Week 1, The Draft and Season 13 of Fake Football is finally here…or “This Team will never lose again”-Shoresy

Welcome back to This is Serious Business! A big season ahead for us all, and this time the commish actually collected money, so that’s different😂. Also something really different has already happened, EVERYONE was at the draft ready to build their next dynasty. The Yankee baller Pigg was not physically there but that was more due to passport issues and less foosball issues. 7 teams snuck past the security at the Oak Mont Country Club and raided the opulent mansion of Big Diesel (the wife is loaded) and went to FFL work. 33 second average pick time was AMAZING!! Great work Coaches! We could talk more, but as stated, everyone was there. This brings us to Week 1.

Week 1, the usual jitters, uncertainty (LO), bravado (AintReba) and joy of the beginning of 18 weeks of pure FFL has dropped. Lots of roster questions and spots to fill, injuries to happen, breakouts to breakout and others to fail. The journey lays before us and the evil reign of DFUN starts his first, only and last Championship Tour. Let’s see if maybe we can break a record and have two recorded trades this season, huh, maybe? The entire season lays ahead, remember it is a marathon not a sprint so stretch those hammies well and put on that cool headband (Nizz swears by his LuluLemon yoga pants) and let’s get to the recap!

DFUN v Big D

In a playoff rematch, these two heavy hitters came out swinging! Josh Allen led the way in another amazing game, 38pts. The Commish counter punched with Wilson and Lamb (minus all 3 drops) combined 40. The Cali boy showed some SF love and picked up Deebo, not this writers tiny kitten but the football player, and Deebo rewarded his loyalty with 22. Both teams had huuuuge DEF games, Den with 22 and SF, shocking, with 15. This slugfest came down to two things, the Commissioner’s TE Bowers, who continues to dominate the position, 15 points and Big D’s failure at RB. Walker III only 5 and a dissapointing day for Nico, only grabbing 5. Final score 147-128, DFUN continues the miracle run that AintReba dreams about!

AintReba v TBIAC

Seemed like a good game, from the early smack talk, but it wasn’t. Reba’s dynamic duo returned from last season to wreak havoc again, and they did. DHenry 29, and LJack 29. But the veteran ffl’er TBIAC didn’t panic, he just calmly had Mahomie toss 26 and CMC rumble for 23. McBride and Kittle were even at 12, but the Capt’s WR’s outran the country songstress’s team 34-23. Add to that an 9 point swing on special teams and this snorefest was OVER. 110-124. TBIAC moves on, AintReba will be feverishly churning her roster over the next few days. Same results different season!

Nizz v Laces Out

In the beatdown of the week, lil LO came out like an angry dwarf who’d been bowled all last season (she was) and put a tiny foot right on the throat of the Gentleman Farmer. JoeCool was bad but Harrison, TWarren, Puka, Jamir and JJacobs weren’t. Niz tried to keep pace with Kelce and Kamara gaining 25, but JChase was a no show and that’ll wrap up your week real quickly. LO piled on with 24 Special Teams points to Nizz’s 2. One happy little FFL coach, and another sent back to the farm to grow a better squad. 119-92 final

Ceiling Cats v Pigg

The native Texan Cats hosted our Northman Pigg at Denton Teachers Credit Union Stadium for a big time showdown to start the season. It was terrible, and boring. But mostly terrible. Nix was terrible, but JDaniels hit 20 for Pigg. Bijan outpaced Saquon, but AJones got 15 to Jeanty’s 12. JSN had a big 19 over Tee Higgs 6, and CBrown outran Tyreeks 8. 89-89 coming into the all important ST/D. Loop kicked 13 for the kittens, Aubrey crushed 11. Down to the Def…. Ariz planted 7 big ones on the terrible Saints and PIT, well, they got run over. Raaaaaawwwwwwwdddddgggggeeeerrrs tore them up for 4 TDs and a total of 0 points. This guy is still on waivers by the way. He won’t get hurt. Maybe. But back to the total, 109-100. Cats win in the worst game of the week! And Pigg lost the worst game of the week😂😂

The best draft ever is complete, Week 1 is in the books. 4 winners 4 losers, (like every week). Get to churning, researching and trading. Look out for injuries (spoiler- Kittle, Purdy, prob CMC, Ekeler, Worthy) and busts (Caleb, Bryce, and all Cowboys). Hope you all enjoyed the offseason, cause it’s over and we have begun THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!

Week 10 or, “ Everybody’s playin through something here, bud. Ya gotta play through it. Ya gotta battle”-Shoresy

Lots of injuries and bye weeks, very little usefulness on the wire. But ya gotta battle through it bud! Some did, some did not. Some came out firing, some crept back in on the final two-minute drive. Either way, FFL is a marathon, not a sprint. Playoff seeding is being battled for and of course, the Sacko tourney is being set, some teams are all ready there! But at least no one has Daniel Jones starting (do they?). Let’s get to week 10 in This Is Serious Business….

