Here it is. The road to JFL Super Bowl V comes down to two final matchups this weekend.
And we couldn’t have drafted a better two matchups for this weekend.
The Jammers (9-4) gets the chance to host his chatty rival Houserville (9-5) in the Liberty Conference Championship game, while the Organ Thieves (9-4) host his college rival News Team (10-4) in the Nittany Conference Championship game.
Both matchups have intriguing storylines and it will surely make for a fun Sunday of football.
Real Houserville (9-5) at Jimmy Jammers (9-4)
Last season, the Jammers’ playoffs came to an end earlier than it ever had before. Three times a conference champion, the Jammers was a first-round casualty in 2009.
In 2010, he avoided the first round altogether with the bye, but he still finds himself running into the team that sent him home early last season — Houserville.
According to ESPN, the points will be coming in buckets in this matchup.
With all the high projections, it comes down to who will live up to the expectations and who will surpass them.
Houserville boosted his “stat projection” to go above the Jammers by raiding the waiver wire and picking up Ryan Torain (projected to get 14 points after a big week last weekend) and Vincent Jackson (projected to get 11.7 points because he’s not drunk), and his season is relying on these big moves to save him.
Double-digits or a big game out of either player will make him a genius — and it will get him into the Super Bowl for the first time.
The big game in this matchup will be the Colts-Jags contest. The Jammers will be a big Jags fan this weekend, but they haven’t faired well against the pass. Jacksonville yielded 28.4 fantasy points to Peyton Manning earlier in the season. So he’ll be in good shape at QB.
But at RB, it will be the tale of two backs. Rashard Mendenhall is going up against the NFL’s second-best run defense, the Jets. Darren McFadden is going up against Denver, the 32nd best — and that means the worst — who he scored 46 fantasy points on in their last matchup.
The third back, recent pickup Ryan Torain is an interesting play. He didn’t play in the game against the Cowboys earlier in the season. He’s coming off of his best game of the season after missing 5 1/2 weeks due to injury. The Bucs defense, which he ran against last week, has been plagued by injuries, while the Cowboys defense has a strong defensive front. So we’ll see if Torain can get off the ground running in this divisional matchup. But hey, he has to do better than Felix Jones.
Greg Jennings is in trouble because the Packers are likely without Aaron Rodgers, but that means the Patriots defense, which the Ville picked up a few weeks ago, is in for another big game. Inexperienced QB equals turnovers and sacks and POINTS!
So, the Jammers, who haven’t had a meaningful fantasy matchup in three weeks, will need to have one of his biggest weeks to advance to his fourth Super Bowl.
He, too, will be looking at three RBs to lead the punch, and the Jammers’ trio of Peyton Hillis, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Ray Rice have been among the most consistent. They have been double-digit machines all season — with Hillis leading the way with 13-of-14 weeks — and they all should get to that number again this week.
But if Houserville’s squad goes off like it should, one of these backs is going to have to put up at least 20 points to give the Jammers a chance.
Still, the Jammers is going to need a lot of things to go his way this weekend to top the Ville.
It’s like the PowerBall. You need to hit all the numbers.
And like the PowerBall, it’s not happening.
Jammers’ Biased Prediction: Houserville 141, Jammers 128
Channel 4 News Team (10-4) at Chinese Organ Thieves (9-4)
The Redskins have been giving Rex Grossman a lot of snaps in practice because they have been talking about putting him in if Donovan McNabb struggles.
The same thing is happening to Kyle Orton in Denver with backup Tim Tebow.
Both of those guys are backup QBs for the News Team — and that is a very scary thought since Aaron Rodgers is very questionable with a concussion. He hasn’t practiced yet this week and could sit out this weekend’s big game against the Patriots.
If he can go, he will because the Packers’ playoff hopes are on the line. News Team is feeling the same sense of urgency as everyone in Cheeseland.
