Week 11 Roundup

105 POINTS!!!

Talk about excitement!  The third-highest scoring game in NFL history!  The only game in NFL history where both teams scored more than 50!  Long bombs!  Defensive scores!  Lead changes!  It doesn't get any better than this!

The adrenaline-fueled excitement of Rams-Chiefs stands in stark contrast to the recent activity in the TTFFL, where it's been clear for about 6 weeks now that the title will be going to either the Grahams, AirMatt, or Ninjas, and we've all just been checking Facebook on our phones waiting for ESPN to tell us which one it is.

(And let's be honest, it SHOULD go to the Ninjas, who haven't won a title since 2013.  Or something like that).

I guess there's still some suspense about the final three playoff spots, but not much, and in any case I'm not one of them, so I can't be expected to care about it, can I?

Oh, all right.  Here's some stuff.

1. Golden Grahams (10-1): Finishes the season against two bottom-tier teams, Adam and the Orion River Horses.  Of course, Adam has shown a freakish ability to break 120 points despite losing routinely --- and let's face it, this is Kevin we're talking about, so a 10-3 finish to the season is almost guaranteed.
2. ~ AirMatt ~ (9-2): Finishes up against LITERALLY the two bottom teams in the league, and so is likely to win out and finish the season at 11-2.  And since he won his matchup with me, he'll get the top seed, no matter how many points he has to finish the season (thanks, Kubicek).
3. Psychotic Ninjas (9-2): Actually has to play two teams with a combined 11-11 record, and it seems that I never get to have nice things, so I have every confidence that I'll score the second-most points each of the remaining weeks and grab the 3 seed, so I'll have more opportunities to lose in the playoffs.
4. Merrill (6-5): Now things finally get interesting.  Under the old system, Merrill would pretty much have a playoff spot sewn up, since he has significantly more points than any of the 4-7 teams.  But thanks to Kubicek's rule change, and Merrill's week 7 loss to Jason, there's still a slim chance he could screw this up.
5. Team Harbaughs (6-5): Same story here.  Jody could still miss the playoffs thanks to Kubicek's rule change, given his week 2 loss to Kapernick's Crusaders.  Even better, Merrill and Jody play each other in week 13, increasing the chances that one of them will finish the season at 6-7.  Moral: Blame Kubicek.
6. Air Apparent (5-6): Taylor has now slid into his trademark late-season fade, losing four straight after going 5-2 to start the season.  I could actually see a 5-8 team making the playoffs this year, what with the Grahams, AirMatt and Ninjas scooping up all the wins, and it would be hilarious to see Taylor grab the 6 seed after finishing the regular season on a 6-game losing streak.
7. Orion River Horses, Los Diablos, Kapernick's Crusaders, Screaming Eagles (4-7): The permutations among these six teams are almost endless, and probably irrelevant if Taylor manages to win a game.  But we probably don't need to worry about that.
8. Suspended Atomnation (3-8): Gets a special mention for winning only three games despite scoring the fourth-most points in the league.  Point totals are a funny thing.  If Adam had managed to average just 3.5 more points per game, he would have more points than our current #1 seed.  Also, if you subtract his two highest scores --- good for 246 points --- he would STILL have more points than the last-place Leviathans.  I guess the only good news for Adam is that it's very unlikely he ends up with a new team name next year, and he MAY even grab the top draft pick in 2019.
9. Leviathans (2-9): Fewest points scored.  Most points against.  The lone ray of sunshine in an otherwise abysmal Leviathans season is his week 3 win over Merrill.  Which, I'm sure we can all agree, is cause for celebration.  And personally, I wouldn't shed a tear if he somehow managed to score the upset over Matt this weekend.