A new league leader and a new avatar. Muscular Mathletes came through with a strong performance to beat Chicks Dig Scars (5-2) 111-80 in a game between two teams tied for first place. The Mathletes (6-1) have won six games in a row since having the lowest point total in Week 1. Impressive stuff.
Let me take this time to say that the Mathletes have not gotten here with help from me. The owner is obsessed. She was checking her phone Tuesday night, game-planning for the match-up with Chicks. She was genuinely worried that, by some miracle, Hakeem Nicks would score 40 points Monday night and she would lose. I have created a monster.
The other team in the household, Jeff Fisher's Mullets, has also been impressive, if I may say so. (I may.) Peyton Manning came through once again, scoring just enough in a loss Sunday night to help the Mullets beat iwishiwouldhaveplayedtuba 90-86. Both teams were tied for second place in the league. That's now five straight wins for your Mullets after starting 0-2.
The middle of the league is all kinds of bunched up. Nine teams are either 4-3 or 3-4. Playoff spots are very up for grabs.
Something else I noticed while looking at the standings: The "Points For" and "Points Against" for some teams are very interesting.
Blaupunkt (3-4) has benefited from having the lowest "Points against" total in the league: 564.78.
The Reservoir Dogs, on the other hand, have had a rough draw. Teams have scored 743.7 against the Dogs, an average of more than 106 points per week. That's 70 more total points than any other team has had scored against it. With that considered, it's impressive the Dogs are even 3-4.
Wonder why PerpetualMotionSquad is at the bottom of the league at 1-5? It has scored 512.92 total points this year. That's 73.3 points per game for PMS, and more than 50 points lower than the total of any other team in the league. PMS may want to consider some roster moves.
Speaking of, PMS was part of the saddest game of the season in Week 7, losing to Getting over the hump 59.18-50.50. I haven't gone back through the entire history of the league, but I can't remember any game where both teams scored in the 50s. That's rough, y'all.
That actually brings us to the TWEET OF THE WEEK!
C.J. Spiller, Larry Fitzgerald and Trent Richardson combined for 4.1 points on my @RoyaleWCheeseFB fantasy team. I hate fantasy football.
— Sergio Tovar (@sergiotovar) October 21, 2013
It loves you, too. Congratulations for winning the You Got Lucky Award.
The Mathletes, in addition to being the stars of the video, scored the most points in the league in Week 7 with 111.56 points.
Something's owner texted me last week complaining that he hadn't made the League Update this year until I mentioned his lack of a running back in Week 6. While that's simply not true, I told him he would make this week. And, boy, did he give me a reason to write about him.
Something managed just 49.32 points (with a full lineup) in a loss to Blaupunkt. To make things worse, players on Something's bench outscored its starters by nearly 30 points. Three players on the bench scored at least 20 points. That performance is very worthy of the Sad Trombone Award for Week 7.
This week's Thursday night game is between the Panthers and Buccaneers. Make sure to decide what you want to do with players on those teams before Thursday night. Set the rest of your lineup by kickoff Sunday.
Teams on a bye Week 8: Ravens, Bears, Texans, Colts, Chargers and Titans.
Wishing you sure hands and strong ACLs,
Corey
The Dogs are working hard man! Luck is the last dying wish for those that think winning can happen by accident. Sweat, on the other hand, is for those that know it's a choice.
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