The Football Club

Week 3 MVP Award Winner –
New York City Sewer Rat (24 Points)

Our Week 3 MVP Award winner was New York City Sewer Rat, who scored 24 Points on a very difficult week.  It was a week of upsets where only 4 players managed to reach 20 Points.  NYC Sewer Rat did this by being the only player in the entire club to claim the Triple Crown combination of Tennessee, Baltimore & Carolina.  In addition, he was 1 of only 2 players to get both Games of the Week correct with Atlanta and Green Bay (with the other being Slick Chick).  His MVP week has propelled NYC Sewer Rat into the Top Five for the first time this season in 5th Place.  And one of his stats so far this season is quite impressive.  He has managed to pick 5 out of 6 Games of the Week correct through the first 3 weeks.  Let’s see if he can build on this momentum and move further up the standings after Week 4.  The MVP Award Runner-Up went to none other than beloved returning player Slick Chick.  The club was greatly saddened when Week 1 started and Slick Chick was not on the roster.  But she had a change of heart and decided to pull a Tom Brady and go ahead and play this season.  Perhaps starting one week late took the pressure off.  Or perhaps this could be a sign that she is going to be a serious contender this season.  Whatever the case, Slick Chick’s 21 Points was the second highest score for the week, and she is ready to make a run up the standings.  Honorable mention this week goes to The Rickster for making a couple of brilliant picks.  First, he was the only player in the entire club to correctly pick the Sunday night game of Denver over SF.  Second, he was 1 of only 7 players to correctly pick the Monday night game of Dallas over NY Giants.  Taking a look at the Top Five, Drummer Boy is sending a wave of fear throughout the club as he has solidified his hold on 1st Place with a 2 Point lead.  Club members are starting to have doubts and wonder if they are powerless to beat him.  2nd Place player Stinkerbell is trying her best to keep up with and overtake him.  And 3rd Place player The Sad Salmon steadied himself with a week of good picks to remain only 5 Points back.  The Sad Salmon had a major celebration last week when Miami pulled out the win over Buffalo.  However, he will not be happy with The Autopicker’s pick this week.  Rounding out the Top Five we have 4th Place Hoosier Daddy and 5th Place NYC Sewer Rat.  On another note, due to lack of time on my part, we won’t be doing Head to Head Weekly or Pro Bowl Team Weekly this season.  However, we will still be doing the two tournaments.  The Pro Bowl Tournament will begin in Week 10 and the Super Bowl Tournament will begin in Week 13.  Seedings for the Super Bowl Tournament will be based on the Current Standings chart.  The week before the Pro Bowl Tournament (during Week 9), we will be holding a special seeding draw.  All teams will be playing for seeding.  Whichever teams scores the highest combined score that week will be the #1 seed, while whichever teams scores the lowest total will be the #6 seed, and so on.  These adjustments will make managing the club much easier for me and less time consuming.

Here is a copy of the Week 3 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 3.  New York City Sewer Rat claims the Week 3 MVP Award with 24 Points.  Not far behind was Slick Chick with 21 Points to take the Week 3 MVP Award Runner-Up.

Week 3 full picks now posted.  (Sat aft 3:00pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 2 MVP Award Winner –
Shaylene (33 Points)

Veteran club member Shaylene, returning to the field for the first time since the 2011 season, posted some outstanding picks to score 33 Points and win the Week 2 MVP Award.  Some of her picks were tremendous on a very difficult week.  For instance, she was the only club member to correctly pick the impossible Double Stakes combination of Miami and Dallas.  Also, she was 1 of only 3 club members (along with Roadrunner & Drummer Boy) to correctly pick the Triple Crown combination of Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, and Denver.  She then topped it all off with selecting NY Giants with Triple Jeopardy to score 2 Bonus Points.  The huge week helped her move into 3rd Place, only 1 Point behind the current leaders.  The Week 2 MVP Award Runner-Up went to none other than Hoosier Daddy.  Hoosier Daddy stepped up big with 29 Points as he was 1 of only 4 players to get both Games of the Week correct.  This has bumped Hoosier Daddy up into 4th Place, just 2 Points behind Shaylene in the standings.  Previous #1 player The Sad Salmon had a rough week reporting from Iceland.  The cold weather there seems to have frozen his ability to make great picks.  I don’t think it matters to him since he got to enjoy watching that amazing Dolphins comeback.  But he’s probably not used to tying for the lowest score of the week (along with myself and a few others), so he will probably look to rebound next week with some great picks.  As it stands, he is still holding on in the Top Five in 5th Place (tied with Mr. T).  At 1st Place in the standings, we currently have a tie between 2021 Club Champion Drummer Boy and 2018 Club Champion Runner-Up Stinkerbell.  Drummer Boy had told the club before the season that he was “definitely gonna try to repeat” and he’s not wasting any time making good on that.  Stinkerbell was looking to get past Double-Double and she successfully did that (for now).  In doing so, she finds herself at the top of the standings being chased not just by Double-Double, but by 20 other players.  Finally, we would like to welcome Slick Chick back to the club.  She decided to unretire after Week 1 and join Young Tuna and the rest of the club members in playing, which made all of us very happy.  When a player joins later in the season, they start 1 Point behind the Last Place player in the Current Standings of the previous week.  So Slick Chick has her work cut out for her, but I’m sure she’s going to post some huge numbers going forward.  As far as Head to Head Weekly and Pro Bowl Team Weekly, I’m hoping to put that together later this week.  If I don’t end up having the time, then we would likely just do the Super Bowl Tournament and Pro Bowl Tournaments later in the season without a regular season of league play.