THE POTENTIAL GETS WASTED
...owed by the Bosses
Week Five in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.
Fellas, it's week five and the fifth rewrite of the season. You guys have got to do better and not be leaving it till the last minutes of Monday night to win or lose your game.
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Our match of the day was a ball tearing affair. At Twickenham, the Boss team were hosting the Waster Potential. Coach Casey and his waste came in looking like they were going to run the table - I hadn't seen anything yet to show they might get beaten. And then the Bosses took the field! In a high scoring affair, even playing a man down, the Boss team ordered troops and just rode roughshod over the visitors. Thus, ends the unbeaten run of the Wasted Potential, as they get to go home, humbled by the Boss team. This one wasn't even close, and you have to think the Bosses might have a playoff team this year. Final score at Twickenham, the Boss team blow out the Wasted Potential 190 - 135.
Across town, the other English game today saw the Banter Brigade hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. The Nighthawks are currently sitting at .500% and the two league leaders were just starting to put some distance on them. Likewise, the Banter brigade with only one win, needed to get a win to stay in contact with the body of the league and avoid the wooden spoon. (is it too early to be talking about that?) The Banter, playing three players down put the game in the hands of Kyler Murray (QB) who put up almost 30 points on his own. The Nighthawks, with a full compliment of players, just methodically stayed focus and ran the Banter down. One of the highlights of this game was the Nighthawks defense, Pittsburgh, who played the same game over two days. Final score in the English derby, the Helmand Nighthawks defeat the Banter Brigade 134 - 100.
Halfway around the world and fifteen time zones away, the Australian Taipans were hosting the Black Cats. A pair of .500% teams met but you would have to think based on the first four weeks that Coach FYC and his Cats would be favorites. The Taipans, disappointing in the first two games of the year, have stopped the nosebleed and have put their head down to do some work. They still have a lot of work to do in the remainder of the season but for this week, Brandon Aiyuk (WR) score over 27 points without getting a touchdown. Finals score in the Australian spring the Taipans defeat the Black Cats 131 - 72.
Final game of the week was the Who Dat Nation Rises hosting the Drunk Monkeys. The Nation have been abysmal this year, and even at week five were still waiting on their first win. The Monkeys rode into town and flung their stuff around the ground, and this looked like it was going to be a low scoring game. Not even Josh Allen (QB) got into noteworthy scores. The Nation held a slight 12 point lead going into Monday Night, while the Monkeys only had one players left to score, Chris Olave (WR). Oh come on, Olave (WR) can do that. Not so fast reader. Olave (WR) only had two catches the whole night and gave away a certain win. The Who Dat Nation Rises get their first win of the season by defeating the Drunk Monkeys 90 - 80.
So after this weeks games lets look at the spread.
The Boss team and the Wasted Potential sit top of the league and their respective divisions with 4-1 records. One game back at 3-2, and in second place in their respective divisions, are the Helmand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans. The Drunk Monkeys and the Black Cats are the next pairing at 2-3 and the Who Dat Nation Rises and the Banter Brigade round out the league at 1 - 3. One team from both divisions at each level. Hmmm.
Next week we're going to sort out the Sub Simmers division when the Helmand Nighthawks host the Boss team. A win by the Nighthawks puts them level with the Bosses, and they can battle out the remainder of the division for either the #1 or #2 seed.
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.
Wasn't hard to find this weeks winner. For the effort of 348 passing yards for four touchdowns and 55 rushing yards, for a total of 46.92 points, the Week Five MVT goes to Lamar Jackson (QB) of the Boss Team
