Seasons Greetings

2017/18 Seasons Greetings

251 Days.  That's how long its been since our last day of Old Milwaukee Football.  We welcomed in a new year, saw the greatest Superbowl there ever was, and swore an orange into office.  But none of that matters anymore as a new season is among us, and all that is on everyone's mind is who will be Old Milwaukee's Best.  It's looking like its gonna be a great season already as the shit talking and complaining is already blowing up everyone's Groupme as is tradition.  New rules have been established and a new member is being welcomed with open arms or whatever.  But before we look ahead, let us look back at what might have been one of the most competitive seasons in league history.  

2016/17 Season Recap

While it may have been more than 250 days since the championship weekend for the 2016 season, it should be worth looking back at what a season it was.  With our 4th season as a league and our 2nd season with a 12 team format, the final standings were as follows. 

Finished	Team	Owner	Total Points For
1st	Ware in the world is Jamaal	Jack	1665
2nd	You Colin me Un-American?	Barbs	1418
3rd	Worcester TurtleFuckers	Tyler	1450
4th	Cincinnati Zoo Silverback	Ethan	1502
5th	Keenan and Crowell	Joe	1390
6th	Crossroad Demons	Trevor	1388
7th	Boston Dirtstars	Greg	1586
8th	Bigger Bagadicks	Dean	1239
9th	Erect Dicker	Vu	1355
10th	Teenage Mutant Ninja Bortles	Max	1354
11th	Oatmeal Creampies	Christian	1144
12th	Ashy Larry	Colby	1395

Jack has emerged, once again, as Old Milwaukee's Best.  He has now won a whopping 50% of every Superbowl played in the OMBFL.  After a tough end to the season and losing out the 1st seed in the playoffs to Barbs, Jack managed to make Chris his bitch during the Superbowl.  Scoring 10 more points, led by the unstoppable David Johnson, Jack put Chris in his place, in the loser column.  Suck it Barbs.

But alas lets take a look at some other stats from this season.  We can see right away from above that Greg got pretty fucked.  with the second most Points For in the league, Greg still managed to miss the playoffs.  But he wasn't the only one with some shit luck.  Colby, with the 6th most Points For in the league somehow managed to come in last.  So Greg, while you may have lost out on the playoffs, at least you won something.  Even it means nothing. Like nothing at all.  It's worth less than dirt what you won.  

Looking at the standings some more we can see that Joe managed to finally pop his playoff cherry!  Tyler managed to as well although he joined during the expansion years.  Congrats you two!  With Joe now a member of the Milwaukee's Playoff Club we only have Christian and Colby who've yet to finish in the top half of the league.  With their rebuilding years behind them, maybe now they can find that sleeper pick that will bring them to ship.

Well that's enough about that.  I'm still waiting patiently for my trophy to arrive but I'm willing to wait a bit longer for that.  Anyway lets look ahead to this season and what changes we can expect.

New Rules, New Member, New Season

With this off-seasons round of surveys that everyone loves so much, we all have voted upon some big new rules for the League.  Here is each new rule we have voted upon for the 2017/18 season.

1. DRAFT DATE : Monday Sept. 4 2017 - 9:00 Pm EST
2. A change from resetting waivers to Rolling Waivers
3. Addition of IR Bench Spot
4. Loser Bracket Winner will be considered for 1st Draft pick/spot
5. Draft Order will be chosen by a lottery system next year
6. Undrafted FA can be kept for a 10th round draft pick next year

To avoid any confusion with the start of the season, here are the rules explained a bit further.

Rolling Waivers

In previous years, the waiver order would reset each week on Tuesday to reverse order of the standings.  So whoever was last after that weeks games, would get first pick off the waiver wire.  This year, it does not reset every week.  Instead, the only way the waiver order changes, is if someone uses a waiver claim.  If someone uses a claim, they are sent back to 12th position.  If you don't use a claim, you continue to move up until everyone in front of you has used a claim.  Keep in mind this is only for waiver claims not FA pickups.  The original order is determined by our starting draft position.  

