Week #14

FlyingElvis won for the first time of the season thanks to a silly 6-TD zero turnover game from Josh Allen for a total of 56 pts which was not even enough for the Bills to win.  FE crushed all other teams in the PQBFL by almost 40 pts because it was not only Allen who exploded.  Zach Charbonnet took full advantage of K Walker (Ball) missing the game to injury and scored two TDs of his own for 29 pts which was the best game of his career so far.  It will be interesting to see what his role is later this season and even next year once Walker is healthy.  Also Josh Jacobs scored 3 TDs in a Packers loss which was hard to swallow as time expired in Detroit. 

WaxOnWaxOff edged Bas by 1 point to take sole possession of first place in the standings, up 2 rank-points in front of Bas and Beaud.  The fact that Wax could achieve such success despite not having an active DL and also college QB C Beck getting injured during the game and had a negative score was music to Wax’s ears.  The leader of the team was Ju Jefferson who dismantled the Falcons defense with 27.5 pts and he was not even the best Vikings WR on the day, being outscored by Jo Addison (Prof).  Regular rookie starter Maye was on bye but so were Nix (Bas) and J Daniels (Beaud) so all top three teams in the PQBFL had to play their backup rookie.  Wax started T Tracy who was by far the most effective of the backup rookies, scoring a short TD and 11.75 pts.  On defense it's worth noting B Baker’s performance this week of 19 pts entirely via tackles and assists.  He took over as the best DB in the league.

The GloriousBastards were headed to a middling result this week until franchise player J Chase did what he’s supposed to do: carry Bas’ team on his shoulders.  He dominated the Cowboys defense with 14 receptions, almost 200 yards from scrimmage, 2 TDs including the game winning one late in the game.  But he was not the full focus on the Bengals’ offense because even RB C Brown scored for a total of 16.25 pts.  Brown started the season slow when he was sharing duties with Zack Moss (Ball) and he was averaging 7.7 pts per game after 8 weeks.  Since Moss’ injury, C Brown has averaged 13.8 pts per game which puts him firmly in the top 5 in the league so it’s been a boon for Bas.  Bas could have beat Wax this week if not for the rookie position where Ray Davis scored a goose egg while Jalen McMillan scored 20.75 pts on the bench, which was double pain for Bas because starter WR Mike Evans was left in the shadow of McMillan and only scored 7.25 pts.

The Ballers had their highest season finish of the season in 4th place which had an impact at the top of the standings because Ball beat Beaud but not Wax and Bas.  Ball’s positive result was surprising because Ball was without their best RB Walker and forced Singletary in the starting lineup who only scored 0.5 pt as no other healthy RB was available with J Williams and A Gibson both on bye.  Ball was able to finish in the top half of the standings mostly due to WR Nacua who scored 31.75 pts while the Rams’ other WR Kupp (Beaud) scored about half of Nacua’s score.  Nacua’s season has been affected by injuries but he’s clearly healthy now and climbed to WR5 in the PQBFL, making him a good candidate for potential franchise player in 2025.  Ball also received unusual production from rookie Rome who has otherwise been a disappointment like the rest of the Bears.  This week Rome scored 17 pts to move up to ROO14 in the league. 

OldNo7 finished in 5th place for the second straight week but because of the recent surge by FlyingElvis, Old has been caught from behind in the standings and is now tied with FE at 68 rank-points for the season with FE holding the tie-breaker by a small margin.  Before MNF Old was stuck in a tight battle with Dec and Beaud and Burrow delivered with 26.75 pts to beat both Dec-Beaud and Old emerged on top of the tight pack in 5th-6th-7th.  RB Kyren Williams returned to the starting lineup now that McCaffrey is out for the year due to injury, showing that CMC can be expendable with Williams scoring 18 pts this week.  WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba made a rare start for Old and rewarded the coach with 16.75 pts.  His time under the sun has arrived – he’s WR15 in the league, in front of Seahawks teammate DK Metcalf (Wax) who only ranks WR25.

The Decepticons had three players on MNF Dowdle Elliott and Hendrickson and all three had a middling result, scoring roughly what their weekly projection was so it was not surprising that Dec ended up between Old and Beaud. Dec had many holes in the lineup this week which held them back, but unlike Wax-Bas-Beaud, they had their starting rookie QB Caleb active and he scored 14.5 pts.  The problems were elsewhere though.  The reason both Dowdle and Elliott had to start was because B Hall was injured on the worst possible week when both J Taylor and Mixon were on bye.  Also Jayden Reed has a stunning zero score in part because J Love only completed 12 passes in the game, making it a double whammy because Dec started Love (14.5 pts) and left Tua Tago on the bench (24.25 pts).

The BeaudoinBrothers were fearing week #14 and the fears turned out to be warranted.  Five of Beaud’s regular starters were on bye: J Daniels, D Henry, Dugger, Roquan Smith, and Buckner.  To make matters worse Logan Wilson missed the game to injury which left the Bros with the bare minimum of 4 healthy defensive players (only 1 LB) and backups Josh Sweat + J Holland did nothing to change their backup status with only 3 pts each as starters this week.  The Bills defense started because the Colts were on bye but the Bills were pulverized by the Rams and ended with a disastrous -3.5 pts which included allowing a blocked punt returned for a TD.  The Bros could have salvaged an average outcome on MNF but Tee Higgins had a paltry 2 receptions for 23 yds while watching the Beaud’s main competition Bas get all the scoring in that Bengals’ game.  As mentioned above the rookie position was critical this week with so many rookie QBs on bye.  The Bros have a better backup rookie than Wax and especially Bas, but Bucky Irving got injured early in the game and exited with only 1.5 pt which affected Beaud negatively.

ProfMJ finished in the red for the 4th straight week and for the 5th time in 6 weeks.  Prof is now 9 rank-points behind Old/FE in the standings so they will most likely finish the season in 7th place.  RB James Cook has had a nice season (RB8) but this week the Bills completely abandoned him and rode the Josh Allen train all game long.  The Bills scored 42 pts but Cook only had 20 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards.  CD Lamb was Prof’s top performer this week with 17.5 pts on MNF so he proved he can still produce despite having lost Prescott, but it was too little too late for Prof who was too far behind Dec-Old-Beaud as of Sunday night. 

The Admirals finished dead last for the 4th time this season.  With an eye on the future for who could be Adm franchise player in 2025, RB J Gibbs is almost a foregone conclusion.  He scored 11 pts this week despite the fact that Montgomery (Beaud) continues to steal carries and even outscores Gibbs at times, including this week.  The Lions offense is simply good enough to produce a top RB like Gibbs who ranks RB4 without even needing Montgomery to injure himself for Gibbs to get the lions’ share of the load.  For the second franchise spot the situation is more questionable.  AJ Brown was franchised this year but the Eagles have not been flying high.  This week against the weak Panthers, Brown only scored 6 pts with Hurts only completing 14 passes for a lowly 108 yards.  At WR17 for the season, Brown is not worth a franchise player spot.  The better answer would be Nico Collins (WR4 in the PQBFL) but he was on bye this week which held Adm back.





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