Believers in the Brockweiler-BORTLEMANIA!!! Brevolution,
Typically, weirdness is good. Weirdness gives you interesting things to write about, juicy storylines to ponder, and Case BEERKEGNUM.
But sometimes weirdness approaches 2017 NFL weirdness. You're left grasping at patterns that don't exist, and the possibility Jeff Fisher will coach the 2018 Bears.
You start to doubt the virtues of weird. And then... in a flash of tall, white, and immobile mediocrity... you learn to love weird all over again.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is BROCKWEILER... of the Denver Broncos (by way of Houston and Cleveland)... donning straight Creamsicle... letting out a gargantuan roar... after replacing Trevor Siemian and lighting up the Jacoby Brissett-led Colts... in an utterly meaningless Thursday night game between predicted playoff teams that were 2-14 combined in the previous eight weeks...
... while saving three of BFIG's final seven title belt hopefuls in the process.
BFIG remains at 7. Second Chance stands at 20. BRANDO is down to 153, with one week left before all BRANDOites must pick five Week 17 games. ONWARD.
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FORGET WHO THEY'VE PICKED... WHO DO OUR BFIG SURVIVORS HAVE LEFT?
As Commish has harped on repeatedly, @footballnovice still has the Patriots left. After all Vikings-savers exhausted the men in purple last week, the real question is, "who the hell is left to pick?"
NFC TEAMS PICKED OUT: Eagles, Vikings, Saints, Falcons, Rams, Seahawks, Lions, Cowboys, Packers
And only @Swami_Sez has the Panthers. So who does that leave? Ladies and gentlemen... at 6-8... Arizona and Washington!! (And Tampa, Chicago, SF, and New York. Oof.)
AFC TEAMS PICKED OUT: Steelers, Jags, Chiefs, Chargers, Raiders, and Bengals
This is when we realize BFIG 2017 is likely gonna come down to the AFC. Commish mentioned the Pats. Some have the Ravens left. One has the Titans left. Several have the Bills.
In this strange, strange year, have we resolved the question of who's actually good in the AFC (non-Pats, Steelers, and Jags category)? Commish has something pretty shiny for whoever can answer that question...
SPEAKING OF SHINY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE SECOND CHANCE TROPHY?
Rising from the ashes of eternal 7-9 and armed with a new nickname, he briefly held the "NFL's highest rated quarterback" mantle while leading his team into NFC first round bye position.
And now, he is forever immortalized in the form of BFIG 2017's Second Chance trophy. Ladies and gentlemen, may Commish present to you...
THE CASE BEERKEGNUM!
HOUSEKEEPING
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