Finally some actual drama besides what outfit DSVP is going to wear today or if LO has jumped off a cliff!  Two games came down to Monday night, another touch and go all Sunday, and then there was the Capt. pulling a “Cosby” on DFUN! I LOVE FFL on FFL VIOLENCE!!!!
     7 TDS ( a little under the Capt’s average) was plenty to curb stomp DFUN 125-70.  The Commish was in trouble when Peyton played like Eli and scored a lowly 15. Asiata, Bryant  and Gano combined for 5 pts while AJ Greens 18 was wasted this weekend.  Everyone on Capt went for double digits except  Ingram 9 and LIONS 4.  Both were taken out of the locker-room and quickly, but not quietly, “put down” as a warning to the others. Be afraid, be very afraid of the Capt!
     The Cats rolled to a 70-57 W over Hola. This barn burner started as a -27 fav for the Cats. At one point Hola was -12pt fav. Back and forth, back and forth (as much as a 127 pt combined game can sway).  Both teams failed to even drive to their respective stadiums this weekend much less suit up for game time.  This happens on occasion (see all PIGG victories!!)  This win makes it 2 wins in a row for the Cats, otherwise known as a WINNING STREAK!!
     LO v Pigg in a must win for LO and a néed to win for Pigg. 0 pts at RB2 and TE (injury) hurt Pigg and LeVeon Bells 27 pts on MNF sealed the deal for LO 82-73.  Neither had much on the bench (or on the field).  Laces Out stay in the fight for the winners bracket and Team Piggs road to the playoffs just got rocky! What these two teams need is a big blockbuster trade to shake things up, clear the room, recommit to winning! Will either be brave enough, foresighted enough, hungry enough to risk it all to win it ALL?   The next 3 games will tell the tale.
     DSVP v Grid. 87-82 DSVP.  In a close game,  Grid goes down like a OakLawn tranny,easy and for the price of a box of Chardonnay (as the Capt once described to me in minute detail). Bishop Sankey and Antonio Brown weren’t enough on Monday Night to steal the victory over the 6-5 Pugs.  Hilton and Graham combined for 4 pts for Grid, while Sanu and Allen totaled 2 for DSVP.  As we have all seen, FFL is any given team on any given Sunday. Either team could have won or lost this battle but the Fantasy Gods seem to be angry with Grid (haha!!!) or happy with DSVP and he now has a firm grasp on the second spot in the winners bracket (unless PIGG does something dramatic! See above)
   So Week 11 is done. Good games, surprises, last minutes and ass whippings (DFUN). It brings us to  3 weeks to go and rankings that look like this…
EAST.                                                        WEST
Grid 8-3 1144PF 981PA.                             Capt 9-2  1300PF 927PA
Cats 5-6  1071PF 1080PA.                          DSVP 6-5 1027PF 959PA
DFUN 5-6 1056PF 1090 PA.                      Pigg 5-6     925PF 942PA
LO.      4-7 897PF 1108PA.                         Hola 2-9.    777PF 1110 PA

Finally, two games came down to Monday night! Grid v DFUN and Capt v DSVP in the battle of the top 4.  The other two, well, not that exciting unless you like a bloodbath!
    Capt v DSVP. This one was almost a rout before DSVP Def went wolverine all over The Panthers scoring 31. If his WR TE and FLEX could have done anything at all, the Capt’s streak would have ended! Final 104-97.  Would have been closer but Philly D gave up some late garbage TDs. Capt made some serious coaching mistakes with Benjamin 19 and Ingram 13 sitting. Seems like the Capt’s bunch is wearing down as the season continues. Let’s all hope for injuries to follow!!
   Grid v DFUN. Final 111-100 Grid.  This was much closer than the final score shows. At halftime Grids QB and RB had combined for 2 pts. Cam Newton ended with 12pts thanks to the two garbage time TDs in the 4th quarter (see above) when his teams fate had been sealed.  As for last weeks GUARANTEE, Big Ben got the start for DFUN and scored…….13.  Just 22 pts below last week and 5 less TDs. Lucky for DFUN, he can thank his coach for this loss (Manning on the bench! with 29).
    The BLOWOUTS-
  Pigg v Hola. 131-71. Pigg had huge game from Raaddjjjaaaass 36 and Dez 27 and the normal 18 from J Thomas.  Hola got -3 from Dalton. Yep negative 3 from a QB.  Bright side- Megtron is back and went for 17. Either of Hola’s backup QBs would have been an improvement but even combined, this one would still be a massacre.
    Cats 138 v LO 63. Marshawn Lynch 40! LeVeon Bell 6. (Cats are glad LO didn’t take that trade offer!!) 11 TDs for the Cats, and bad days from most of LOs lineup, turned this game into a runaway victory for the surging Cats team!
   The Force Awakens?-  Grid and Capt remain  on the top at 8-2 after escaping with narrow victories this week. DFUN and DSVP at 5-5 after losing to the above Dbags. PIGG 5-5 after crushing Hola (currently in third in the West on points scored). Cats at 4-6 and one game out of the playoff picture (the young Jedi Cats seem to be fighting off the darkside that has plagued them throughout the year and appear to be hitting their stride at the right time).  LO 3-7 and Hola 2-8 on the bottom.
    Points Against leaders (aka- a bad place to be) Hola 1040, LO 1035, Cats 1023
    Points Scored Leaders (aka- a good thing) Capt 1175, Grid 1062, Cats 1001
Looks like DFUN and Cats fighting for the second spot in winners bracket in the East and DSVP and Pigg battling in the West. With 4 games left in the regular season, this could get exciting!!
Week 11-  the battle rages on!

