Highest Scoring Team ($15)
THE GROOVERS
Coach Hunt
128.31 pts
Highest Scoring Player ($7)
Curtis’ Bronco Coat
Coach Nick
Trevor Lawrence - 32.18 pts
Current Playoff Standings
Qualley’s DSM Football Team (8-3) [Papa Jord Leader]
Ewoldt’s Course Rangers (8-3) [X-IA Leader] X-IA
Nick’s Curtis’ Bronco Coat (6-5) [Cul-de-Sack Leader]
John’s Scallon Express (6-5) [Boy Scout Cyclone Leader]
Hunt’s Groovers (8-3) [Wildcard Leader] X-IA
Jesse’s La Bamba (7-4) [Wildcard Leader] X-IA
Jack’s Tuna with Mustard (5-6) [PPG Leader - 116 PPG] X-IA
Austin’s Goffpocalpyse (5-6) [PPG Leader - 116 PPG] Papa Jord’s
Bubble Teams
Jord’s Shirt Brothers (6-5) 111 PPG X-IA
Aaron’s No Nonsense Nelson (5-6) 113 PPG BSC
Curtis’ 3-Peat Pick ‘Em Champ (5-6) 109 PPG CdS
Brady’s ALL-TIME D (5-6) 107 PPG CdS
Jerry Jeudy may have rode the bench for Jord’s 78-112 loss to Nelson this week, but it’s nice to see him pay tribute to his elders. Thanks Qualley, for catching Jeudy’s clear reference to Top 15 Flag Football Highlights: Day 1.
You’ll also note above that prior to my pump faking Nate, Curtis also gets owned, and at the end you’ll see his meta wave to the camera. I have no doubt that was Qualley’s true intention for digging up this one, as Qualley would equally handle Curtis this week, winning 123-117, and Curtis may be waving goodbye to his fantasy career. It’s a clutch win the Des Moines Football Team, the hottest team in the league, particularly with Jord losing, as he now extends his divisional lead to 2 games in Papa Jord’s. Curtis is actually fine; however, as he sits still just a game back in the Cul-de-Sack, as the entire division, save Dierks’ Heathens, would lose this week, namely the division leader Nick, who would lose in MNF to Austin 101-107. I’m also happy to report that Duncan would pick up his second win of the season, smoking ALL-TIME D and their joke of a roster 104-88. And to add insult to injury, Joe Burrow is dead. Brady may be soon too.
But if you want to talk about somebody whose fantasy career is actually over - look no further than Andrew Gustin. Practice enough dark magic and before long you become cursed. I mean, the guy somehow engineers his way out of his top player Jonathan Taylor’s bye via a trade of him to Jesse for Tyreek Hill (who already had his bye) and it’s still not enough. Qualley may be the hottest coach in the league right now, but a close second, Hunt, took Drew’s soul this week, beating him 128-119. Drew’s stupid potato team falls to 4-7 and has now lost five straight, a hilarious feat that I wouldn’t know anything about. Like the yang to Drew’s yin, Hunt has now won five straight and moves to 8-3.
Amazingly, Hunt is still not the X-IA leader, as the other X-IA Tanner, Ewoldt, ends his 3-game slide with a big win over TC, 105-92. Ewoldt remains tied with Hunt, but crucially has that head-to-head tiebreaker should it come to that. Also, continuing to cause trouble in that division, Jesse and La Bamba, who after his sub-fifty point performance last week rebounded and grinded out a win against the Scallon Express 108-89, and re-earns his bid for a wildcard spot in the playoffs. The Express’s lead in the BSC falls to just a game with Nelson’s win. Jesse may be the winner of the aforementioned trade, as he eats the the Jonathan Taylor bye and still picks up the win this week.
The Scallon Express has been a confounding team to cover, as they started the season 5-1, and have been the #1 power-ranked team since week 6 when Scallon made the seemingly GM move of the year, trading away Zach Moss to Duncan for Deebo Samuel. But Deebo would get hurt in Week 6, miss 3 weeks, plus the bye and has scored a combined 24.35 points the last two weeks. Since that trade the Express has gone 2-4. To add insult to injury, Cooper Kupp and Kenneth Walker both exited their games with injuries this week, and are in some doubt to play next week. All that said, the Express still has a lot of weapons, a one game lead in the weak BSC, and if they can get to the playoffs and get healthy, they’ll be a formidable opponent.
Three weeks to go, gentlemen. Time to test your mettle.
$20 BOUNTY
Hunt earned this year’s bounty Week 1 by posting the lowest score of the week. He would beat Jesse Week 2, and TC Week 3, before losing the bounty to Jord in Week 4. Jord would then turn around and lose the bounty to TC in Week 5 and TC would hand it off to Drew in Week 6. Drew would lose it to the then undefeated Ewoldt in Week 7, who would lose his first game, and the bounty to Jesse in Week 8. Jesse would keep it in Week 9, beating Austin but then score the 3rd lowest point total in IFL history in Week 9, 48.76 points, and lost the bounty to Curtis in Week 10. Curtis lost the bounty to Qualley in Week 11.
Bounty holder record this season: 3-7. Godspeed Qualley.
TOP DIVISION
Huge week from X-IA extends their lead to 18.
PICK ‘EM
Last year’s pick ‘em champ goes perfect this week but Qualley tightens up his game to hold a one point lead.
