Rookie owner Beth’s players feasted on the opposition in Week 13, resulting in a 389 to win the week. Her lineup featured Jackson, Tagovailoa, Barkley, Irving, Dowdle, Chase, Smith-Njigba, McConkey, Kelce and Dicker.
Coincidentally, she barely edged her partner, Tom, who posted a 386, but came up just shy. Tom‘s lineup was led by Hurts, Nix, Gibbs, Irving, Dowdle, Chase, Sutton, McConkey, Bowers, Bates and the Broncos D.
This is Beth‘s second weekly win and third pay day of the season and Tom‘s first payday since Week 16 of 2021. Congrats to Beth and Tom on their strong performances in Week 13.
The Rookie Report:
As mentioned above, Beth continues to outpace the competition among the first-year owners.
The Leaderboard:
Another week, another reshuffle of the standings. Defending champ TroyA holds serve and extends his lead, while Trent moves into second, edging Ravi. I hold steady in fourth, while Eric indeed made his move, (on his new replacement hip no less) climbing three spots. And the husband and wife duo of David and Kerry are separated by a single point.
1. TroyA (3348)
2. Trent (3250)
3. Ravi (3239)
4. JohnK. (3167)
5. Eric (3153)
6. Kerry (3152)
7. David (3151)
Beth (3135) CraigS (3133), and Tom (3089) round out the Top 10.
Two couples are in the hunt on the leaderboard.
As a veteran watcher of this league, I’ll throw out this prediction: The biggest wildcards down the stretch are those owners who already have a 400+ (or high 300) point week to their credit. They are one big week from making a dramatic move: (Beth, Major, Mike, RandyH and Ernesto).
Most Popular Plays:
Here are the five most commonly played players this week:
1. Barkley (22) 59%
2. Kelce (19) 51%Warren (23) 62%
3. L. Jackson (17) 46%
3. Warren (17) 46%
5. Nix (16) 43%
Monday Evening Quarterback:
The average score for this week was 303.
For those of you who were disappointed with your scores this week here are some players who were played by one or fewer owners:
Box A: Burrow (35), Allen (33), Love (32)
Box B: Winston (74), O’Connell (42), C. Williams (37), Richardson (33)
Box C: Harris (43), B Robinson (35), Jacobs (34), Achane (27)
Box D: Cook (46), B. Robinson (40)
Box E:
Box F:
Box G: T. Hill (29)
Box H: D. Moore (34), K. Allen (32)
Box I: Jeudy (79), Westbrook-Ikhine (31)
Box J: Njoku (32), J. Smith (31), Kraft (24)
Box K: Dicker (43), Slye (36)
Box L: Seahawks (36) Chargers (33)
If you picked the top scorers in every box, 547 points were possible this week.
The Extremes:
Highest scoring player: Jerry Jeudy (79)
The former Broncos WR returned to Denver with the Browns and caught 9 passes for 235 yards and a TD, but not a single one of us played him. (UGH!!!!)
Lowest scoring player: Anders Carlson (-3)
In a losing effort to the Seahawks, the Jets K missed a PAT.
Honorable mention to Kirk Cousins (1)
The Falcons signal caller threw four picks in a confounding loss to the Chargers.
For complete scores and results, see the links below:
Week 13: Results/Tally/Teams
Housekeeping:
As teams start to exceed 50 trades, just a quick reminder that each trade over 50 costs 50 cents a piece.
Looking Ahead:
That’s it for Week 13.
Please double check my work and let me know if you see any scoring errors.
Week 14 Bye Teams:
Baltimore/Denver/Houston/Indianapolis/New England/Washington
Final bye weeks of the season.
Thursday Night Game:
Green Bay at Detroit
Good luck to all in Week 14, final week of the current playlist.
John K.