Week 14 is in the books and that means that the regular season for the
Card Night Kangs League has come to an end.
While it was an entertaining season, the last 3 weeks have been pretty
anticlimactic since the top 4 teams clinched playoff berths weeks ago. The PRs has compiled this spreadsheet to show
a break-out of the points in the league and how much of a crapshoot our beloved
FFB really is.
High
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Low
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Pts For
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Pts Agnst
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Record
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Points
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Points
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Pts For
|
Pts Agnst
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per Game
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per Game
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Avg Diff
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Fuck It Three
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10-4
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240
|
136
|
2,383.72
|
2,128.32
|
170.27
|
152.02
|
18.24
|
Smells Low
|
10-4
|
202
|
91
|
2,288.66
|
2,045.50
|
163.48
|
146.11
|
17.37
|
If We're Using Logic
|
10-4
|
198
|
120
|
2,147.76
|
1,886.16
|
153.41
|
134.73
|
18.69
|
Off Suit 10s
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8-6
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185
|
110
|
2,134.60
|
2,036.88
|
152.47
|
145.49
|
6.98
|
Rollin' 4 Deep
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6-8
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211
|
109
|
2,164.18
|
2,246.10
|
154.58
|
160.44
|
(5.85)
|
Play It Backwards
|
5-9
|
173
|
102
|
2,011.42
|
2,152.02
|
143.67
|
153.72
|
(10.04)
|
Ah It's Early
|
4-10
|
179
|
100
|
2,037.50
|
2,257.40
|
145.54
|
161.24
|
(15.71)
|
I'm Out
|
3-11
|
165
|
71
|
1,764.64
|
2,180.10
|
126.05
|
155.72
|
(29.68)
|
Please note examples of Chris-Kyle-Finken. Each of these teams has scored relatively the
same amount of points. However, the
points they have faced is drastically different. Obviously that is all luck of the draw but it
can have a gargantuan effect on a team’s record. This is a very nice way of saying Chris and
(somewhat) Kyle have been lucky as shit this year or Finken has been very
unlucky. If you looked at it during Week
12, Lazer would’ve only averaging 147.14 points per game. The last two weeks have made Lazer’s totals
look much better.
Now let’s dive deeper into the numbers.
The average overall team points were 2,116.56 resulting in an average
per week score of 151.18. South and
Riley each had high points of the week 5 times during the year. Kyle, Chris, and Finken combined had high
points 4 times. In fact, at one point,
Riley had high points 5 out of 6 weeks (Week 5-Week 10). The highest point totals for the season were
240 (South, Week 13), 211 (Finken, Week 8) and 202 (Riley, Week 6). The lowest point totals for the season were
71 (Abel, Week 8), 91 (Riley, Week 4) and 92 (Abel, Week 2).
It’s pretty impressive fantasy sportsing what South did from going 1-13
last year to dominating the league this year.
Riley and Kyle are the only teams to make the playoffs in both
years. Finken also holds pole position
in the loser’s bracket for the second year in a row as well. Quite the opposite of South is Mitch and Seth,
who finished 1st and 2nd respectively last year and are
left playing for draft picks this year.
Abel gets the privilege of trying to top South’s draft spread of shrimp
and craft beers. And now, on with the
power rankings…
1.
Fuck It Three – South finished tied for the best
record and had by far the highest points scored in the league. This shouldn’t be a surprise as he has the
#1, 4, 7, 11 and 19 ranked players in his starting lineup along with some
decent depth. South is also rolling
coming off 2 wins over playoff teams scoring over 200 in each of them. Whoever matches up with South for the near
future had better hope that the Steelers are either on bye or have an off week
because it’ll be tough to beat him otherwise.
Either that or pay off Fuzz to sneak in and change his lineup right
before Sunday kickoff.
2.
If We’re Using Logic – All luck aside, Chris is
the hottest disco ball dancing into these playoffs. He has won 4 in a row and 3 of those have
been over his fellow playoff teams. He’s
also scored a personal season high in each of the last 3 weeks. It helps McCoy, Julio and Beckham Jr have all
hit their stride. It was a very shrewd
move of Lazer to grab Beckham from the wavier. I wonder
who would've allowed that to happen?
3.
Smells Low – Riley has probably been the nos(e)t
consistent team this year being in the top 3 of scoring in 11 of the 14
weeks. And to nose surprise, he’s doing it
on the back of Manning and Brady along with Lynch. However, Riley may have some concerns nosing
forward as Peyton hasn’t played well in 3 of his last 4 games and he’s got some
other injuries to deal with. In nose
last 8 games, his only wins are against non-playoff teams. Everybody nose that getting into the playoffs
is the most important, but it could be short lived. The other thing to nose is that this team
probably won’t get better in the offseason since Riley does nose have many
draft picks left and his roster will continue to age. On a side nose, we should start calling him
Booger.
