Week 3
No surprise, but the only 2 competitive games in Week 3 were also WatchBlog Games of the Week. There were only 2 games decided by less than 15 points in Week 3, and both games had division leads on the line. In the East, the Russian Hackers beat their projection for the 3rd week in a row, and took down CFFFL East Division rival, Draft King, in a heavyweight showdown. Despite the loss, Jerry "So when I win, my rank drops - when I lose, my rank rises - got it" Cook's Draft King maintained their position as a Wild Card team, and even moved up 1 spot from 6th to 5th place. CFFFL Commish, and Hackers' owner, David "I'm pretty sure I told everyone I was going to use my Commissioner powers to ensure I win, so what's everyone so upset about?" Cook wasn't the highest scoring team of the week, but still holds the highest point total for the season, and a current No. 1 ranking.
At No. 2, the team ranked just below is the only other undefeated team in the CFFFL, and is alone at the top of the CFFFL South. Gary's Team and Gary "I'll start 2 TEs, and still beat you" St. John took an unconventional approach, but still knocked off the Juggernauts, led by Josh "I have trouble finding 1 TE to start, so thanks for rubbing it in" Cook, whose 2nd best player in Week 3 was his kicker - always a bad sign. With the early season divisional games in the books, the CFFFL East and South not only have the No. 1 and 2 ranked teams in the league, but they also sport the 2 wild card playoff positions at 5 and 6, but that may soon change. (Read below for more on that - if you dare...)
Here are the final scores for Week 3:
And here are the current division standings:
Week 4 - WatchBlog Games of the Week:
You're very daring for reading on. Nice. With divisional play over until Week 10, Week 4 begins with a match between the best 2 teams who aren't division leaders. Both would be Wild Card teams if the season ended today, both just suffered their first loss of the season, and they both just exchanged the 5th and 6th rankings with each other after Week 3 play. Given all that, to say there is bad blood between these 2 teams would be an understatement (or a made-up statement, whatever the word for that is....) Jerry "I just lost to my youngest brother, if I lose to my youngest cousin, it will be like being the eldest doesn't mean anything anymore" Cook and his Draft King team will hope to get back on the winning track when he faces Josh "I'm an eldest brother myself, so I find myself conflicted about who to root for this weekend - um, I'll pick me - conflict resolved" Cook and his Juggernauts. The winner of this game will maintain a CFFFL playoff spot, while the loser will possibly slip into the dreaded Consolation Round - a gruesome fate indeed.
2 teams that have a chance of claiming that coveted final Wild Card playoff position from the loser of WatchBlog's #1 Game of the week, will be facing off in WatchBlog's #2 Game of the week. The team in the best position to do just that needs only a Week 4 win to shock the CFFFL, and actually claim a playoff spot, if for only 1 week. That team is none other than Norman "If a seemingly non-existent draft strategy is wrong, I don't want to be right" Cook's Playboy Team, who, you heard it right, will actually be in control of a playoff spot with a Week 4 win. The team standing in the way of that seeming impossibility is rookie manager Asher "I just pulled off a trade of my 13th round pick for the number 1 overall pick in the draft, so, yeah, I'm not just playing around" Cook and The Cloudy Navigator. The Cloudy Navigator is currently ranked 9th, but with a blockbuster trade that scored him Antonio Brown, it might not be long before he will be a real playoff contender in his inaugural CFFFL season. Navigating out of last place in his division would be a good start.
Lots of inter-divisional CFFFL action this week. May the best divisions win. WatchBlog out.
