Week 8 Rankings
Trapped in the past looking to put right what once went wrong...
We have just passed the midway point of the season and it looks like we have our most competitive season yet. The 8th place team is within 34 points of the playoffs and the Divisions are still up for grabs, although Flanders does have a 2.5 game lead in the Adams Division (tiebreakers accounted for). MKBA leads the Patrick by a game while Stick Rock has a 71-point cushion in the Wild Card race.
What does all that mean? Basically everyone still has a shot at the playoffs 7 weeks in. So tell me. What are you going to do about it? There are some teams here that have a chance to make their first playoff appearance in years (I’m looking at you Skoal Bandits and Peeping Tomlins.) MFT has a chance to redeem their pathetic title defense of 2024 with a new championship run in 2025. Flanders can push through being a top-4 team over the last 3 seasons and win his 1st championship since 2021. Stick Rock can erase all those fast starts/dead ends that have plagued him the last 3 years. JST has a chance to make the playoffs in his rookie season while MKBA can still live up to the preseason hype. And Wrath of Kahn can...start preparing for the 2026 Draft?
Don’t let this opportunity slip away. Make this season your own personal Quantum Leap project. You remember that show (yeah, half the league was not born yet), but as they said before each episode “Trapped in the past, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right that once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap...will be the leap (to a championship!)
AI Insights
High Score🏆
Mel Kiper’s Best Available dominated the league this week with an impressive 202pts. That’s the highest score of the season so far 🔥
Bottom of the Pile😬
It wasn’t the finest week for Peeping Tomlins, who was left in the dust with a lowly 82pts
Bragging Rights💪
Stick Rock blew out Wrath of Khan by 74.3pts (169.16pts to 94.86pts)
Lucky Break🍀
Springfield Flanders finished 3-6 in all-play this week, but still came away with the win
Not So Lucky...😡
Skoal Bandits had a 6-3 all-play record, but still ended up taking the L
Sharp-Shooter🎯
Take a bow, Dark Helmet. You led the league this week with a 98.8% accuracy score!
1. Springfield Flanders (Last Week #1)
Flanders wins again in Week 7 to stay atop our polls, but luck may have had a little something to do with it. Despite having only the 7th highest score of the week, their 19 points was enough to defeat MFT 139-118. Dak Prescott (30.26), Chris Olave (26.8) and NE D/ST (20) provided jus enough scoring for the victory. You know, when your scoring leaders are a washed Olave and a D/ST, this might be your year.
2. Mel Kipers Best Available (Last Week #2)
MKBA has entered into their not-fucking-around-anymore portion of their schedule. Even with the injuries piling up (QBs Lamarr Jackson and Jayden Daniels) , they still managed to hang over 200 points on the Bandits. Jahmyr Gibbs (39.8), Devontae Smith (35.3) and Jaxson Dart (36.42) led the way in this one.
3. Stick Rock (Last Week #3)
Stick Rock got back to scoring points this week as he hammered Wrath of Kahn 169-94. Jonathan Taylor (34.2), Justin Herbert (33.9) and Keenan Allen (28.9) were his high scorers for the week as they raise their league-high point total to 1,027.92.
4. Dark Helmet (Last Week #9)
Helmet’s players combined for SIXTEEN TOUCHDOWNS in his week 7 match-up against the Ghostbuster. That is not a typo, SIXTEEN!. The QBs had 6, the RBs rushed for 3 and the pass catchers added 7 more. I’ll do the math for you. 96 of Helmets points this week were generated by TDs. That would have been enough to beat Wrath of Kahn this week before adding in yardage and receptions!
5. Skoal Bandits (Last Week #6)
The Bandits got back to losing this week, but at least they keep scoring. 158 points will win most weeks, but unfortunately he was up against MKBA’s 201 point outing. CMC (40.1), Drake Maye (27) and Bijan Robinson (21) played well in defeat.
6. Milford Football Team (Last Week #4)
Milford Football Team had their Super Bowl moment last week when they hung 169 points on the Ghostbusters. This week it was back to not scoring as they only managed to put up 118 points. AJ Brown (28), Daniel Jones (26) and Josh Jacobs (18.8) led an otherwise lethargic attack in their Week 7 loss to Flanders, 139-118.
7. Ghostbusters (Last Week #7)
The Ghostbusters are making a habit out of getting their asses stomped by teams experiencing their season high point totals against them. This week it was Helmet’s turn. Jamarr Chase (38.1) got things off to a fast start on Thursday, while Amon Ra St Brown (20.6) and Trevor Lawrence (19.64) kept the game close late on Sunday. But Bo Nix’s 38-point 4th qtr outburst against the Giants sent them to another one-sided loss.
8. John’s Scary Team (Last Week #8)
After a slow start to the season, JST is starting to gain momentum and now find themselves just 34 points out of the last playoff spot. This week’s 156-point effort was led by Matthew Stafford (37), Jalen Hurts (31.64) and JSN (26.3). In a league where a lot of teams are having trouble finding one decent QB, this team has 3. A trade of one of the excess QB’s could help John with a 2nd half playoff push.
9. Peeping Tomlin’s (Last Week #5)
Domestic abuser Quinshon Judkins had 28.4 points this week. The rest of the lineup had 54. Find a good lawyer to keep that guy out of prison because you are going to need him.
10. Wrath of Khan (Last Week #10)
The team ahead of him in the rankings scored 84 points this week, and Jim is still ranked 10th. It’s been that kind of a season. The Browns D/ST (28) led the team in scoring while the combined total for ALL offensive players was 66 points. Do I need to keep going?