Saturday, December 26, 2020

WRBL Week 15, 2020 (Championship Preview)

 Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week Fifteen
Our Sixth Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for zero Grammy nominations for whatever happened to Robot Jones.


Week Fifteen Final Scores
#4 RYAN defeats #1 DARRIN 147.84-118.1
#3 SNEEN defeats #2 ANDY 152.16-120.46
SANDWICH UPDATE: Scott 219.12, Alec 287.1, Nick 316.74
5th Place-a-thon: COLE leads HOEFS 160.96-139.42

Heroes of the Week: QB Josh Allen (37.66), QB Ryan Tannehill (37.02), WR Calvin Ridley (32.3)

Jack Dempsey/AP
Hero of the Week: QB Josh Allen (Colieveland 96ers)

Waiver Wonders: QB Marcus Mariota (25.84), WR Zach Pascal (24.9), RB Giovani Bernard (22.7)

Mark J. Rebilus
Waiver Wonder: QB Marcus Mariota (17/28-266-1-1 + 9-88-1 rushing)

What-if of the Week: If it weren't for the Tyreekening (57.9 in Week 12), Nick would be in The Shelby Bowl instead of handily avoiding sandwich punishment.

Upcoming Week 16 Match-ups
NOTE: NFL Schedule subject to change due to ongoing COVID-19 cases and possible postponements. Look it up on your own time.
Championship/The Shelby Bowl
#3 SNEEN MACHINE v. #4 The Golladay Inn
Official Third Place-a-thon
#1 Team ChowHounds v. #2 Christy Fichtner All-Stars
Official Two-week 5th Place Bowl Sponsored by Kwik Trip*
#5 Colieveland 96ers v. #6 Team Hoefs
Official Three-week Sandwich-a-thon
Scott v. Nick v. Alec
* - Not actually sponsored but still, stop by your local Kwik Trip, they're nice people.

Bro...

Five seasons and four champions deep, the only thing that's guaranteed with each WRBL Championship weekend so far is parity. Granted, certain owners have seen more of the consolation ladder than the actual conclusion to our winner's bracket (Nick Zurawski for instance) but, I think we've proven we're all pretty even fantasy football players with novice fantasy basketball minds (Shout out to the NBA on the beginning of their 2020-21 season, the first and possibly final season of Fantasy Bros Basketball). In case it wasn't abundantly clear, there will be no threepeat from Scott after RB Christian McCaffrey's injuries derailed his season. Now, we watch as one of the four owners that have been around for all six seasons of the WRBL without a title takes on a one-time champion that has survived his own serious first-round injury-related disappointment in first overall pick, WR Michael Thomas. Nothing about these runs, this season, the football being played before our eyes was expected and that is the fun of fantasy football.

In case you missed it at the top of this post, The Golladay Inn has ridden a well earned, not totally flashy (despite some early fireworks from the now steadily decent QB Russell Wilson) run into the Shelby Bowl and will be facing the hypothetically 6-8 SNEEN MACHINE, who is too busy chopping wood for kindling to warm the cabin to read this. In all seriousness, Sneen has made some moves that have paid off with some shocking success in 2020. Just as Matt Ryan's Falcons were eliminated from postseason contention and his value began falling, Tyler pivoted to a streaming strategy at quarterback. On October 14th, He made the most noteworthy trade of the WRBL season by dealing WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (more like... PooPoo Shit-Scorer) to Sandwich-leader Scott for RBs Joshua Kelly (whatever, Ekeler was down at the time) and David Montgomery, an absolute waste of roster space for the first 26 games of his career. Montgomery's turnaround from average running back stuck behind a poor Bears offensive line to a guy that's now run for 100 yards in three of the last four weeks. Not only is Montgomery helping fantasy owners everywhere, he also has carried Chicago's Trubisky-led offense back into the NFC's wildcard race. Nobody, not even Sneen, saw this run coming from the second-year RB that was plodding his way out of relevancy if it weren't for head coach Matt Nagy's dedication to the former Iowa State Cyclone. Amazingly, that wasn't the only trade to aid this push by the cabin master into our season finale as his late September dealing of RB Philip Lindsay (who has been essentially muted this season) for WR Robby Anderson, who's stolen a majority of the targets that would have gone to Panther teammate WR D.J. Moore had Moore not suffered from lingering injuries. 

Benny Sieu
Leaving the Jets for Carolina has greatly improved Anderson's value up to his first 1,000 yard season.

Sneen took care of my team before the Sunday games (thanks for having a sense for drama, NFL) and Darrin never posed much of a threat to Sneen's super hot team so here we are, the Shelby Bowl. Let's take a look at each of the squads involved...

