Game 6 of 12. The halfway point of this wonderful FFL season! Many questions still to be answered. Some look to jump to the forefront of their division (LO), some look to fall into the pit of Shiva despair (DFUN) and some (the entire West Division) appear to not want to win or lose anything. DFUN on a 2 game slide, TBIAC 3 game losing streak, LO 4 game W streak and the Cats on a 3 week Victory dance. East Div still close with a tie for 1st between LO and DFUN, with Cats and GRID one game back, while the West has TSMYTDS and PIGG at 3-3 on top and TBIAC and DSVP on the bottom (not their first time “on bottom”).
123-101 TSMYTDs over Grid. Andrew Luck and the NFL ALL PRO Team 2012 took down a tough, but unLUCKy GRID. Megatron and Fitz go for 22 and 9, Luck with 27 and big games from both RBs was enough to forget Stafford’s 33 on the pine. GRID most likely would have won the contest if he had played 2 RBs…….. Oops, it appears he did have two warm bodies in those slots. Hyde, 5 and more surprisingly, Anderson with 6 (his best game of this season). Bryant’s 25 on the bench with Stewart’s 19 surely could have helped. The “Good Call Coach” award goes to the GRID head coach for handicapping his team into (another) loss.
LO, again, riding her ebony steed proudly, takes down the dissapointing TBIAC team 102-82. 22, 17 and 27 from Brady, Murray (really?) and Freeman (finally, he had a bad game) helped put the Capt in a tie for last place in the loser, I mean, West division. TBIAC was betrayed by his entire team except the Broncos 18 and Forte 16 (he’s not hurt yet?). The other 6 combined for 32. Roughly the weekly average of LO’s Freeman (I swear to God he is NOT human). The good and bad for both teams are their benches. The good (for everyone else) is LO’s bench had 28 (this may be her kryptonite). That’s pitiful!! Let’s hope for injuries to her starters. The bad- (only bad for the Capt) TBIAC bench 27. Big changes need to be made for this team to even sniff the winners bracket (Cats GM answers all trade proposals!).
DFUN 90-106 PIGG. “Let’s Play the Fammmmmiiiillllyy Ffffuuuuueeeeedddd”!!! Theses two hated rivals square up in FFL and at family holidays and vacations. They HATE each other!! DFUN gets 21 from “the Ginger Torpedo” and 20 from the healthy, finally, Alshon. -1 at D, 9 total at RB and 19 total on the bench seems to spell the end for DFUNs chances for post season glory (see Cats GM note above). PIGG had solid games from everyone but Coleman (I told you to hit the waiver wire) and Cooks. Bench was solid at 39. Definitely in contention for “not losing” the West Title.
Former Co-Workers squared off in the “Shitty Job Bowl” sponsored by EAS!! As usual, Cats come out on top 111-89 over DSVP. Rivers throws for OVER 500 yds and 2 TDS yet only scores 28 pts (the Commish has ruined our point system). 25 from Ivory, 15 from Allen and Barnidge (Gronk 2.0) turned this into a blowout!! DSVP wasted the one good game Lamar Miller, 17, will have this season. As usual, K was a high point for the Pugs, 13. 63pts left on the bench, 63!! How didn’t he win the “Good Call Coach” award? 22 from a WR Hurns wouldn’t have made the difference and the rest were a push. Good bench? Mediocre Starters? Neither? Both? Luckily DSVP is in the West!!
MidSeason Stats
EAST- LO 4-2, DFUN 4-2, CATS 3-3, GRID 3-3
WEST- TSMYTDS 3-3, PIGG 3-3, TBIAC 2-4, DSVP 2-4
High scorers
LO- 642, CATS- 622, GRID 596, TBIAC 593
Highest points against
TSMYTDs-618, LO- 606, Cats-600, TBIAC-584
Defying the odds (and the numbers)
PIGG- PF=533 PA=555 record- 3-3 tied for 1st
TSMYTDs- PF=541 PA=618 record- 3-3 tied for 1st
Screwed by the numbers
GRID- PF=596 PA=524 record 3-3 tied for 2nd/last
TBIAC- PF=593 PA=584 record 2-4 tied for DEAD LAST
This tells us one thing. This whole FFL thing is as much luck as skill (sort of). Some good teams will, or won’t, make “the Dance”. Some crappy teams (anyone in the West) will make the playoffs due to the Commish’ horrible rule-making. “Of Winners, Losers and The Game”
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