AintReba won again. Scoring well below her 289 pt average (130) but still won. The Capt seems to have one FFL weak spot…AintReba. We will see more of these two later this season.

Are we really talking about this? 17 years as Commish of TISB and DFUN has never ventured into the Valhalla of the winners bracket. Is this the year? Fantrax said it is. FanTrax also said Pig had the #1 draft class. Time will tell, but this reporter (and degenerate, soon to be derelict gambler) knows where this weeks panhandling money is going… Vegas Baby!! Team Pig has no love for his sorta bro in law and showed it with a season high 104. But, as Pig’s season has gone, we know the outcome 122-104. Really….DFUN in the playoffs…PLAYOFFS??

Looks like the Nizz coach (brand new after last weeks firing) can start looking for an extended stay motel. 118-88 over Big Diesel. this game felt a lot like a certain “boxing” match that happened recently. One competitor fighting a muuuuuch inferior opponent and shocking the world by not throwing a single punch, letting the young internet star take the win. I’m not saying money was exchanged, or the FFL game was rigged… but I am.

And in the game of the Century (depends on who you are), the little LO’S came to PetSmart Stadium to fight her bitter rival, the Cats. While cruising in the Caribbean, LO dropped a 55 pt Thursday. No big deal, how many players did she have. One, Fuck. (Exact conversation had while drinking the fourth Rum punch by the Cats head Coach). How do recover from that? Ya gotta play through it bud!! Kyler kept up with Hurts, Conner beat AJones, Bijan exploded for 29, and Minny D sacked 21. But before MNF kickoff the Cats had changed the mountain to climb to a slightly less tall mountain to climb. Down 29 with the twin Ram WRs left to play. Halftime-Kupp 8, Puka 5. 3rd quarter over, Kupp 8, Puka 11. You can see how this is going! Puka scores, Kupp goes 7 catches for 90. 156-152 game over. The greatest comeback in alllll of FFL history, right before our eyes. We will all remember where we were that night. At least till next week.

Week 10 is done, recovery and celebrations are winding down as week 11 is coming at us like a fantasy freight train. Get some sleep, eat your vitamins and say your prayers BRUTHAs! This Is Serious Business!!!

Week 9 or”FFL managers take losing so personally. they don’t just accept blame for a loss, they claim it. They take that burden off of their teammates…but when they win, it’s never personal. They never take credit. They never say “I”. They share it.“- Nat from Shoresy.

Some eloquent words that ABSOLUTELY do not apply to any team in This is Serious Business! AintReba bought a full page ad in the Denton Record Chronicle posting her undefeatedness. Nizz fired another coach. DFUN has been heard talking about the playoffs. The Cats blame the FFL gods. LO blames herself and bad luck, as she should. Diesel got a tattoo of his roster on his entire back. TBIAC quietly high fived someone after a win. And Pigg, he went hunting, imagining each tiny baby deer was a FFL victory to bag. But, that is what we are. Devious, colluding, competitive governors of the football fantasy battleground. This is why TISB is the best league in the world! Or at least Texas….maybe North Texas. Probably the best in Denton? Maybe…..Lets rolllllll that beautiful bean footage…

153-63. The FanTrax #1 draft class has fallen short once again. That and TBIAC is on an absolute heater. That’s about all I got on this brutal beatdown.

This game was over at halftime! A revenge game for the Cats against the hated Dallas socialite. And the Cats were ready! Dobbins 24, Bijan 21, Kuuuuuuuup 21, and Garrett Wilson 30. Nizz fought back, weakly, with 4 from Chubb, 2 from the flash-in-a-pan Pitts, and 3 from the overrated rookie Harrison Jr. it was 124-63 with only DST left. Could Nizz shock the world?? No. 25-23 from the Def and K. Cats scratch out a much needed win while Nizz fired another coach (how many more coaches are there?)

In the game of the week, two playoff contenders and hated rivals faced off in Brown Town stadium in the heart of Lewisville. Both needing a win, neither able to absorb a loss, these two warriors went at each other from the opening kickoff! DFUN sent out Achane 32, JJeff 21, Amon 18, Kelce 22 and Nabers, despite Danny Dimes throwing the ball, 14. Big Diesel counterpunched with Walkers 13, Treek 16, Zay Flowers(?) 29, Devontae 22 and Mahomie finally scoring points with 24. This one came down to the DST as we’ve seen so many times this season. The Commish kicked 4 from Lutz and BD followed with 7. Then Diesel put out the Bal D and tackled 12 points. So it’s down to the LAC D to win or lose this epic battle. 24 huuuuuuuuge points later, the Commish was carried off the field in celebration while Big D sat slumped on the sidelines, sobbing and looking for property back in California where the government runs the FFL and allows only ties so no one’s feelings get hurt. FFL in Texas is brutal, like this loss.

