!!CONGRATULATIONS CAB ON GETTING HIGH SCORE FOR WEEK NINE!!
MANTLE OF MAGNIFICENCE
Hey, We have a new face up in here! Welcome to The World Wonder who manages his first win since the DFFL V Bowl game last year. Separately, the longest win streak is now PTS with 3 games, after the NUT implosion this week.Finally, CAB arrives back on the MoM, and does so as the high scorer. Congratulations!
(CAB(6-3)⭐), (DMM (4-5) ⭐🏈🏈), (UGG(4-5)⭐), (TMW (6-3)⭐⭐⭐⭐🏈🤺), (JWW (1-8) ⭐⭐🤺), and PTS (7-2)⭐⭐) in order of points scored.
CELLAR OF SHAME
Well, the Wonder hath departed for greener pastures this week, but the Fan'(un)Tasty is taking over the Front Office here in Shameville. The last time DNF won a game was in Week 4 versus The Hershey Fitz. DNF now holds the record for longest LOSER streak at 5 games. He gets to bring JWW back to CoS this coming week, or move to 6 games lost - extending their franchises worse season on record...ever! Huh? You say who is that newcomer, over in the corner looking like bubba just violated his privacy?? Well, that is the NUT...Welcome to the Cellar....(Bubba is Kirk)...
(TIU(4-5) ⭐⭐⭐⭐🤺), (NUT(8-1)⭐⭐⭐🏈🤺), (KED(5-4) ⭐), (MTT(4-5)⭐🏈), (DNF(2-7) ⭐🤺), and (RAF(3-6)🏈) in order of losing points scored.
Free Agent Top 5er:
Blake Grupe (K)
(KEY: 🤺-Top 5 Defense/ST, 🏈-Top 5 Kicker, ⭐-Top 5 Player Q/R/W/T)
DFFL WEEKLY PRODUCTION NOTES
TOP 5 Notes:
Ø TMW has the mostest Top 5ers at 6 (including a Kicker and DEF).
Ø TIU has the most Top 5ers (5) for a team with 4 straight losses.
Ø No Team is without a Top 5er; CAB entered Top 5er Club with Josh Jacobs this week.
Ø NUT bolsters Top 5er balance in Losers Bracket (17 to 14).
DFFL Production:
DFFL scored 1507.4 in Week 9.
Wk1-1493.7; Wk2-1558.98, Wk3-1526.44, Wk4-1676.94, Wk5-1719.48, Wk6-1639.76, Wk7-1566.43, Wk8-1843.04, Wk9-1507.4
Meeting Expectations:
DFFL had the second lowest scoring total of the season!
No team exceeded production projections in Week 9, for a second straight week.
CAB (D. Shultz), NUT (C. Lamb), and JWW (J. Ferguson) & (C. Kmet) exceeded expectations by double digits this week!
RAF's 32% in Week 7 is a DFFL best for 2023 thus far.
Failing Expectations:
RAF had the worst week at 43% under! MTT was 34% under and DNF and NUT were each 29% under. All lost their matchups...predictably.
JWW (M. Thomas), KED (T. Higbee), and TIU (G. Davis) nabbed goose eggs this week!
MTT's 65% in Week 1 is a DFFL worst for 2023 thus far.
Benched Diamonds - Wasted Production in WEEK 9:
Highest Bencher QB – JWW's CJ Stroud (60.3) Taxi
Highest Bencher RB - KED's Rachaad White (32.9)
Highest Bencher WR – MTT's Tank Dell (35.7)
Highest Bencher TE – TIU's QB/TE Taysom Hill (24.62) (2nd Week in a row)
Highest Bencher K – RAF's Younghoe Koo (12) (2nd Week in a row)
Highest Bencher DEF – DMM's Indianapolis Colts (30)
DFFL Platinum Performers - Week 9
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*JWW's CJ Stroud (QB) - 60.3 (Taxi) - New season Record
UGG's Dak Prescott (QB) - 44.4 (Bench)
*Stroud's 60.3 in Week 9 is Season High *
DFFL WEEK 9 AWARDS
Tyson Award. Nite, Nite! Thleep Tight!
- DMM (1) gets his first Tyson in Week 9 after demolishing The Fitz by 70.16 points in a 149.18 to 79.02 victory this week. No one really stood out in this match, but DMM's Browns DEF achieved a projections-busting score (23), and J. Warren pulled in almost 18 points - his best performance of the season. I'm throwing down Red flags for DMM; his Top 5er QB, Jalen Hurts is nursing a knee injury going into Week 9. Also, a Red Flag goes to RAF's Alvin Kamara (13), ceding a lot of work to J. Williams (even in passing game). Panic Button (1-5) (1 being highest level) - 5 for both.