IR Bench Spot

This year you will see an IR spot at the bottom of your bench.  This spot can only be utilized by a player designated OUT or IR.  Once that player is no longer designated with those tags, waiver claims, trades and roster moves cannot be made until that player is removed from the IR spot.

Loser Bracket/Lottery

The loster bracket will actually mean something this year.  Whoever wins the bracket this year will have the most lottery picks for the draft.  The draft order will be determined via ping pong balls.  So in this case 7th place will have the most ping pong balls and 1st place will have the least.

Undrafted FA Keepers

Any player who went undrafted, who is then picked up off of waivers/free agency, will be eligible to be kept next year for a 10th round pick.  The player must follow all other stipulations for being kept though such as staying on that persons roster for the remainder of the season.

We all voted on a lot more than just that so here are all the rules that have not changed.

1. Keepers can only be kept for 1 season
2. We can only keep from 10th round and later
3. All keepers must remain on roster your entire year
4. Payout is the same
5. Schedule is the same

Divisions

We have not agreed upon Divisions yet as that vote went 50/50 for "Pull From a Hat" and "Something in Common".  If we cannot agree upon something this following week.  I will pull from a hat during the draft.

Well with that all said, I need to get back to preparing my Rum Ham for the draft.  RUM HAM 2017!

The Calm Before the Storm

Playoffs are looming

After Sundays football extravaganza, lets take a look at who will make the cut and who is a huge fuckbag.

Erect Dicker VS Ware in the World is Jamaal

95.3 - 71.5

After a solid start with some Thanksgiving players with Zeke putting up 26 and Dez with 12, it looked liked Vu might be one of the higher scorers this week.  Sunday was not as kind to Vu though as Matty Ice only put up 18 and big goose eggs with Gates and Vinny.  Kelvin looked like he might put up a goose egg up until his really fucking lucky 4th quarter huge TD catch.  Oh and Hightower got one of those too.  Jack's luck was not much better as Cooks could not for the life of him find the football and the highly touted Bills D put up 2.  Only DJ was able to find the endzone and put up numbers higher than 12 as he laid down 30.1 points.  Tyreek on the bench is hard to swallow as choosing the wrong TE and D/ST only put him back 8 Points.  His whole team minus DJ and Reek laid a huge dump in his bed this week.  With Dustin up by 23.8 and Ertz still to play, it will be a tough for Jordy and Rodgers to pull ahead especially against the Philly D at home.  Look for Dustin to upset Jacks possible 1st Round Bye contention.

  

  

Crossroad Demons VS Oatmeal Creampies
96.7 - 86.5

Christian has pulled out a very unlikely win with huge playoff implications.  Trevor's team and to an extent Trevor, came to a crossroad and took the wrong fucking turn.  With terrible lineup decisions, Trevor left a little more than 50 extra points on the bench.  After Ebron's goose egg on Thanksgiving, everyone must've thought this was in the bag for Trevor.  But huge games from Ingram and Camcam shut that idea down real quick.  Christian creaming Trevor eliminates the latter from first round bye contention as Tyler holds the Head to Head tiebreaker over him.

Bigger Bagadicks vs Ashy Larry
152.3-100.5

After Kirk put up a solid 30 points for Dean on Turkey Day, and Marvin Jones only put up 9 for Colby, this game was over.  Just kidding.  Colbys team fought a tough uphill battle on Sunday and for a moment it looked like he might come out on top.  But iFart was battling from behind and quickly racked up points and the final nail in the coffin came during SNF as Emmanuel Sanders big dicked it for 29 points.  While Colby still has one player left, Randall Cobb, it seems very improbable, almost impossible for him to come back.  With a win by Dean, he will be 7-5 Tied atop the division with Tyler.  He needs a loss from Ethan or Joe tonight.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Bortles VS Worcester TurtleFuckers
94.1 - 175.7

