Power Rankings Week 12

Week: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	One Angry Gook	10-2	Can you please give the rest of us a chance by not starting two players per week? Thanks!!
	2 (2)	Rutting Bucks	9-3	West Division champs! If it wasn't for turf toe, this team would look a lot stronger.
	3 (3)	Buckwheat	7-5	Oh boy, will this team hang on for the division title and can it still go deep into the playoffs?
	4 (4)	Grease Slappers	6-6	The bench is looking pretty thin these days....three defensive teams going into the playoffs....really?
	5 (7)	Crippled Monkeys	7-5	Hi, I have Arian Foster, and you don't. Will he pull off a miracle finish to win the division?
	6 (6)	Dragons	4-8	Hi, I have Peyton Hillis, and you don't. The strongest team to not make the playoffs this year.
	7 (5)	Stickboy	7-5	Zero points from TWO of your receivers this week....ouch!
	8 (8)	Dynasty	7-5	Fred Jackson, the hottest running back the past three weeks. Saving this team from playoff elimination.
	9 (12)	Thunder Choads	1-11	Team spoiler has arrived! You cannot deny this team has played outstanding the past three weeks, including the 2nd highest score recorded this season.
	10 (9)	Short Bus All-Stars	5-7	Needs some help to get into the playoffs, but this team is producing in the stretch run of the regular season.
	11 (11)	Pimp Juice	4-8	Tony Romo, out, Adrian Peterson out....this team is pimping for the most injured team for the Peoples Choice awards.
	12 (10)	Hustla	5-7	At least the wheels haven't fallen off your Hummer like they have for your team. Can this team eek out one more win and make the 8 spot?

Weekend Recap Week 12

Commish's Corner....

If you have not noticed, I've added the 'If the playoffs were to end today' link to the top and bottom of every page of the myfantasyleague.com site.

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Matt Castle	KCC	30.45	QB	Philip Rivers	SDC	9.95
RB	Maurice Morris	DET	21.38	RB	Chris Johnson	TEN	0.88
RB	Ricky Williams	MIA	18.25	RB	Keiland Williams	WAS	3.25
WR	Ben Obomanu	SEA	25.88	WR	Dez Bryant	DAL	0.00
WR	Earl Bennett	CHI	19.00	WR	Vincent Jackson	SDC	0.00
WR	Billy Bajema	STL	16.00	WR	Lee Evans	BUF	1.13
KT	Nate Kaeding	SDC	20.30	KT	Rob Bironas	TEN	0.00
DT	San Diego Chargers	SDC	26.86	DT	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	4.74
Fantasy Points = 178.12				Fantasy Points = 19.95

It Could Have Been Worse....

Starting Studs		Team	PTS	Bench Studs		Team	PTS
QB	Tom Brady	NEP	37.25	QB	Jay Cutler	CHI	30.05
RB	PEyton Hillis	CLE	42.25	RB	Fred Jackson	BUF	26.38
RB	Jamaal Charles	KCC	28.00	RB	Michael Turner	ATL	20.25
WR	Dwayne Bowe	KCC	39.25	WR	Wes Welker	NEP	23.25
WR	Deion Branch	NEP	26.13	WR	Jacoby Ford	OAK	21.13
WR	Brandon Lloyd	DEN	21.50	WR	Eddie Royal	DEN	17.75
KT	David Akers	PHI	16.70	KT	Dan Carpenter	MIA	18.30
DT	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	13.00	DT	Oakland Raiders	OAK	11.16
Fantasy Points = 224.08				Fantasy Points = 168.27

Fantasy Game Recaps….

Short Bus All-Stars (5-6) East 85.78	vs	One Angry Gook (9-2) East 103.25
WR Larry Fitzgerald	MNF	RB Frank Gore
The current lead is 17.47 points. Is that enough, plus Frank Gore to counter the All-Stars Larry Fitzgerald? OAG is a lock now for the East Division title, or maybe he was last week, regardless, congrats! The All-Stars if they should lose this week are in trouble. They do not have the tiebreaker over Hustla, who has lost for the week and keeps them at the same record. In order for this team to sneak into the playoffs, they would need a win with a loss from Hustla. Next week, they face Thunder Choads who are with in four points of the single game league high score of the season.

