WRBL Week 10, 2021

 Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week Ten

Our Seventh Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for Winter halting my Sunday strolls.

Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)

Steven Nett Division

Scott's Many Endeavors (Nick Zurawski) 10-0 W10

Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 6-4 L1

Yeezy Taught Me (Nathaniel Hoefs) 4-6 W1

Todd's Plan (Andy Todd) 3-7 W1

Tanner Glaza Division

Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 5-5 L1

Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 5-5 L1

Big Nick Energy (Ryan Dougherty) 4-6 W1

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 3-7 L5

Week Ten Final Scores

NICK defeats ALEC 154.48-78.5

RYAN defeats DARRIN 141.24-103.22

HOEFS defeats COLE 148.3-108.14

ANDY defeats SNEEN 141.12-92.6

Heroes of the Week: QB Patrick Mahomes (36.24), WR Deebo Samuel (30.3), WR Stefon Diggs (30.2)

Waiver Wonders: RB Rhamondre Stevenson (27.4), WR Kendrick Bourne (24.1), WR DeVonta Smith (22.6)

What-if of the Week: If Pat Freiermuth doesn't fumble the football with 8 seconds left in the Steelers-Lions game, the Lions might be on the path to 0-17 and the Steelers could be tied for first in the AFC North.

Al Golub
Hero of the Week: WR Deebo Samuel (Scott's Many Endeavors)

Upcoming Week 11 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)

Cole v. Nick

Hoefs v. Alec

Darrin v. Andy

Ryan v. Sneen

Thursday Night Football: New England @ Atlanta 7:20 PM

Sunday NOON: Indianapolis @ Buffalo

Baltimore @ Chicago

Detroit @ Cleveland

Houston @ Tennessee

Green Bay @ Minnesota

Miami @ NY Jets

New Orleans @ Philadelphia

Washington @ Carolina

San Francisco @ Jacksonville 

3:05 PM: Cincinnati @ Las Vegas

3:25 PM: Dallas @ Kansas City

Arizona @ Seattle

Sunday Night Football: Pittsburgh @ LA Chargers 7:20 PM 

Monday Night Football: NY Giants @ Tampa Bay 7:15 PM

BYES: LA Rams, Denver

Bro...

Typically in any given college football season, there is one team that randomly grabs my attention and captures my love over the span of a season. Past examples of this phenomenon include the 2013 Texas A&M Aggies, the 2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, the 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders, the 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers... I could list them all but that'd take some serious digging into storage folders of my memory that are buried behind other useless trivia. I bring this all up to say that this is the first year that I don't find myself going back to the same partially niche team every week and outside of the fact that I am scheduled to work every Friday and Saturday night, I get the looming feeling that this season's SEC dominance is stronger than ever and it'll come down to whomever walks away from Georgia-Alabama with a W. It's not that the Cincinnati Bearcats, Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Mississippi State Bulldogs aren't providing entertaining ball filled with MOMENTS but, there just isn't a standout team when all of college football seems equally fun and chaotic every week despite something of a drop-off in chaos this season. The only "factor" to catch my eyes this season is Kayvon Thibodeaux's box score disruption every week as the Oregon Ducks' EDGE defender looks to be the #1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, a nice consolation prize for the worst team in a year with no noteworthy quarterbacks in line (are people going to try to make Carson Strong from Nevada a thing?). 

Hyosub Shin/AJC
RB Zamir White carries a majority of the load for the #1 Georgia Bulldogs.

Alec must not have gotten the memo about the whole "We have to stop Nick from '72 Dolphins-ing this league with NOAH FANT being his ride-or-die tight end. What does it say about the rest of us if just let this guy create, run and demolish his own league with no naysayers? Where is the challenge coming from this year? Darrin? Ha! That man can't even hold a lead! (Consider this your early trash talk, ChowHounds) Are we really this pathetic without Scott? We completely whiffed on trade offers and the deadline this year! In a year where my lineup more or less resembles a 100 gecs album (no structure, just sheer YOLO randomness thrown into a blender that always enthralls and occasionally works), I'm more disappointed in everybody else's choices than Todd's Plan. Perhaps the postseason is a possibility after all? Aaron Jones going down certainly elevated RB A.J. Dillon's value. I'd talk trade with y'all but, since the entire NFC East Tanner Glaza Division Snail Race chose silence over violence, I guess the Quadfather is mine to keep. 

That's right... even with Alec turning into a pumpkin, Cole Walters put up less of a fight than Max Walters this week by getting blown out 40 point to Hoefs, who still sits a game ahead of Andy for third in the Steven Nett Division. After pouring cold water on his own divisional dreams, maybe Waltdog needs to wear the cone of shame this week for taking the "Hardest Road" like he's Kevin Durant or something. Sneen Machine continues to back it up in reverse with his fifth straight loss giving him sole possession of last in his division, evening his won-loss total with that of Todd's Plan. Somehow in this week of upsets (Washington over Tampa! San Francisco over the LA Rams! Vikings over Chargers!), the closest WRBL matchup had Ryan beating dad Darrin by 38.02(!). I had to come up with a non-fantasy What If of the Week! You guys made me think harder and quite frankly, that's always where things start to sputter out of control. At least the Steelers and Lions' constantly ricocheting passes in the sloppy tie made an alternate reality much more believable with Big Ben out due to COVID. 

Add "COVID-illness" to the list of ailments to hinder Ben Roethlisberger over his 18-year career. Still not sure he's caught up to Brett Favre though.

It's been a wild fall season in both football and life in general so, I'm going to take a page out of Adele's book (or her new album, 30 rather) and ask the ChowHounds to "Take it easy on me" despite the previous trash talking. I win three out of every ten games and suddenly I'm Connor McGregor. Cole will be begging Nick for mercy as well despite Scott's Many Endeavors being down a Tight End. Hell, maybe this will give Z a chance to upgrade the position! (nobody tell him about Logan Thomas, please and thank you). With a Cole loss, a Hoefs victory over the Tax Paying Homeowner and Sneen dropping a SIXTH week in a row to Ryan, there's a very real possibility of a three-way tie for first in the Jeff Fisher Division for Mediocre Teams That Wanna Learn And Do Other Stuff Good Too (AKA: Steven Nett Division). There will be plenty to discuss next week with only the Broncos and Rams on bye this week and the Thanksgiving Day games LITERALLY within the next seven days so much like Big Ben's passes we'll keep this one a bit shorter and unlike Russell Wilson, I don't need to rehab any fingers nineteen hours a day so I'll just leave it at best of luck to all in the upcoming week! 

