Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you well. We have the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Week 8 Recap, we look at how Dr. Tilt did, and the Week 9 Power Rankings. We have two weeks until the trade deadline, and 5 more weeks until the playoffs, things are getting tight. Let’s dive into the games.
“You are one pathetic loser.” – Lloyd Christmas
Daddy Wombat took it to Teach.
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Picture this. You are the headline main event, you are primetime must watch TV this week. And you don’t set your best lineup? You start a guy that’s been out? Teach put Joe Mixon in his starting 11. Unreal. Teach took a punch to the chest with Mixon on the bench, better yet Daddy Wombat played Mixon’s backup Gio Bernard who put up 21.3. Daddy Wombat continued to cook with Russ, putting up a Richard Petty. Kamara put up a 20 spot. Oh yah, this guy D.K. Metcalf, sheesh, 34 points. That’s the big time performances you want in a primetime game. D.W. is resting up his kicker this week, this could have been worse. Teach, he didn’t have it. Tyreek Hill put up a Jumpman, and Marvin Jones had a day with she’s only 17 on the week. Bad weeks of Latavius Murray, Mixon, and A.J. Green, put the nail in the coffin on this one. Daddy Wombat 166.95 to 120.55.
Mush’s Mongrels crumbles to Bottom Bunk.
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We have two teams that have faced the two easiest schedules. Mush has faced the tougher schedule and it showed over the weekend. What an embarrassment, this is who Mush is, a 100 point team. You need a 99, he’ll get you a 100, you need 103, he’ll get you 100. Dobbins, Jacobs, and Reagor all put up about 12 each. Mush is chasing Gallup’s shadow, benched him this week for Preston Williams, both had rookie QBs this week. Well Gallup had 9 and P-Will had 2. Bad management. Bottom Bunk is a violator. B.B. gets no compliments. Bottom Bunk wins, 152.5 to 100.6.
Bruce is on the board against Pistol.
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Is Bruce back? This was an upset week. Only one team with a better record won this week and the Power Rankings will show that. Bruce barely got one. It was a nail bitter. Bruce finally got the right QB with Burrow by two points. Zeke, JT, Humphries, Henry, and Gesicki, all bad. Boyd, Renfrow, and Damien Harris were enough. No one really did well, but it was enough. Pistol only had three guys in double digits, David Montgomery, Travis Kelce, and Will Lutz. No QB, Jimmy G put up 3 points. That sealed it. Real bad effort by these two teams, but Bruce wins 114.75 to 105.
Batman took on CrossFit.
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This was not a great game. Batman got his points from Bob Woods with 25 points. James Conner had a baker’s dozen. Juju and D. Harris just got into the double digits. Swift and Ronny Jones were let downs this week. I expect a bounce back for those guys. Nelson Agholor with the goose egg, I felt that in a couple other leagues. Fant was a risky play, but he fought hard for 8 points even with an injury. CrossFit is under 100. He did not finish his WOD. AP, Coleman, Amari Cooper, Cole Beasley all had under 3.5 points. That is not good. Wayne Gallman finally had his due, with a dozen. Cooper Kupp put up 16 points and Ebron even added a dozen. Tyler Lockett who had bailed CrossFit out of some tight games recently came down to earth, 5.3 points, this did CrossFit in. Batman won 110.4 to 98.35.
Touchdown Guy takes on PeePaw.
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This shook up to be a nice game. Touchdown Guy played a short Josh Allen. That was a big hurt to TDG. TDG had D-Train put up 17 and Keenan Allen joined him as well. Jared Cook had a night putting up 13. Big problem with Melly Gordon only adding 7 and Calvin Ridley left the game early and may be a long term out for TDG. Tough. PeePaw said he was going to heat up, and here he is. Davante Adams is a monster. He put up 27 points. Brandon Aiyuk put up 19, Gaskin put up 11, and A.J. Brown added 10 to the mix. Perine didn’t score, Bell (and Clyde) were hardly involved, and Justin Jefferson watch Dalvin Cook cook and only added 4 points. It was enough. PeePaw wins 120.9 to 114.8.
JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demon took out that trash against Trashman.
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JonnyDIII is a bad man. Patty Mac with 54. Corey Davis added 22, pick of the year? Money Moon added 15, Evans 14, and Diggs 12, all showed up. Finally. This team is bonding and ready to make a run in 2021. Jeremy McNichols even outdid his projection. DPJ only put up 1, and Tim Patrick was OUT? Did not matter. Trashman had Zack Moss put up 20, Curtis Samuel (play of the week) put up 19, A-Rob with 17. The big difference was Kenny-G with 0 and Carson Wentz only putting up 15. JonnyDIII wins 143.52 to 111.55, and I do not feel bad about it because Trashman has not said hi.
Now we have the recap of some picks.
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Some words from Dr. Tilt.
Well, folks, it finally happened. The Doc prescribed his first losing week of the season, going 1-2. We had a good run, and the Doc promises to bounce back strong for week 9.
Rams -4 @ Miami
Jared Goff had a severe case of the turnovers this week and handed the Dolphins 14 points. Add in a punt return touchdown and the wheels fell off in the first half for the Rams in this one. Maybe the Rams 4th trip to the east coast finally caught up to this team. And even though Tua didn’t eclipse 100 passing yards in this one, the Dolphins won outright, 28-17.
Titans -5.5 @ Cincinnati
Maybe the Doc should be scared of Joey Covers after all. Joe Burrow and the Bengals jumped ahead early in this one, and never looked back. The Titans attempted to claw their way back into this one, but too little too late. Joey Covers and the Bengals drop the Titans, 31-20.
Pittsburgh +4 @ Baltimore
Division rivalries don’t get much better than Steelers, Ravens. In what turned out to be a bit of a sloppy game, Lamar Jackson’s turnover issues ended up costly. Baltimore outgained Pittsburgh by over 200 yards, and found a way to run all over the #1 run defense in the league. The Steelers were able to take advantage of their four takeaways. They beat the Ravens 28-24 to remain the NFL’s last unbeaten team. Thank goodness they didn’t fire Mike Tomlin after last season.
Week 8: 1-2 Season Total: 18-7-1
Thanks Doc.
We have a new leader, let’s look at the updated Power Rankings.
CrossFit only gets one, he didn’t reach 100 points he is last. Daddy Wombat is our new #1 and he has earned it. Bottom Bunk climbs way up the rankings, which will likely only lead to a big fall next week. Mush lost, so he drops, if you have an easy schedule you better win, he did not, so he drops. Those are the real big changes, Touchdown Guy still has the third highest point total, I like him going on a streak here.
What a week. Trade deadline is coming up and the Commissioner has not clarified that actual date. Bottom Bunk lost Josh Gordon due to his absent minded move of having an illegal taxi. There are rules and it took two managers to finally force action. I have no clue what the Commission does, but know it is not enough. That does it for Week 8, I will see you tomorrow for the Week 9 Preview. I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.
Let’s Go!
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