2020 Power Rankings-Week 10

## Introduction

Week ten power rankings. Here just in time for week 11.

I really do set out to get these done by Thursday night every week, but forces that cannot be explained always prevent me. We're cutting it even closer than ever this week but I shall not be deterred. The rankings will go on!

This is the first time we have ever had a four-way tie for 1st place this late in the season. It's also just the second season in ten years that a team has failed to reach 7 wins through nine weeks.

Several teams can essentially say goodbye to their Glory Bowl hopes after week nine, while three teams fighting for a playoff spot are trending in the wrong direction. The entirety of the season is up in the air heading into week 10. Let's see what we got...

## Stat Chat

* Stupid Idiots ties JarJar Stinks! for the 10th most wins in LOC history (22).
* Stupid Idiots FINALLY passes JarJar Stinks! for 10th most regular season wins with his 19th regular season win.
* Paddock 9 notches his 8th consecutive regular season game over 200, good for 5th longest streak all-time.
* Shotti is on a four-game losing streak for the first time in franchise history.
* Paddock 9 ties GBM for the 6th most wins in LOC history (69...nice).
* Through 146 games, RIPDab is .500 (73-73).
* Through 126 regular season games, ma ma momma said is .500 (63-63).
* Sweet Dee has tied her record for most wins in a single regular season (6) with four games left to play.
* Duck Punchers is on their first 2+ game losing streak since 2018, ending a streak of 31 games. That's the 4th-longest streak without back-to-back losses and breaks their franchise record of 25 straight from 2014-2015.
* Paddock 9 and Pain Train both notch their 7th season with 6 or more wins. Sweet Dee gets her 3rd.

## Matchup Recaps

* Bell of Da Ball sweeps the double-header with Garoppoblow Me and draws even in their franchise series (3-3). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* RIPDab sweeps the double-header with Duck Punchers, accounting for 66% of the first place team's losses this season (7-6). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Pain Train continues their league domination with a convincing win over ma ma momma said (8-7). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Paddock 9 gets into the double digits in the win column against Papa's Posse (10-3). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Sweet Dee is able to draw a win to split the season double-header with a defeated Shotti Bunch (3-8). **Next Matchup: N/A**

## Trade Tracker

Starts:

* Mixon: 1
* CEH: 4

Ian Malcolm voice: there will be...Mix-, Mixons on this tour, right John?

Starts (Pain Train):

* Metcalf: 4

Starts (Sweet Dee)

* Chark: 4
* Kelley: 1
* Slayton: 4

Starts:

* Freeman: 3
* Miller: 1

With both players dropped from their teams, this will be the last update on this particular shit trade. I think it is clear that there were no winners.

## Biggest Blowouts

This week, Jared suffered a massive blowout loss to Pain Train, but it didn't come near some of the biggest regular season blowouts of all time. Yahoo has a "biggest blowout of the week" feature. I usually ignore it, but this week since I had so much free time and was very confident I'd get the writeup finished by Sunday kickoff, I decided to go back through the last ten seasons and compile the biggest blowouts for every week. Sadly, Yahoo does not SAVE the "biggest blowouts" after the season ends, so for every week from 2011-2019 I had to manually calculate the blowout wins to see which were the biggest for each week. Yeah, it's as tedious as it sounds.

### Biggest Blowouts of the Year

Here are the biggest regular season blowouts of each season thus far:

Paddock 9 has doled out some massive L's in his time, but he isn't even top three on the list of teams with the most blowout of the week wins...

### Most Blowout of the Week Wins

Updated 11/10/20

With his blowout victory this week, Pain Train moves into a tie for 4th most blowout victories of all-time, tying Paddock 9. Duck Punchers, who is in first place, has three blowout wins in 2020.

NOTE: In this instance, a "blowout win" is defined as having the largest margin of victory for that week.

### 2020 Blowouts of the Week

Pain Train may be hot in the second half of 2020, but as you can see from the above he has also taken his fair share of beatings. He has the most blowout losses as in 2020. In fact, throughout LOC history, he has almost suffered more of these losses than any other team. *Almost.*

### Most Blowout of the Week Losses

Updated 11/10/20

At the top of the list is Papa's Posse, who has gotten his ass beat more times than any other team. At the bottom, taking away the teams who only played for three seasons or fewer, is ma ma momma said. He has only suffered six blowouts of the week. This is either a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes blowouts can be nice, you don't have to stress as much. It's the close losses that kill you. Maybe next week I'll write up the closest defeats of the week. SECRETARY, CLEAR MY SCHEDULE!

## The Greatest Game - Week Nine

This season, week eight was not great, and across the history of the league there have not been many matchups to write home about. But there is one that stuck out among the rest.

### 2011 - Papa's Posse vs. Paddock 9

* Final Score: 206.33-177.70
* Why it's Nominated: Papa's Posse wins the first of eight consecutive wins in what, to this day, is the greatest underdog story in the history of the league.

The game itself may not have been flashy. Papa got 57 points from Matt Ryan, 30 from Gronk, and 26 from Antonio Gates. Meanwhile, Paddock's top three guys were Julio Jones (51.4), Vick (35.60), and San Fran D (27). Paddock's failings came with Peyton Hillis (0), Edelman (2.1), Nate Washington (5.80).

But it is what the game represents that is important. Papa's Posse was 2-6 heading into the game. Their season was, by all accounts, over. The mandate was clear: if they wanted to be a champion, they needed to win out. Win the last five games of the regular season and then three playoff games.

They did just that. After scoring under 200 in six of their first eight, including a 104.93-point performance in week 7, Papa finished the regular season by scoring over 200 five times and over 237 in each of their last four games. They then dropped 302, 208, and 240 in the playoffs to take home the first trophy ever.

This matchup against lowly Paddock 9 was a jumping off point for a great underdog story that is nearing 10 years old but still should resonate with league managers. For three teams, including myself, 2-7 feels like a death sentence (and it probably is). But no matter what, you should keep fighting. You never know what kind of miracle awaits those who refuse to quit.

### 2018 - RIPDab vs. Paddock 9

* Final Score: 182.20-181.23
* Why it's Nominated: RIP comes back from down 44.37 on MNF despite having his QB going against his own defense.

The 2017 was both magical and devestating for RIPDab. They made it to the Glory Bowl for the first time, making it their most successful season ever. But they lost to their arch rival, The Shotti Bunch, and they have not been the same since.

Before that major letdown, there was a miraculous stretch for RIPDab during which they won back-to-back games by less than 2 points.

The second such game came in week 9, when facing off against old foe Paddock 9. P9 had won 5 of their last 7 and was making a serious play for the top seed in the league, making this battle between two 5-3 teams incredibly important.

Typical "back-and-forth" fantasy play ensued, bringing us to Lions vs. Packers on MNF. RIPDab was in a tough spot. He was down 44.37 points, but his two remaining players were literally facing each other. Stafford vs. Green Bay Defense. The conundrum is obvious: the better one does, the worse the other would do. RIPDab was huge into streaming QBs and D's in this era of LOC, and has since settled down a bit at those two positions. But in 2017, he was living on the edge and he rolled with his choice.

The decision nearly back-fired when a late field goal by the Lions cost the GB defense a whopping SIX fantasy points, but Stafford's 361 yards and 2 TDs was enough to complete the comeback. RIPDab's 0.97-point victory helped them secure a bye with a 9-4 final record. Paddock 9, who finished 7-6, was defeated by Pain Train in the quarterfinals.

## Power Rankings

### 1(1). Duck Punchers

* Trending: Down

Two straight losses and they were not particularly close, Duck has really struggled ever since Commish started making claims that they were the best team of all-time. However, now that the MattJinx has been discovered, it is clear and obvious that Duck will drop 300 against Garoppoblow Me this week.

### 2(2). Paddock 9

* Trending: Up
* Team Captain: Travis Kelce

Hot at the right time and this matchup against ma ma momma said is the perfect week for them to be without Kelce and Mahomes. Will Paddock be able to extend their streak of games over 200?

### 3(3). Pain Train

* Trending: Up

With two games left against RIPDab, a third against Sweet Dee, and a final game against Stupid Idiots, no team may be more in control of their destiny than Pain Train. And also no team may be more in control of everyone else's destiny. A bye is all but guaranteed if they win at least three of those games.

### 4(4). RIPDab

* Trending: Even

Almost ten weeks into the year and we still do not know what this team is about. They have defeated first place Duck Punchers TWICE, but they've suffered losses at the hands of Papa's posse and momma said. This week they are favored against Pain Train in what would be a defining win for this anonymous team.

### 5(5). The Stupid Idiots

* Trending: Even

Stupid may be getting hot at the right time and will move up to either 5th or 4th this week if they get a W against Sweet Dee.

### 6(8). Sweet Dee

* Trending: Down

Rumors of Sweet Dee's demise swirl about like the scent of a pumpkin diaper. There is no word yet on how much time McCaffrey is going to miss after coming back in week nine, but this is a terrible scenario for a team that is trying not to spiral all the way out of a playoff position. They can ill afford to lose to a team competing with them for one of the final few spots. Luckily, their early wins are continuing to pad their mid-season woes.

### 7(6). Garoppoblow Me

* Trending: Even

At 2-7, GBM would need to pull a Papa and win out to even have a CHANCE at making the playoffs, then they'd need to win another three to win the title. At 2-7, the notion of winning seven straight games is pure delusion. But they are stronger now than they have been at any point since week one, so there is no question they can at least play spoiler for a couple of the remaining games.

### 8(7). Ma ma momma said

* Trending: WAY DOWN

To Put momma this high may actually be an error in judgment. Yes, they have 5 wins. But if you had to bet on any team going 0-4 in the final month of the season, you'd have to put the money on Momma, right? Gaskin, Kittle, Mixon, Shenault all hurt. Gurley on a bye this week. Cannot figure the QB situation out. Games left against three playoff teams and a GBM team who already has a win against them in 2020. It's just so bad.

### 9(9). Papa's Posse

* Trending: Down

As great as Dalvin Cook has been, the rest of the team has really struggled and injuries are starting to pile up. Morale will take a hit this week if they can't even get a win against Shotti.

### 10(10). The Shotti Bunch

* Trending: Down

A year ago at this time, Shotti was 8-1 with a one-game buffer in 1st place. This year, they are 2-7 and heading to their second consolation tournament in three years.

## Matchup of the Week - RIP vs. PT

Let's keep rolling with RIPDab. The two longest wins treaks in the league right now, one of these streaks is coming to an end. Massive seeding implications and the first of a double-header against these two squads that will surely shape the playoff landscape. RIP catches PT without Julio Jones, but Dab is without Zeke Elliot. The latter may be a blessing in disguise as Zeke has been simply awful this year. Murray vs. Herbert should be fun to watch and it's worth noting that Dab has Keenan Allen, which takes away from Herbert's value for Pain Train.

Have a good week everyone and see you next time!

Oh yeah also Zach won Survivor.