Shit got real in Week 11. A number of key contributors went down post trade deadline, with the league leading Chalupas taking the biggest hit with the recently acquired AJ Green going down on the 2nd play of the game, and Thomas Rawls being gifted the 3 down role, due to the CJ Prosise injury, after they dealt him for peanuts. Despite that giant kick in the balls, the Chalupas still came out ahead on the week, as they are officially locked into the playoffs and have the ability to lock up the #1 seed this coming week. Speaking of locking shit up, the Rexes are now officially the 2016 Taco Corp division champs, and the Stache have a chance to lock up their division in Week 12 as well. To do so, they just need to pick up 1 VP on the Bananas.
Don’t forget there are 3 Thursday games this week for American Thanksgiving, so be sure to check in and manage your line ups accordingly.
Matchups
6-5 San Juan Bananas (190.28) – 8-3 Loose Bandits (187.80)
The Bananas pulled off the upset win over the Bandits, and can now breathe a little bit more comfortably in the final playoff position. They currently have a 4 point lead on the team in 7th overall, with whom they square off in Week 12, giving Bobber the opportunity to eliminate his division rival from playoff contention. The Bananas somehow won with a single digit QB performance, a zero, and a secondary that combined for 10 points. The Bandits came up almost 100 points short of their record-breaking Week 10 score in the loss. LeVeon Bell was still a beast, and Ogletree was solid. Starting 3 DL isn’t usually a recipe for success, and it sure wasn’t for Mo here. While all 3 had reasonable games for DL, the ceiling just isn’t there. The Bandits are almost assured of the 4 seed, and can lock that up in their head to head this week.
6-5 Fear Boners (203.01) – 5-6 Greg Schiano is an Idiot (163.09)
The Boners dealt a massive blow to the Idiots playoff hopes with their Week 11 victory. With the win, the Boners hold on to the #5 spot and could clinch a playoff berth in Week 12. David Johnson continues his campaign to be be the Offensive Player of the Year with another 30 plus point game, while the LB all had solid games to push the Boners over 200 and an easy victory. A rare ‘ordinary’ game for Ezekial Elliott didn’t help the Idiots cause, as the rest of the roster were pretty lacklustre in the loss. At what point do the Idiots give up on Lavonte David? Not that they really had any better options.
4-7 Deadly Nagintas (173.08) – 3-8 Knuckle Ballers (152.29)
It wasn’t pretty, but the Nagintas kept their perfect record against the Ballers intact this week. Newcomer Martellus Bennett had a prime match up and did nothing with it, but the rest of the squad was good enough, led by Dez Bryant’s return to relevance. Unfortunately for the Nagintas, both of their starting RB look to be out the remainder of the season, so a late season playoff push doesn’t appear to be in the cards. Their final 3 games are against playoff teams. Butter them up…they’re toast. Up until the 2nd half of the 4th quarter of the Monday night game, Tom Brady was the only offensive player in double digits for the Ballers. Oh, and Kuechly is probably done for the season. Looks like Scott may have some competition for the license plates.
7-4 Tom Selleck’s Moustache (164.65) – 1-10 What Does John Fox Say (154.75)
The Stache stunk it up this week, but fortunately for them, they lined it up against the EBFL pseudo Bye Week. The LB and Zach Ertz were about the only solid performances in the win, and now they’re likely without Andrew Luck for a week or two, but they should probably be rolling with Mariota by now anyway, so this may force their hand into being a better team. Just an FYI, WDJFS still sucks, but now they have Fat Rob, who was the OPOTW with a huge day against the Pack (hey Lakes!). The Thomas Rawls acquisition is looking pretty good now, and may be the only thing that could potentially keep them from being the Frittata (well officially anyway).
5-6 Endzone Dancers (163.91) – 5-6 Long Snappers (151.79)
The Dancers kept their almost non-existent playoff hopes alive with the win over the Snappers this week. The loss puts the Snappers 5 points back, and they have 2 teams to jump, and are at a significant point deficit to the 3 teams they’re chasing. The Dancers were very hit and miss this week, with a pair of WR going for close to 20 each, and a pair of WR around 1 point each. Fortunately for them, the Snappers were in pretty much the same hit and miss boat, but with slightly more miss. It’s generally not a good sign when the Snappers RB are leading the way, considering what they have been rolling out at the position all season. This game could be big in deciding the eventual Frittata Bowl line up.
10-1 Chalupa Batman (195.51) – 6-5 Rex in the City (192.29)
The Chalupas keep rolling along, this time knocking off the Taco Corp leading (like that’s an accomplishment) Rexes. The Chalupas picked up the win despite losing their top WR very early in the day. They ended up getting just enough from McKinney and Joseph to make up for all of Crabtree’s drops to pull it out. The Rexes big deadline acquisition, Tavon Austin did SFA in this game…who could have seen that coming? Both of these squads are pretty much on cruise control until the playoffs, although the Rexes still have a shot at catching the Stache and getting a Week 14 Bye.
Week 11 Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Rob Kelley (What Does John Fox Say) – Fat Rob tore it up against the Packers, for 137 yards and 3 scores. This may be Scotty’s only major positive award this season.
Defensive Player of the Week
Vontaze Burfict (Fear Boners) – Burfict padded the stat sheet with 11 tackles, 2 assists, and a sack. David Johnson was 2 yards from giving the Boners a sweep this week.
Rookie of the Week
Rob Kelley (What Does John Fox Say) – This is the 2nd or 3rd time a rookie has taken down multiple awards in one week.
Goat of the Week
Deshawn Shead (Rex in the City) – Shead failed to put up a full point in the narrow loss. Had he managed to do anything, the award may have went to Crabtree for all his Monday night drops.
Pickup of the Week
Patrick Chung (Knuckle Ballers) – Everybody Wang Chung tonight…or something. 15+ out of a DB is good enough this week.
Bench Player of the Week
Jared Cook (Deadly Nagintas) – It only took 11 Weeks for Cook to be useful. Ask Laker…I called a big Cook game before this one started.
Bonehead Coaching Move of the Week
Rob Conrod (Knuckle Ballers) – Chirping Scott’s shitty team, then putting up fewer points. Not really coaching, but I just wanted to bring it up again.
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