After week 10, two games separated the top 9 teams in the league. I optimistically predicted that "The playoff picture should clear up a bit in the next two weeks," but as usual, it's clear that I had no idea what I was talking about.
What is going on here? Now ONE GAME separates the top 9 teams in the league, with the Leviathans, Screaming Eagles and Graham's all at 7-4, and Air Apparent, Los Diablos, the mighty Psychotic Ninjas, Team Datanator, Merrill and Strike Team all one game behind at 6-5.
It didn't have to be this way. Jason --- in first place and leading the league in points scored going into the week --- should have beaten Merrill, but his wideouts underperformed (especially Julio Jones). Along with the Bears, Kubicek fell on Monday night when the Niners DST outscored Matt Forte 12-3. And the MIGHTY NINJAS came agonizingly close to returning to their early-season irrelevance, edging the defending champion River Horses by a single point (I stole a page from Kubicek's book and started the DST which was going up against the Eagles. It helped that Pete started Matthew 'three turnovers' Stafford over Robert Griffin '32 fantasy points' III).
Wait, it gets better. If the week 12 games end up just so, we could be looking at a seven-way tie for first place this time next week.
Adam finally ended his bad karma streak, winning the week, but his season is officially over. And there's such a logjam at the top, there's no hope for Jody to climb back into it, either. Pete may have a theoretical path to the playoffs if he wins out, but I doubt it. Frankly, I'm too lazy to do the math on that one.
But we still have no clue who the playoff teams will be for 2012, and I don't think anyone has a shot at qualifying this week. Things are really going to come down to the wire.
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