Congratulations to Derek for winning the big prize. And to Tim for getting his money back. It was disappointing that I couldn’t bring the trophy (hopefully not just a figurative one) back home to the United States but Derek got me in this last game.

It was close all the way to the end. Even in the last few minutes, there were chances that I could come back with a TD pass or very, very long completion to my WR. And that near fumble right at the end almost gave me a chance. Terrifically difficult to watch and I expect it will be a fonder memory after the disappointment passes.

It pains me to see Hartley having any role in beating me. But he did hit a 52 yarder for 5 points. Also pains me that Bowe had a good game against me. I’m always badmouthing him and he stuck it to me. It was actually as good a result as I could have hoped for from Derek’s final 2 players: Hartley and Turner. Just 4 for Turner is pretty shocking. As is that goal line fumble that Turner never does. But that fucker OL on the Saints that committed a false start when Colston caught that TD killed me off.

This season, more so than previously, has seen injuries rock teams. Kevin got destroyed early by injuries. Chris actually got off lightly but AP nailed him the most crucial of weeks (and in hindsight, I wish he beat Derek last week so I could beat Chris this week). But I was pretty happy 1. Chris wouldn’t beat me again in the finals and 2. no 3peat. Derek got hit for a RB and TE and he had to deal with all the shitty guys he drafted. Pretty shocking when considering the team he drafted that he won it all. He got here off amazing picks off the wire. Tim took some big losses too at TE and WR and RB Best was out most of the season. But Foster and Rodgers and a sprinkle of well timed Forte starts let Tim plow through the field.

I was thinking about how tough this year’s draft was. From the perspective of actually winning the whole thing. That is a player with good games during both playoff weeks. Not a single first round pick played both games or had double digit points. Brees had only 16 points week 16 which is marginal for a QB. Manning had 17 Week 15. Sjax with 15 and 11 is marginal. Mendenhall with 16 and 13 is decent. Schaub with 21 and 16 is marginal too. So there weren’t any guys in the first 2 rounds that were sure fire winners even in hindsight.

Best waiver wire pick is Vick. Brian for the second year in a row, scores the best wire guy (Miles Austin last year) and both times they were obvious pick ups. Right place, right time, all the time. But Derek was amazing with his foresight off the wire. Blount (did you guys see him hurdle that guy this week? he is a big boy!), Hillis, Tamme, Lloyd and Torain all got Derek to the top. If Collie didn’t stay injured, he’d have been a top wire pick too.

Best late round draft picks. Matt with Darren McFadden. Top 5 RB total points. Matt started him for 22 of 212 possible points. That’s just terrible. He didn’t even trade him away. While looking at the draft results, I noticed Alex’s kicker had 75/75 points. The worse kicker anyone owns. Half as good as the best kicker. Tons of better kickers available off the wire. That’s a few orders of magnitude more terrible.

This year, I didn’t exactly plan on drafting 3 big time RBs but the value was there. It ended up saving my ass when Gore went down. If only I had enough depth at WR and TE, I’d be less disappointed. I think drafting for depth will be the way to go next year. Especially with the expected 18 game schedule.

I’m going to call a couple of guys out here. You guys need to step up your game. I’m talking about you Dave and Rhett and Matt. I’m not naming Brian here because he probably deserved to be in the playoffs with the great late run but oops. It looks like I did name him. And Alex didn’t even seem to be paying attention a quarter of the time. Starting guys that weren’t playing multiple times is not cool.

Looking forward to seeing that trophy, Dave. Looking forward to next year too. Hope the season starts on time. The lack of that CBA is unfortunate. But I want another damn crack at the title, damn it.

Seems to me that this season has had more injuries to more players that affected the outcome of games than previously. This week was very characteristic of that trend. Tim was gimp from go. AP’s late injury took Chris out. And that is just Derek’s regular uninjured team.

*Week 15 Review

Tim got rocked hard by injuries this week. Rodgers was his guy but out for this most important game. Then he got hit with an injury from TO that gave Tim zero whole points. Foster getting pulled from his game prevented garbage time stats. DeSean Jackson win the Eagles the game but those points went to the DST. Damn shame for Tim he wasn’t up against the other Canadians. It would have been very competitive.

The Chinese had themselves a peak week. Full participation from the whole roster. Huge effort from the Bears DST. Heroics from the kicker. Even a decent job from the coach putting in the right guys. Damn shame about Collie. Guy is such a stud receiver. And he got Indy that win this week.

