2024, Week 14 Newsletter

03 Dec 2024

Press Box Observations

Accommodating the arrival of winter here in California, we’ve finally arrived at the last week of fantasy football before the playoffs begin. We witnessed 9 teams having 100+ point performances.

Roy continues on with a second consecutive week of success by taking this week’s High Score with 133.37 points, barely beating out Todd with his stellar 133.15 points. Making it into the century club as well are David, Josh, Allen, Mike, Ryan, Leon, and Fred.

Josh wins this week’s Big Summer Blowout Sale, beating Tony by 64.1 points – which is more points than his team generated with 57.10 points. Taking the Victory for Ants is Allen and his 0.87 point differential over Ryan.

Reviewing the Matchup of the Week

133.37 to 104.73

Roy keeps his win streak going by beating Fred. Along with keeping the streak alive, Roy also keeps his playoff hunt alive.

We didn’t provide a spread this week, or a favorite, so the Underdogs maintain their 7-4 record.

Power Rankings

The power rankings mostly showcase minor adjustments in placing. Roy upgrades himself a couple of ranks while my team decides to quiet quit on me at the end of the season.

Matchup of the Week

Fred is now in the hot seat for keeping his playoff dreams alive. He is in a delicate situation: if Leon and Roy win, he is eliminated from the playoffs regardless of how he does this week.

If Fred can pull off a win this week, then we have the following scenarios for him to make it in:

Roy loses. Fred has a 68-point “points for” advantage; as long as he maintains some distance, Fred will win the tie-breaker.
Roy loses and David wins. Fred only has a 25-point lead over David to win the tie-breaker.
Leon loses. Fred must overcome an unlikely 81-point deficit to win the tie-breaker.

With the stakes high enough as it is, we’ll give Fred a simple -0.5 spread for this week.

Blasting Off Again

Looking forward to the playoffs!