Week 11

"... To tell you the truth, I don't know if you are special. Only you gunna know that, when your time is right. But, you gotta work hard. I swear to God, if you're not going to do it, I'm out." - Rocky, Creed 

This week was one of the worst performing weeks. We had three teams score below 60 points this week. Dismal. I'm chalking up this due to Thanksgiving, traveling, and moving... AND I'm moving on... Not quitting on you yet.

The most competitive game of the week was Ben v Scott, which was decided by just 1.68 points. It was a battle of RBs, with Scott's Rawls exploded for 43+ and Ben's Martin 30+. Luckily for Scott his WRs picked up the slack for his other players... something that I had not predicted - "Scott's biggest challenge comes in week 11 vs Ben. I don't think he can win that game as he will face WR issues then."  Ben didn't have that same kind of support...The road for Ben to the playoffs for is uphill, but is still possible and very doable. He has rising John and a falling Cameron to close out this season.

Of some intrigue is John taking over the 6th spot with a win over Steven. His final two games will not be as easy.. He faces Ben (as stated above - just want to make sure you got that) and Scott. Neither Yahoo nor I think he can win out and secure a playoff seed. Prove us wrong, John.

Finally, in the battle of the Rookie's, Jamie got the better of Dan in a less than competitive match... They have split their meetings, but could meet each other in the playoffs for a illustrious rubber match (it won't be a Morales v Barrera type of trilogy). I am sure everyone will be watching for this...

Playoff Watch: 

A reminder, I had the following projections for the playoffs:
1) Brent (12-1)
2) Jamie (10-3)
3) Dan (9-4)
4) Sean (9-4)
5) Ben (8-5)
6) Scott (8-5)

Obviously, I didn't get it all right... After this week Yahoo projects it to be:
1) Brent (12-1)
2) Sean (10-3)
3) Scott (9-4)
4) Jamie (8-5)
5) Dan (8-5)
6) Ben (7-6)

Heard from around the league:

"I don't want to get into why my team is underperforming... We have had a very difficult stretch here" - Steven. It's true, his team has had the toughest schedule in Q3. His team missed their projected score by 24+ points or just ~77% of what they were supposed to do.

"I lost? Hmmm. Don't care! I'm breathing in the Hong Kong air!" - Danny. He didn't bother to sub in Sproles for an injured Lynch. Who, btw, will be out for a minute. Lynch has been a disappointment this year, only scoring 10+ in four of his nine appearances. 

"Manning? %$&* Peyton Manning!" - Christie. Manning isn't your only problem... you had two dudes in your lineup that were on byes. Her team is the second worst team scoring in Q3 - she has scored < 90 the past three weeks. 

"Brent's time is coming... and I will be the one to take him down." - Scott H. No love loss in this intense rivalry... Looks like there will be some quotes to put up in the locker room for Brent. Scott's confidence is at an all time high - he is enjoying his most productive stretch all year and is averaging 129 pts/game. 

"Jesse told me this league was difficult. Well, it hasn't really been that way. I will win this league." - Jamie. He has the lowest average projected score of teams currently in the playoff picture, with just over 95, and has only beaten that mark significantly (> 10 pts) three times. John, who has averaged a projected score of 98.39 has beaten his projected scores by a significant margin five times.