Tylers team turtlefucked the shit out these ninja bortles.  Brees took it slow and steady and threw for 32.5 points.  Shady was faster than the hare and went for 29.4.  And Reed took some heavy blows but turtlefucked his way to 31.5 points.  But thats what happens when you like to rape.  You get to fuck people.  These were only teenage ninja bortles and yet Tyler raped them hard and dry.  A reach around didnt even cross his mind.  A loss by Jack will give Tyler a first round bye as he has secured the division.... and plenty of time to recover and get an alibi after this gang rape.

You Colin Me Un-American? VS Cincinnati Zoo Silverback
86.2 - 91.7

With these two teams within 5.5 points of each other and both with one left to play, this is the game of the week people.  Barbs got on his knees and scrounged around for 86 points with Wendell Smallwood still left to play.  The GB defense has turned to shit so its looking good but he still has to outscore Caleb Sturgis +5.  Ethan team ran around like a bunch of monkeys but only managed 92 points.  At this point in the week, I think the only American thing to do would for barbs to just shoot the Silverbacks out of playoff contention.  A win by Ethan would leave him 7-5 and a sure shot for the playoffs based on tie breakers.

Boston Dirt Stars VS Keenan Crowell
115 - 121.3

Another very close game with huge playoff implications.  While Joe is currently looking good, sitting ahead by 6 points and a running back to go, its no guarantee as that running back is an injured Darren Sproles.  With Wendell Smallwood set to take the bulk of the carries, Sproles might see a catch or two and hope to hold off Green Bays star kicker Mason Crosby, Gregs only player left.  With Justin Tucker hitting 3 fifty yarders in the first half yesterday, its certainly possible that this game flow could go in Gregs favor.  Sproles will need to be active in the running game and play through injury if Joe wants a sure chance of making the playoffs.  Joe holds tiebreakers over Dean and Vu.











So what does all this mean.

So far we have two division winners.  Barbs wins the Chris Weinke division and Tyler has secured the Jake Delhomme division.  Barbs has secured the #1 playoff spot.  Its between Jack and Tyler for the other 1st round bye.  Dean needs a loss by either Joe or Ethan to stay playoff relevant.  Vu needs losses by Ethan and Joe for a chance maybe?  A win by Ethan pretty much puts him in.

AKA.  No one is safe.  A first round bye is still in the air.  The last wildspots are still up for grab.  This might be the most up in the air this league has been entering MNF.  Have we got ourselves a game tonight.  I personally will be drinking my nerves away so if anyone wants to shotgun a beer on google hangouts lets fucking do it.

Fuck all your shitty teams.

Fuck you Trevor

May the strongest survive.

First Trimester Power Rankings 2016/17

Our First Third In Review

Breakouts, Busts and More...

Weeks one through four are in the books everyone and I think we all deserve a round a of applause.  Not one team in this league is either 0-4 or 4-0.  This league is as competitive as ever and plenty of games have come down to the wire.  Lets take a look at the different divisions and everyone's teams through four weeks as well as their chances moving forward through the next eight weeks.  

Jimmy Clausen Division.

Welp, through four weeks this division is easily the worst with a total combined record of 5-10.  Trevor leads the pack at 2-2 and with Dustin, Christian and Jack with records of 1-3 its anyones game still.  With Christian and Dustin holding down the bottom of the league with 395.8 PF (Only team under 400) and 411 respectively, its no wonder this division also has the lowest combined PF total with 1,752.

Suspension Skwad (2-2) - 425.3 PF (8th)

Trevor and the Suspension Skwad are leading the division despite some his best players being suspended for the first 3 to 4 weeks.  He has gotten off to a lucky start though and I am actually surprised he's doing so well. One of those wins was against the worst team in the league, Boner Soup and even with Bell coming back this past week and putting up 22.8 points, he was unable to put up a W.  Besides his now two unsuspended players, his team has very little depth across the board and he has yet to put up more than 112 points in a game.  Maybe this team can turn it around with the GOAT now in at QB.  An important game against division rival Jack could have playoff implications down the road.

