Playoff Picture

Here we go, one week in the regular season left and while seven of the eight playoff spots are determined, there's still a lot to play for all around! Who will win the regular season crown? Who will face who in the first round? All these and more, as we take a quick look at the playoff picture!

Western Conference
After winning -- or tying -- their last six games, and only suffering two losses on the season, this has been a breakthrough year for the Jedi Knights (9-2-1). The Ba-Donka-Donk division is theirs, along with a #1 seed in the Western Conference. They have an outside shot at getting the regular season wins crown if they can take out Rhythm Drive this weekend.

MoRRie's Pogiboys (6-4-2) have clinched the Tcats division title on the strength of a five game non-losing streak. Yes, we must use "non-losing" because they've had two ties and three wins since a WK7 loss. As recently as a month ago, they were trailing in their division. Alvin is just cooling his heels, waiting for his first round playoff game. Oh and maybe a few sleepless nights too eh? Congratulations Alvin!

Another Bad Creation (6-5-1) fought hard early on but faded a bit late, with a 2-2-1 record down the stretch pushing them out of the divisional title picture. No matter, they locked up a playoff spot and can have a week off to hang out.

As for that last spot in the Western Conference, it's a toss up between Hungry Hungry Ouroboros, Team Cameltoe, and possibly Ann Arbor Bamfers and Rhythm Drive. The Ouroboros have a one game lead so if they win they are in, but if it comes down to division records or PF, they could be threatened by Team Cameltoe's one tied game, or the Bamfers very close PF score. D-R-A-M-A.

Eastern Conference
We have our playoff teams here. Mandalorian Warriors (10-2) will take the Lebowski Achievers division regardless of WK13 results, so it's going to be a big week for Dunder Mifflin Paper Company (8-4), 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears (9-3), and Italian Stallionz (9-3) to duke it out for positioning.

The Pooh Bears are on a six game win streak after starting off 3-3, and that has enabled them to vault to second highest PF team so far. A huge and shocking run as J's team is the hottest team in the league right now. Porta's Stallionz started off this season 5-0, but then had a four game win streak snapped last week by the Pooh Bears. That could have caused Porta to lose the division crown but we're pretty sure he's had a good week regardless as he put a ring on it. Congrats!

As for Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, they are currently the #4 seed due to being one game down from Pooh Bears and Stallionz, so they'd sure like a win to get out of facing Mandalorian Warriors in the first round. Or would they rather tank this game so that they can get a chance to topple the mighty Warriors? Ooohh.

Filling Some Needs

A blockbuster went down as 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears moved Ryan Mathews and Ryan Tannehill to Squirtle Squad for Miles Austin, Brandon Lloyd, and Russell Wilson.

With the emergence of Doug Martin, Mathews was no longer needed and the former number one draft pick has been on the trading block all week. Mathews has only been the 25th ranked RB this season, averaging 8.8 points per while missing the first two games of the season. Before getting injured during the pre-season, most prognosticators had him as a surefire first round pick. Obviously, it's been a tough year for him.

Meanwhile, Austin has been Squirtle Squad's third best player this season, and the Cowboys' leading receiver has been in the top dozen receivers so far, bouncing back from an injury plagued last couple of years. Austin is averaging 10.2 points, making J's goal of getting "a WR that gets me 8-10 points per week" complete. Adding Brandon Lloyd will help the Pooh Bears too, as Lloyd is capable of starting in place of Dez Bryant or Brandon LaFell should the need arise.

The exchange of rookie QBs Russell Wilson and Ryan Tannehill is mostly a wash, as Wilson will sit behind Cam Newton while Tannehill will duke it out with Christian Ponder to back up Michael Vick. Our analysts say this was a good trade for both sides as the Pooh Bears desperately needed a number one receiver, and had an extra running back to spare. The Squirtles will certainly miss Austin but red hot Randall Cobb is more than ready to step up. Brian bought low on Mathews and if he can bounce back in the next year or so, Mathews will make a nice RB pair with Adrian Peterson. A logical trade that helps everybody involved, just the kind we like!

• An original seventh round draft pick of the Ann Arbor Bamfers in 2009, Miles Austin was then picked up as a free agent by Squirtles' GM Brian. Austin promptly blew up for 250 yards and 2 TDs that week, pushing the Squirtles to their team best 132 points scored.
• Ryan Mathews was J's 2010 1.2 pick -- right after 1.1 Dez Bryant, also by Pooh Bears. The trade involved an exchange of 2010 RD1 picks and also 2011 RD2 and RD3. We took a brief look at it during our early round wheeling and dealing article -- ID#103 -- and gave it a big thumbs up.