Washington Mullets vs Legatron Prime [Heartbreak of the the Week]
SJ came into his matchup with the reigning champ Eric as one of the hotter teams in our league, this year making it as the 4th seed which is a huge improvement from last year where he made it to the playoffs as the 8th team. But unfortunately, he found himself yet again on the losing side of the matchup as he lost to the Washington Mullets ironically by the same point difference as his loss last year: 2.5 points. Instead of a defense doing him in, it was the man, the myth, the legend of ODB Jesus coming through for Eric with 31.5 points in a dominating MNF performance. The Giants WR1 came up huge for Eric last year during the playoffs so it’s not farfetched to say that another strong playoff push maybe in the works. As for SJ, maybe the third time will be the charm next year….maybe
Party Like A Gronk Star vs POONCON RED TACOS [Miloing of the Week]
I made a note in my Week 2 write-up that it was probably time that we may need stop calling Durete the Taco of our league and since then, she’s pretty much has made our league her bitch this season with a 10-3 record with majority of those wins in the triple digits to show for it. Her 65-point round 1 win against the tag team of Emma and Tash was essentially business as usual, but her win was ½ her team being better, especially with the return of Gronk, and ½ Emma + Tash making some poor choices in terms of players in their line-up. Between playing Cecil Shorts III over Ted Ginn Jr. or playing the Bears DST over the Rams DST, a lot of huge costly mistakes were made. In the end, you can say that Emma and Tash self-milo themselves out of the run for the ‘ship
Dumpster Grill vs A A Ron’s B’ O’ D’s
Despite losing Tyler Eifert to another damn injury and Eddie Lacy finally playing a 1st-round pick on the bench, the A A Ron’s B’ O’ D’s were able to avenge their 2.5-point Week 9 lost to Erin with a solid 52-point victory. With the help from the usual suspects of Jarvis Landry, Panthers D, Allen Hurns, and Michael Floyd, I was able to coast by to the semis. On the other side, despite some strong play throughout the season, this week found the Dumpster Grill living up to its name and coming up short. Though when your FLEXs + TE combine for only 9 points, your chances of winning are pretty low. Better luck next year, Ms. Grady
Mike Vick in a Box vs Geno 911
Both teams had overall good efforts from their players, but it was the big games from Russell Wilson and Jordan Reed that gave Quentin the edge over the duo of Sweet Dee and Michele in their round 1 matchup. Besides those two aforementioned players, Mike Vick in a Box got massive gains from Lamar Miller and Brandon Marshall and thus, punched his ticket to the next round with a 23-point victory. For the East Division winner, it was yet another 1st-round exit despite Blake Bortles, A.J. Green and Gary Barnidge going off on Sunday. Like S.J., maybe the 3rd time is the charm.
For the semi-final round, our first matchup has the last two league champs in Eric and Durete battling out for a spot of the finals. Will ODB come through for Eric again for a 2nd week in a row or will Gronk help smash a way for Durete to the promise land? In our second semi-final matchup, it’s myself and Quentin duking it out for the final spot for the ‘ship. Will the ever-elusive Quentin finally come out of the shadows to reach the top or will I be able to craft a line-up to my 3rd straight championship match? We’ll just have to wait + see, but I feel it’s going to be an exciting race to the finish line.
And finally, a very quick recap of the road to the most shameful of fantasy football tourneys: The Battle for the Sacko:
Rodney beats Jack
Zach beats Alex
Danny beats Laura
Rob beats Brian
Which leaves Jack, Alex B, Laura, Brian fighting for the worst of the worst while Rodney, Zach, Danny, and Rob breathing a sigh of relief for their teams might have sucked this year, they can live with the fact they are not the worst.