*Projected Wildcard

Ware In The World Is Jamaal (1-3) - 519.6 PF (3rd)

After a huge start in week one with a league wide seasons best of 166.6 Points, Ware in the World has seen his points decrease down to 104.2 in week 4.  That week one score has nonetheless inflated his points for enough that he is still 3rd in that category.  With top 12 players at every position through 4 weeks, this team looks good and ready for a comeback after some tough losses including an improbable 3 point loss to the Silverbacks.  With Rodgers and Jordy free of their bye, Jamaal returning next week after his bye and McKinnon securing the starting job in Minnesota look for this team to make streak for the playoffs.

*Projected Division Winner

   

Erect Dicker (1-3) - 411.4 PF (11th)

With only having scored more than 100 points in two weeks and a one week high score of 136, Dustin is anything but Erect.  Having lost his 2nd 4th and 5th round picks to injuries recently, the future does not look bright either.  He does not have much depth at any position although the recent pickup of Matty Ice might be able to hold his team together if he was just smart enough to play the number one QB through 4 weeks.  Panthers defense isn't that good guys.  (Denvers is though...)  Hopefully Zeke can continue to dominate as his only other RB is a backup RB for a backup RB.  Look for Dustin and Christian to battle it out this week with a low scoring but close match-up.

     

Boner Soup (1-3) - 395.8 (12th)

After starting out 0-3 Christian managed to squeak out a win only after the Worcester Turtlefuckers crashed, burned and became a soldering piece of poop.  With some big players on bye and his star QB possibly sitting out, everyone is wondering why this tiny Boner isn't making any moves with his depth at TE and WR.  Look for Christian try to squeak is way into another W against Dustin, another struggling division rival.

Jake Delhomme Division

With the best combined record for a division at 10-6 the Jake Delhomme Division is second in combined points for at 1815, only 60 more than Jimmy Clausens.  Despite that, this division still has three 3-1 teams(Max, Tyler and Dean) and one (Colby) sitting at 1-3.  It'll be tough for Colby to pull himself out of the 2 game hole but with the 2nd most points for in the division, its not out of the question.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Bortles (3-1) - 527 PF (2nd)    

  Max started off slow in week one with a tough loss and a score of 103.  His season had looked all but lost, but in weeks 2-4, his team decided to show up and has averaged 141 points per game.  With solid depth all across the team, the Ninja Bortles are looking like a favorite so far to win the division.  With top 12 players at every position except TE, Julio putting up 48 points a game and Ertz waiting to get on the field, these turtles are coming out of their shell.  Look for a close match-up and win against Greg even with his namesake QB on bye. 

*Projected Division Winner

Worcester Turtle Fuckers (3-1) - 422.9 PF (9th)

Quite the opposite of the Ninja Bortles, the Turtle Fuckers (That's not confusing) started out strong at 3-0 but has suffered a quite humiliating loss in week 4 with 74.6 points.  That is now the season wide low score of the league.  Besides that score, Tyler has yet to put up any score to prove he deserves a 3-1 record.  With a season wide high score of 126,  Tyler is just 9th overall in Points For.  His mediocre team has all but turned into a full out dumpster fire this past week as Kevin White and Sammy Watkins were put on IR and notable injuries to Rawls, Jennings and Forte.  Expect him to start a losing streak this week against Ethan as he has Brees and his only viable TE on bye.

Bigger Bagadicks (3-1) - 412.5 (10th)

With the 10th worst Points For total, its amazing Dean is 3-1.  He has squeaked out some wins so far as his highest score of the season being 121.8 with an average score of 103.  His team has some upside despite the low scores.  Brady being free should boost Edelmans production significantly and maybe Eifert will return soon (just kidding hes injured again) to provide him with some depth.  With no real big dick players in this bag though, I see this team struggling to stay playoff relevant through the coming weeks.  He may be able to finagle another win this week as he plays Barbs who has some bye week and matchup struggles.