Exciting game between Chris and Derek. Derek’s team was all limp-dicked. He did get decent and unexpected output from Lloyd. And Manning was able to score thanks to Collie. But the rest of his starters stunk it up. Derek didn’t start his most productive RBs either. Chris needed 14 or so points for the win from AP on Monday night. Could go either way. Favre was in. Looking better. But a late scratch on AP. But wait. Chris is a 2 time champion. He had AP’s backup. Could still get there. Great first quarter with 5 points but Favre gets his ass kicked by my Bears and Tolbert doesn’t see many more good carries playing from behind. Exciting game to watch. Chris’s team seems to be a mess, though. 14 points from 5 RBs is fucking terrible. What happened to the depth from last season?

*Best plays and worse plays

Tim left his best WRs on his bench this week.

The Chinese took Kevin Boss off the wire at TE. The Mexican wound up with better numbers but Mexicans with the flu can be trusted as much as one with your car keys.

The Chinese took Buehler off the wire at K for 16 points.

Chris had AP’s backup. And it almost won him the game.

*Interview – Thanks Derek for getting this to me after your long flight home.

Newsletter: So The Waiver Wire Wonder makes it. But that team is not putting up any points recently. What happened? What are you going to do about it?
Derek: What happened?  Well, my wide outs stopped showing up. That’s what happened. I kind of blame two QB injuries for that though. Holy crap did Tebow save my ass last week.  Hillis isn’t doing as hot as before because the coach decided they needed more passing in their game.  Yeah, that seems to be working out great for the Browns and their rookie QB.  I just got back to my place after a long flight and the Steelers game just started.  I really should have played Wallace.  But Bowe and Lloyd have better match ups so I don’t feel too bad about that “choice.” (Carolina has a good secondary).

Newsletter: You really lucked out with that AP injury. Tell us what watching that game was like?
Derek: That AP injury, yeah, that was really something.  I was pretty happy when I saw it, but I figured his replacement would have put up the yards anyway.  I think the QB going down had a much bigger impact.
What is really interesting about that AP shit is what happened last year–between myself and Chris in the semi-final.  I was counting on AP for about 12 points for the win, and he put up about 6 or so.
Watching that game was exciting. Damn exciting.  Every yard Gerhart made was just painful though.  It was even funnier sitting next to him at work while the game was still going on.

Newsletter: I don’t know if I like the final game being decided by our regular tiebreakers. Loading up on QBs for no reasonable reason is just bleh since we are just disregarding any resemblance of a real roster. What say we decide on an unretarted tiebreaker. Highest kicker points seem about right for ‘Overtime’.
Derek: Oh shit I wasn’t even thinking about QBs on my bench.  I did pick up Kitna last week for that reason, but having an extra QB on your bench isn’t that strange.  I think Chris had Freeman anyway. As for loading up this week, I was trying to fuck your choices up.  I wasn’t sure if you were going to play Ben.  As for kickers, I’m down for making a different rule, but I don’t want to say yes to kickers without looking at our line-ups and stuff. You kicker might be playing some Def that allows “most points to kicker” or some shit. I wouldn’t put it past you.  You saw Chris’ post—nobody trusts you.  I’ll get back to you after some sleep.

Newsletter: What are the keys for your team winning in the final game?
Derek: I’m going to win if my wide outs have decent games.  I think you will win if they don’t. So it looks like you will win.

Newsletter: Who’s going to win 3rd?
Derek: I think Tim will win third if AP is still out.  It looks like Tim might get his QB back too.

*Analysis and Prediction

Frankson vs. Derek – Healthy Chinese with no ugly matchups. Can’t expect amazing stuff from Roethlisberger but should be stable production. The RBs look like they should have good games. The Giants need this win bad so I have to hope for points from my receivers. Kind of a showdown in the south with ATL and NO. Colston should be good for points. The Jets have a limpy QB who has struggled. Bears DST could and should outscore the offense. No one is kicking to Hester this week, though.

Derek might be feeling uncomfortable with Manning on the road but he doesn’t have to worry. Colts might lose but Manning will get his. Probably to Addai this week. Blount should have 2 TDs against the useless Seahawks. Turner might be limited by the show in the air. Denver should go nuts in the air but Tebow will snake a TD from Lloyd on the ground. The key is Manning to let Addai score on the ground and go to his whiteboy White at WR. Bowe is going to suck this week. Wallace is the guy getting hooked up by Roethlisberger this week.  Chinese win by 10 but Derek has a billion bench points.

