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Steve, get a hold of Gertie and check the leagues all time stats and I think Eli might be ready to break the leagues all time weekly score after tonight! Scoring 100+ points with 2 players is crazy! Sorry Allan. Wow.

Here we go, the 2nd last week of non-Division games. More importantly, we no longer have an undefeated team. Mean Machine did what no other AFFL team was able to do in 2024, Beat Eli’s Successor. That said, Eli’s has clinched a playoff spot.

We enter week 10 with significant injuries impacting just about every roster yet again. I won’t belabor the point, but the volume this year is impacting depth charts on almost every roster. There is a reason Eli’s is 8-1. Robert has not had serious injury to overcome yet. Now we must look at Mean Machine as the potential odds-on favorite to win it all.

Eli is the only team to not have 1000 points scored against this year. It should also be no surprise that the teams with the two worst records have yet to score 1000 points.

The trade Block has been updated. I have QB’s to move and am really looking for a #2/3 WR or #2 RB in return. There is no trade rape going on here and I am not over-valuing these guys. I just picked up QB’s when they looked promising. If you want a QB that will score 22-25 points for a week or two because of byes or injury or need insurance, contact me. If you want Garret Wilson, contact the Crew. If you want Christian’s shitty Brandin Cooks offer, you are a fool. I will also package a WR if I need to. I really Do Not want Johnson and Flowers together. That NFL trade kind of screwed me.

Week 9 Highs:
High Team – Dead Pheasants with 162.44 points. Eric beat me out by .08!
High QB – Dead Pheasants, Burrow with 40.14 points
High RB – Minglewood, Barkley with 33.90 points. He did it hurdling backwards.
High WR – Dead Pheasants, Smith Ngiba with 37.00 points. Two weeks in a row w/ High WR.
High TE – Tanks, Kelce 23.00 points
High K – Brown Notes, Bass with 16.0 points.
High D/ST – Mean Machine, Lions with 19.0 points. Two weeks in a row with the Lions. I think Christian may have an AFFL record. Was that five weeks in a row with a score?

My week 9 predictions were a mess. I was 1-5. The only game I had correct was Dead Pheasants.

That said, it’s time to provide week 10 predictions:

1. Air Italia takes on End Game. Not sure how End Game has 3 wins. I know why Air Italia only has 2. End Game.
2. Dark Horse, meets Eli’s Successor. I am thinking Dark Horse tacks on a 2nd loss to Eli.
3. Bones Crew will have to take on a very hot Mean Machine. If you would hear how these two go at it verbally, you might think they were brothers. Sorry Mike, Christian has a better team and the Lions just score TD’s.
4. Avengers should get a rebound against the Notes, however I am thinking Tim pulls out a 3rd win.
5. Smeds host the Blues. Smeds score more points than the Blues so take the Smeds 5-4 roster over the Blues.
6. Tanks and Dead Pheasants play the game of the week. Both teams are 5-4 and Pheasants have been scoring points. I think the Pheasants pull this one out. At least I hope so. I can’t lose ground to Tanks.
Good luck and Go Bills!

Wow, here we are; Beggars Night. Can you believe that Friday will bring the 2nd last month of 2024?

Can’t wait for this year to end, but I also don’t want to wish time away! The weather is awesome, the Bills are doing well, the news out of Houston sucks for Stef Diggs, but thank goodness that did not occur when he was a Bill. And, Eli’s Successor golden number is 1 to clinch a playoff spot by the conclusion of week 9.

Don’t believe me? How many of you just did the math? Here it is. Any combination of wins by Robert or losses by End Game/Avengers/Minglewood and Eli’s clinches. All it takes if for any two to lose. Since the Blues and End Game meet this week, Robert is going to be there in week 9 or 10.

Is anyone getting sick of Eli taking top team and all this win money? Has he had any injuries yet? Crazy!

Speaking of injuries, I never thought I would get such backlash from my peers that have all felt the injury bug this year to harshly.

That is Stefon Diggs, out for the season. Jordan Love left his game early and Greg Zeurlein on IR. Will this ever end?

