The Drop
BDFL Week 9
Two weeks, two beatings
Outscored by 178.65 over the last two weeks, TERMINABERS drop to eighth. No team in the league has been scored on more this season.
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Four straight
def. TERMINABERS 185.25 to 98.90
Ja'Marr Chase (43.5) and Christian Watson (39.1) made it the top score of the week, with Brock Purdy (31.6) left on the bench. Isaiah Likely (21.3) led TERMINABERS, who had the lowest score of the week and a best possible lineup that would only have moved them up to ninth.
Streak buster
def. 21 inches soft 169.15 to 108.70
Bijan Robinson (34.7) and Drake Maye (27.25) helped Colorado to their first head-to-head win since Week 4. DeMario Douglas (22.2) started four days after they picked him up. Tetairoa McMillan (19.6) led 21 inches soft, whose run of six straight results ended with no starter over 20.
Still first
def. bhitt24 166.85 to 140.50
Dak Prescott (28.85) and Omar Cooper Jr. (21.8) backed him up. Puka Nacua (51) had the best game of the week for bhitt24 and lost, partly because Ladd McConkey scored zero and Denzel Boston (21.8) sat.
Six and out
def. Red(zone) Rockets 140.60 to 124.00
Luther Burden (27.7) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (24.6) helped end the Rockets' run of six straight results. First Down Syndrome also cleared the median by 0.38. Christian McCaffrey (24.7) and Patrick Mahomes (22.9) led the Rockets.
Half credit
def. Sacks & Muffs 139.95 to 120.70
Javonte Williams (28.4) and Tee Higgins (25.2) helped, but Bidet Boys missed the median by 0.28 with Jordan Love (47.9) on the bench. They have started the lower-scoring of their two quarterbacks three weeks running. Kenneth Walker (42.3) led Sacks & Muffs, and Josh Jacobs followed two big weeks with half a point.
arrows = moves since Week 8
playoff line. velvet rope. no entry.
playoff odds, change since last week
40,000 simulated seasons, built from every team's scoring so far and pulled toward the league average. Top six make it, top two get a bye, ties go to points for.
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what the schedule did to you
Each week's finish, from 1st to 10th. All-play is your record if you had played all nine other teams every week. Luck is your head-to-head wins minus what all-play says you should have.
| Team | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | All-play | H2H | Luck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTT | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 54-27 | 5-4 | -1.0 wins |
| First Down Syndrome | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 48-33 | 5-4 | -0.3 wins |
| bhitt24 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 41-40 | 5-4 | +0.4 wins |
| 21 inches soft | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 30-51 | 6-3 | +2.7 wins |
| Bidet Boys | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 47-34 | 4-5 | -1.2 wins |
| Red(zone) Rockets | 9 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 39-42 | 5-4 | +0.7 wins |
| jerryjonesmonies | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 37-44 | 5-4 | +0.9 wins |
| TERMINABERS | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 34-47 | 4-5 | +0.2 wins |
| Colorado Bulldogs | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 41-40 | 2-7 | -2.6 wins |
| Sacks & Muffs | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34-47 | 4-5 | +0.2 wins |
Blue: top half, wins the median.Red: bottom half.
Colorado Bulldogs. A winning all-play record at 41-40, and 2-7 head to head.
21 inches soft. Still the best head-to-head record in the league at 6-3, now with the worst all-play record.
TERMINABERS' last three opponents posted the third-best, second-best and best scores of their weeks, in that order.
win chances from the same 40,000 seasons
Last week's report card
4-1
A week after going 0-5, she went 4-1, and the review is cancelled. Her only miss was the Rockets at 52%. It was also the first TERMINABERS game she has called correctly in six tries.
Game of the week
Pick: Sacks & Muffs
Eighth against tenth, in a rematch of Week 1. Sacks & Muffs won that one with what is still the top score of the season.
Pick: Bidet Boys
Her most confident call. 21 inches soft sit a spot higher in the standings, and Bidet Boys have outscored them by 173.
Pick: Red(zone) Rockets
Both 9-9 and 4.85 points apart on the season. The closest call on the board.
Pick: TTT
First against second.
Pick: Colorado Bulldogs
Colorado are 6-12 and the pick for the third week running.
the waiver wire since last issue
First purchaseFirst Down Syndrome spent their first FAAB of the season: $30 for Harold Fannin Jr., the second-biggest bid of the year. Jordan Addison out. Bidet Boys, who cut Fannin two weeks ago, bid $7 to get him back. So did Colorado Bulldogs.
Thrift storeMike Washington Jr. for $3, Xavier Worthy out. DeMario Douglas in for Chris Godwin Jr. With Devaughn Vele, that makes three players TERMINABERS have cut in the last three weeks. Colorado Bulldogs.
Pre-ownedJosh Downs for $17, a week after TTT dropped him. MarShawn Lloyd out. bhitt24.
ReleasedLamar Jackson, a week after scoring zero as a starter, and Jaydon Blue, a week after arriving. 21 inches soft. Aaron Rodgers, by Red(zone) Rockets.
Free to a good homeBrian Thomas Jr. for $0, Jakobi Meyers out. Demarcus Robinson added. Red(zone) Rockets.
ReinforcementsDevin Singletary in for C.J. Stroud. Emmett Johnson added Sunday morning. TERMINABERS.
Noon swapJ.J. McCarthy in for Sam Darnold on Sunday at noon. Sacks & Muffs.
Short staySeth McGowan out after a week, Adonai Mitchell in. Bidet Boys.