Annnnnd in the Catfight of the week, AintReba hosted LO at the Broken Spoke Stadium. 125-106 final. Reba continues on her historic run. LO does what she does. Wins some, losses some. Good game from our tiny little ballers, and the absolute #1 meme of the week!!

Week 9 is complete. Painful losses, Big D, easy wins, TBIAC, and someone is still unlossed. Just a few weeks to make that push for playoff seating or to prepare for the gauntlet that is the Sacko Bowl. Three games, end of the season, players sitting out, players hurt, nothing to trade, nothing on waivers, it’s why it’s the most difficult trophy in the FFL to take home (unless your AintReba, then the Sacko just follows you home at the end of EVERY season. Do you want to go through that, or make the winners bracket? We will see who wants it , and who will go get it!!!

Week 8 or “It’s f*ckin FFL boys, you go till you can’t go no more!”-Shoresy

Short wrap up this week. The mounting losses for this brave fantasy journalist is taking its toll. More good play, more bad play and more dominance from Reba and TBIAC. Pigg is holding up the bottom of the standings quite well though😂 And the Cowboys (especially Jerry) suck. To be continued….

Despite 22 years of FFL failure, the Commish is quietly putting together a nice season. Boasting one of the best WR groups in the league definitely helps (JJeff, Amon, Nabers). While the Cats keep falling and rising and falling again. 143-127 W for DFUN. Good game, good win, painful loss.

106-94. Big D steals a W with the second lowest point total of the week. Must be nice!
TBIAC sneaks by LO 117- 110. Minny D with a -1 and KC D with 11 was the main story in this domestic conflict. Painful loss, another dub for the Captain.
A former champion took his best swing at a multi-time Sacko winner who just happens to be undefeated, still. What a game! Both went over their projections, by 27 and 33. JLove let Nizz down with only 5 but Pitts hade the game of his life with 25. AintReba countered with the dynamic duo, Lamar 24 and JCook 28 (you thought it would be King Henry didn’t ya). Monster game from both squads but only one team can win and it’s Reba, again,

Week 8 is wrapped. Same story as the previous weeks. AintReba and TBIAC on top, Pigg and now LO fighting for last and the rest fighting for the two playoff spots left. See ya next week and the Cowboys suck!

Week 7 or “You, you, you, you the most, you the second most, and you….you’re useless. actually, it’s you the most and you the second most”-Shoresy

Soooo Week 7 is over and we are seeing who is setting up to be the most useless. AintReba’s dream season continues, TBIAC is close on her tiny little boot heels and the rest are flailing away week by week searching for continuity, or good decisions, or healthy players or just for the FFL Gods to be kind. Lots of fake foosball to be played. Let’s get to this weeks recap of This Is Serious Business!!

In the early game this week, the FFL Gods were watching, and judging, and conniving and just plain mean, at least to the Cats. 118-85. Stroud was horrible, Diontae was worse and the Jets D, the most useless. Big Diesel clearly sacrificed a rotisserie chicken, or something, to appease the Gods and they returned the favor with 26 from Breece and Mixon and 18 from Tee. This game was over before it even started. On to the next game (after running by Murder Rat Kroger for some of that special chicken).

Big D has changed his avatar to…

In the battle for Oaklawn, two heated enemies faced off at Enron Memorial Stadium, just down the street from Jerry’s compound, and Hunkys. Not sure why that was the geographical reference point Nizz used as directions, or why he knows it so well… But back to football of the imaginary type. TBIAC fought through terrible QB play with 32 from Gibbs, 26 by Saquon, and Bowers (maybe the TE1) 19. Nizz, with his 4th head coach of the season started off hot with Kyren rumbling for 19 and Pitts shocking us all with 13. Tucker, the Great One, kicked in 13 and Phi D went off with 22. The rest of the team didnt respond to the new coaching staffs pregame pep rally. Harrison Jr 5, Tank 0, Mostert (most experts #1 waiver wire pickup this week) 3. 124-102, Nizz goes down like his Head Coach’s chance of a new contract. The Capt rolls on. Oaklawn is his playground now!

In the Sunday Night game, the little FFL team that could, did…again. 3 in a row. As we learned last week, that’s called a winning streak! Team Pigg hosted the diminutive brawlers to his home field, frozen and devoid of fans. And lost. 147-129. Pigg played a great game, but the FFL gods are fickle. 21 from Allen, 16 by Najee and Coop caught 16. Godwin (RIP)13 before the end of his season happened. 17 kicked by Seibert and a monster 26 from the Denver D. But, as we all know by now, it wasn’t enough to stop the miniature footballer. 22, 26, 19, 18, 14, 17, 15, 9, and 4. Solid game by both, but there is only one winner and it wasn’t Pigg.

