Sunday, November 18, 2012

PLAYOFF PUSH! WEEK 11

Despite still waiting on a Monday night game, all the Week 11 GDL match-ups have essentially been decided, and now with playoffs just around the corner, WHO'S IN, AND WHO'S OUT???

Kevin (6-5) def. Neal (7-4), 86-85
This one came down to the wire, but Ray Rice just couldn't run far enough to get Neal over he hump and past Kevin. Strong performances from Megatron and Washington's Defense propelled Kevin. Newly acquired Demaryius Thomas and Jamal Charles were key for Neal this week, but Rice, Nelson and Bush all failed to reach 10-plus points.

Colleen (8-3) def. Jared (5-6), 107-69
As expected, Colleen manages to sail past Jared in a week in which Andy Dalton, Vincent Jackson, CJ Spiller, Doug Matin and Roddy White all busted out double digit performances. Gronk and Rogers pulled through for the lame duck Tooth Decays, and in stunning fashion, the Jaguars slammed Houston's Defense, taking away 4-points from Jared this week. To make matters worse, a playoff push for Jared took a massive hit when it was discovered Gronk's forearm was broken in the game vs. Indianapolis, with Gronk expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

Jon leads Josh 127-73
Matt Forte and Chicago's Defense will need to combine for 54 points to give Josh the win, and it's highly unlikely the 49ers turn the ball over enough to score massive points, and Forte putting up massive yards on the 49ers Defense seems somewhat unlikely as well. If Jon pulls the match out, Jon will have won three games in a row, putting him square into the playoff mix.

Eric leads Monica 86-43
Monica getting 44 points out of Frank Gore against the Bears' Defense is less than unlikely; its impossible. Mark a win for Eric, who improves to 6-5 on the season and makes a run for the conference title over Jared, Jon and Monica to secure a spot in the playoffs. Monica, meanwhile is still looking for her second win on the season, and faces Colleen next week...

(Assuming Eric and Jon win tomorrow, the standings will look something like this:)

x=eliminated from playoff contention

MY DOGG, SNOOP
Colleen, 8-3
Neal, 7-4
Josh, 6-5
Kevin, 6-5

MARISA KORN
Eric, 6-5
Jon, 5-6
Jared, 5-6
x-Monica 1-10

With two games left in the regular season, the push is full steam ahead. Things to look for in next week's match-ups:

WHO's ROOTING FOR WHO IN WEEK 12???

Colleen is rooting for: Jared
Obviously, she needs to beat Monica. But in the event she were to lose to Monica next week, a Jared win over Kevin would seal her playoff spot... That seems highly unlikely, as Kevin has just landed RG3 in a trade, while Jared just lost his biggest asset in Gronkowski for likely the rest of the Fantasy season.

Neal is rooting for: Monica, Jared
Neal will likely have a hard time putting Josh away, and in the event he cannot beat Josh and falls into a 7-5 tie with Nunen, the last thing he'll want is for Kevin to hop up to 7-5 as well to make things more crowded in the Snoop Race. Neal needs Jared to beat Kevin so Kevin falls to 6-6 and Colleen to fall to Monica so he could potentially stay within striking distance of the top seed in the playoffs.

Josh is rooting for: Jared
At this point, Colleen owns the tie-breaker for the division with Josh, beating him twice in the regular season. Josh can't earn the top spot in the division, even if he wins out and Colleen loses out. Josh will have to settle for a third or fourth seed, and he'll need Kevin to lose to either A) Create cushion if he defeats Neal or B) not to lose ground on Kevin if he loses to Neal.

Kevin is rooting for: Monica, Josh
Kevin swept Colleen during the regular season. If Colleen were to lose out and Kevin were to win out, Kevin could top Colleen in playoff seeding due to the head to head tie breaker. ByMonica topping Colleen, Josh winning next week over Neal and Kevin defeating Jared, all three guys would sit at 7-5 with Colleen at 8-4, meaning in a weird convoluted way, Kevin could feasibly still be in the hunt for the division title.

Eric is rooting for: Kevin
Eric needs to beat Jon to create a two game gap between he and Backus, and that along with a Kevin win over Jared would put both Jared and Jon two games back in the Marisa Korn Division and wrap up the division title for Wallace.

Jared is rooting for: Jon
Jared is in a tough spot as it is, and falling behind Backus and Eric is the LAST thing Jared needs. Jared can beat Kevin and tie Eric and Jon going into the final week of the regular season by Jon beating Eric as well.

Jon is rooting for: Kevin
Again, fairly obvious, Jon has to beat Eric or he will be eliminated from playoff contention. And a victory for Kevin over Jared would push Jared to 5-7, while Jon would be fresh off a win, sitting tied with Eric at 6-6 atop the Marisa Korn, with one week left to hash out the division.

Monica is rooting for: Stafford, Srpoles' health, Gore, CJ3 and Eric Decker
Monica was eliminated from playoff contention officially 3 weeks ago, so anything now would just be to play "spoiler" or to just be "cute." But boy oh boy... a Monica win over Colleen would fuck a bunch of shit up in the Snoop Division for sure!

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