2023: PTS (2), MTT (1), TMW (2), RAF (2), NUT (1), DMM (1)
Historical: JWW 139.88
Maguire Award. Show me the Money!
- CAB (1) gets a first Maguire with a 151.34 to 98.4 victory over DNF this week. This is the lowest point total for a Maguire win of the season. How might this happen, you say?? Well, it's more likely when DFFL point totals fall to a second lowest of the season. The Ala Barts got great production from Josh Jacobs (24.8) - who is trending up with scoring of late, and Dalton Shultz (28). CAB's Kicker essentially met projected points, and every other player fell short. Ultimately, the $30 bucks doesn't care the point total - only that it beats every other team that week. Congrats to CAB!
2023: TMW (2), PTS (1), TIU (2), RAF (1), NUT (2), CAB (1)
Historical: DNF 246.5
Cliffhanger Award. By the skin of your teeth and newly discovered hair loss!
- JWW (1) not only wins his first victory of the 2023 season (last win was the DFFL Bowl V victory last year), but also wins in stunningly exciting fashion! The Wonder wins a Cliffhanger this week by stretching across the line with his Kicker (Cameron Dicker - 11pts) in the waning minutes of MNF, beating TIU by a nail biting 1.08 points!! While this isn't record breaking, it is one of the closest games in DFFL history - within the Top 5. JWW beat player expectations with his kicker's 11 points, who joined Najee Harris (18.6), Cole Kmet (22.5), Brandon Powell (10.9), and Jake Ferguson (22.6) with solid games. JWW did have one of DFFL's disappointing Goose Egg layers (M. Thomas), but it didn't matter.
2023: UGG (1), DNF (1), NUT (3), KED (1), DMM (1), JWW (1)
Historical: “The Tie”’19 (CAB vs RAF); “Halloween Howler.84”’22 (TMW vs NUT)
Meme Award. When your best isn’t good enough, but makes for great jokes!
- RAF (4) - for a second straight week - loses a match with a Meme-worthy score of just 79.02 points. The misery is real for The Fitz, and we are merely days from seeing potentially record - breaking low scores continue for this franchise. While no player Goose Egged, not ONE SINGLE PLAYER got close to meeting production expectations in Week 9 - NOT EVEN Alvin Kamara. Kamara had his worst week of the season (13 points met of 26.75 expected). Highlighting the RAF frustration was the fact that Darius Slayton had his best week (10.9) while sitting on the bench. Not even RAF's rock start, but benched, Younghoe Koo (19) could have turned a positive score for The Fitz this week.
2023: MTT (1), DNF (1), UGG (3), RAF (4)
Historical: MTT 55.82 (Wk1/2023), OIE (MTT) 66.04.
Shamrock Award. I found me 4-leaf clover, and though small, I be a winner!
- PTS (3) gets a Shamrock for lowest point total in a win this week, beating KED in a score of 126.10 to 113.58. PTS is now the "luckiest" winner in DFFL with three awards. Amazingly, PTS wins this week with all of his Lions, Broncos, and Jaguars out to pasture. Gus Edwards (18.2), Josh Dotson (15.9), Daniel Carlson (14) and the Rams DEF (12) all beat production expectations, and Baker Mayfield essentially did what he needed to do for The Six. This is a strong team headed into the late window of the regular season. When you can win with 50% of your ballers on BYE, you are looking like a 90% favorite in the post season, just sayin! Kyle Pitts is officially well within the Panic Meter, continuing to cede production to Jonnu Smith. Dude hasn't matched his 1st Round expectations...and that is a fact! On the other side, luck continued for PTS, as KED was finally getting what he needed from Diontae Johnson who had his best game in over 365 days! Even KED's Chargers DEF on MNF got a Week 9 Colts tying high score of 30 points! They got KED closer, but KED benched his homer, off-season-RB1-favorite-to-be, Rachaad White, he would have crushed the lucky but good PTS in a 6th straight victory. More to follow...
2023: UGG (1), CAB (2), KED (2), MTT (1), PTS (3)
Historical: CAB 102.7
TY-SHAM: PTSvsRAF(wk2 138.02).
Red Shirt Award. Starfleet security officer taking one for CAPT Kirk.
- TIU (2) - for a second straight week - nabs the Red Shirt this week for the highest losing score - 132.42. This time Tee Higgins (21) wasn't at fault for The Toe who got their 4th straight loss. Ok...the problem...Sit down! Take a breath!....Gabe Davis - a player who has been trending very well - layed a Goose Egg in his match with Cincinnati! NOW...listen to this!!! The last time Gabe Davis got a ZERO was....(cue the Twilight Zone music)....against Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, in Week 17. I'll let y'all make any connections you feel necessary. I'll just say that I would be hesitant to start Davis in any future match with the Bengals. I'm sure Bengals defenders are reading my blog and will make it a point to prevent G. Davis from getting squat! All other TIU players essentially managed to keep Toe in this one, but the Moss and Moore starts did nothing to bring a victory to TIU. Since Toe didn't start Mattison (19.3) or Taysom Hill (24.62), he was unable to use their points to get back to Star Fleet HQ safe. Too bad. So Sad.
