Only one team was able to cross the triple digit threshold this week. Heck, only one team scored over 87 points this week! With a dominating score of 118, and taking home a second Weekly High Score Prize this season, Week 12 goes to American BadAss! After the 118 points, the next closest score was two teams with 87 (Attack of Mahomes and Young Guns). The 31-point gap between the top two scores is the largest (by far) we have seen all season. ABA was led by Joe Mixon with 31 points and Dak Prescott with 28, but also had solid games from the Cincinnati defense (19 pts) and Stefon Diggs and Justin Tucker both adding 13. American BadAss is now the second team to win multiple High Score prizes, having last won back in Week 6. (Oddly enough, the 2nd largest gap between the top two scores was back in Week 6, when Jason won his first prize.) Nice work bro!
Five playoff teams are now known, with 3 teams still vying for the 6th and final playoff spot. Playoff seedings are still TBD, especially in the South division. American BadAss has been tops in the South since Week 7, but still needs a win in Week 13 to secure the top seed. (Or a loss paired with losses by sprouts and Young Guns will also secure the top spot.) But if American BadAss loses and just sprouts wins, thus making both finish at 8-5, sprouts takes the tie-breaker due to the head-to-head record (both would have the same divisional record, 3-3, but sprouts’ won both head-to-head matchups). If American BadAss loses and just Young Guns wins to make both finish at 8-5, Young Guns takes the tie-breaker with the better divisional record (4-2 vs. 3-3). If American BadAss loses and both sprouts and Young Guns win, thus causing 3 teams to be tied at 8-5, Young Guns would take the top spot with the better divisional record (4-2 vs. 3-3 vs. 3-3), sprouts would finish second (based on the aforementioned head-to-head record) and American BadAss would finish 3rd and take the first wildcard spot.
In the North Division, the Scottish Rebels have the top spot secured. Joe’s Pats can tie for best record (8-5), but the Rebels' division record is better (6-0 vs. 4-2). The intrigue really centers around the game between Joe’s Pats and the Coors Light Drunk Guys. If the Drunk Guys win, they will secure a wild card finish and tie Joe’s Pats for 2nd best record. (Joe’s Pats will take the 2nd seed due to a better divisional record). If Joe’s Pats wins the game, and Attack of Mahomes and Vandelay Industries all win, three teams could end up tied at 6-7 for the final wild card spot. In that scenario, all three of those teams (Coors Light Drunk Guys, Attack of Mahomes, and Vandelay Industries) all have wins and losses over one another in head-to-head so it would likely come down to total points scored. Through Week 12 those three teams are within 33 points of each other (Attack of Mahomes=1,060, Coors Light Drunk Guys=1,058, Vandelay Industries=1,027), so that could be tight!
Remember the tie-breakers for divisional standings are (in order): Overall Record, Divisional Record, Head-to-Head record, Points Scored, Coin Flip. For wildcard it is: Overall Record, Head-to-Head Record, Points Scored, Coin Flip. These are different than the tie-breakers Yahoo! uses, so I'll send out an update on Monday night confirming who makes it in and in what seeds.
BEST BENCH
Well it would appear the Best Bench is back to normal this week as there were quite a few points to be had. Six teams had a bench improvement which would have won or tied either of the last two weeks. Joe’s Pats had a solid total with a 27-point-improvement possibility, and sprouts did even better with a 36-point-improvement possibility. But none were better than the back-to-back week champion, Big Sack No TD’s, with a 49-point-improvement possibility! Jens took home the crown last week, with a single player swap, but this week needed 3 players to get there: Miami for Carolina +22, C. Patterson for M. Pittman Jr. +19 and K. Cousins for R. Tannehill +8. What. Do. You. Know?!
Get those waivers in and get ready for Week 13!!!
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