Thunder Choads (0-11) East 152.28	vs	Hustla (5-6) East 86.90
RB Tim Hightower	MNF	none
The streak is officially over. It stops at 11 games and tied with Grease Slappers and ironicly, Hustla. The Choads are playing spoiler and the rest of the teams who didn't have to play this team this week all let out a sigh. Congrats on the 'W'. Team Hustla still can get into the playoffs with a win over OAG next week. If it loses and the All-Stars win, I believe they will be a beer bowl contender. Aside from the running game, they didn't have much else going.

Dynasty (6-5) Central 69.03	vs	Buckwheat (7-4) Central 88.62
WR Michale Crabtree DT San Franciso 49ers	MNF	WR Steve Breaston
19.59 points separate these two teams. Dynasty still has two players, Buckwheat only has one. All of the players involved have been inconsistent throughout the season, Crabtree has come on as of late, but who will win this one is anyones game. If Buckwheat holds on, it has the upper hand on the division title if I have the tie breakers correct. Dynasty if they were to lose, can still make the playoffs, but would need a win next week for a lock. If they win, this division is wide open to Dynasty and the Crippled Monkeys.

Grease Slappers (6-5) Central 93.46	vs	Crippled Monkeys (6-5) Central 98.35
none	MNF	none
As much as the Crippled Monkeys tried to play their worst lineup possible, they still managed a win over the Slappers. Monkeys move to 7-5 and await the final score of the Dynstay-Buckwheat match up. Monkeys are in the playoffs, but do they have a shot at the division title? Grease drops to 6-6 on the season and needs a win to be a lock for the playoffs. Another loss and we'll have to revisit the tie breakers from the remaining 6-7 teams.

Rutting Bucks (8-3) West 82.85	vs	Stickboy (7-4) West 47.63
none	MNF	none
Luck of the schedule. If these two teams faced either opponent from the other West match up, they lose. A very low scoring game between the two teams who are currently ranked 1 and 2 in the division. With this win, Rutting Bucks is the West Division Champs at a 9-3 record, Stickboy falls to 7-5. This is the second time Stickboy has scored in the 40's this season, which is trouble in my book. Rutting Bucks had a lot of single digit scorers, but I take that as a good sign, this team should be back on track next week with double digit scorers. Right?

Pimp Juice (4-7) West 101.61	vs	Dragons (3-8) West 102.19
none	MNF	DT Arizona Cardinals
The Adrian Peterson injury hurt the Juice badly this week. He was off to a great game before the ankle tweak. The beer bowl is most likely were this team ends up, but there is one scenario that is possible. Dragons will improve to 4-8 and should be a beer bowl player as well. That one scenario to keep in the back of your mind....if Pimp Juice can win next week, it will be 5-8, if Dragons wins next week, it too will be 5-8. If Hustla and Short Bus All-Stars both lose next week, they will also be 5-8. There could be four teams fighting for the number 8 spot in the playoffs....who has the tie breaker of these four teams?

