Straight Laced content being worst team of all time

As the Horsemen continue to bring their points per game average down, Straight Laced continues to bring everyone’s points against average down. A less than impressive effort from the Horsemen was all that was necessary to pull out the victory, putting up only 91 points and reducing the PPG on the season down to 94 from 94.4. Points against fell more significantly, though, from 83.7 to 82.5 and Straight Laced now averages only 78.125 PPG… the worst ever.

Prior to game start, league members were betting the over/under in points scored for Straight Laced at 55 in $5 lotto scratch off increments – expecting the worst showing of the season. Carson Palmer’s garbage time TDs pulled them out of all-time bad territory and put them safely in just terrible territory for the week – but this game should have been far worse than the box score showed.

While Dan Hurd’s Straight Laced is officially eliminated from playoff contention and Logan is basically eliminated, there is a battle brewing among the other members of the field to make it to the top.

The Nosebleeds are in firm control of the league at 7-1 and the Horsemen are close behind at 6-2. After that, it really gets interesting. Bumpy’s Berries (4-4), Strictly Southern (4-4) and Legs With Holes (5-3) are all within a game of each other for a shot at the Outer Loop championship… then comes Closet Hillbilly (5-3) who may leave their wild card spot at risk if they can’t hold off the Nosebleeds in their week 9 matchup. A couple scrappy 3-5 teams in the Drunken Aces and 3rd and Unpredictable are also fighting their way back to contention with every week a must-win to keep hope alive.

The Drunken Aces’ must win game of this week – a rematch against the Electric Horsemen. These two teams have played 11 times with the Horsemen winning 8 of them (73% is the 2nd best winning percentage among opponents for the Horsemen, 1st place is 100% against Bumpy’s Berries), most recently a week 5 victory, 95-70. One of those 3 losses, however, came in the 2014 championship game.

The Aces are hot right now. They emerged from their 1-5 hole to smash up Closet Hillbilly and Bumpy’s Berries by an average of 58 points.

The week 9 bye-pocolypse has hit both teams pretty hard this week – but the Horsemen appear the most weakened. The Aces will come into the week without Rob Gronkowski and John Brown, while the Horsemen will not have the services of Lamar Miller, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, Tyler Eifert, Giovani Bernard and Stephen Gostkowski.

Moves have been made to fill out the roster – but they are definitely not at full strength. Ben Roethlisberger’s return in a questionable matchup may be one of the keys to victory – perhaps leading the squad to finally perform up to their high preseason expectations. The Horsemen come into the week a 4.4 point favorite with a 55.6% chance of victory via ESPN Insider.

Game of the Week
Bumpy’s Berries over Legs With Holes

Other Games
Nosebleeds over Closet Hillbilly
Extreme Baby Throwers over 3rd and Unpredictable
Strictly Southern over Straight Laced (the worst team of all time)

Last Week 4-0
Overall 21-11