- It is not going out on a limb to say that the penultimate week of the NFL regular season was the worst in the very short history of the NFL Pick One Challenge.
- Matt F. once again was done in by a Steelers Monday Night Football game having already taken Ben Roethlisberger and Baker Mayfield. His Hail Mary Last Man In assignment of Case Keenum did not pay out.
- For those that had to go with either Big Ben or Less Big Baker, they didn't get much more in return. Roethlisberger netted Kait just 123 passing yards while Brittany and Greg only saw Mayfield throw for 185.
- However, both of those numbers are significantly higher than those put forth by starting quarterback turned last minute backup turned garbage time mop-up hander-offer Kellen Mond. Mike Zimmer made sure that Trevor and Matt S. set a near unbreakable standard in rookie futility as with the rookie bonus the Vikings QB earned them a score of just 55. Yes, the rookie bonus is still 50.
- Andy Dalton didn't need to do much in Chicago's slaughter of the Giants. His 173 yards were enough to keep Ryan comfortably in first place heading into Week 18.
- When Carson Wentz's return put Scott's initial pick on the shelf, his pivot to Tua Tagovailoa earned him a yardage output of 205 even though that was nowhere near enough to give the Dolphins a shot against Tennessee.
- Colin moved closer to that medal stand with 237 from Justin Herbert which helped the Chargers get back into a "control your own destiny" spot heading into the final week after defeating the Broncos.
- That leaves our top score to come from our second place participant Al. Utilizing someone from your favorite team always has to be nerve-wracking but seeing them win and seeing yourself at the top of the leaderboard with a rookie-boosted 299 yards has to calm those nerves considerably.
- For the second straight week, Joe Burrow was the optimal choice with 446 yards and 4 touchdowns clinching the AFC North for the Bengals by beating the AFC-best Chiefs. Joining Burrow as the only three to break 300 yards for the week were Tom Brady (410) and Matthew Stafford (309).
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