Ties Suck…We get 2 sets of Tossing Ties…Our First 4-Digit Runner…A Transformer 3-Peat…Kicker Carousel…Tied Scores from our Top Defenses…The Biggest Ass Kicking in TBFL History…2013 Ties 2012 in Chump Survivor Finalists…Ties & Streaks continue…and we tie everything up with Playoff Tie Breakers…let’s get through this so I can tie 1 on…
Cam Newton (BBA)
A pair of pairs ended at the top of the Quarterback standings in Week 11…Matthew Stafford made the most throws (46) but for a terrible completion percentage (41.3%)…he did manage 362 yards and 2 Touchdowns with 24 yards on the ground to end on 27 points…RG3 made another appearance this week…he also ended with sub .500 accuracy (48.6%) in the loss to the Eagles…264 yards and 2 Touchdowns with 44 yards on the ground…after a couple turnovers he also ended on 27 points…Fudgie Whales Carson Palmer was active while Romo sat out a week and sprang to life going 30 of 42 (71.4%) for 419 yards (2nd most in his career…440, 2006 Week 10) 2 Touchdowns and no giveaways (119.0 Passer Rating)…he ended on 28 points giving the Whales the advantage going into Monday Night…and then came Cam…In the showdown with the Patriots…Newton went 19 of 28 for 208 yards and 3 Touchdowns with 0 Interceptions (125.4 Passer Rating)…He piled on 62 more yards on 7 carries (8.8 ypc) to catch Palmer and tie at 28 points…MyFantasyLeague voters gave the edge to Cam on Touchdowns 3-2…He is only the 2nd Quarterback to earn the Player of the Week award 2 times this year…and is the 8th trophy on the year for Bubba Army…LeSean McCoy (AND)
A trio tied at 23 points this week…Rashad Jennings piled up more yards on 22 carries (150) than he had managed through the 1st 8 Weeks of the season (140)…Ray Rice remembered he is a Professional Football Player getting 131 yards on 25 carries…his 1st trip over the Century Mark since last year’s Playoff game with Denver…and Matt Forte bounced back from his only Single Digit outing of the year getting 125 combined yards on 23 touches against the Ravens…but 2 players would go farther…Marshawn Lynch had the least production gaining 63 total yards on 19 touches (3.3 ypt)…but 11 of those yards resulted in 3 Touchdowns to get to 25 points…LeSean McCoy had a balanced attack against the Redskins getting 77 yards on the ground and 73 yards in the air…4 receptions and 2 Touchdowns carried him to the title with 30 points…McCoy is the 1st player to reach 1,000 Rushing Yards on the season (1,009)…It is his 1st Player of the Week award on the year…the 2nd Running Back award and 4th trophy overall on the year for Armed N Dangerous…Calvin Johnson (HUR)
3 Wide Receivers cracked the 30 point barrier in Week 11…Vincent Jackson (Urggg…) tied his career high for the 2nd time this season getting 10 receptions on 11 targets (90.9%) for 165 yards and a Touchdown to reach 32 points…Antonio Brown got off to a quick start pulling in 4 1st Quarter targets for 105 yards and 2 Touchdowns against the Lions…but then cooled off managing to get only 3 of his next 9 targets for an additional 42 yards to end on 33 points…To mirror the Hot & Cold strategy…Megatron had 6 1st Half catches for 163 yards including 2 Touchdowns on the 1st consecutive receptions of the 2nd Quarter…then disappeared…catching nothing in the 2nd Half and ending on 35 points…It is the 3rd Player of the Week award for Johnson…the 4th Wide Receiver award and 8th overall trophy on the year for Hurricanes…Dan Carpenter (HUS)
The Spinal Tap limit was reached by 3 different kickers in Week 11…Garret Hartley followed the Golden Path against the 49ers…hitting 3 Field Goals and 2 Extra Points to end on 11…Steven Hauschka took a different route going perfect on 7 kick opportunities…5 Extra Points and 2 Field Goals including a distance bonus earning 50 yarder to move ahead to 12 points for Hurricanes…and finally Dan Carpenter took advantage of the Bills manhandling of the Jets getting 7 kick opportunities of his own…4 Extra Points and 3 Field Goals ended him in the lead at 13 points…It is the 1st Player of the Week award for Carpenter…and the 3rd overall trophy on the year for Husslers…Cincinnati Bengals (AND)
Only 2 Defensive Units managed double digits in Week 11…The Seattle Seahawks tormented the Vikings Quarterbacks…they pressured the line to get 2 Sacks and forced a Fumble Recovery…between the 2 opposing Quarterbacks they had 3 Interceptions including a 29 yard Pick-6 in the 4th Quarter to end on 16 points…In a game that oddly managed to end in the same 41-20 final score…The Bengals had their way with the Browns…Jason Campbell was sacked 4 times and coughed up a Fumble that went for a 13 yard Touchdown…under pressure he tossed 3 Interceptions…Special Teams then blocked a punt attempt and returned the ball 24 yards for a 2nd score to end on 26 points…It is the 2nd Player of the Week award for the ‘Nati…and the 5th overall trophy on the year for Armed N Dangerous…
Team of the Week & Chump of the Week
