Week 7 Scores and Standings

Well, as always, we had a crazy week.  A few close games as well as some... not so close ones.

Here are the scores:

SLC Soviets (Shane)  @ Weber County Jackals (Jake S)
94-43

This one wasn't even close.  And while it certainly didn't help that Jake DIDN'T SWITCH OUT HIS TIGHT END FOR A BYE WEEK (UGH), there was still almost no hope for his roster.  Even if he added all the points scored on his bench to his total, he would have still lost by 24 points.  In fact, just Shane's bench could have beat Jake's starters and bench.  Now there's a scary thought.

I just think Jake doesn't care at this point.  This isn't the first time he's not switched for byes, and I have a feeling it won't be the last.  (Prove me wrong, dude, please)

Megatron had a monster week for Shane (as he should, dammit) with 27 points, and Jake's highest scorer was his KICKER, Stephen Gostkowski with 10.  This game could have been even more one sided if Shane had switched out Gordon or Blackmon for VJax, who recorded 25 points on his bench.

Shane continues his win streak and improves to 4-3, while Jake continues the 2nd worst losing streak in the league (4 games) and is now 3-4.  Soviets march on!

Provo Beginner's Luck (Rachel) @ Centerville Psycho's (Scott)
88-50

With the 2nd most lopsided contest of the week, the continuously surprising Rachel soundly bested Dad.  There isn't much depth to Dad's roster at the moment, with his bench only posting 31 points.  That doesn't sound too bad for a bench until you realize Andrew Luck scored 29 of those points.  Dad played Romo instead of Luck, which isn't necessarily a bad call.  Romo can certainly produce monster numbers.  But Luck and his Colts were in a crazy shootout against Manning and the Broncos.

The Detroit D/ST certainly didn't do any favors for Dad either giving him a sweeeeet -2 points.  Awesome job, bro.  Meanwhile, Rachel's combo of Frank Gore at RB and AJ Green at WR gave her some very nice points this week.  She could have also played Matt Ryan instead of Sam Bradford at QB and gotten 10 more points (22 vs. 12).  I've said it before... Rachel has one of the hardest to predict teams in the league.

Frank Gore was Rachel's best this week, with 22 points, and Demaryius Thomas was Dad's best with 14.

Oh, also, side note.  DAD, JUST STOP.  Seriously, Gronk is back.  Brady has better targets.

With her win, Rachel moves up to 4-3 and Dad drops to 3-4.  Dad has lost his last 3.

Northern Quilters (Wendy) @ C-Ville Slayas (Kyle)
70-70 (52-15 bench)

This is easily the most interesting outcome of the week.  Because we don't use fractional points, Mom and Kyle tied at 70.  What this means is the team with the most bench points takes the win.  Here were the benches:

Aaron Rodgers alone could have won this one for Mom.  What sucks with a game being this close, is just about any different starter set up could have changed it one way or another.  For instance, Kyle could have played Greg Jennings instead of Larry Fitzgerald at WR or Antonio Gates at Flex, and he would have won.  Of course, on the other hand, if Mom had played Rodgers instead of Cutler at QB, she would have soundly defeated Kyle.

Also of note, is the Carolina D, which had a very solid game for Mom with 17 points.  Much better than Mom's usual go to, Chicago, which only got 1 point this week.

Mom's top player this week was WR Eric Decker of Denver, with 21 points.  Kyle's best was RB Marshawn Lynch of Seattle, with 15 points.

Mom snuck away with this win, really.  This wasn't a great week for her.  I mean Jay Cutler got her -1 points for crying out loud!  If she had been playing anyone else other than Dad or Jake S, she would have lost, easily.  But such is life in fantasy football.

Mom continues UNMITIGATED DOMINANCE or whatever, and improves her win streak to 6 and her record to 6-1.  Kyle drops to 3-4.

Mom is still top dog.  MY MOM IS WINNING, DAMMIT.

Ogden Cats (Heidi) @ Chicago Clovers (Holly)
85-79

I really thought this was Holly's week.  Honestly.  Going into the game on Monday, Holly had 59 points, with Eli Manning and Reuben Randle still left to play.  Heidi had her final score already, with 85.  I totally thought Eli and Reuben could connect enough against a very soft Viking's D to get Holly the 27 points she needed.  I was obviously wrong.  (But I guess that's Eli and the Giants for you.)

Only real big change Heidi could have made was swapping Kaep for Alex Smith, but it would have only meant a difference of 4 points (19 vs 15).  Reggie Wayne was injured during the game on Sunday, which obviously Holly couldn't predict, but she could have played Terrence Williams instead for a gain of 7 points.  (5 vs 13)

QB Alex Smith was Heidi's best player this week, with 15 points, and Holly had two players, RB Chris Johnson and Kicker Adam Vinatieri, score 16 points for her best scores.

With this win, Heidi has the 2nd best record in the league at 5-2, and Holly, poor Holly, continues her season long losing streak and moves down to 0-7.  Man.

Provo Crunch Time (Spike) @ Minneapolis Marauders (Jake)
101-87

Honestly, this was a low scoring game for Spike.  Which is crazy for a couple reasons, which I will point out in a minute.  Even with Peyton Manning's awesome 25 points, Jake just couldn't finish.  There wasn't a whole lot Jake could do about it, either.  His bench only posted a total of 13 points (12 of which came from 2 players).  His WR corps seem to be his biggest problem, with 3 players combining for only 11 points.  Meanwhile, Spike had two players, Stafford and Forte post monster weeks, with a combined 54 points.

OK, and remember how I said this was a low scoring game for Spike?  He broke 100 points even with a Browns D/ST which gave him -1 point and a low scoring Adrian Peterson which gave him a very below average 4 points.  If AP had a more normal week and Spike got an actually decent D/ST, there wouldn't even be any competition.  Hell, his bench scored a respectable 66 points, so he even has depth.  Scary.

Spike's best this week was Matt Forte with 28 points, and Jake's best was Peyton Manning (of course) with 25 points.

Both teams were 3-3 coming into this week, so Spike moves up to 4-3 and Jake drops to 3-4.

And after all that, here are the league standings:

Interesting to note, Shane was the only one in the East who won a game this week.  

Jake, Spike and Shane lead the league in total points, with 706, 673, and 672 respectively.  Mom and Heidi are close behind with 667 and 665, respectively.

Another interesting fact:  Dad has 7 total points less than Holly, but has won three games while Holly hasn't won any.  Her points allowed isn't even the worst in the league.

Crazy.