Good morning everyone, welcome to the Week 13 Pot Cakes Dynasty League Preview. We surprisingly have a lot of spots “undecided”. Fantasy Football can swing drastically. All it takes is one dud for your team to tank and cost you the last playoff spot. We have our playoff picture mixed in with the preview. Realistically, Bottom Bunk, Mush, PeePaw, and Pistol in that order, all have a lot at stake this week. Mush and Bottom Bunk can win to get in. PeePaw and Pistol need a win and a loss or two. Let’s dive into our game of the week.
It is funny how the world works sometimes. Twelve weeks in the books and it all comes down to this. The final Game of the Week.
Bottom Bunk is trying to tuck in Teach.
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Some days I spend so much time staring blankly into the mirror wondering how Bottom Bunk is a potential playoff team that I am almost late for work. Then I am reminded that Dalvin Cook is a 20 point leader over D-Train and Kamara, and they are plus 30 on the next group of RBs. Dalvin Cook single handedly got B.B. to this point. The apex of B.B. career in dynasty, it all comes down to this. Why am I spending so much time talking about Cook? Well it is all B.B. has. B.B. will need a big week out of one of his non-WR1 WRs. Keelan Cole, T.Y. Hilton, Mike Williams, Christian Kirk, or Sterling Shepard. Someone has to help him out to help B.B. get to the playoffs. B.B. controls his own destiny as he is in a win and get in situation, a loss puts that in jeopardy. Teach, well he’s a lock. The return of Chris Carson is perfect for his playoff push, and potential first round bye. Teach has a lot to play for. Teach will need someone to give him a boom week, Teach’s team is dinged up with Ingram on the Covid list, Mixon on IR, and then D.J. Moore is on bye. He will need Tyreek Hill to have another huge week. Teach is a 9 point favorite and I am taking notes, Teach wins and gets a bye.
PeePaw takes on Trashman.
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This is another big game. PeePaw has the advantage and needs to win, and a loss from Mush or B.B. to possibly get in. PeePaw is relying on Miles Sanders to finally turn it around after a quiet return to the starting lineup. Brandin Cooks is the new #1 in Houston and should get a lot of targets. Davante Adams, A.J. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, and Justin Jefferson, are the youthful group of WRs that PeePaw hopes pushes him into the playoffs. Trashman does not have a lot to play for this week. He could play spoiler and end PeePaw’s playoff hopes. Aaron Jones, Nick Chubb, and A-Rob will all need big weeks to take out PeePaw. As of today, Trashman has a WR spot that he will need to fill. His backups and options are limited, we will have to see if a waiver move is on the table. PeePaw is likely going to be a 15 point favorite come kickoff. I like chaos, give me PeePaw in a tight one.
Mush’s Mongrel’s make their way to Batman.
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Mush controls his own fate. A win and he’s in. What a favorable matchup to do just that, taking on the projected 11th place team. Mush has Clyde, Jimmy Rob, and Antonio Gibby. These four backs should help Mush get to a comfortable floor for his point total. Big questions come up at the QB position and WR position. Dionte Johnson and Deebo will need to pick up the slack to get Mush into the playoffs. Josh Jacobs is OUT, this is great news for Pistol and PeePaw who need Mush to slip up. Batman has a real joker of a team. Winning has been his poison (ivy) this year. His point totals are in a (Mr.) freeze. Batman could be robin Mush of his playoff hopes and become the bane of Mush’s championship hopes if Batman pulls off the upset. How? I do not know, that is why I have stalled this far. Batman has Bob Woods, Ronny Jones, and Juju. Mush is a 40 point favorite, and I think he sneaks by.
Pistol pulls up to CrossFit.
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Pistol drew the short straw, needing a win, a tough matchup, and two losses above him. Pistol is still in the mix and has a promising squad to at least keep hopes alive for as long as possible. Pistol is looking at either a playoff punch or a compensatory pick. Kyler Murray should bounce back, Kareem Hunt has been great, and David Montgomery is making his case for league MVP, well at least for Week 12 of the Fantasy Football season, it is his only case, sample size of at least one game. Pistol is bringing out the big guns, as he is relying on Broadway Bob and Travis Kelce to get him some much needed points to take on CrossFit. CrossFit is in somewhat of a downward spiral. CrossFit is 1-4 in his last 5 matchups. The guy has Mitchell Trubisky as his starting QB this week. With Mostert and Ekeler back, I think CrossFit is the team to avoid all playoffs as he is looking for revenge. With CMC also gearing up for a comeback, CrossFit is going to cause some noise. Amari Cooper Kupp and Wayne Gallman are sneaky plays this week, Dalton likes Amari, Arizona doesn’t like defending, and Wayne Gallman has just been good. CrossFit is a 15 point favorite and I think Pistol will enjoy his compensatory pick, give me CrossFit.
