Playoff Preview
Welcome to a great FLOF final four. Four teams dominated this season from start to finish. From week 5 through week 13, Mimes, Malleus, Drow, and Lagers all appeared in the top 4 or top 5 spots in the weekly rankings. Only Mimes did not make it to this round of the playoffs as the other 3 are joined by Old No. 7, who was that 5th team more often then not and knocked off Mimes in their Wild Card match-up.
Drow (7-6-1 wild card) @ Malleus Maleficarum (11-3 Middle Division Champ)
Malleus put together arguably the most successful campaign in FLOF history. Only 1 other team has ever recorded 11 wins in a season but Drow's 11-2 campaign in 2002 was many seasons before the league expanded to 12 teams. In fact, this was the first season since expansion that any team has reached 10 wins despite playing 1 more game. Malleus did it with the roster churn we've come to expect from Haydn. Thirty-four different players started at least 1 game for Malleus this year -- on par with Malleus' previous years, but 10 more than any other team this year. Although Malleus did not actually play last week, their regular players did not have good games. The offense in particular would have probably posted its worst outing of the season. Drow did play last week and bounced back to a strong game from a poor result in week 14.
EWP gives Malleus a 64% chance to win
Yahoo predicts Drow 20 - Malleus 17 (based on Wednesday numbers)
Old No. 7 (8-5-1 wild card) @ Iron City Lagers (10-4 Left Division Champ)
Lagers were the 4-10 Bushkill Brawlers two years ago and are now the second team to get 10 wins since expansion despite starting 3 different QBs at least 2 games this season (tied with Bill and Malleus) but they may be fading a little as they prepare for their first playoff game. Week 14 they had a pretty average score but they would likely have completely collapsed had they played last week. Lagers are hoping that the non-game is not the beginning of a trend for them as they play one of the hottest teams in FLOF. Old No. 7 put together another solid effort last week as they vanquished Mimes but they may need more out of their offense if they want to win their second playoff game.
EWP gives Lagers a 52% chance to win
Yahoo predicts Lagers 22 - Old No. 7 11
Drow (7-6-1 wild card) @ Malleus Maleficarum (11-3 Middle Division Champ)
Malleus put together arguably the most successful campaign in FLOF history. Only 1 other team has ever recorded 11 wins in a season but Drow's 11-2 campaign in 2002 was many seasons before the league expanded to 12 teams. In fact, this was the first season since expansion that any team has reached 10 wins despite playing 1 more game. Malleus did it with the roster churn we've come to expect from Haydn. Thirty-four different players started at least 1 game for Malleus this year -- on par with Malleus' previous years, but 10 more than any other team this year. Although Malleus did not actually play last week, their regular players did not have good games. The offense in particular would have probably posted its worst outing of the season. Drow did play last week and bounced back to a strong game from a poor result in week 14.
EWP gives Malleus a 64% chance to win
Yahoo predicts Drow 20 - Malleus 17 (based on Wednesday numbers)
Old No. 7 (8-5-1 wild card) @ Iron City Lagers (10-4 Left Division Champ)
Lagers were the 4-10 Bushkill Brawlers two years ago and are now the second team to get 10 wins since expansion despite starting 3 different QBs at least 2 games this season (tied with Bill and Malleus) but they may be fading a little as they prepare for their first playoff game. Week 14 they had a pretty average score but they would likely have completely collapsed had they played last week. Lagers are hoping that the non-game is not the beginning of a trend for them as they play one of the hottest teams in FLOF. Old No. 7 put together another solid effort last week as they vanquished Mimes but they may need more out of their offense if they want to win their second playoff game.
EWP gives Lagers a 52% chance to win
Yahoo predicts Lagers 22 - Old No. 7 11
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