Tim vs. Chris – I’m glad I won’t be losing to Chris this week in the finals again. Tim won’t get much out of Forte but at least Foster should have a normally excellent game. Rodgers is a huge risk. I’m sure the Giants will shoot to knock his ass out with a concussion. Jackson has an excellent shot at fucking the Vikings over.

Chris has had the best QB in Rivers but his RBs are shaky. Dallas is going to limit Arizona and they won’t be effective running at all. No better options though. Would be no surprise if AP doesn’t play to keep his leg safe for next year. Calvin Johnson should have a big game. But Pettigrew won’t. Eagles DST is going to have a monster game. Favre plays and he will have a bulls-eye on his shoulder. The keys here are all health related. Whoever gets healthy players in and playing will win. Chris’s team is healthier so I expect him to win by 15.

I’m not sure I like having the final game tiebreakers be bench points. It means it is a good idea to have 5 QBs on the bench once just to have good tiebreakers. Don’t know if there is a great solution out there but it isn’t what the bench is for.

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the playoffs. Better luck next year for those that didn’t.

I didn’t know the first tiebreakers were related to the head-to-head records. I was just going by the stuff posted in the league rules and didn’t recall seeing that. But it makes sense.

*Week 14 Review

I probably should have lost this week. The Steelers can’t get an offensive TD for the life of them. Crabtree is playing like complete shit. Three TDs from the QB and he gets one fucking yard? Fuck you Crabtree. Should have started Branch. What was I thinking. And that fucking TE I have. No matter how much I scream “Get it to the Mexican!”, it doesn’t get to him. I’m lucky Chris had the worse game of his career. 45 ties for third lowest points scored. Or it would have but Alex smashed that old record of 44 with his 37 point performance in week 9. Lucky for Chris the result didn’t matter.

Rhett manages a win against Dave this week to get to a semi-respectable record of 6-8. Dave falls to 4-10, tied for worse with Alex. Next year, lets all send Dave a couple of tips before the draft to help him out a bit.

Kevin has a big game this week to blow Division leader Tim out of the water. Where were all these games for Kevin all season long? He even left 21 points on the bench from Garcon. Oh that’s right. Greene’s 3 points probably explain Kevin’s lack of success all season long. Tim gets hit with a QB concussion. Lucky for him this week’s result didn’t matter. If it weren’t for some nice points from DeSean Jackson and Foster, Tim would be challenging for lowest points in a game here. Did anyone see that Eagles game? I am not talking about that backdrop TD from Jackson. But after the game when the lady was interviewing Vick, Jackson was clowning next to him. Guy is fast as shit but totally unprofessional.

Brian wins out the five games but misses the playoffs. Just barely. Tied record with Derek and Dave mentions they split their head-to-head series. But Derek has more overall points. Vick goes for 25, 27 from the Steelers DST and 17 from MJD. Brian has been on a fucking tear these last few weeks. 100 or more points every game since week 10. Peaking just one game too late. I would would imagine everyone in the playoffs is taking a sigh of relief due to not having to face Brian in the playoffs.

Derek losses his final regular season game to Matt but gets into the playoffs anyways. Manning and Turner go for 50 total but too little from everyone else to overcome Matt. Matt gets 52 from Schaub and Chris Johnson and that is the difference right there. Crazy second half heroics from Schaub. I didn’t think Matt had a chance in hell of winning this one down by that much.

*Best plays and worse plays

Bowe goose eggs again. But at least he had a catch today. Wonder if Derek feels good about starting him in the playoffs.

McFadden on the bench for 38. Damn. Inconsistent but crazy points some games. Will be interesting to see when he gets drafted next season. Made it through most of the season without injury. About half his games were amazing. But takes some balls to start him.

Crabtree over Branch was started by the Chinese. Just terrible coaching.

*Interview – Thanks Tim for your final thought

Newsletter: What are your thoughts on Brian not making the playoffs? Would you have preferred to be paired against him or do you prefer the other 3 currently in the playoffs with you?
Tim: I would have much rather had Brian in there than Derek. His team looks great and I predict that he will win it all.

Newsletter: I know you mentioned going with a strategy involving dramatic choices or something like that during the draft. How has that strategy gotten you here to the playoffs? What were some of the problems?
Tim: It got me here because of Arian Foster and Rodgers, and if I picked any WR other than Fucking Moss for my 2nd pick I would be dominating. So I think my strategy was excellent. To have last pick and still have the best RB in the league….I think my drafting speaks for itself. Problems have been unreliable WRs. I finally have some good ones, but now I’m stuck with Forte as my #2 RB because I had to trade away my other RBs for WRs.

Newsletter: You made a couple of trades this season. Have they played out as well as you hoped? Do you have any trades you regret not being able to complete?
Tim: Trading for D Jax was a great idea. If TO takes his head out of his ass this week to get me to the finals, it will have been a good trade. No regrets.

Newsletter: You started out the year on fire. Then you ended up with the same record as me. I won’t even mention the couple of games that you should have lost. How did your team lose momentum?
Tim: The big issue has been injuries. A. Rodgers only plays every other game. I NEED him for the playoffs. Lost my sweet TE in week 4. brutal. Randy Moss being traded and cut hurt me. My losses only started after I lost guys at key positions. I still made the playoffs and Arian Foster is going to get me to the finals.

Newsletter: Rodgers really fucked you over this past week. Luckily it didn’t matter for you. He probably won’t play. What is the backup plan? Can you win without him?
Tim: I think Garrard will be playing from behind and he has the potential to go off. As long as I get 18 pts. or so from him, I should be fine.

Newsletter: I’m sure you think you will win this week against my team. Why?
Tim:
QB: Garrard is going to put up more points against the colts defense than Roth will against NYJ. Tim 1 Frankson 0
RB: Arian Foster is playing against one of the worst teams in the league against the run. Also Houston will get a lead early and run, run run. Sjax will have a good game too, but not as good as A.F. Tim 2 Frankson 0
Matt Forte will have a tough game against the Vikings, but J. Charles has no QB, so STL will fill the box and let that brutal QB chuck the ball. Tough call here….but I’ll give Frankson the nod here. Tim 2 Frankson 1
WR: Hakeem K. is the only WR left on the Giants, so he will be the focus of the Philly Secondary. TO has been out of action for a bit, but Cleavland is a great team to bounce back against. Palmer is so streaky though..so you never know. Could be good…could be bad. Tim 2.5 Frankson 1.5.
Colston will have a good game against Baltimore as long as Brees has time to throw.
DeJax is the man. If he is healthy, he will tear up the Giants. Vick’s mobility should neutralize the NYG pass rush a little bit. Tim 3.5 Frankson 1.5
Both our tight ends suck, but mine is playing CIN. Tim 3.75 Frankson 1.5
Kickers are pretty even, but ATL will score more points than DAL. Tim 4 Frankson 1.5.
Your defense is going to crush Min. Farve is good for at least 1 pick 6. 2 points for you here. So that leaves a narrow victory for me. Tim 4 Frankson 3.5 multiply by 10 and you have my margin of victory. Tim 102, Frankson 97.

*Analysis and Prediction

Frankson vs. Tim – Neither of our teams are peaking and have actually been kind of shit lately. I have to agree with how Tim broke down the match up by position. Pittsburg has been terrible lately on offense and the Jets probably won’t give up many points. I can only hope that the Indy-Jacksonville game turns into a defensive punt festival since it is a division game that will likely decide who goes to the playoffs.

I expect Charles to have a good game and Jackson to have a OK game. Jackson can’t get into the end zone. He had 2 shots last week at the 1 and didn’t get there. Bradford needs to check it down to him more. Foster is the best RB this season by far and I don’t see the Titans stopping him. I can hope Forte doesn’t do shit though.

Have to hope DeSean Jackson and TO don’t play too. Or that the Giants key in on Jackson and let Maclin go nuts this week. I’m so fucking glad Nicks is back. I would so have this in the bag if Gates wasn’t broken. I predict a 89-89 tie with the Chinese winning due to bench points mostly from the Saints DST.

Chris vs. Derek – Canadian rubble on the gridiron. Neither of these teams have been doing all that well lately either. Chris went down 3 weeks in a row and Derek 2. Absolutely impossible to find a clear favorite since we all suck right now.

QBs are kind of a wash here. SF surely will give up tons of points and the Chargers are desperate for a win. Rivers 25 points easy. Manning needs a win here just as bad. And he probably gets back one of his missing receivers in Collie. Should be 2 TDs right there. Another 25 just as easy.