In a game that all (Screamin A Smith, Bayless and George Dunham) agreed was the trap game of the week, the Commish rolled into the Broken Spoke (not much of a stadium, more of a honky tonk) to face off with the undefeated, top scoring, loudest smack talker in TISB, AintReba. DFUN came out swinging, taking an early lead. Jacobs 20, Njoku 23 and Amon 25. AintReba countered with 0 from DSmith, 2 from Koo and only 9 from JCook. Monday Night came along and the experts looked like experts… DFUN was up 45. Reba only had two players left. But their names were DHenry and Lamar. So the audience watched, silent, worried, excited. There was talk of saving the game tickets to hand down to their grandchildren. Selfies were taken, tears were shed. This was the week! The curse was going to be lifted, and by the least imaginable team in the league. DFUN began to celebrate. Too early. Lamar was everywhere all at once, running and kind of throwing the ball. The win % went from 72-68. DHenry was bottled up, struggling to get past a stacked box. Lamar tossed another TD and the % dropped again. There was hope in the stadium that night. Halftime came and DHenry had 8 points. Then it got real, like the nightmare Felix has had every night since. DHenry breaks a long run, Lamar keeps passing TDs. Then the King does it again, and Lamar does it again. And then again. Jackson ended the night with 5 TDs and 34 points, DHenry 169 yds and a touchdown for 25. Commish falls by 15, 124-139. No lead is safe in TISB. And no one is safe from the terror we call AintReba.

What Felix see’s in his FFL nightmares….

Another week of FFL, another week of winning and losing. Most of the Niners are broken, the ‘Boys are terrible and it’s still 90 freaking degrees in late October. Sooooo, it’s only upward from here, hopefully. New week, new chance of not becoming the most useless. You know we are looking at you…

Week 6 or “They don’t ask how, they ask how many”-Shoresy

In response to the question of 2 wins in a row being a streak, the great Canadien philosopher Shoresy said the above. Beautiful words, we can all agree. But the meaning was you get the dub anyway you can. Cheat, scratch, claw, or in one of our colleagues case…..stop playing terrible FFL. “ESPN breaking news alert music” LO has won again!!! Two in a row, and as we learned from Manager Lou Brown, that’s called a winning streak! Some people are used to winning, AintReba and TBIAC, but the rest of the league has struggled with putting wins together. But our litțle slugger did it! Let’s find out how in this weeks edition of This is Serious Business!

In the most apparent trap game in the history of FFL, Nizz came to town planning on helicoptering out with an easy W. And who would blame him? LO, still drunk on last weeks victory, was bound to fall back to earth and the pits of TISB, also known as FFL hell. But we allllll know what happened. Nizzle wasn’t prepared, was overconfident, and didn’t have a good game plan. LO was ready. AJBrown 23, Hurts 21, London 19 and Chase 12 to go with 28 from her special teams. Nizz countered with 28 from his K/Def. Cedee grabbed 16 and Love 25. Time Out, let’s time warp to the end of the game…. Team Governor Nathan Nizzle III Esq. stormed onto the field and fired his third coach of the season. Over a loss? Seems like an overreaction even from the Al Davis of the FFL. What happened? Oh yeah, forgot to mention the former head coach started Nick Chubb who hasn’t played since blowing his knee out last year and JTaylor who was injured and OUT prior to kickoff and Marvin Harrison concussed himself before scoring a point. Talk about overconfident!! LO wins, Nizz loses, and Jason Garret is back on the street looking for a job, and a ride home to Highland Park.

Week 6 had our Northern participant landing in Lil D and enter the hallowed halls of Courtney E Burke memorial stadium. This turf, though not frozen like Team Piggs, has seen some great football, not always from the home team. This week was no different except the Cats came to play! 140-120. Kyler sucked, Conner sucked, but Bijan, Diantae, Garret and JK didn’t. For Pigg, Mayfield was great, Dowdle some how got to double digits, Godwin exploded for 35 and Siebert kicked 15. Back and forth game, fighting and clawing for that one inch, and 14 points from the Bears D finished it for the home team! Good game, good win, tough loss. Pigg flies home before they close the airport due to blizzard conditions.

AintReba won again. Big D gave it a valiant effort, but goes down as the 6th victim of the tiny reckless driver this season. 158-141. Good news for BD is he scored the second highest points of the week. And lost.