Trades again? Who think Johnson’s trade to the Ravens will improve his Fantasy Stock? Does anyone want to make me an offer? I have no problem moving a WR.

More good news though, Tua was back, Daniels played and Deebo was on the field. It’s always good news when NFL stars can ply their trade.

It was National Tight End day on Sunday and boy did we get a treat!
Otton, 29.10/Pitts, 25.10/Kelce, 25.00/Kittle, 24.80/McBride, 21.40. That was great.

Week 6 Highs:
High Team – Eli’s Successor with 177.06 points. That just disgusting.
High QB –Air Italia, Hurts with 37.14 points
High RB – Dead Pheasants, Cook with 28.30 points. It was hard not rooting against him Gunnar!
High WR – Dead Pheasants, Lamb with 39.60 points. I knew it immediately! – ask my son.
High TE – Minglewood, Otton with 29.10 points
High K – Mean Machine, Seibert And Air Italia, Joseph, both with 15.0 points. Sorry guys – splitting this now. You should not walk away with nothing and double that pot for next week. That’s not fair.
High D/ST – Mean Machine, Lions with 33.0 points. Christian got this started early on Thursday night.

My week 8 predictions were off over Week 7. I was 4-2. And Dark Star was 1.40 points away from making me 5-1 again. Can you believe how close that game was? Wow.

That said, it’s time to provide week 9 predictions:

1. Air Italia, 1-7 travels to 5-3 Tanks. Not much to discuss. Tanks by 35.
2. Dark Horse, 6-2 will play the game of the week vs. Smeds, 4-4. The two teams are separated by 2 points and this one will go a
very long way in determining playoff seeding and maybe the Central division winner. Mike has had tough luck all year. Take
Dark Horse this time but is they played a 7 game series, I would flip a coin.
3. Bones Crew, 4-4 takes on the 1-7 Brown Notes. Crew by 25.
4. Avengers 3-5 visit 4-4 Pheasants. Pheasants. This may push the Avs to a playoff miss.
5. Mean Machine, 6-2 will go up against 8-0 Eli’s Successor. The Machine have been humming lately. The Machine have not
scored less than 140 points since week 4 (131.30). Eli has cored in excess of 150 five time this year. I see Eli going 9-0. It will
take 160+ points by Mena Machine to prove me wrong in this one.
6. 3-5 Blues take on 3-5 End Game. The Blues have not had consistent scoring all season. Take Sean’s team and look for a 10-13
point win.

Hey, I have been singing the injury blues all year, for all of us.it just hit me in-game two weeks in a row. It's a bit different when you know b4 the game. There's a reason why I Cary so many wr's

Injuries for everyone this year!!

At this point I'll just call the wambulance for you 🤣

Stop crying the blues about injuries commish! I lost mccaferty and Nico. Hang in there while I get you a box of tissues😂

Welcome to week 8 of the NFL/AFFL season. Just a bit of record keeping to start. I was reviewing my financial records and there are still two teams that have not paid their league fee. I won’t name them here but if you have not paid yet, please do so by this weekend.

It was yet another disappointing week for some and glorious week for others. And to make matters worse, the darn injury bug struck yet again. This time taking several key players out for the season and others for several weeks at one of the worst times in the year.

Lost for the season were:
DeShaun Watson (I know- none of us really care, but still. A starting QB).
Brandon Aiyuk – the start of the season was rough and now he is lost for the year!
Chris Godwin – lost for the season
Aiden O’Connell – I know, another one we care little about – but a QB on IR
Andy Dalton – Out this week and maybe a couple more
Mike Evans – out several weeks
Jayden Daniels – What’s up and for how long?
Deebo Samuel- Pneumonia – that’s not something you recover from in 2 weeks!
Smith-Schuster – Out.
This is nuts guy. Whether you have these players or not, it impacts you. Sean, how does it feel to lose the top targets for the best QB in the AFFL in 2024?

