Things are gettin' real now... and I do love a little fantasy football drama to end the regular season.
While Tom & myself have clinched playoff spots, Matt effectively has a reserved spot also, due to his points lead over any potential ties.
With a wild, down-to-the-wire win this week over Zach's team, Dan now sits alone in 4th place at 8-6, and destiny is in his own hands. If he secures a win in Week 15, he makes the playoffs. But if he doesn't, then that leaves the door open for a couple teams..
Right on his heels is Brice, who has had...let's just say, a rough last month or so. His team drops to 7-7, but with only a handful of points separating the teams still in contention, things could get interesting in the last regular season matchup.
With Jordan getting an absolute "must-win" over Matt's team this week, he moves up to 7-7, and would also need a win in Week 15 to have a shot at the final playoff spot.
Both Brice & Jordan need wins to have any shot, but they will most likely be paying very close attention to Dan & Tom's matchup as well.
Quick summaries of the Week 14 matchups..
Dan vs Zach
OK...this matchup was, wild. Not only did it have serious playoff implications, but it came down to the very last play of the Monday Night game.
With Dan having a narrow lead going into the MNF game, Zach basically needed a measly 5 points out of Jalen Hurts in order to get the win. Well....yeah that didn't happen. Hurts had something like 3 fantasy points at halftime after contributing several turnovers, only to see the game go into OVERTIME with Zach's team having a little over a point deficit.
At this point, I'm thinking "surely, Hurts is going to manage to score a couple points in overtime, right?" Well, he DID do that to give Zach's team the brief lead, only to promptly throw them away with an interception immediately afterwards. What a crazy end to that game, and to this matchup.
Pretty sure that Jalen Hurts also became the first player in NFL history to throw an interception AND have a lost fumble on the same play.
Jordan vs Matt
As I previously mentioned, Jordan HAD to win this week and did just that vs Matt's team.
Jordan got a career day out of WR Michael Wilson, while Matt saw Jayden Daniels leave due to injury in the 2nd half after only contributing a handful of points.
Matt drops to 8-6, but it's looking like his playoff spot is basically locked up with his fairly considerable points advantage over the other teams in contention.
In Week 15, Matt will get a matchup with Ramsey while Jordan squares off with Kyle.
Eric vs Ramsey
Ramsey & I battled in a fairly high-scoring affair this week. Gibbs & company managed to just outpace JSN, Tony Pollard, and the rest of Ramsey's crew.
Ramsey will close out the regular season in a matchup vs Matt.
Kent vs Tom
Kent did manage to dominate Tom's team in Week 14, albeit in a game without any real playoff implications. We're always playin' for pride though, and it has to feel nice to knock the #2 placed team down a peg.
It has ultimately been a tale of "too little, too late" for Kent's team. I liked him as a dark horse pick early in the year, but costly injuries (like Omarion Hampton missing the majority of the year) made it tough to have a fighting chance.
Kent gets a matchup with me this week.
Tom's team must have heard he secured a playoff spot and decided to take the week off, because most of his squad played pretty flat. It never bodes well when none of your players find themselves in the endzone.
Stafford was really the only one who contributed, as he did throw for 3 TDs in their win over the Cardinals.
Tom does get a matchup with serious playoff implications (for his opponent) when he faces off with Dan in Week 15.
Kyle vs Brice
Kyle got a nearly 40-point game out of Josh Allen to lead his team to victory over Brice's team in Week 14's high-scoring matchup.
Puka Nacua did put up his season-best fantasy score, and Lamar decided to actually play football this week, but it wasn't enough for Brice's squad.
Brice will have a must-win matchup vs Zach in Week 15, while Kyle can play spoiler again as he faces off with Jordan.
It'll be very interesting to watch how everything unfolds in the matchups this week, as we close out the regular season and venture into the playoffs. Best of luck in your matchups!
- Eric
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