Week 10 - 11 Recap
Standings
After 11 weeks, two teams (Older Butt Wiser + Team Ship Show) have locked up playoff spots, with two other teams (The Bizness + Dumpster Crab Fire) closing in on a guaranteed spot.
Right in the middle, four teams ( Toomey Smalls, EBDB, Original Recipe, Grow a Pair and Go for 2) are all duking it out for the final two spots. In the “Show you are saying there’s a chance” category, Seattle Suckmyhawks is barely hanging on.
On the other side, The Schitt List, Every Day I’m Russell’n, and The Team Buckeyes have been eliminated from the playoffs…but seem content to play spoiler for everybody else while they sharpen their No. 2 pencils.****
Team of the Week
This was a tough one - but the team of the last two weeks is the one that gives me an excuse to use what might be the greatest GIF of all time.
I’ve seen many crazy things in Fantasy Football, but The Schitt List pulled off one of the most amazing feats I’ve ever seen. She defeated Crab Cakes and Football 80 - 57. That’s a pretty normal score, right? Well, it is…but how she got those points is why she is the TEAM OF THE WEEK.
She started Lamar Jackson. The same Lamar Jackson who was ruled out on Friday night. He scored 0 points. It didn’t matter that Crab Cakes had Davante Adams and Joe Mixon. Schitt Show’s combo of Austin Ekeler, Jamal Agnew, and DJ Moore took care of business and then some.
SAMANTHA DON’T NEED NO QB.
I mean, it helped that Ryan spotted Samantha 8 points with his Defense and Kicker, but even then, he still would have lost by TWO TDs.
Ryan has officially changed his team name to Dumpster Crab Fire. I will not permit him to change it back until next season.
Player of the Week
Ugh, the GD Patriots Defense. You can’t deny 36 fantasy points - but damn it, why do they have to be good again? For the record, that would have been half my point total for the week and was the 4th highest individual point total for Week 11.
Fine - at least they provided me with a good GIF.
Matchup of the Week
This one goes to THE Team Buckeyes vs Original Recipe. This game was projected within 3 points, so it was going to be close from the jump. From there, it was back and forth. Original Recipe’s QB and RB threw down, but had to contend with the Titans face-planting against Houston and Tee Higgins catching a cold for 1.5 points.
Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers racked up nearly 40 points before his episode with Covid Toe and Najee Harris put up a respectable 19. The rest of the squad had a pretty tough time……until Jake Elliott showed up with 18 points. That performance wasn’t the whole margin of victory, it just put a W out of reach.
Yes. This guy. The one who looks like he’s going to try and convince you that crypto is cool or that you should really invest in his plant-based startup.
Bench En Fuego
There were two small bench fires the last two weeks. First, in Week 10, Tuesday left Michael Gallup on the bench, with DK getting the start. Both played terribly, but DK was just slightly worse. If Gallup had gotten the start, Tuesday would have rode to victory.
The other one just might have playoff implications. In Megan’s matchup with Erik, she left Diontae Johnson on the bench, along with his 16.1 points. With Darrel Williams racking up a massive 2.6 points - Johnson would have been a 14 point swing, brought home the W, the 6th spot in the standings, and a tiebreaker for the end of the season.