Week 11 Recap

Hi folks,

It is Thanksgiving week and I don’t feel like doing any real work, so how about an honest-to-goodness recap of Week 11?  I know, crazy, right?  Let’s do this thing…

117.63 | Member At Large | 6-5-0 | 4^th  

113.15 | Spoonman |6-5-0 | 3^rd  

Sanuuuuuuuuu!  Brad’s insolence predictably came back to bite him in the butt last night.  His jinx apparently was stronger than my curse.   But really, I got the much needed “W,” when all of my players except for kicker and defense kinda sorta showed up for a change.  Sanu, Doctson, Jamaal Williams, T. Kroft (Tyler?  I don’t even know!), Dion Lewis – waiver wire dudes, all of them.  I can’t keep doing this shit forever, but I’m gonna keep trying… Meanwhile, Brad, myself, and Steve are in a virtual three way tie right now, with Brad slightly ahead of me on points, and me barely ahead of Steve on points.  That seems somehow familiar…. Where have I seen that ordering before?...

117.70 | The Paterfamilias | 5-6-0 | 8th

87.12 | Alternative Facts | 8-3-0 | 1st

Robby, in a preview of coming distractions, takes his first place in the standings and shits the bed.  He would have been better off starting Ryan Tannehill and Nat Moore instead of Dak Prescott and Jason Witten.   Except for Jarvis Landry, his pass catchers really let him down.  But Robby is still solid for the playoffs - now is the time when he should start looking at matchups for week 15 and planning his waiver wire strategy around round 1.  He should look at the defenses his players are going up against that week, check for any upgrades on Defense or Flex, pay attention to injuries, contingency plan with appropriate handcuffs for his best players, and leverage his #2 waiver wire priority accordingly.  I have full confidence that Robby will be doing all of those things and more in order to give him the best chance possible of winning the Chicken Bone Cup this year.   Godspeed Robby.  Godspeed!

138.25 |Running to Mercury | 4-7-0 | 9th

139.58 |2Chickens2Paralyze | 6-5-0 | 5^th

Mike Cole gave it a run last night, but his Seattle players (like Seattle) didn’t quite have enough in the tank to complete the comeback.  That’s probably a wrap on the season for him, falling to 4-7 and 9^th place.  But he’s not out of the running for Auction Bitch! … Meanwhile, Steve is hanging around, hanging around.   His Patriots are firing on all cylinders, and he’s got just enough other useful pieces to be dangerous. However, right now, he is simultaneously overthinking and under-thinking his lineup this week.  That’s impressive! Not!  He should just stick to his day job of lawyering, and night job of playing rhythm guitar in his friend’s cover band. 

98.23 | BlowMeErtz | 3-8-0 | 10th

180.25 |Game of Thongs |7-4-0 | 2^nd

Holy crap Rich!  Try leaving some points for the rest of us!  While still 15 points off the all-time weekly total of 195, that’s a huge ass number to put up!  Like Travis’s mom-level huge ass!   Rich is in 2^nd place all by his lonesome, and with his league-leading total points, he’s in pretty good shape for the playoffs too.   On the flip side, this was just another of a series of embarrassments for Travis this season.  What’s sad is he’s been really trying too…

133.53 | Bacon of Darkness | 5-6-0 | 6th

120.08 | Sausage AuctionBitch | 5-6-0 | 7^th

Now we come to sleeper territory.  What a difference a week makes.  Maine ekes out a big win over Sean and is lurking in the shadows, ready to make his move up the standings the next few weeks.  He’s got Kenan Allen going nuts along with his always stellar running backs.  And with Robert Woods’ injury, Cooper Kupp is going to get more targets.  And Jimmy Graham might be the best Tight End down the stretch.  If Maine can only figure out the QB situation, he’s got a real shot here.  .. Humorous aside though, Tyrod Taylor, who was benched and didn’t even start STILL scored 3 times as many fantasy points as Eli Manning.  When will people ever learn to stop playing Eli….  Oh yeah, and Sean, yadda yadda bald, yadda yadda no chance…yadda yadda bouncy house…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Gobble motherfucking gobble!!  Enjoy your family, food, and football.

Love, peace, and turkey grease,

-          The Commish

Week Whatevs Recap

Howdy Folks,

Long time, no cap.  You might think I’ve been lazy, but in truth, I’ve been really, really lazy.  All I want to do is sit at home on my couch, watch Stranger Things and play Super Mario Odyssey.  Thinking about this tire fire of an NFL season is not how I want to unwind.   Even watching games has felt like a chore this year…I’ve probably watched less NFL this year than I have since 1983.  And that’s with a game every night of the week (or so it seems).  Between rampant injuries and rampant mediocrity and rampant Jay Cutler, there hasn’t been a lot to draw me in.  Am I alone on this?

In other more festive news, the U is back and that has been really fun to watch!  Duck Notre Fame!!!  I’m rooting for Virginia to win a close game over the Canes this Saturday, with no UVA turnovers.  But if the Canes win, I won’t be all that broken up about it.  #turnoverchain4life

And that brings us to the Chicken Bone league, which is why we’ve all come together (you know…like a circle jerk!  Where Travis is currently eating the soggy biscuit….).   I’m telling you…of all years, this seems like the one where Steve or Robby finally wins it all.   It’s just that kind of season….

