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Sun. Dec. 9, 2012
It looked grim for Mike’s team. With matching 7-6 records with Joe’s squad, but substantially less total season points, Mike’s only way to make the playoffs was going to be a victory and a Joe loss. And when the games started on December 9th, Joe found himself up a substantial margin on Tim, while Mike was having trouble racking up enough points to keep up with his opponent, Aaron Mackel. But in the afternoon games, Tim’s Seattle defense sparked. Scoring 41 points on 0 points allowed, three sacks, four interceptions, four fumble recoveries, and two defensive touchdowns, Tim defeated Joe 136.16-123.32. This lead to frustration for Joe, who, in the middle of the Seattle v. Arizona game, felt so upset he posted to the league that he felt team defense was unnecessary to the league.
Titled “Team Defense…” Joe’s post read: “Before I begin, I want to say that I am not bringing up this topic purely because I am bitter about what Seattle is doing to me at the moment. For most of us, team defense is an afterthought going into draft day… Even more than a typical position player, it seems to be a totally random event that is not even mildly predictable. I suggest that we consider diminishing the impact of team defense for next year, either by removing the position or by changing the scoring scheme. I don’t think that after studying the draft, surviving a long grueling season, and picking up many impactful players through FA or trades throughout the year, a team defense should have the power to decide a matchup.”
The post was met with disagreement from Tim, Andrew, Matt, Will, Conor and Tom (who went as far as to add a “U Don’t Have to Cry” meme to the post). Meanwhile, Mike was still in desperate need to win his matchup. Down 86.28-67.5, Mike only had Tom Brady left, while Aaron had one of Brady’s top targets: Wes Welker. But somehow, someway, Tom Brady scored 28.44 points on 296 yards passing, one passing TD, and one rushing TD, while only dishing the ball to Welker for 52 total yards. It’s as if Mike had Brady on speed dial and gave him the call to tell him he needed a huge game with no points to Welker. Whether speed dial came into play or everything was happenstance is still to be determined, but the performance was enough to give Mike a 95.94-91.48 win and a playoff birth.
To which Mike added his thoughts on Joe’s post: “Yeah fuck that idea and we already have team def scoring tied down pretty tight with INTs only 1 point and no points for any return yards. Plus scoring gets crushed when the opposing team scores as little as 13 points. Don’t hate just because some of us sacrificed a bench spot for a decent DEF. Tim, congrats on a stellar DEF performance. It’s a great feeling. Oh and Deegs have fun watching the playoffs. Thank you Tom Brady.”
Box Scores:
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