WRBL Week 11, 2020

   Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week Eleven

Our Sixth Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for my brain's incapacity to comprehend this season's playoff picture.

Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks & [Seasonal Point Totals]) 

Steven Nett Division

Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 8-3 W4 [1,551.92]

Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 5-6 L4 [1,355.32]

Mr. Intens3brook (Scott Aschebrook) 4-6-1 W3 [1.292.48]

Shooter McGavin Division

Christy Fichtner All-Stars (Andy Todd) 7-4 W1 [1,397.68]

The Golladay Inn (Ryan Dougherty) 6-5 W1 [1,412.36]

Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 5-6 L2 [1,339.54]

Tanner Glaza Division

Team Hoefs (Nathaniel Hoefs) 5-6 W1 [1,410.90]

Free Chiquita (Nick Zurawski) 5-6 L1 [1,288.06]

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 5-6 L1 [1,333.52]

Week Eleven Final Scores

HOEFS defeats SNEEN 144.4-119.1

RYAN defeats ALEC 122.18-113.52

DARRIN defeats NICK 134.14-98.16

SCOTT defeats COLE 120.16-87.44

ANDY defeats BYE 152.22-0

Heroes of the Week: WR Adam Thielen (32.3), QB Justin Herbert (27.74), WR Tyreek Hill (27.0)

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Hero of the Week: WR Adam Thielen (Team ChowHounds)

Waiver Wonders: WR Damiere Byrd (26.3), QB Jared Goff (23.04), QB Kirk Cousins (22.96)

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Waiver Wonder: WR Damiere Byrd (6 catches, 132 yards, 1 TD)

What-if of the Week: If Alec started Derek Carr (21.6) over Joe Burrow (only 11.32 due to season-ending leg injury), he would have had a close win over Ryan and wouldn't have a 56% chance at missing the postseason right now.

Upcoming Week 12 Match-ups

NOTE: NFL Schedule subject to change due to ongoing COVID-19 cases rising and possible postponements. Look it up on your own time.
Alec v. Ryan

Nick v. Hoefs

Sneen v. Scott

Cole v. Andy

Darrin v. BYE

Bro...

After ten weeks of working under the notion that league tiebreakers were settled by season-long point totals like every other year, I have been corrected by Nick Zurawski. In the case of the defendant versus the plaintiff, the true victor is the winner of their regular season head-to-head results. If a match is currently tied with one win each over the span of the season (see: Hoefs v. Nick, winner: TBD this week), then it comes down to a points tiebreaker. In order to avoid further confusion, I highly recommend those two do not tie this week. Thankfully, with the updated decimal-based scoring system, we have virtually eliminated ties outside of the fifth-place scoring finish on a bye week that has so far only come into play for Scott all the way back in week one. In case we needed the playoff race further broken down by the odds, commissioner Nick has come through in the clutch with the literal odds broken down by team and by week. It's good to have a statistician in the league... now if only we could get a writer. 

The only division that is under wraps in terms of their being a winner is still the Steven Nett Division, currently owned by Darrin's Team ChowHounds. He even extended his lead this week with another win and a loss for the freefalling Cole Walters. Even when superstar RB Alvin Kamara has zero receptions for the first time in his NFL career, Adam Thielen and Davante Adams have proven to be supremely reliable for the ChowHound during their dominant regular season. Elsewhere in the division, Cole could not break 100 despite Derrick Henry cracking the 100-yard marker in a clutch OT victory for the Titans over Baltimore. Morale is low at 96ers' headquarters but, the 2016 champion is still on pace for the postseason with or without a steady RB2 (This week's revolving RB2 door for Cole has Gus Edwards carrying a majority of Baltimore's workload). Surprising everyone but most of all himself is Scott Asch3brook rising from the asch3s and turning it up a notch to become Mr. Intens3brook as of late. 

Pictured here: A totally normal stance for a tight end to have mid-game.