Power Rankings Week 11

Week: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	One Angry Gook	9-2	Another strong performance solidifies them as our top team once again. They've won five in a row and average 118 points per week in scoring, yet take note this team also has the least amount of points scored against....regardless, this team is hot!
	2 (4)	Rutting Bucks	8-3	This has been a difficult team to rank this year. They just scored the high score of the week, but there are some weeks, like last week, where they had the low score of the week. This team can be all over the place, but it is winning more times than one other team.
	3 (2)	Buckwheat	7-4	Currently 3-3 since the big Stickboy trade back in week 6. I am worried about this team, as I believe it has lost Gates for the year, Steve Smith is out a couple more weeks and Randy Moss catch no longer catch the ball. Enter Ron Mexico, aka Michael Vick, and this team is still leading the division. Can it hang on for two more weeks?
	4 (3)	Grease Slappers	6-5	The running game has been alive the past two weeks, the receivers are playing pretty good each week, but it's getting thin in the bench players. One more injury and this team is done.
	5 (6)	Stickboy	7-4	Oh hi, I'm 7-4 and need help at the WR position....Hello, my name is Vincent Jackson and I'm hear to save your season. really?
	6 (5)	Dragons	3-8	One of six teams averaging 100 points scored per week, yet this team will find itself in the beer bowl....what a shame.
	7 (7)	Crippled Monkeys	6-5	In the last three weeks is ranked 8th in points scored, the RBs are doing well, but the receivers are hit and miss....will this team survive this week to make the playoffs?
	8 (10)	Dynasty	6-5	Only scored more than 110 points once this season, but sitting pretty consistent each week with the match up for the week. Will need two great weeks to make the playoffs.
	9 (9)	Short Bus All-Stars	5-6	I've said it a few weeks ago, this team on paper looked really good, but was under performing....this week it was number two high score of the week, has this team woken up?
	10 (8)	Hustla	5-6	With two Vikings on it's roster, this team is leaning towards the odd man out for the playoffs.
	11 (11)	Pimp Juice	4-7	This team ain't nothing when it's not playing the Grease Slappers....
	12 (12)	Thunder Choads	0-11	Two really great weeks of scoring in a row, 113 and 110, yet faced the number 1 and 3 ranked teams and ended up on the losing side of the match up....watch out, this team will play spoiler.

Weekend Recap Week 11

Commish's Corner....

If you have not noticed, I've added the 'If the playoffs were to end today' link to the top and bottom of every page of the myfantasyleague.com site.

We are in the final stretch of the regular season. It's division match ups until Week 13 ends. $5 dollar pickups start this week. Some division leaders are sitting good, while others are hanging on to dear life. The rest of the pack is tightening and it's anybody's guess who will make the playoffs and who will sit on the sidelines. Will the Central Division send all four teams into the playoffs?

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	23.50	QB	Tom Brady	NEP	17.55
RB	Chris Ivory	NOS	18.38	RB	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	3.00
RB	Isaac Redman	PIT	11.38	RB	Frank Gore	SFO	7.50
WR	Joel Dreessen	HOU	19.25	WR	Randy Moss	TEN	0.00
WR	David Gettis	CAR	17.50	WR	Vernon Davis	SFO	0.38
WR	Blair White	IND	17.25	WR	Dustin Keller	NYJ	0.88
KT	Graham Gano	WAS	17.00	KT	Dan Carpenter	MIA	0.00
DT	Cleveland Browns	CLE	24.36	DT	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	2.78
Fantasy Points = 148.62				Fantasy Points = 32.09

It Could Have Been Worse....

Starting Studs		Team	PTS	Bench Studs		Team	PTS
QB	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	37.25	QB	Peyton Manning	IND	35.80
RB	Maurice Jones Drew	JAC	33.50	RB	Michael Turner	ATL	21.88
RB	Arian Foster	HOU	29.88	RB	Danny Woodhead	NEP	17.25
WR	Greg Jennings	GBP	37.00	WR	Santana Moss	WAS	19.25
WR	Steve Johnson	BUF	25.13	WR	Robert Meachem	NOS	19.25
WR	Santonio Holmes	NYJ	27.75	WR	Nate Washington	TEN	14.63
KT	Billy Condiff	BAL	15.20	KT	Matt Bryant	ATL	15.20
DT	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	23.58	DT	New York Giants	NYG	11.90
Fantasy Points = 229.29				Fantasy Points = 155.16

Fantasy Game Recaps….

Short Bus All-Stars (4-6) East 117.62	vs	Hustla (5-5) East 42.25
RB Mike Tolbert	MNF	QB Phillip Rivers RB Knowshon Moreno
Mark my words, one of these two teams will make the playoffs. Which one will make it, your guess is as good as mine. However, a big week for the Short Bus All-Stars couldn't have come at a better time. Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, the money players from draft night were a huge part of the point total. The All-Stars currently have the 10th best record which puts them outside of the playoffs, but this all but concluded win, will keep their hopes alive. Both teams will be sitting 5-6 after Monday nights game. Hustla will face the surging Thunder Choads, while the All-Stars will face division leading One Angry Gooks.

