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Yeah genuinely can't believe I have a chance at the playoffs after being 4-8. This league is batshit. I'm not saying I'll be coming after Kamara and Deebo with poisonous blow darts this week. But I'm also not not saying that.

Power Rankings Week 13 1) Dunknegg - 83-34, 9-4, 2069.24 points 2) Jace - 81-36, 9-4, 2157.62 points 3) WJ - 69-48, 7-6, 2014.22 points 4) BL - 61-56, 5-8, 1873.94 points 5) Mcbigski - 58-59, 10-3, 1949.60 points 6) JJ - 52-65, 4-9, 1818.68 points 7t) Race - 47-70, 5-8, 1777.70 points 7t) Jaime - 47-70, 5-8, 1846.82 points 9) Jaxom - 45-72, 5-8, 1784.36 points 10) Bronn - 42-75, 6-7, 1700.40 points Ok here where we're at: Top 4 playoff seeds Byes: Will comes down to mcbigski, Jace and Dunk. Mcbigski gets the 1 seed and a bye if he beats Jaxom. However if he loses and Jace beats me and Dunk beats JJ he could miss out on a bye entirely. WJ has also clinched a playoff spot but has no shot at a bye. Then the shit really hits the fan. Playoff seeds 5 and 6 and Jaxoming order Roughly: (If someone wants to do the exact math of all the scenarios, I'd appreciate it. I'm still too jetlagged to try. And please correct me if I'm off on anything) 2 of the 5 below can make the playoffs. Bronn - Makes the playoffs with a win over WJ. Becomes the 5 seed. Otherwise likely to be near the top of the Jaxoming block. BL - Makes the playoffs with a win over Race. Is the 5 seed if he wins and Bronn loses. Is the 6 seed if Bronn wins and either Jaime loses or Jaime wins but doesn't outscore him by 26.12. If he loses, he's on the Jaxoming block though is guaranteed safe due to power rankings. Race - Makes the playoffs with a win over BL AND either Jaime loses OR Bronn loses AND Jaxom either loses or wins but he outscores Jaxom by 6.66. If he wins but the AND conditions don't occur or loses he'll be somewhere on the Jaxoming block. Jaime - Makes the playoffs with a win over Jace AND either Bronn or BL loses OR BL wins but Jaime outscores him by 26.12 points. If he wins but the AND conditions don't occur or loses, will be somewhere on the Jaxoming block. Jaxom - Makes the playoffs with a win over Mcbigski AND 2 of the 3 of Bronn, Jaime and BL all lose and he maintains his 6.66 point edge over Race. If he wins but the AND conditions don't occur or loses, will be somewhere on the Jaxoming block. Basically everyone in this tier (other than Bronn presumably) is rooting for WJ to beat Bronn to really open things up. JJ - No chance at the playoffs. But has a good chance to be saved by power rankings if BL isn't on the Jaxoming block and doesn't shit the bed in week 14. Will definitely be rooting for BL. What I'm saying to every single person in the league - there's a chance.

Power Rankings Week 12 1t) Dunknegg - 74-34 1t) Jace - 74-34 3) WJ - 61-47 4t) Mcbigski - 55-53 4t) BL - 55-53 6) JJ - 47-61 7) Race - 46-62 8) Jaxom - 45-63 9) Jaime - 43-65 10) Bronn - 40-68 The Jaxoming block is now clear. JJ, Race, Jaxom, me and Bronn are all on it. Bronn has the best chance to avoid it entirely by making the playoffs. Jaxom and Race could also make the playoffs if they win their last two games. JJ and my fate very likely depend solely on power rankings. JJ at least has the power rankings cushion and can control his own destiny if he finishes strong.

Power Rankings Week 11 1) Dunknegg - 69-30 2) Jace - 65-34 3) WJ - 55-44 4) Mcbigski - 51-48 5t) JJ - 47-52 5t) BL - 47-52 7) Jaxom - 44-55 8) Race - 43-56 9) Jaime - 41-58 10) Bronn - 33-66 Jace putting up a historically monster score. Everyone from JJ on down looks to be on the Jaxoming hot seat. Think we're officially at the point to start considering getting your commissioner applications ready. Well we've already had, I believe, 3 teams in Experts go on 13 game win streaks so don't think we can name it that. I am open to naming the act of bragging after a low (i.e. 2-7) power ranking week "pulling a mcbigski" which continues our tradition of naming things after league members (see: Jaxoming) :p

Power Rankings Week 10 1) Dunknegg - 64-26 2) Jace - 56-34 3) Mcbigski - 49-41 4) WJ - 48-42 5) BL - 43-47 6t) Jaime - 41-49 6t) JJ - 41-49 8) Race - 40-50 9) Jaxom - 36-54 10) Bronn - 32-58 Big MNF stakes in two matchups. Jace vs. WJ basically came down to a Deebo vs. Eli Mitchell showdown which turned one sided when Deebo blew up. Race vs. Dunk was Jimmy G vs. Kupp + Michel. That Jimmy G could outscore both allowed Race to preserve his lead and take home the win.

