By Paul Pearson
Fantasy football isn’t always the prettiest sport. Sometimes you win when a busted play turns into a touchdown. Sometimes you lose when a beautiful play is called back because of a penalty on the opposite side of the field. And sometimes you have situations like we have in the FiOS league, where a team could make the playoffs after winning only 5 out of 13 regular season games.
They’re In
Seven teams can start preparing for next week’s playoff games. The Ann-Tics have wrapped up the Ultimate Division title and the league’s overall top spot with a 10-2 record. They can rest their starters against the Bringers of Awesome if they choose to do so. And so can the 8-2-2 Ninja Stars, who beat the Lovely & Talented last week and get Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes II to wrap up the regular season.
Three teams sit behind the division leaders with 8-4 records and postseason spots of their own. The Big O, riding a three-game winning streak, holds the points tiebreaker over the other two in the standings. They face To the victor go the spoils this week and would like Andre Johnson to stick around for the entire game this week. The Scarlet Pack has won two straight games and sits only 30 points behind the Big O. They get the P Funk Tribe in week 13 and would like their two Peytons (Manning and Hillis) to play like All-Pros. Lovely & Talented has lost two straight games but can rest easy in this week’s match against the WiFis and Bigger GBs.
A pair of 7-5 teams have also assured themselves of winning records for the regular season. The Bringers of Awesome have won three straight games and can make it four if Maurice Jones-Drew and company can come up big against the Ann-Tics. Pussy Galore and her Abrocats lost last week but can bounce back this week against the Suckawoodz if Reggie Wayne can stop losing balls in the lights.
They’re Looking Good
The Scarlet Eagles are riding a two-game losing streak and would get the eighth and final spot in the playoffs, despite their 5-7. But with all the teams nipping at their heels, the Eagles would be wise to reverse course this week against NM Agency. To do that, they should find a way for Matt Ryan to take his sterling home record on the road.
They Need Help
Next up are the two teams that tied against the Ninja Stars this season and can get into the playoffs with a win, a loss by the Eagles and good fortune in points. The 4-7-1 P Funk Tribe has dropped two straight contests and face the Scarlet Pack next. The 4-7-1 To the victor go the spoils lost a close one last week and are looking to upset the Big O this week.
The Suckawoodz won last week to improve their record to 4-8. But they trail the Eagles, Tribe and Spoils in points, so they would need a miraculously strong outing by their team and horrible losses by the three other teams to sneak into the postseason. They close out the regular season by battling Pussy Galore and her Abrocats.
They’re Done
Three teams with 3-9 records are battling for the title of league cellar dweller. NM Agency has won two straight games but still is looking up at everyone else thanks to the points tiebreaker. The WiFis and Bigger GBs were squashed last week and gets the Lovely & Talented this week. Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes II has dropped four straight games and needs to hold off the Ninja Stars if it doesn’t want the bottom seed in the Toilet Bowl.
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