The
BeaudoinBrothers won week #12 and made the race at the top of the
standings as close as it's been since week #2. The Bros are now
only one rank-point behind Dec although they will most likely not have
the tie-breaker. The BeaudoinBrothers served the Decepticons' own
medicine by winning with receivers and a TD on defense. Beckham
Jr, B Marshall, and Gronk scored 4 TDs combined and caught 24
passes. On defense, Kuechly picked off two passes and returned
one for a TD. JJ Watt did not score but he was all over Brees'
face with 2 sacks and 7 QB hits.
FlyingElvis recovered from a difficult weeks #10-11 with second place
this week and kept hopes alive of finishing 3rd in the standings by
closing the gap with Wax and Old. Calvin Johnson had his best
game of the year by far and led FE with 29.5 pts. He only ranks
12th best WR in the PQBFL and has generally been a disappointment this
year because if we count franchise WRs, he was taken 6th WR.
Brady did well against the tough Broncos defense with 29.25 pts but his
receivers are falling like flies and the outlook is gloomy for the
final stretch unless guys can come back to health.
WaxOnWaxOff finished 3rd with an adequate 151.5 pts on the back of a
dominant game by the Panthers defense in Dallas where they scored 2 TDs
on Thanksgiving. Jarvis Landry also had a big game with 13-165-1
and climbed in the top 10 WRs in the league and since he has not missed
a game to injury, he ranks 6th best WR in total points if we ignore
points per game. Injuries continue to bog down Wax particularly
on defense with 4 of the 6 LBs and DBs out and requiring Wax to start a
DL at the defensive flex position. A Donald only scored 3 pts in
that role.
The Decepticons have been in first place since week #1 but are now
dangerously close to losing the top spot after finishing in 4th place
for the 4th time in 6 weeks. However this week injuries were not
as much to blame as before since the only notable absence was D Freeman
with Gore doing nothing in his replacement. The problem this week
was superstar WRs Ju Jones and D Hopkins who carried Dec all year both
failed to score a TD and did not even reach 100 yards together.
On defense, B Wagner and D Jackson both had good games with 16.5 pts
but no defensive TD came to save the day. The team best score was
from rookie Mariota with 21.75 pts but that was not enough for Dec to
reach the first half of the standings.
The Admirals finished far behind Dec with only 111 pts and with FE's
performance this week, the team is all but assured from finishing the
season dead last. Brees got his ass kicked all game and did not
score a TD for the first time in ages. Adm's RBs did well (Lacy
15.5 pts and McCoy 11.25 pts) but receivers were dreadful (D Thomas
only one reception, Dez Bryant 2-26). To add insult to injury,
Jimmy Graham got hurt and he is now out for the year.
OldNo7 failed to score 100 pts for the first time all year and finished
last. First off, the coach started LB Collins who has been out
for weeks and Mathieu scored 19.5 pts on the bench. RB Lamar
Miller rushed for a whopping 2 yards, the Seahawks defense was torched
by the Steelers, but that production came from everybody but Old's top
WR Antonio Brown who did not score and was limited to 51 receiving
yards.
