PLAYOFF CLINCHING SCENARIOS
1. Bossman – Clinched a playoff spot and a 1st round bye. Clinch the #1 overall spot with a win.
2. Starrfavrerodg – Clinched a playoff spot, clinches the #2 seed and a first round bye with a win.
3. Rapids Plungers – Clinched a playoff spot, clinches the #2 seed and a first round bye with a win.
4. Big Papa – Clinches a playoff berth with a win OR losses by both HHH and pack slayer
5. teamAlaska – Clinches a playoff berth with a win OR losses by both HHH and pack slayer
6. U Don’t Know – Clinches a playoff berth with a win
7. HHH – Clinches a playoff berth with a win
8. pack slayer – Clinches a playoff berth with a win, a loss by Big Papa, teamAlaska or U Don’t Know AND overtaking them in points, which the closest one is 100 points ahead of them. Sooo your telling me there is a chance!
ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION
1. 16hrs Ahead of You!!
2. Pack Attack
3. PackerFANatic7
4. BIGBOY!
5. Sportsfreak
6. DaUnderdog
Now off to the previews!
My Picks Record:
Last Week: 2-4
Overall: 52-26
Big Papa (8-5) vs Pack Attack (4-9)
Big Papa struggled last season finishing with a record of 5-9. This season however they have completely flipped the script and with a win here can finish at 9-5 and would have a good chance of finishing at the #3 spot in the league. The chances of Big Papa getting into the playoffs even with a loss are still high due to their points scored. As long as they don’t implode and only score like 80 points they should be ok but they don’t want to have to deal with that and they want to ensure a playoff berth with a win! Pack Attack is having trouble fielding a roster due to bye weeks and injuries so as of now they are scheduled to start guys like E. Moore, G. Dortch and N. Fant. It’s been a long year for Pack Attack!
Prediction:
Check out the Yahoo predictions for this one!
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 20
- Record: Advantage Pack Attack at 12-8
- PPG Avg: Advantage Pack Attack 129.25 to 117.28
16hrs Ahead of You!! (2-11) vs BIGBOY! (4-9)
This game means nothing for both teams. 16hrs has locked up last place and BIGBOY! has been out of playoff contention for awhile! These two teams are playing for pride and I guess if there is one thing to play for it would be to try and get into the consolation bracket. BIGBOY! currently sits at #13 but with a win and a Pack Attack loss they would move in.
Prediction:
Do I have to pick this game? I guess… someone is going to win. I am not sure who BIGBOY! will be starting at QB so that makes a little hard to predict a winner. Assuming BIGBOY! fills out their roster they should get the win, if not then this one goes to 16hrs.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 12
- Record: Advantage BIGBOY! at 9-3
- PPG Avg: Advantage BIGBOY! 122.59 to 100.64
Bossman (10-3) vs teamAlaska (8-5)
Bossman technically has something to play for but in reality they already have everything locked up (even the #1 seed based on points scored). There are a couple of historical items that they may be after though in this one. Bossman can match their most wins in a season (11) with a win this week. They have currently scored 1700.48 points, there most ever in a season was 1794.59 in 2015 so they are 94 points away from setting a new team mark. To say they have nothing to play for I guess isn’t 100% true but there is no stress outside of making sure everyone stays healthy for their playoff run. teamAlaska on the other hand has a lot to play for as they are looking to get a win and punch their ticket to the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. They have already locked in another winning season which is now their third straight but they want that playoff berth especially considering how well they started out the season. teamAlaska like some of the other 8-5 teams very likely will get in even if they lose but they don’t want to leave anything to chance and want to guarantee their playoff spot with a win. These two teams met in week 1 and teamAlaska handed Bossman one of their 3 losses. Can they do it again this week?
Prediction:
Can they? Sure.. will they? I am not sure and just the fact that I am saying that is a testament to how good this Bossman team is. First off.. we need to petition the NFL that bye weeks need to be done before week 14 so that those teams needing a win to get in the playoffs aren’t having to deal with byes. That isn’t the case for Bossman from a needing a win perspective but they are missing J. Taylor and C. Olave due to bye weeks and they may be without K. Walker due to injury. Back to what I was saying before about how good this Bossman team is, those are 3 really good players and yet playing against a playoff caliber team they still look like they may pull off the win. I am going to go with Bossman to win this one in a shootout. Look for T. Hill and J. Jefferson to have monster games.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 16
- Record: Tied at 8-8
- PPG Avg: Advantage Bossman 118.46 to 113.70
DaUnderdog (6-7) vs PackerFANatic7 (4-9)
A game that means nothing to either team from a playoff perspective but if we are trying to find things to make both of these teams want to perform well it would be that DaUnderdog will be looking for their 2nd straight non losing season while PackerFANatic7 will be looking to finish off the season really strong by winning 4 of their last 5 games. Oh and PackerFANatic7 has never beaten DaUnderdog in their previous 6 meetings including week 1 of this year. There is some extra motivation for both teams!
