First off, apologies to the Power Bottoms. We just witnessed an FFL unicorn (aka a TGPB’s 2 game winning streak), and no one was there to document it. But, through diligent research and painful memories for Team Grider and DSVP, this writer can attest to the truth. It was a winning streak. Improbable, yes. Impossible, guess not. Anyone see it coming? Nope. I guess we shall see if the Bottom’s can keep it going through week 6 and beyond (won’t happen).
Week 5 had the Cats crushing the now irrelevant TBIAC, 133-91. What has happened to the former champ? Did playing in the loser’s bracket last year take away his mojo? Or was it that he showed up at the draft and wasn’t able to mooch off Griders panel of ESPN experts?
Speaking of WTF? Pigg curb-stomps Grider 124-87. Zeke Elliott ran all over the Bengals, 28. Rivers flowed in Oakland for 26. And Hyde got 16 before getting injured. Grider- Raaaawwwdddjjjjaaasss continues to dissapoint with 15. Girl-y had a decent game for a change with 14, but CJ and AJ failed miserably with 5 apiece. Pigg is the league wildcard right now. He has taken down the big boys one week, then started 7 players the next. Can he pull it together to make the promised land? Grider is always a player in the league championship. Despite having, on paper, a mediocre team (Power Bottoms said mediocre, direct quote), he can’t be ruled out this early in the season.
Power Bottoms power slammed DSVP 78-75 in the SuperBowl of Bad FFL! Big Ben got 29, Fitz 20 and Freeman 17. The rest of the team appeared to stay on the team bus and take the weekend off. DSVP got 17 fom Marshall, 16 from Wentz and 11 from Matthew and the Pats D. This matchup was so boring I fell asleep twice writing these few lines. Moving on…..
Dominate. Unstoppable. Short. These are just some things being said about the #1 team in FFL, Team LO. The insane move to “keep” a player who was banned for 4 weeks is paying off, Brady 29. McCoy, still not injured, is having a great year. Blount, still not in jail, is a TD machine. Hopkins still playing with a joke of a QB, awesome. And this week, just to show TSMYTDs, and new wrinkle, Vinateri kicks for 23. One word describes LO at week 5…..First Place! (ok that’s two words, but i could have hyphenated and then i think it counts as one.) TSMYTDs continues his roller coaster season throwing up a 66 to LO’s 128. Luck and DeMarco are the only bright spots this week. Julio and Edelman were bad, 2 and 3pts. TSMYTDs just had a bad week. He should have played DSVP, might have made it a game!!
Week 6
Last week we had the exciting news about the Power Bottoms 2 game win streak. This week they start off the blog with…..wait for it….a………LOSS. Possibly the worst game in FFL history. 43 points. All players were active and not injured, just pathetic. One player, Meredith 11, got double digits. Looks like somebody wants to hold on to his special trophy! Pigg, like his Yankee fore-fathers, had no mercy on his Southern realtives scoring 106. No need to recap. A Sacko-like week for the Power Bottoms.
Well at least we can look forward to a DSVP victory sometime. Not this week, or last, but sometime. Maybe. 109-103 Cats take down the Pugs. David Johnson’s 31 on Monday night brought the Cats back and allowed DSVP to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory. Its a shame to lose a close game with a good score. We have all been there. Its the FFL. It happens. And it was AWESOME!!
TSMYTDs puts Grider down for his second loss in two weeks. 93-69. Never a good sign when your K is the leading scorer, Bailey 13. Raaaaawwwwdddddjjjjaaasss sucked again, 11. Girl-y sucked again, 8. CJ and AJ, sucked. Maybe time for a roster overhaul for the Griders. Tanner came to play this week! Luck 23, DeMarco 12, West 23, and Julio 19 and Gostkowski 10. the rest of the team were disappointing, but it was still enough for the W.
TBIAC needed a big win this week to stay near the top of his dumpster-fire like division. Unfortunately he ran ito the red hot LO team. Brees, 32, did all he could to keep the Capt in the game, but it wasnt enough. LO 116-109. Gronk finally made an impact with 22, the first female in the NFL, Christine scored 19 and Stewart played the best game of his entire underachieving career, 20. LO countered with 27 from Brady, 32 from McCoy, strangely still not injured, 13 from Blount, again…..still not in jail, and Vinateri 12.
At the halway point
EAST WEST
LO 5-1 Pigg 4-2
Cats 4-2 TBIAC 3-3
Grider 3-3 TSMYTDS 2-4
Power Bottoms 2-4 DSVP 1-5
CATs with most PF 647. TGPBs with the least 486. Grider with most scored against, 632. Pigg with the least, 443.
As usual, the Standings page is a fun thing to look at, and to curse the FFL Gods about. How in the world can everyone have a bad game against Pigg, but excel against Grider (thats probably karma). Lo is a scoring machine, but has second lowest poinst AGAINST. Poor DSVP has been the league punching back with 601 points against. adn TBIAC, as usual, looks like the hard-luck loser so far. Second in his division behind Pigg. 5 points scored more than Pigg but has given up a whopping 171 more points against!!
Halfway to the playoffs, or for some teams (you know who you are) the losers playoffs!! With bye weeks and injuries stacking up, now is the time to make some strategic moves, trades, waivers. Churn that roste over! Side note- Cats will be taking offers on Eddie Lacy as of now…. get those offers in now!
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