Leonard's League 14/15-Week Eight

I love that everyone decided to get into the Halloween Spirit early.  I didn't realize we were all so into the Holiday - here's a run down of everybody's costumes :)

Inspired by Ben Roethlisberger's 44.78 points and his ridiculous throwback uniform, Offinthewoods dressed up as a bumblebee.  The Kiegl Titans decided to go as Oprah.  I heard her yelling to her Dolphins Defense (31.20 points) "you get 4 sacks, and you get 3 turnovers", she can't give away free stuff every episode, but her blend of hard hitting journalism and inspirational stories motivated her team to a 96.86 victory over offinthewoods.  Or did she intimidate her opponent?  Roethlisberger's total was 53% of offinthewood's score.  His Kicker (Gould), two WR's (Green and Quick), and his W/R RB (Bush), got a grand total of 3.90 points.  Ouch, that stings.  I always knew Oprah controlled everything.

Yobogoya has now lost three in a row, and just as she seems to be having poor taste in setting a lineup (I picked up Fitzgerald from her and he just had the 22.00 game of his season), she also has poor taste in costumes.  Our League's favorite heartbreaker, Wes Welker, had a whopping 0.50 points, her QB Cam Newton rocked a 2.24, and her TE Greg Olsen only had 16 receiving yards for 1.60 points.  She decided to try and contain her team's problems and opted for the sexy ebola containment suit. Not to be outdone the Klunebergs took Antonio Brown's 2 TDs (27.40 points), Mark Ingram's 1 TD and 172 rushing yards (23.50 points), the Patriot's 2 turnovers & 3 sacks (18.70 points) and showed Yobogoya what a hot healthcare worker really looks like.  He's got things under control with a smoldering stare as the original Dr. McDreamy, Dr. Doug Ross from E.R.

Iron Thigh's scored an impressive 134.20, not as good as his (then) record setting 153.32 last week, but nothing to laugh at.  In fact, My Naginta Naginta didn't find it funny at all, dressed as Dr. Spock, he failed to see the humor in any of this week's match ups.  It was highly illogical!  More than half of his team failed to score more than 6 points.  Iron Thighs showed up as Yoda and tried to console My Naginta  "Relax you must. Only by 20.98 beat you did I."  Iron Thigh's low scoring player was his QB (Joe Flacco - 4.00), the rest of them scored over 10, and Golden Tate's 21.10 points has the potential to improve if he can get his catch ratio above 65%.  At least My Naginta tried - his 113.22 total was his 2nd highest score of the season, but lets face reality here: Do, or do not.  There is no try.

'Bout That Action thought she could flatter the refs by showing up as a zebra, and hopefully they would overlook some calls, but her plan backfired.  She quickly became prey to Your Wife My Kids.  He showed up as a lion to support his DEF in London.  They only earned 4 points, but he said "Hakuna Matata" and seemed ok with it.  The Refs were not amused with 'Bout That Action's costume, they gave her Packers DEF 8 penalties for a loss of 84 yards, took away Harvin's 21 yard run with a holding penalty, and then took away his 11 yard follow up play with another holding call.  The Packers got zero points on the fantasy board, Harvin still managed 19.40, but 'Bout That Action only made it to 85.74 points.  Not enough to beat Your Wife My Kids' 104.20, it's still a bit early for him to be breaking out in song, but he watched Jamaal Charles (23.70 points) 13 receptions for 2 touchdowns and started singing "I Just Can't Wait to be King".

They weren't sure about the couples costume, but they have a friendly rivalry, so The Canning Queen and the Traveling Panty Droppers decided to show up together as the Red Jaguars and the Blue Barracuda from Legends of the Hidden Temple.  The Red Jaguars (Canning Queen) looked like the clear winner at the Moat Phase on Thursday (Phillip Rivers 17.78) and through most of the Steps of Knowledge on Sunday (Seattle DEF with 18.20 and a much needed win).  But the Blue Barracuda (Traveling Panty Droppers) made some changes to her lineup, and although she only started one of them (Jacquizz Rodgers - 3.00), it worked.  She took the lead and dominated the Temple Run with a 32.90 contribution from Rob Gronkowski.  Ultimately, the Canning Queen outscored her projections by 34%, but it wasn't enough to take home the Shrine of the Silver Monkey and the Traveling Panty Droppers racked up her 2nd win.

The Green Velvet Recliners had a good week.  Her QB (Andrew Luck, 24.60), star RB (Matt Forte 24.80 -no surprise here, Forte is consistently amazing), and WR (Larry Fitzgerald 22.00 - thanks Yobogoya!) all performed fantastically.  She thought that when she showed up to the party as Ironman, everyone would be super impressed.  But, The Legend got wind of her costume early and decided to one up the Recliners.  His QB (Peyton Manning, 23.44), RB (Arian Foster, 35.30), and WR (Jeremy Maclin, 33.20) all had performances that upstaged her team.  It sucks when you think you've got it in the bag with 123.20 points but you just can't measure up to The Legend and his new league high score of 161.34.

Happy Halloween!!

Kiki