Okay. I'm going to try to remain professional here, and write an entire blog entry without even mentioning my loss to Taylor last weekend. But, I mean, damn! Usually, you score 79 points in this league, you win the game, you know what I mean? And as for Aaron Rodgers --- well. Here's an idea. Next year, instead of actually drafting players and playing a full season, we'll just come up with some really groovy algorithm for setting a draft order (I know how much the old-timers miss the Dow Jones method) --- it will have to be really fun and complicated and shiny, because that's pretty much all we're going to do --- and whoever ends up with the first pick will be declared league champion, and we can all just mail our checks to him. Because whoever ends up with Rodgers next year is definitely making the playoffs, and has about an 80% chance of taking the title.
Brutal.
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, keeping it professional. So I'm not going to talk about my 93-79 loss to Taylor, which would have been a 94-93 victory if Tom Brady had decided to throw to Aaron Hernandez as much as he threw to Rob Gronkowski. Stupid Tom Brady.
Anyway. Professional. Roddy goddamn White.
Professional.
So, with 4 games left in the season, here's how things stack up for possible playoff spots. As always, remember that no matter how far out of it you are, there's still a $15 prize for the top point-scorer every week, even during the playoffs. So everyone keep working to field your best lineup every week.
Ticket Stamped
Believe it or not, no one, not even the mighty YAC Attack, has clinched a playoff spot yet. Thanks to a multitude of 6-win teams, there is still a theoretical possibility that Taylor can finish 9-5 and be sitting at home for the playoffs. That would be hysterically funny, actually, but not especially likely, especially considering that given Taylor's huge lead in total points scored, the only way it could realistically happen would be for the Trumbores to battle to a tie in week 12, and then win all the rest of their games.
Actually, I kind of hope that does happen. It would be epic. Only, Taylor's not going to lose again, so there's no point in thinking about it.
Sitting Pretty
Obviously YAC Attack has the inside track at 9-1. Next come Suspended Atomnation, Strike Team, and the Orion River Horses. The Leviathans are actually outside the playoff bubble at 5th place right now, but I'll include them here as the final 6-win team. Of course, 4 weeks is still enough time for at least one of these teams to tank, and the schedule is going to help them out with Suspended Atomnation playing Strike Team next week, the Trumbores beating each other up in week 12, and the Leviathans taking on Strike Team in week 13. And on top of that, Taylor should help keep things interesting by likely handing out defeats to Leviathans and Suspended Atmonation the next two weeks. So while the teams at this level might be 'Sitting Pretty', now is not the time to get complacent.
Knocking on the Door
The next tier of teams includes the Screaming Eagles in 6th place, Team Datanator a surprising 7th place (here's a hint, Nick: Roy Williams sucks), the defending champion Puttheads in 8th place, and Your Esteemed Commissioner in 9th place (Larry Fitzgerald for 19 fantasy points? Really? Against the 'Dream Team'? With John Skelton at QB? Really?). Needless to say, all the teams in this band need to win out, and then they need help from somewhere if they're going to snag the 4th seed and the honor of being devoured alive by Taylor in the first round of the playoffs.
Still Kickin'
Continuing on down the line, we have Merrill in 10th place, still a half-game ahead of Kevin and his Golden Grahams in spite of the Grahams sweeping the season series against the Marauders last week. Neither of these guys have much left to play for, though I'm sure Kevin's two wins over Merrill this year will keep him warm during those long winter months. And Merrill, well --- he can take comfort in the knowledge that he's still a half-game ahead of Kevin. For now. Looks like the Tebow trade is working out for Kevin, who might even have a chance to play spoiler the rest of the season now that Chris Johnson (or as I like to call him: CJ0KE) is maybe finally waking up. With remaining games against both members of the Trumbore family, Kevin could still have something to say about the playoff picture --- just take it easy week 12, huh, big guy?
Thanks for Playing
Just one team in this category this week: Despite their week 10 win, Los Diablos are officially eliminated from the playoffs, thanks to the week 12 Trumbore family matchup, which means there's no way Los Diablos can get in front of both of them. But like Kevin and his sweep of Merrill in 2011, Kubicek can cling to his week 8 spanking of the Psychotic Ninjas and know that for one week --- and only one week in 2011 --- Los Diablos was the best team in TTFFL. Any hopes of salvaging more than that pretty much went out the window with Matt Schaub.
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