INJURIES AND UPSETS
...doesn't bother the Cats?
Week Five in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. We're approaching the half way point in the season where we begin to learn who the potential Torpedo Bowl championship will be played between, but right now, that's anyone's guess. Our defending title holders just got above .500%, there are injuries around the league, Monday night come from behind wins, and the league leader is who?
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Our match of the day was in Carolina with the Black Cats hosting the Guns of Hochuli. the Cats lead the league - by a margin, despite the absence of Coach FYC. The Gunners come in hot but on Sunday at the last minute, Greg Kittle (TE) was moved in injured reserve - and not replaced! Playing a man down right from the outset was always going to be a problem, but, the Guns of Hochuli are not stranger to bending the bar, and between Josh Allen (QB) and Nicholas Chubb (RB) those two players alone put up over seventy (70) points. The Gunners looked good...right up until the Cats running backs of Derick Henry and Austin Eckler responded with sixty (60) points of their own. The Black Cats had Lamar Jackson (QB) playing late but by the time Monday night rolled around, this game was over - and it was a matter of by how much. This blow out by the Black Cats puts them on the radar as a well balanced team - even without their Coach, and one not be dismissed. The Black Cats ghost along to defeat the Guns of Hochuli in a season high points scoring display of 227 - 178.
If we're going to talk about injuries we're going to talk about the Australian Taipans. In the last two (2) weeks they have lost three (3) running backs and a quarter back, as they patch together a team to limp through the middle of the season. Flying up to Oregon where the Who Dat Nation Rises were waiting to meet the visiting snakes, Coach Fuel For Blood started without Devonte Cook (RB) leaving him one man down. The Taipans put up a reasonable score and the end result was going to be decided by the Monday night players. Mark Andrew (TE) put the game on his own shoulders and carried the Nation in for two touchdowns, over 100 yards and two 2 point conversions. It was not going to be enough, despite Andrew Thielen (WR) only scoring 6 points for the Taipans. The Taipans get out of Oregon with a win they probably shouldn't have, and stop their two game slide. Australian Taipans of Southern California narrowly defeat the Who Dat Nation Rises 157 - 138.
Drunk Monkeys were at home hosting the Helmand Nighthawks in our final game of the week. The Nighthawks have gotten off to a slower start than in years past where they led the field from start to finish. This year they are struggling to topple some obscene scoring by Ghost teams. Monkeys were playing without Calvin Ridley (WR) so that was always going to hurt the, Despite the wheel chair and the walking cane, Tom Brady (QB) rolled out onto the field and put up one the finest performances in the stars 900 year career. The Nighthawks easily accounted for the Drunk Monkeys 200 - 159.
Now, we have mentioned some of the obscene scores that have gone on. In week 2 the highest score of the season was scored by the Australian Taipans with 207. This week, the Black Cats knock that figure out of the park with their 227, and we can only imagine just how good they could be if their manager showed up. Oh well.
The incredible scoring machine of the Black Cats gives them sole control of the league with a 4-1 record - and they have also scored more points than anyone else. We'll see if the Cats can maintain their streaks as some of the player vacations during the season come into play. The Helmand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans are equal at 3-2, and these two teams are looking like the possible Torpedo Bowl participants. The Who Dat Nation and the Guns of Hochuli are equal a game back at 2-3, and while their winning percentage is now above .500% yet, these two teams have the potential to strike back and obliterate the league. The Drunk Monkeys are doing their best impression of a wagging tail at 1 - 4.
Next week we go back up to Oregon where the Who Dat Nation will be hosting the league leaders the Black Cats. This will be their first meeting of the year and the first real opportunity for Coach Fuel For Blood to manage his team as the player vacations start. As usual, we'll have all the excitement from around the league.
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.
if you're a fan of a show casing what you can do in one half of football, this weeks winner will be your prime example. For the effort 5111 passing yards and 5 touchdowns, and a hard fought 13 rushing yards, for a total of 53.60 points, the Week Five MVT goes to Lamar Jackson (QB) of the Black Cats.