Chris might be in for a rough time at RB again if Farve doesn’t play again. Hightower would have been terrible but they are playing Carolina. Hillis is solid and Turner is probably going to go nuts on the Seahawks. 10 point advantage to Derek. Calvin Johnson should have an OK game. Dallas hasn’t been going long much with that new coach. I expect a shit game for Austin with lots of action on the ground and short throws. Derek has it rough at WR now after enjoying amazing results for weeks. Cassel is probably out so Bowe probably lays a 3rd egg. Lloyd might not even play and that new coach probably isn’t going to have the backup QB force anything in the air. Wasteland at WR for Derek. 8 point advantage for Chris.

Tamme is going to see more action than Pettigrew. 5 for Derek. I like how Chris is playing the x vs. Carolina route. Chargers DST will just 3 and out the 49ers with few turnovers. 6 point advantage for Chris. So Chris wins by one point because Hartley misses a FG. And we have a god damn rematch from last season.

Good luck hosers.

Here’s the situation. One game left in the season. Chris and Tim have clinched division titles. Derek, Frankson and Brian are the remaining contenders for the two wildcard spots. Derek and Frankson are both one game ahead of Brian.

Brian would need to have Derek lose and would need to win the last game and outscore Derek by 176 points this next game to get in. Brian would need to have Frankson lose and would need to win the next game and outscore Frankson by 57 points this next game to get in.

*Week 13 Review

Fantasy football is hard to predict. I get blown out to Alex when I thought it was the easiest game remaining on my end of season schedule. I didn’t think I had a chance against Derek but I managed to beat him. Derek has been relying on Bowe and Lloyd down the stretch. But they sure let him down this week. Bowe is going to have games like this. The change in coaches in Denver doesn’t Bowe well for Lloyd either. I lucked out with Hillis having a bad game too. That Monday night game was annoying. The Jets missed one FG and then went for it on 4th instead of kicking it resulting in a turnover when I needed just one more point for the win. It took from the end of the 1st Q until the middle of the 3rd before I got that final point. I got stuck playing my own picks off the wire this week. Except for Bradford, they played out. I’m just glad I got this must win game under my belt because Brian is on a tear.

Brian embarrasses Dave by 55 points. More than Dave scored. Dave didn’t help himself by leaving 18 points on the bench but they wouldn’t have changed the result. Ivory has been fantastic lately but was on Brian’s bench. Hard to fault him for playing T. Jones against Denver over Ivory though.

Tim gets a win over Chris in a game that didn’t actually matter. Looks like AP will finish the season even stronger. Foster might get Tim the championship this year.

Really nice game from Kevin to beat Rhett. Rhett had a few misplays at QB, RB and WR. Orton really tanked this one for Rhett. Even more than Bradford did for me. I heard Indy signed Dominic Rhodes again. I’m still waiting for Rhett to pick him up and offer a trade.

Matt gets a win over Alex. This is the kind of game I expected from Alex last week. Alex left some points on the bench but not enough for the result to be different. Matt left a WHOLE bunch on the bench. Bradshaw seems to be toying with Matt. Goes off on the bench and sucks Matt’s left nut when playing. Chris Johnson’s season is really going badly. They must be putting 10-11 in the box against him with nothing at QB in Tennessee.

*Best plays and worse plays

The Chinese started Bradford for 7 points. I knew Steelers vs. Ravens wasn’t going to be full of points so I sat Roethlisberger but 7 is just pathetic.

Jamaal Charles got robbed of a TD this week on some lame ass holding call.

Derek’s waiver wire wonders came up short this week. Hillis, Bowe, Lloyd and Tamme. Oh wait. Bowe was actually drafted by Derek.

Brian makes the right call at QB. Vick outscored Brady. Must be nice having to choose between those 2. Glad I don’t have to face Brian again this year.

The Vincent Jackson experiment, round 2, ends.

Alex starts MSW. MSW doesn’t play.

*Interview – Nothing this week. Once the playoff schedule is set, I’ll send some out.

*Final thoughts

Unless something really dramatic happens last minute, this final week won’t change the playoff picture that much.

I was hoping it wouldn’t get exciting here at the end of the season. I’d have loved it if my team was already in and I didn’t have to worry. It didn’t turn out that way. There is a live battle for the last wildcard spot. It is 2 desperate teams that are trying to claw their way there for the last spot. It is also why I thought this 2 division winner plus 2 wildcard setup would be great.

