Week
#13
After letting FlyingElvis remain not far behind during weeks #9-12
where FE actually performed 3 rank-points better than Prof, in week
#13 Prof seemingly threw the knock-out punch with Prof’s first win
since week #4, combined with FE barely avoiding last place.
Prof now leads by 12 rank-points with 5 weeks left, quite a
comfortable lead. Brady had not scored more than 18.75 pts
since week #8 but he was back on track this week with 32.25 pts to
lead the charge. Rookie T Lawrence was benched for the first
time because of M Gordon’s injury (Old) which improved the prospects
of rookie J Williams; Williams responded with almost 200 yards from
scrimmage and a TD. Conner is another one benefiting from an
injury to a teammate (C Edmonds – Wax) and he did well again with
16.25 pts, his 6th straight double-digit game, after doing so only 2
of his first 6 games. Chubb was on bye and Henderson missed
the game to injury but luck struck because backup Pollard happened
to score on a long TD in the TNF game and the backup lineup had
already been set. Prof’s receivers were a bit less successful
than running backs, K Allen scored twice but Ty Hill only had 2
receptions and M Andrews was barely more productive with 6.5
pts. On defense J Hicks had a rare start at LB and responded
with a monster 21-point game. On MNF the Bills D did just
enough to edge Adm at the finish line with 10 pts.
The Admirals finished second in consecutive weeks to take possession
of 4th place in the standings. As noted a few weeks ago the
return to health of Kittle has been a boon on the team and it was
even more obvious this week with 33.25 pts from Kittle with a
stellar game 9-181-2. K Murray is also now healthy like
Kittle, and he was just behind with 32.75 pts. This duo will
help Adm down the stretch and with Dec 7.5 rank-points in front, if
Adm keeps it up, perhaps they have an outside chance to close the
gap to 3rd place. On MNF Adm almost beat Prof with D Harris
scoring a long TD in the first quarter, but unfortunately for the
rest of the game he was far less active than R Stevenson (Beaud);
for the entire game Stevenson outrushed Harris 24 carries to 10
carries, so the lack of opportunities left Adm just short of Prof by
one point. The other RB Gaskin was back to his mediocrity with
only 4 pts so that was costly, and D Adams’ bye week was an issue as
well because Adm does not have depth at WR. Jeudy started and
only scored 7.75 pts. On defense Oluokun had a strong game
with 15 pts and DB Winfield did too with 12.5 pts however the combo
of DLs J Bosa + M Crosby continues to be a drag, this week they
combined for only 7.5 pts. They rank DL9 and DL11 in the PQBFL
which is not great to begin with, let alone one of them being used
as defensive flex.
OldNo7 finished third for the second time in 4 weeks and suddenly
sees daylight as a possible exit from last place with Ballers only
one rank-point ahead and Bas only 2 rank-points ahead so Old has a
legitimate shot at 7th place. Life without McCaffrey was fine
this week with replacement player A Mattison scoring 15.25 pts which
was better than CMC has been averaging this year. However
Elliott being banged up was an issue with only a score of 3.75 pts
and Dak did not do much better with 9.5 pts which was less than half
his weekly projection. The reason Old was able to finish in
the top 3 was because of receivers, D Johnson scored twice for the
Steelers in addition to 100+ receiving yards, while C Godwin had a
huge statistical game 15-143 but did not reach the end zone.
Also L Thomas made his presence felt back on the field with a TD,
however he might have re-injured himself so it could be a
short-lived boost for Old who will have to resort back to Higbee at
TE. On defense, Old’s four individual defenders were all
average in a tight range between 8 and 9 pts which was slightly
below their combined projection. The highlight of the defense
was the Chiefs holding the Broncos to only 9 pts in addition to
scoring on an INT return for a total of 18 pts.