I know I lost Evans and Daniels in one game but some of these injuries are insurmountable and have had indirect impact to many others. Very frustrating and that’s why we need to make trades. The waiver wire does not have a replacement for Daniels/Samuel/Godwin, etc.

Enough crying. Still thinking about the draft and some of picks we made. What’s going on with Patrick Mahomes? On the opposite end, who thought Derrick Henry would be that good? Or, Lamar Jackson? Most consistent positions on our rosters this year may be the Kickers and Defense/ST’s?

Six teams scored more than 120 points this past week and 5 scored less than a hundred. Some advice for you all, don’t cut the grass on Sunday morning before you look at who will be active and who is benched. It would have made no difference in my game, but Goedert was out and I had no idea. That was two weeks in a row where three platers combined for less than 6 TOTAL points. I can’t believe I am only two games better than Air Italia.

It was nice to see Amari Cooper have an immediate impact. Will Hopkins have a similar bump in productivity this week for KC? I hope he tears his groin is 10 places and rips his Achilles to shreds.

On a lighter note, everyone with a Dolphins offensive player might be smiling again, now that Tua is back. Then again, we may all be sicked if he ends up on the turf posturing like a wounded animal – again.

I think Kenneth Walker will score a lot this week against the Bills.

In the worst head to head game of the season, we will see Air Italia face Brown Notes. Mark, Tua is healthy and you will not have Curtis Samuel this week – not that he has done a darn thing. Tim, better set a full lineup. You need to go on a seven game win streak!

Week 6 Highs:
High Team – Dark Horse with 157.70 points
High QB – Eli’s Successor, Jacksom with 45.44 points
High RB – Dark Horse, Gibbs with 32.00 points
High WR – Bones Crew, St. Brown, with 25.20 points.
High TE – Dead Pheasants, Andrews with 20.10 points
High K – Mean Machine, Seibert with 19.0 points
High D/ST – Dead Pheasants, Commanders with 33.0 points

My week 7 predictions were a drastic improvement over Week 6. I was 5-1 with only Tanks keeping me from a perfect 6-0! That said, it’s time to provide week 8 predictions:

• If Air Italia and Brown Notes were actually televised on Sunday Night football and the other options were 24 hours of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on EVERY other channel, I think you would all pick Mr. Rogers to watch. The real question here is, will Italia score more than 70 points? Take the Notes for a first win and give Air Italia a leg up in the toilet bowl head to head!
• I am taking Dark Horse over Tanks. This is interesting though. Dan has Mahomes throwing to Hopkins now and Waddle gets Tua back. Stefon Diggs is not that good though and I like Alan’s backs.
• Bones Crew will try and do what seven other teams have not yet done, beat Eli. Crew is impacted by loss of Jayden Daniels and I don’t think Kupp is ready yet. Kittle will be the difference here. Robert stays undefeated – barely.
• Did Smeds need any more firepower. Yep, Mike benefits from the Hopkins trade. But he needs it because his WR room is suspect. Avs and Smeds have one of the longest AFFL rivalries and this is going to be pretty tight. Smeds by 6.
• Mean Machine enters the game vs/ End Game as the most questionable 5-2 team in the league. That said, Adams may be able to score big this week and as I already said, Walker will put up numbers on the Bills weak run defense. Both managers employ a 3 RB attack. Sean has AJ Brown though. Tak Sean in a mild upset 125-117
• Finally in a matchup of two 3-4 teams, the Blues travel to the Dead Pheasants. Pheasants and Blues each have WR’s that are hurt. Ridley may not play and Deebo is in the hospital. Blues have Evans out, Dionte Johns hurt, Goedert hurt and Daniels hurt. No better time for Eric to spank the Blues for a 3rd straight loss. Pheasants 129, Blues 103.

Happy Thursday and welcome to week 7. That’s right, we are now about to enter the midpoint of the AFFL season. Taking a look back at things there are some major surprises regarding who is performing as expected (deserve the draft position they were taken at) and what the major 2024 disappointments are this season.

