Attack of Mahomes back on top in Week 10!

The bar has been raised to new heights!  Attack of Mahomes went where no team has ever gone before with an unbelievable 160 point performance!  This beat the previous record of 158 points set by American BadAss last year in Week 10.  AoM’s line-up was something to behold… all players scored in double digits with four scoring in the twenties (Amari Cooper-20, Dalvin Cook-23, Aaron Jones-27), and the man himself, Patrick Mahomes getting back to his old ways and scoring 32 points!  Boo-freakin'-yah!  In the process, Timmy also set another record for the largest margin of victory with a 99-point drubbing of Big Sack.  (The previous record was a 96-point margin of victory, also set by Tim back in Week 6, 2013 when Channel 4 News Team defeated BoomGoesTheDynamite 140-44.  Something about Jens brings out the best in Tim’s teams.)  This is Attack of Mahomes 2nd Weekly High Score prize this season, and the victory puts their record at 9-1 and in firm control of the top spot in the league.  Well done Timmy!

For the rest of the league, standings really did not get any clearer this week as now only three other teams have winning records (American BadAss (7-3), Vandelay Industries (6-4) and Golf and Fishing (6-4)) and four teams sit at 5-5 or 4-6 (sprouts, Longshanks, Big Sack and Coors Light Drunk Guys).  That’s eight teams who are all still legitimately battling for a playoff spot.  Young Guns at 3-7 is probably still alive as well, as we have had teams qualify in year’s past with a 6-7 record.  More on the playoffs below along with a check in on this season’s ‘All Unwanteds’ and we have another first timer Best Bench to award.  Let’s go!

BIG TIME
-Derrick Henry, RB – Vandelay Industries – 33 pts – Following a 21-point performance last week, Henry went even bigger this week with 188 yards and 2 TD’s versus the Chiefs.  This moves him into being the 4th ranked runningback in fantasy this season.
-Lamar Jackson, QB – Vandelay Industries – 32 pts – Do you realize Lamar Jackson is currently the 11th ranked rusher in the NFL (with 702 yards) and is on pace to have over 1,200 yards for the season?! 
-Patrick Mahomes, QB – Attack of Mahomes – 32 pts – Back to his old tricks and putting up 446 yards and 3 TD’s. 
-Christian Kirk, WR – Golf and Fishing – 31 pts – In a single game, Kirk nearly doubled his point production for the season thus far.  Coming into Week 10, he had only 16 points and no TD’s, but he went off for 138 yards and 3 TD’s against the Bucs.
-Baltimore, DEF – Young Guns – 30 pts – Utter domination of the hapless Bengals… 2 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 defensive TD’s.

COME ON MAN
-Frank Gore, RB – American BadAss – 1 pt – Gore has not scored more than 6 points since Week 4 and is averaging just 1.6 ppg over the last three weeks.  Weak sauce.
-Vance McDonald, TE – Vandelay Industries – 1 pt – Not much for Mr. McDonald as he had just 3 catches for 11 yards.
-Cooper Kupp, WR – sprouts – 0 pts – Kupp had zero catches on just four targets.
-David Johnson, RB – Big Sack – -2 pts – Here’s a stat line to be forgotten:  5 rushes, 2 yards and a lost fumble.  Deleted.

ALL UNWANTEDS
Here is the best line-up I put together using only undrafted players:

Pos	Player	Team	Season Pts
QB	Matthew Stafford	Det	169
RB	Ronald Jones II	TB	76
RB	Jamaal Williams	GB	75
WR	DJ Chark Jr.	Jax	106
WR	DK Metcalf	Sea	83
TE	Darren Waller	Oak	74
K	Zane Gonzalez	Ari	97
DEF	San Francisco	SF	150
	Total		830

The fact that these players are the best of undrafted 10 weeks in, shows we did a pretty good job on drafting all of the productive players.  Matt Stafford is the 8th ranked quarterback, and DJ Chark is the 8th ranked wide receiver, but the runningbacks are ranked 25th and 27th.  The two brightest spots are the kicker and defense, as Zane Gonzalez and San Fran both currently rank 2nd in their respective positions.   

PLAYOFFS?  DON’T TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS!
Only three more regular season games, then it is playoff time!  Here is a quick refresher on playoff qualification:
-Top two teams in each division automatically qualify.  The top team in each division receives a first round bye.
-Next two highest ranked teams receive Wildcards.
-Wildcards are not division specific. Both can come from the same division.
-Teams that do not qualify for the playoffs are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score prize, but do not compete in head-to-head games
-Final standing at end of regular season determines the teams that finish in 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th place.
Divisional standing ranking
1 Overall record
2 Division record
3 Head-to-head record
4 Points scored
5 Coin flip

Wildcard standing ranking/tiebreakers
1 Overall record
2 Head-to-head record
3 Points scored
4 Coin flip
Next week I’ll have playoff scenarios worked out for each team, so you will know where you stand.

BEST BENCH
Under normal circumstances, the weekly Best Bench winner either would have won their game, or would have at least come pretty close had they had in their optimal line-up.  Under abnormal circumstances, the Best Bench winner would have still lost by 50 points.  This week fell into the latter category, as for the first time this season the Best Bench goes to… Big Sack!  Jens could have improved his score by 49 points with an unprecedented 6-player roster swap: R. Jones II for D. Johnson +15, J. Winston for A. Rodgers +12, J. Landry for T. Lockett +12, T. Cohen for T. Johnson +8, G. Everett for J. Graham +1 and A. Robinson II for C. Godwin +1.  With 49 more points, Big Sack would have still lost 110-160.  What do you know? ;-)

Playoffs just around the corner!  Get your waivers in and get ready for Week 11!