Welcome to week 8. The battle for the playoff spots heated up to a fever pitch this week. GridIrony, the defending Superbowl Champion, found their team facing Necessary Roughness. A team they defeated in the 2006, Superbowl. Roughness then was named Da Ditkas. Since then the team has moved to Cherryville and been given a new name. New name, new season but same rivalry.
Also Hungry Herpes decided to go all or nothing in a hell for leather attempt to gain a playoff spot. The struggling Wolfens once 1st place in the league looking to snap their sudden losing streak. And Skoal Bandits not to be ignored made their own playoff bid. (Total Fantasy points can depend on what team ends up in the playoffs.) Below is the Total Fantasy points of each team as of Week 8:
1: GridIrony: 930.59
2: Fighting Marmots: 885.30
3: Necessary Roughness: 995.86
4: Argonauts: 794.71
5: Wolfens: 853.18
6: Dead Rabbits: 818.52
7: Skoal Bandits: 745.64
8: The Butchers: 697.79
9: Hungry Herpes: 708.57
10: Regul8rs: 705.11
The scores of the week would change the landscape of the playoff picture and shift everything into uncertainty. The results:
Necessary Roughness
87.77
Versus
GridIrony
138.70
1: GridIrony: 930.59
2: Fighting Marmots: 885.30
3: Necessary Roughness: 995.86
4: Argonauts: 794.71
5: Wolfens: 853.18
6: Dead Rabbits: 818.52
7: Skoal Bandits: 745.64
8: The Butchers: 697.79
9: Hungry Herpes: 708.57
10: Regul8rs: 705.11
The scores of the week would change the landscape of the playoff picture and shift everything into uncertainty. The results:
Necessary Roughness
87.77
Versus
GridIrony
138.70
Hungry Herpes
81.65
Versus
The Dead Rabbits
81.20
Wolfens
76.68
Versus
The Butchers
84.82
Argonauts
109.54
Versus
Skoal Bandits
107.16
The upsets of the week were: Argonauts versus Skoal Bandits. Argonauts came from behind on Monday night to gain a win. The Butchers snatched a win from the jaws of Wolfens. Hungry Herpes managed a huge upset against Dead Rabbits and won by .45 on Monday night with Champ Bailey. And the favored to win Necessary Roughness fell to GridIrony.
The best players of the week:
QB: Tom Brady: 32.82 Team Necessary Roughness (Brady has 30 TD's)
WR: Colston: 25.25 Team Wolfens
RB: Addai: 24.95 Team Fighting Marmots
TE: Gates: 18.85 Team Wolfens
K: David Akers: 11.00 Team Necessary Roughness
DB: Cromartie: 32.00 Team Dead Rabbits
DL: Mike Vrabel: 42.10 GridIrony (3 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 1 TD.)
The match-ups for this week could end playoff chances for some teams or put others in jeopardy of missing the playoffs. Here are the Match-ups for week 9:
*Every team is mathematically alive for a playoff spot week 9.
Argonauts
Versus
GridIrony
Wolfens
Versus
Skoal Bandits
Around the League:
Kevin Jones has returned for Detroit Lions and has given them a reason to hope they can win 10 games this year and at least dream of a playoff run. Greenbay stands in their way. Greenbay is 6 and 1 and playing like a team that is hungry for January football.
Drew Brees is back to form, or close, to what people expect from him. Saints have a long way to go and the road will not be paved in gold.
New York Giants played in London against Miami. The game was a snoozer fantasy wise and for the most part NFL wise as well. Giants got the win: 13 to 10 and ended a muddy day across the pond.
Only Rams and Dolphins have not recorded a win this season.
The Patriots are 8- 0. The Colts are 7- 0. This is not the first time that two teams, undefeated, have met this late in the season. But you have to go back to 1921 to find a time in NFL history that 2 teams faced one another, undefeated, this late in the season. Sunday November 4, 2007, a clash of NFL heroes will happen. At the end of the day one shall stand and one shall fall...
End Week 8
The Patriots are 8- 0. The Colts are 7- 0. This is not the first time that two teams, undefeated, have met this late in the season. But you have to go back to 1921 to find a time in NFL history that 2 teams faced one another, undefeated, this late in the season. Sunday November 4, 2007, a clash of NFL heroes will happen. At the end of the day one shall stand and one shall fall...
End Week 8
2 comments:
Matt, out of curiosoity, who are your picks for the playoffs?
I know I am answering this late:
Honestly-- Argonauts, GridIrony, Fighting Marmots, Wolfens, Dead Rabbits and Necessary Roughness.
I figured Russ could win against Lee that week, perhaps, if his team did really well. Did not happen.
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