Ashy Larry (1-3) - 452.3 (7th)

With the most points against in his division, Colby also sits in last.  He does sit right in the middle of the pack with Points For though.  With some tough draft busts of Micheal Floyd and Randall Cobb, his team seemed to have taken a hit although picking up Marvin Jones may have saved his teams future.  Hopefully dropping Carson doesnt hurt him in the long run as Mariota has not been living up to his pre-draft hype.  With some improvements in the likes of Gurley, Alshon and Cobb, this team could turn it around for playoff contention.  If Ashford can pull out a W this week against a strong team led by Joseph, hes right back in it.

Chris Weinke Division

Arguably the most competetive division with a acombined record of 9-7 and combined Points For total of 2057.  Well above the competition with 3 teams boasting a PF above 500 and the 4th at 490.  With the two previous superbowl contenders, this division will be one of the tougher ones to clinch.  I except at least on wild card out of this division.  

Cincinnati Zoo Silverback (3-1) - 543.2 (1st)

Heres one team deserving of its record that will be hard to neutralize in the future.  With the most Points for and the 2nd most points against, Ethan has once again shot himself to the top of league.  Despite some questionable draft picks such as Amari Cooper 15th overall (Hes WR27 right now) and Tim Tebow in the 4th (He's a baseball player) The Silverbacks stand atop the Chris Weinke Division.  With depth all around, the only weakness I can see its some of its players boom or bust potential.  As long as he can pick the right lineup every week, This team will have definte playoff potential.  Expect Ethan to show The Turtle Fuckers which animal you shouldn't fuck with.

       *Projected Division Winner

You Colin Me Un-American (3-1) - 513 (4th)

With three straight wins after a week one loss, Barbs sits just behind Ethan with just 30 points less.  Although looking towards the future, its not so bright.  Barbs has lost his star running back in Deangelo Williams now that Bell has returned.  With a couple of backups and an injured Arian Foster his RB depth could hurt him in the long run.  On top of that, his first round pick with Hopkins has been a bust so far this season and it doesn't look better with a week 5 Minnesota match-up.  His QB, TE and D/ST have been carrying the team so look for Barbs to suffer a humiliating loss to a bag of dicks.

*Projected Wildcard

Keenan and Crowell (2-2) - 489.8 (6th)

Even after losing Keenan and  Abdullah early on in the season, and some bad roster decisions, Joe has been able to stay in the middle of the pack with a 2-2 record and 6th in Points For.  His team is very unpredictable though having put up 150+ points in two weeks and average 93 in the other two weeks.  With some great picks like Crabtree in the 12th and Rudolph off waivers, Joe team is a surprise playoff contender.  If Brown, Anderson and Luck could bring some consistency to his team, look for Joe in a wild card spot.  Expect a close win over Ashy Larry to bring him above .500.

*Projected Wildcard

Boston DirtStars (1-3) - 511.3 (5th)

With three top 12 receivers in his starting lineup and the number one kicker, Grog has managed to put up the 5th most points this season.  Despite a great receiving and kicking core he still sits at the bottom of the division at 1-3.  With injuries to his RB core and 2.1 points through 4 games from gronk, he has struggled.  With Gronk and Brady reuniting, hopefully he can make some moves with that receiving core to help strengthen his team.  Even without an RB1 and arguably and RB2, Greg still has a fighting chance to get back into his division at only 2 games behind.  Look for Greg to show Max what a real dirtstar can do in a high scoring matchup this week.

        

Well that concludes my review of your shitty teams.

Here's some superlatives through 4 weeks.