The Golladay Inn (Ryan Dougherty)
QB - Russell Wilson (Hasn't lived up to MVP standard set in his first seven games, still #2 QB in WRBL, facing unpredictable Rams)
RB - Aaron Jones (#4 RB in WRBL, needs 32 yards for 1,000, might not share carries with doubtful Jamaal Williams, playing swiss-cheese Titans)
RB - Chris Carson (does not have a 100-yard rushing game all season, sharing fantasy value with Wilson, 12-point play between the two would help immensely vs. Rams)
WR - Corey Davis (Has caught 75.9% of targets, not Tennessee's WR1 but delivers when targeted, playing tough Green Bay secondary but unlikely to be shadowed by Jaire Alexander)
WR - Jarvis Landry (waiver pickup after Odell Beckham's season-ending injury, scored all 3 of his touchdowns this year in past 4 games, playing 1-13 Jets coming off their first win)
TE - Darren Waller (30+ points in 2 of last 3 games, #2 TE in WRBL, at home against Miami)
FLEX - WR Mike Evans (3X WRBL champion now relegated to the FLEX! & trying to win 4th consecutive WRBL title. Tom Brady seems to hate this guy outside of the red zone, playing awful Lion secondary)
K - Justin Tucker (#4 Kicker in WRBL, making first start for Ryan versus mediocre Giants)
DF - Indianapolis Colts (The Steelers look broken but they are still 11-3, can Darius Leonard and company keep Big Ben looking washed?)

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen)
QB - Baker Mayfield (Third-year QB finally showing why Browns drafted him #1 overall, facing worthless Jets' secondary with new defensive coordinator)
RB - Dalvin Cook (#2 RB in WRBL, scored 16.5 against New Orleans  prior to publication)
RB - David Montgomery (four consecutive 20+ point games, needs 94 yards for first 1,000 yard season)
WR - Stefon Diggs (Breakthrough star for Buffalo, #5 WR in WRBL, has only had double-digit scores, @NE)
WR - Robby Anderson (coming off his worst game of the season with 4.0 vs. GB, playing underrated Football Team defense)
TE - Dallas Goedert (Most questionable Sneen starter, playing awful Cowboy secondary, sharing targets and snaps with oft-injured TE Zach Ertz)
FLEX - RB Nick Chubb (an RB1 on most teams, playing the 1-13 Jets)
K - Harrison Butker (#2 Kicker in WRBL, playing with NFL's most potent offense)
DF - Buffalo Bills (playing a Patriots team that can't pass, run defense has seen better days)

Good luck to all this weekend and may our Bro League Championship be void of any injuries! Tune in next week to find out whether or not Alec can blow a 67.98-point Sandwich Bowl lead, if there's any drama whatsoever after FOUR more pre-Sunday games and if Sneen and his Machine FINALLY pull off a Shelby Bowl victory or if Ryan brings home the hardware a second time. 

2020 WRBL Scoring Leaders
NOTE: All scoring for the two teams on BYE for the first round of the playoffs are accounted for despite no impact on the league results.

QB
Patrick Mahomes 354.18 (Andy)
Russell Wilson 321.74 (Ryan)
Lamar Jackson 287.42 (Nick)
DeShaun Watson 265.96 (Hoefs)
Aaron Rodgers 247.26 (Scott)
Tom Brady 226.24 (Darrin)
Kyler Murray 207.94 (Cole)
Matt Ryan 186.54 (Sneen)
Josh Allen 183.94 (Cole)
Joe Burrow 106.52 (Alec)
Dak Prescott 95.84 (Scott)
Matthew Stafford 56.80 (Darrin)
Ryan Tannehill 53.50 (Alec)
Ben Roethlisberger 44.96 (Alec)
Taysom Hill 42.52/66.94 (Sneen)
Derek Carr 34.30 (Hoefs/Alec)
Justin Herbert 32.10 (Hoefs)
Carson Wentz 27.76 (Nick)
Jared Goff 25.74 (Andy/Sneen)
Ryan Fitzpatrick 19.28 (Nick)
Cam Newton 19.2 (Sneen)
Gardner Minshew 18.12 (Ryan)
Mitchell Trubisky 13.28 (Alec)
Baker Mayfield 5.38 (Sneen)