And in the Sunday Night finale, DFUN loaded up everyone in his tiny electric car and headed south to Bernie Madoff coliseum to take on the Capt. On paper, this looked like another easy W for TBIAC. But the Commish had spent the previous days on the computer, signing up for FantasyPros, ProFantasy, FantasyforPros, and ProsdoFantasy and one fantasy site that turned out to be NOT football related (you can ask him about that). All the best nerd minds and keyboard gridironers came together and calculated the best possible team. Not sure what data was used, but it spit out a starting QB in one Dak Prescott and his $60 mil paycheck and his 3 total points. He did not get injured. He, like them ‘Boys just suck. WOW. But Deebo did what Deebo do, scores or gets hurt, this week he chose 20 points. DMonty 21, Amon 13, Boswell 17 and GB Def 12. TBIAC stat line didn’t look that good, especially for him. Evans 5, Moore 6 and Saquon 7. But breakout rookie Bowers caught 16, Kamara 17 and rookie sensation JDaniels 20. Fairbairn 12 and CLE D 14. When this intrepid reporter looked up at the scoreboard, two things stood out. The brain-trust of digital ballers started CRidley. What did they know? Some matchup scenario? Some inside knowledge gleamed from the intra-web? Ridley’s stat line- 8 targets 0 catches 1 rush 9 yards. Total…0.9 pts. Terrible call Coach! And the second choice may have been worse. Purdy and his 24 watched Dak fail over and over again. Worst call Coach. Final score 108-111. 3 point loss could have been easily won by DFUN and his geek squad. But it wasn’t.

As for salaries in the NFL and building winning teams…..

Ok, one third of the way into the season, AintReba is undefeated, followed closely by TBIAC, then everyone else is fighting to stay at or above .500 (though some say Pigg ain’t fighting very hard😂). Still plenty of time to get healthy, pick up a player or even, God forbid, make a trade. Week 6 is wrapped, 7 is coming quick. Let’s get ready to play some fake computer football!!!

Week 5 or, “it’s about the heart, not the talent”-Shoresy

Week 5 has come and gone. As usual we had some good games, and some bad. But remember that is early on in the season and anything can happen!!!! (Ex. AintReba winning, Sam Darnold undefeated, DFUN not in last) ANYTHING can happen. The ‘Boys won in the last seconds, SF lost to the Cards in the last seconds and Aaron Raaawwwdddggggeeerrsss got his coach fired (rumor). Boston RedSox coming back 0-3 to beat the Yankees is probably the biggest shocker this reporter has ever witnessed. But maybe the Vandy over Alabama? It’s tough to say. But this week we all watched in amazement, wonder and awe at the biggest game of our FFL season. A talentless team, with no direction or management, came together on one given Sunday and played her tiny little heart out. It doesn’t matter if this brave, talentless FFL governor won or lost. It only matters that she tried. It’s all about the ❤️

And if you thought we were not in wonky fantasy football times…..

Who had this on their bingo card??

Playing way up north, in the frozen tundra, Nizzle arrived at CampingWorld.com stadium via private helicopter (rumor is that is was Jerry Jones’s helicopter, they are neighbors-just sayin) and was ready to lay down the 6th worst score this week. And he did! Team Pigg did him one better. 7th worst score. 110-103. A nice coaching move by Nizzle starting Trey Sermom, 18 and the infuriating Pitts, 15. Pigg rallied with 21 from the DEN D. That’s it. But at least he had nothing on the bench. Nizzle, after a five course meal at the Chateau de Riche, flew home to his uptown condo, smoked a celebratory Cuban and fired his entire coaching staff.

TBIAC v Big Diesel. A battle for 2nd place in the playoffs. Two hated rivals who may have never met? Well, they squared up in the swanky confines of Big D, just in sight of Jerry’s helicopter landing pad. These two teams did not disappoint. Knowing they are playing for the first runner up spot in this years playoff, both coaches were ready to go! Mahomey continues to disappoint with 13, also continuing to disappoint is Breece, 6. But Hubbard surprising 17 and Aiyuks surprising 22 and SF Defs surprising 16 put the former west coaster Big Diesel, in the drivers seat. Then he drove straight into a brick wall of FFL greatness! 19 from the rookie Daniel’s, 20 from Swift, 27 by DJM and 23 from the other rookie Bowers. TBIAC showed up ready to fight and in that fight, he won 149-130. Good teams, good game, sure we will see them go at it again!

AintReba’s revenge train came hurtling down the tracks and straight onto Nashville Broadway Street, injuring many Vandy fans who were stilll celebrating their crazy win over Alabama. A little, lowly school with no football history took on the biggest bully on the block. And when the game was over, little ol’ Vandy was tearing down the goalpost and celebrating like a bunch of drunken college students, as they should! Would the lil ol’ Cats do the same? Lots of heart, and injuries versus the unstoppable songstress. Will the goalpost come down? No. 147-117. AintReba wins, again, and Cats lose again. Just another week in TISB! Maybe it’ll happen next week, but it probably won’t.