The GloriousBastards came out on top of a tight range in 4th-6th
place with only 1.75 pts in front of Beaud and 1.5 pts in front of
Wax, which allowed Bas to jump back in front of Ball in the
standings. Ju Herbert pounded the Bengals on the road for an
important win and scored 27 pts for GB to push his way up to QB3 in
the PQBFL. The rest of Bas’ offense was fairly in line with
projections, with A Gibson being the best of the bunch with 14.25
pts, followed by CD Lamb with 14 pts, and Jo Jacobs with 12.5 pts,
those three guys outscoring their projection by one or two
points. This was offset by DK Metcalf underperforming again
with only 8 pts to drop to WR19 in the league. D Waller missed
the game to injury which slowed Bas down because backup Engram
finished the game with 4-61-0. Defense was equally average as
offense, M Fitzpatrick being the only one with a good game (14 pts),
while D White scored 11 pts which is fine but 11 pts is not enough
for someone drafted so early. LB Cunningham was also drafted
early and he’s been an even worse disaster this season (LB26) and
this week he hit rock bottom by being suspended for tardiness.
With Jayon Brown on bye that left D Davis as the only remaining
choice for flex LB and he only scored 7 pts. Last but not
least, it’s worth mentioning again with Ju Fields out to injury that
J Chase had another ho-hum game with 8.5 pts. After a very hot
start he has not scored more than 10 pts in his last 5 games.
WaxOnWaxOff had a weak of extremes so it’s fitting they finished
right in the middle in 5th place. Ju Jefferson was the best on
offense with 11-182-1 thanks to Thielen’s intra-game injury so
Jefferson was able to gobble up the lion’s share of targets, and TJ
Watt was the leader on defense by being on Lamar Jackson’s back all
game long: 3.5 sacks and 6 QB hits, plus one forced fumble, for a
total of 25 pts. Watt recaptured the LB1 spot in the PQBFL in
front of Wagner (FE), perhaps this time for good. On MNF Josh
Allen had the opportunity to lead Wax possibly to 3rd place but the
weather conditions did not cooperate and he only scored 11
pts. The RB situation for Wax keeps getting worse every week,
this time Wax scored a grand total of 2 points at RB, with 4
injuries including Kamara, in addition to replacement player Ingram
only scoring 2 pts, and Ronald Jones finishing the game with 1 carry
for 2 yards and 1 reception for zero, which was a goose egg.
The situation was equally problematic for WR2, with D Samuel injured
and DJ Moore on bye, Wax started Marquez Callaway who is not someone
who should be part of any PQBFL roster, this loser cannot even
perform without any WR competition on the Saints team and this week
he only caught 1 reception for 13 yards despite the Saints having to
throw all game long. There was a bit of good news at rookie
however, last week it was noted that E Moore did not do anything
with the return of Zach Wilson at QB, but this time he benefited
from C Davis getting injured and was able to put good stats on the
board with 6-77-1 despite having a bad QB so there might be hope
after all.
At the image of the season, the BeaudoinBrothers came up on the
losing side of a tight pack once again, and lost ground to Wax in
the process and dropped to 6th place despite having scored more
points overall than both Adm and Wax on the entire season.
Beaud finished close behind Bas and Wax - it would not have happened
if DB Landon Collins had not missed the game to injury. He was
healthy all year, but missed the one week when he was needed due to
J Chinn’s bye week. However this could have been avoided if
the coach had started R Wilson instead of D Carr who was held
scoreless at home against Washington while Wilson threw for 2
TDs. Kelce was also to blame with a terrible game of 4.25 pts,
the irony being that on the bench Goedert who had to start in week
#12 during Kelce’s bye and scored only one point then, well this
week he exploded for 25.25 pts on the bench, so go figure. The
Bros continued to experience pain at the WR2 position with Aiyuk
starting and he did not deliver the goods even with Deebo Samuel
out, scoring only 5.75 pts in the process which was better than
other options on the bench A Cooper (4 pts), Shenault (4.5 pts) and
Claypool (4.5 pts). This is a nice collection of
underperformers, making the absence of M Thomas and Ridley
costly. One of the few bright spots was rookie Zach Wilson
having a rare multi-TD game with 3 TDs and scored 19.5 pts.
Also the Colts D shut out the hapless Texans for 21.5 pts and
Chandler Jones had a double-digit game during M Garrett’s bye week
which was timely.