Power Rankings Week 9 1) Dunknegg - 59-22 2) Jace - 47-34 3t) Jaime - 41-40 3t) Mcbigski - 41-40 3t) WJ - 41-40 3t) BL - 41-40 7) JJ - 37-44 8) Race - 34-47 9) Jaxom - 33-48 10) Bronn - 31-50 Very dramatic Monday Nighter between Dunk and WJ which came down to who whether Diontae could outscore Claypool by 3.5 and damn well nearly did on the last drive coming up a mere 11 yards short giving the win to Dunk. Huge log jam now in the middle of the power rankings.

Power Rankings Week 8 1) Dunknegg - 52-20 2) Jaime - 40-32 3) Jace - 39-33 4) Mcbigski - 38-34 5t) WJ - 35-37 5t) JJ - 35-37 7) BL - 32-40 8) Bronn - 31-41 9) Race - 30-42 10) Jaxom - 28-44 We're past the halfway point of the regular season and I still wouldn't remotely hazard a guess who will ultimately be on the Jaxoming chopping block in week 14.

Smart move not to wade into the heart of the weekly power rankings. It's more stressful there.

Power Rankings Week 7 1) Dunknegg - 45-18 2t) Jaime - 35-28 2t) Mcbigski - 35-28 2t) Jace - 35-28 5) Race - 30-33 6) Bronn - 29-34 7t) Jaxom - 27-36 7t) WJ - 27-36 9t) JJ - 26-37 9t) BL - 26-37 No remotely close or interesting matchups this week. Power rankings remain very tight. Congrats to everyone for surviving the bye week from hell.

Power Rankings Week 6 1) Dunknegg - 37-17 2t) Jaime - 29-25 2t) Bronn - 29-25 4) Mcbigski - 28-26 5t) Jaxom - 26-28 5t) Jace - 26-28 7t) WJ - 25-29 7t) Race - 25-29 9) JJ - 23-31 10) BL - 22-32 My god. Feel like I say this every week but an insane Monday Nighter in this league. 3 matchups came down to the final drive. If Allen gets the TD on that final drive, Dunk beats Mcbigski. If Diggs gets 18 yards more receiving or a TD, Jaxom beats Jace. If Sanders doesn't get a 30 yard catch on the last drive, BL beats me. 3 teams scored within 4 points of each other. And another 5 scored within 8 points of each other. The end result is bedlam and somehow further tightening in the power rankings. Can safely say they've never been anywhere near this tight six weeks into the season. Basically no team can feel comfortable where they're at except Bronn record-wise and Dunk power rankings wise. And now we follow it up with an apocalyptic bye week where 5 of the most talented teams in the league are on bye. Good luck and godspeed all.

Power Rankings Week 5 1) Dunknegg - 33-12 2) Jaime - 26-19 3) WJ - 24-21 4) JJ - 23-22 5) Mcbigski - 22-23 6t) BL - 20-25 6t) Race - 20-25 6t) Bronn - 20-25 9) Jaxom - 19-26 10) Jace - 18-27 A wild MNF game allowed Jace and Bronn to pull out victories and JJ lost but passed 3 teams in the power rankings as L-Jax caught fire in the 2nd half. Also the most broadly highest scoring week maybe ever in Experts? Can't recall a time where 168 points got a 2-7 in the power ranking (i.e.: fuck you all). Continued tightening in the power rankings, at least 2-10.

Power Rankings Week 4 1) Dunknegg - 25-11 2) Jaime - 24-12 3t) BL - 19-17 3t) Jaxom - 19-17 3t) Mcbigski - 19-17 6t) WJ - 17-19 6t) JJ - 17-19 8) Race - 16-20 9) Jace - 13-23 10) Bronn - 11-25 Big time tightening in power rankings and records. Only close matchup this week was WJ vs. BL. WJ's fate for the second straight week came down to his QB on MNF vs. his opponent's. This time Herbert came through outdueling Carr.

Power Rankings Week 3 1) Dunknegg - 23-4 2) BL - 16-11 3t) Race - 15-12 3t) Jaime -15-12 5) WJ - 13-14 6t) Jaxom - 12-15 6t) JJ - 12-15 8t) Bronn - 11-16 8t) Mcbigski - 11-16 10) Jace - 7-20 Dunk starting to run roughshod over the league. Think the only close one this week was between me and WJ and whether the Cowboys defense could get off the field or if Hurts would steal it late in garbage time. Cowboys barely did.

