Anyway, I’m two games ahead of Thorman for the final spot in the playoffs. And then Thorman puts up a monster, scoring 186.1 points when his season-long average was 164.13 per game. Going into the Monday night game, he was sitting at 11–0 for the week and I was at 6–5. I had 127.5 points and still had Andrew Luck and Dwayne Allen remaining. The exact total I would need from the two was a bit of a moving target, which is the nature of an all-play league, but clearly I was going to need to make up serious ground. My best bet to make the playoffs was to move up a handful of spots and also have at least one of T.Y. Hilton or Donte Moncrief owners pass Thorman, as well. I figured I needed at least 50 points between Luck and Allen to have a chance. How could I know the game of Allen's life was on the horizon?
By time Fitz and I were done recording our podcast on Monday night, Allen already had his first touchdown of the game. When he scored his second, I thought something special might be happening for me. When he hit pay dirt a third time in the first half, after having two touchdowns all season going into the game, I knew the fantasy fates were smiling on me. Luck’s fourth touchdown pass of the game, this one to Moncrief, pushed me to third place and a 9–2 record for the week, while simultaneously knocking Thorman into second with the Moncrief owner vaulting into first. All told, Allen scored 31.2 points, and he and Luck gave me a total of 58.1. Thorman still beat me in Week 13, but he picked up just one game, which kept me a game ahead of him in the standings, and in the sixth and final spot in the playoffs. Dwayne Allen, I will always love you.
As for all-play in general, it’s definitely a fun wrinkle, and I like having one league that uses it. When you play in as many leagues as we do, it’s nice to have a few totally different formats. But there’s no doubt that head-to-head is the best way to play fantasy football, or any fantasy sport, for that matter. Fantasy isn’t about coolly calculating the best teams. It’s about having fun with your friends. Taking away the pure head-to-head element might be fairer and better reflect who the best teams in the league truly are, but it also takes away some of the fun, and no one should strive to do that.cheap NFL jerseys,
I’m in six traditional season-long leagues. Three are industry, including Going Deep, and three are with friends. I made the playoffs in all three of my industry leagues, and took home the regular season crown for the third straight year in our Chicago Media League. Of course, all that regular season success has resulted in zero playoff wins the last two years, so I’m hoping I can turn that around this season. Congratulations are in order to The MMQB’s Emily Kaplan, who made the playoffs in that league in her inaugural season. SI went 3-for-4 in that league, with you joining Emily and I in the playoffs. Unfortunately, Joan Niesen couldn’t make us a perfect, Kris Bryant-like 4-for-4.wholesale nhl jerseys,
What’s even more unfortunate, at least for me, is that I missed the playoffs in all three of my friends leagues, including the one nearest and dearest to my heart, the Skokie Fantasy Football League, which my closest friends and I started in 1998. That team was undone by nothing other than my players falling short of expectations. I took Lamar Miller in the first round, Jamaal Charles in the third round (I did handcuff Spencer Ware, but he didn’t produce at a third-round value), Sammy Watkins in the fourth and Randall Cobb in the fifth. I believed in the Jeremy Hill bounceback. I took a shot wholesalejerseysi on Josh Gordon. By time I was able to package a few players for Devonta Freeman, it was too late. This is a superflex league and, interestingly, the only thing that worked out for me was waiting on the quarterback position. I was one of the last people to jump in at QB, and ended up with Philip Rivers and Marcus Mariota. Alas, they were not enough to make up for my many draft-day misses.
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