Hi All!
It’s a short week, and the Commissioner’s Office is on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we’ll have not just 2 of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football games but actually 3: Washington vs. Dallas, Green Bay vs. Detroit, and Indianapolis vs. Atlanta. It’ll be hard to keep the eyes open for the evening game after turkey, potatoes, etc. But things have gotten so very competitive in these last few weeks in our league that I might not have a choice but to stay awake and pound the coffee shots to keep tabs on everything that will be happening in our league.
So now we have 2 teams that have clinched playoff spots: the Highway Hogz and the Nashville Nitwits. Look out for the Nitwits – not only have they matched the Hogz record winning streak this season (5), they are in a position to beat the record. And if you look back on the season so far, the Nitwits have actually beaten the Hogz. Hmmm, do we have a contender?
While the Nitwits are aspiring to eventually dethrone the Hogz, the rest of us are still all bunched up and running in a wolf pack. We have some obvious candidates for the alpha-male spots, but the rest of us have yet to establish a pecking order. It seems to change from week to week. And if you consider the mathematical possibilities closely enough, you could argue that some of us have also clinched playoff spots, too. The Yahoo computer only recognizes wins and will only consider points if win/loss records are tied. (It takes a little time to get the gears moving and to think my way through the possible scenarios. Thankfully the Commish has more working brain cells than I do these days!) And once we enter the playoffs, we all start at 0. The way that we all run together, you could definitely say that it will be an even playing field at that point. Ooooo, this is gonna be GOOD!
High Score of the Week: Highway Hogz and Nashville Nitwits both topped the scoreboard with 100 pts. Small wonder since these two teams have dueling WRs – both Terrell Owens and Randy Moss scored 4 TDs. FOUR! Un-freakin’-believeable!! For the Nitwits, it amounted to almost one third of the team score. Sheeesh!
Low Score of the Week: Dallas Demons (58). Sorry Demons, but your game was doomed from the coin toss. Even with the points that you left on the bench (Vince Young – 17, Larry Fitzgerald – 10, and Lawrence Mauroney – 6), you still would have lost to the Hogz. We were all rooting for you, hoping that you might have a pork BBQ going. Did you know that of all WRs. Larry Fitzgerald has scored the 4th most fantasy points in the last 3 games? Holy crap, Batman! You gotta play that guy!
Oddest Smacktalk of the Week: Texas Twisters to the Southern Maulers: “I’ll be your huckleberry.” Uh… yeah. I can only guess that this was part of some inside joke. Taken out of context it makes one wonder… huckleberry???!
Best Pickup of the Week: Dallas Demons snagged Chester Taylor (RB) and scored 25 points. Not a bad deal since Adrian Peterson could be out for several weeks. Hey Demons, you should play this guy, too!
Biggest DUH of the Week: Timmy the Greek has improved tremendously with his predictions. (There was nowhere to go but up!) But hold on a second! Tim predicted that the Slackers would defeat the Nitwits, yet he VOTED for the Nitwits. Aha! So it is true! It is the Kiss of Death to get the endorsement from Timmy the Greek! OK, Trame, what will it take to get you to put the whammy on your own team for Week 12?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and good luck!
The Football Widow
