Week 12 Preview
This is a little late this week but we have a lot to go over.
Playoff Watch after Week 11:
We had some shake-ups in the winner's bracket this week. Also a correction on last week. I have not clinched playoffs. ESPN had a bug stating that incorrectly.
Byes: Brady and Aron
3 Seed - Kevin vs 6 Seed - Austin
4 Seed - Clint vs 5 Seed - Bruce
Austin jumps into the 5 seed, knocking out Dom, but things can definitely change with 3 weeks to go. Dom has the points advantage so he's just a win away from overtaking Austin. Guess who plays each other week 14...
More importantly, the Loser's Bracket would look like this:
Byes: Chris (Clinched Loser's Bracket) and Logan (Clinched Loser's Bracket)
10 Seed - Rusty vs 7 Seed - Dom
9 Seed - Cord vs 8 Seed - Bryan
Dom joining the loser's bracket is the only change here. Not much to talk about.
Worst Coach of the Week
Nominee:
All the teams that are currently out of the playoffs that held their FAAB all year to spend on the bums left on waivers.
Second week in a row that everyone in the loser's bracket except for Logan and Chris win this award. Don't be scared to spend that FAAB early.
Biggest Busts
QB - Joe Burrow - Nothing you can really do when a guy gets hurt like that. This is more of a season long bust award.
RB - Travis Etienne - 7.4 points is respectable and we've definitely had worse performances. He wins this week more because he was the hottest RB in fantasy for weeks, and now he's dropped back to the pack.
WR - Cooper Kupp - Dude can't stay healthy.
TE - Sam Laporta - Top 3 TE on the season but his 3.3 points last week did not help Rusty in his close loss.
Kicker/ Defense - Jake Elliott - He was the best kicker in fantasy for the first 8 weeks and then the Eagles offense figure out how to score.
In Memoriam
Week 11 - Joe Burrow
Week 10 - Chris's Playoff Hopes. Legit this time.
Week 9 - I don't know
Week 8 - Kirk Cousins
Week 7 - Chris's Playoff Hopes
Week 6 - Chris's Playoff Hopes?
Week 5 - Logan's Playoff Hopes
Week 4 - Logan's Playoff Hopes?
Week 3 - Mike Williams, Joshua Kelley
Week 2 - Nick Chubb, Justin Fields
Week 1 - Aaron Rodgers, JK Dobbins, Jets Wide Receivers
Week 11 Bets
None that I know of.
Update on Season Long Bet Mixon vs Ford:
Ford 110.7 - points
Mixon - 124.8 points
Looks like Mixon is starting to run away with it.
Week 12 Games of the Week:
Bruce (7-4) vs Kevin (8-3)
A lot of important matchups this year, but this one takes the top spot due to Bruce dropping out of the playoffs this week. Usually 7 wins would get you in the playoffs in this league, but it looks like it will take 9 wins minimum to get in this year. It's been a weird year with 3 or 4 teams being very bad and 3-4 teams being very good.
Bruce needs a win bad this week. As of this writing, it looks like Cooper Kupp will play which will help Bruce out a ton. The bad thing is, his entire Thanksgiving lineup played down to expectations other than Cowboys Defense.
Lucky for Bruce, Kevin is barely projected to beat him at this point. Mahomes has been very average the last few weeks. Definitely not worth the early pick that Kevin spent on him. The rest of his team is unfortunately nothing to get excited about either.
I'm taking Bruce here. His team needs the win so they'll show up.
Commissioner's Pick (11-0): Bruce