Blood Pressure Blog

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Fantasy Bracketology –

• 1-seeds have been champion only once (Arpan 2017)
• 3-seeds have made the championship game 3-times and become champion twice
• 7-seeds have been runner-up twice
• 1-seeds are 4-1 against 8-seeds
• 2-seeds are 0-5 against 7-seeds
• 3-seeds are 4-1 against 6-seeds
• ONLY 9-seeds (3x) and 12-seeds (2x) have ever been punished

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(1) 2 Girls 1 Kupp v. (8) Cook Out

Keshav looks to defend his shitty take from several weeks ago when proclaiming to beat the best team in the league following a monstrous win. As expected, he ate his words. Now we’ve arrived at deja vu – the Chicago resident and his team look to redeem themselves and pull off one of the greatest upsets in fantasy league history, on the level of the Tampa Bay Lightning first round loss in the Stanley Kupp Playoffs. History has not been kind to the 8-seeds, advancing to the second round once in league history – meaning he stands a small chance at victory in a high scoring shootout. A redeeming quality for his team is the excellent matchups in week 15 – Aaron Rodgers traveling to the extremely hurt Ravens, and several others at Cook Out are poised for a big follow up week. The attempt will likely be futile though, as the 1-seed will still continue to exert dominance.

Prediction – 2 Girls 1 Kupp: 120, Cook out: 110

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(2) Ye Ole Double Trey Hotel v. (7) Ayush Football Team

The 2-seed in the playoffs is cursed – never reaching the second round in the history of the league. This likely projects to be a wild toss up heavily influenced by one player – Lamar Jackson. Jackson, questionable for a week 15 Packers date, faces a tough, top-10 D/ST unit. If Jackson is limited during the game, the Ravens will likely look to throw for a pass heavy attack. The Packers secondary has had a nose for the football, with several INTs over the past few weeks, and will likely look to continue this inspiring play as they look to maintain the NFC 1-seed. However, actual football aside, this is a matchup of one of the most consistent teams in the league, Manoaj, and one of the most inconsistent teams, Ayush. The Ayush Football Team somehow went 0-11 ATL in consecutive weeks, but has scored 150+ points on two separate occasions. Still, with an essentially healthy team versus Ayush’s injury plagued team on a losing streak, Manoaj will should prevail and break the curse of the 2-seed.

Prediction – Ye Ole Double Trey Hotel: 110, Ayush Football team: 95

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(3) This Justin: RIP Christian v. (6) Brady 4Ever

This matchup has the potential firepower from either competitor to make a championship run, and the winner being clear favorites at making the finals. Unfortunately, they play each other in the first round. Extremely even on the stats side, both teams average around 105 points per week. The dual owners hold a slight victory in weekly ATL wins, with 8-6 over Matt. Players from both teams also have excellent matchups against their competition, with a chance at high scoring from Brady, Herbert, Elliot, Diggs, and Jefferson. However, if one X-factor is differentiated, it’s momentum. Brady 4Ever ends the season on a 3-game win streak, scoring 111, 128, and 130 points in that stretch. Even considering the impressive scoring from Matt over the past two weeks. Brady will continue to pull his team through the playoffs like he always does.

Prediction – This Justin: RIP Christian: 105, Brady 4Ever: 115

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(4) Waddle House v. (5) mcKISSic my bASS

The major story coming out of the 4-5 seed matchup is the inability of Noah to win a road game (0-7 in road games). The week 14 loss has seemed to seal his fate in defeat, as he travels to the Waddle House with both teams looking to break losing streaks. Noah’s team has delivers extremely bipolar performances even within a given week – on one hand, Alvin Kamara singlehandedly drives the Saints to stay in the NFC playoff hunt, on the other are specific head coaches calling entire coaching staffs losers. Noah is soooo close to putting it all together, but seems to elude him each week. Ramesh’s team has experienced two heartbreaking losses in a row, scoring 99 and 125 points consecutively. But with a potential Josh Allen injury, can the best QB in fantasy still support the sliding Bills to save the season? Does Noah stand a chance in this matchup, yes, but when the going gets rough, Ramesh has held the grittier team by becoming an expert in finding value on the waiver wire. This season won’t allow Noah his first road victory.

Prediction – Waddle House: 110, mcKISSic my bASS: 90

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(9) Score a TD Boston v. (12) I Lost The Chase

Is Vikas really bad, or is he unlucky – the rubber meets the road this week. Vikas stands at 7-7 ATL against Ramanan and likewise, both teams score a similar number of points per week. The main difference in the narrative, is the total points scored on the season – a 75-point advantage to the Florida man. Calling a matchup on one stat alone however does injustice. Before week 14, Ramanan had the longest active winning streak in the league at 3 consecutive wins. His week 14 performance can be classified as a heartbreaking loss, scoring 119 -points in a loss to Manoaj. However, the color grey does not dominate these two teams, their roster talent is clearly black and white. Vikas clearly has the better roster, headlined by Stafford, Jones, Chase, and OBJ (Q). Meanwhile, Ramanan’s roster seems like he’s squeezed the most out of several borderline waiver wire claims looking to prove consistency. Vikas simply has the better team, and has continued to score points consistently, and I see him staying out of the punishment seat.

Prediction – Score a TD Boston: 100, I Lost the Chase : 115

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(10) Gay Rights v. (11) Foster the Peoples-Jones

We’ve arrived at the toilet bowl – two bottom feeder teams scoring the least amount of points in the regular season. As a rivalry week rematch, Arpan came into week 14 on a 3-game winning streak, but still managed to score a respectable 109 points in a loss to Parth and Amit. Arpan has a massive 10-4 ATL lead against Chinmay, and will look to exert dominance in the third matchup and expected third win of the season against a bitter rival. However, the underdog in this fight seems to have the better roster, with a better backfield, better QB, D/ST and TE. The roster construction of Chinmay’s team is far better, and may be the equalizer in the final act of the trilogy. With slightly better matchups on the side of Foster the Peoples-Jones, the equalizer gets even stronger. However to reiterate, the 10-4 ATL favoring Arpan just seems unsurmountable, likely sending Chinmay for a cage match for the punishment.

Prediction – Gay Rights: 105, Foster the Peoples-Jones : 95

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