It’s week 4 as the League’s closely-matched peloton of competitors begins to diverge into three distinct groupings. While no manager is down for the count, Week 4 is the kind of week that gives porch-rocking old men a prophetic pain in their bones that only they can interpret: “storm’s comin’.”

A distant thunder rolls in the air. The faint smell of impending deluge rises. What can save us from the inevitable flood destined to sweep away managers whose teams are built upon the sand?

Squish Factor, is what.

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It’s the eve of Week 3 as a small percentile of the league sits at the envied 2-0. But it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll, and the injury lottery seems as random as it is just. Whether or not you believe in — or pray to — the fantasy gods is irrelevant; their influence remains omnipotent.

Meanwhile, healthy Wide Receivers are as scarce as sympathy in the Pellwood League. It’s only Week 3, and the bitter clawing has begun as managers hope to scratch and gouge their way to the almighty W.

Whether “challenger” or “incumbent”, it matters little. There is only victory, and there is only defeat.

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Week 1 is in the books, and if our chatter-factor is any metric at all (and it should be), it was an interesting season kickoff to say the least.

While some in our league were regaled by the fruit of their drafting labor, plenty still were left wanting. And even fewer still, though you know who you are, count their W’s with homage to the fantasy gods (and their personal pandering efforts).

One thing is certain — the Power Rankings don’t lie. Win, or lose; this is the game. And we, its pawns.

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You should see the Draft Lobby, Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans watching every movement of your sword, willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself.

Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity.

Ultimately, we are all dead men. Sadly we cannot choose how but we can decide how we meet that end in order that we are remembered as men.

And when you die – and die you shall – your transition shall be to the sound of applause.

Gladiators… I salute you.

Are you not entertained?

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Draft Grade Timestamps

It’s been a long day without you, my friend
And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
We’ve come a long way from where we began
Oh, I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
When I see you again.

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And then there were 6.

The race to the playoffs did not disappoint….except for those who..uh..didn’t make it.  But what a finish it was, with a surprise sleeper upset and a discombobulated bracket.  Congratulations to Chewie and Brock for securing the first round byes (each via their own, vastly different means).

The gloves are off and niceties are history.  It’s every manager for himself, whether you’re competing for ultimate glory, top score, toilet trophy, reputation salvage, or simply avoidance of the SATs.  Good luck, and Godspeed.

It’s Week 13.  After a “brief” hiatus, the boys are back with another thrilling rundown of the week ahead.  We’re just in time, as our Game of Thrones culminates into an epic playoff race saga.

The attractive and talented Oberyn takes on the formidable Mountain as they duke it out for the #1 spot and first round bye.

The wealthy Lannisters spend all their FAAB in a last ditch effort to secure an army.

House Stark and House Fray prepare to cut each other’s throats at a red wedding matchup.

The Night Watch Rangers are watching the wall.  (You just keep doing you, and thanks for the easy tie-in.)

The coy Little Finger is down but not out, with every potential for a repeat march to victory.

And a cold and dead Night King continues to wreak havoc from beyond the wall despite being, as aforementioned, dead.

In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.

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After a brief hiatus, the boys are back to squash the rumors of a fallout in the T&R relationship. Despite Pete’s multi-season run of hauntingly narrow losses to the better man, they are in fact still friends.

This week, we welcome Jared Lorenz to the show as we mourn with those who are mourning.  Despite COVID routing four starters from his roster, Jared still looks ready to win week 4, set a league record high score, and ultimately march straight to an exciting round 1 playoff bye followed by a swift and dramatic clenching of the 2020 trophy.  You’re welcome.

Meanwhile, the Commish reveals he’s spent the past two weeks in isolation as he worked tirelessly to perfect and present his magnum opus , the pinnacle of his comedic achievement in the form of Week 4 Power Rankings. Seriously, I think he’s peaked.  Week 4.  What a shame.

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The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay.  The 2020 Draft was a brutal collision of wit, stamina, research, and 4.5% ABV.  These, gentlemen, are the times of our lives.

And this is THE episode.  You’ve been weighed and measured, and (some of) you have been found wanting.  In a league this competitive, however, the line between success and failure is razor thin.

Ultimately, hats are off to each of you for your prowess in the auction draft battlefield.  No one came unprepared for war.  But enough with the warm and fuzzies.  As in any battle, there were victors…and there were casualties.

War is hell.

Timestamps for your Draft Report are as follows, but we encourage you to enjoy the entire episode, if nothing more than out of respect or the fallen.

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