RB
Alvin Kamara 321.6 (Darrin)
Dalvin Cook 321.3 (Sneen)
Derrick Henry 288.3 (Cole)
Aaron Jones 227.6 (Ryan)
James Robinson 219.4 (Andy)
Josh Jacobs 203.5 (Scott)
Nick Chubb 173.3 (Sneen)
David Montgomery 168.3 (Sneen)
Chris Carson 166.6 (Ryan)
Ezekiel Elliott 160.4 (Alec)
Jonathan Taylor 148.7 (Alec)
Todd Gurley 139.2 (Darrin)
Melvin Gordon 136.7 (Darrin)
James Conner 134.0 (Hoefs)
Miles Sanders 131.9 (Alec)
Clyde Edwards-Helaire 128.8 (Scott)
Ronald Jones 117.9 (Hoefs/Ryan)
Mike Davis 116.0 (Andy)
Austin Ekeler 110.5 (Andy)
Antonio Gibson 104.9 (Andy)
Kenyan Drake 98.5 (Nick)
Kareem Hunt 98.4 (Nick)
David Johnson 91.4 (Nick)
Christian McCaffrey 90.3 (Scott)
J.D. McKissic 77.8 (Scott/Ryan/Hoefs)
Myles Gaskin 74.5 (Cole)
D'Andre Swift 68.4 (Nick)
Giovani Bernard 64.9 (Ryan/Cole/Scott)
Jerick McKinnon 57.6 (Hoefs/Scott/Cole)
Joe Mixon 57.5 (Andy/Ryan)
Darrell Henderson 48.3 (Darrin)
Wayne Gallman 41.9 (Scott)
Nyheim Hines 38.0 (Ryan)
Duke Johnson 36.8 (Hoefs)
Tony Pollard 31.2 (Nick)
Chase Edmonds 30.8 (Scott/Hoefs)
Adrian Peterson 30.3 (Darrin/Cole)
Raheem Mostert 29.8 (Nick)
Justin Jackson 27.7 (Nick)
Jamaal Williams 21.4 (Cole)
Boston Scott 17.3 (Cole)
Saquon Barkley 15.4 (Nick)
Le'Veon Bell 15.4 (Andy)
Jeff Wilson Jr. 14.9 (Scott/Hoefs)
Kalen Ballage 14.1 (Scott)
Salvon Ahmed 12.4 (Nick)
DeeJay Dallas 11.9 (Alec)
James White 11.3 (Hoefs)
Malcolm Brown 10.6 (Cole)
Damien Harris 10.5 (Hoefs)
Joshua Kelley 10.3 (Sneen)
Jordan Howard 7.9 (Nick)
Phillip Lindsay 7.7 (Cole)
Cam Akers 7.2 (Scott)
DeAndre Washington 7.2 (Cole)
J.K. Dobbins 7.1 (Cole)
Devontae Booker 6.1 (Cole)
Leonard Fournette 5.0 (Sneen)
Alexander Mattison 4.0 (Sneen)
Tevin Coleman 2.0 (Ryan)

WR
Tyreek Hill 318.4 (Hoefs)
Davante Adams 298.6 (Darrin)
DeAndre Hopkins 268.2 (Cole)
Calvin Ridley 253.6 (Nick)
Stefon Diggs 243.2 (Sneen)
Keenan Allen 242.5 (Andy)
DK Metcalf 215.6 (Darrin)
Allen Robinson 209.5 (Alec)
Adam Thielen 199.1 (Darrin)
Tyler Lockett 195.1 (Alec)
Mike Evans 193.7 (Ryan)
Amari Cooper 180.0 (Scott)
Robert Woods 175.3 (Nick)
Robby Anderson 164.3 (Cole/Sneen)
A.J. Brown 161.6 (Andy)
D.J. Moore 155.8 (Hoefs)
Will Fuller 154.3 (Nick)
Cooper Kupp 150.2 (Andy)
Julio Jones 146.1 (Sneen)
Justin Jefferson 138.8 (Alec)
Terry McLaurin 132.5 (Alec)
Chris Godwin 124.2 (Cole)
Michael Thomas 83.9 (Ryan)
JuJu Smith-Schuster 82.4 (Sneen/Scott)
Brandin Cooks 81.1 (Hoefs)
DeVante Parker 79.8 (Cole)
Diontae Johnson 76.6 (Ryan/Andy)
Tyler Boyd 71.8 (Scott)
Jamison Crowder 64.5 (Ryan)
Brandon Aiyuk 63.9 (Scott)
Marvin Jones 63.0 (Hoefs/Nick/Hoefs)
Corey Davis 52.2 (Ryan)
Jarvis Landry 48.74 (Cole/Ryan)
Kenny Golladay 48.1 (Ryan)
Jerry Jeudy 46.8 (Ryan/Cole)
Odell Beckham Jr. 45.42 (Scott)
Chase Claypool 43.2 (Scott)
Darius Slayton 35.0 (Ryan)
Cole Beasley 34.8 (Cole)
Travis Fulgham 33.9 (Hoefs)
Tee Higgins 33.2 (Cole)
Sterling Shepard 27.6 (Nick/Hoefs)
Marquise Brown 25.8 (Alec)
Allen Lazard 25.7 (Cole)
CeeDee Lamb 25.0 (Scott)
Curtis Samuel 12.7 (Hoefs)
Keke Coutee 9.4 (Nick)
Tre'Quan Smith 9.4 (Ryan)
T.Y. Hilton 9.3 (Scott)
Antonio Brown 9.2 (Scott)
Christian Kirk 9.0 (Cole)
Nelson Agholor 8.9 (Cole)
Josh Reynolds 6.2 (Sneen)
A.J. Green 5.9 (Andy)
Julian Edelman 4.2 (Sneen)
D.J. Chark 3.6 (Hoefs)
Emmanuel Sanders 2.8 (Sneen)