Going up against the highest scoring team in the JFL, he needs Aaron Rodgers, and he needs an effective Aaron Rodgers. To make matters worse for the News Team, the Packers game is a Sunday Night game, which means he may have to make a tough decision at 12:59 p.m. Sunday on whether he should go with one of the two aforementioned struggling QBs, or gamble and pray to God Aaron Rodgers plays.
If that is the case, he might be in line to pick up Matt Flynn as insurance (and the Thieves could pick Flynn up to be a douche/strategic fantasy owner).
The Thieves have their own injury issue, too. Adrian Peterson hurt his knee Monday and he hasn’t practiced yet this week. One would think that he’d be able to go by Monday night, but there are several factors playing into how effective he can be. One is that the Vikings are down to Joe Webb at QB. That doesn’t help. Two is that the Vikings still may have to take this party on the road because apparently the University of Minnesota’s field is loaded with two-inch thick ice and no heating coils which means it’s hard to get rid of. Players are already complaining that they are concerned about their safety.
The Thieves have no such worry with LeSean McCoy and Mike Goodson. Both should be good for double-digits, and McCoy could easily get to 20 like he did the last time he played the Giants.
A big tell to how this matchup will play out is Phillip Rivers, who opens the matchup tonight against the Niners. A big 30, 40 points tonight could set the tone and send News Team into a QB panic Sunday. A bad night — which I cannot imagine — would make the News Team’s QB decision much easier.
There will be points on the Thieves bench for sure — as I see Thomas Jones and Steven Johnson to have double-digits this week — but there’s no room in this Thieves lineup.
That’s why this Thieves lineup will be up against the Ville (former Villains) in the Super Bowl. (See, Dawson. You get rid of your mascot, the “Villains” and you ruin the coolest possible Super Bowl ever: Thieves vs. Villains.)
This is only happening because of Rodgers’ status, because the News Team is going to score points with Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, DeSean Jackson and the Cardinals defense — but it’s jut not going to be enough without the usual 30 points from Rodgers.
It’s a shame he’s not healthy. It would have made this matchup as exciting as it was in Week 13.
Jammers’ Prediction: Thieves 143, News Team 131
And we couldn’t have drafted a better two matchups for this weekend.
The Jammers (9-4) gets the chance to host his chatty rival Houserville (9-5) in the Liberty Conference Championship game, while the Organ Thieves (9-4) host his college rival News Team (10-4) in the Nittany Conference Championship game.
Both matchups have intriguing storylines and it will surely make for a fun Sunday of football.
Real Houserville (9-5) at Jimmy Jammers (9-4)
Last season, the Jammers’ playoffs came to an end earlier than it ever had before. Three times a conference champion, the Jammers was a first-round casualty in 2009.
In 2010, he avoided the first round altogether with the bye, but he still finds himself running into the team that sent him home early last season — Houserville.
According to ESPN, the points will be coming in buckets in this matchup.
With all the high projections, it comes down to who will live up to the expectations and who will surpass them.
Houserville boosted his “stat projection” to go above the Jammers by raiding the waiver wire and picking up Ryan Torain (projected to get 14 points after a big week last weekend) and Vincent Jackson (projected to get 11.7 points because he’s not drunk), and his season is relying on these big moves to save him.
Double-digits or a big game out of either player will make him a genius — and it will get him into the Super Bowl for the first time.
The big game in this matchup will be the Colts-Jags contest. The Jammers will be a big Jags fan this weekend, but they haven’t faired well against the pass. Jacksonville yielded 28.4 fantasy points to Peyton Manning earlier in the season. So he’ll be in good shape at QB.
But at RB, it will be the tale of two backs. Rashard Mendenhall is going up against the NFL’s second-best run defense, the Jets. Darren McFadden is going up against Denver, the 32nd best — and that means the worst — who he scored 46 fantasy points on in their last matchup.
The third back, recent pickup Ryan Torain is an interesting play. He didn’t play in the game against the Cowboys earlier in the season. He’s coming off of his best game of the season after missing 5 1/2 weeks due to injury. The Bucs defense, which he ran against last week, has been plagued by injuries, while the Cowboys defense has a strong defensive front. So we’ll see if Torain can get off the ground running in this divisional matchup. But hey, he has to do better than Felix Jones.