Week 9. Grid and Capt roll on, DFUN and DSVP continue as the top of the remaining teams, while Pigg, LO and Hola COMBINED to barely defeat Grid. Cats, continue doing what they do. Third highest total of the week. Loss. (Side note- just to prove the FFL gods are angry at the angelic Cats, 3/4 of the way to completing this blog entry, the Cats ipad blacked out, losing all data)

Week 8
The slaughter of the innocents continues- episode 2
  In a very Game of Thrones “Red Wedding” the closest game was a 25 point spread.  Theses weeks happen so don’t get to upset or too happy (unless your LO, then get used to being the Ray Rice punching bag).   The big boys showed up again ( Capt, Grid) and the usurpers to the throne (DFUN, DSVP) all won by a combined 34,235 pts which is probably a record ( unofficial record).  Either this is the end of parity or just another f’ed up week in FFL.  I’m hoping for a fluke. And I still hate Joffrey!
     In a -13 pt game, Grid won by 62. Another great projection by ESPN! Lesean McCoy continues to disappoint, this time with 9 pts on 24 touches. Upside, Brady 34, Murray 20, Brown 25, Hilton 21, and Vike-queens D 20 sealed the deal. LO left plenty on the bench but it wouldn’t have mattered. Final 158-96. Which, sadly is one of LO’s highest weeks. (Should have taken the trade offer).
    In the nail-biter of the week, DSVP squeaks by Pigg 96-71.  Clearly this conference is the weak sister of the League since both are fighting for 2nd place behind the horribly overrated Capt and his band of overachievers, and this is all they can muster.  A 12pt game from DSVP’s QB is fixed by a 15 pt Justin Tucker kicking game. Pigg had a great game from QB 24, RB 14 and WR 13. Unfortunately a 0 at RB, 2 at TE and 0 at FLEX signed the death warrant, and beheading,  for the Pigg team. Neither had anything on the bench worth playing, starting or even being on a FFL ROSTER.
     In a heated battle of bitter rivals ( hard to call rivals, with one in the winners bracket every year and a trophy while the other sits outside like a good puppy dog and watches from a distance in the
LOSERS bracket). ESPN says EVEN. Final score 147-71. Cats got nothing, from anyone. Nothing.  DFUN has their day with  23, 35,9,18,21 from QB RB WR and 15, 12 from Kicker and D. Clearly a sign of the apocalypse when this train wreck of a team beats a clearly dominate force (see Dallas v Washington). More on this later….
    Capt was – 10 pt fav in this battle of heavy weights over HOLA. Final 181 to 64.  First, the league record was NOT broken! Cats with 182 (unofficial record). Second, 64 pt MAY be a record low (don’t care).  Capt continues on his TD splurge, 10 this week. HOLA 6 ( with his team and bench combined).

This season DFUN has scored 108, 107, 47, 85, 110, 82, 101, 147.
This season GRID has scored.  90, 111, 94, 116, 79, 83, 78, 158.
This season DSVP has scored  69, 87, 65, 91, 121, 100, 114, 96
This season LO      has scored  109, 85, 52, 82, 99, 94, 62, 96
This season Cats has scored     105, 91, 107, 76, 117, 109, 79, 71
This season Pigg has scored.     70, 95, 101, 61, 78, 97, 71, 71
This season HOLA has scored   86, 77, 82, 84, 49, 54, 95, 64
This season CAPT  has scored.  81, 85, 100, 113, 144, 112, 120, 181( not a record)
Sooooooo, DFUN 5 games above 100 pts, GRID with 2, DSVP 3, LO 1, CATS 4, PIGG 1, HOLA 0, Capt 6.
 FFL is cray cray! Week 9, same cray cray.