And the dynamite goes boom!
In a blistering display, BoomGoesTheDynamite exploded for 148 points,
which ties the highest score in Sacred Sundays history. SOFA KING GOOD set the mark back in Week 3
of 2011. Jens accomplished his point
total by getting 25 points from Brandon Marshall, 19 from Ray Rice, 17 from
Aaron Hernandez, and 45(!!) from the Seattle defense. Not one of Jensy's offensive players scored less than 12
points...the only weakness was his kicker who only posted 2 points. Well done, Jens! That is one for the record books!
In the playoff match-ups, we had two close games, with
sprouts just edging the Midnight Maulers 68-66 and the Coors Light Drunk Guys
knocking off Joe's Pats 88-75. Two
teams are left from each division, and amazingly, we will have a third round of
the "What Do You Know?! Bowl" to determine a spot in the Championship
game! Now that is just fun! The Coors Light Drunk Guys won the first
meeting 76-64 and BoomGoesTheDynamite dominated the rematch 120-59, so it should be
interesting to see who prevails this time.
In the other semi-final game, it will also be the third meeting between
sprouts and American BadAss. Sprouts
won both of the regular season meetings so we'll see if Russ can make it a
clean sweep.
This week, we'll look back a the Yahoo! Pre-Season
Predictions for our league, and see which player had the worst fantasy
performance of all time! But first,
some observations...
THAT IS HOW YOU DO THAT!
- Seattle,
DEF – BoomGoesTheDynamite – 45 pts – It is rare to see a defense lead all
players in scoring. Especially when
that defense is not named the Chicago Bears.
But what the Seahawks did to the Cardinals on Sunday was nothing less
than a shellacking. Get this – 8 total
turnovers (4 picks and 4 fumbles), 3 sacks, 2 defensive touchdowns, and zero
points allowed. According to my
records, this is the highest point total for a defense in a single week
ever. (The previous record was held by Philadelphia
who scored 43 in Week 1 of 2009).
Amazing.
- Cam
Newton, QB – Scottish Rebels – 36 pts – Newton combined for over 400 yards (287
passing, 116 rushing), and had three touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing). These are the days that make a player a
keeper!
- Nick
Foles, QB – Free Agent – 34 pts – Foles threw for 381 yards and 2 touchdowns,
and added 27 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Who needs Michael Vick?
- David
Wilson, RB – Free Agent – 32 pts – Wilson had the Saints number on Sunday… he
had 100 yards rushing with 2 TD’s, but really gouged the Saints on returns
where he had 227 yards and another touchdown.
He’s fast.
- Adrian
Peterson, RB – Scottish Rebels – 31 pts – AP made the Chicago Bears defense
look like UNM's. He absolutely
dominated them for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Over the last 5 weeks, AP has scored over 30 points 3 times, and has
averaged 27 points per game.
- Marshawn
Lynch, RB – SOFA KING GOOD – 30 pts – In case you are wondering, no, the NFL
does not have a mercy rule. The Seahawks
lambasted the Cardinals, with Lynch doing much of the damage… 128 yards and 3
touchdowns. And I don’t think he even
played much in the second half…
COME ON, MAN
- Dallas
Clark, TE – Joe’s Pats – 1 pt – One point?
One goddamn point?
- Bryce
Brown, RB – Joe’s Pats – 0 pts – I don’t understand how a guy goes from scoring
29 and 30 points in the prior two weeks to zero points this week. He didn’t get injured, and still seemed to
have plenty of playing time; he just went on the field and spread his cheeks to
everyone in attendance. He finished
with 6 yards on 12 carries (yuck) and 6 receiving yards on four catches (double yuck).
- Brandon
Myers, TE – sprouts – 0 pts – Over Myers' last six games his point totals have
been: 4, 17, 5, 11, 3, 19 and 0. Down, up, down, up, down, up, down. So if this trend holds, he should have a big
game next week.
-
---empty---, K – SOFA KING GOOD – 0 pts – James has apparently forgotten
that all teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score Prize, so he’s
battling without a kicker. Really James, you want to hold onto a backup defense or Cecil Shorts over an active roster spot? :-)
- Larry
Fitzgerald, WR – Frito Pie – 0 pts – Does anyone remember how the Cardinals
started 4-0 which included a win at Foxboro over the Patriots? Yeah, that seems like it was eons ago.
- Beanie
Wells, RB – Frito Pie – 1 pt – See note above.
PRE-SEASON PROJECTIONS
Before the start of the season, here was how Yahoo! had
projected the final regular season standings for our league:
North
1. SOFA KING GOOD - 11-2
2. American BadAss - 10-3
3. sprouts - 8-4
6. Joe's Pats - 6-6
7. Scottish Rebels - 5-8
South
4. Gotham's
Reckoning - 7-5-1
5. CL Drunk Guys - 7-5-1
8. Frito Pie - 4-9
9. Midnight Maulers - 4-9
10.
BoomGoesTheDynamite - 1-12
So out of the six teams that qualified for the playoffs,
Yahoo! correctly projected four. They correctly pegged my Rebels to finish dead last in the North Division. But
they had BoomGoesTheDynamite as the worst team in the South, who actually
finished as the best team.
And speaking of projections, after 6 weeks I had projected
the playoff entrants to be: Joe’s Pats, American BadAss, sprouts, SOFA KING
GOOD, Frito Pie and Gotham’s Reckoning.
So I only got three right… I think I need to tweak my projection tool
just a little bit…
WORST PERFORMANCE EVER
Arizona quarterback John Skelton finished with 74 yards
passing, 2 yards rushing, 4 interceptions and 1 fumble lost in the game Sunday
against Seattle. All this added up to a
final score of -8 points. That actually takes a lot of work to do that bad.
FANTASY vs. REALITY
The New England Patriots continue to dominate fantasy
scoring, having scored 1,328 points as a team through Week 14. Next closest is Denver, who has scored
1,187. In contrast, the lowest scoring
team is the Kansas City Chiefs, who have only scored 707 points as a team this
season. After Week 16, I will post a
complete listing of each team's fantasy scoring.
One final note about the NFL team fantasy scoring…The lowest
point total by a team was in Week 8, when the New York Jets only posted 14
points as a team. Or at least that was
until this past week's shellacking of the Arizona Cardinals. As a team, the Cardinals posted 8
points. Wow. I mean, wow.
BEST BENCH
It is rough to leave a lot of points on the bench when you’re
playing in a playoff game, which is exactly what happened to this week’s winner
of the Best Bench. With a 33-point
improvement, the Best Bench for Week 14 goes to… Joe’s Pats!! With only three roster moves Joe could have
ended with 108 points and easily moved on to the semi-finals: K. Moreno for B. Brown +21, R. Cobb for M.
Colston +7, Patriots for Steelers +5.
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