Headhunters 2: The Fine Nine

## Introduction

In keeping with tradition, late points were counted a day after they were submitted, bringing the validity of this week's results in to question. Trailing heading into MNF, It's Blitz! didn't get their point totals added until Tuesday morning at 10am EST. Should those points even count? Shouldn't only LEGAL points count? A lot to reflect on as we say goodbye to a really good, totally not deranged individual who was ROBBED of a chance at another term in Headhunters.

## In Memoriam: Hasta Laviska Baby

Finally, a team name that writes the jokes so I don't have to. This week we say hasta la vista to Hasta Laviska and once again we had a nailbiter elimination. Last week, this team put up over 150 points. This week, they started a new and improved lineup. Instead of Landry and Hilton, it was Michael Thomas and Mike Evans. Instead of Nyheim Hines it was Aaron Jones. Instead of AJ Dillon it was David Montgomery. With upgrades like these, you'd think that this team would at least his 150 again, but alas they could not.

The math just did not add up. Michael Thomas, Chris Godwin and Aaron Jones were coming off injury. Montgomery got hurt, Fant got hurt. Too many things working against them. They are lucky they got over 50 points from Josh Allen or this one would have been really ugly.

Still, they had a shot heading into Monday night football, but Damien Harris had it another way. He scratched and clawed for his points on behalf of Blitz! before leaving the game late with an injury. Had the injury happened early, we'd be singing a different tune.

Similar to last week's elimination of Henry VIII, you get the feeling they were one more week away from reaching their full potential. Jarvis Landry and Miles Sanders were on a bye this week, so next week they'd have gotten those two guys back and had their elite players coming off injury with an extra week of practice and a return game behind them.

But if if was a skiff we could all go for a ride. And this ride has come to an end. An improvement over last year for Jared, but a beheading nonetheless.

Hasta Laviska Baby:

## New Releases

Teams are starting to get really stacked so each week will feature grade-A waiver wire prospects.

1. Aaron Jones
2. Michael Thomas
3. Josh Allen
4. Chris Godwin
5. Miles Sanders

## Week Nine Bidding Results

Last Year's most expensive week nine player: Dalvin Cook ($385)

* Perhaps more shocking than the players that went are the ones that went for free: Robert Woods, Travis Fulgham, Justin Herbert, and Damien Harris. Fo Free!
* Last year there was the DJ Moore curse. This year, is there the David Montgomery curse? This is the third week in a row that the team with David Montgomery was eliminated.
* By spending $17 on Robby Anderson, Carole Pigskin has now exhausted all her funds for 2020. This is a tough development but not a death sentence. The first bullet point proves there is plenty of talent out there for free.
* Coach and Gore were 2nd in a combined 7 bids this week.

## Money Spent Per Week

Makes sense. Double the cuts, double the adds.

## Week Nine Results

* Biggest Climber: Last Coach Standing (^5)

* Biggest Faller: Hasta Laviska/Ya Hate 2 See It (v4)

## Kings of the Castle

### 1. The Guilloteam

Back-to-back first place finishes is enough to propel this team to first in the overall standings and place a target clearly on their back. They are the team to beat.

### 2. Gore-ronavirus

Lurking close behind Guilloteam is their arch nemesis, Gore. Gore missed on some bids this week that would have given them an even greater edge, but the bids they won have put them in near bankruptcy .

### 3. @FFDraftScott

Nice seeing what Scott is capable of after an early bounce last season. Second overall with enough money to out-bid the other top-five teams, Scott is not done making moves just yet.

### 4. Last Coach Standing

The little coach engine that could, Coach chuggs on with a scrappy team of Hayden Hurst, MaMycal Hasty, Chase Edmonds, Antonio Brown, and Justin Jackson. Not exactly championship caliber, but it was good enough for this top five finish.

### 5. Clydesdales

After flying under the radar most of the season, Clydesdales was very active in the waiver wire this week and brought in some massive talent to improve their team. They finished around the same as last week, but they haven't been at risk of elimination since September and they seem to only be getting better.

## On the Chopping Block

### 9. It's Blitz! Track 2

Too close for comfort two weeks in a row for Track 2. They need to remember to place their bids this week or that immunity idol is going to need to get played.

### 8. Carole Pigskin

Averaging just 162 a game and came in below average with 151 this week, Carole is in the tough position of having a roster built entirely from boom-or-bust players. Kirk, Claypool, Chark, Dobbins, to name a few. Make the right start every week, they could win it all. Make one mistake, it could be time to go home.

### 7. Ya Hate 2 See It

Another decent performance from G but huge names on the bye this week: Tyreek Hill, Zeke Elliot, Calvin Ridley. You have to imagine they'd be feeling a lot better if they had not spent so much on Tyreek a few weeks ago. Expect activity from them in the bidding wars to come.

### 6. Out of Luck

At one point it looked like this may be a close call for Out of Luck, but Sunday night and Monday night games were underwhelming fantasy-wise and turns out they would have even been safe for a double-elimination. I ragged on them for Will Fuller but turns out he was right...at least for this week.

## Narrow Defeats

Margin of Defeat for Last Place Teams:

The last three weeks have featured the three most narrow defeats of the season. What is in store for us this week?

## Dungeon Dwellers

2020 teams that finished second-to-last, narrowly avoiding elimination:

Just the first time Blitz is showing up on this chart, despite being the lowest scoring team remaining.

## Dead Money

Keeping track of all the cash that never got spent by teams that are now eliminated.

Dead Money

## Chasing History: All-Time Combined Points Scored

Here is the ranking of each team with their 2020 and 2019 totals combined. Due to time constraints, *only teams that have been eliminated in 2020* are counted here (since their totals are final). As teams get eliminated we will add them to the ranking. Which team will finish on top?

## Remaining Budget

Total remaining: $2330 out of $9,000 (25%)

See you all next week and happy bidding.