News:

We definitely have ourselves a Bell curve in the standings now. Teams Rosstitutes and Titans have juggernaut winning streaks going and have all but locked up play-off spots (albeit pretty unofficially). At the other end, Jay and Piper are fighting to avoid relegation to the children’s table at Christmas dinner and the rest of us are locked in an epic battle for what is likely those last four spots. Still we have a lot of football left.

In the NFL, the trade deadline was a bit “meh” for fantasy managers. Dennis Allen was fired. The Cowboys picked up Jonathan Mingo, once again proving Mingo is just pawn in game of life.

Seriously though, when the Panthers are fleecing you in trades, it’s pretty bad. At least they have another option for Dak to not throw to.

Random Thought of the Week:

Can anyone remember a good Thursday night football game? I guess Week 5 (Atlanta v Tampa) wasn’t bad but for the most part it hasn’t been good. I’m pretty much at the point where I’m sitting anyone playing Thursday night unless they’re on that very short list of unbenchables.

Shark move of the Week:

Just by a hair we have a new high water mark for scoring this year with Chloe’s 187.23 point romp over Jay. It was not quite an optimal score but the ratio of 187 in your line-up and 56 on your bench is pretty impressive. Not too many wasted points there! Bonus points as well for receiving Garret Wilson via trade and then rolling him out for a cool 30 points.

Guppy Move of the Week:

I realize Denver’s DEF has been legit this year but betting against the Ravens is a bold move. In Brandon’s case, it did not pay off. Let’s just say the Brewers did not have a great game on special teams, with their kicker and DEF combining for -1.00 points. The difference in special teams scoring alone almost told the story of the St. Catharine’s Bowl.

Smack Talk Award of the Week:

I think I’m going to have to give myself the nod this week with the full on multimedia post featuring a goalie mask, Celtic pennant, 50 clock and pirate rum flag all displayed in the quad box. Perhaps some day I will be as cool as my bar.

Welcome to Fantasy Hell Award of the Week:

This is getting repetitive but also easy in a sense. This week Jay put up enough points to beat eight teams. Unfortunately he was not playing one of those eight teams. He was playing the highest scoring team of the week for the third time this year.

Speaking of hell, you might want to have a sneak peek at your Week 12 because as bye weeks go, it’s a doozy!