The Decepticons finished in the bottom three for the second time in
three weeks but were able to gain one rank-point on FE although time
is running out for Dec to climb to second place. It would have
been the perfect opportunity to hurt FE while they were down, but it
did not happen. This week was groundhog week for Dec: Mahomes
was disappointing (again) with 10 pts, C Kupp was excellent (again)
with 21.25 pts, Dec’s RB2 is a problem (again) with J Williams only
scoring 5 pts, and N Harris often reaches 100+ total yards like this
week but TDs are lacking so 8.75 pts fell short. One of the
few novelties this week was J Mixon who went nowhere fast, only
scored 6.5 pts despite a TD because his yardage was very modest and
he lost a fumble. D Hopkins missed 3 games to injury but was
back this week; he only caught two passes but thankfully one of them
was a TD to salvage an ok day of 10.5 pts. On defense the Rams
were dominant against the Jaguars (even more so than expected) and
scored 17 pts. DL Nick Bosa had a sack and a forced fumble to
finish with 11 pts, but he was not matched by either stars D Leonard
(4 pts) or J Adams (4 pts) which did not help Dec’s cause. As
Dec is already looking at 2022 because they might be locked in to
3rd place, one good news was the performance of rookie A St.Brown
who scored the game-winning TD for the Lions and finished the game
with 20.25 pts. Perhaps he will have value as a saved player
next year.
FlyingElvis saw their hopes of a 2021 title go up in flames with a
disastrous 8th place finish and if it had not been for windy
conditions on MNF making it difficult for WRs such as Diggs (Ball)
to perform, FE might have finished last. The wind also
resulted in H Henry scoring zero in that game, but it was less
painful than for a top notch WR like Diggs. The risky combo of
L Jackson + M Brown bombed out with only 21 pts when their combined
projection was 36 pts in another sorry display of passing skills by
Jackson who this time could not be bailed out by his running and the
Ravens lost the game. FE had lots of injuries early in the
season before getting healthier and falling to 6th in injury points,
but this week was back to being affected by the injury bug with
Thielen leaving the game early after only catching one pass for zero
yards which definitely cost 7th place. J Taylor’s excellent
season continued, he’s probably the PQBFL MVP given how far ahead J
Mixon (Dec) he is in the RB standings and D Henry being excluded
from the conversation due to his injury. Taylor is averaging
18.2 pts per game so far and will for sure be back with FE next year
as franchise player again. The same cannot be said of Ekeler
who scored a TD but his two lost fumbles left him with only 7.5 pts
this week. Also rookie K Pitts can be blamed for why FE is not
nearer the top, as a second round pick he has not delivered value as
ROO12 in the league even with Ridley being out for a long stretch,
making Pitts the theoretical center piece of the passing offense but
his 6.25 pts this week has been typical of what he has done all
season. He has scored between 3.5 pts and 8.5 pts in 10 of his
12 games. ** update: Von Bell was downgraded from 1.0 sack and
1 tackle for loss to 0.5 sack and no tackle for loss and therefore
finished the week last, 0.5 pt behind the Ballers. **
The Ballers returned to last place for the first time since week #6
and will have to fight to avoid finishing last on the season.
With A Rodgers and C Newton on bye, Ball had to start J Goff which
felt like a hail mary pass, but Goff led the Lions to their first
win of the season and his 21.75 pts were definitely not the reason
for Ball’s last place. The problem was D Cook missing the game
to injury, Barkley not playing like a first rounder (6 pts this
week, RB27 on the season), and T McLaurin having trouble producing
on a regular basis without Fitzpatrick throwing the ball. This
week McLaurin only scored 4 pts and dropped to WR18. Diggs was
hampered by the weather as mentioned above and significantly
underperformed with 6.5 pts. Rookie M Parsons started which
was once again a surprising call but Mac Jones only attempted 3
passes all game so Parsons easily outscored him 10 to -1.25 pt
because Jones had a fumble not lost to bring him into negative
territory, so starting Parsons was a good call in the end.
Defense was a sorry affair this week with only 23.5 pts combined for
the four individual defenders, with E Kendricks being out to injury
having an impact and forcing DB Jenkins as flex with only 4
pts. Only the Bucs defense reached double digits in their win
against the Falcons but they did not dominate them either, allowing
380 yards of total offense and only creating one turnover. **
update: the Ballers avoided last place by virtue of the stat change
to Von Bell (FE) mentioned above **
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