Scoring Leaders

QB

Tom Brady 213.9 (Sneen)

Lamar Jackson 211.76 (Nick)

Patrick Mahomes 197.86 (Ryan)

Josh Allen 179.06 (Cole)

Kyler Murray 151.96 (Hoefs)

Aaron Rodgers 139.4 (Darrin)

Joe Burrow 124.38 (Alec)

Russell Wilson 98.64 (Andy)

Justin Herbert 54.64 (Hoefs)

Ryan Tannehill 53.84 (Andy)

Matthew Stafford 47.08 (Darrin)

Derek Carr 35.68 (Alec)

Daniel Jones 32.62 (Cole/Nick)

Jalen Hurts 27.9 (Ryan)

Tua Tagovailoa 26.54 (Cole)

Dak Prescott 18.88 (Sneen)

Justin Fields 14.42 (Andy)

Carson Wentz 7.1 (Alec)

RB

Jonathan Taylor 212 (Alec)

Derrick Henry 193.3 (Darrin)

Austin Ekeler 179.3 (Sneen)

Najee Harris 176.3 (Cole)

Aaron Jones 160.9 (Ryan)

Ezekiel Elliott 159.26 (Nick)

Alvin Kamara 158 (Darrin)

Joe Mixon 148.5 (Nick)

Nick Chubb 121 (Ryan)

Dalvin Cook 109.7 (Sneen)

Christian McCaffrey 99.1 (Hoefs)

James Robinson 93.1 (Ryan)

Darrel Williams 89 (Andy)

D'Andre Swift 85.4 (Cole)

Darrell Henderson 82.1 (Sneen)

Leonard Fournette 72.2 (Darrin)

David Montgomery 69.8 (Alec)

Antonio Gibson 58.3 (Andy)

Chase Edmonds 56.5 (Hoefs)

Saquon Barkley 55.6 (Cole)

Chuba Hubbard 50.6 (Andy/Nick)

Damien Harris 50.4 (Andy)

Alexander Mattison 49.4 (Hoefs/Andy)

D'Ernest Johnson 47.5 (Hoefs/Nick)

A.J. Dillon 39.8 (Andy)

Josh Jacobs 39.1 (Darrin)

Kareem Hunt 36.7 (Hoefs)

Elijah Mitchell 36.4 (Andy)

Chris Carson 35.4 (Nick)

Cordarrelle Patterson 35.2 (Sneen)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 32.2 (Hoefs)

Khalil Herbert 27.1 (Alec)

Myles Gaskin 26.6 (Cole)

James Conner 26.1 (Sneen/Darrin)

Alex Collins 26 (Andy/Alec)

Mark Ingram 20.8 (Ryan)

Miles Sanders 17.3 (Nick)

Devontae Booker 15.2 (Nick)

Mike Davis 12.1 (Alec)

Melvin Gordon 11.2 (Ryan)

Kenyan Drake 10.5 (Ryan)

Zack Moss 10.3 (Ryan)

Michael Carter 9.6 (Cole)

J.D. McKissic 9.6 (Cole)

Devonta Freeman 8.8 (Hoefs)

Adrian Peterson 3 (Alec)

Kenneth Gainwell 2.7 (Hoefs)

Raheem Mostert 2 (Cole)

James White 0.6 (Andy)

WR

Cooper Kupp 258.6 (Hoefs)

Tyreek Hill 212.6 (Nick)

Davante Adams 169.4 (Cole)

Stefon Diggs 155 (Hoefs)

Keenan Allen 146.8 (Andy)

Deebo Samuel 137.5 (Nick)

Justin Jefferson 137.14 (Alec)

Michael Pittman Jr. 126.7 (Ryan)

DK Metcalf 128.3 (Alec)

DeAndre Hopkins 125.6 (Darrin)

CeeDee Lamb 122.5 (Hoefs)

Amari Cooper 121.8 (Ryan)

A.J. Brown 116.7 (Alec)

Adam Thielen 116.6 (Darrin)

Mike Evans 109.7 (Andy)

Terry McLaurin 107.1 (Nick)

D.J. Moore 96.6 (Sneen)

Brandin Cooks 95.1 (Darrin)

Mike Williams 83.8 (Sneen)

Ja'Marr Chase 83.2 (Sneen)

Chris Godwin 77.8 (Alec)

Calvin Ridley 71.1 (Andy)

Robert Woods 63.6 (Sneen)

Diontae Johnson 61.3 (Andy)

Jaylen Waddle 53.3 (Cole)

Marquise Brown 37.8 (Darrin)

Tee Higgins 29.8 (Cole)

Courtland Sutton 26.5 (Cole)

Allen Robinson 24.6 (Sneen)

Jakobi Meyers 20.8 (Hoefs)

DeVonta Smith 19.8 (Ryan)

Julio Jones 19.4 (Ryan)

D.J. Chark 16.8 (Cole)

Randall Cobb 16.5 (Cole)

Emmanuel Sanders 14.1 (Cole)

Tyler Lockett 13.5 (Andy)

Jerry Jeudy 12.9 (Alec)

Hunter Renfrow 12.8 (Hoefs)

Kadarius Toney 9.06 (Andy)

Van Jefferson 8.4 (Andy)

Chase Claypool 3.7 (Ryan)

TE

Travis Kelce 164.7 (Andy)

Mark Andrews 138.3 (Sneen)

Darren Waller 105.4 (Hoefs)

Kyle Pitts 101.1 (Ryan)

Noah Fant 97.9 (Nick)

T.J. Hockenson 87.9 (Alec)

Mike Gesicki 68.5 (Cole)

George Kittle 56.6 (Darrin)

Logan Thomas 33.7 (Cole)

Dalton Schultz 26.8 (Darrin)

