Chiefs Catastrophe Copers,
The man didn't even play well. Eli was nearly invisible. And yet, the 1-9 Giants went ahead and beat the listless Chiefs, anyway. For the millionth (and perhaps final necessary?) time, Survival Golden Rule #4: Never pick a game involving Eli Manning...
Commish considered opening last week's PICKS email with this: In the last four games, the Giants were 1-3. The Chiefs? 1-3. The game is on the road. The game involves Eli Manning. WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!
But perception was simply too strong (yet another BFIG truism we're supposed to hold dear). I put the Chiefs #1 in my weekly power rankings. I figured this was a sail-through week.
Alas, Eli Manning does weird shit. All the time. Even if he's not really orchestrating it. He does it. Avoid him. Run away. Run into the safe arms of BORTLEMANIA!!!, of dude-playing-Hundley, of... anyone. Just not Eli.
BFIG is down to just 39. Second Chance is down to 72. We're closing in...
WAS THE CHIEFS LOSS 2017'S MOST INEXPLICABLE? NOPE.
Let's take a look at BFIG's big losses through 11 weeks:
- Week 11: Kansas City (6-3) loses to the Giants (1-9), taking out 79 percent of BFIG
- Week 6: Broncos (3-1) get smoked by the 0-5 Giants, knocking out 36 percent
- Week 6: Falcons (3-1) lose at home to the Dolphins (2-2), knocking out 21 percent
- Week 5: Top pick Pittsburgh (3-1) gets absolutely demolished by 2-2 Jacksonville, dropping 38 percent of BFIG
- Week 4: The Falcons (3-0) are here again, this time for losing to the Bills (2-1) at home - 15 percent gone
All these losses were forehead-crush-some-BLLs damaging, but four of the five can be explained in a few words...
The Chiefs were weeks into a funk, the Broncos fooled us and are actually bad, BORTLEMANIA!!! is real, and the Bills were a good football team until they weren't.
But that Falcons loss to Miami? What the f***? Atlanta has crushed both Green Bay (with Aaron Rodgers) and Dallas at home, and has beaten Detroit and Seattle on the road. The Falcons' three non-WTF losses are at the Patriots and Panthers, and at home to a then-hot Bills team.
And the Dolphins? They're -97 on the season (third worst) with the lowest DVOA rating (yes, behind the 0-10 Browns).
To the 226 of you who lost on this game, Commish wants you to know he loves you, Jay Cutler doesn't love you, and you'll be back with a vengeance next season.
WEEK 12 SURVIVOR POWER RANKINGS: CAN YOU BEAT BIGDADDY AND COMMISH?
If you've read/watched our power rankings this year, you know BigDaddy is a special breed. We love him. How he nails predictions, time and time again, is beyond us. But sometimes you don't question genius. You just appreciate its presence.
In this week's rankings, BigDaddy predicts Browns victory and Marvin Lewis' firing, calls Andy Dalton a top-tier quarterback, and ponders whether Hugh Hefner is the coach of the Browns... ALL IN ONE BREATH. You know what to do:
