Tuesday, October 1, 2019

XI: Week Four Recap

Week four sees Hill Valley stay in control, South Philly continue to sink, and everyone else start to separate: Four 3-1 teams (SAV, JSC, OTB, HCM), four 2-2 teams (MAL, NYF, PAW, BIN), and four 1-3 teams (SPC, CRT, PHX, DVH) all jostling for position. As always, eight wins is the magic number, with seven wins often coming down to a tiebreak (head to head in a two way tie, total points in a multi-team tie) so banking those victories is vital.



Week 4 Matchups

 
WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS:
  1. SAV 227: The Petes have been dominant to start the year, scoring over 200 in all four games and leading even the undefeated McFlys by 75 points to date. 
  2. HVM 224: The Champs roll on by way of riches (six players with 17+ points) overcoming rags (six players with less than 5 points) to take home win number four.
  3. HCM 223: Tactical sunday night grab of CB Mike Hilton sealed this one, blocking their opponent out of points that would have forced the result to state correction review.
  4. PAW 222: The Pride bounce back to even their record, and undraft edge rusher Shaq Barrett is a major reason why. Questions about Ekelers role going forward remain.
  5. JSC 221: Crew at Work, reeling off three straight wins while streaming at quarterback, a daring strategy that has often been underutilized in the Larkspur Bowl.
  6. SPC 215: Well, they can't take this one away! The Cows break into the win column at last, fifth in overall points to date. Kelce/Hooper looks like the best jumbo package in the league.
  7. PHX 204: Despite their best effort of the season, the Uprising fall and leave little room for error if they want to push their playoff streak to ten. Good news: Melvin returns!
  8. NYF 182: The team had not shot in this one, despite new acquisition Todd Gurley nearly matching dynamic quarterback Lamar Jackson on the stat sheet. 
  9. CRT 175: Carmel has looked adequate every week, but needs to find that top gear to mount a playoff push in the midseason... Jamie Collins looks like an MVP candidate. 
  10. BIN 173: YoYo-ing between wins and losses, the Snipers have held tough despite some early season injuries, but if Davante Adams misses time, they'll be hard pressed to bounce back.
  11. MAL 173: Grabbing two out of the gate then dropping back to .500, MAL gets a chance to feast on South Philly in week five and get back that loving feeling.
  12. OTB 170: Their worst effort by far, and yet they come out victors, a serendipitous bit of scheduling nirvana. Most weeks you need more than 15.9 from WRs, but Chubb got it done. 
  13. DVH 141: The pitfall of pairing a QB and WR1 is that when their offense stalls, so does yours. Watson/Hopkins bottom out and a quality ground game couldn't save them.
  14. PRH 135: With baseball over, the Rum Ham can focus on football, or else, they're going to be switching into golf mode pretty quickly. Winter golf. It's a thing, probably.
WEEK 4 TEAM OF THE WEEK:

  • QB Aaron Rodgers HVM (30.38) This is the Rodgers Hill Valley expected when they drafted him 71st overall, 3rd slinger off the board. 468 total yards and a pair of scores works fine.
  • RB Nick Chubb OTB (42.6) An absurd stat line, with 183 yards and three scores, Chubb powered the Tommy Boys to their third straight victory almost unilaterally. 
  • WR Chris Godwin HVM (40.8) This is the Godwin Hill Valley expected when they drafted him 42nd overall, #2 WR to date. It's like the champion McFlys know what they are doing!?
  • TE Austin Hooper SPC (21.5) Hooper may be the second option to Kelce on the Cow offense, but don't tell him that; nine catches for 130 yards in a dominant performance.
  • DL Jadeveon Clowney NYF (17.85) It took him about a month to acclimate to a new defense, but Clowney appeared to get the hang of it in week four and took a pick all the way home.
  • LB Joe Schobert HCM (26.5) Old Shoe swarmed in this one, tallying seventeen total tackles, two for a loss and one sack in a big time performance in a tight matchup. 
  • CB Janoris Jenkins CRT (26.6) Jackrabbit picked off two, flicked off three more, and added four tackles to his stat sheet just to show you he could. He can. He will. He did.
  • SS Jabrill Peppers PHX (26.6) His pick six was the exclamation point on a game where he score six tackles, defended a pair, and got into a postgame altercation about uniform numbers.
  • K Josh Lambo PAW (16.0) Four field goals and a couple of PATs make Lambo your week four golden booter.


B-DIVISION POWER RANKINGS:

  1. MANITOBA MOOSECREW 993.11 (+234.93) Surging into first
  2. NITTANY LIONS 956.20 (+142.80) Clunker, with Chubb regrets
  3. TORONTO LES TRES PETITES 878.69 (+255.03) Moving up into contention
  4. BREWTANG KILLA BEEZ 864.96 (+153.53) Toiling at the bottom
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