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The season is flying by and we find ourselves with only two weeks left.  What makes it more intense is that the last two weeks of the season feature strictly divisional matchups.  So, if you’re only a game or two back of the division leader, all is not lost.

Only two teams are eliminated from playoff contention.  For those that have a bone to pick with him, howtheyscored is one of them at 3-9.  Swiss Cheese brings up the rear of the league at 2-10, thanks in part to a dynamic running back duo of Jamal Lewis and Edgerrin James.  The fact that he’s been starting Derek Anderson all see makes me think he hasn’t signed in lately.  Or he knows of some strategy that we don’t know.

As it currently stands, your division leaders are myself (Frank the Tank @ 7-5), Revival At The ‘Stick (9-3 and clinched a wildcard berth) and peckerwoods (9-3 and clinched a wildcard berth).  The two wild card teams right now are The Czars at 8-4, RhymeSayers at 7-5 and ChocoPaco49 at 6-6.  There are three teams sitting at 6-6, one at 5-7 and one at 4-8 all still alive for playoff spots.  The first tiebreaker for all playoff spots is best head-to-head record.  For those in the same division the next tiebreaker is best divisional record.  After that it goes to most average points per game, followed by hardest schedule (record) and then hardest schedule (points).

I’ve always found that points scored is a better indicator of a team’s value since record can be benefited by a timely schedule.  Peckerwoods stands as the #1 seed and as highest ranking team it’s not surprising.  They’ve ridden the likes of Jay Cutler, Clinton Portis and Anquan Boldin straight to the top.  Our most “fortunate” projected playoff team would be ChocoPaco49, who has scored fewer points than four teams behind him.  He squeezed out an upset of Peckerwoods this past week in a down week for them.  Peckerwoods is averaging 105.87 points a game, but had their worst week of the season with 74.6 points.  They better hope it’s not a trend.

With only two playoff spots sewn up, things are getting crazy.