The Football Club

Week 11 MVP Award Winner –
Drummer Boy (30 Points)

Drummer Boy is back at it again, picking up the tempo and showing the dynamics of making great picks.  You could say that he is no longer playing ghost notes in a soundproof room, but is jamming loudly outdoors in full view of everyone.  And by so doing, he has broken the club streak of 10 straight weeks with different MVP Award winners.  Drummer Boy did this by scoring 30 Points to win the Week 11 MVP Award, his second of the season.  This allowed him to snare 1st Place and hit the kick drum to bump Young Tuna down into 2nd Place.  Drummer Boy’s outstanding week was nearly perfect as he only missed two games – the Chargers and the Chiefs.  It was definitely a week to remember and the club congratulates him on his success.  Back in Week 4, Drummer Boy was 22 Points back.  But he has now made up all that ground and taken a 6 Point lead at the top.  And he has scored a combined total of 106 Points in the last 4 weeks.  The Week 11 MVP Award Runner-Up was MJD Hogg, who impressed with a strong 28 Point performance.  The Hoggster had really solid picks despite being 1 of only 2 players who bailed on the Autopicker on Thursday night and lost that game.  He is now only 8 Points away from getting into the Top Five and has picked up some huge momentum.  Despite their great weeks, both Drummer Boy and MJD Hogg joined 12 other club members in making the abysmal decision to trust the LA Chargers with Triple Jeopardy.  In fact, this may have been the worst Triple Jeopardy week in club history.  14 players missed TJ and nobody at all got it right.  However, there were 4 smart club members who did not select TJ and thus avoided losing 2 Points.  They were Captain Insano, Double-Double, The Rickster & Mr. T.  Well done, players!  In looking at the Current Top Five, we have new #1 Drummer Boy, #2 Young Tuna (6 Points back), tied for #3 Rad Dad & Roadrunner (14 Points back), and #5 Captain Insano (20 Points back).  As you can see, the Tuna dynasty from the first half of the season has completely fallen apart, with both Fearless Tuna & Shaylene sent packing from the Top Five in recent weeks.  And Young Tuna & Roadrunner are dropping down the standings.  Perhaps one or more of them can recover this week and make a comeback before it is too late.

This is the final week of Head to Head Weekly and there are two division titles on the line.  Drummer Boy has already clinched the Division One title and Viking Blood has clinched the Division Four title.  That leaves us with MJD Hogg vs. Fearless Tuna (for Division 2 title) and Rad Dad vs. New York City Sewer Rat (for Division 3 title).  But there are other important matches to be played as well, with players battling for positions within the final standings in order to avoid playing in the dreaded First Round of the Super Bowl Tournament which starts next week.  So be sure to check out where you currently stand and try to post a win this week to help your seeding in the tournament.  Over in Pro Bowl Team Weekly, there are still three weeks of play left.  The current top two teams are Wild Animals (6-2-1) and Daddy & His Boys (6-3).

Here is a copy of the Week 11 Current Standings for those who are having trouble viewing it on their screens (usually due to viewing site on cell phone or tablet). Remember that there is much more detailed information that can be read on the actual Current Standings Page (but using a computer is necessary due to the tables).

Here are the club’s picks for Week 11. Drummer Boy wins the Week 11 MVP Award with 30 Points, while MJD Hogg wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 28 Points.

Week 11 full picks now posted (Sat 1:00pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 10 MVP Award Winner –
Viking Blood (26 Points)

Third-year club member Viking Blood won her first career MVP Award by scoring 26 Points as she sails back up the standings into 9th Place.  With her winning of this MVP, the MVP Award has now been won by 11 different players over the first 10 weeks.  Nobody has yet repeated this season as an MVP winner.  And that’s a wonderful thing for the club.  Viking Blood has been an incredibly skilled player ever since she arrived from Iceland, married The Sad Salmon, and became a Miami Dolphins fan a few years back.  In her first season (2021), she reached a Peak Position of #11.  Then last year in her second season (2022), she reached a new Peak Position of #4.  And now in 2023, she has again improved by rowing against strong currents to reach a Peak Position of #3.  However, this season is only a little more than half over and she is now only 8 Points away from getting back into the Top Five.  So before this season is over, perhaps she will reach greater heights and have her name etched into the roll of legends (or Top Five finishers).  Viking Blood won the Week 10 MVP Award by getting both Games of the Week, the Sunday night game, both Point Spread games, and picking TB with TJ.  That’s a really strong week.  As she keeps an eye on the village of Grindavik, Viking Blood will no doubt be looking ahead to having another strong showing in Week 11.  The Week 10 MVP Award Runner-Up was shared by three great players: New York City Sewer Rat, Double-Double & Stinkerbell.  All three scored 25 Points and fell short of tying Viking Blood for the MVP by one single Point.  Stinkerbell has had kind of tough season and she lamented on Club Chat a couple weeks ago that her “wings seem to be broken this season”.  However, she later added that “I have been flying in reverse lately but I think that I am going to fly past everyone this week so look out”.  And one week later, she delivered on that threat and posted a strong week.  Her next objective is to make up the 8 Points between her and her main rival Double-Double.  Let’s see if she can do that this week and win an MVP Award before the season ends in honor of her new grandson baby Clay.  In fact, I’m issuing a challenge right now to Bob Swerski, Hoosier Daddy, Mr. T, My Wife Loves Jimmy G, Rad Dad, The Rickster & Stinkerbell.  The challenge is for one of you to step up this week and win the Week 11 MVP Award.  Let’s keep the streak going where a different club member wins the MVP every single week.  In taking a quick look at the Week 11 Picks Sheet, most of the games do not look overly challenging to pick.  Could we possibly even see a Perfect Week by The Rickster or someone else, which would be the fourth Perfect Week in club history?  We will see.  The Top Five currently consists of #1 Young Tuna (8 Weeks at #1), #2 Drummer Boy (9 Points back), #3 Roadrunner (13 Points back), #4 Captain Insano (18 Points back), and tied for #5 Fearless Tuna & Rad Dad (20 Points back).  As you may have noticed, the battle for 1st Place and the Top Five (as well as the Top Ten) has really tightened up.  One of the reasons for that is that 5 of the top 6 players last week all got the 6 Point Sunday night game wrong, which allowed those further down the standings to make up some ground.  We all made the mistake of trusting my New York Jets, who played awful once again.  Then also Young Tuna, Roadrunner & Shaylene had really bad weeks with the three lowest scores.  This resulted in Drummer Boy reaching a new peak of #2, Captain Insano pushing forward to #4, and Rad Dad entering the Top Five for the first time this season at #5.  With Young Tuna hanging onto the top spot for dear life, I’m almost scared to see how well Drummer Boy, Captain Insano & Rad Dad will do this week.  Because I’m not sure if they can be stopped.  They are crashing the Tuna family Top Five party and might be sending some of us off to the cannery soon.