The biggest sticking point for owners come the holiday season is how hectic life can get. People get caught up in their travels, their families and forget to check their rosters. Injuries don't stop even if all teams are playing. Added to that, there are three games on Thursday meaning you have to make lineup decisions earlier than you want to.
Oh yeah, there's only two weeks left in your season. For most teams with playoff aspirations, the playoffs begin now. Lose and you probably don't qualify. 'Tis the season!
Three games on Thursday: DETROIT vs. HOUSTON, WASHINGTON vs. DALLAS & NEW ENGLAND vs. NEW YORK JETS
Onto the games:
Another must win week for my squad and it looked as though I finally caught a scheduling break against John who has struggled all season. We both seemed to over think our strategies as we each benched our starting QB's (Matt Schaub for him, RGIII for me). By 4pm we were both kicking ourselves. Schaub scored a career high (I can only assume) 44 points and RGIII put up 38. Instead John played rookie Nick Foles who struggled to only 8 points. I ended up getting 21 from Carson Palmer so my mistake was not as bad. I also got 3 defensive TD's from New England for 23 points, 15 from Lance Moore, 13 from Matt Bryant and 10 from Felix Jones to overcome my bad choice. John got 10 each from the Bengals D and Shayne Graham, but his QB decision cost him a win.
Final Score: Escaped Lunatics 89 The Situation 56
Our undefeated (with a tie) team owned by Nate, looked to be in dire straights this week without Adrian Peterson going up against second place Ike who had Arian Foster playing lowly Jacksonville. This looked to be the week that loss #1 was coming. Instead, Nate proved his team isn't nearly a man show as everyone stepped up. Drew Brees led the way with 22, Dez Bryant and the Packers D each amassed 15, Michael Turner rumbled for 10 and even backup Mark Ingram posted 12. On the other side, Arian Foster bottomed out to just 6 points. Tony Romo was the top scoring player for Ike with 18 and Vernon Davis made the score a bit closer with 11, but this was a rout from the opening bell.
Final Score: The Bounchers 85 Myra's College Fund 59
The other Back Wall Division pairing was a practical elimination game between Matt and Alex as the losing team was going to get their 6th loss with many teams above them. For the 1st half of the season, Alex was having a great year, but the worm has certainly turned. This week it all came crumbling down. Without Big Ben, The Peons turned to Joe Flacco who had a bad, bad week. He scored 8 points after his career week in Week 10. To make matters worse Willis McGahee tore an MCL and his fantasy season is over. Five other players on his team scored 1 or 0 points. Matt also saw his quarterback have a crap week as Matt Ryan threw 5 interceptions to counter his 300 yards passing for 10 points. Luckily Cecil Shorts...yes Cecil Shorts led the way with 17 points. Connor Barth put up 10 points as well to help Matt stay alive.
Final Score: Rainbows & Puppies 61 Worthless Peons 25
In the Critter Corner Division 1st year owner Joel was riding a seven game winning streak into his match up with perennial power Ben and at least in the week, the veteran held tough. With a well balanced lineup including 5 double digit scorers between 11 and 15 points, Ben put an end to Joel's run. The Ravens D had a team high 15 points and Matt Stafford scored 14 for Ben. Joel did get 18 from Aaron Rodgers, 15 from the 49ers D and 12 from Tony Richardson, but his other five players managed only 14 points total. Ben now opened the door for the Division to get much closer and kept his playoff hopes alive with two weeks left.
Final Score: The Magic Wands 79 Nickachu 59
With Joel's loss, younger brother Luke now had a chance to make Thanksgiving week much more interesting around the dinner table with a win. Luke could close the gap for the division title to just a single game, but he had to get past a desperate Adam who, like the majority of the league was at 5-5 and in dire need of a victory. Luke had lost Mike Vick to injury so he added Mark Sanchez and prayed for a miracle. That didn't happen. Not only did Sanchez only score 12 points, but Luke saw LeSean McCoy get concussed and finish with just 6 points. Doug Martin stayed grounded with 12 points which unfortunately for Luke was the top scoring player for him. Adam had no such troubles this week. Cam Newton was the game's top scorer with 20 points, Mikel Leshoure added 14 and AJ Green continued to be the best fantasy wide receiver with 12 points. Both teams joined the party at 6-5 with this weeks results.
Final Score: Biggums' 'Basers 72 Deathtongue 46
Jody was in line to get to 6-5 (of course) with a win and keep his playoff hopes alive while Nick G was looking to play spoiler. Unlike Kansas St. and Oregon in college football, Jody left nothing to chance. He rolled to an easy victory behind 25 from Josh Freeman, 21 from Gronk (before his broke his arm which is a killer for his team), 16 from BJGE and 10 from the Falcons D. Nick G got 24 from Peyton and 26 from his other seven players...yikes.
Final Score: DoggNutz 95 The Lollipop Kids 50
Earlier this week I tweeted the Mike had been through a tough season scoring the fewest points in the league while giving up the most points in the league. That's a nasty combination and a 2-8, Mike had very little to play for. Apparently his team took notice. He took Nick B behind the woodshed as he unleashed a seasons worth of pent up fury upon him. Tom Brady put up 28, Andre Johnson scored 24, VJax had 13 and Jermichael Finley and Matt Prater added 10 each. Even with -2 from Peyton Hillis, Mike scored the most points in the league this week for $10. Nick B got 19 from Andrew Luck and 10 total points from the other seven players in the defeat.
Final Score: Bookoo Barbarians 100 The Knacks 29
Before the standings...a congratulations to Ben who became the 3rd member of the 100 win mark, after Nate did the same last week, in the 15 year history of the FCNPFFL. Jody moved to 99 wins as well.
Current win totals through Week 11 since 1998:
Jason 115
Nate 101
Ben 100
Jody 99
Luke 97
John 94
Ike 88
Nick B 77
Matt 63
Adam 61
Mike 55
Nick G 43
Alex 31
Joel 8
Week 11 Standings:
Nate 10-0-1 (Clinched #1 overall seed, 1st in Back Wall Division)
Joel 8-3 (#2 Seed, 1st in Critter Corner)
Luke 6-5 (#3 Seed, 896 points)
Jason 6-5 (#4 Seed, 867 points)
Ike 6-5 (#5 Seed, 856 points)
Adam 6-5 (#6 Seed, 833 points)
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Jody 6-5 (828 points)
Ben 6-5 (770 points)
Matt 5-5-1
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Alex 5-6
Nick G 4-7
Mike 3-8
Nick B 3-8
John 2-9
Schedule for Week 12:
Nate 10-0-1 vs. Alex 5-6
Joel 8-3 vs. Nick B 3-8
Luke 6-5 vs. Nick G 4-7
Jason 6-5 vs. Ben 6-5 (Game of the Week)
Ike 6-5 vs. John 2-9
Adam 6-5 vs. Matt 5-5-1
Jody 6-5 vs. Mike 3-8
Every current playoff team is playing a current non playoff team so its a true win and your in type of week. With 2 weeks left only 1 team has clinched a playoff spot and Joel needs just a win to clinch. The rest of the spots are up for grabs as this looks to be the most competitive stretch run we've had in a long time.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Safe travels and don't forget to set your rosters. Trading is still allowed as this league doesn't have a trade deadline during the regular season.
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