Last week, Deesato has pushed Mother Cluckers down on the AFC side, while in the NFC it's Mike W and Evil Squad Of Evil coming in at the expense of Rabid Ferrets and Schleps. Everyone on that chart still has a shot though, so make these final three weeks count and you'll likely be seeing action into January. Ok, on to the divisional matches:
We'll kick it off with a huge AFC East match -- in these final three weeks, Vlad M will be facing off against the entire division and even though he's in second place, he still controls his own fate. It's simple -- win out, and he'll very likely win the division. It begins with his biggest challenge -- current division leader Mike C. For his part, Mike C can punch his postseason ticket with a win here. With a victory, he'd be two wins up over the nearest competition with two weeks left and a season sweep under his belt. All on the line here!
Jr. Barnes shot at the AFC South crown is gone, but there's still a long (looooong) shot chance at a Wild Card spot, but without a win here those chances drop to zero. It'll begin with Mother Cluckers, who slipped last week but can still make her way back into playoff contention with a win here and some help from a few other key losses. Bottom line, whoever loses this one is going to be in quite a bit of trouble.
In the NFC East, we have Ragesters and Hyena, each looking to make a play at Bad Mice and his division lead. Hyena is in a decent enough position, and controls his own fate. If he can win out, he'd go 6-0 in divisional matches and lock up the NFC East title. Ragesters is in much more dire position -- one more loss wouldn't automatically eliminate him, but it would put his postseason chances in serious jeopardy.
Ok, that'll do it for this week's divisional matches. Lots of players looking to wrap things up here, so make sure to bring your top game, whether it be to make the postseason or to play spoiler. Make sure you have your Thursday Night Football pick submitted by noon on Thursday, and good luck all!
--StuB needs the Seahawks, Evil Squad Of Evil needs the Bears
--Ignats needs the Jets, Better Name Pending needs the Eagles
--Lacie Belles needs the Lions, Lyle Alzado needs the Raiders
And that'll do it for the preview -- take a look at the filled out pick chart and check back on Sunday to see how things start falling together.
Three players picked San Diego tonight, and if they win over the Chargers then those three matches will go to Monday night -- otherwise, we'll be seeing three more wrapped up tonight. Check back to see how it comes together.
Congratulations also go out to Better Name Pending -- he may be in last place in the Power Rankings, but that's not stopping him from picking up his second Player of the Week award of the season. Nicely done!
A wild one this week, to be sure. Of the seven games that were unanimously picked, we were unanimously wrong on four of them. We also saw losses by five of last week's top-six ranked players, leading to a lot of uncertainty going in to these final two week. Hard as it may be to believe, not one player has a playoff spot locked up yet. We have a few for whom there would have to be an absolutely monumental collapse in order to miss out, but the chances are still there. We'll take a closer look at that in next week's preview.
Before we wrap it up, we have one note regarding these next two weeks. The final weeks of the season are A) the most important of the year, and B) the ones where we have the most people miss sending in their picks. So please remember, even if you're dead in the water, others are still counting on you to put in your picks -- plus there's always those fat Player of the Week awards to pick up.
So because of the importance of these next two weeks combined with how busy we all get this time of year, you'll see that the pick submission page is changed up this week -- Week 16 and Week 17 are both on the same form. You don't have to fill out the Week 17 part this week, but it's right there in front of you if you want an easy way to cover yourself with some backup picks.
Ok, that'll about do it for this week. Hope your holiday season is coming together nicely -- have a great week, all!
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