Dallas Goedert 25.2 (Hoefs)

Tyler Higbee 25.2 (Darrin)

Jared Cook 10.8 (Nick)

Tyler Conklin 9.5 (Alec)

Rob Gronkowski 9.5 (Ryan)

Robert Tonyan 7.9 (Alec)

Dawson Knox 7.5 (Ryan)

Hunter Henry 4.3 (Sneen)

K

Tyler Bass 92 (Cole)

Justin Tucker 82 (Sneen)

Matt Gay 78 (Nick)

Harrison Butker 77 (Darrin)

Brandon McManus 77 (Alec)

Nick Folk 46 (Hoefs)

Matt Prater 41 (Andy/Sneen/Andy)

Daniel Carlson 37 (Ryan)

Greg Joseph 29 (Ryan)

Mason Crosby 27 (Hoefs/Cole)

Jason Sanders 21 (Andy)

Younghoe Koo 17 (Hoefs)

Randy Bullock 12 (Andy)

Greg Zuerlein 10 (Nick)

Josh Lambo 1 (Ryan)

DF

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 61 (Alec)

Buffalo Bills 52 (Sneen/Nick)

Los Angeles Rams 47 (Cole/Andy)

Arizona Cardinals 44 (Cole/Sneen)

New Orleans Saints 41 (Ryan/Darrin)

Denver Broncos 40 (Andy)

New England Patriots 29 (Nick/Ryan)

Indianapolis Colts 28 (Ryan/Nick/Cole)

Carolina Panthers 26 (Darrin/Alec)

Cleveland Browns 23 (Nick)

Miami Dolphins 22 (Cole)

Pittsburgh Steelers 20 (Hoefs/Sneen)

Dallas Cowboys 17 (Hoefs/Darrin)

San Francisco 49ers 17 (Nick/Cole/Hoefs)

Green Bay Packers 9 (Cole)

Atlanta Falcons 6 (Cole)

Las Vegas Raiders 4 (Hoefs)

Washington Football Team 3 (Darrin)

Baltimore Ravens 2 (Sneen/Hoefs)

Cincinnati Bengals 2 (Nick/Hoefs)

Tennessee Titans 2 (Hoefs)

Chicago Bears -6 (Ryan)

Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose)

Scott's Many Endeavors 9-1

Yeezy Taught Me 5-5

Team ChowHounds 5-5

Tax Paying Homeowner 5-5

Big Nick Energy 5-5

SNEEN MACHINE 4-6

Colieveland 96ers 4-6

Todd's Plan 3-7

WRBL Week 9, 2021

 Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week Nine

Our Seventh Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for the Matt Millen era in Detroit

Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)

Steven Nett Division

Scott's Many Endeavors (Nick Zurawski) 9-0 W9

Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 6-3 W1

Yeezy Taught Me (Nathaniel Hoefs) 3-6 L2

Todd's Plan (Andy Todd) 2-7 L2

Tanner Glaza Division

Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 5-4 W3

Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 5-4 W2

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 3-6 L4

Take Mahomes Country Roads (Ryan Dougherty) 3-6 L1

Week Nine Final Scores

NICK defeats SNEEN 136.84-103.78

COLE defeats RYAN 110.66-95.98

DARRIN defeats HOEFS 107.86-105.04

ALEC defeats ANDY 119.98-106.32

Heroes of the Week: RB Jonathan Taylor (34), QB Justin Herbert (31.64), QB Lamar Jackson (30.64)

Waiver Wonders: QB Matt Ryan (28.52), WR Elijah Moore (27.4), QB Josh Johnson (24.48)

What-if of the Week: If Nathan benches WR CeeDee Lamb (4.3) in favor of WR Hunter Renfrow (17.9), Darrin loses his fourth in a row.

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Hero of the Week: RB Jonathan Taylor (Tax Paying Homeowner)

Upcoming Week 10 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)

Nick v. Alec

Darrin v. Ryan

Cole v. Hoefs

Andy v. Sneen 

Thursday Night Football: Baltimore @ Miami 7:20 PM

Sunday NOON: Atlanta @ Dallas

New Orleans @ Tennessee

Jacksonville @ Indianapolis

Cleveland @ New England

Buffalo @ NY Jets

Detroit @ Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay @ Washington

3:05 PM: Carolina @ Arizona

Minnesota @ LA Chargers

3:25 PM: Philadelphia @ Denver

Seattle @ Green Bay

Sunday Night Football: Kansas City @ Las Vegas 7:20 PM 

Monday Night Football: LA Rams @ San Francisco 7:15 PM

BYES: Cincinnati, Chicago, NY Giants, Houston

Bro...

I know it's a different league/sport and all ("Never cross streams!" Father Todd used to always say) but, Bro League Basketball is still worth mentioning (especially when I'm actually doing okay there and my football team is decidedly NOT worth mentioning). Nearly a dozen games into the NBA season for most teams and it's obvious that A. COVID hasn't gone anywhere and B. This shit is wide open for everybody (are the Bulls seriously contenders? Is Boston going to be lucky to land in the play-in? Warriors = #1 favorites again??? Lakers: Washed or SUPER Washed?). Drafting a nearly entirely new roster (Jarrett Allen was the only holdover with Anthony Edwards being redrafted after a midseason '20-'21 deal) has been an okay strategy thus far with my team, Charania Missiles (Insider Shams Charania's version of Adrian Wojnarowski's "Woj Bombs") sitting at a solid 2-1. The leaders of the WRBBL (Wisconsin Rapids Basketball Bro League) are Nick Zurawski and foreigner John Jennings at 3-0. Our very own Cole Walters and another b-ball exclusive partner of the Bro Leagues, Avery are both 0-3. There's going to be plenty of time for teams to sort themselves out as the league year will finish well beyond that of the WRBL fantasy season. Outsiders will probably only hear about it if either Cole or myself win it all but I bring it all up to say that... Man, the NBA is so much more fun on a night-to-night basis now that I'm interested in box scores and have rooting interests on things like Jordan Clarkson's shooting percentages and Tyler Herro's night-to-night exploits as he redeems himself after a pedestrian sophomore season.

