Saturday, November 4, 2017

[League Update] Week 8: Another one gone ... and another one gone

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As if playing with 16 teams wasn't already hard enough, the injury bug has become an infestation this year. Maybe I'm blocking it out, but I don't remember a RWC as injury-plagued as this one. It started Week 1, with the loss of No. 1 overall pick and Mullet savior David Johnson. And it continued: Greg Olsen, OBJ, Aaron Rodgers ...

Then this week:

and

and

and, well, yeah, this pretty much covers it:

Then you have the three big trades of Kelvin Benjamin, Jay Ajayi and Jimmy Garoppolo. How will those players be used at their new teams? Who knows.

But one team clearly wasn't hurting this week. Let's get right to it.

Awards


The highest scorer this week — and nearly the highest scorer in league history — was newcomer KB's Belly Shirts with ... wait for it ... 163.58 points. In a league with 16 teams, in a season with so many injuries, that number is straight bonkers. Bravo, sir.

Get Off My Dak actually had a decent 86-point game, but he almost got doubled up. And get this: KB actually didn't set his best possible line up. Had he switched out his running backs in the flex, he would have gotten three more points. And that would have given him the record for the highest weekly score in Royale With Cheese history, beating out belmont83unc80 164.52.

Needless to say, KB is still at the top of the league. But he doesn't get the avatar yet, because Muscular Mathletes are right there with him after a 114-40 win over Something witty. Those two 7-1 teams are followed closely by Academic Probation at 6-2, though he has his own set of problems this week with that Deshaun Watson injury at Tom Brady on bye.

SugaLumps and Off Constantly follow at 5-3, and behind them are six teams at 4-4, two at 3-5, two at 2-6 and you-know-who at 0-8.



Speaking of you-know-who, Something witty wins the Sad Trombone Award this week with his 40-point performance. This is what happens when your quarterback, wide receiver and defense are on bye. Not great.



The Johnny Football Award for Poor Decisions goes to WattCanISayExceptYou'reWelcome. This is a minor one, but 87-84 loss to One McCaffrey Latte Please was also the only close matchup of the week. The bad decision? Not starting Golden Tate (6.6 points) and starting Vernon Davis (2 points).

Early on, it seemed like we had an obvious pick for the Johnny Football Award when Dolphins of Old started Kirk Cousins (10 points) over Russell Wilson (35) points, but he managed to still beat Bueller 63-54.



The Grumble Grumble Award goes to Academic Probation, who's having a rough week. From Facebook: "Academic Probation loses Deshaun Watson and Pierre Garçon in 24 hours. Can anyone spell Jimmy Garoppolo?" And:



"Yeah, think I’d like to start over...."

This week


No weird early games Sunday, but the Bears, Browns, Chargers, Vikings, Patriots and Steelers don't play this week. Good luck setting your lineups.

Eleanor's pick of the week


6-2 on the season — killing it.

GAHHH GAHHH GAHHH GAHHHH *wails* *parent shoves pacifier back in mouth* MMMM MMM GUUUHHH *falls asleep*

(PerpetualMotionSquad 90, WattCanISayExceptYou'reWelcome 87)

The Book of Faces


Get Off My Dak: "Commish...Imma need you to check Bryan’s team for PEDs."


KB's Belly Shirts:



Haikuna matata 

Eve's back:

Injuries and trades
Run rampant throughout the league.
Season Mulligan?
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