- Lambeau Leapin’ Lambs (9-4; Evan Clayton): Kermit the Frog once said “it ain’t easy being green”, but Evan doesn’t know what this feels like. This team – this GOD DAMN team – just wins, even when they play meh. And to top it all off? Evan should have a nice cake walk to a Presidents Trophy with his final week matchup against lowly Nick.
2. The Nightman Cometh (8-5; Craig Stalowski): Craig just fell short against John in week 13, but damn this team looks GOOD. Craig now finds himself in a 3-way tie for the Brees Division title and with Greg and Pat facing off, Craig MUST win his final matchup to have a decent shot at winning his division. Good news: you’re playing Sean.
3. The Bonkers (8-5; Anthony DiMinno): Ant loses CMC again AND Jordan Mason; what awful luck with this injury bug in SF. Thankfully, the rest of Ant’s team is rather well built, especially with Bowers playing like a WR1. Overall, this group made easy work of lowly Josh, but now Ant must look to the postseason and pray these injuries do not catch up.
4. IHOP for Touchdowns (8-5; Pat Masur): Pat gets his first winning-season since 2020 with a strong win over Steve in week 13. Like many others who have clinched, Pat’s team could do some damage come playoff time, but first, Pat has a shot at clinching the division in his matchup against Greg.
5. The Horn Knee Grimace (8-5; Greg Flohs): Greg decided to stuff Nick like a Thanksgiving turkey this past week. Greg’s team – including his D/ST – all dropped at least 17pts to get him one of the top performances of the year (it may be the top, but I’m too lazy to check). Anyways, Greg faces Pat is a potential division deciding matchup to cap the regular season. Playoff seeding is on the line…
6. Team Maxson (8-5; Johnathan Maxson): For the second week-in-a-row: Terrible outing from Johnathan paired with an even worse opponent. John’s team is finding some luck, and the great teams tend to find a way to win, but from a true performance perspective, this group needs to get back on track if they want to get beyond the first round.
7. Phoenixville Horn Dogs (7-6; John Williams): In what turned out to be the premier matchup of the week, John edged Craig out by just few points in what turned out to be a dogfight. My only knock on John is he continues to bench DJ Moore; and to knock myself, I said no to Moore at the deadline. Now clinching a playoff spot, John needs to carry this momentum for the next few weeks.
8. Fantasy Football Team (5-8; Steve Katz): Lose 5, win 5, lose 3 – what a year. This team could only find consistency – good or bad – in fleeting moments. Ultimately, I think the start out of the gate killed all chances at this team being in the postseason, but that is sometimes what happens in Fantasy.
9. Milk Milk Lemonade (5-8; Sean Washington): Sean had a chance to take down Evan and keep himself in playoff contention; as long as Bo Nix had a quiet night. Someone (me) decided to ice Sean by mentioning this fact in the chat. This icing was rewarded with a 93yd tuddy pass from Bo Nix. I’m sorry Sean, but you’ve only got the losers bracket to look forward to now.
10. Sparta Waffle Eaters (5-8; Josh Tucci): Josh’s team continues their regularly scheduled programming. I actually made Josh’s meme before the conclusion of MNF, and the Meme Gods decided to spite me and get him above 90pts. I am petty and decided to not change it.
11. Gettleman’s Hog Mollies (4-9; Jimmy Campbell): Jimmy probably feels like he’s getting waterboarded with lemonade right now. He can’t shake the possibility of a punishment and it’s coming down to the final week. Even worse, he’s now behind Nick in PF. His only solace is Nick draws a matchup against Evan this week. Win or lose, it comes down to this and what happens with Nick.
12. K9 Dawg Pound (3-10; Nick Calabrase): Poor Nick, wheeling and dealing at the deadline, working the waiver wire to try to get a decent team together in his final weeks, and how is he repaid? Greg just dropping 166pts on him. Nick has now over taken Jimmy in PF, so if Nick wins and Jimmy loses, Nick will be miraculously safe. Only problem? Final matchup against Evan. You better just pray, Nick.