[League Update] Week 8: We need to talk ...

Royale with Cheesers: We need to talk.

I know we're midway through the season and the newness has worn off. I know that Halloween is coming up and you're trying to craft the perfect costume. And I'm fully aware that my jokes in the blog post have gone drastically downhill. But this is unacceptable.

Three teams -- Chicks Dig Scars, Blaupunkt and Dolphins of Old -- failed to set a complete lineup this week. These are all teams that have done well this season. Dolphins has had some of the highest scores of the season, Blaupunkt started 2-0 (and is one of the few that brings it on the Twitter trash talk, but we'll get to that) and Chicks had the friggin' avatar for a few weeks this season.

C'mon, y'all! You can set your lineup from a mobile app, for Pete's sake. No excuses! Play like champions!

Also, where is the trash talk? A few of you are taking to Twitter to gloat about your team, and I appreciate it. But we need more! What's the point of fantasy football if you're not going to bust your opponent when his quarterback scores negative points?!? (More on that later ...)

Use the Twitter, the comments on this blog or the message board on the league site. That's what it's for.

One owner, who shall remain nameless, responded to trash talk from another owner, who shall also remain nameless, by saying that (s)he doesn't even look at his/her team until Tuesday and figured it would lose anyway. Then that owner said (s)he hoped the original trash talker won the league.

HUH?!?

Less of that! More of this:



That's the kind of passion I want to see, people! I know it's hard when we're not all in the same place, but we can do this. I have faith in all of you. Bring out the smack talk.

Onto the League Update ...

One team that is taking this league seriously to a scary degree is Muscular Mathletes. The Mathletes reeled off a seventh straight win and is still in first place.

Because Chicks lost (see above) and Jeff Fisher's Mullet lost (...) the Mathletes now have a cozy two game lead on the league. And the Gronk is back.

As Peyton Manning goes, so do the Mullets. And Peyton Manning went "eh." The elder Manning is finally cooling off after his hot start, which means the Mullets need someone (anyone!) else on the team to step up. *Looks at roster, starts quietly weeping.*

The league is still really bunched up right now. The difference between second place and 13th place is two games. We're just past the halfway point of the season, so a lot can still happen. Remember that the top four teams go into the championship bracket and the next four go into the consolation bracket. The bottom six teams go into no bracket. Don't let that be you.

I started to write that I felt bad for PerpetualMotionSquad. PMS can't catch a break. The team is 1-7. It would take a miracle at this point for the team to make the playoffs. This is the same team that started off 0-5 last year. But the owner is getting to hang out in Australia, so whatever.

Let's take a trip in the Way Back Machine. I wrote this sentence in the League Update for Week 2:

Speaking of iwishiwouldhaveplayedtuba: Who knew that getting Michael Vick in the autopick draft was going to be a good thing?

I may have spoken too soon. Vick scored negative .7 points last week. Ouch. I'm pretty sure Christian Ponder is still a free agent.

The Reservoir Dogs are back in the hunt after 78-74 win over Big Kahuna Burger, which has now lost four straight. The Dogs also get this week's You Got Lucky Award for having the lowest winning score.

@RoyaleWCheeseFB Oh shit! Clawed my way back to .500!
— Manofsteele_13 (@Manofsteele_13) October 29, 2013

Getting over the hump is on a bit of a roll, winning its third straight game 112-46 over the aforementioned Dolphins of Old. Dolphins gets the Sad Trombone Award for its half-hearted 46 point performance.

The top scorer of Week 8 was Correctamundo with 122 points.

@RoyaleWCheeseFB Someone must have had a Come to Jesus Moment with my team this week because...DAMN! Finally scored over 100 pts
— Jeremy Williams (@JWill09) October 29, 2013

Megatron went nuts Sunday. I mean, 329 reception yards?? C'mon, man. That's ridiculous.

Which brings us to TWEET OF THE WEEK:

@RoyaleWCheeseFB He had 123 more receiving yards than Romo had passing yards!
— Jeremy Williams (@JWill09) October 27, 2013

Something's owner texted me this week and said "This week is gonna be a tipping point." Will it be? We'll see.

This week's Thursday night game is between the Cincinatti Bengals and the Miami Dolphins. Decide what you want to do with players on those teams before Thursday night and set the rest of your lineup by Sunday.

Teams with byes this week: Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Giants, 49ers and Broncos. WAIT, WHAT?!? No! I can't live without Peyton. And I play the Mathletes this week?? This is so unfair!

Wishing you sure hands and strong ACL's (except for the Mathletes),

Corey