NFL Week 4 Wrap-Up: Buckin' Broncos

…and then there were five. Seven more ALACS’ers bit the dust in Week 4 of the NFL Survivor Pool. Five of those casualties came at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs' shocking 33-19 upset over the Denver Broncos. Mike Shanahan’s impressive NFL head coaching resume apparently does not extend to Arrowhead Stadium; Shanahan is now 3-11 when he visits the Chiefs’ home field. The Washington Redskins’ statement victory in Dallas knocked two more people out of the Survivor Pool. Andrew Gay, Jordan Spektor, Joe Nelson, Billy Schreyer, and Mike Rennard are the five people left with a shot at the Survivor Pool’s $1000 grand prize and 330 ALACS Points.

In the GU Division of ALACS Fantasy Football, Joe Nelson’s Making it Rain earned Team of the Week honors. Nelson – who had accumulated 245 points total in the season’s first three weeks – shocked the ALACS with a 141-point showing powered by his QBs (Garrard 25, Campbell 19) and RBs (LT 24, E. James 19). Elsewhere, Willis Barnes’ Team BigMan and Matt Crevier’s El Segundo Teen Wolf tied at 105; Barnes ended up SOL with 0 points coming from a bench that held four players with byes, giving Crev’s 14-point bench the victory. Drew ‘the Bird’ Schoentrup, playing in the first fantasy game of his lifetime, was a heavy underdog going into the season; he can be hardly considered as much now, as BirdShit in Your Eye put up a third straight 100+ point performance with a 129-point showing that was good for the fourth highest Week 4 score in the ALACS. BirdShit made a serious move up the standings and now sits in 2nd place in the GU Division. Mike Marty -- who left $22 on the table in the GU Auction -- has One-Eyed Wonder sitting comfortably in first place with 36 Power Points.

Defending champ Teddy Bergeron’s Welcome to the TeeShow paced the USC Division in Week 4, ringing up 134 points in Tee’s strongest showing of the year. Earlier last week, Teddy traded for Brett Favre; with Laveranues Coles already on his roster, the two Jets’ 66 points made up almost half of Tee’s total score in Week 4. Elsewhere in the USC Division, The Commish's XFactor suffered a second straight heartbreaking loss, this time at the hands of Bobby Weinberger’s E. Village Hipsters. The Hipsters won 91-90, scoring the deciding point on the final play of Sunday night’s Eagles/Bears game on a meaningless Donovan McNabb pass. Brendan Meyer’s Roxy Returns maintained a strong grip on the top of the USC Standings with a 115-point performance, and Meyer’s 38-6 record in Breakdown stands as top in the ALACS.

In the LO Division, Andrew Gay’s Nutty Poologs yet again demonstrated that they are the most consistent team in the ALACS with a 125-point showing. The Poologs have been 9-2 in Breakdown in each of the season’s first four weeks, a relatively remarkable – if not odd – achievement. The Poologs’ consistent nuttiness has frustrated Rudi’s Luggage owner Kyle Davis, who has led the LO Division in points in three of the season’s first four weeks, yet still finds himself trailing Gay by half a point in the Power Rankings. Elsewhere, John Rosinbum threatened to set marks of fantasy football futility that could last decades. After a 39-point Week 4 performance, Rosinbum’s Fourth and Schlong has now accumulated 204 points through four weeks – 55 points less than his closest competitor in the ALACS cellar, fellow LO Division-er Billy Schreyer. Rosinbum: we still love you.

The Commish led the field with a 9-4 record in Week 4 of NFL Pick ‘Em; Andy Popp moved into a tie with Steve Duin at the top of the leaderboard at 33-26 on the strength of an 8-5 week. Brett Mullin, Kyle Davis, and John Rosinbum are one game back at 32-27.

Finally, Andrew Gay regained the NCAA Pick ‘Em lead after his 7-3 record in Week 5 was tops in the ALACS; Gay stands at 31-19 on the season and has won 62% of his picks. Week 5 proved particularly challenging as nine of the 22 pool entrants had their worst week thus far in the season; this may have had something to do with 20 of 22 ALACS’ers incorrectly picking Auburn to cover 6.5 points against Tennessee and 21 of 22 participants incorrectly picking Wisconsin (Andrew Gay alone correctly picked Michigan at +6). Joe Simich sits one game back at the standings at 30-20; Corey Rhodes, Matt Crevier, and Nick Foley sit two games back at 29-21.