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Former Greenfield, Wisconsin resident Tyler Herro is lighting it up as a Sixth Man of the Year favorite so far for the 7-5 Miami Heat.

Nick Zurawski remains undefeated after making sure Sneen knew that Sneen is not a machine, Sneen is not cattle, Sneen is man. Sneen has the power to make this life free and beautiful and yet he chooses losing to Nick Zurawski. Sad. I'm not sure what 9-0 Scott's Many Endeavors' DVOA is but yeah, dude's thriving more in fantasy football this season than the corn dog salesperson at Auburn football games. Somebody needs to edit that meme template of Death knocking on a fourth door (the first three of which leaving blood trails) with Alec's name on it. Can Z get to double-digits before I finish another delayed WRBL Week in Review or will Alec pull a Lee Corso by stating "NOT SO FAST MY FRIENDS!" and put on a mascot head of his choosing. PS: What would Alec's mascot head be? He's a Tax Paying Homeowner. Would it be a mailbox? paperwork? do the Chicago Bears have a mascot? Is it just a severed foot due to past kicking woes?

Steve Todd
I actually met the Bears' mascot many years ago at a bar in Pittsville, Wisconsin.

Opponents seem to just love playing Todd's Plan as of late so congratulations to SNEEN MACHINE on the recovery week after I lost to Alec. The Tax Paying Homeowner remains tied for first in the Tanner Glaza Division with the Colieveland 96ers, one week after Walt and his dawgs rode the Dolphins defense of all players to a low-scoring victory over Ryan. It's amazing that despite a wild game like the 9-6 Jaguars upset of Buffalo happening, the fantasy impact was muted as a whole. Lower scoring was certainly a theme this week with Buffalo, Kansas City, Green Bay, some of Dallas and plenty of the Rams malfunctioning in ways unforeseen leading up to week 9. Alas, the top four teams in the WRBL won and the bottom four lost. Like much of Hollywood's Box Office these days, week 9 was just a shittier sequel or remake of everything leading up to this. The only highlight Darrin quietly stealing a victory from Nathaniel's fingertips by 2.82 points. Some might blame Hoefs for not seeing the absence of a true #1 wideout in Vegas opening up the door for Hunter Renfrow to become Derek Carr's #1B option (#1A being TE Darren Waller), others might argue that the loss of future inmate Henry Ruggs really led to RB Josh Jacobs getting four catchable targets (despite not being known as any type of pass-catcher) for Vegas and propelling Darrin to his first win in four weeks. 

Ryan's Take Mahomes Country Roads team name led to extremely limited success to the tune of 3-6 so with a lack of Mahomes (received his first benching) comes a new team name: Big Nick Energy. I hope that energy is just being used to beat Nick and not a way for Ryan to speak a nine-game winning streak into existence for himself. If that works, I'm renaming my team "WINNING LOTTO TICKET THE ONE TIME I WATCH THE NEWS FOR IT". Shit, that might be too many characters... How about "Andy's Dream Girl"? No wait, that's ultimately part of "Todd's Plan". "Free Medical Care and Therapy for the Homies"? That's more like it but again... character limit. I'm open to suggestions, I'll just leave the Suggestion Box outside Cole's house and hope Max doesn't chew it up and spit it out like this fantasy season has done to my team. As Russell Wilson tweeted before ultimately being removed from IR this week "No More Pin. Time To Win.". 

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Not only did the Seahawks' offensive line have former Wisconsin Badger Russell Wilson SEEING ghosts, they also had him SPEAKING to them.

My TD-only league's midseason meeting was a success (in my own mind) with us sacrificing a first rounder in next year's draft (WE HAVE 11 KEEPERS, before you panic/judge) to land WR Van Jefferson after the failed Michael Thomas galaxy-brain trade of the 2021 draft. Todd's Tornados also turned QB Jordan Love (prior to his first career start) into QB Baker Mayfield (needed depth at the moment) and WR Courtland Sutton (Calvin Ridley insurance if nothing else) and WR Allen Lazard (unvaccinated depth piece worth nothing to us) into an 8th rounder and RB J.D. McKissic (needed depth at the moment). We may have fallen a game out of first but, we are far from out of it in this weirdo bonkers year. Speaking of weird stuff, what of last week was fluke and where do the teams looking on the brink of breaking go from here on out? The Chiefs don't get their Andy Reid-magic bye week until week 12 and have to play division rivals in the city of sin on Sunday Night Football while the Rams look to recover from losing to a team that just lost their MVP candidate (Titans: Derrick Henry) on Monday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers, a team holding out for a miracle to get them back into realistically grabbing the 7th playoff seed in the NFC as the third wildcard instead of fading into the team they've been every year under Kyle Shanahan that they didn't fall into a Super Bowl. No Chicago, Cincy, Houston or the New York Giants this week so at least the quality of play should be up! Let's hope the fantasy points are too!

Scoring Leaders

QB

Tom Brady 200.9 (Sneen)

Lamar Jackson 196.36 (Nick)

Patrick Mahomes 161.62 (Ryan)

Josh Allen 158.12 (Cole)

Kyler Murray 151.96 (Hoefs)

Aaron Rodgers 139.4 (Darrin)

Joe Burrow 124.38 (Alec)

Russell Wilson 98.64 (Andy)

Justin Herbert 42.64 (Hoefs)

Matthew Stafford 37.26 (Darrin)

Derek Carr 35.68 (Alec)

Ryan Tannehill 35.22 (Andy)

Daniel Jones 32.62 (Cole/Nick)

Jalen Hurts 27.9 (Ryan)

Tua Tagovailoa 26.54 (Cole)

Dak Prescott 18.88 (Sneen)

Justin Fields 14.42 (Andy)

RB

Derrick Henry 193.3 (Darrin)

Jonathan Taylor 187.4 (Alec)

Austin Ekeler 164.4 (Sneen)

Najee Harris 159 (Cole)

Alvin Kamara 158 (Darrin)

Joe Mixon 148.5 (Nick)

Aaron Jones 148.3 (Ryan)

Ezekiel Elliott 138.5 (Nick)

Nick Chubb 121 (Ryan)

Dalvin Cook 88.9 (Sneen)

