So we have made it to the NFL quarter-way mark. DSVP and DFUN look like they will be fighting for the Sacko, again. Briskets is trying to walk into “This is Serious Business” and take our “Lucky Bastard” and by “our” I mean the Lil d Ceiling Cats “Lucky Bastard”. The East Division, as usual, is loaded while the West looks like the dumpster fire that it is. Plenty of injuries are making the weekly lineups more difficult and not just for DSVP, who seems to actually enjoy breaking all his toys. The dreaded bye weeks are upon us and the Head Coach’s decision are going to get tougher. The waiver wire cupboard is bare due to the added teams (thanks jerks) and no one is willing to trade (except DFUN and Cats, as usual). Good news, maybe, is we have a long way to go. There will be ups and downs, wins and losses, injuries, pick-ups and maybe, god forbid, a trade or two. Lets get to the action…..
Quick recap of week 3 and 4 and on to the STATS!!
Week 3
The (finally) officially named DFUN’s Donut Punchers punched Team Pigg right in the donut 106-78. DDP, despite auto drafting 8 WR’s, is really rallying his troops this season. Team Pigg, despite not trading LeVeon, is hovering in the middle of the horrid West Division.
LO, again, with her tiny fists of fury, bury another foe. 71- 52 over the Briskets. The Big Man finally had a bad week and LO had just enough to continue her win streak.
Cats, as usual, curb-stomped DFUN 113- 76. DFUN has some decent players, they just need some new blood in the Head Coaching position (Courtney, time to take control). Cats biggest problem is deciding which FFL studs to play. Nothing can stop the Champ from going for three straight titles (except injury, and that will NEVER happen). Editors note- Dalvin Cook out with ACL, Carson out with broken leg
DSVP scores a season high (no idea if that’s true) 90 and still loses to Grider, 101. Griders team of misfits and old people is still dangerous as long as he can afford to pay the brightest minds in FFL to make all of his decisions for him. DSVP is….. uhhmmmm…..well, his is a…….team in our league.
Bizness v “the biggest disappointment this season” TBIAC. 73-54 Bizness wins. Is the Trump Presidency affecting the Capt this much? Have the hemorrhoids come back to distract him as they have so often? Whatever it is, its hard to watch a former Champion look like this (side note- its awesome watching the former Champion look like this!).
Week 4
This was a weird week. Team Bizness’s bench scored 5 more than his starters. DSVP, not to be outdone, had his bench outscore his starters (this one wasn’t that difficult, but he did it) 51 to 41. LO won despite her bench scoring 90 and the starters only getting 81 (she was playing DFUN). Some teams like Briskets used all he had, only 15 left on the bench with a 121 score (could be because he has empty spots on his bench, which this intrepid writer applauds, and thinks more teams should do!). TBIAC was almost even at 59/51. Pigg with a solid showing at 93/54, Grider 102/26 and the overall winner of the week…….shocker, DFUN. Scored 42, bench 74. Good Call Coach!! (Courtney, time to take the reins). Grider goes down to the Cats despite having a good week 117-102. Briskets roll on 121-59 over the Biz. DDP somehow overcomes DSVP’s 41 point week to squeeze out a W. Pigg continues TBIAC’s woes with a 93-59 win. And LO takes a tiny little victory lap after “beating” DFUN 81-42.
On to the stats…..
EAST WEST
Lil d Ceiling Cats 3-1 Team Pigg 2-2
Big Hungry Briskets 3-1 DFUN’s Donut Puncher 2-2
LO 3-1 Bizness 2-2
Grider 2-2. TBIAC 1-3
DFUN 1-3 DSVP 1-3
Points For Points Against
Lil d Ceiling Cats 406 376
Grider 376 368
Briskets 363 279
Pigg 336 333
LO 329 257
DDP 326 302
DFUN 315 383
Biz 284 316
TBIAC 283 330
DSVP 252 326
Differential
Briskets +84
LO +72
Cats +30
DDP +24
Grider +8
Pigg +3
Biz -32
TBIAC -47
DFUN -68
DSVP -74
Soooooo, what does all these stats tell us? “Points for” speak for themselves. A true grade of your starting teams choices. “Points Against” is a little cloudier. Its 1. a grade of how your opponent’s choices worked out and 2. If you have the “I’m screwed” bug. (this is when every team you play has their best week against you. It is something that happens and through years of research and sleuthing, your favorite FFL beat writer has found….. that’s its just bad luck.) Biz is a -32 but is 2-2 and Grider is a +8 and 2-2. Briskets is 3-1 but has only 279 scored against. Cats are 3-1 but have 376 scored against. LO has only 257 against but DFUN has 383. It is what the FFL God’s want. We don’t know their “big plan”, we can only choose to keep FFL’ing and see how it pans out. Some records are legit, some are inflated or deflated (Tom Brady joke) by the matchup. Plenty of weeks left for it all to settle in and let the cream rise to the top (Cats like milk, which is kinda like cream.) Good Luck on the rest of the season (except for Grider, who is busy with Emmitt Smith working on his roster as we speak).
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