Week 7 Wrap-up

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Despair & Pairity

Week 7 turned out to be a wild one, with injuries and surprise wins galore. I mentioned last week that with the season half over we have officially entered Crunch Time. It seems the teams at the bottom of the standings took note. All three (including my comeback champion Pumaskulls) put up big wins to climb back into the playoff race. On the top of the standings, three of the top four teams lost. Aside from Cox's Annexation, who are separating themselves from the rest of the pack with a 6-1 record, the entire league is within two games of one another. Once again, the playoff spots are anyone's for the taking.

We had some great performances in the league this week. Arian Foster gave us a little flashback to last season, putting up 41.4 points and leading both his teams to victory. Looks like his hamstring woes are far behind him. On the other side of the field, Chris Johnson had a pretty lousy day, which (paired with lousy days from Ray Rice and MJD) helped my (champion) Pumaskulls pull off a surprise victory over Giant Octopus. It was not a pretty win - three of my players scored a total of 2.5 points - but a win is a win, and I'll take it. Chris' HerpDerp Bergers went into the week as underdogs against Ash's skyrocketing Shittysauruses and ended up with the big win. The top waiver wire pickup for last week DeMarco Murray lead the way, scoring 31.3 points, including an impressive 91 yard TD run on his first carry.

Beat. Down.

In the Match-up of the Week, former autodraft champion Shenanihads put up an impressive win against one of the top teams in Juan's Nerfherders. The Nerfherders were curses with a few goose eggs, meanwhile 3 of Jim's players scored more than 20 points. Eric's TGIF put up a monster win over Drew's Boomers, coming close to winning by 100 points. The Boomers were plagued with half the team on byes, meanwhile Drew Brees had a crazy night dismantling the Colts on national television. With the victory, TGIF takes back the title of highest scoring team so far this season, putting up 730.2 points. The West continued its point domination over the East, with five of six teams above the 700-mark for points scored.

Top 10 Players In-play

1. Arian Foster[RB] (COX) - 41.4
2. Drew Brees[QB] (TGIF) - 33
3. DeMarco Murray[RB] (HURR) - 31.3
4. Ben Roethlisberger[QB] (HURR) - 26.2
4. Aaron Rodgers[QB] (PHSH) - 26.2
6. Cam Newton[QB] (SLNF) - 26.1
7. Matt Forte[RB] (PHSH) - 24.3
8. Adrian Peterson[RB] (TGIF) - 23.5
9. Tim Tebow[QB] (DMPS) - 22.9
10. Darren Sproles[RB] (PHSH) - 22.7

Season Points Leaders by Position

QB:
1. Aaron Rodgers (PHSH) - 188.4
2. Cam Newton (SLNF) - 168.7
3. Drew Brees (TGIF) - 162.6
4. Tom Brady (34) - 137.5
5. Matthew Stafford (FLUF) - 133.4

RB:
1. Matt Forte (PHSH) - 127.1
2. Adrian Peterson (TGIF) - 124.1
3. Fred Jackson (34) - 124
4. LeSean McCoy (MEGA) - 117.2
5. Michael Turner (SHSR) - 105.9

WR:
1. Calvin Johnson (SHSR) - 127.9
2. Wes Welker (MEGA) - 116.4
3. Mike Wallace (OCTO) - 103.8
4. Steve Smith (HURR) - 98.4
5. Greg Jennings (TGIF) 97.7

TE:
1. Jimmy Graham (COX) - 97.4
2. Rob Gronkowski (SHSR) - 70.1
3. Jason Witten (HURR) - 62.9
4. Tony Gonzales (ATOM) - 62
5. Jermichael Finley (TGIF) - 57.4

D/ST:
1. Ravens (SLNF) - 90
2. Jets (ATOM) - 84
3. 49ers (34) - 68
3. Texans (TGIF) - 68
5. Bears (DMPS) - 65

K:
1. John Kasay (COX) - 75
1. Jason Hanson (FLUF) - 75
3. Mason Crosby (PHSH) - 73
4. Dan Bailey (SHSR) - 72
5. Robbie Gould (34) - 65


Week 8 Match-up of the Week: TGIF vs. Fluffy Bunnies

This week's MotW is a face-off against two of the toughest teams in the league. TGIF is looking to regain their early season glory as they try to climb to the top of the West to challenge Annexation. Meanwhile out East, the Fluffy Bunnies are looking for a win to be the lone leaders of the division. Both teams have some critical byes this week, but the match-up looks pretty even and should be a shoot-out.