Even with Taysom Hill starting at Tight End, Scott finished fifth in scoring this week (a hypothetical bye/tie). He is quite possibly a false idol benefitting off of mistakes like the Ravens running the same exact offense as last season (shout out to league-average NFL quarterback Lamar Jackson). Either way, Scott is very, VERY much alive with the best fantasy running back in football just waiting for the opportunity to return in time for the postseason on his bench so, mentally prepare yourselves for Scott's third consecutive (and least likely) championship. The Steven Nett Division isn't even a byline in comparison to the rest of the WRBL however. The Shooter McGavin Division now features three different records, all still alive for the divisional crown. After Ryan barely defeated Alec by 8.56 this week, the two will reconvene this week that could ultimately decide the division with an Alec victory as I hold the seasonal tiebreaker over Ryan's The Golladay Inn. It's a good thing the deadline has passed or else I'd be offering Alec some of my best players on a one-week rental basis just so I don't have to deal with not winning our division. The division is no longer the main focus of the Christy Fichtner All-Stars' goals though as the ChowHounds are currently just one game ahead of Andy's team for the #1 seed in the league. As one of just two matches to not happen in the 2020 fantasy regular season, the tiebreaker between us two would come down to points, which Darrin is very much in the lead for as of blog publication. More 150-point showings (like my league-leading 152.22 on bye this week) will be needed from my team and oh yeah, Darrin has to stop winning eventually. 

Nick has the lowest scoring team through 11 weeks. I don't think in the official or unofficial history of the Wisconsin Rapids Bro League has that ever been the case. The perennial third place finisher is in very serious danger of not finishing in third this year as the previously-mentioned Ravens' offense led by Lamar Jackson continues to underwhelm and with Nick's only other option being the NFL leader in turnovers (that's Carson Wentz), it's likely he'll be relying on Lamar at least once more as his undermanned-due-to-COVID Ravens face the 10-0 Steelers in a game that is apparently happening on Sunday barring any more positives out of the Ravens' facilities. This week, the Tanner Glaza Division is entirely 5-6 but, should leave the weekend with at least one outlier at 6-6 as Hoefs takes on Zurawski. Hoefs will be watching the early Turkey Day shitfest known as Lions-Texans where his suddenly fiery DeShaun Watson (must have heard Nathan benched him for a rookie, thus prompting his season-best performance in week 11) takes on game-time decision RB D'Andre Swift (of Free Chiquita). The Sneen Machine put on a respectable showing this past weekend versus Hoefs but alas, scoring is high this year and his 119.1 was not even enough for a hypothetical victory. I guess Sneen just needs Dalvin Cook to score multiple touchdowns every week in order to stay afloat. Thankfully for us all, there are no bye weeks this week outside of Darrin Aschebrook trying to get a top-four scoring finish in order to almost certainly secure the #1 seed. This is great because most of us need all the manpower we can get in order to make that final playoff push. Keep an eye out for those lurking in the IR shadows though as Christian McCaffrey, Austin Ekeler, Myles Gaskin, Joe Mixon, Deebo Samuel and David Johnson all linger the fantasy sidelines temporarily with their chances to shine coming up in the WRBL postseason. 

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Quick shout out to Tax Paying Homeowner QB Joe Burrow on a very impressive rookie season tragically cut short due to a serious leg injury this weekend. Hopefully for Alec's sake, his team rallies for his possible keeper QB despite his having the lowest playoff odds.

2020 WRBL Scoring Leaders

QB

Patrick Mahomes 260.10 (Andy)

Russell Wilson 258.14 (Ryan)

Kyler Murray 207.94 (Cole)

Lamar Jackson 197.42 (Nick)

DeShaun Watson 192.86 (Hoefs)

Matt Ryan 172.64 (Sneen)

Tom Brady 165.50 (Darrin)

Aaron Rodgers 148.90 (Scott)

Joe Burrow 106.52 (Alec)

Dak Prescott 95.84 (Scott)

Josh Allen 82.38 (Cole)

Ben Roethlisberger 44.96 (Alec)

Derek Carr 33.70 (Hoefs/Alec)

Matthew Stafford 30.72 (Darrin)

Carson Wentz 27.76 (Nick)

Justin Herbert 27.74 (Hoefs)

Cam Newton 19.2 (Sneen)

Gardner Minshew 18.12 (Ryan)

Jared Goff 10.48 (Andy)

Baker Mayfield 5.38 (Sneen)

RB

Alvin Kamara 256.9 (Darrin)

Dalvin Cook 241.3 (Sneen)

Derrick Henry 182.5 (Cole)

Josh Jacobs 167.3 (Scott)

