** He is 12-2 in his last 14 starts for the Eagles and 27-7 in games for Philadelphia in the last five years.
** He only has one TD pass this year but two wins.
** He had a 4-7 record as a starter for the Rams, but is 3-0 as a starter against the Rams.
** When asked how the Eagles closed out the win on Sunday, he answered “The way you win games in the 4th quarter is you love each other.”
** He may or may not be a wizard or another type of practitioner of the dark arts.
** He is still the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
Not bad for a guy who no teams wanted to sign 18 months ago and nobody wanted to trade for after he won the Super Bowl.
WR: Mike Williams, 30.47 pts — started by Sam
RB: Derrick Henry, 29.04 pts — started by Ant
TE: Jaylen Samuels, 17.20 pts — started by Dad
K: Ka'imi Fairbairn, 22.00 pts — on the wire
DEF: Indianapolis, 24.00 pts — on Jeff’s bench
D: Minkah Fitzpatrick, 12.00 pts — on the wire
Pretty weak week all around. None of the QBs who played on Sunday afternoon threw for more than 300 yds. Henry was the top RB again this week, but he only had half the TDs of last week. Robert Foster was the #5 WR on the week and I had never heard of him before a minute ago.
On the plus side, Matt Ryan’s big week has brought him to within 100 pts of Pat Mahomes, who is going to end the season as the top fantasy scorer. The distance between Mahomes and Ryan is the same as the distance between Ryan and the number #17 spot, Christian McCaffrey.
“LA edition” edition
2nd place: (tie) Chargers, -1.00 pts — started by Bob
2nd place: (tie) Rams, -1.00 pts — started by me
1st place: JoJo Natson Jr., -1.54 pts — on the wire
Natson is the wideout who muffed the final punt of the Eagles/Rams contest, giving the birds a chance to miss a long field goal and create extra drama at the end of the game. Still, it killed off a lot of time, so that all worked out.
Even after taking a drubbing at the hands of Nick Foles, the Rams are still the #2 fantasy defense in all of football. So, that’s something.
** The Washington Post’s fantasy football column on Sunday recommended needy owners take a chance on Broncos WR DaeSean Hamilton. “The opportunity is there this weekend against a Browns secondary that has struggled all season.”
And they were right: Hamilton had seven catches for 46 yds for a respectable 7.07 fantasy pts. Of course, that happened on Saturday night, hours before the Post column came out in print. It’s a lot easier to make predictions when the games are already finished. FYI, I’d recommend drafting Todd Gurley in fantasy this year, he’s gonna have a really good first 15 weeks.
** I know the Patriots loss to the Steelers looked bad on Sunday. But every time someone utters the phrase “is it time to start worrying about the Patriots?” (as Mike Tirico did at halftime on Sunday night) another devil gets his pitchfork, and Bill Belichick’s heart grows three sizes smaller.
** Speaking of Tirico, his explanation for why there were no 300-yard passers on Sunday afternoon? “It’s cold weather time.”
Just a reminder that the NFL is a national sport. Among the games on Sunday were ones in San Francisco (60+ degrees), Jacksonville (60+ degrees), Minnesota (in a dome), Indianapolis (in a dome), and Atlanta (in a dome). But, yes those 10 QBs were probably all thwarted by the cold.
Typically around this time of year I make up a bunch of fake bowl games, but I realized that the titles of actual games this year are ridiculous enough. You just have to move the quotation marks around a little.
** The Air Force “Reserve Celebration” Bowl — All fans are encouraged not to cheer until after the game.
** The D “XL Frisco” Bowl — Come watch a football game that reminds you everything is fatter in Texas.
** The “Famous Idaho” Potato Bowl — Is Idaho famous? Can anyone name two cities from the state? Bonus points, I would believe the potato bowl is a thing that dates back to the 40s.
** The Lockheed “Martin Armed” Forces Bowl — Given that this is another bowl game in Texas, we should not be surprised Martin is carrying a gun.
** The San Diego County “Credit Union Holiday” Bowl — All fans attending the game should wear appropriate season attire to celebrate the magic of credit unions.
** The Northwestern “Mutual Rose” Bowl — Both teams fight over a single rose, before deciding the best option is to share the flower.
Admittingly, I probably went overboard with my criticism of the Cowboys last week, given that they are leading the NFC East. After all, you don’t lead any NFL division without being somewhat good, right? I mean, they probably didn’t just get a good run in because they had three consecutive home games against faltering opponents. I’m sure once they face better competition they’ll rise to the challenge and … oh, they lost 23-0 in Indianapolis?
Huh, I wonder what that spells out...
Dallas Cowboys shut out by Colts in shocking defeat
** Santa’s best: I told you flighty scab cons would choke
I did tell you…
** I gained one in my picks against Dad this week, and now sit 11 back of him for the year. I’m actually only down two to him over the last six weeks, but those first nine weeks I averaged a lost game a week. So if we started over in the middle of the season … well, I’d still be losing. But it wouldn’t be as embarrassing. ** If you told me at the start of the season that by Dec. 20 the Browns would still have a chance at making the playoffs, I probably would have assumed the West Coast was going to fall into the ocean sometime around Halloween. Remember, they fired their coach a month ago.
** If the Eagles lose on Sunday and the Vikings win, then Philly is out of the playoffs. But if they don’t ...
Week 15 standings 1 — For Who? For Wentz? (Ant), 2025.19 pts
2 — Drinkin da Foles-Aid (Paul), 1972.72 pts
3 — Nick 'MVP' Foles (Capt. Awesome), 1862.85 pts
4 — Kneel Armstrong (Sam), 1843.13 pts
5 — Philly Special (Jo), 1825.14 pts
6 — The Garoppolo Gamble (Joel), 1784.98 pts
7 — We Love the Mud (Mom D), 1691.87 pts
8 — Witch Hunting (Jim), 1689.27 pts
9 — Kiss A Fish Today (Dad), 1581.65 pts
10 — Last Exit 2 Kutztown (Bob), 1562.03 pts
11 — SweatpantsEnthusiast (Mike), 1550.67 pts
12 — Blue Collar Killers (Jeff), 1416.17 pts
Ant’s team becomes the first to break the 2,000-pts mark this year, but his lead over Paul shrunk just a little bit. That 53-point margin is within reason for the final two weeks of the season.
Meanwhile, the battle for third has three teams within 40 pts, and Jim and Mom D are separated by less than 3 pts in the seventh spot. Much like the NFL playoff picture, nothing is decided yet, folks.
Good news, no more Thursday games this year! Bad news, there are two Saturday games, and just a single Sunday night and Monday night game each left in the regular season. Don’t forget to get all your Titans in the lineup by early Saturday afternoon.
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