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Falcon Design Football League Weekly · 2024, Week 9

Lance Gardner runs away with it in Week 9

Sean Hayes119.12
Clay Morrison80.98
Adam Price159.32
David Lavender126.04
Christopher Mitchell125.90
Jarrod Lee100.54
Kenneth Temple104.56
Wesley Redd86.08
James Marchand149.80
Tyler Price124.86
Lance Gardner197.30
John Palmer89.50

Game of the week

Kenneth Temple edged Wesley Redd 104.56 to 86.08, a margin of 18.48. Somebody is going to be rereading that box score all week.

Blowout of the week

Lance Gardner beat John Palmer by 107.80 (197.30 to 89.50). The scoreboard was kind to exactly one side.

High and low

Lance Gardner put up the top score of the week with 197.30. That is the highest single-game score in league history to this point. At the other end, Clay Morrison managed just 80.98.

Streak watch

Running hot: Christopher Mitchell (6 straight wins), Adam Price (4 straight wins). Looking for answers: Wesley Redd (4 straight losses), Clay Morrison (4 straight losses), John Palmer (3 straight losses).

From the archives

The best Week 9 score this league has seen before this season: 141.34 by Tyler Price in 2023.

Luck report

Sean Hayes is 6-3 but would be 47-52 playing everyone every week, about 1.7 wins ahead of their scoring. Wesley Redd is the opposite, about 1.5 wins short of what their points deserve.

All-play of the week

Against the whole league, Lance Gardner went 11-0 this week. David Lavender lost despite outscoring 8 of 11 teams. Brutal.

Power rankings

  1. 1
    Christopher Mitchell–
    7-2 · all-play 68-31
  2. 2
    Adam Price▲1
    6-3 · all-play 60-39
  3. 3
    Lance Gardner▲5
    5-4 · all-play 57-42
  4. 4
    James Marchand▲1
    5-4 · all-play 62-37
  5. 5
    Jarrod Lee▼3
    6-3 · all-play 54-45
  6. 6
    Tyler Price▼2
    5-4 · all-play 54-45
  7. 7
    David Lavender▼1
    4-5 · all-play 59-40
  8. 8
    Sean Hayes▼1
    6-3 · all-play 47-52
  9. 9
    Clay Morrison–
    4-5 · all-play 38-61
  10. 10
    Wesley Redd–
    2-7 · all-play 39-60
  11. 11
    John Palmer–
    2-7 · all-play 29-70
  12. 12
    Kenneth Temple–
    2-7 · all-play 27-72