WaxOnWaxOff became the first team this year to win back-to-back
weeks and this has powered them to first place overall in the
standings. This week Wax dominated all other teams by more than
23 points, en route to an easy win. On offense everybody scored a
TD for Wax except for Jo Reed who nonetheless caught 7 passes which
allowed him to beat his weekly projection. A Brown scored twice,
M Evans scored a long TD, Jo Howard scored a short TD and Mixon added
two more. At QB, the coach had the guts to bench A Rodgers in
favor of Roeth and it paid off, with Roeth outscoring Rodgers slightly,
19 to 17.75 pts. On defense A Donald had a multi-sack game for
the second straight week with 2 more this week in addition to 4 QB
hits. TJ Watt also had a sack and H Smith picked off a pass from
Brees. Rookie LB Leonard continued to wreak havoc with 4 tackles,
5 assists, one forced fumble and QB hit and still leads all rookies and
all non-rookie individual defenders.
The Decepticons returned to the top half after a 3-week down period and
moved one inch closer to Adm in 2nd place. This week Kamara was
used more despite the presence of Ingram and it paid dividends with
Kamara scoring twice. McCaffrey also did better than in recent
weeks. After a couple of 6.5 pt games, McCaffrey had his best
game since week #3 with two scores and 15.5 pts. Mahomes added 4
more TDs with over 30 pts this week, the third straight week where he
scored above 30 pts and the 5th time he does so in 8 weeks. At
WR, the Dec coach finally benched Diggs and instead started Woods but
it was the wrong week to make the move. Diggs outscored Thielen
(Old) for a rare week and scored 20.75 pts on the bench while R Woods
did not do much with only 8.5 pts. On defense the Saints were
expected to have a rough outing in Minny but they pulled off the upset
thanks to a defensive TD and they only allowed 20 pts.
The Admirals finished in their favorite spot – 3rd place – once
again. Adm finished in a very tight spot between Dec and Bas this
week : only half a point ahead of Bas but 1 pt behind Dec.
Offense was all fine as usual for Adm – Newton 27.5 pts, Gurley 25.25
pts, Hopkins 23 pts. The Adm coach benched Ingram and started J
White which turned out well because White scored a TD and got 79
receiving yards for a total of 12.75 pts, compared to only 7.5 pts for
Ingram. Ebron had another double-digit game with 11.75 pts and
now ranks as TE3 in the PQBFL, not far behind Ertz (Beaud) and Kelce
(Old). However the problem this week for Adm was defense.
The Vikings only scored 4 pts against the Saints and lost the game,
only getting one turnover and no sack. C Jones and D Hunter only
combined for 3 pts, while LB V Miller had an off-game with 5.5
pts. B Baker was the best on defense with 7.5 pts which is
nothing to write home about.
The GloriousBastards came very close to finishing 2nd for the fourth
straight week but unfortunately came up short against Adm and
Dec. The key call to make was at TE : G Kittle was benched with
7.75 pts and starter T Burton was limited to 3.75 pts which was the
difference between 2nd place and 4th place. If it was not for
this mistake, Bas would be much closer to 3rd place in the standings
but Dec gained some ground on Bas instead. At least Bas was in
the thick of the race thanks to the genius call of starting QB Goff
(30.25 pts) instead of Brady (10.25 pts). Goff has outscored
Brady so far this year and name recognition did not fool the coach into
starting Brady in Buffalo. RBs Hunt and Cohen contributed for 31
pts combined and even backups A Jones and P Barber did well with 26 pts
combined on the bench so Bas was going to get a boost at RB no matter
what. The WR position was a bit more problematic however with D
Adams scoring 11.5 pts which was much lower than his weekly projection,
and JJS-Schuster doing even worse with 6.5 pts.
The Ballers scored a mediocre 128.5 pts this week but it was good
enough for 5th place, which allowed Ball to move up to 6th place in the
standings. D Watson is the only one who showed up on offense for
Ball, scoring a season-high 40.75 pts. The rest of the offense
was shitty, including 1.75 pts for C Thompson, 3.5 pts for Breida, 1.5
pt for Golladay, and zero for Njoku. ODB did not score but at
least his stats were decent, ending the game with 15.75 pts.
Defense was somewhat acceptable with Dunlap sacking Winston twice, Ju
Simmons picking off Mahomes once, and Myles Jack sacking Wentz
once. At mid season the Ballers still trail FE in strength of
starters and is about tied with FE in coaching efficiency, however Ball
has benefited so far of the fewest injuries in the PQBFL which has
helped keep the team competitive in several weeks.
OldNo7 scored a disappointing 117 pts this week and only finished 6th
this week. At mid season OldNo7 must come to grips with reality
that 2018 will not be the year where this long-suffering franchise will
win it all, falling 15 rank-points behind first place which is almost
unsurmountable. Trubisky did well with 24.5 pts while M Ryan was
on bye, but CJ Anderson did not fare as well with M Gordon on bye with
only 1.5 pt. WR Thielen had a good game with 14.75 pts but based
on his own standards it was not as good as what we got accustomed to,
unfortunately. Co-WR De Thomas also disappointed with only 5.5
pts, but at least his outlook got better now that he’s been traded away
from Denver. Rookie S Michel is now injured but backup DJ Moore
came alive with 13.25 pts. Moore was slow out of the gate this
year but perhaps there is hope with him after all. Defense was
more problematic with nobody scoring double digits this week, J Poyer
and D Lee being the worst with 4 pts each.
The BeaudoinBrothers must strike the 2018 season as a lost year,
finishing in the red for the 3rd time in 8 weeks and only avoiding last
place because FE’s coach has already thrown the towel. Finishing
in the top half of the standings for the season will be a challenge for
Beaud, because right now it looks like nothing is working for Beaud, be
it injuries or coaching decisions. WR Jeffery was benched again
and despite scoring only 5.75 pts, it was a bad coaching call because
TY Hilton started and only scored 2.5 pts. Such a paltry contest
5.75 pts vs 2.5 pts at the WR position is what the Bros season has come
to. On defense Mack was injured the exact same week that Ingram
was on bye, which was another untimely injury for Beaud. The
Ravens started in Carolina but scored -2 pts while the Panthers scored
a more respectable 7.5 pts, a coaching call which cost the team one
rank-point. At LB, with PQBFL-leader Schobert injured, backup R
Foster stunk with only 2 pts. All odds are on this guy being out
of the PQBFL in 2019.
FlyingElvis’ season started like shit before it even began with L
Bell not showing up, and now FE finished last for the second
straight week and now FE is left alone in the cellar. Time for FE
to rebuild, but will the GM take action? Among the few valuable
goods FE has, Ty Hill only scored 6.5 pts this week and Gronk was
limited to 5 pts. The Jags defense was toothless at home against
Philly with only 4 pts, and the coach started both D Lawrence and S Lee
on bye rather than starting backups. Did FE receive the wrong
schedule informing him that Dallas was playing or what? This
ended up being a gift to Beaud to avoid last place, plain and
simple. Even star rookie Barkley could not keep FE out of last
place this week despite over 100 yards from scrimmage.