Most Likely to Come in Last:  Boner Soup

Worst Draft:  Cincinnati Zoo Silverback

Most affected by injuries: Turtle Fuckers (Almost Keenan and Crowell)

       

Last Season Review and Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

And Behind

Its that time of the year again guys.  Colors are brighter, food taste better, people are friendlier, and your dick looks just a little bit bigger.  If you were thinking its festival season, you're wrong.  All the acid and drugs in the world wont make your dick bigger.  Sorry Christian.  No, something more magical has arrived and that would be the 2016/17 Fantasy Football Season and the stakes are higher than ever.  League dues have been raised, keepers are getting locked in, and our trophy is being carved by a crew of highly skilled Korean child laborers.  But before we can really get into the new season and its changes, lets take a look at the results of last season.

2015/16 Season Review

The Champion of the 2015/16 Season of Ol Milwaukees Best Football League is...

Christopher Barberetta 

Finished	Team	Owner	Total Points For (Including Playoffs)
1st	Adrian Beathisson	Barbs	1391.1
2nd	Guaranteed Money	Ethan	1550.7
3rd	Big Bagadicks	Dean	1338.4
4th	Hyde ya Kids	Vu	1341.2
5th	Creamy Goodness	Greg	1371.9
6th	Gotta catch Jamaal	Maxwell	1401.1
7th	Play for Playoffs	Trevor	1498.1
8th	Craig’s Moms Bush	Colby	1361.7
9th	Boner Soup	Christian	1389.2
10th	Team Nichols	Tyler	1447.7
11th	Fear the Running Dez	Jack	1260.7
12th	Lenny Pepperbottom	Joe	1297.4

Congrats Barbs.  Yay.

Ok.  Onwards to this season because no one likes living in the past.

2016/17 Season

-Rules Changes-

High Rollers.  League dues have been raised to $100 and they must be in by the draft or face the consequences of having Tim Tebow as your starting QB until dues have been paid.  Payouts have been changed accordingly as well to $800 for 1st, $200 for 2nd, $100 for 3rd, $50 for 4th and $50 for the most points for at the end of the regular season.

Besides switching the divisions up not much has changed.

With the draft looming (August 28th) we have a draft order set of
1. Joe
2. Tyler
3. Max
4. Jack
5. Colby
6. Christian
7. Dean
8. Chris
9. Dustin
10. Ethan 
11. Greg 
12. Trevor

Mock draft all you want, but you all know that in the end its not gonna save you.  May the injuries be few and the touchdowns be plenty this year.  Goodluck yall and Fuck You Trevor.

Mid Season Review

Mid Season Review!

        Week 7 has come to a close and we are more than halfway through the season right now with it still being anyone's game.  Out in front of the BUXTON division we have Christopher Barberetta and his team Adrian Beat His Son with a record of 5-2 and 840 points-for giving him a one game lead over Colby Smith.  Over at DOWNEY BRANCH we have Ethan King leading the division and the league with his team *Insert WeeklyTeam Name Here*.  He's got a league high 965.8 points-for giving him a 6-1 record putting him 2 games ahead of Max Goch.  Over in the OTHER division we have Dean Sully out in front with his 5 and 2 team Big Bagadicks.  With this record and a surprisingly low amount of points-for so far (812.8) he has managed to put himself one game ahead of Greg Rothman.

Buxton Division - 3225.5 Points For

The Buxton Division is still totally up for grabs at this point in the season with Colby only one game behind Barbs, while Vu and Jack are tied for 3rd only two games behind.  Colby's team Craig's Mom's Bush has actually outperformed Chris' with about 40 more points-for, but unfortunately his team also leads the league with the most points-against with 894.3.  Look for Hyde ya Kids and Fear the Running Dez to bounce back in the coming weeks as Colby and Barbs try to hold them off.

