FFWC High-Stakes Recap: Week 8
With Week 8 now complete, the second half of the 2023 Fulltime Fantasy Football regular season is underway. With all 32 teams in action – it was a high-scoring affair. Here is a look at the Top 20 Leaderboards across the four Major FFWC XI Tournaments in our FFWC High-Stakes Recap: Week 8. Fantasy Football World Championship Apart from the overall leader, positioning changed slightly at the top of the standings in the race to claim the $150K FFWC XI Grand Prize. Four new teams joined the FTF World Championship Top 20 Leaderboard following Week 8 action. That includes three teams that made a big leap into the Top 15 overall. Team Just(in) Time (6-2) continues as the FFWC XI overall leader for a seventh straight week. Simeon Yarbrough and Brian Marzorini posted 165.00 points and increased their lead slightly from 12.85 to 15.05 points. They also lead the most points race in FFWC SLOW 4 by 93.10 over House of Orange I (16th OA) who have an 8-0 record. The two teams with the Best Record and the Most Points go head-to-head in the Week 15 to 17 playoffs. If one team holds both marks – they are a FFWC XI Dominator $10K winner. Sitting 22nd overall, back in Week 3, Zefurs IV (7-1) has climbed into second place. KJ Dukes squad racked up 197.20 points and went from 47.25 to 15.05 points out of first. In a battle of the final two 7-1 teams, in FFWC 9/3 9 PM ET league, Zefurs IV and Cobb Nation go H2H this week. Zefurs IV’s lead in that league increased to 197.40 points. After sitting second overall, for three straight weeks, Mr Yellow Stickers (7-1) slipped to third place. Mike Schlissberg’s WC Circa Hybrid 9/9 squad posted 149.50 points and is 30.90 points out of first place. Mr Yellow Stickers and Drunken Masters are both 7-1 in that league and they go H2H this week as well. There is still a long way to go but, a win by Mike moves him into a league Dominator position. Remaining in the Top 5, for a third straight week, Team Honeycutt (7-1) moved from fifth to fourth place overall. Steve Honeycutt‘s FFWC Online 8/22 9 PM ET team posted 171.70 points. Very consistent, with 168.75 points as the low in Week 4, Team Honeycutt has averaged 176.98 points over the last six weeks. Jumping up three spots, Coyote Miscreants (6-2) moved from eighth to fifth overall. Mike Santos and Kurt Kuekes scored 179.70 points to complete an impressive climb into the Top 5. Their FFWC GT 8/18 9 PM ET team sat 242nd and was averaging 144.47 points following Week 3 action. During a stop in 63rd, two in 13th, one in eighth, and now in fifth, Coyote Miscreants have averaged 180.91 points over the last five weeks. Our FFWC XI “Shout Out of the Week” goes to The Champs (4-4) who posted a week-high 230.25 points. John Rozek’s FFWC SLOW 2 squad moved from 510th to 320th overall and is riding a four-game winning streak. Even better, The Champs moved from 151.75 to 95.60 points out of a playoff spot in their league. Also enjoying a big week, Team Webslinger 2 racked up 211.25 points and jumped from 45th to tenth overall. Respected Money VIII posted 189.35 points and moved from 28th to 11th place. Rounding out the biggest movers, Team Angel’s Envy scored 184 points and climbed from 26th to 15th place. After just four teams posted at least 200 points last week, 14 squads reached that plateau during Week 8 action. If the playoffs started this week, just 22.48 points would separate the Top 100 FFWC XI teams. The undefeated ranks dropped, from 13 teams at 7-0 last week, to just seven with an 8-0 record heading into Week 9. Three of those teams are currently in the Top 20 overall. Chad Schroeder joined Curtis Hirsch, Mike Santos, and KJ Duke (2) with two Top 20 teams. Circa Las Vegas Fantasy Championship Scoring reached a new high during Week 8 in our inaugural FullTime Fantasy Circa LVFC Tournament. The 158,114.20 total points scored surpasses the 156,651.25 points posted during Week 3 action. Four new teams entered the Top 20 Leaderboard and the overall Top 5 changed slightly. For the first time this season, the top two leaders remained unchanged. Despite a down week, compared to their lofty numbers recently, team Leave It In (6-2) retained first overall. Mike Moore and Mike Scherneck’s Circa LVFC 9/6 10 PM ET team posted 152.25 points. Mike and Mike finished 11th overall during the playoffs last season. With 1423.75 total points, they are well ahead of the 1108.90 points they had through eight weeks last season. Receiving a decent rebound, from his Tagovailoa/Mostert/Waddle Dolphins triple stack (63.7 points), Team 2 Bros DP (5-3) retains second overall. Robbie Dinges and Pat Evevard’s Circa LVFC SLOW 5 squad posted 148.20 points. Robbie joined Adam Krautwurst on the 10/25/23 FullTime Fantasy Podcast and shared his insights on the draft, plus the season-to-date. Team 2 Bros DP are 33.20 points out first overall, and lead their league by 167.35 points. Continuing a steady climb, from 31st back in Week 4, Team Mitchell 2 (8-0) jumped from sixth to third overall. Mark Mitchell’s squad, drafted early during the FFWC XI season (7/15/23), piled up 187.80 points. After opening the season with 124.60 points, Mark’s team has averaged an impressive 180.20 points per week. Team Mitchell 2 moved from 73.30 to 37.75 points out first overall. Team LOB (7-1) retained fourth overall for a second straight week. Also drafted early, Mark Deming’s Circa LVFC 7/16/23 team posted 167.00 points. Mark’s Jaguars quad-stack, Lawrence, Etienne, Ridley, and Engram, averaged 19.4 points per player. LOB is 42.30 out of first overall and leads his league by 147.75 points. Following a massive outburst last week, Team Reece (6-2) stumbled some and slipped from third to fifth. After racking up the fifth-highest single-week