Daddy Wombat dares Touchdown Guy.
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This game only matters to Touchdown Guy. Daddy Wombat is a lock at the 1-seed. D.W.’s whole team has tough matchups. Russ, Gurley, Kamara, D-Hop, Metcalf, and Claypool, all have red/tough matchups. This should cause a couple of those players to underperform. More importantly, Daddy Wombat will have to replace Will Fuller with either rookie Denzel Mims or rookie Gabriel Davis to fill out their roster. TDG is built different. He is third in points and finally his ranking shows that. TDG just needs to score points this week to get in. He has an outside shot of winning and Teach losing to get the #2 seed. As long as TDG scores a positive point total, he should at least get the 6-seed. TDG has the taller QB in Josh Allen, Derrick Henry is in full force, Tim Patrick is the only guy for the Broncos that produces, and Adam Thielen is back. This one will be within a point or two come kickoff either way once D.W. sets their lineup. Regardless, I think Touchdown Guy has the fire and desire to pull off a big win, give me TDG in a close one.
Bruce battles JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons.
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This was a projected game of the week. Bruce and JonnyDIII were fighting for that first pick. However, JD3 is too good and has separated himself from Bruce. Bruce has Frank Gore in his lineup, AP on his bench, Zeke in his lineup, and Fournette on bye. His best WR is D.J. Chark. JonnyDIII is onto the consolation bracket. JD3 has Jordan Howard on his bench despite the Eagles going up one of the worst run defenses in the Packers. With a move like that you have to wonder what JD3 has up his sleeve. Bruce is a big time favorite we will have to see if that stays that way.
Now we have some picks.
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Dr. Tilt’s Week 13 Prescription
A short prelude from the desk of Dr. Tilt:
Dr. Tilt would like to apologize for his performance over the last few weeks. After a blazing start to the season regression was expected but that is no excuse. Some bad beats and extremely unfortunate luck has struck chosen games. Dr. Tilt takes full responsibility and promises to be better. Godspeed.
Detroit Lions +3 @ Chicago Bears
The Lions hated Matt Patricia. Dr. Tilt discussed earlier this season the post head coach firing bump. That’s the entire play here. The Lions are awful, but so are the bears. Lions play with heart and win in Chicago as the bears lose 6 straight.
Los Angeles Rams @ Arizona Cardinals +3
When your down on your luck gambling you need to get back to some traditional gambling roots. The play here is take the home underdog. A division game where both teams need a win. Rams strength is rushing the passer but Dr. Tilt believes in Kyler Murray to bounce back and right the ship. Take the points.
Philadelphia Eagles @ Green Bay Packers O48.5
The Eagles offense is a mess. Carson Wentz is a mess. The Doc has the perfect prescription…. The Green Bay Packers defense. You don’t need to worry about the Packers offense as they’ve scored over 30 in 8 of their 11 games this year. That means you need roughly 17-20 from Philadelphia. The pathetic Chicago Bears offense got 25 last week in Lambeau so expect a game in the high 50’s.
Last Week: 0-3
Season Record: 21-16-1
Let’s hope the Doc gets back on track.
Quick Playoff summary. Daddy Wombat is a lock for the 1-seed. Teach wins and he stays at the 2-seed and gets the week 14 bye. CrossFit and Touchdown Guy technically could lose so poorly they could miss the playoffs, but not likely. CrossFit and TDG also are in a good position to win and have Teach lose to claim the 2 or 3 spot. Bottom Bunk and Mush just have to win to get in. Mush has a much easier matchup. Either loses and PeePaw wins, he will jump. Pistol has to win and score a lot of points to be in contention. It is those 5-8 spots that could really swing. If you have questions, my DMs are open.
That does it, that is the last regular season preview. We will have a Week 13 recap, I might make some changes to the formatting. I have received some suggestions about things to do from one of my favorite subscribers. Good luck to those teams in the playoffs. Good luck to those who have other leagues and other playoff hopes. With that said, I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.
Let’s Go!
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