Week 13: Wash-up

Back in the game this week after a great week off, check the scores Monday night: OMG NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOO!!!!

CURSE YOU BREESUS KING OF THE DREWS!

More on that later...

Pretty cool weekend of football, starting on Friday (our time) with the big Thanksgiving Day games. Three blow-away games, really, but as I was supporting the winners they were good to watch. And then there was the Big One: Patriots at Packers. Billed as the Superbowl preview it featured the two best teams at the moment. And the game did not disappoint. Great match up, great QBs, very entertaining to watch. And the Pack won. I do hope this is the Superbowl match-up come February.

Don't shoot, we're human!

If you missed the game in St Louis, well no one blames you. 52-0 blow out over the hapless Raider. But that wasn't what made headlines, it was five players who entered the field in the Don't Shoot pose, made (in)famous from the Ferguson protests not too far from the game. The Police Association went nuts afterwards in an amazing display on insensitive stupidity, among the nicer things demanding an apology from the NFL and Rams. Both have declined. Read about it here and here.

Zim (97) def Farnsworths (34)

Far from being a trap game for Zim, the Zim army marches on: six straight wins. I'd hate to be facing her next week [checks schedule: CRAP!]. No particular stand-outs, as I watched her players in the games I wondered how the scores would shake out. Lynch: meh, Ingram: meh, Gronk, Tate and Maclin: meh, meh, meh. Smith: wow, that was surprisingly high given the poor game by the Chiefs. But, well, the Farn's. I'm assuming the Head Coach has checked out early this year, getting to the bar early and waiting for fellow coaches Tom Coughlin and Rex Ryan to join him [NFL joke]. Good news for Agent P in Week 14, maybe?

Endless (100) def BB (53)

Big comeback win for Endless this week who keeps her play-offs hopes alive (see next post). And a big loss to BB who was failed heavily by his stars: Romo, Bernadr, Smith, Evans and Crowell. All previously good performers that picked an awful week to suck. On the other sid, DeAndre Hopkins had a great performance thanks to big Fitzy throwing 6TDs for Houston. Stafford finally put up some numbers, and Crosby was the beneficiary of the Patriots not giving up TDs and allowing field goals. If Endless wants to make the playoffs she will need to watch Ellington and Allen, who are both injured.

Agent P (109) def Lighties (71)

The Illuminators went into this game with the chance to jump Agent P and secure a playoff berth, didn't work out that way. Antonio Brown was rocking it, but was the only one out on the dance floor. Like one of those old iPod ads. Poor Brown. The platypus, though, three above-good players and three good players, enough to get the job done, stay even on points with the Lighties and one game ahead of Endless and Doof. I was not crazy about Rivers doing well, boooooo. I was crazy happy to see McCoy gashing the Cowboys: great spectacle.

US Forces (98) def Marcy (96)

OUCH! Two big WTFs go to Tannehill and Jimmy Graham on behalf of the Vampire Queen. Graham was not targeted ALL DAY and Drew Brees still threw 5 TDs (more to come on that). And Tannehill was trounced by the Jets defence in Monday Night Football. Booo! For the General, the one-two combination of Luck and Fleener won the day with 57 points combined. A solid kicking output from Sturgis really put the boot into poor Marcy.

Breesus King of the Drews (135) def Doof (124)

Drew Brees single handedly defeated both Marcy and Doof this week: 5TDs sunk me and no passes to Jimmy Graham sunk Marcy. I will once again quote the Fantasy Recap, which is an amazing piece of technology, but has an understated way of being very cruel:

This is the most a team has scored this season without getting a victory.

Ahuh. Rub it in why doncha.

If you happened to watch final minutes of the Patriots game you will have seen Tom Brady shouting a word that is most recognisable (see right), that was me on Monday night seeing this scoreline. A buck 24, no one can beat that! WHAAAAAA? Cold, bitter disappointment. The sort of feeling Marcy and BB feel after this week. Betrayal. Road to the Championship (tm): ruined. All because the friggin' Steelers can't play D and the Raiders can't play football. Tre Mason: 34 points with 3 TDs. YOU MONSTER!