Darrell Henderson 82.1 (Sneen)

James Robinson 74.7 (Ryan)

Christian McCaffrey 73 (Hoefs)

David Montgomery 69.8 (Alec)

D'Andre Swift 68.9 (Cole)

Darrel Williams 59.6 (Andy)

Antonio Gibson 58.3 (Andy)

Chase Edmonds 56.5 (Hoefs)

Saquon Barkley 55.6 (Cole)

Leonard Fournette 55 (Darrin)

Chuba Hubbard 50.6 (Andy/Nick)

Damien Harris 50.4 (Andy)

Alexander Mattison 49.4 (Hoefs/Andy)

Kareem Hunt 36.7 (Hoefs)

Elijah Mitchell 36.4 (Andy)

Chris Carson 35.4 (Nick)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 32.2 (Hoefs)

Josh Jacobs 30.5 (Darrin)

Cordarrelle Patterson 30.3 (Sneen)

Khalil Herbert 27.1 (Alec)

Alex Collins 26 (Andy/Alec)

D'Ernest Johnson 24.8 (Hoefs)

Myles Gaskin 21.1 (Cole)

Miles Sanders 17.3 (Nick)

Devontae Booker 15.2 (Nick)

A.J. Dillon 13 (Andy)

Mike Davis 12.1 (Alec)

Melvin Gordon 11.2 (Ryan)

James Conner 10.7 (Sneen)

Kenyan Drake 10.5 (Ryan)

Zack Moss 10.3 (Ryan)

Michael Carter 9.6 (Cole)

J.D. McKissic 9.6 (Cole)

Kenneth Gainwell 2.7 (Hoefs)

Raheem Mostert 2 (Cole)

James White 0.6 (Andy)

WR

Cooper Kupp 235.4 (Hoefs)

Tyreek Hill 185.1 (Nick)

Davante Adams 154.6 (Cole)

Keenan Allen 129 (Andy)

DeAndre Hopkins 125.6 (Darrin)

Stefon Diggs 124.8 (Hoefs)

DK Metcalf 122.7 (Alec)

Michael Pittman Jr. 114.6 (Ryan)

Justin Jefferson 114.24 (Alec)

Amari Cooper 112.7 (Ryan)

A.J. Brown 113.4 (Alec)

Deebo Samuel 107.2 (Nick)

Adam Thielen 105.1 (Darrin)

Mike Evans 95.5 (Andy)

Terry McLaurin 95.2 (Nick)

Brandin Cooks 95.1 (Darrin)

CeeDee Lamb 93.9 (Hoefs)

D.J. Moore 90.2 (Sneen)

Ja'Marr Chase 83.2 (Sneen)

Chris Godwin 77.8 (Alec)

Mike Williams 76.5 (Sneen)

Calvin Ridley 71.1 (Andy)

Robert Woods 63.6 (Sneen)

Diontae Johnson 61.3 (Andy)

Jaylen Waddle 43.2 (Cole)

Tee Higgins 29.8 (Cole)

Marquise Brown 28.1 (Darrin)

Courtland Sutton 26.5 (Cole)

Allen Robinson 24.6 (Sneen)

Jakobi Meyers 20.8 (Hoefs)

DeVonta Smith 19.8 (Ryan)

Julio Jones 19.4 (Ryan)

D.J. Chark 16.8 (Cole)

Randall Cobb 16.5 (Cole)

Emmanuel Sanders 14.1 (Cole)

Tyler Lockett 13.5 (Andy)

Jerry Jeudy 12.9 (Alec)

Hunter Renfrow 12.8 (Hoefs)

Kadarius Toney 9.06 (Andy)

Chase Claypool 3.7 (Ryan)

TE

Travis Kelce 144.8 (Andy)

Mark Andrews 120 (Sneen)

Darren Waller 99 (Hoefs)

Kyle Pitts 91.1 (Ryan)

T.J. Hockenson 87.9 (Alec)

Noah Fant 87 (Nick)

Mike Gesicki 68.5 (Cole)

George Kittle 40.6 (Darrin)

Logan Thomas 33.7 (Cole)

Dalton Schultz 26.8 (Darrin)

Dallas Goedert 25.2 (Hoefs)

Tyler Higbee 25.2 (Darrin)

Jared Cook 10.8 (Nick)

Tyler Conklin 9.5 (Alec)

Rob Gronkowski 9.5 (Ryan)

Robert Tonyan 7.9 (Alec)

Dawson Knox 7.5 (Ryan)

Hunter Henry 4.3 (Sneen)

K

Tyler Bass 83 (Cole)

Justin Tucker 78 (Sneen)

Matt Gay 74 (Nick)

Brandon McManus 71 (Alec)

Harrison Butker 66 (Darrin)

Daniel Carlson 37 (Ryan)

Nick Folk 37 (Hoefs)

Matt Prater 36 (Andy/Sneen/Andy)

Mason Crosby 27 (Hoefs/Cole)

Jason Sanders 21 (Andy)

Greg Joseph 19 (Ryan)

Younghoe Koo 17 (Hoefs)

Randy Bullock 12 (Andy)

Greg Zuerlein 10 (Nick)

Josh Lambo 1 (Ryan)

DF

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55 (Alec)

Los Angeles Rams 46 (Cole/Andy)

Arizona Cardinals 41 (Cole/Sneen)

Buffalo Bills 41 (Sneen/Nick)

Denver Broncos 40 (Andy)

New Orleans Saints 37 (Ryan/Darrin)

Carolina Panthers 26 (Darrin/Alec)

Cleveland Browns 23 (Nick)

Miami Dolphins 22 (Cole)

Pittsburgh Steelers 20 (Hoefs/Sneen)

Dallas Cowboys 17 (Hoefs/Darrin)

New England Patriots 17 (Nick)

San Francisco 49ers 17 (Nick/Cole/Hoefs)

Indianapolis Colts 14 (Ryan/Nick)

Green Bay Packers 9 (Cole)

Atlanta Falcons 6 (Cole)

Las Vegas Raiders 4 (Hoefs)

Washington Football Team 3 (Darrin)

Tennessee Titans 2 (Hoefs)

Cincinnati Bengals 2 (Nick/Hoefs)

Baltimore Ravens -2 (Sneen/Hoefs)

Chicago Bears -6 (Ryan)

Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose)

Scott's Many Endeavors 8-1

Team ChowHounds 5-4

Tax Paying Homeowner 5-4

SNEEN MACHINE 4-5

Yeezy Taught Me 4-5

Colieveland 96ers 4-5

Take Mahomes Country Roads 4-5

Todd's Plan 2-7

WRBL Week 8, 2021

  Wisconsin Rapids Bro League

Week Eight

Our Seventh Official Season of blaming Cole Walters for BING BONG.