I am combining the 2 this week because they played head-2-head…in what should have been a hard fought battle for Playoff Positions…Playground Legends got down on all 4’s and let Armed N Dangerous have their way with them…178 points scored is the 3rd highest total in League History and a new AND team record (160, 2009 Semi-Finals)…it is the 6th 160+ Score this season…a feat that had never occurred more than 4 times in any 1 year…51 Points scored from Danny ties the lowest score of the year set by X-Factor in Week 3…The 127 Point Victory Margin is a new League Record (111)…surpassing the last Team of the Week to play a Chump of the Week (HUR over HUS, 2012 Week 10)…AND is the 1st Team to bounce back from a Chump Score with the Top Score since Bubba Army did it last year between Weeks 4 and 5…Armed N Dangerous passes Bubba Army on the Career High Point Week list having now won the award 23.33 times…
Chump Survivor
Average scoring fell to the lowest point of the year at 97 points (without AND’s explosion it would have been 90 points)…Bay Area Thrashers landed just North of that number…but was still the lowest point scorer of the 3 teams remaining…For the 2nd time in the 2 year history of the contest…the winner will be either Hurricanes or Fudgie Whales…only 8 points separating them for Week 11…
Notes & Numbers
The tie between Bubba Army and Fudgie Whales Ties them both for the Record of 2 Tie Games in a Season…A record last set in 2004 (Ace’s Lions)…It is the 4th Tie Game this year…breaking the record of 3 Tie Games also set in 2004…
Hurricanes have now won 6 straight games against Runs N Throses dating back to Week 12 of the 2010 Season…Week 12 has the potential to keep several streaks alive:
FUD have won 3 straight against HUS…
BAT have won 3 straight against AND…
MNY have won 5 straight against BBA…
HUR have won 7 straight against WAR…
UO Grandmasters have lost their 7th game in a row…tied for the 10th longest streak overall…and tieing their own Team Record for the longest slide (2011 Weeks 3-9)…They are now the 14th Team to lose 10 games in a Single Season tieing their own Team Record for losses (2005)…
TDQBITU© made his 185th NFL start with Bill Belichick as his head coach on Monday Night…setting a new NFL record for most starts by a Quarterback under 1 head coach…They surpass the previous mark of 184 starts by Dan Marino & Don Shula…
The Panthers did not turn the ball over against the Patriots…ending their NFL longest streak of 36 consecutive games with a takeaway…The Panthers now hold that distinction…with a takeaway in 14 straight games…
EJ Manuel played Geno Smith in a rematch of Rookie Quarterbacks in Week 11…This is the 2nd straight season in which 2 Rookie QBs started 2 games against each other (RG3 v Nick Foles)…which didn’t happen even 1 time from 1960 through 2011…
And continuing where they left off in Week 9 before their Bye Week…The Jets now hold the record for the longest streak of winning every other game to start a season with 10 straight:
Playoffs
If the Playoffs started today:
#1 Seed - HUR (9-2-0) - Div Champion (Locked) #2 Seed - BAT (8-3-0) - Div Champion #3 Seed - BBA (6-3-2) - Div Champion (By 1½ to ½ H2H over FUD) #4 Seed - FUD (6-3-2) - Wildcard #5 Seed - RNT (6-4-1) - Wildcard (By H2H Win over AND) #6 Seed - AND (6-4-1) - Wildcard
Runs N Throses came up short by 3 points on Monday Night (after debating Vereen and not starting him)…allowing Hurricanes to lock up their 4th Buccaneers Division Championship in 6 years…they are only 1 victory away from their 3rd 10 Win season…
The Armed N Dangerous domination of Danny made it a 2 team race in the Storm Division as Playground Legends fell 2½ back with 2 to play…Bay Area Thrashers win over UO Grandmasters reduces their Magic Number to 1…they can finally lock up the Division with either a Win or an AND loss in the next 2 Weeks…
The Bandit Division title seems destined to come down to the last second of play as the two teams tied for the lead tied each other this week (after I debated Cotchery and didn’t start him)…Bubba Army holds a 1½ to ½ game Head-2-Head victory edge over Fudgie Whales…Husslers played spoiler again to knock Money Inc back to 1 full game behind the leaders and a ½ game out of the last Wildcard slot with 2 to play…
On the Bubble:
MNY (6-5-0) PLA (5-5-1)
Money Inc still controls their own destiny…they can win the Bandit Division outright by sweeping BBA and FUD over the next 2 Weeks (By H2H over an 8 Win BBA and by Div Record over an 8 Win FUD)…otherwise they will need help to stay in the tightest Wildcard race we have ever seen…
Playground Legends lost to Runs N Throses in Week 2 and trails Armed N Dangerous ½ to 1½ Head-2-Head…they will have to win out to get to 7½ Wins and hope for any of the bottom 4 on the ladder to lose out to have a chance…
In the Empire Cup:
WAR (4-7-0) HUS (3-7-1) XFA (2-9-0) UOG (1-10-0)
Warriors got the win in 2013 Riley Bowl II…but now sit 2½ behind the last Wildcard slot with only 2 to play…They are the 4th entrant in the 2013 Empire Cup…but can still play spoiler to Runs N Throses chances in Week 12…