4.
Off Suite 10s – Kyle has reshaped his team more
than Seth reshaped his body when he dominated the weight-loss challenge. However, it didn’t do much good since he
landed in exactly the same spot as last year at 8-6 in 4th
place. Kyle had the longest winning
streak in the league this year at 5 games but has lost 3 straight since
then. Kyle’s throwing all his chips on
the table by trying to win it all this year.
He had better hope that Gordon and Graham pull their heads out of their asses
or his playoff stint will quickly disappear, just like a 2nd half lead in Kinnick. Mitch is certainly rooting for him.
5.
Rollin’ 4 Deep – All bias aside, Finken is
probably the unluckiest team in the league this year going up against the 2nd
toughest schedule and losing AP, Foles and Ball for most of the
year. After starting an abysmal 0-6,
he’s pulled his way into respectability by going 6-2 since then. His draft picks of Evans and Benjamin were
questioned at the time since Taylor Martinez was available but look pretty solid going forward. He needs that #1 draft spot again if he hopes to make the rest of the league Fear Ameer.
6.
Play It Backwards – Our former champion has been
out of contention for a while as he couldn’t keep his WRs and Gio healthy all
at the same time. Mitch only had 1 win
against a playoff team all year meaning he lost the other 7. At one point he was in contention to move out
of the high school ranks into big-time coaching until ADs saw his fantasy
roster management and game performance this year. Mitch will probably go into the season next
year as one of the favorites based on the overall talent on his roster and
draft picks available. However, he needs
to stop drafting guys that don’t get injured like PAFs and bang other player’s
wives.
7.
Ah It’s Early – Not really sure why Seth’s team
fell apart like it did, dropping from 2nd place last year to 2nd
to last this year. Dropping $40 on Kirk
Cousins was probably the initial indication.
He did face the toughest schedule but he has 2 solid QBs along with Dez,
Forte and Jordy. It seems like he always
seemed to go against someone having a good week. He also was involved in 2 losses by less than
5 points. Maybe he was trying to equal
his protégé Paul Rhoads by losing 10 games.
Our feeling is that he’ll be back in the hunt next year...unlike the
Cyclones.
8.
I’m Out – Yes, yes he is. To sum up Abel’s season, he bid $60 in FAAB
for Eli Manning when no one else bid $1.
Please send all draft refreshment requests to Abel so he can start
planning immediately. At least this will
ensure that he’ll show up…maybe.
Playoff Preview
Fuck It Three vs. Off Suit 10s
This is the first of two immediate rematches this week. Kyle won the Week 7 game by 1.3 points but
South crushed Kyle last week. All of
South’s Steelers have a favorable matchup against the spread-open ass cheeks that is the Falcons
D. However, he can’t be too happy about Lacy and Orange-and-Blue Julius being
questionable. Lehman has the names and
skill players to keep up with South but the real question is, does he have the
balls to start Johnny Football instead of Smokin’ Jay Cutler? I’m sure it won’t come back to bite him either
way.
Smells Low vs. If We’re Using Logic
This series has been a microcosm of Chris’s season. He won each of the 2 matchups earlier in the
year 136.60-91.44 and 132.84-129.24. If
Riley scores 25 points under his average amount of points of 163, he wipes the
floor with Lazer in each game. So Riley
is down 0-2 but just like when you’re playing that last pitch game of the night for $20 a piece,
it’s this one that really counts. As
mentioned above, Lansink is on a roll and Riley’s team is reeling. Peyton’s struggling, Marshall and Ellington
are out, Jennings is still a big ? and Riley’s depth is not his strong
suit. If things continue the way they've been going for each team, Riley will need more than his season average to stun La Lazer.
Consolation Bracket
Rollin’ 4 Deep vs. I’m Out
This is the second immediate rematch from last week. Finken won the season series 2-0 by very
similar margins of 12 and 10. Even
though Finken is favored considerably (because it's against Abel), I'm sure it will be a good battle as these are the only two teams that haven't made the playoffs yet. It won’t help if Scam Newton is
really injured after his car flipped this week.
Abel, I’m sure RG3 would be just as good.
Play It Backwards vs. Ah It’s Early
Mitch won the season series 2-0 although the last game was only won by
4 points. Right now, Seth is a heavy
favorite but it’s mostly because of Mitch’s team’s matchups and situations. Both his top QBs are facing tough Ds and the
Cinn RB situation must be driving him crazy which is forcing him to start Isiah
Crowell. But do you expect from a guy
that now drives a minivan?
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