And in the game no one was waiting to see, winless LO took on the surprisingly winned DFUN. Tickets were free and still no one came to watch. Most fans figured they would wait to watch these two meet up in the Sacko Bowl. But, like Vandy and Bama, things can happen. And it definitely happened this week at DFUN stadium (no one has purchased the naming rights as of now). The Commish slowly walked out of the tunnel, followed by a weary, beat up group of FFL’ers. Dak 16, Jacobs 16, JJeff 15 and Kelce finally stopped looking up in the suites to catch a look at his lover, and actually caught some footballs, 16. And now back to our title “It’s about the heart, not the talent”. LO is absolutely not a talented team. Winless all season, no good players and an aversion to trades. But she is a fighter! She rallied her club of not really lovable losers and played their tiny little hearts out! TLaw 21, Rhamondre 19, London hhhhuuuuuuugggggeeeee 33 and 27 from the Minny D. She even left Mooneys 31 on the bench. 183-84. Almost a 100 point swing. Not sure this veteran reporter has ever seen a beating like this! It was alllll heart….. and a terrible DFUN team.

Week 5 is over. AintReba keeps rolling, LO gets off the un-winned list, the rest are just fodder fighting for the playoffs. Lots of bye weeks, injuries (Nico), bad players (DeShaun Watson amongst many) and breakout stars (Bowers). Keep putting in the work, watch the tape, hit the ice baths and get ready for week 6 in This Is Serious Business!

Week 4 or “Don’t poke the Bear”-RA

There is a reason why the saying evolved. Bears are big and mean, and smell bad. So does AintReba. But she is small and angry and dangerous like a honey badger, but 2 animals is 1 too many, so back to”Bear” If you poke them, they might just beat you by 30 points every week. AintReba has been poked. 9 years of being in the basement, loss after loss, humiliation, sadness and stories of when she won a league of idiots years ago. Through 4 games this season she looks unbeatable. Dipping her paw in the honeypot of TISB, taking her spoils and walking away. Will anyone stop this monster? Or will she continue wreaking havoc upon all of FFL? Every week is a new week here in the fantasy of football, so we can always hope. But we definitely poked the bear….

157-96. Team Pigg was heard squealing all the way back to Yankee land. Just another brutal dismemberment of an FFL team. DHenry 35, Lamar 23, Diggs 18, Kittle 18 and on and on and on. Pigg tried Bear spray, but he got it on Temu (stupid foreign crooks), and things did not go well obviously. Josh Allen floundered with 7, Coop managed 7 and the Philly D, like the Philly team, sucked. Another week of dominance and rage and bad hygiene from the league leader AintReba.( stillhard to write, but your professional FFL beat writer is getting used to it (unfortunately). Maybe next week…

After being mauled by AintReba in week 3, TBIAC continued his comeback story, crushing the poor Cats 145-90. Daniel’s outscored Murray 22-9, Evans 23 more than Rice (who was taken out by his QB Mahomie in some weird, evil TSift power move). Olave 16 to 7 over Wilson and Gibbs 19-7 on Etienne. Terrible week for the Cats, and a powerful Bear repelling week for the Capt. TBIAC is firmly in second place, plotting and planning for that damn Bear. The Cats are roster churning, trying to stay FFL relevant.

DrafKings picked this game as the underdog pick of the week. LO 0-3, and a victim of the Bear in week 2, 157-74 (74, yes, she played a full team, no injuries, nothing but 74 points). But this is a new week and a new opponent. Big D coasted into the stadium, confident, brazen and to be quite frank, real assholery (real word). The little one fought her tiny heart out though. Hurts, still dissapointing, tossed 16, which was better than Mahomie (who mangled his #1 WR in a weird, evil, TSwift power move) 13. AJones run led for 17 while Breece continues his road to FFL bust, with 3. London caught 12, Worthy, the UT speedster, 16. But the cocky, Kid Rock like Big D rostered Nico Collin’s and all 33 of his points. 22 from Hubbard(still the second hardest phrase to write (obviously and previously noted, AintReba in first). And just to humiliate LO, Diesel picked her and bowled her down a very convenient and well located, bowling alley. (Short person joke if you’r not keeping up with this drivel). Then he unleashed the Niners D (shockingly BD has a SF player😂) and 34 big ones. Game over 141-120. LO continues un-winned and Diesel was seen leaving on the late night flight to NYC to check on PDiddy.

Side note- LO, you made Dawson cry. Damnit! Dawson is a good guy, whish he’d get back with Joey though.

