TAIPANS HOLD OFF FIRING GUNNERS
League Seeding Gets Mixed Up
Week Six in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. I'm out of hospital, ego bruised, vehicle damaged, and livid at the suspended license and no insurance driver that hit me. But hey, there's far more important things to get through tonight.
And the most important message of the night is the following:
DONATE TO SUBSIM...AND NOMINATE SUBSIM FANTASY FOOTBALL FOR BEST OF SUBSIM.
Our match of the week was high scoring fast shooting affair in the cold tundra of Cleveland as the Drunk Monkeys welcomed the Helmand Nighthawks to town. The Monkeys, perennial wannabes in year gone by have found a secret weapon this year - a woman!. Who'd have thought that a woman would elevate your fantasies? Nighthawks fly in after a surprising number of losses which put them a few games back of the league leaders. Nighthawks could upset the league standings and stop what is beginning to look like a runaway by the Monkeys. This was a shoot out and a half, with Saffon Barkley (RB) coming out on Thursday night with 130 rushing yards and 99 receiving yards. 99 yards - would that 1 yard for the Nighthawks be a deciding six point factor? Monkeys RB Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon recaptured the lead - momentarily, with a combined 5 TD's before Nighthawks hot shot Matt Ryan (QB) put them back in front with another 3 TD's. Monkeys and Nighthawks played back and forth as Patrick Mahones (QB) gave the Monkeys a slight lead, outperforming Ryan with one additional TD. Nighthawks feel the scourge of scoring a lot of points but still not getting the win. Drunk Monkeys assert their stamp as the dominatrix beating the Nighthawks 219 - 174.
Coach Casey and the Guns of Hochuli host their long time rival the Australian Taipans at their home field in a battle for the bottom of the Surface Skimmers Division. Gunners have been surprisingly quieter this year, and this was noticeable on the team charts when they started both David Johnson (RB) and Minnesota (DEF). Gunners started early with Odell Beckham (WR) but it was the Taipans backfield where their two RB's scored over 59 points combined that gave them the lead. With a 49 point lead on Monday, you may have been tempted to award the biggest blow out of the week to the Taipans - not the Gunners. Devote Adams (WR) took 10 receptions for 132 yards and 2 TD's to score 41 points, but it was not to be enough as time ran out on the last play. Taipans hold on having played their first week of the season without overtime to win 183 - 177. This game becomes pivotal for the Drunk Monkeys aspirations to win the division.
Our third and final game was a nail biter with the Black Cats hosting the Who Dat Nation. After breaking the world record for most yards, Drew Brees (QB) was given the day off, and Coach FYC Failed to start their back up. The situation was compounded when Amari Cooper (WR) took the day off with Brees to go fly kites, leaving the Cats two players down. The Nation with a golden opportunity to steal one away, but their back field only ran for a combined 54 yards. The Nation were further hindered by Jacksonville (DEF) who surrounded -1 points. Coach Fuel For Blood needed just eight points on Monday night from their kicker to steal this game. Who Dat Nation gets one that the Black Cats had no business winning, 113 - 105.
This week creates a mix up on the board that needs to be addressed.
The Drunk Monkeys at 5-1 lead the league and hold a two game lead over the division. The Monkeys are almost into the post season needing just a couple more wins to cement their appearance. The Who Dat Nation with their "nearly lost it" game to the Black Cats and the results of other games elevate them to the #2 seed, and are the new divisional leader in the Sub Simmers Division. The loss by the Black Cats to the Nation drops them back .500% and second place in the division.
It's the next part that gets a little messy.
The win by the Australian Taipans lelevates them to 2-4 and on the count back to the fourth place in the league. The Nighthawks loss drops their performance to 2-4 but they loose the first countback to the Taipans. The Gunners loss also results in a 2-4 record but the second countback drops them from third in the league, to sixth. The Taipans and the Gunners still have to play each other again so one of these two teams needs to get moving to challenge the Drunk Monkeys. The Subsimmers Division of the Nation, Cats and Nighthawks are within two games and is too close to call.
Next week we go back up to Oregon where the Who Dat Nation gets to host the Helmand Nighthawks. The Nighthawks need to stay pace with the Nation and not fall back out of contention. The two powerhouses of the league while not leading this year, are in for the biggest game of the season so far.
Each week, the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
For the effort of 2 receptions for 17 yards and 208 rushing yards for 2 rushing touchdowns, for a total score of 42.50 points, the ASW are proud to present Todd Gurley of the Drunk Monkeys the Week Six MVT.