Greg Jennings is in trouble because the Packers are likely without Aaron Rodgers, but that means the Patriots defense, which the Ville picked up a few weeks ago, is in for another big game. Inexperienced QB equals turnovers and sacks and POINTS!
So, the Jammers, who haven’t had a meaningful fantasy matchup in three weeks, will need to have one of his biggest weeks to advance to his fourth Super Bowl.
He, too, will be looking at three RBs to lead the punch, and the Jammers’ trio of Peyton Hillis, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Ray Rice have been among the most consistent. They have been double-digit machines all season — with Hillis leading the way with 13-of-14 weeks — and they all should get to that number again this week.
But if Houserville’s squad goes off like it should, one of these backs is going to have to put up at least 20 points to give the Jammers a chance.
Still, the Jammers is going to need a lot of things to go his way this weekend to top the Ville.
It’s like the PowerBall. You need to hit all the numbers.
And like the PowerBall, it’s not happening.
Jammers’ Biased Prediction: Houserville 141, Jammers 128
Channel 4 News Team (10-4) at Chinese Organ Thieves (9-4)
The Redskins have been giving Rex Grossman a lot of snaps in practice because they have been talking about putting him in if Donovan McNabb struggles.
The same thing is happening to Kyle Orton in Denver with backup Tim Tebow.
Both of those guys are backup QBs for the News Team — and that is a very scary thought since Aaron Rodgers is very questionable with a concussion. He hasn’t practiced yet this week and could sit out this weekend’s big game against the Patriots.
If he can go, he will because the Packers’ playoff hopes are on the line. News Team is feeling the same sense of urgency as everyone in Cheeseland.
Going up against the highest scoring team in the JFL, he needs Aaron Rodgers, and he needs an effective Aaron Rodgers. To make matters worse for the News Team, the Packers game is a Sunday Night game, which means he may have to make a tough decision at 12:59 p.m. Sunday on whether he should go with one of the two aforementioned struggling QBs, or gamble and pray to God Aaron Rodgers plays.
If that is the case, he might be in line to pick up Matt Flynn as insurance (and the Thieves could pick Flynn up to be a douche/strategic fantasy owner).
The Thieves have their own injury issue, too. Adrian Peterson hurt his knee Monday and he hasn’t practiced yet this week. One would think that he’d be able to go by Monday night, but there are several factors playing into how effective he can be. One is that the Vikings are down to Joe Webb at QB. That doesn’t help. Two is that the Vikings still may have to take this party on the road because apparently the University of Minnesota’s field is loaded with two-inch thick ice and no heating coils which means it’s hard to get rid of. Players are already complaining that they are concerned about their safety.
The Thieves have no such worry with LeSean McCoy and Mike Goodson. Both should be good for double-digits, and McCoy could easily get to 20 like he did the last time he played the Giants.
A big tell to how this matchup will play out is Phillip Rivers, who opens the matchup tonight against the Niners. A big 30, 40 points tonight could set the tone and send News Team into a QB panic Sunday. A bad night — which I cannot imagine — would make the News Team’s QB decision much easier.
There will be points on the Thieves bench for sure — as I see Thomas Jones and Steven Johnson to have double-digits this week — but there’s no room in this Thieves lineup.
That’s why this Thieves lineup will be up against the Ville (former Villains) in the Super Bowl. (See, Dawson. You get rid of your mascot, the “Villains” and you ruin the coolest possible Super Bowl ever: Thieves vs. Villains.)
This is only happening because of Rodgers’ status, because the News Team is going to score points with Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, DeSean Jackson and the Cardinals defense — but it’s jut not going to be enough without the usual 30 points from Rodgers.
It’s a shame he’s not healthy. It would have made this matchup as exciting as it was in Week 13.
Jammers’ Prediction: Thieves 143, News Team 131
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