Current Standings (with regular season won-loss streaks)

Steven Nett Division

Scott's Many Endeavors (Nick Zurawski) 8-0 W8

Team ChowHounds (Darrin Aschebrook) 5-3 L2

Yeezy Taught Me (Nathaniel Hoefs) 3-5 L1

Todd's Plan (Andy Todd) 2-6 L1

Tanner Glaza Division

Tax Paying Homeowner (Alec Swanson) 4-4 W2

Colieveland 96ers (Cole Walters) 4-4 W1

SNEEN MACHINE (Tyler Sneen) 3-5 L3

Take Mahomes Country Roads (Ryan Dougherty) 3-5 W1

Week Eight Final Scores

NICK defeats ANDY 131.28 - 124.46

RYAN defeats HOEFS 114.12 - 113.56

COLE defeats DARRIN 106.86 - 100.8

ALEC defeats SNEEN 125.75 - 111

Heroes of the Week: WR A.J. Brown (31.5), WR Michael Pittman Jr. (30.6), QB Josh Allen (29.46)

Waiver Wonders: QB Jimmy Garoppolo (27.28), QB Mike White (26.1), QB Justin Fields (25.3)

What-if of the Week: If Andy would have started WR Tyler Lockett (26.2) over WR Kadarius Toney (7.36), he'd have ended Nick's undefeated, eight-game winning streak.

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Waiver Wonder: QB Mike White (37/45-405-3-2 + 1 cool 2-pt. conversion)

Upcoming Week 9 Match-ups & NFL Schedule (in CT)

Nick v. Sneen

Cole v. Ryan

Hoefs v. Darrin

Alec v. Andy

Thursday Night Football: NY Jets @ Indianapolis 7:20 PM

Sunday NOON: Cleveland @ Cincinnati

Denver @ Dallas

Houston @ Miami

Atlanta @ New Orleans

Las Vegas @ NY Giants

New England @ Carolina

Buffalo @ Jacksonville

Minnesota @ Baltimore

3:05 PM: LA Chargers @ Philadelphia

3:25 PM: Green Bay @ Kansas City

Arizona @ San Francisco

Sunday Night Football: Tennessee @ LA Rams 7:20 PM 

Monday Night Football: Chicago @ Pittsburgh 7:15 PM

BYES: Tampa Bay, Seattle, Washington, Detroit

Bro...

It sure is a shame we have nothing to talk about going into week 9.... In times of slow news days like these, all we need is love... Jordan Love that is. With Aaron Rodgers taking advice from his personal Doctor (Presumably Dr. Dre, who just tried to sell him a Beats Pill even though I haven't seen one of those things in a few years) instead of taking the widely-approved and accepted easy route of vaccination, this complicated fella decided to apply the Rodgers Rate cocktail of mindfulness, hair-growth hormones and vacationing with Miles Teller to his immune system and will now miss one of the most hyped games of the year, Packers-Chiefs. The good news is that we finally get to make instant overreactions to Jordan Love, last season's shocking first-round pick that was supposed to be a benchwarmer until what? 2024? His odds of a successful first start go way up against the league's weakest non-Lion defense and a completely wonky/broken Chiefs offense. Will anybody dare take the ultimate step toward the future and add Jordan Love in the WRBL? Maybe not but, I'm personally buying into huge days for all the running backs involved in Kansas City on Sunday (Yes, A.J. Dillon included). 

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After both Rodgers and practice squad QB Kurt Benkert tested positive for COVID-19, Green Bay re-signed garbage time legend Blake Bortles.

While turning down vaccination might indirectly kill somebody, driving under intoxication at twice the speed limit (and then some) tends to either kill everyone involved in the general vicinity of said stupidity or just the person committing the crime. Drafted 14 picks ahead of Love, now-former Raider Henry Ruggs will hopefully spend any remaining time he had in the NFL behind bars after killing 23-year old Tina Tintor and her dog while Ruggs was twice the amount of drunk as a normal, still illegally driving moron would be. I don't know how or why he was allowed to survive this but he'll have a long way to go before even the most lenient of people are willing to welcome him back into everyday society after such a careless lack of decency and logic (Uber and Lyft are everywhere, people). Most importantly, rest in peace to the victim and the family that has to mourn a life lost so senselessly. From a "seriously? Who even cares about this part?" football angle, what a waste of talent and miserable time to be a Raider fan, having a highly-publicized WINNING team still be so disastrously ugly internally must be something that has erased any joy along the way.

Continuing along the lines of serious topics, the one thing that has thankfully become more prevalent in everyday life (let alone sports), is one's own acknowledgement of their mental health and taking time off to care for one's state of mind. Burnout is real and whether or not you believe what's going on with Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers is by his own doing, ultimately it's clear that he's uncomfortable in that locker room and that should be addressed whether through transaction or open discussion/private acknowledgement. Eagles tackle Lane Johnson had to take two weeks off earlier this season to manage his reaction to cutting down on his intake of anti-anxiety medication and his teammate (Eagles' Guard) Brandon Brooks quietly did the same a few years back, missing multiple games due to dehydration from vomiting as a result of his own severe anxiety. The further we go as a society in removing the stigma surrounding mental health, the better. There's probably still thousands of fans out there saying "suck it up and get back in to do your job" but will it be worth it if that person is (best case scenario) too distracted to live up to their full potential or (worst case scenario) driven to harm themselves physically or mentally? We need more bosses that naturally say "Take your time and come back when you think you can and we'll be right here for you". I'd rather have Calvin Ridley an understandably frustrating, possibly physically healthy inactive than brandishing a knife in open traffic ala former Viking first-rounder Dimitrius Underwood. Come back when you're ready, Calvin. 

