Pack Attack (109.09) vs BIGBOY! (87.57)
Fantasy football is hard to figure out at times! BIGBOY! came into this game having won 6 straight games and was looking like one of the better teams in the league. Pack Attack had lost 5 straight games and is sitting at the bottom of the standings. Pack Attack somehow gets win #3 on the season and stops their losing streak while BIGBOY! falls to 6-5 on the season and missed out on a prime opportunity to be tied for 1st place. This was a tough one for BIGBOY!
Rapids Plungers (108.67) vs 16hrs Ahead of You!! (106.37)
What a game this one turned out to be as it went right down to the wire! I thought going into the week this was going to be a grind it out type of game as both teams were missing pieces. I was looking for the team whose player went out and put up 30 to lead them to the win. Well, 16hrs had Bowers step up and put up 30.10 but Rapids Plungers got 10 better from A. St. Brown who put up 40.78 points and that was the difference in the game! This one still came down to Monday night where Rapids Plungers needed 4.50 points from N. Collins to get the win and while it wasn’t pretty 6.70 points is more then 4.5 and Rapids Plungers escapes with the big win to move to 6-5 on the season and now just a game out of first. 16hrs (7-4) has now lost 3 straight games and while their name is still on the top of the leaderboard they have some work to do to stay there!
Big Papa (122.70) vs HHH (96.47)
Big Papa gets the huge win to move to 5-6 on the season and with 3 games left they are just one game out of playoff positioning! They were led this week by really three players as Burrow (31.99), J. Williams (21.33) and C. Watson (22.10) accounted for over half of their points this week! While that type of production isn’t feasible each week they are going to need their star players to come up big these next three games if they want to make a playoff run! HHH is done, well I guess mathematically speaking there is a chance but no.. I am not telling you there’s a chance! HHH falls to 3-8 and now suddenly they are battling with Pack Attack these last three weeks to see who can avoid the bottom of the standings.
Bossman (126.25) vs PackerFANatic7 (122.48)
Another game that had huge playoff implications and when we start talking playoffs and it gets down to the last month this is the time that Bossman excels! They know how to find ways to win these games when it matters most. They did so again this week as they stopped PackerFANatic7’s three game winning streak and in doing so got themselves to 7 wins on the season which right now has them sitting in 2nd place! This one came down to the wire as Bossman went into the monday night game up by 19.54 points. They did have K. Fairbairn their kicker remaining while PackerFANatic7 had T. Dell and the Houston D. On paper you knew this had the potential to be close with T. Dell having the ability to go for 20 easily and the Houston D against a terrible Cowboys team. The Houston D (19pts) ended up getting a TD in the 4th quarter which made things really interesting but in the end T. Dell and his 6.97 points wasn’t quite enough as they come up 4 points short. This was a tough one for PackerFANatic7 as they fall to 5-6 and while it is still just a game out of the playoff race they likely need to win out to feel confident in getting in.
teamAlaska (127.04) vs DaUnderdog (101.43)
teamAlaska did exactly what they have had to do these past two weeks and that is win! They got another huge win this week against a team in DaUnderdog that is in the midst of one of the bigger collapses we have seen! Five weeks ago DaUnderdog was 6-0 and sitting atop the standings. Now they have lost 5 straight games and if the playoffs were to start today they would be out! The only good news for them is that they finally got over the 100 point mark and this was the best they have played in the last 4 weeks. Hopefully for them this is a sign of things to come and they can turn this thing back around? teamAlaska on the other hand moves to 5-6 on the season and suddenly is just one game outside of a playoff spot. There is still a lot of work left as the target for everyone has to be 8 wins to get into the playoffs but they have won the last two and looked pretty good doing it. It will be fun to see if they can keep this run going!
pack slayer (184.91) vs Sportsfreak (112.19)
I was excited to see the outcome of this game going into the week and pack slayer made a statement with their dominating performance beating Sportsfreak by 72 points! Not only did they beat them by 72 but this was the highest scoring week of any team all season! This is important on so many levels as with all of the teams jammed up lobbying for playoff positioning it is no doubt going to come down to tie-breaking scenarios to determine whether you get into the playoffs and what seed you get when in the playoffs and a big scoring outburst like this really helps. pack slayer had Goff (43.64) and Mixon (34.47) lead the way this week and while you can’t expect this type of game from them every week even half of those points and they still win this one easily. pack slayer has won 5 of their last 6 games and now has their eyes set on one of those top two seeds! Sportsfreak didn’t have a bad game but there was no way they were going to keep up this week! This is one of those that you tell your opponent good job and you move on to next week! Sportsfreak at 6-5 is still in good position for the playoffs given their high amount of points scored but they are still in contention for one of those top two spots and I know that is what they would prefer vs just making the playoffs!
Starrfavrerodg (94.16) vs U Don’t Know (84.43)
Well this was an ugly game but someone had to win and Starrfavrerodg (6-5) was the lucky winner here! I say this everytime we have a game like this but sometimes these are the type of games / wins that if you can steal a win it can make the difference in making the playoffs or not and if Starrfavrerodg is able to do make the playoffs I think you will likely be able to look back at this one as the turning point. U Don’t Know (5-6) on the other side of this has to be thinking they let one slip away! Anytime your opponent fails to score 100 you have to feel like it was a winnable game! This stops their two game winning streak and now they have their work cut out for them as they try to finish off strong and get into the playoffs!
That’s it for this week everyone. Have a great week!