*Week 12 Review

The Chinese got their asses kicked. By Alex. Think about that for a second. Then remember that Alex had 2 games he probably should have won. He could be in Brian’s spot. I was thinking this would be the easiest of my last 4 games but not at all. His team showed up and my team came in a Team Alex costume. Even the best DST play of the year: the team playing against Carolina, didn’t get shit. Nice work from Alex getting 23 from the Jets DST. And Fred Jackson. I had him last year when Lynch was out and he was very good. Now the backfield is all his and he’s very good. Give him friends in the backfield and he is shit.

Dave gets a huge game from his kicker to edge out Kevin. Dave goes strong with his QB and RBs but his receivers come up gimp. Kevin’s team puts up a balanced effort with contributions from everyone. If I was the commish, I’d give Andre Johnson 2 points per connecting punch. But I don’t think Dave would entertain that idea. That’s some good stuff from Goodson. But the misplay at QB cost Kevin this game.

Brian gets a great win against Tim. I feel not so fresh down there but I was cheering for Tim the whole time. Tim rides his good luck charm, Arian Foster, as he has all season for the win. Rodgers has a pretty fucked up game stat wise. One passing TD but 28 points due to huge yardage throwing and rushing and a rushing TD. But check out Tim’s lame ass WRs. He has 7 of them on his roster. They combined for 14 points. Only one of them wasn’t playing and the most any one WR got was 5. Guess he didn’t quite steal T.O. Brian got there due to nice work from Vick and Welker. Too bad he left Brady on the bench. Brian’s reward for the win is a chance at the playoffs.

Derek puts up enough points for #2 all time points per game. He didn’t quite catch the record he set a few weeks ago. A perfect job as a coach this week by Derek. Hillis and Bowe go for 37 and 35 respectively. That was nearly enough to beat Chris. It would have been enough to beat me and Matt. Solid effort from his skill players too. Derek’s team is totally peaking. Chris’ team is not imploding, like mine and Matt’s, but it has been on a downward trajectory these past weeks. Rivers has his first really bad game. LT is slumping as the season wears on. Chris has little depth on his team but he has avoided injury… so far.

Matt narrowly avoids setting a record for lowest points in a week. He had a shot at the playoffs and had a very nice schedule but these 2 losses take him out. All that good stuff he had going at the beginning: CJ2k (goose egg!!!!), Roddy White, McFadden, they all decided to take a snow day at the same time. Rhett finally decides to put the Vincent Jackson gambit in play. It didn’t work out. After drafting and hanging on to him for 11 weeks, Rhett couldn’t wait. I hope you get a shit contract Vincent Jackson. Rhett, what were you thinking playing a Titan kicker? Nice play with Tolbert and Moreno, though. It’s a win, and that’s more than I can say, but it was fugly.

*Best plays and worse plays

Frankson’s Chinese went with Steven Jackson with a nice matchup over Charles who had a so-so matchup. Wrong choice. The point differential matters right now.

Rhett played a Titan kicker. They using their 3rd string rookie QB.

*Interview – Thanks Alex

Newsletter: How’s it feel kicking my ass this week?
Alex: It felt great to actually have a team show up for once this year. I mean I haven’t had a meeting between my foot and someone’s ass all year. So I’m happy I got one good shot in.

Newsletter: I don’t really care if you beat Matt next week but are you going to beat Brian in 2 weeks? It is really important to me that you do.
Alex: I never really know about my team, but I have a good feeling about my game with brian in 2 weeks. (-ed: Good luck kicking Brian’s ass. I will be seriously cheering for you.)

*Final thoughts

The playoff picture is this. Chris and Tim win their divisions. Unless Brian wins out and Chris loses the next 2 and Brian makes up a 150 point deficit in points scored in 2 weeks against Chris. The situation is similar with Derek. He has a 210 point lead with 2 games to go even if Brian wins 2 and Derek losses 2. But Derek has a 6 game win streak and has been putting up monster points.

The last wildcard spot is between me and Brian. And it is close. I have a one game lead but face Derek and Chris. I’ve got an 81 point lead. Derek’s team is healthy and on fire. When I look at the little news column, not the one about just my players but about all of them, 75% of them are injury updates about my players these past few weeks. I’m not going to win this but I need to get some points. Dave looks pretty evenly matched against Brian. Dave, I NEEEEEEED you to win this game.

Looking ahead to next week, I play Chris again and Brian is up against Alex. I would assume my best bet at a win is week 14 and Brian’s hardest game is this week. Good luck to everyone. To those with a chance and affecting the playoff berths and to those who are gunning for a respectable record.