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Despite not getting the W for record-keeping purposes as the backup, Saints' Trevor Siemian was forced into the starting lineup and will be QB1 going forward as a result of his win over Tampa.

Does the NFL have one more week of miraculous backup quarterback victories up their sleeves or have the Chase Daniel All-Stars lost their magic with further exposure to the spotlight? 2021 being the year of the sport underdog continued this past week with the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series after losing their Game 1 starting pitcher Charlie Morton to a broken leg in addition to the already absent Mike Soroka and Ronald Acuna Jr. and that spirit of Goliath being outdone by David carried over into the NFL with the backup quarterbacks taking over (maybe a good sign for Jordan Love?) for their predecessors in victorious performances. Not only did Trevor Siemian help the Saints hang on to a lead after Lasik Jameis tore his ACL (no amount of visual surgeries could have seen that coming) over the defending Super Bowl champions but, former Cowboy practice squad QB Mike White broke the NFL record for completions in a first start as the Jets upset the Bengals. The fun didn't end there with Geno Smith leading Seattle to a destructive 34-7 win over the Jaguars AFTER Jacksonville's bye week. Yikes. All of those performances were outshone by Cooper Rush (the man that beat out White to stay in Dallas) in relief of a still sore and cautious Dak Prescott on Sunday Night Football. The Vikings somehow couldn't win with the benefit of THREE unnecessary roughness calls on the SAME drive and Rush stuck with top-target Amari Cooper in an instantly memorable 20-16 win over Minnesota. Somewhere, Kellly Holcomb is smiling.

Week 9 is bound to be the most fun I've had all season after my WRBL start has been... subpar. I will be in Pittsville for my TD-only league's mid-season draft. Will we sacrifice a 1st rounder in next year's draft for a probable keeper to be instantly added to our roster (after Darren Waller and Darrell Henderson proved to be recent success stories?) or will we settle with replacing a backup kicker and a bye week cover-up defense? Well, the trading candles' fumes were already in the air with Todd's Tornados dealing Jordan Love (prior to his first start) for Baker Mayfield AND Courtland Sutton so the trade discussions are clearly in motion already. I will provide updates next week. The obvious highlight for this meeting will be Chiefs-Packers with basically every relevant player besides Darrel Williams likely starting in this league. Jets-Colts starts off the weekend on Thursday, followed by a noon slate that sees the now Odell Beckham-less Browns (he is going to be released if he hasn't been already at posting time) play the AFC North co-leading Cincinnati Bengals, overachievers that aren't ready for the big show in case you forgot about that whole Mike White dominance from last Sunday. Vikings-Ravens should put the nail in Mike Zimmer's Minnesota coaching career coffin. Does the Manningcast curse (all 5 active players to appear on ESPN2's Monday night feed have lost their following games) end with Josh Allen facing Josh Allen as it's Buffalo v. Jacksonville? Do the Manning brothers acknowledge how bad Big Ben looks when Chicago Bears down on his noodle arm Monday? Do Von Miller or Adrian Peterson make their Ram or Titan debuts? SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY! Like Bart Scott once said... "Can't Wait!"

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With Kyler Murray not practicing near the end of the week, Cards-Niners might take a backseat in viewership if it's Colt McCoy (above) under center.

The Wisconsin Rapids Bro League is great and all but only one owner is showing true greatness right now and that's Nick Zurawski. Nick skirted past me on Monday night despite his two players (Tyreek Hill & Daniel Jones) not being as many as my three (Darrel Williams, Kadarius Toney & Travis Kelce). Will anybody catch the likeliest future NFL GM? It's certainly looking less likely with Darrin dropping another game to Cole without Derrick Henry for the remainder of 2021 (damn). Derrick Henry is still RB1 in WRBL by 39.9 points over Alec's Jonathan Taylor, the player carrying the load for the #1 team (by tiebreaker) in the Tanner Glaza Division. Alec faces a fiesty yet tired Todd's Plan this week, mainly just hoping their wad wasn't shot last week when Nick sneaked in a win over the third-highest scoring team in Week 8. Second-highest scoring team? Tax Paying Homeowner. I guess there's always next week... Good luck to all but especially those that I didn't mention here (Hoefs v. Darrin and Cole v. Ryan) as you'll need to start winning more consistently to earn the headlines here in a week where Michael Thomas's Saints tenure likely coming to an end due to an ankle that's basically cost him two full seasons barely registers as newsworthy. Can't wait to see what the Friday news dump this week i-...

Not a traditional "news dump" but okay.

Scoring Leaders

QB

Tom Brady 200.9 (Sneen)

Lamar Jackson 165.72 (Nick)

Patrick Mahomes 161.62 (Ryan)

Kyler Murray 151.96 (Hoefs)

Josh Allen 148.56 (Cole)

Aaron Rodgers 139.4 (Darrin)

Joe Burrow 117 (Alec)

Russell Wilson 98.64 (Andy)

Derek Carr 35.68 (Alec)

Daniel Jones 32.62 (Cole/Nick)

Tua Tagovailoa 26.54 (Cole)

Matthew Stafford 24.2 (Darrin)

Ryan Tannehill 21.2 (Andy)

Justin Fields 14.42 (Andy)

Jalen Hurts 11.22 (Ryan)

Justin Herbert 11 (Hoefs)

RB

Derrick Henry 193.3 (Darrin)

Jonathan Taylor 153.4 (Alec)

Austin Ekeler 153.2 (Sneen)

Aaron Jones 143 (Ryan)

Najee Harris 142.2 (Cole)

Alvin Kamara 137.6 (Darrin)

Ezekiel Elliott 125.9 (Nick)

Joe Mixon 120.5 (Nick)

Nick Chubb 90.7 (Ryan)

James Robinson 74.7 (Ryan)

Dalvin Cook 73.7 (Sneen)

Darrell Henderson 73.3 (Sneen)

D'Andre Swift 68.9 (Cole)

David Montgomery 59.8 (Alec)

Christian McCaffrey 58.4 (Hoefs)