Power Rankings Week 2 1) BL - 15-3 2) Dunknegg - 14-4 3) Race - 13-5 4) Jaxom - 12-6 5) JJ - 9-9 6t) Jaime - 7-11 6t) Bronn - 7-11 8) WJ - 6-12 9)Mcbigski - 5-13 10) Jace - 2-16 Only one really close matchup this week (between BL-Jaxom) except in power rankings where 2.5 points separated 5 teams.

Power Rankings Week 1 1) BL - 9-0 2) Jaxom - 8-1 3) Jaime - 7-2 4) Race - 6-3 5) Dunknegg - 5-4 6) Mcbigski - 4-5 7) WJ - 3-6 8) Bronn - 2-7 9) JJ - 1-8 10) Jace - 0-9 Don't think we've ever had an Experts week with 3 matchups decided by 2.5 points or less. 2 were decided by under 1 point. JJ's has to be among the most brutal I've ever seen. Also among the most tightly packed scores I've seen in a week with 9 teams scoring between 150 and 180. Hints at a very competitive year.

QBs - Dak, Stafford (D. Jones) RBs - Barkley, Najee, CEH (J. Williams, P. Lindsay, J. White) WRs - Amari, DJ Moore, Chase, Jeudy (E. Sanders, C. Beasley) TEs - Tonyan, Engram (Cook) K - Prater D - Saints, Chargers (Titans) Counting on RBs to be the strength of this team. Happy to get some 1st and 2nd year upside guys. Somehow ended up with the entire Giants offense which maybe isn't great?

Ok, great. We now all have 10 confirmed. I've set the Draft time for Monday September 6th 8:30 EST/5:30 PST. Hopefully that works for everyone but weigh in if there's any issues.

Appreciate you following up with BL, Bronn. Will give him until the end of the month for him to let us know he's playing Experts this year. If we don't hear from him by then, will open up the spot. Likely first come/first served unless someone has a better rationale. But can cross that bridge closer to the date. And looks like the invite made it to you successfully so we're back to 10 teams (assuming BL is still in).

Ok with Race weighing in and Bronn taking Drac's spot that just leaves @boiled leather to claim his spot and weigh in on whether the draft time works.

Yeah sorry to lose you, Drac. The spot is open to @Bronn Stone if he wants it as the one who truly qualified for Experts in the 2020 season.

Normal rosters. Experts League like the NFL instituting a no tolerance policy for guys who can't get their covid shit together.

Getting the old 2020 Expert League band back together. Let's figure out a draft time. Would like to make it as close to the opening Thursday as possible. Based on Mcbigski's limitations, think the evening of Monday September 6th (Labor Day Monday) is best. Does that work for everyone? Failing that would say Sunday the 5th (though people may be out of town) or Thursday the 2nd but let's see if we can get the 6th to work. @mcbigski @Babblebauble @Whiskeyjack @Jaxom 1974 @Dunknegg @JJ Lannister @boiled leather @RaceBannon42 @Lord Dracarys

Congrats Jaxom. Despite this being a league established to exclude you, you are now improbably only the third person to win this league multiple times (outside of WJ and myself). A pretty inspiring story. Kinda like Tiger Woods putting on the green jacket at Augusta. That is if getting cut after the second day of the Masters, people referred to it as getting "Tigered".

Talked through with WJ and agree the approach he outlines below is the fairest way to handle a situation we find out too late that a game will not be played for the week. Here's what he wrote up in the W-A thread and which will apply to Experts as well: With the way things are playing out for the Pittsburgh-Tennessee and Minnesota-Houston games, I'm going to put a rule in place for this week. I saw that the Pitt-Tenn game in particular might be moved to Monday or Tuesday, or pushed back to a later week. I don't want to run into an issue where somebody waits to start somebody from one of those games, and then things get worse and its canceled, leaving the person with a zero in their lineup. So, if you want to start a player from any of those 4 teams, you will be given the option of posting in this thread that you are starting the player, but that if he ends up not playing due to Covid, then you are choosing to start a different player in his place. You must specify the replacement player in the post, and you must post it before the replacement's game starts. Also, if you want to make a change to any instructions, you must make a new post - please do not edit an old post you had already made. If you change something, I'll rely on your last post in the thread. Here's an example: I am starting Derrick Henry at RB. If he doesn't play due to Covid, I'm going to start Joshua Kelley instead. Let me know if you have any questions.

@boiled leather @Lord Dracarys @Whiskeyjack @Dunknegg @J.J. Lannister @RaceBannon42 @Jace, Basilissa @mcbigski @Jaxom 1974 Reminder: Experts draft tonight 8 PM EST/5 PM PST. Be great if we can avoid autodraft hell.