2023: KED (2), TMW (1), DMM (2), PTS (1), JWW (1), TIU (2)
Historical: NUT 205.10 (Halloween Howler, Oct22)
Mojo Award. “Yeah, Baby!” Best pickup or start/sit decisions.
- JWW (1) gets the coveted savvy owner Mojo this week with his start of Brandon Powell (10.9) in this razor thin win versus TIU. The Wonder had a love/hate relationship with Powell in previous weeks - contracting then dropping, before contracting and starting the Minnesota WR in Week 9. Only John Kerry, with his "I voted for it, before I voted against it," was more confusing (yet strategic to those who know..) than JWW's transactions with B Powell in the last few weeks. Separately, I have a special place in my heart for Powell. He happens to be named after my birthplace town - in the heart of Park County, 75 miles east of Yellowstone National Park...I DIGRESS! We're back. I'm actually very happy to award this one to The Wonder. I love owners who play the unknown goober in a tough match because...well...they have a hunch. Multiple Mojo winners this year were provided the award for players no one would have sat. But I looked for where the savvy could be found, and made an argument on their behalf. JWW checks all of the boxes for an owner who deserves recognition this week. Brandon Powell started in a game with two different QBs. The Rookie was no known quantity, and expectations might be on the Run game or TE (TJ Hock) to get all the RZ action. The Wonder had multiple players on his bench who many - including Yours Truly - would have started over Powell. Alec Pierce with gunslinger Minshew behind center. Rondale Moore who has taken on a "Deebo-like" role with Arizona. Smith-Shuster who was the last WR standing in a game where many would have assumed he had his best chance of breaking out. The list goes on, and I won't even say anything about Noah Brown's breakout game with the Texans (27.3). The Wonder said he didn't even consider starting N. Brown, and that kinda hurts the spirit of awarding him the award this week. It is counter to the intuition needed to make start/sit decisions. However, I believe it was his Type-A personality (much like Lew's comment on his defenses this morning) that caused him to blurt out a "face-saving" yet unnecessary mouth fart on my data-driven comment regarding benched point getters. Essentially, he made the bold comment, "No one would have started Noah!" Ouch! Lots of savvy and now rich folks did start Noah. I'll leave it at that. Congrats, JWW. No honorable mentions...no one started anyone outside us losers who was "savvy" enough to make this list. My Rant is Over...
2023: JWW (2), DMM (1), RAF (1), MTT (2), TMW (2), JWW (1)
Noonan Award. "Best Ball Award"..nana nana naaa!
- KED (1) gets a Noonan this week with honorable mention to TIU - who would have had his 4th in a row. I don't like picking on a guy who never chats in WhatsApp...I get nervous. KED deserves the Noonan for not starting his homer Rachaad White (32.9). White had his best game ever!! He is Chad's HOMER. He was traded for in the offseason, and billed by Chad, as an RB1 starter who had no competition in the backfield..... Fast forward to Week 9. This was to be the week that R White shows KED his worth. KED says, "I am the shit!! I won 5 in a row!! No one tells me who is good and who is not! Diontae proved me right!!, I'm gonna start K WalkerIII over my homie, White!!" Btw, K WalkerIII is no longer the legitimate RB 1 in the Seattle backfield. "That ship dun sailed", as they say in Kentucky. The Coach told y'all he has a mancrush on Charbonnet. So why would you not FLEX WalkerIII and place R White "no competition" into the RB spot?? No One KNOWS but Chad! Happy Noonan.
2023: MTT (1), JWW (2), TMW (1), DMM (1) TIU (3), KED (1)
Deck Chairs Award. First Class or Steerage? All equally suck on Titanic!
- RAF (3) gets the Deck Chair this week with a set of useless bottom-of-the-ocean-anchor-chairs in Keontay "Sucks" Ingram and Jalen "I told you I sucked" Reagor. Ill spare the details as we all know RAF is chasing that Week 7 (lucky?) win where he attained and started all the right goobers. THAT ship has definitely sailed! Into the deep with you, RAF! You should be an expert at holding your breath at this stage in the season...glub...glub...glub.
2023: DMM (1), UGG (1), DNF (2), CAB (1), TMW (1), JWW (2), RAF (3)
This week was fun! I enjoyed writing this blog from my 20th Floor NewYork NewYork room in fabulous Las Vegas. On to Week 10!!!!
~Rudolf
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