Thunder Choads (0-10) East 113.56	vs	One Angry Gook (8-2) East 110.84
none	MNF	WR Brandon Lloyd
Another big week for the Thunder Choads, for the second time in two weeks they will top 110 points. Sadly, their losing streak I believe will continue. OAG has Brandon Lloyd left to play and is down by three and some change. Unless Lloyd pulls up limp during pre-game warm ups, OAG should survive for their league leading 9th victory. The star of the week for OAG was the Ravens Defense with 23.58 points, with the Packers on the bench, this could have been a whole different story.

Dynasty (6-4) Central 109.07	vs	Grease Slappers (5-5) Central 106.68
none	MNF	QB Kyle Orton
2.39 points separate these two teams who are both within reach of the division lead. Dynasty has played everyone and Grease still has his QB to play. Unless there is a Tony Romo like injury, this one should be in favor of Grease by the end of the first quarter. This will put both teams at 6-5, pull in the Crippled Monkeys, and there are three teams in the division that will be at 6-5 and one game out of first place.  Dynasty will next face division leading Buckwheat, while Grease will face the Monkeys.

Buckwheat (7-3) Central 116.29	vs	Crippled Monkeys (5-5) Central 126.24
none	MNF	none
The Monkeys have not had this big of a week since Week 4, but this victory has to be the biggest of the season by knocking of the division leader and will pull them within one game of the division lead. Granted, there will be a log jam at second place in the division if Grease is victorious. But having four teams with a shot at the division with two games to go in the regular season will make for an exciting two weeks.

Rutting Bucks (7-3) West 135.66	vs	Dragons (3-7) West 112.74
WR Malcom Floyd	MNF	PK Matt Pratter
Both teams put up a good showing and each will score more points this week, but I'm calling this one for the Rutting Bucks. This will put them at 8-3, one game ahead of Stickboy. They were led by Steve Johnson, ummm, who the hell is Steve Johnson? Dragons who had won two weeks in a row, will fall to 3-8. This all but ends the season, yet, if they were to win out and the tie breakers fall their way, they could eek out Hustla or the All-Stars.

Pimp Juice (4-6) West 75.81	vs	Stickboy (6-4) West 110.15
none	MNF	none
This one is a final, Stickboy will move to 7-4 and one game out of first place in the West. Pimp Juice will gear up for the Beer Bowl with BenJarvus Green-Ellis leading the way. I really like saying BenJarvis Green-Ellis any chance I get. To be fair, if they do win out, they could end up at 6-7, would that be enough? Stickboy keeps his hopes alive at the division lead . It wasn't an earth shattering win, but it was a win via the QB, kicker and defense. The RBs and WRs only had one player in double digits. The one good thing for this team is they just happen to face Rutting Bucks next week. Can they pull off the upset, or will have another so-so showing?

Weekend Recap Week 10

Commish's Corner....

The commish is crabby once again....

The Good, The Bad, And The Funky….

Free Agent Lineup		Team	PTS	Starting Tragedy Lineup		Team	PTS
QB	Matt Cassel	KCC	39.75	QB	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	11.40
RB	Felix Jones	DAL	23.00	RB	Brandon Jacobs	NYG	3.50
RB	Mewelde Moore	PIT	15.63	RB	Thomas Jones	KCC	2.75
WR	Rob Gronkowski	NEP	27.00	WR	Hines Ward	PIT	0.75
WR	Anthony Fasano	MIA	19.38	WR	Mike SimsWalker	JAC	3.25
WR	Kevin Walter	HOU	17.25	WR	Randy Moss	TEN	3.25
KT	Olindo Mare	SEA	19.50	KT	Billy Cundiff	BAL	3.00
DT	Indianapolis Colts	IND	22.02	DT	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	0.56
Fantasy Points = 183.53				Fantasy Points = 28.46

It Could Have Been Worse....

Starting Studs		Team	PTS	Bench Studs		Team	PTS
QB	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	32.55	QB	Tom Brady	NEP	35.80
RB	Maurice Jones Drew	JAC	27.38	RB	Fred Jackson	BUF	27.38
RB	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	25.50	RB	Justin Forsett	SEA	17.88
WR	Dwayne Bowe	KCC	35.25	WR	Mario Manningham	NYG	17.38
WR	Roddy White	ATL	29.25	WR	Michael Crabtree	SFO	13.63
WR	Mike Wallace	PIT	29.00	WR	Derrick Mason	BAL	12.00
KT	Adam Vinatieri	IND	12.70	KT	Dan Carpenter	MIA	12.20
DT	Chicago Bears	CHI	13.38	DT	New England Patriots	NEP	14.18
Fantasy Points = 205.01				Fantasy Points = 150.45

Fantasy Game Recaps….

