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Int'l Necronauts - The Necronauts check in as the fourth highest scoring team over the course of the season at 1318.6. That's good for an average of 101.4. But that's carrying an under-titrated first half along with it. Of late, the Nauts are the most consistently bad ass team on the 
block - averaging 116.6 over the last 6 games (more than a 17 point improvement over their average over the first 7!) That alone gets the Necronauts the Most Improved Player award running away. And speaking of running away, if the Dead Sailors are moving out of round 1 that's exactly how they're going to do it. With a backfield line-up of Adrian Peterson and Cedric Benson, backed by talented kids with high-upsides like Ivory and Choice - this team has legs to spare. But their hands are nothing to sneeze at either with Manningham, Calvin Johnson & Steve Johnson leading a powerful receiver corps. If they have a weakness it's in the QB spot, but with Conservative Cassel going this weekend against a tough Chargers pass D, the Nauts will hope he'll keep his TD/Interception ratio as positive as it's been so far this year. With these kind of guns below deck, it's difficult to imagine the Nauts going sub-100 this week either. They should treat this game as a showcase, a chance to do some saber-rattling and drive up ratings for their prospective 2nd round match-up with BDT.
block - averaging 116.6 over the last 6 games (more than a 17 point improvement over their average over the first 7!) That alone gets the Necronauts the Most Improved Player award running away. And speaking of running away, if the Dead Sailors are moving out of round 1 that's exactly how they're going to do it. With a backfield line-up of Adrian Peterson and Cedric Benson, backed by talented kids with high-upsides like Ivory and Choice - this team has legs to spare. But their hands are nothing to sneeze at either with Manningham, Calvin Johnson & Steve Johnson leading a powerful receiver corps. If they have a weakness it's in the QB spot, but with Conservative Cassel going this weekend against a tough Chargers pass D, the Nauts will hope he'll keep his TD/Interception ratio as positive as it's been so far this year. With these kind of guns below deck, it's difficult to imagine the Nauts going sub-100 this week either. They should treat this game as a showcase, a chance to do some saber-rattling and drive up ratings for their prospective 2nd round match-up with BDT.Vickskennel.com - The hobbled Dogs have shot themselves in the foot so many times, there was little surprise when WR standout Dez Bryant literally hobbled himself last week with a 
broken leg. The most interesting news about the Kennel Klub this week may be whether or not the Commissioner has to set this team's line-up for them, or whether they intend to reclaim the reigns of the team. They've averaged 96.2 points per game over the season. But, almost a mirror image of the Naut's Tale of Two Seasons, Vickskennel never recovered from an emotional loss to the Thanatoids in Week 6. Up to that point they had a five game streak of 100+ games, since then only two (both of which they won). A lot of anger has swirled around this franchise - words like "black stain" and "betrayal" and "robot team" refuse to go away. Showing back up and upsetting the rabble's chosen team before Christmas would be a proper way to regenerate their bad boy image. The team is led by standouts Phillip Rivers at QB and Ray Rice at RB, but after that there's a sharp drop off. With two Jets and a Dolphin in the 2nd tier category Vicks may be hoping for a shoot out in a game that could easily end up south of 17 pts between the teams. They'll need more than 100 to win this game, and it's difficult to see how it happens if they don't log on the damn website.
broken leg. The most interesting news about the Kennel Klub this week may be whether or not the Commissioner has to set this team's line-up for them, or whether they intend to reclaim the reigns of the team. They've averaged 96.2 points per game over the season. But, almost a mirror image of the Naut's Tale of Two Seasons, Vickskennel never recovered from an emotional loss to the Thanatoids in Week 6. Up to that point they had a five game streak of 100+ games, since then only two (both of which they won). A lot of anger has swirled around this franchise - words like "black stain" and "betrayal" and "robot team" refuse to go away. Showing back up and upsetting the rabble's chosen team before Christmas would be a proper way to regenerate their bad boy image. The team is led by standouts Phillip Rivers at QB and Ray Rice at RB, but after that there's a sharp drop off. With two Jets and a Dolphin in the 2nd tier category Vicks may be hoping for a shoot out in a game that could easily end up south of 17 pts between the teams. They'll need more than 100 to win this game, and it's difficult to see how it happens if they don't log on the damn website.
Prediction: 'Nauts 124, Vicks 65
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