And in the only close, competitive game of the week, DFUN drove to upper East side of Highland Park to meet Nizzle at the Sam Bankman- Friedman Family Trust Park for a week 4 showdown! These two team Governors HATE each other and it shows on the gridiron. (Someone might have lost 30k in some section -8 housing scam, but that’s just rumor, directly from the mouth of TBIAC , but still just a rumor). Nizzle fired first with 26 from Love, 22 caught by Lamb, 20 run for by KWill and 15 from the vaunted BAL D. The Commish shot back with 23 by Nabers, 40 combined from JJeff and Amon. But Montgomery, for DET, kept stealing touches from JGibbs ( may have him in another league, just saying) and rumbled and stumbled and c-blocked JGibbs for 15. Fun game to watch, except DFUN came out on top, 133-125. It doesn’t happen often, but the Commish is at .500 at 2-2 for the first time since 2007. Maybe, but not real sure. We’ve had budget cuts here at FFL HQ sooooo no more assistants or unpaid interns (that wasn’t budget related, more inappropriate actions related). And with no one to research, let’s just say it was 2007 and move on….

With AintReba on top and the DFUN not mathematically eliminated already, this journalist thinks this season has gone full on wonky. As noted above, things aren’t right. Tom Brady in the booth, third-leg Greg doing B games (look up the nickname if you haven’t already😂), Raaaaaaawwwwdddgggggeeerrrrs sucks, DHenry is still the King, all the LAR WRs are injured (ok, that’s not really surprising), and AintReba in first (already said that, I know, it’s just so crazy). So, check this out…

Sooooo, we have finished week 4 in TBIAC and some things are trending. The Cats are struggling, but thank God Pigg is in the league. AintReba, nuff said. LO, nada Ws. BD, Nizz fighting for first-playoff loser. TBIAC looking good early on. Will this continue? NASA looked at the data and calculated that….. we were a stupid FFL league and they would not look at our data. But, we can all assume that the numbers would say AintReba is the Bear. DONT POKE THE BEAR!

Week 3… or “fight me, see what happens-Shoresy”

Week 3 is done and it was a doozie. Last second wins and losses, jubilation and sadness. Some continue to climb the FFL mountain, others have stumbled and one took a flying header off of Mt Sacko (you only get one tiny guess😂). What we do know is that every season has its challenges. Some guys fall off, some emerge, some just suck (Cowboys). But we carry on, making changes, waivers, trades (🤣). The FFL gods are fickle and if you don’t believe this humble sports journalist than look at this-

It was a great week of matchups and we are all looking forward to week 4 (maybe not everyone). But this is the week 3 recap for TISB, so let’s see who was ready for a fight and see what happened!!!

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AintReba, undefeated (still the hardest words ever written) took on TBIAC, also undefeated. Ali vs Frazier, McEnroe vs Connor, Brady vs Manning, Caitlyn vs Angel…it was NOT. 167-114. AintReba is running wild! Highest point total and un-lossed. Lamar 25, DHenry 30, Kmet 25, Metcalf 20 and on and on and on. The Capt tried to hang in with the diminutive FFL heavyweight but Evans 7, Hill 5 (suffering from no “Hawk” Tua) and McBrides 5 made the judges tally as one sided as the score. Can this continue? Will AintReba go undefeated and set the single season scoring record (unofficial records say the Cats scored 49,322 points in 2019), or return to her natural level at the bottom of the league? We shall see…

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Big D took on the fighting Nizzles at the UPS Bowl in downtown Lewisville (otherwise known as the Brown Bowl). Two formidable (?) opponents fighting for the right to lose in the first round of the playoffs! This should be mildly interesting to watch! It wasn’t. 132-103. ARich looks like a bust, Andrew’s may be cooked (like Kelce) and Pittman has to try to catch flying ducks from ARich. The unbreakable Tucker looks broke and the BAL D looks like the ‘Boys. Diesel’s team protected Brown Town with 27 from Goedert (who according to this writers wife, looks like the Geico Caveman). Mahomie only tossed for 16 but Breece and Hubbard (??) totaled 45. Another beat-down for the high rolling Highland Park squad!
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And now to the interesting games of the week! In our first Faaaammmmiiilllyyy Feeeeeuuuudddd of the season, DFUN traveled all the way north to the frozen tundra of Pigg stadium. These two reallllly hate each other and it showed on Sunday and even more on MNF! Dak tossed 29 in another embarrassing loss, Montgomery 21, JJeff 20, Amon 20 and rookie sensation Nabers 28 , put DFUN in the lead. Pigg fired back with 20 from Moss, Harris stumbled and rumbled for 13, Cooper snagged 27 and 26 combined from Butker and PHI. Monday morning DFUN 145 Pigg 122. Then Josh Allen took the field on MNF and ran wild, scoring 30.92. 152-145 final. Heartbreaking loss for DFUN and redemption for Pigg! Both are now in family counseling (doesn’t look good). Side note- how in the world did DFUN get JJeff, Amon and Nabers? And still lose?? Amazing…

