Wisconsin Rapids Bro League
Our tenth official season of blaming Cole Walters for giving the Thunder so many draft picks.
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Six teams are on bye in week 12, making this upcoming week perhaps the most crucial of the Bro League regular season as we must all activate the waiver wire and show all our cards as far as the bench is concerned. Perhaps that means somebody gives Taysom Hill a try since the wildest of NFL wildcards is still only listed as a Tight End (I'd give him a start at running back this week if I could, more on that later...). It always seems to come back to Taysom for at least a week every year since Sean Payton brought him in and turned him from practice squad special teams hustler into a modern day Johnny Lujack (Go ahead a find a deeper Bears-related pull Alec, I dare you). Oh crap, Taysom is on bye this week as well. What other oddball replacement players will end up in starting lineups this week? Don't be shy, the Miami Marlins used an MLB record 45 PITCHERS this season and I might be inadvertently chasing that accolade in fantasy football with all of my receivers getting hurt and no locked-in replacements. At least Nico Collins came back this week with a healthy yet quiet 9.4 points on Monday Night Football. Now, Mike Evans is allegedly returning and needs to average 95 yards per game to clinch an eye-popping eleventh season of 1,000 yards receiving to open up his career, an NFL record. I'm not expecting him to do that or even for him to push T-O-D-D Todd To Go into the playoffs but, the race for the last playoff spot has never been tighter than it is at this moment. With division winners plus two wildcards making the postseason, Hoefs, Brett and Cole are all currently in but have yet to clinch with three regular season weeks remaining. The fourth spot? Nick currently holds a 1.8-point advantage over Andy, who holds a 3.14-point advantage over formerly 4-0 Jaime Sparkes. This glut of 5-6 teams roughly in the same 1,290-1,300 point range doesn't even include fellow 5-6 Stoltzya's Electric Orcas. It's a logjam and if Alec, Cole, Hoefs and Brett are victorious this week, the metaphorical beavers will just keep adding sticks.
So who are we missing this week (minus those injured/suspended)? Hoefs is down three usual starters out of the usual ten, QB Joe Burrow, RB James Cook and WR Ja'Marr Chase. Those three have been playing like absolute gangbusters as of late and outside of QB C.J. Stroud stepping back into his 2023 form, The Van Buren Boys might be facing their first loss in November. Also at 7-4 and coming off a win, the Colieveland 96ers will be down WRs Garrett Wilson and recent riser Khalil Shakir. This forces Cole to consider Jaylen Waddle a starter again after his inability to top double-digit fantasy points since week one against Jacksonville. Brett might have the Shooter McGavin division locked up but, he'll have to cement his own destiny minus breakout WR Drake London this week. Nick's is the most solid lineup as he will have to survive minus WRBL QB3 Josh Allen but, now has a fully healthy RB Christian McCaffrey, a fully healthy WR Cooper Kupp and DeAndre Hopkins is playing the Panthers so odds are he won't be shut out either. My lineup on the other hand? I'm down starting RBs Breece Hall (coming off his best performance of '24) and Bijan Robinson plus backup RB Chase Brown (certainly wasn't considering his bye week when I snagged him off waivers). My gameplan for week 12? Just ride that waiver wire and have fun with it. Sparky will be without RB Alvin Kamara, WR Davante Adams, WR Tee Higgins and TE Dalton Kincaid (-yikes-). Gabe's team may be underperforming to this point yet outside of already-IR'ed WR Chris Olave, he's the lone bye-mageddon escapee. Stoltz might even convince RB Isaiah Pacheco to take the field again soon and once that happens, that could spell danger for us other 5-6s. Lastly, Alec's team has been on bye for 11 weeks so taking TE Kyle Pitts out and perhaps playing Sam Darnold at QB instead of a sore-armed Brock Purdy might even work in his favor as well. It's an inherently bizarre week and I'm ready for just about anything besides another game-ending blocked field goal.