TE
Travis Kelce 289.96 (Hoefs)
Darren Waller 235.7 (Ryan)
Mark Andrews 137.0 (Darrin)
Hunter Henry 118.7 (Sneen)
Jonnu Smith 112.8 (Andy)
George Kittle 98.1 (Nick)
Hayden Hurst 96.1 (Alec)
Robert Tonyan 82.1 (Scott)
Noah Fant 77.7 (Cole)
T.J. Hockenson 58.8 (Cole/Darrin)
Eric Ebron 53.1 (Ryan/Nick/Alec)
Zach Ertz 47.6 (Scott/Andy)
Mike Gesicki 47.3 (Nick)
Tyler Higbee 36.4 (Nick)
Rob Gronkowski 35.6 (Hoefs/Nick)
Evan Engram 29.9 (Sneen)
Logan Thomas 25.9 (Cole)
Taysom Hill 24.42/66.94 (Scott)
Kyle Rudolph 13.8 (Cole)
Austin Hooper 8.4 (Nick)
Jimmy Graham 6.2 (Darrin)
Ross Dwelley 3.2 (Scott)
Greg Olsen 3.0 (Cole)
Blake Jarwin 2.2 (Andy)
Chris Herndon 2.1 (Andy)

K
Rodrigo Blankenship 133 (Andy/Alec)
Harrison Butker 122 (Sneen)
Wil Lutz 110 (Hoefs)
Justin Tucker 97 (Scott)
Chris Boswell 93 (Nick/Alec)
Mason Crosby 75 (Cole)
Greg Zuerlein 74 (Darrin)
Daniel Carlson 65 (Nick/Ryan)
Jason Sanders 65 (Nick/Darrin)
Younghoe Koo 52 (Andy/Nick)
Matt Prater 46 (Alec/Sneen)
Joey Slye 35 (Ryan)
Jake Elliott 32 (Ryan)
Tyler Bass 30 (Cole)
Randy Bullock 20 (Cole/Scott)
Ryan Succop 19 (Scott)
Graham Gano 11 (Ryan)
Robbie Gould 7 (Nick)
Jason Myers 4 (Ryan)
Cody Parkey 5 (Andy)
Stephen Gostkowski 2 (Hoefs)
Ka'imi Fairbairn 1 (Cole)
Michael Badgley -2 (Alec)

DF
Los Angeles Rams 119 (Hoefs/Nick/Darrin)
Pittsburgh Steelers 100 (Hoefs)
Indianapolis Colts 99 (Andy/Ryan)
Baltimore Ravens 96 (Alec/Andy)
Chicago Bears 57 (Scott)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55 (Andy/Ryan/Cole)
Washington Football Team 52 (Hoefs/Nick/Scott/Alec)
San Francisco 49ers 49 (Sneen/Nick)
Miami Dolphins 48 (Nick)
Buffalo Bills 47 (Darrin/Hoefs/Sneen)
Cleveland Browns 39 (Nick/Sneen/Scott)
New Orleans Saints 39 (Ryan/Darrin/Alec/Cole/Scott)
Philadelphia Eagles 37 (Nick/Cole/Nick)
Arizona Cardinals 31 (Nick/Cole)
Los Angeles Chargers 29 (Cole/Scott/Andy/Alec)
Kansas City Chiefs 28 (Cole/Alec)
New England Patriots 22 (Ryan/Andy/Darrin)
Seattle Seahawks 22 (Alec)
Green Bay Packers 19 (Cole)
Dallas Cowboys 18 (Nick/Sneen)
Minnesota Vikings 14 (Scott/Alec)
New York Giants 12 (Andy)
New York Jets 8 (Nick)
Denver Broncos 6 (Cole)
Tennessee Titans 3 (Cole)
Atlanta Falcons 2 (Cole)
Carolina Panthers 1 (Cole)
Houston Texans 1 (Cole)
Detroit Lions -1 (Sneen)

Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose, 5th = BYE)
Team ChowHounds 10-5
Free Chiquita 9-5
The Golladay Inn 7-5
Team Hoefs 7-6
Colieveland 96ers 7-6
Christy Fichtner All-Stars 6-8
SNEEN MACHINE 6-8
Mr. Intens3brook 4-8
Tax Paying Homeowner 4-9

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