Welcome back after a topsy-turvy week 15. It’s great to see so many great football minds at work. The savvy noted that Houston’s QB star CJ Stroud would miss the game and quickly jumped on the Titans bandwagon. After a quick 13-0 lead, I toasted our scrum leaders and patted myself on the back. Then something happened and we ended up in an overtime full of stalled offenses. I thought we surely headed to a tie. Then suddenly, Houston lined up for a field goal with 2s to go in overtime and won. So much for analysis.
Despite any of that, we had two ladies who ignored all that noise and coasted to an easy five-point week. Congratulations to Molly and Violet! They showed us how easy this should be.
Whoosie led the pack the last few weeks and left the door wide open after a disappointing 2-point week. She had the same picks as me – – which is never a promising sign. The other leaders were only able to make small strides, however. Cassie moved back up to a first place tie with Whoosie. Gerri used her 4-point week to pull into a comfortable third place, just one point behind the leaders.
I find myself teatering at the middle of the standings. I enjoyed my brief tour of the upper-half neighborhood, but the HOA and the current residents are trying to keep me from moving in. I am planting my party flamingos in the front lawn and committed to staying. We’ll have to see how this epic drama unfolds.
It’s getting harder every week to find close games between relevant teams with healthy QBs. We are all sick of the Cowboys, but they are in the meat of their schedule playing other playoff teams. So here we are again. However, I did manage to find games featuring all playoff contenders so I am hoping these are also televised and watchable contests.
Jaguars@Buccaneers ; Dallas@Miami ; Ravens@49ers
Your picks are due Friday night. Please.
cheers!
Kevin