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An absolutely bonkers week 11 carries us into a six-team bye that promises more chaos. Stay tuned... |
Official WRBL Standings
Steven Nett Division
The Van Buren Boys (Nathaniel Hoefs) 7-4 W3 (1,541.72)
Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 7-4 W1 (1,408.48)
Dad Weights and Protein Shakes (Jaime Sparkes) 5-6 L2 (1,291.28)
Stoltzya's Electric Orcas (Gabe Stoltz) 5-6 W1 (1,230.18)
Shooter McGavin Division
Caleb Williams Nail Polish (Brett Weinfurter) 7-4 L1 (1,383.92)
Tua Lipa (Nick Zurawski) 5-6 L1 (1,296.22)
T-o-d-d Todd To Go (Andy Todd) 5-6 W2 (1,294.42)
Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 3-8 L2 (1,198.24)
Week Eleven Final Scores
COLE defeats NICK 178.34-121.68
ANDY defeats BRETT 116.58-104.78
GABE defeats SPARKY 101.94-94.14
HOEFS defeats ALEC 141.14-117.46
Heroes of the Week: WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (38.7, Brett), RB Joe Mixon (35.3, Cole), QB Jared Goff (34.58, Andy)
Waiver Wonders: TE Taysom Hill (41.52), QB Bo Nix (28.78), TE Jonnu Smith (28.1)
Benchwarmers of the Week: WR Tee Higgins (29.8, Sparky), QB Sam Darnold (23.64, Alec), WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (21.8, Alec)
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Waiver Wonder: TE Taysom Hill (8-50-0 receiving, 7-131-3 rushing and 18 yards plus an interception passing) |
Upcoming Week 12 Schedule for both WRBL and NFL (in CST)
Andy v. Cole
Nick v. Hoefs
Sparky v. Brett
Alec v. Gabe
Thursday @ 7:15 PM: Pittsburgh @ Cleveland
Sunday @ NOON: Tennessee @ Houston
Minnesota @ Chicago (QUADBOX)
Dallas @ Washington
New England @ Miami (QUADBOX)
Kansas City @ Carolina (QUADBOX)
Tampa Bay @ NY Giants
Detroit @ Indianapolis (QUADBOX)
Sunday @ 3:05 PM: Denver @ Las Vegas
Sunday @ 3:25 PM: Arizona @ Seattle
San Francisco @ Green Bay
Sunday @ 7:20 PM: Philadelphia @ LA Rams
Monday @ 7:15 PM: Baltimore @ LA Chargers
BYE WEEKS: Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints and New York Jets
Scoring Leaders
QB
Lamar Jackson 273.44 (Brett)
Jalen Hurts 225.58 (Gabe)
Josh Allen 223.32 (Nick)
Joe Burrow 206.72 (Hoefs)
Brock Purdy 137.62 (Alec)
Jayden Daniels 134.06 (Sparky)
Jordan Love 100.76 (Cole)
Jared Goff 84.12 (Andy)
Caleb Williams 61.38 (Andy)
Aaron Rodgers 51.82 (Cole)
Patrick Mahomes 44.46 (Sparky)
Tua Tagovailoa 38.78 (Andy)
C.J. Stroud 37.8 (Hoefs)
Sam Darnold 25.44 (Alec)
Kyler Murray 24.1 (Gabe)
Drake Maye 20.84 (Andy)
Kirk Cousins 17.78 (Cole)
Derek Carr 7.98 (Alec)
RB
Saquon Barkley 219.7 (Cole)
Alvin Kamara 219.5 (Sparky)
Derrick Henry 215.5 (Nick)
Bijan Robinson 201.4 (Andy)
Breece Hall 183.3 (Andy)
Jahmyr Gibbs 182.2 (Gabe)
Kyren Williams 169.6 (Alec)
Joe Mixon 153.7 (Cole)
James Conner 150.4 (Brett)
D'Andre Swift 147.8 (Brett)
De'Von Achane 136.4 (Hoefs)
James Cook 128.6 (Hoefs)
Jonathan Taylor 121.4 (Nick)
Kenneth Walker 113.2 (Hoefs)
Aaron Jones 108.3 (Sparky)
J.K. Dobbins 105.7 (Alec)
Jordan Mason 103.1 (Nick)
Josh Jacobs 102.8 (Alec)
Kareem Hunt 73.7 (Gabe)
Brian Robinson Jr. 66.5 (Gabe)
Chuba Hubbard 66.1 (Sparky)
David Montgomery 64.62 (Cole)
Travis Etienne 58.2 (Cole)
Tyrone Tracy Jr. 52.2 (Gabe)
Tony Pollard 45.1 (Cole)
Najee Harris 38.3 (Sparky)
Rhamondre Stevenson 34.2 (Alec)
Isiah Pacheco 31.9 (Gabe)
Christian McCaffrey 31.3 (Nick)