Downey Branch - 3510.2 Points For

Downey Branch is by far the toughest division to be in right now.  The 4 teams have scored nearly 300 more points than Buxton and 400 more than the Others.  They have the league leader, Ethan, who is too hot to touch right now with a 6 game winning streak.  At the bottom of the division is Tyler's  team Team Nichols who is also holding down the bottom of the league.  He also wins the award this year for the worst fucking team name ever.  Despite this, he has still somehow managed to score more points than every team in the Other Division with 818 points-for.  This division may be secured by Ethan but there's always a chance for Max and Trevor to secure those coveted Wildcard spots.  Unfortunately for Tyler his season may have already come to an end, but anything is possible I guess.

Other Division - 3114.9 Points For

And to the weakest division of the three.  Only Dean has broken the 800 points-for mark and right now Christian has the league record for the worst losing streak.  After coming out 2- 0 he has lost 5 straight leaving him 3 games behind Dean.  Greg is close on Deans tail, although he's got a troubling schedule to close out the season.  Tied for third in this division, Joe is praying for his team to turn around.  His running backs put up a staggering 2.6 points combined last week and his team had the overall lowest score.  Look for Greg and Dean to battle it out for the division while Joe and Christian battle to become playoff relevant.

A Look Ahead

 With only 5 games left before playoffs, lets take a look at each team and assess their season going forward.  In alphabetical order we will look at Buxton today.  Check back tomorrow for a full write up of the dominant Downey Branch Division.

-Buxton-

Adrian Beat His Son - 5-2 (1st)

Points For - 841.7 (5th) 

Owner - Chris "Rent-a-Car" Barberetta

Barbs has nearly traded his entire team away but he may have traded himself a championship team.  While I can't see why he would ever trade Larry Fitz away for an Eagles running back....Oh wait no I can, he actually has faith in the Eagles shitty offense.  With that trade though, he has left his squad in dire need of a top wide receiver.  He's got plenty of options in the spot but none of them are particularly appealing.  He better hope Jordan Reed can stay healthy otherwise I can see this team falling in the ranks, especially with 6 players on bye this week.  Look for his team to fall this week to Max with some key players on bye.

ROS Prediction -  7-5     

Craig's Mom's Bush - 4-3 (2nd)

Points For - 885.5 (2nd)

Owner - Colby "Who wants some Henry" Smith

2nd in Points in the league although leading the league with most points against.  Tough break.  A solid team all around its surprising Colby isn't at the top of the division.  With a top 5 QB, RB, TE, D/ST and K all in his starting lineup its hard to see his team not make the playoffs barring any injuries.  Some bench depth is something to be desired, but with Lamar Miller finally stepping up and Philip Rivers throwing 60 passes a game I can only see his record improving.  Look for him to upset the Other Division leader Dean this week.

ROS Prediction - 8-4 -  *Buxton Division Winner*

Fear the Running Dez - 3-4 (Tied 3rd)

Points For - (10th)

Owner - Jack "Blackout" Desmond

Some early season injuries to key players have set this team back quite a bit, but they aren't down and out yet.  Only two games behind in the division with some key waiver additions with the likes of CJ?k, Charmander and Diggs, this team is fighting for a playoff spot.  While the team has almost no superstars or bench depth, the starting lineup is a group of consistent players who can put up at least 10 points each game.  With Ben and Dez returning soon, this team has a chance to pull itself out of the ashes to hopefully secure a wildcard spot.  Look for Jack to try and overcome Tyler's threatening lineup this week.

ROS Prediction - 6-6

Hyde ya Kids Hyde ya Wife - 3-4 (Tied 3rd)

Points For - 741.4 (12th)

Owner - Dustin "Show me the Money" Vu

Vu has had an up and down year.  He wins some and then loses some.  In a great move, Dustin used his RB depth to secure himself a top 5 WR after his were just not performing up to standards.  His team looks good at first glance but consistency could be a concern going forward.  His players are all over the place on a week to week basis but should they stay consistent, his team can win its way to a playoff spot.  Look for Vu to continue Christians losing streak with some juicy match-ups coming in his favor.    

