Sun. Oct. 15, 2012

Winning 81.72-80.5 going into the Sunday night match-up between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Tim was going to need Ryan Mathews to hold off Tom’s Phillip Rivers to pull off a week 6 win. Things started off all in favor of Tom as Rivers had 131 yards passing and 2 TDs in the first half to give Tom a large lead. But everything changed in the second half when the Broncos defense came to play.

Rivers and the Chargers had six possessions in the second half. The first ended in a Rivers fumble, the second in a three and out, and the next three in drive-killing interceptions by the Charger QB. Still needing help with only seconds to play, it all came down to a 4th and 16 for the Chargers with under a minute to play. Down 92.14-91.02, the only way Tim could win the game was with a Rivers fumble. And just then, Elvis Dumervil burst through the San Diego offensive line, wrapped up Rivers, stripped the ball, and Denver’s Mike Adams recovered the loose pigskin. The play resulted in minus-two points for Rivers, his fifth turnover of the second half and sixth of the game. A kneel down later and Tim had achieved the historic 91.02-90.14 victory, his fifth straight win and one of the craziest endings in fantasy football history.

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