Dynasty (6-3) Central 102.22	vs	Dragons (2-7) West 111.74
none	MNF	none
This one is a final. Dragons will improve to 3-7, keeping his playoff hopes alive from a solid effort, minus Fitzpatrick. Dynasty, will drop to 6-4 and may still be in the division lead if Buckwheat cannot comeback from his match on MNF.

Crippled Monkeys (5-4) Central 79.76	vs	Stickboy (5-4) West 115.43
none	MNF	WR Desean Jackson
The outcome of this one has been determined. Monkeys will fall to 5-5 in the central, Stickboy improves to 6-4 and will be one game out of first place in the West going into the division games next week.

Short Bus All-Stars (4-5) East 64.96	vs	Grease Slappers (4-5) Central 119.43
PK David Akers DT Philadelphia Eagles	MNF	RB Lesean McCoy
With a lead of 54.47 points, plus LeSean McCoy to play versus David Akers and the Eagles D, Grease Should improve to 5-5 in the central. The All-Stars will have to fight next week to stay in the playoff hunt with a 4-6 record.

Buckwheat (6-3) Central 88.98	vs	Thunder Choads (0-9) East 110.71
QB Michael Vick	MNF	none
Could this be the week the streak is snapped? The Choads hold a 21.73 lead over Buckwheat. The only player left between the two teams is Vick. I don't have a prediction for this one, but it will be fun to watch.

Rutting Bucks (7-2) West 72.92	vs	One Angry Gook (7-2) East 143.49
none	MNF	none
Battle of the 7-2 teams was quite lopsided. Another final, Rutting Bucks falls to 7-3 in the West. OAG's 143 point performance was impressive and has a 3 game lead in the East at 8-2.

Pimp Juice (4-5) West 85.05	vs	Hustla (4-5) East 99.81
none	MNF	none
And yet another final, Both teams fighting for the playoffs, Pimp Juice after his beating of Grease in Week 9, will drop to 4-6 in the West. Hustla moves to .500 on the season, still three games behind the Angry One in the East.

Power Ranking Week 9

Week: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

	RANK (prev)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	One Angry Gook	7-2	This is one talented team. If only it had Wes Welker on the team, it wouldn't need a kicker replacement this week.
	2 (4)	Rutting Bucks	7-2	The team certainly has the players to put up the points, but did you think Terrell Owens would be one of them on draft night?
	3 (2)	Buckwheat	6-3	Has the trade machine lost it's mojo? Will this team even make the playoffs? What if the team takes on another injury, then what? Maybe it's getting healthy at the right time....we shall see.
	4 (3)	Grease Slappers	4-5	Your quest to have a record higher than .500 was foiled by Tom Brady voodoo. Get over it already.
	5 (6)	Crippled Monkeys	5-4	Rob Bironas, back in the saddle again.
	6 (5)	Stickboy	5-4	All but one players scored in double digits last week, yet lost because it faced the high score of the week. In the last three weeks, they've scored the 4th most points.
	7 (7)	Dynasty	6-3	This team keeps winning, currently it's a four games in a row and faces Dragons next. Going for five in a row.
	8 (10)	Pimp Juice	4-5	Despite the injuries to this team, it's hanging in there and just came of a big win over Grease.
	9 (9)	Short Bus All-Stars	4-5	Averaging more points as each week goes by, plus this team currently has no injuries for any of it's players.
	10 (8)	Hustla	4-5	Two loses in a row, hasn't scored much in the last three weeks. Do you realize, this team will be starting two Viking players very soon, yeah, this team.
	11 (11)	Dragons	2-7	Not so fast, let me see another win and I'll bump your ranking up.
	12 (12)	Thunder Choads	0-9	Another week, another loss. With a bit of luck, you may keep the streak alive in week 10.

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