Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Vandelay Industries

“If the playoffs were to start today (fill in the blank) would be in the playoffs.”  You will hear these annoying words uttered on ESPN, Fox Sports, NBC and various other “sports news” outlets until the regular season ends.  You may even hear them from our esteemed commish himself (after listening to 1 of his 8 Matthew Berry Fantasy Sit em or Start em podcasts for the day).   One team you will NOT fill in the blank with is the Limp Dixons or Calvin Johnson’s Ankle or whatever other dumb name you’ve decided on for this week.  1-10!  That’s not just bad, that’s Taco bad.  You have earned your seat in the “Do Better Chair” for the rest of the season. 

A few members of the MillerKuz FFL were playing a friendly game of poker at the awesome home of our newest member, Aleppo Faith.  In the midst of the game Fadrick mentioned a text message chain for the league.  Roger, E and Crop all laughed at what was said by other members of the league: Travis and Sam.
VI: What text chain are you talking about?
AF: The text chain for our fantasy football league, aren’t you on it?
VI: I have no clue what you’re talking about; I’m not on any text chain.
LD: You have to have an iPhone to be in it, ya f#*&$t.
RG: I don’t like looking at blue messages.  Get an iPhone and you can be on it.
At this point it all became clear.  For weeks I had thought that Roger was at Dave and Buster’s watching football on Sundays.  He listens to everything else Matthew Berry says, so I didn’t think this would be any different.  Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9cEXeTToc.  I didn’t realize having a Droid was the equivalent of having to drink from the “colored” water fountain. 

Well now that we have seen proof of who the real minority is in this league, here is this week’s breakdown:

Stud of the Week:     

Raging Polacks.  With 162.4 points, that makes 2 out of the past 3 weeks in the league, and 260 out of the past 260 weeks in her marriage, that Laura has been the SOTW.  RP, one of the hottest teams in the league, beat up on Knuckle Junction, one of the coldest teams in the league, this week.  KJ is really in a tailspin, losing 4 straight.  You will still make the playoffs, though, with the teams below you barely surpassing your win total when you combine all of theirs.  You know things are going badly when you have Mark Sanchez on your bench and he outscores Philip Rivers, not that it would have mattered.  Well done Laura. 

Honorable Mention:

Barrister’s Balls, owned by our commissioner, Roger Good, er I mean, DJ.  A very respectable 144.7 this week beating, yours truly, Vandelay Industries.  I hate to give you any credit, but you were able to post the 2nd highest point total this week with a 0 in your lineup.  You must have listened to Matthew Berry’s podcast on “deep leagues” and picked up CJ Anderson.  We all know you had never heard of him until Berry said to pick him up.  Just like a storm trooper with a weak mind, you listen to whatever Matthew Berry tells you.  Just do me a favor and don’t veto any masterful trades this year on Thanksgiving.  Fadrick, I’ll be in touch next Thursday around noon. 

The Willy Lowman:

Aleppo Faith.  The length and grueling nature of the MillerKuz FFL season may finally be getting to our newest member, Dr. Danny Fadi Grey.  His bench, with only 3 players playing and 4 on a bye, nearly outscored his starters this week.  Granted, he did have 4 players on a bye, but judging who those players were, he could have done worse.  There is some good news, Fadi, you are still in the playoff hunt with 5 wins and you do have 4 more wins than Cropcho.  The man who has changed his team name more times this year than he has wins.  Embarrassing. 

Bench Bomb:

There was not truly a real bench bomb this week, as no team’s highest bench scorer would have made a difference.  But in the interest of completing this section, Kenny Britt with 29.8, was left on Fadrick’s bench.  As previously stated, it would not have made a difference. 

Jimmy Graham Jock Slap of the Week:

Mike Evans of the Raging Polacks with an absurd 47.9 points!  Yes, the same Mike Evans who made Johnny Manziel the overhyped QB he was at Texas A&M. 

There it is ladies and gentlemen, Week 11 is complete.  What will the final 2 weeks of the season bring?  Unfortunately, nothing more than playoff positioning.  Sam, Crop and Taco are all mathematically eliminated and Sowerby pretty much is too.  Regardless, you all had horrible seasons.  The only thing Sam defended was his awful draft day decision to waste money to move up in the draft. 


I guess we saved the best for last – Taco, you’re up. Time for Vandelay Industries to go manufacture some latex.   

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