Rachaad White 26.2 (Nick)
Zack Moss 17.8 (Hoefs)
Jerome Ford 17.4 (Hoefs)
Cam Akers 12.7 (Cole)
Trey Sermon 5.9 (Nick)
Javonte Williams 4.6 (Andy)
Nick Chubb 4.5 (Nick)
Ty Johnson 3.4 (Hoefs)
Raheem Mostert 2.8 (Brett)
Dare Ogunbowale 1.1 (Andy)
WR
Ja'Marr Chase 251.7 (Hoefs)
Justin Jefferson 181.38 (Sparky)
CeeDee Lamb 175.2 (Gabe)
Garrett Wilson 171.7 (Cole)
Drake London 168 (Brett)
Amon-Ra St. Brown 152.48 (Brett)
Malik Nabers 139.5 (Hoefs)
Cooper Kupp 120.8 (Nick)
Nico Collins 116.1 (Andy)
Chris Godwin 115.5 (Cole)
A.J. Brown 112.8 (Hoefs)
Tyreek Hill 99.9 (Alec)
Deebo Samuel 91.7 (Andy)
Mike Evans 90.1 (Andy)
D.J. Moore 89.6 (Nick)
DK Metcalf 85 (Alec)
Jayden Reed 72.8 (Sparky)
Courtland Sutton 72.38 (Sparky)
Marvin Harrison Jr. 72.3 (Brett)
Stefon Diggs 68.1 (Gabe)
Zay Flowers 64.7 (Brett)
Chris Olave 58 (Gabe)
Puka Nacua 54.4 (Alec)
Tank Dell 53.1 (Alec)
Amari Cooper 45.9 (Nick)
Davante Adams 44.9 (Sparky)
Brandon Aiyuk 38.2 (Cole)
Tee Higgins 32.9 (Sparky)
Josh Downs 31.4 (Cole)
Rashee Rice 29.1 (Andy)
Diontae Johnson 25.7 (Gabe)
Ladd McConkey 25.5 (Gabe)
Jaylen Waddle 24.7 (Cole)
Terry McLaurin 23.3 (Hoefs)
DeVonta Smith 22.6 (Gabe)
Jameson Williams 18.9 (Alec)
Romeo Doubs 17 (Andy)
Jaxon Smith-Njigba 13.1 (Alec)
Khalil Shakir 11.8 (Cole)
Xavier Worthy 11.8 (Hoefs)
George Pickens 11.4 (Brett)
Wan'Dale Robinson 10 (Andy)
Jordan Addison 9.6 (Brett)
Michael Pittman Jr. 9.5 (Alec/Andy)
Tyler Lockett 8.5 (Nick)
Rashid Shaheed 8.3 (Nick)
Christian Watson 7.9 (Andy)
Rome Odunze 7.3 (Sparky)
DeAndre Hopkins 5.9 (Nick)
Brian Thomas Jr. 3.2 (Andy)
TE
George Kittle 126.5 (Brett)
Brock Bowers 124 (Cole)
Kyle Pitts 102.4 (Alec)
Dalton Kincaid 81.6 (Sparky)
David Njoku 78.5 (Hoefs/Nick)
Travis Kelce 77.4 (Andy)
Trey McBride 72.9 (Andy)
Mark Andrews 47.2 (Gabe)
Dallas Goedert 47 (Hoefs)
Tucker Kraft 45.1 (Hoefs)
Sam LaPorta 38.9 (Nick)
Jake Ferguson 37.7 (Gabe)
Cade Otton 30.2 (Hoefs)
Zach Ertz 15.5 (Hoefs/Brett)
Hunter Henry 12.3 (Sparky)
Tyler Conklin 11.5 (Cole)
Evan Engram 11.5 (Cole)
Dawson Knox 8 (Brett)
Mike Gesicki 7 (Nick)
Isaiah Likely 5 (Brett)
T.J. Hockenson 3.3 (Andy)
K
Ka'imi Fairbairn 122 (Hoefs)
Jake Bates 95 (Andy)
Brandon Aubrey 92 (Brett)
Justin Tucker 90 (Alec)
Harrison Butker 80 (Sparky)
Evan McPherson 80 (Nick)
Jake Moody 71 (Cole)
Younghoe Koo 48 (Gabe)
Austin Seibert 38 (Brett)
Cam Little 21 (Cole)
Jake Elliott 19 (Gabe)
Chris Boswell 17 (Sparky)
Brandon McManus 2 (Sparky)
Blake Grupe 1 (Andy)
DF
San Francisco 49ers 74 (Sparky)
Pittsburgh Steelers 69 (Andy)
Philadelphia Eagles 50 (Nick)
Cleveland Browns 45 (Brett)
New York Jets 45 (Hoefs/Cole)
Los Angeles Chargers 40 (Nick/Alec)
Chicago Bears 34 (Alec)
Minnesota Vikings 32 (Hoefs)
Dallas Cowboys 26 (Gabe)
Cincinnati Bengals 23 (Andy/Gabe)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 (Cole)
Buffalo Bills 18 (Alec)
New Orleans Saints 16 (Nick/Cole)
Kansas City Chiefs 15 (Brett)
Miami Dolphins 13 (Cole/Nick)
New England Patriots 12 (Cole)
Baltimore Ravens 11 (Alec)
Las Vegas Raiders 10 (Nick)
Denver Broncos 7 (Cole)
Detroit Lions 7 (Andy)
Washington Commanders 4 (Andy)
Houston Texans 2 (Sparky)
Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose, no divisions)
Cole 7-4
Brett 7-4
Nick 7-4
Hoefs 6-5
Andy 6-5
Sparky 5-6
Gabe 3-8
Alec 3-8
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