Antonio Gibson 58.3 (Andy)

Chase Edmonds 56.2 (Hoefs)

Saquon Barkley 55.6 (Cole)

Leonard Fournette 55 (Darrin)

Chuba Hubbard 50.6 (Andy/Nick)

Damien Harris 50.4 (Andy)

Alexander Mattison 49.4 (Hoefs/Andy)

Darrel Williams 48.9 (Andy)

Kareem Hunt 36.7 (Hoefs)

Elijah Mitchell 36.4 (Andy)

Chris Carson 35.4 (Nick)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 32.2 (Hoefs)

Cordarrelle Patterson 30.3 (Sneen)

Khalil Herbert 27.1 (Alec)

Alex Collins 26 (Andy/Alec)

D'Ernest Johnson 24.8 (Hoefs)

Myles Gaskin 21.1 (Cole)

Miles Sanders 17.3 (Nick)

Josh Jacobs 17 (Darrin)

Mike Davis 12.1 (Alec)

Melvin Gordon 11.2 (Ryan)

James Conner 10.7 (Sneen)

Kenyan Drake 10.5 (Ryan)

J.D. McKissic 9.6 (Cole)

Zack Moss 5.9 (Ryan)

Kenneth Gainwell 2.7 (Hoefs)

Raheem Mostert 2 (Cole)

James White 0.6 (Andy)

WR

Cooper Kupp 214.9 (Hoefs)

Tyreek Hill 177.8 (Nick)

Davante Adams 144.4 (Cole)

DeAndre Hopkins 125.6 (Darrin)

DK Metcalf 122.7 (Alec)

Stefon Diggs 110.3 (Hoefs)

Amari Cooper 107 (Ryan)

Keenan Allen 106.6 (Andy)

A.J. Brown 104.2 (Alec)

Justin Jefferson 97.24 (Alec)

Michael Pittman Jr. 97.2 (Ryan)

Adam Thielen 96.5 (Darrin)

Deebo Samuel 95.9 (Nick)

Mike Evans 95.5 (Andy)

D.J. Moore 90.2 (Sneen)

CeeDee Lamb 89.6 (Hoefs)

Terry McLaurin 86.6 (Nick)

Brandin Cooks 83.5 (Darrin)

Chris Godwin 77.8 (Alec)

Mike Williams 76.5 (Sneen)

Ja'Marr Chase 74.3 (Sneen)

Calvin Ridley 71.1 (Andy)

Diontae Johnson 49.6 (Andy)

Robert Woods 46.2 (Sneen)

Jaylen Waddle 26.9 (Cole)

Courtland Sutton 26.5 (Cole)

Allen Robinson 24.6 (Sneen)

Jakobi Meyers 20.8 (Hoefs)

DeVonta Smith 19.8 (Ryan)

Julio Jones 19.4 (Ryan)

D.J. Chark 16.8 (Cole)

Randall Cobb 16.5 (Cole)

Tee Higgins 16 (Cole)

Emmanuel Sanders 14.1 (Cole)

Tyler Lockett 13.5 (Andy)

Hunter Renfrow 12.8 (Hoefs)

Terry McLaurin 8.6 (Nick)

Marquise Brown 7.5 (Darrin)

Kadarius Toney 7.36 (Andy)

Chase Claypool 3.7 (Ryan)

TE

Travis Kelce 127 (Andy)

Mark Andrews 110.6 (Sneen)

T.J. Hockenson 87.9 (Alec)

Noah Fant 87 (Nick)

Darren Waller 82.8 (Hoefs)

Kyle Pitts 81.9 (Ryan)

Mike Gesicki 59.1 (Cole)

George Kittle 40.6 (Darrin)

Logan Thomas 33.7 (Cole)

Dalton Schultz 26.8 (Darrin)

Dallas Goedert 25.2 (Hoefs)

Tyler Higbee 15.1 (Darrin)

Rob Gronkowski 9.5 (Ryan)

Robert Tonyan 7.9 (Alec)

Dawson Knox 7.5 (Ryan)

Hunter Henry 4.3 (Sneen)

K

Tyler Bass 76 (Cole)

Justin Tucker 68 (Sneen)

Matt Gay 62 (Nick)

Brandon McManus 59 (Alec)

Harrison Butker 57 (Darrin)

Daniel Carlson 37 (Ryan)

Nick Folk 32 (Hoefs)

Matt Prater 29 (Andy/Sneen)

Mason Crosby 27 (Hoefs/Cole)

Jason Sanders 21 (Andy)

Younghoe Koo 17 (Hoefs)

Randy Bullock 12 (Andy)

Greg Joseph 12 (Ryan)

Greg Zuerlein 10 (Nick)

Josh Lambo 1 (Ryan)

DF

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55 (Alec)

Arizona Cardinals 41 (Cole/Sneen)

Denver Broncos 40 (Andy)

Los Angeles Rams 38 (Cole/Andy)

New Orleans Saints 36 (Ryan)

Buffalo Bills 32 (Sneen/Nick)

Cleveland Browns 23 (Nick)

San Francisco 49ers 19 (Nick/Cole)

Carolina Panthers 18 (Darrin)

Dallas Cowboys 17 (Hoefs/Darrin)

New England Patriots 17 (Nick)

Pittsburgh Steelers 16 (Hoefs)

Indianapolis Colts 14 (Ryan/Nick)

Green Bay Packers 9 (Cole)

Atlanta Falcons 6 (Cole)

Las Vegas Raiders 4 (Hoefs)

Miami Dolphins 4 (Cole)

Washington Football Team 3 (Darrin)

Tennessee Titans 2 (Hoefs)

Cincinnati Bengals 2 (Nick/Hoefs)

Baltimore Ravens -2 (Sneen/Hoefs)

Chicago Bears -6 (Ryan)

Hypothetical Standings (Top 4 scorers win, bottom 4 lose)

Scott's Many Endeavors 7-1

SNEEN MACHINE 4-4

Yeezy Taught Me 4-4

Team ChowHounds 4-4

Tax Paying Homeowner 4-4

Take Mahomes Country Roads 4-4

Colieveland 96ers 3-5

Todd's Plan 2-6