Another crazy week down, another week closer to the playoffs in the books. Not only did we get the biggest blowout in league history, but we saw two lead changes thanks to the Monday Night Game. With only 4 more games left in the regular fantasy season, the race for playoff standings will tighter than last night’s race for the senate seat in VA.
Matchup #1: O Kaeptain! My Kaeptain!(34) - Handegg Hooligans(131)
It’s only appropriate to start off the recap by looking at Jack’s 97-point ass-whooping on Rodney. What started on Thursday night with Mark Ingram and Jimmy Graham giving Jack a 41-point lead did not end as everyone on his roster sans Jerick McKinnon got double digits points. It also didn’t hurt that Rodney’s players stunk this week, particularly Philip Rodgers who forgot to how to play QB on Sunday with 3 INTs and a fumble. Looking at his roster from top to bottom, the Terror From Down Under is a certainly a force to be reckoned in his 1st season of the Brunch Lineup Setters League and is easily a favorite to win it all this year. With another favorable matchup this coming, it’s possible a repeat performance is in Jack’s future.
Matchup #2: I Don’t Remember The Titans(100.5) - Legatron Prime(74)
Tough Break for Sam Josh. Going into the Monday night game of Colts v. Giants, he was riding a 22.5 lead over Quentin. But when your opponent has one of the league’s best QBs as well as the best kicker left to play, lead changes are possible and this was no exception. Another strong game from Andrew Luck and 19 points from Adam Vinatieri helped Quentin get the 37.5-point steal from SJ, who was riding high from an impressive 30-point effort from Jeremy Maclin. The W moves I Don’t Remember The Titans up to #3 in standings while the lost keeps Legatron Prime stuck at #9. But with Matt Forte and Matthew Stafford coming back from their bye, Sam Josh should able to change his fortunes around.
Matchup #3: Elevated Conflict(73.5) - Washington Mullets(90.5)
From one Monday night heartbreak to the next, Danny finds himself the second victim this week of a win slipping by his fingertips as a 12.5 lead going into Monday night ended up being a 23 point loss by the night’s end. Andre Williams and ODB(yeah you know me) came up huge, netting him 10.5 and 19 points respectively. Add 27 points from Tom Brady and 11 from the 49ers D, the Washington Mullets were more than able to get the come-from-behind from Elevated Conflict as outside of PFM and Shane Vereen, the rest of the EC roster didn’t do much. Week after week, Eric continues to find ways to get wins all the while showing that despite initial assumptions, he actually knows how to run a fantasy football team...quite well I may add. Makes you wonder if the success that Eric and Rob had when they were a duo may was a product of Mr. Lewis’ doing than Mr. Sale’s given how their respective seasons are going thus far...
Matchup #4: Beast a la Mode(68) - Commissioner Josh Gordon(96)
And speaking about our commish, Rob finally find himself in the winning side of things as he was able to get the 31-point victory over Brian. Having two of the top-10 fantasy players of the week definitely helped with that as Ryan Tannehill and Mike Evans were able to net Rob 27 points, with T.Y. Hilton helping to insure the win with 14.5 points of his own. On the other side of the matchup, Brian can’t catch up a break. Despite the return of A.J. Green and some decent points from Killa Cam and Charles Clay, the rest of his team fell flat, especially one Timothy Wright who got a grand score of 0(Helpful advice: just put in Percy Harvin every week as FLEX. Even though he wears gag-green colors now and neither of his QBs equate to one Russell Wilson, he’ll give you some production). Realistically, both 3-6 teams have a better chance fighting for the Golden FuckNut/Sacko Championship than the league championship, but depending how the next couple of weeks go around the league, one or possibly both these teams may somehow make it in.
Matchup #5: Party Like A Gronk Star(90.5) - Trix of The Trade(69)
Unlike the previous week, Gronk scoring big results a Durete win as Party Like A Gronk Star got the 21.5-point victory over Trix of The Trade thanks to Gronk Smash’s 20.5 points along with Alfred Morris’s 23 and Eric Decker’s 16.5. For LB, despite getting another solid game out of Jamaal Charles, she found herself the latest victim of the dreaded injury bug as Nick Foles suffered a broken collarbone and will be out of action for at least 6 weeks. But at least she has her back-up Kyle Orton, who’s slowly having a comeback season of sorts, returning from bye. Looking at the playoff picture, both teams are currently outside looking in so the next 4 games are crucial in determining if their ticket gets punched in or not.
Matchup #6: POONCON RED(77.5) - #KaiThxBai(73.5)
In this week’s closest matchup, Emma was able to hand Alex her second-straight loss with a 4-point victory without having to start her QB, Joe Flacco. This matchup was actually decided right before the Sunday Night game as Beast Mode and Julian Edelman came up huge for POONCON RED with 27.5 and 24.5 points respectively, but the whole matchup was neck-in-neck up until that point.. Ultimately, having players that got huge numbers on the bench and a questionable choice in TE cost #KaiThxBai the W as both Matt Asiata and Carson Palmer scored more points than newly-added Bobby Rainey and Drew Brees and Clay Harbor produced a big o’ goose-egg for his troubles (I’m sure someone misses Jason Witten right about now). With the L, Alex drops to #8 in standings while Emma is steadily gaining ground for the top spot in the East division.
Matchup #7: Dumpster Grill(62) - Turn Down For Watt(94.5)
The duo Michele and Sweet D continues to ride that wave of fantasy success, getting their 2nd-straight victory with a 32.5 beatdown on Erin. Once again, it was an Texans player that came through for Turn Down For Watt as DeAndre Hopkins netted 20 points with special mentions to Arian Foster with 18. Added solid gains from Teddy Time, Reggie Wayne and Dwayne Allen, you have yourself a team that quickly becoming the dark horse of our league. On the side of the spectrum, the Dumpster Inferno doth continue, scorching the hopes and dreams of Erin’s chances of making a playoff run into soulless ash week in and week out. At 2-7, playoff aspirations should be realistically dialed down, but stranger things have happened in this league before.
Matchup #8: RG300 Thread Counts(65.5) - Dime Bag Swagger Gordons(80.5)
I pretty much knew the outcome of this the second Rachael H. decided to play a QB who was already demoted to backup duty the week before. I felt even more certain about it when she decided to not pick up back TE as well playing Terrance West over Ronnie Hillman, who ended up putting 20.5 points on the bench which would have won her the matchup. Despite all that, the match ended up being a lot closer than I wanted it to be thanks to Anquan Boldin, Brandon LaFell and the Seahawks D getting double digits as well as underperformances by the Chargers D(really, -6 to the Dolphins while I had Pats D getting 6 against the Broncos!), Antonio Gates, and Brandin Cooks on my end. But thankfully, I had the one-two knockout punch in Mohamed Sanu and the Shmoney-dancin Jeremy Hill(I’m starting to think Cincy knows a thing or two about solid fantasy RBs) and with the 15-point W, Ashley and I remain the top king & queen of the league at 8-1. If there’s a plus side for Rachael is that she’s still holds 1st position in the East division as well as the 4th playoff seed, but with Emma waiting in the shadows, it would behoove Harrington to pay attention to her line-up.
And with that ends the Week 9 recap. With the regular fantasy season entering the homestretch phase, it’s going to be a brutal fight to the finish to see who makes it in the ‘ship party and what poor eight teams will try to fight to not be the Sacko. Good luck and let the virtual bloodbath begin!! *cue the Mortal Kombat music*
- Chip(Dime Bag Swagger Gordons)
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