The playoff push is officially on with 3 weeks (and 4 matches) left in the regular season. The final 2 spots appear to be all that is up for grabs, with 4 teams all within 2 points, and a pair currently going to the 2nd tiebreak to determine the final spot. The top 4 seem pretty set in some form with the Chalupas, Bandits, Stache and Rexes all looking pretty safe at this point, and likely ending up as the first 4 seeds. The Boners, Bananas, Idiots, and Snappers are all trying to punch their ticket to the big dance.
This week also is the EBFL trade deadline. It’s your last opportunity to deal players and picks until the new league year. There has been plenty of action the past week or so, with 16 deals over the past 7 days.
Matchups
8-2 Loose Bandits (286.95) – 5-5 Greg Schiano is an Idiot (191.80)
The Bandits put up a record breaking performance to knock off the Idiots, which drops the Idiots out of a playoff position for the time being. There was more bad news out of the Idiot camp as Alshon Jeffery is now out for the next 4 weeks, a crucial period to the squad. The Bandits only had 3 players score in single digits, and each of those were within 2.6 points of the threshold. If they can stay healthy, they’re back to being the team to beat, even if they don’t end up winning the division. The Idiots got a monster game from Zeke Elliott who is pretty much locked into the ROTY award barring an injury. Without that performance, they’re likely trying to scrape out a scoring VP and are even further behind in scoring, which could come into play in such a tight playoff race.
5-5 San Juan Bananas (195.27) – 5-5 Fear Boners (190.93)
The Bananas narrowly defeated the Boners to move back into the 6th and final playoff position. Outside of Big Ben and Doug Baldwin, the offense was very uninspiring, but the defense was pretty solid across the board with over half of the players hitting double digits. The Bananas stay in the 6 spot may be short-lived as they face the rejuvenated Bandits in Week 11, while the Boners and Idiots square off, and the Snappers get the Dancers. A week from now, they could be looking at the 8 spot. There was a lot for the Boners to like this week, but also there was a lot for them to dislike, as Michael Thomas coughed up a pair of costly fumbles and it looked like Larry Fitzgerald may have done some MCL damage. This loss could be costly for the Boners, in their quest for their first EBFL playoff appearance. They’ll need to be better this week against the Idiots, who are only one point back of them in the overall standings, with the teams being very tight on total points scored as well.
6-4 Rex in the City (221.09) – 3-7 Deadly Nagintas (156.74)
The Rexes continue to get great performances from their running backs, and cruised to another win, this time against the Nagintas, in a rematch of Igloo Bowl I. They appear to be over their infatuation with shitty Jets players, which is resulting in them being close to locking up a division title. The Nagintas started the sell-off in Week 10, moving their QB, TE, and a few defensive players, and couldn’t hang with the Rexes as a result. They ended up taking a pair of zeros and only had 5 double digit scores, 3 of which were on defense. They’re clearly already counting down until the 2017 EBFL Rookie Draft where they should end up with 4 picks in each half of the 1st round.
6-4 Tom Selleck’s Moustache (194.20) – 4-6 Endzone Dancers (151.59)
The Stache gave the Dancers a ride, and remain comfortably atop the Yobagoya division. The defense was solid for the Stache, and despite a solid week, there were plenty of opportunities to be better as they had 3 players score fewer than 2 points. They should be battling with the Rexes down to the wire for the #2 seed and a playoff bye. The Dancers joined the rest of the Taco Corp (other than the Rexes) in the 0 VP club again this week, and look to be destined for the Frittata Bowl as they have fallen 7 points out of the final playoff spot, and 6 points out of the 8th seed. The squad is not a pretty picture, as the guys that are doing the scoring now are likely headed back to the bench in the off-season as teams get healthy.
5-5 Long Snappers (202.87) – 1-9 What Does John Fox Say (126.49)
The Snappers came up with another big win this week, although pretty much everyone does when they face WDJFS. Four players scoring 2.5 points or less didn’t slow down the Snappers, as there were some big scores on both sides of the ball. A rare Funchess double-digit game and Allen Robinson finally showing up were key in the victory. The Snappers will need a lot more of that to sneak into the playoffs with a late surge. Again, Tyreek Hill was the highlight of the WDJFS performance, and again it was ugly.
9-1 Chalupa Batman (168.39) – 3-7 Knuckle Ballers (165.63)
The Chalupas put up a relatively ‘meh’ week, and were fortunate to be facing a Frittata-bound Ballers squad, and still came away with the win. The running game was next to non-existant and Jake Ryan getting hurt on the opening kick didn’t help matters much. The squad will have to be much better down the stretch to hang on to the 1 seed with games against the Rexes and Bandits lurking. If the Ballers had any designs on reaching the playoffs, those thoughts probably have been put to bed after this tight loss. Even getting out of the Frittata Bowl may be a stretch at this point. Tom Brady’s worst game of the year came at a bad time for the squad. It has to be a serious gut-punch when Brock Osweiler would have won you the game. They may get a chance to help decide who gets the 2 seed if they can upset either the Rexes or the Stache.
Week 10 Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Ezekial Elliott (Greg Schiano is an Idiot) – Zeke was 10 points better than the next best player this week. He went over 200 yards from scrimmage and found the endzone 3 times.
Defensive Player of the Week
Korey Toomer (Long Snappers) – Toomer put up another solid week, this time with 10 solos, 3 for a loss, an assist and a pass defended.
Rookie of the Week
Ezekial Elliott (Greg Schiano is an Idiot) – I’m pretty sure we can just name Zeke the ROTY right now. If it’s not unanimous, someone may end up losing voting privileges.
Goat of the Week
Michael Thomas (Fear Boners) – Thomas’ fumbles this weekend cost both the Boners and the Saints.
Pickup of the Week
Byron Jones (Deadly Nagintas) – The Cowboys 2nd year player appears to be taking advantage of Barry Church being out, and was all over the field this week.
Bench Player of the Week
Eric Berry (San Juan Bananas) – The Bananas left the top defensive player of the week on their bench.
Bonehead Coaching Move of the Week
Rob Conrod (Knuckle Ballers) – Pernell McPhee over Chandler Jones? That’s an interesting call. Homerism strikes out again.
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