Week 11 Power Powell Rankings: I'm Taking It Back!

Like most avid blog readers in TFLOEG, I appreciate a tested and dynamic system to the writing done here. It's like a warm blanket, but with a sexy twist! Obviously my posts are fantastic, everything I write is pure honey in the camomile tea that is your lives. However, I'm flirting with handing over the PPR writing duties to another owner for next year, as I feel like my least favourite part of writing this piece each week is doing the rankings. I'm the worst, I know.

All that being said, I've really missed the format Keith had going over two years ago. It was concise, insightful and chock full of Arrested Development quotes. A veritable smorgasbord of good time fun. So, since my last several PPR opening monologues have been two hour loosely threaten non-sequitars, I'm bringing it back! I'm taking a tested format and only adding my preferred thought and grammar patterns. Nothing on the inside ;) .

LET IT BEGIN!!!!!

1. Oh That's Nasty (Last week 1)

2. Scraps (Last week 3)

3. NFL OWNER (Last week 2)

4. The Fear Boners (Last week 5)

5. NINERS (Last week 4)

6. The Darkwing Ducks (Last week 8) 

7. You can run but you can't Hyde (Last week 9)

8. My Ball Zack Ertz (Last week 7)

9. The Papa John's Pizza Pirates (Last week 8) 

10. Honey Badger Don't Care (Last week 10)

11. Layeth The Smacketh Down (Last week 11)

12. No Punt Intended (Last week 12)

(Future) Mr.Manager of the Week Award 

This is a staple to this day of Keith's writing arsenal, so I won't dwell here too long. After Bell went on the season long IR. it was not long until Coops shocked the TFLOEG with a FIRE sale! Like most Dawson's life maneuvers it's taken an untraditional route to play out. Unlike most of Dawson's trades this season he hasn't prematurely shot his wad. Call it controversial, but Dawson's impatience to trade may have cost him his season and I understand more then you'll never know in that respect. However, Coops' shrewd planning on how to use Bell to his advantage via trade has placed the entire league's balls in the trajectory of his foot. You see, since the injury Dawson's team is mortal and if Aaron had just remembered "that there's always money in the banana stand!" (code phrase for Peyton Manning is unusable in fantasy), then he'd be one loss deeper. Ta da! There's parity at the top of the standings and it's anyone's guess who'll be league champ. I'll let Aaron slightly off the hook only to say that, despite nearly losing last week Dawson can still beat the league in roshambo before next Friday. If an owner gives up on his season for this year and gives up a starting RB, I believe Coops' team is still good enough to get it done down the stretch. He'll be too much of a big shot to brush mother's hair after winning a second consecutive title. Until next Saturday, I won't even be considering my playoff strategy and this is because Dawson is not just a man, but a man's man. (Julius Thomas is going to have a big night tonight BTW)

Waiver Wire 

They won't let you take bees into the prison that is our desolate waiver wire. I think at one time or another we've all wanted another bowl of candy beans since the wire has rarely given us any stars since the first couple of weeks. Our league's benches are so deep that there's even crappy players on our bench that we're afraid of telling them to "get him the hell out of there" in case they blow up on someone else's crappy bench. It's madness and it will be resolved at next year's manager's meeting. However, in the meantime there's some flyers that I think owner's that are looking for a bye week replacement can be the club sauce to your week 11:

RB: Javorious Allen, De'Anthony Thomas

WR: Lance Moore,Chris Hogan

TE: Garret Celek, Clive Walford

If you're in a pinch, those are my gut-feelings-flyers available on the wire. Here in the States you call it a "sausage in the mouth".

Injuries

I've gotten really lucky grabbing the backup to two high profile stars in the last couple weeks. Having Deangelo Williams (backing up Bell) helped me course correct a stupid trade and having Danny Amendola (backing up Edelman) has made me feel like i'm a hot-tea. I'll likely be looking to trade away Amendola for the right price after this week, so if you're interested let me know. 

Week 11 Preview

The Fear Boners vs The Darkwing Ducks: Let's get dangerous. When I was looking at the schedule earlier in the year I did not expect the turn around from Clarke's team that happened. It looks like Todd Gurley inspired him to make some big moves and get in the dance come playoff time. The moment he sent his trade with Dawson over to me on Halloween was when I knew TFLOEG was going to change. I've said in secret Clarke has the best shot to win this year in my opinion, but now it's time to go public! With my Saints bye week patch job hindering my weekly lineup I think Clarke can pull off the upset, although I still hesitate to call it an upset as Clarkes team has two formidable RBs, one of the years breakout WRs, Olsen and Dez (now with Romo). This matchup is going to be close I think, but I have a feeling Clarke gets the W.

Layette the Smacketh Down vs No Punt Intended: The bottom dwellers have a showdown this week, but I think it's a clear win for Curt. Travis is selling the farm for next year and I don't blame him.

Oh That's Nasty vs NINERs: Here's another slugfest that could send ripples through TFLOEG town. Both teams have star WRs that have underperformed and I think that which ever team's breaks out this week may be the difference. In my opinion, I have to go with Stan to take this one. Palmer is playing out of his mind and has a grudge match game this week. It's going to be a close one though.

Honey Badger Don't Care vs You Can Run But You Can't Hyde: Andrew's team is getting frisky and the Seahawks have a San Fran defence that struggles on the road. Steve's QB was not as fantasy friendly as usually is on Thursday, but he has some great match ups at RB. I think this game is going to come down to tight end. If Jimmy can get it together then Andrew may win a squeaker, but if Aaron Rodgers feeds his brother from another mother Steve will clinch it. I'll go with the safe play and say Steve wins, but never underestimate the fantasy karma that comes from standing in the stands live:

Ok, bad example. But, maybe Andrew's gameday Karma is better!

Scraps vs My Ball Zach Ertz: Aaron needs to right the ship or he's going to miss the playoffs. Keith is surging with Big Ben to feed Brown and Clarke is making up the points for the tie breaker fast. I don't think it'll happen this week though, as Mike's time at the bottom allowed him to pick up some RBs that nobody can really shake a stick at. I'm sticking with Power Powell this week.

The Papa John's Pizza Pirates vs NFL OWNER: Keith has an uphill battle due to RB depth and the Steeler's bye week. While I like to root for the underdog, this one seems like Shayne's to lose. It will be interesting to see if this matchup determines Keith's playoff chances and season overall. Having two members of the TFLOEG Cabal miss the dance would be disappointing.

On the next Last Place Wisdom PPRs:

I return to a normal looking format, as this one has left me like a fish out of water.

Aaron is unsure whether his tears taste happy or sad, after the Seahawks crush the 49ers.

Keith's eyes roll back to normal after being spent firmly in the top of his skull due to my poor attempt at his trademark system. I looked like Kaepernick in a pro-style offence, am I right?