Aaron Jones 159.5 (Ryan)

Ezekiel Elliott 157.5 (Alec)

James Robinson 143.1 (Andy)

Todd Gurley 139.2 (Darrin)

James Conner 134.0 (Hoefs)

Ronald Jones 117.9 (Hoefs/Ryan)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 114.6 (Scott)

Mike Davis 105.1 (Andy)

Chris Carson 105.0 (Ryan)

Kareem Hunt 92.2 (Nick)

Christian McCaffrey 90.3 (Scott)

Nick Chubb 90.2 (Sneen)

Miles Sanders 83.0 (Alec)

Melvin Gordon 82.2 (Darrin)

David Johnson 81.0 (Nick)

Jonathan Taylor 76.2 (Alec)

Antonio Gibson 68.3 (Andy)

Austin Ekeler 64.2 (Andy)

David Montgomery 62.2 (Sneen)

Giovani Bernard 61.6 (Ryan/Cole)

Myles Gaskin 60.4 (Cole)

Jerick McKinnon 57.6 (Hoefs/Scott/Cole)

Joe Mixon 57.5 (Andy/Ryan)

J.D. McKissic 41.5 (Scott/Ryan/Hoefs)

Kenyan Drake 38.4 (Nick)

D'Andre Swift 31.2 (Nick)

Darrell Henderson 31.0 (Darrin)

Justin Jackson 27.7 (Nick)

Raheem Mostert 24.5 (Nick)

Chase Edmonds 22.5 (Scott)

Jamaal Williams 21.4 (Cole)

Boston Scott 17.3 (Cole)

Saquon Barkley 15.4 (Nick)

Le'Veon Bell 15.4 (Andy)

Kalen Ballage 14.1 (Scott)

Adrian Peterson 12.8 (Darrin)

Salvon Ahmed 12.4 (Nick)

DeeJay Dallas 11.9 (Alec)

Duke Johnson 11.9 (Hoefs)

Malcolm Brown 10.6 (Cole)

Joshua Kelley 10.3 (Sneen)

Nyheim Hines 8.3 (Ryan)

James White 8.2 (Hoefs)

Jordan Howard 7.9 (Nick)

J.K. Dobbins 7.1 (Cole)

Leonard Fournette 5.0 (Sneen)

Alexander Mattison 4.0 (Sneen)

Jeff Wilson Jr. 2.9 (Scott)

Tevin Coleman 2.0 (Ryan)

Phillip Lindsay 0.2 (Cole)

WR

Davante Adams 210.7 (Darrin)

Tyreek Hill 202.2 (Hoefs)

Keenan Allen 196.5 (Andy)

Tyler Lockett 189.8 (Alec)

DeAndre Hopkins 185.9 (Cole)

Adam Thielen 183.1 (Darrin)

Calvin Ridley 162.1 (Nick)

Stefon Diggs 158.3 (Sneen)

Allen Robinson 156.4 (Alec)

Mike Evans 148.1 (Ryan)

DK Metcalf 147.5 (Darrin)

D.J. Moore 136.6 (Hoefs)

Julio Jones 130.7 (Sneen)

Cooper Kupp 126.0 (Andy)

Robby Anderson 123.2 (Cole/Sneen)

Amari Cooper 123.1 (Scott)

Will Fuller 119.2 (Nick)

Robert Woods 111.3 (Nick)

Chris Godwin 98.4 (Cole)

Terry McLaurin 93.8 (Alec)

A.J. Brown 85.5 (Andy)

JuJu Smith-Schuster 72.6 (Sneen/Scott)

Tyler Boyd 71.8 (Scott)

Jamison Crowder 64.5 (Ryan)

Justin Jefferson 57.2 (Alec)

Marvin Jones 54.2 (Hoefs/Nick)

DeVante Parker 52.4 (Cole)

Diontae Johnson 48.7 (Ryan/Andy)

Kenny Golladay 48.1 (Ryan)

Jerry Jeudy 46.8 (Ryan/Cole)

Odell Beckham Jr. 45.42 (Scott)

Brandin Cooks 44.2 (Hoefs)

Michael Thomas 38.9 (Ryan)

Chase Claypool 37.4 (Scott)

Darius Slayton 35.0 (Ryan)