Prediction:
Adams has been on fire as of late and that directly correlates to PackerFANatic7’s success. I like Prescott this week too however I could see this being more of a Pollard / Zeke game and Prescott finishing right at or below projection. McCaffrey against TB. I don’t see much else for them this week and if Waddle plays DaUnderdog has a few more places to find points. I am going to go with the reigning champ to finish the season strong and get the win.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 6
- Record: Advantage DaUnderdog at 6-0
- PPG Avg: Advantage DaUnderdog 135.02 to 103.65
HHH (7-6) vs U Don’t Know (8-5)
There is two “monster” games this week that have no doubt type of playoff implications and this game is one of them. It is simple, if HHH wins they would at a minimum take over the #6 spot from U Don’t Know because they would hold the tie breaker of points scored. If HHH loses they are eliminated. For U Don’t Know if they lose they still technically would have a shot to get in but it would be very unlikely so this game looks like a win and your in, lose and you are out type of scenario! Both of these teams have struggled over the past three weeks losing 2 of their last 3 games. They can put all of that behind them with a win here.
Prediction:
I talked about bye weeks in a different preview but I hate it that it is affecting this game. Neither of these teams will be at full strength but it looks to hurt HHH the most as they will be without two of their starting WR’s (Lazard and Pittman Jr). HHH still has some roster work to do so I am not sure who they are playing yet at WR but I can tell you that the matchups are not favoring U Don’t Know this week. I expect a low scoring game that will likely come down to a fitting ending. When you are drafting a player in the first round you are doing so imagining that they virtually by themselves can lead you to victory. A. Ekeler is going to get that chance for HHH. If they are down by 10 or 40 it doesn’t matter as Ekeler’s high game is 38 and his low is 8. No lead is safe for U Don’t Know and I think the combination of Ekeler / Burrow / Higgins and Kittle come through big time this week and get HHH the win they need to get into the playoffs.
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 16
- Record: Advantage U Don’t Know at 9-7
- PPG Avg: Advantage U Don’t Know 119.12 to 112.97
pack slayer (7-6) vs Sportsfreak (5-8)
pack slayer hasn’t been officially eliminated to therefore they need to win this game. Not only do they need to win but they need to run up the score big time! pack slayer’s highest point total on the season was actually really high at 180.76 and they are going to need atleast that much and possibly even more if they want to pull off that miracle and get into the playoffs. Sportsfreak has nothing to play for in this one other then the role of spoiler and officially eliminating pack slayer on the final week of the season would be a fun way for them to end their season.
Prediction:
Sportsfreak will be without Kamara and Patterson this week due to byes while pack slayer will likely be missing C. Sutton due to injury. I think pack slayer wins this game but scoring 180 or more? Not going to happen. They finish 8-6 on the season to make things interesting but their lack of scoring throughout the season is coming back to bite them now!
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 11
- Record: Advantage pack slayer at 7-4
- PPG Avg: Advantage pack slayer 119.31 to 118.72
Rapids Plungers (9-4) vs Starrfavrerodg (9-4)
HHH vs U Don’t Know is a fun game because it is all about win and your in type of scenario. This game however has a unique scenario where a win here and you actually are in essence getting a playoff win because the winner of this one gets the #2 seed and a first round bye! Winning is hard in this league and sometimes the better team loses so to avoid any chance of that happening in the playoffs you want that first round bye. I love it that it is these two teams as they both started off a little slow. Through 4 games their combined records were 3-5. Since then they have a combined record of 15-3! Starrfavrerodg is riding a league high 7 game winning streak while Rapids Plungers has won 6 of their last 7. This is about as good as it gets and the playoffs start right now for both of these teams!
Prediction:
We are dealing with a couple of players on bye weeks but no superstars so this should be a good game. The action gets started quickly as Starrfavrerodg has one of their best players in J. Jacobs going tonight. Jacobs has been outstanding and they may need a 20+ point effort from him tonight to come away with the win. Rapids Plungers lineup seems locked and loaded this week and I expect them to put up solid points the question is can Starrfavrerodg keep up? I am going to go with No, I expect a good game and like usual for Starrfavrerodg games it very well could come down to the Sunday night game with Tua attempting to lead them to victory. That is a good thing to have your QB playing last because of any position QB’s have strong upside so no matter how far down they have a chance, I just don’t see it happening. I am going with Rapids Plungers to get the win and the first round bye!
Historical Look at this Match-Up:
- Regular Season Match-ups: 3
- Record: Advantage Starrfavrerodg at 2-1
- PPG Avg: Advantage Starrfavrerodg 135.88 to 113.80