week 12: the recap
Sheilah’s still gone! We haven’t burned down the house yet so we’re doing something right over here.
Week 12. The Ravens are unstoppable. The 49ers are unstoppable. The Jets…looked good? After a drama filled week last week we were treated to a week of blowouts featuring basketball-like scoring from half the league. Lamar Jackson can just sit out the rest of the year dancing on the sideline and wrap up this MVP season with no pressure after the Ravens dismantled last year’s BroNation darlings the Los Angeles Rams. Could there be another favorite team on the horizon for Sheilah when she gets back? Hint: Yes.
Celebration of the Week:
Following up last week’s newest segment - I present the 49ers collective surfing celebration with a callback nod to their water soaked field slip and slide from a few weeks ago:
The Stats
Highest Score | Trillionaire Club (Richie) 130.6 points, We’re really going to let Richi go undefeated this season aren’t we…KELLY YOU’RE OUR ONLY HOPE!
Lowest Score | Chicago Placeholder (Sarah) 52.3 points, Two weeks in a row and the same highest scorer and the same lowest scorer - this one doesn’t have the BYE to blame this week…just disppointing performances across the board (okay not your Robby Anderson, you were good).
Biggest Whoops | Drop Deebo!!!!!!!! (Chirag), Hollywood Brown - 16.2 points, This wouldn’t have changed the result of the matchup, but leaving someone named Hollywood on the bench with Lamar Jackson throwing the ball - that’s on you Chirag…
Hot Chubb Time Machine (Neil) 109.6 points
Chicago Placeholder (Sarah) 52.3 points
This was a runaway performance by Neil - Robby Anderson and Matt Prater showed up for Sarah, but everyone else mysteriously had nothing happening this week. Neil was carried by Deshaun Watson and Nick Chubb this week and for whatever reason Nick Chubb celebrates touchdowns by walking away with a deadpan stare…so here’s Deshaun doing Deshaun things:
Field of Bros (Sheilah) 93.6 points
Back that Pass Up (Kelly) 111.6 points
Sheilah received great performances from Brees, Bell, Hopkins, and Ertz and somehow only had 93.9 points this week - but the Jets defense (what...) and Chris Godwin stole the show for Kelly with a massive week including highly improbable touchdown catches from the latter:
Trillionaire Club (Richie) 130.6 points
Drop Deebo!!!!!!!! (Chirag) . 80.4 points
No one can stop the Richie freight train - unbelievable performances from Christian McCaffery, Leonard Fournette, and Lamar Jackson made this a runaway week despite a solid week from OBJ and Kittle on Chirag’s team. Dak’s disappointing week didn’t help the cause this week, but facing the team with Lamar is producing familiar results every week so far.
JPugh What-It-Do (Jason) 75.1 points
Mitches Get Stiches (Diane) 59.6 points
In a matchup of teams from the one trade that’s occurred this season - Diane started off solid with Jarvis Landry stealing the show right away and easily outperforming the other side of the trade in Michael Thomas, but outside of Josh Allen nobody else showed up this week…except Emmanuel Sanders celebration game:
Ezekiel 23: 19-21 (Sean) 80.4 points
Billionaire Club (Craig) 63.1 points
The consistent play from Mark Ingram and Allen Robinson have been solid for Craig during the past few weeks, but the unlikely heroes in Jameis Winston and Derrick Henry helped Sean keep the rest of Craig’s team in the rearview mirror, with Henry absolutely destroying the Jags again and again.
Houston, We Have a Problem (Ross) 80.4 points
Just my Luck (Julie) 63.1 points
This was close for awhile - and with DJ Moore being the only player scoring much of anything this week for my team I had no confidence in this win. Jimmy G and the Steelers D showed up for Julie but everyone else struggled to score this week. A win is a win, but neither of us can seem to score at all which made this matchup highly competitive throughout - DJ Moore you’re my hero:
Onto the final week of the regular season…six teams are fighting for the final two playoff spots which should make this week one to keep a close eye on all the playoff scenarios. Here’s to hoping for a six way tie!