Week 12 - Wash-up

Week 12 is over and although there were some big losses at the top of the table the Top 4 is now set. There are only two games left to play in the Regular season but there is a three game difference between 3/4 and 5/6/7/8. Yep, Breesus, Agent P, Doof and the Lighties are all tied up at 5-7, not enough time left to break into the 8-4 crew.

Congrats to the top four: the General, Marcy, Farns and BB. Only one game separates them so the final positions are up for grabs.

Which is the most surprising:
a) Marcy from last to Top 2, with the chance for Top spot;
b) Farns for a break-out season;
c) Breesus missing out after winning the last two Championships?

For me it's between b) and c). Marcy is too competitive for a repeat of last season.

Endless (123) def Breesus (73)

Big win for Endless this week off the back of another big Wilson game - 35 points. Lacey and Landry also did well. Amazing how different the score is when the big players actually play like big players. Cf, Breesus King of the Drews. WTF happend to Brees? And the Saints in general? Rawls and Ivory showed up, but no one else did and Endless won by a lot. The loss keeps Breesus out of play-off contention for the first time and ensures we will have a different League Champion in four weeks time.

Lighties (85) v Zim (63)

The Lighties did their job by winning to have a sniff of the Post-season, but wins to BB and the Farn's shut the door. Big games to Rivers, again (but this time in a win for the Chargers) and Green cover over the twin-donuts. The horror season continues for Zim with, once again, Brady having a good game and everyone else completely meh. Strange game-plan by the Patriots in the cold Denver snow to only run the ball about 30% of the time. Cold + Snow usually = run-first. The pass-first mentality gave Brady 23, but Blount a measley 2.

BB (93) def The General (75)

Two streaks were snapped in this game, BB snapped his losing streak and in doing so snapped the General's winning streak. The win to BB also keeps him only 1-game behind the two leaders with two-games left to play. BB also continued his streak of taking out players, Roethlisberger was big for the Steelers but suffered a concussion that forced him from the game, next week is uncertain. And our favorite Gronk has a serious/minor knee injury that may keep him out for 1-4 games. The General finally suffered the same fate as most of us have, a slow player day. No one really stood up and did anything. Anderson, on the bench, had 27 for the Broncos that sunk the Patriots. Well, that and the horrendous officiating that was painful to watch, and provoked much shouting at the tv.

Agent P (128) def Marcy (77)

Take a bow, Agent P! Take down one of the top dogs, post the highest points for another week, cruise into a four-game winning streak to activate the Gardner Award, and jump into equal 5/6/7/8th. Marshall and Watkins had big games, the Bengals were dominant and Newton did just enough (and the Panthers roll to 11-0 on the season). Marcy, like the Forces before, had a quiet one where the Kicker was the highlight. Never a good sign. The Panthers D stands out on the Bench, but would not have been near enough to keep up with Agent P anyway. Marcy stays in equal first/second place, only one game ahead of Farns and BB.

Farnsworths (104) def Doof (93)

A second loss this season to my Nemesis, and once again it's Peterson, Beckham and Williams scoring big. Ryan had another miserable game at QB and, strangely, the rookie Mariota would have been a much better starter. Interestingly, Mariota is only 17 points behind Ryan on the season, 153 v 170. Time to change? With the win the Farns goes into his first VP3 Playoff series and is a serious contender - especially with AP going nuts (in a good way). It was both awesome and terrible watching Stafford throw 5 TDs for 35 points on Thanksgiving, great for the Lions and awful for Doof. Paradox strikes again. I could take some solace in Megatron finally posting big numbers, too bad Murray stunk it up (again), Johnson went off injured, Diggs was quiet and Watson plays for the Saints.