Cole Beasley 34.8 (Cole)

Travis Fulgham 33.9 (Hoefs)

Tee Higgins 33.2 (Cole)

Corey Davis 26.8 (Ryan)

Marquise Brown 25.8 (Alec)

Allen Lazard 25.7 (Cole)

CeeDee Lamb 25.0 (Scott)

Sterling Shepard 22.4 (Nick)

Brandon Aiyuk 19.7 (Scott)

Tre'Quan Smith 9.4 (Ryan)

T.Y. Hilton 9.3 (Scott)

Jarvis Landry 9.2 (Cole)

Christian Kirk 9.0 (Cole)

Josh Reynolds 6.2 (Sneen)

Antonio Brown 6.1 (Scott)

A.J. Green 5.9 (Andy)

Julian Edelman 4.2 (Sneen)

Emmanuel Sanders 2.8 (Sneen)

TE

Travis Kelce 195.76 (Hoefs)

Darren Waller 139.9 (Ryan)

Mark Andrews 119.4 (Darrin)

Jonnu Smith 98.3 (Andy)

George Kittle 98.1 (Nick)

Hayden Hurst 96.1 (Alec)

Hunter Henry 75.9 (Sneen)

Noah Fant 68.0 (Cole)

Zach Ertz 42.5 (Scott)

Tyler Higbee 36.4 (Nick)

Evan Engram 29.9 (Sneen)

T.J. Hockenson 27.1 (Cole/Darrin)

Robert Tonyan 25.1 (Scott)

Taysom Hill 24.42 (Scott)

Eric Ebron 19.9 (Ryan/Nick/Alec)

Rob Gronkowski 13.1 (Hoefs)

Austin Hooper 8.4 (Nick)

Ross Dwelley 3.2 (Scott)

Greg Olsen 3.0 (Cole)

Logan Thomas 2.8 (Cole)

Blake Jarwin 2.2 (Andy)

Chris Herndon 2.1 (Andy)

K

Rodrigo Blankenship 99 (Andy)

Wil Lutz 96 (Hoefs)

Chris Boswell 86 (Nick/Alec)

Harrison Butker 82 (Sneen)

Justin Tucker 79 (Scott)

Greg Zuerlein 74 (Darrin)

Mason Crosby 70 (Cole)

Daniel Carlson 47 (Nick)

Matt Prater 46 (Alec/Sneen)

Jake Elliott 32 (Ryan)

Jason Sanders 29 (Nick/Darrin)

Joey Slye 27 (Ryan)

Randy Bullock 20 (Cole/Scott)

Graham Gano 11 (Ryan)

Robbie Gould 7 (Nick)

Ryan Succop 6 (Scott)

Stephen Gostkowski 2 (Hoefs)

Younghoe Koo 2 (Andy)

Ka'imi Fairbairn 1 (Cole)

DF

Baltimore Ravens 85 (Alec/Andy)

Indianapolis Colts 79 (Andy/Ryan)

Pittsburgh Steelers 72 (Hoefs)

Los Angeles Rams 67 (Hoefs/Nick/Darrin)

Chicago Bears 57 (Scott)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55 (Andy/Ryan/Cole)

San Francisco 49ers 39 (Sneen)

Philadelphia Eagles 37 (Nick/Cole/Nick)

Buffalo Bills 34 (Darrin/Hoefs)

Cleveland Browns 33 (Nick/Sneen)

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)

New Orleans Saints 20 (Ryan/Darrin/Alec)

Miami Dolphins 11 (Nick)

Washington Football Team 10 (Hoefs/Nick)

New York Jets 8 (Nick)

Green Bay Packers 7 (Cole)

Denver Broncos 6 (Cole)

Minnesota Vikings 3 (Scott)

Atlanta Falcons 2 (Cole)

Dallas Cowboys 1 (Nick)

Houston Texans 1 (Cole)

Detroit Lions -1 (Sneen)

Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose, 5th = BYE)

Team ChowHounds 8-3

The Golladay Inn 5-3

Team Hoefs 6-4

Christy Fichtner All-Stars 5-5

Colieveland 96ers 5-5

Free Chiquita 5-5

Mr. Intens3brook 4-5

Tax Paying Homeowner 3-6

SNEEN MACHINE 3-8