Anyway, let's see what's happening in the league this year ---
- It's official! In just his second season in the league, ~Mex (8-0) has set a league record for most consecutive wins to start the season. If he beats Kevin this week, he will clinch a playoff spot, open up a 2-game lead for first place, and match the record of longest winning streak ever --- set back in 2012 by some team called the Psychotic Ninjas (remember that season? I'll never forget it. I went 0-5 to start the season, won the final 9 games to grab the #1 seed, and promptly lost both playoff games to finish the season out of the money. Good times).
- Golden Grahams (7-1) are actually fielding a competitive team this year, which begs the obvious question: Who are you, and what have you done with Kevin? But seriously, I'm rooting for Kevin to whoop up on Matt this week, partly because I want to keep the record for league's longest win streak, but mostly because I just enjoy it when Matt loses.
- Psychotic Ninjas (6-2) I had to play Matt last week without my QB or my RB1. Insert complaining noises here.
- Air Apparent (5-3) Hands up, everyone who would have predicted back in August that a team starting James Conner, Phillip Lindsay, Chris Godwin, Josh Gordon and Kenny Golladay would have a winning record. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
- Merrill's Marauders (4-4) Hands up, everyone who would have predicted back in August that a team with DeShaun Watson, Leonard Fournette, Joe Mixon, Odell Beckham, Stefon Diggs and Keenan Allen would be struggling to break .500. Anyone? Anyone? And how in hell did we let Merrill get this much talent on his roster, anyway? We all suck at drafting.
- Kapernick's Crusaders! (4-4) Aaron Rodgers, Chris Carson and Demaryius Thomas all have the potential to be top players at their positions the back half of the season, making the Crusaders a possible dark horse down the line. Especially Thomas. DeShaun Watson is a bit of an upgrade over Case Keenum, ya think?
- Orion River Horses (3-5) Hands up, everyone who would have predicted back in August that a team with Russell Wilson, Jordan Howard, Ezekiel Elliott, Mike Evans, the Vikings DST and Justin Tucker would be 3-5. No, keep 'em up, I want to get a good count.
- Team Harbaughs (3-5) The bad news: Jody has lost 4 of his last 5 games. The good news: He's playing the Trumbores in back-to-back weeks! That's always a good cure for what ails ya!
- Screaming Eagles (3-5) The good news: Jason has Kareem Hunt, got an unexpected bargain with Adrian Peterson, and has fantasy's #1 kicker, Stephen Gostkowski! The bad news: For some reason, he's still rostering Ryan Grant, DeVante Parker, Josh Doctson, and Devonta Freeman, who went on IR three weeks ago. Interesting strategy.
- Los Diablos (3-5) Have had one winning season since they claimed the title back in 2014, and are once again mired in mediocrity. Looking over the misery that is his roster, I see Kirk Cousins, Antonio Brown, Michael Thomas --- and a whole lot of players who easily rank in the top 30 (or 40) at their positions.
- Suspended Atomnation (1-7) It's not surprising Adam has two fewer wins than Kubicek, given that his roster is even more devoid of talent. Matt Ryan and Alvin Kamara are the only quality players he has, and I've heard they're both demanding a trade. It would appear that the major mistake Adam made was to score more than 20% of his points for the season in week 4, when he put up 126 points to notch his only win.
- Leviathans (1-7) Last year, Levi pulled of an impressive worst-to-first turnaround to claim the title. Not content to rest on his laurels, he seems intent on on being the first team in TTFFL history to pull off the mythical worst-to-first-to-worst triple axel. Dalvin Cook, Delanie Walker, Jamison Crowder and Greg Zuerlein are only too happy to help.
~Mex, Kevin and YEC would have to struggle mightily to avoid the playoffs at this point, while Adam and Levi would need to pay someone a lot of money to make it in (send me a private email, guys). So the real excitement these last five weeks will be seeing which of the teams between Taylor and Kubicek manage to claim the final three playoff spots.
Good luck guys. Except not any week when you happen to be playing me, obviously.
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