Robby has a stranglehold on first place, with a record of 8-2.  He is definitely the most dominant team in the league, but that’s like saying he’s the tallest munchkin in Oz. (not the prison).  But seriously, his team is so good that he has Kelvin Benjamin, Adrian Peterson, Rishard Matthews on the bench.  I would kill a hobo to start either of those guys instead of Doctson of whatever shit I get off the waiver wire.  Or even a high-end drifter….   Between Bell, Prescott, Tate, Landry, and the dolphin formerly known as Jay Ajayi, in conclusion, this is officially the team to beat.

Now as for the rest of the league, it’s a bunch of scratching and clawing.  Starting in 2nd place with Thong Spady’s cast of characters.  Kirk “You Like That!” Cousins, Robert “Randomly Awesome Now?” Woods, Antonio “Predictably Awesome” Brown, Marquis “Bortles has to throw to somebody” Lee, Kareem “Downward Trending” Hunt, Latavius “Latavius” Murray, and a bunch of other dudes that include an concussed D. Freeman and Ted Ginn’s family.  This team is the epitome of the crux of the illustration of the league.  Everyone is like this!  One great player, a few pretty good players, a kinda hurt player, a random tight end, a bunch of interchangeable guys, and many waiver wire regrets.   In conclusion, Rich’s team is kinda ok.  

Bradley Malemazzlemuzzlezian is in 3rd place at 6-4 with the same dealio.  Julio Jones is a stud, and he’s got some pretty good players behind him.  And Brad’s somehow starting Alex Smith instead of Matt Ryan now, because sure, that actually seems like the right thing to do (not sarcasm)… In other news, Brad’s 1104 points scored is exactly the same as Maine’s 1104 points scored.  And on an unrelated note, Maine is 4-6 and in 8th place.  And on a perhaps related note, this is why Maine hates everything and everyone.   In conclusion, Brad will beat me 102-91 this week and solidify his playoff standing.  

Why will he beat me?   Because Hyde is on bye and because my players keep having season-ending injuries.  Since we last spoke, it was Pierre Garcon, who is now recovering from neck surgery in his native France.   Funchess is on bye, which leaves me with Cooks as my #1, Sanu as my number #2, and you’ve already stopped reading this sentence because you don’t give a shit about my wide receiver problems… Wait…where are you going?  I need to complain about my Flex position!!   Ugghhh…seriously, is there anything more boring than listening to someone else talk about their fantasy team?  I am usually thinking about power moons when they’re talking to me.  In conclusion, I have no business being in 4th place right now with this steaming hot garbage pile of a team.

Moving on, the reigning Sausage King is also at 5-5 and somehow still in the thick of things, winning the last 5 of 7 weeks.  He is currently so sleep deprived that even his remaining hair is too tired to move off of his head.  But that’s not stopping him from picking up Evan Engram and Alex Collins to bolster his starting lineup.  However, I predict he barely misses the playoffs when he starts Matt “Matt” Stafford over Cam Newton.  (Or is it the other way around? I can never remember…and neither can he…).  In conclusion, get ready to ship that trophy to Florida!

Speaking of Florida, he’s super popular with all of the blue-haired ladies of Boynton Beach…it’s Steeeeeve!  Hanging around with everyone else at 5-5, he’s in a weird position of seeing Jared Goff outscore Tom Brady regularly.  Not sure what to do about that one.  His team doesn’t seem so good in general, but who the hell knows?  Just having Gronk and Brady might be enough to take this whole thing.  In conclusion, Who GARA?  

Fuuuuuck!!!  Are there still more teams to talk about here?  Alright, fine.  Here are some facts about Mike Cole.  He is in 7th place at 4-6 and based on his total points scored, is still just as alive as anyone for a playoff berth.  He’s starting someone named JuJu Smith-Schuster, which sounds either like a law firm in Louisiana or a liver disease.  His turn-ons are Russell Wilson’s 2nd half stats and his turn offs are anyone with the last name McFadden.  He is still trying to make a lopsided trade with 80% of the league even though the trade deadline has passed.  And he is a Pisces.  In conclusion, his team is a hell of a catch ladies!  (The crabs are a bonus!)

Now our recap takes a darker more depressing turn, with Bacon Maine, Pretzel Mike, and Falafel Travis.  It’s a veritable buffet of fantasy football sadness!   Unlike Robby, let’s take ‘em on one at a time…

Maine would kill a middle-class vagrant for the opportunity to trade for Jared Goff right now.  He’s somehow starting Eli Manning at QB, as Tyrod Taylor is now benched and Aaron Rodgers died weeks ago.  Elsewhere, he’s got as much talent as the rest of us, especially at Running Back.  But he’s probably, maybe out of time to claw his way back up the standings.  It just doesn’t seem like it’s his year.  Again.  In conclusion, for the love of god, whhhyyyyyy?!!!!

Mike Frank’s team sucks.  In conclusion, it sucks hard.

Finally, we come to Travis, who is enjoying the worst luck outside of the Commissioner’s office.  Zeke Elliott ran out of judges to bribe.  Zach Ertz decides to sometime not play just for shits and giggles.  And I wouldn’t trust any of his receivers with a 10-foot Pope John Paul II.  Travis is 3-7 and in last place and is apparently terrible at fantasy football now that he’s married.  In conclusion, shame.  SHAME!

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Insincerely, 

- The Commish