I don’t think any of us saw Eli’s Successor being 6-0 after six weeks of the season. I also don’t think we would have predicted Brown Notes at 0-6. Tim’s team has really been hit with injury – whether direct or indirect. However, Tim should benefit from the Cooper trade. The question is, how long will it take for Amari to connect with Josh Allen and can the Notes cash in quickly enough to provide a much need playoff push.

Brown Notes will need to go at least 6-2 to be in the playoff conversation but that will also require a 3-0 division run in weeks 12 through 14.

Dark Horse finally lost, but is took a major effort by Dead Pheasants to earn the win. Didn’t help that DH didn’t really score. Speaking of poor performances, Brown Notes, Blues and Air Italia crapped the bed as well. Not scoring 100 points is simply ridiculous. And how does Air Italia not even score 60? I haven’t looked but that must be one of the worst performances in the last decade. I know the Blues issue was no scoring from three players – a total of 5.40 points from Goedert, Evans and Etienne.

What’s really nice to see is End Game looking for a trade involving Josh Allen and now Bones Crew posting a need for a RB. If I had a RB, I would make a deal. My trade involving Conner severely impacted my RB point output for the remainder of the year. Looking at all rosters, I know there are a couple teams that have a surplus at certain positions. The trades of Cooper and Adams should have significant impact to Rodgers/Allen/Wilson production potential. There may be impact to the Jets RB room and opportunity for other Bills WR’s if Cooper can get up to speed sooner rather than later.

Bad news for the rest of the league, Eli may be getting Brooks and Hockenson into his lineup in the next three weeks. Just in time for a playoff push for a team that is already 6-0 and close to clinching a playoff berth before week 8. Also getting healthy is Cooper Kupp. This is great news for Bones Crew and Minglewood. A healthy Kupp makes Stafford a better QB and makes that Crew WRF Room unbelievable.

All that said, don’t forget to set your lineups (Tanks!). We have a Thursday game and early Sunday game. Trades are where the players are at now. There is very little to grab offer waivers. Bones Crew is offering up Wilson, End Game is offering up Allen, I have a WR and QB to move. I assume Robert will need to make a move or two if his IR players can come back. In other words, make offers. You never really know what people will do and even though an initial offer may seem impossible, there is always room for negotiation.

Week 6 Highs:
High Team – Bones Crew, 182.22 points
High QB – Bones Crew, Love with 34.62 points
High RB – Smeds, Mixon with 27.20 points
High WR – Mean Machine, Godwin with 38.50 points.
High TE – Bones Crew, Kmet with 24.00 points
High K – Smeds, Boswell with 20.0 points
High D/ST – Avengers, Browns with 17.0 points

My week 6 predictions stunk. I was 2-4; only predicting Eli’s and End Game outcomes correctly. The up and down performances and injuries have really made this a tough season to predict. However, take Eli/Tanks/Dark Horse every week and it’s a good bet you go 3-0! That said, it’s time to provide week 7 predictions:

• I think Dead Pheasants will push Air Italia to 0-7. Is anyone upset that Mark is so bad? It’s kind of like watching the Patriots fall apart post-Tom Brady. Sorry Mark, but this is fun!
• End Game is in a battle against Dark Horse this week. Go with Dark Horse. Sean needs WR’s badly. Sean – I have one. We can make a package deal. I promise to NOT trade rape you.
• It has been an up and down year for both Cones Crew and the Blues. I always say that when you run up a score, you will need some of those points the next week. However, I am picking the Crew this week.
• Mean Machine is starting to come on strong. Avengers were lucky in week 6 when the Blues had injuries. However, you do need luck to be good. But this is a loss for Avengers.
• Sorry Tim, you are facing the best team in the league and will drop to 0-7. I really see no way that Eli drops this one.
• Smeds/Tanks is the game of the week. Mike has RB’s and Dan has WR’s. Mahomes vs. Cousins. This is really interesting. Mike has been lamenting his ability to put up prolific points is not resulting in wins. Dan is just plain quietly leading the South division at 4-2. I think Dan continues his winning ways and Mike will be scratching his head once again. This will be a high scoring affair.