Playoff Edition 3 - 2011

(WatchBlog McGee is a fictionalized blogger but reports on actual, flesh and bone, real-life fantasy football leagues.  This year, he is embedded deep in the CFFFL, and will be periodically blogging on league matters.)

WatchBlog is continuing his 4 part series on the CFFFL Final Four.  Part 3 follows.  Let’s get to it.

Reversal of Fortune

Amanda “After my formal complaint September 15, 2011, I probably won’t know about this post unless someone tells me about it” Cook was not at the initial formation conference that gave rise to the CFFFL.  She also wasn’t present for the inaugural CFFFL draft, as she had a better offer of entertainment that evening.  However, none of that stopped her from having one of the highest performing teams in the league.  At 9-4, Amanda’s Quail Hunters have been blessed with the good fortune of an incredible draft, and until recently, few critical injuries.  While you can point to amazing statistics to bear this out, the most telling stat is her number of roster moves, an almost unbelievably low 4.  Compare that to the league average of 13, or to the league high of 31.  A strong receiving core, consistent QB play, an embarrassing wealth of TEs and a deadly RB combo of Arian Foster and the surprising Matt Forte, have given new meaning to the philosophy “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”  Unfortunately, for Amanda, the streak of good fortune ended in week 10 when she lost her starting QB for the season.  Week 13 also saw an injury to Forte, and suddenly, a 2 game losing streak headed into the playoffs suddenly has everyone asking, have the Quail Hunter’s run out of luck?  It would be unwise to count Amanda out.  Only once all season has Amanda had a losing streak longer than one game, and that was a 2 game streak to end the season.  Now, after a first round BYE, her Quail Hunters will face the Leftovers, a team plagued with all the bad luck that the Amanda’s team avoided most of the season.  The last 2 weeks of the regular season saw the 2 teams head in opposite directions, and oddly enough, the swing for both teams happened in a head to head matchup in week 12 when the Leftovers embarrassed Amanda’s team by 47 points.   This embarrassment for Amanda will immediately disappear with a victory this weekend, but at this point in the season, it is definitely better to be lucky than good.

WatchBlog out.