Stephen Liao · "Thinks He's The Favorite"
The Season So FarStephen Liao's Javaris Jamarr Javarison-Lamar is the league's second highest scoring team and, awkwardly, one of five teams with a 4–3 record. A 135.78-to-153.82 loss to Dakstreets Back, Alright! in Week 7 is the kind of result that points totals alone cannot explain.
Javaris has 950.44 points for, 64.7 more than the next-best 4–3 team, and the record still sits outside the top two. Scoring 135.78 and losing is the cost of running into an opponent who scored 153.82.
An 18.04-point loss to an Andrew Wendt team that put up the highest score of Week 7. Javaris scored 135.78, a number that wins most weeks, and it still lost to the highest score of the slate.
Next opponent: Chasing Last Place (Jeff Marsicano), away
Projected total: PROJECTION 141.6 projected vs. 97.0
Keys to victory: Bounce back on the road. Javaris is a projected 44-point favorite over Chasing Last Place, the widest projected margin of the week.
Potential upset scenario: Chasing Last Place scored 145.44 last week, so a repeat from Jeff's lineup would make this closer than it looks.
Playoff outlook: A win would bring the team back to 5–3 and keep it in the top tier.
ANALYST PREDICTION (satire)
G.R.I.D. 9000 recommends scoring 154 next time.
Expert AssessmentChampionship Outlook is data-informed. The remaining three indicators are satirical editorial scores.