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And in this weeks finale, the winless Laces Out hosted the Cats at her tiny lil stadium. The Cats were looking to bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Nizzle last week and LO was fighting for her first win of this season. Both QBs were disappointing, Conner and Steven’s both failed their coaches. then Bijan ran for 13 for the Cats, but AJones rumbled for 25. Cats answered with 29 from Rice and 14 from Wilson. LO finished Sunday with London grabbing 18. So on to Monday night. Score 106-99 with Kincaid and Etienne for the league’s favorite team, the Cats, and 97 for lowly low LO and Jamar Chase. Game over. Not even close. Etienne gets 12 and Kincaid 13 totaling 131. Chase starts catching every single pass, running and jumping and frolicking (maybe not frolicking) around the field. Bengals are down, time running out and they get one more chance and LO is ALIVE! 8 plays, 3 in the end zone….none to Chase. Cats win by 3.5. Hallelujah! (At least for the sweet sweet kittens of the ceiling) LO loses a tough one and remains un-winned , Cats go above .500 for the first time this year.

So week 3 is in the books! Some great, last second, heartbreaking, jouful moments were had. More to come for sure. AintReba is on top at 3-0, TBIAC, CCats and BD at 2-1, DFUN, Nizz, Pigg are 1-2. Plenty of time to fight and claw for that “one inch”, that last push, that playoff run. Lots of FFL to be played. Injuries and busts and old age (Andrew’s) and TSwift (Kelce) and concussions and…… Welcome to This Is Serious Business!!!

Roll credits….

More credits…

LO is 0-3

The end.

Till next week…

Week 2 or… “Are you hurt or are you injured?”-Shoresy

Wow what a week. Wins and losses and losses and losses, and surprises! Kupp, CMC, Deebo, Tua, Puka etc all out or D or IR. Did you draft for this massive loss of talent? Are you savvy enough to pick up the next Gamechanger? Did you know anyone got injured? It’s a fair question😂. Did you know Henry, Gesicki and Ching Okonkwo were top 10 TEs? How about Dobbins, Mason and Stevenson as top 4 RBs. WR is a little easier- Collin’s, Godwin, JWilliams and Nabers are your leaders. Not exactly how the draft went but that is how FFL go! Lots of curveballs this week but the strong will survive (AintReba), and the weak will play for the ultimate trophy in all of make believe sports…”The Sacko!!!!! (Early prediction is Nizzle fighting for back-to-back last place finishes vs ). Sorry, the polls say it’s just Nizzle. No one else in the early results. Ok let’s get to the Week 2 recap in THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS (crowd roars)!!!!


Week 2 saw DFUN bounce back from the horrific loss in game one (to the Cats) by crushing the 49er loving Big Diesel 146-121. Achane and Breece canceled out each other, neither Dak or Mahomey were any good, Adams and JJeff were equal but Aiyuk (guess who drafted a 49er) was outscored by Amon 22-8. BD will fall to 1-1 while DFUN wins his last game of the season.


Upset of the week, Cats drive to Highland Park to play in Jerry Jones private backyard football stadium. It only seats 29,000 fans so we apologize to anyone not able to get tickets. Vegas spread was Cats-19, and Kyler came out swinging with 28 followed by Conor at 19, Rashee 18 and Bijon 16. But Kupp only had 7, an injury and an unknown future. Awesome. Nizzle saw the opening and skittered through, getting past terrible QB play and watching Harrison Jr blow it up! CeDe 19 and a 13 point swing at K/DEF was enough to send the Cats slinking back to the Suburban dumpster fire in which they dwell.

In our first Cat Fight of the year, these two strong, proud brave females assigned at birth went at it! It didn’t take long. 157-96. Everyone AintReba played went off like Karen on the Kohls manager over a mislabeled scarf. Cook 28, Metcalf 28, Kittle 20 and the Boys DEF 0 (🤣). Poor Laces Out swung her tiny fists of fury, but to no FFL avail. Chase continues to disappoint with 7, AJones 9 and Waddle 8 ( most likely since Tua got concussed). AintReba takes home the single red rose and the #1 spot overall (after only 2 games).

And in the nightcap… TBIAC played (wrong word) destroyed Pigg 157-74. Just a brutal day for our Yankee friend. Josh Allen only 9, Coleman 0, Coop 4, you see where this is going. On TBIAC, Saquon 17, Gibbs 17, McBride 18 and the resurgent Kamara 44 big ones! And just to rub dirt in this Hatfield & McCoy type feud, Fairbairn kicks for 20 and 12 from the CLE D. Bad day for Pigg, dominate W for the undefeated TBIAC.

Week 2 is in the books! 2 teams are unbeaten, 4 are halfsies and 2 are un-winned. It’s a long season with more injuries and breakouts and disappointments (Cowboys) to come. Strap in and get ready for the ride!!