAT's, whichever you want. The loss drops Tyler to 4th place. Even with the win, Geoff is in 6th for the standings but is currently in 7th for playoff seeding because someone in the south will make the playoffs, and the whole division is behind Matt.
High Scoring Team of the Week: I will keep using the "Ginger Buzzsaw of Parowan" nickname until Jordan stops being the high scorer of the week.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: On the other side of the previous matchup is the runner-up for the unluckiest team of the week in Matt. Normally I would give Matt this award for being the second highest scorer and losing, but Tyler managed to steal this victory from Matt. Tyler wins the unluckiest team of the week due to his narrow margin of defeat, not because of his great score (he finished in 9th for highest score this week, so he deserved to lose), but because he lost by 0.32. Sanu could have won him the game tonight with 4 more yards, or 1 more catch, but it wasn't meant to be. His kicker also missed 2 PAT's, so I feel good giving Tyler this award.
Luckiest team of the week will be given to Geoff. He finished in 8th for the week, which isn't great, and he also got lucky to sneak out that win in the end.
Looking forward to some of the interesting matchups next week, the new hotness of I am Turbo takes on the old and busted Hukraine (mostly just wanted to make a MIIB reference). If Tommy's turn around is real, this should be a good matchup to prove it. The battle of top 3, but kind of 2 teams this week comes down between Brady and Kyle, which could affect the race for the number one seed come playoff time.
We won't see a large reliance on Monday Night Football next week given that one of the teams is the Bills, and they only have one fantasy relevant player if they are lucky. The Patriots could provide up to 6 fantasy relevant players, but who knows. Sunday Night should be more important overall as it is the Saints vs the Vikings and we could see anywhere around 12 total players from that night in starting lineups.
This year's playoff race will be interesting. Usually, if you get to 7-6, you will make the playoffs (right around 80% of the time). With half the league at 4-3 or 3-4, we may see a few of those teams only get to 6-7 and still manage to get in. It's too early to tell, but just keep in mind that 6 may be the magic number this year. So no one is really out of it, but Trevor will need a miracle to make it at this point. 6 wins may be the magic number to win the South Division, so Trevor still has a shot there, but again, it would take a lot of help. I have a dream that one year, a whole division will make the playoffs while they other divisions only get their division winners in. It doesn't look like that will happen this year with both the North and the West having strong number 2 teams, and with I am Batman's rocky start, but a guy can dream.
That's it for now. Good luck to everyone next week except for Matt.
Skyler vs Kyle: Kyle getting his highest score of the year and Skyler getting his lowest score of the year is the recipe for instant butt-whooping. The game looked like it might be close early on, but that ended fairly quickly. Obviously, this is some sour grapes from me, but Kyle is 2nd to last in scoring and currently would have the bye week and the 2nd seed. Fantasy football is weird.
Brady vs Ren: Brady underperformed a little bit, but Ren underperformed a little bit more (his 4th highest scorer was his kicker). Brady stays on top of the leaderboard, with Ren dropping a few spots.
Tommy vs Trevor: I am Turbo wins the battle of the lower end teams by a healthy margin. I am Turbo is now tied for 7th (he is technically in 9th due to the tie-breakers ). Obviously, we still have a long way to go before the playoffs, but given the way the team started, Tommy has the team in a good spot. Trevor, unfortunately, is in a bad place. His ranking starts with a 1, just like Brady's ranking, except Trevor's ranking ends in a 2.
TJ vs Rob: In a weird week, Rob got the win, even though he started a running back who got him -0.5 points. This win gets Rob from 12th place to 10th place. He still has a ways to go to make the playoffs, but a win is a win. As mentioned on the group chat, TJ is a kingmaker, in that he gives the win to last place teams and they feel like Kings for the day.
Jordan vs Matt: This was the second closest game of the week, and the final score actually ended up being fairly close even though the result was never in question. Basically what I'm saying is there were a lot of blowouts this week. This win gets Jordan back into the playoff race (5th place overall), but his playoff seeding would be 6th since the south will somehow get a 3 seed.
Tyler vs Geoff: In what was the closest game of the week, Geoff managed to squeak out a win vs Tyler on Monday Night due to Mo Sanu getting his second-worst total of the year. That or you can blame his kicker for missing two PAT's, whichever you want. The loss drops Tyler to 4th place. Even with the win, Geoff is in 6th for the standings but is currently in 7th for playoff seeding because someone in the south will make the playoffs, and the whole division is behind Matt.
High Scoring Team of the Week: I will keep using the "Ginger Buzzsaw of Parowan" nickname until Jordan stops being the high scorer of the week.
Unluckiest Team of the Week: On the other side of the previous matchup is the runner-up for the unluckiest team of the week in Matt. Normally I would give Matt this award for being the second highest scorer and losing, but Tyler managed to steal this victory from Matt. Tyler wins the unluckiest team of the week due to his narrow margin of defeat, not because of his great score (he finished in 9th for highest score this week, so he deserved to lose), but because he lost by 0.32. Sanu could have won him the game tonight with 4 more yards, or 1 more catch, but it wasn't meant to be. His kicker also missed 2 PAT's, so I feel good giving Tyler this award.
Luckiest team of the week will be given to Geoff. He finished in 8th for the week, which isn't great, and he also got lucky to sneak out that win in the end.
Looking forward to some of the interesting matchups next week, the new hotness of I am Turbo takes on the old and busted Hukraine (mostly just wanted to make a MIIB reference). If Tommy's turn around is real, this should be a good matchup to prove it. The battle of top 3, but kind of 2 teams this week comes down between Brady and Kyle, which could affect the race for the number one seed come playoff time.
We won't see a large reliance on Monday Night Football next week given that one of the teams is the Bills, and they only have one fantasy relevant player if they are lucky. The Patriots could provide up to 6 fantasy relevant players, but who knows. Sunday Night should be more important overall as it is the Saints vs the Vikings and we could see anywhere around 12 total players from that night in starting lineups.
This year's playoff race will be interesting. Usually, if you get to 7-6, you will make the playoffs (right around 80% of the time). With half the league at 4-3 or 3-4, we may see a few of those teams only get to 6-7 and still manage to get in. It's too early to tell, but just keep in mind that 6 may be the magic number this year. So no one is really out of it, but Trevor will need a miracle to make it at this point. 6 wins may be the magic number to win the South Division, so Trevor still has a shot there, but again, it would take a lot of help. I have a dream that one year, a whole division will make the playoffs while they other divisions only get their division winners in. It doesn't look like that will happen this year with both the North and the West having strong number 2 teams, and with I am Batman's rocky start, but a guy can dream.
That's it for now. Good luck to everyone next week except for Matt.
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