Good day my HardCorps managers. I figured we’re getting into the playoff race, and things couldn’t be tighter, so I wanted to provide a Week 12 update!   I’m not going to do this the traditional way where I break down three matches, so it’ll just be some stream of consciousness. And first on that stream: 171.46 points!!! What in the name of the Thunder God crawled up JJ’s ass this week? That is easily the highest score this league has ever seen. Chubber’s Out rips off consecutive weeks of ass kickery (149 and 171 points). Fuck Stella and her groove, JJ got his Chubb back. It was a whole team effort. Apart from NYG’s pedestrian RB T.Tracy Jr, every single player on his team racked up either high teens or 20s for points, and Mahomes popped off for 31. Honestly none of those performances are on par with the multiple 40 point games we’ve seen from players on other weekly high score teams, but when the whole team performs at a well above average pace, good things are going to happen. Unfortunately for Motown, this loss all but eliminates him from playoff contention. He will likely have to win out, or get a lot of help from some of the 5 win teams losing out. Next up. Since the 9-win teams had both locked up their playoff spot, it seems they pulled the equivalent of ‘resting their starters.’ Geoff didn’t do any of the 5-win playoff hopefuls a favor by laying down and giving Missy her 7th win. And Dave did do at least 1 5-win team a favor and gave me my 6th win.   Berserkers’ 5 win streak is finally brought to an end by Captain Spoiler..erm I mean Checkdown. Starting 0-6 nobody saw Lance as having a snowball’s chance in hell at making the playoffs, yet even with this week’s loss, his phoenix story is not quite over. He’ll need some luck over the next two weeks, but a wildcard slot is not out of reach. Oddly enough, this win keeps Jason in the mix for a spot too.   Finally, I would like to, once more, commend the talent level in this league. If the games pan out after tonight’s game as they are likely to, we will be down to 2 weeks left in the league and ZERO teams statistically eliminated. If the 4-win teams win out, and the 5-win teams end up at 6 wins (or less) it is possible a current 4-win team can make it in on a wild card. In the Thor division, both Lance and Steve have more PF than Drew so if they end up tied at 7 either of them can take Drew out as the division winner and get an automatic bid. Relegating Drew to a wildcard. What’s worse, is if that happens and any of the other 5 or 6 win teams gets to 7 wins, Drew could miss the playoffs completely. Geoff and Dave have already locked in their teams for playoff spots if not quite locking in the bye weeks yet. They could change that next week with wins.   All of that to say it is truly amazing the level of parity in this league, and I commend those that started slow sticking in the fight and not giving up. Berserkers, Captain, and Chubber all had pathetic starts including Lance’s 0-6 start. But they didn’t screw the league over and quit managing their teams and now, here they are, still in the mix to make the playoffs.   Disclaimer: I’m writing this before the Monday night game, and while it’s possible Dave and Lance may come back and win their games(<10%), it’s not likely. And if Motown comes back to win his, I’m giving him all the winnings from this year and shutting down the league because the end of the world is just around the corner. -The Commish

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