ROS Prediction -  6-6

- Downey Branch Division-

A Tale of Two Tight Ends - 3-4 (3rd)

Points For - 856.5 (4th)

Owner - Trevor "I Fuck Dolphins" Babson

Getting past the obvious homer tendencies and just poor coaching decisions this team has shown, Trevor has somehow managed to stay in the game.  Shall we go over some these awful decisions.  Yes.  We Shall.  Not only did he play Dolfags D after they somehow managed to put up a nice -7 points combined against the Jaguars and Bills, he thought "Hey they didn't do too bad, lets keep playing them."  And they put up -1 points against the Jets and he lost to Dustin by .9 points!!!  You could've played no one and you would've won!  All three of those game could've been won if he had played any other D/ST.  But no, he continues to have faith in his shitty team and it just gives a raging hard on to see him playing their D/ST again this week against none other the most dominant highest scoring offense in the league.  I still love to see that he has Jordan Cameron on his bench as well.  He's got the #1 TE with Gronk and another top 10 TE with Graham.  Why is he still on your bench.  Hes ranked 23.  If he continues these trends I could see Trevor ending up just like his beloved Dolphins, last in the division.  Look for Trevor to lose to Joe this week because he's starting the Dolphins D/ST against the Patriots.

ROS Prediction - 5-7


Gotta Catch Jamaal - 4-3 (2nd)

Points For - 869.4 (3rd)

Owner - Max "I'm Working" Goch


Maxwell has secured himself a solid starting lineup with a top 10 player in almost every position.  What he has in his starters, he lacks completely in his bench.  Its really like he doesn't have a bench.  You know you can have 7 players on your bench right?  Hell I'd rather you have another kicker on your bench than just leaving those two spots open.  That aside, its surprising to see you doing so well without your number 1 pick.  A tough schedule coming up against some division rivals could be worrisome for you though.  I would suggest picking some people up.  On your bench...You got open spots....Just pick someone up....Anyone.    Look for Max to come back after last weeks loss to defeat the Buxton leader, Barbs.

ROS Prediction - 6-6



Smitty Webermanjensen - 6-1 (1st)

Points For - 965.8 (1st)

Owner - Ethan "I'm gonna smoke a black" King

After a tough loss against intra-division rival Trevor, Ethan came back with a vengeance and won 6 in a row.  In week 3 he scored a staggering 185.7 points and has not scored less than 120 points in any week all season.  But alas his streak may need to come to an end.  After some trades the past few weeks, his team has a much different starting lineup than that dominant 180 point week.  He traded away the number 1 running back and another top 15 RB for some WR depth and speculative adds.  With Shady on bye this week and Beast Mode coming up on bye, his lack of RB depth could come back and bite him in the following weeks.  Lucky for him, he has Greg this week who also has some key players on bye.  Look for Ethan to breeze by Greg in search for his 7th straight win.

PS. Learn how to spell the mans name Goddammit...He was number 1.

ROS Prediction - 10-2



Team Nichols - 1-6 (4th)

Points For -  818.5 (6th)

Owner - Tyler "I'd rather lose my money playing Draftkings" Nichols  

           

A good team but a shitty record.  It happens.  This team has had some solid showings but has still managed to lose almost every game.  The one he hasn't lost he put up a huge 174.8 points.  Relying on early seasons stats may have skewed his decision making during the season and definitely led him to offer up some of the most ridiculous trade offers this league has ever seen.  Hide ya WRs, Hide ya RBs cause Tyler be trade raping everyone round here.  That being said.  I wouldn't surprised if Tyler manages to pull himself out of last place and finish with a respectable record.  His next 4 games come against every team in Buxton so how his team plays these next four weeks will definitely have an effect within that division.  Look for Tyler to try to end his 4 game losing streak and end Jacks 2 game winning streak.  

ROS Prediction - 3-9