A spot in the championship game is on the line this week as No. 3-seed Down and Out (10-4, 1,605.10) meets No. 2-seed Hamboned (11-3, 1,849.00). The end result might be ugly, with Down and Out favored to win by 43.18 points according to projections. Down and Out will suit up Jason Witten (18.60 projected points) in the Thursday and Saturday games, while Hamboned will play Brandon Marshall (17.40 projected points) and Todd Gurley (probable).
Three of the four other league matchups get going before Sunday. Down and Out has a healthy advantage at the TE position, where Jason Witten is projected to outscore Zach Miller, 18.60 - 0.00. Down and Out has two players (Jason Witten and T.Y. Hilton) facing a top-10 defense while two more (Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson) face a bottom-10-ranked defense. Hamboned has three starters (Michael Floyd, Todd Gurley, and Zach Miller) going up against a top-10 defense and one (Denard Robinson) against a defense ranked in the bottom 10. Down and Out didn't make any lineup changes since Tuesday, but still has Tim Hightower (0.00 projected points) in their starting lineup.
Meanwhile, Hamboned made three pickups, adding Denard Robinson (5.50 projected points), Ted Ginn (10.00 projected points), and Zach Miller (0.00 projected points) while dropping Thomas Rawls (0.00 projected points), Karlos Williams (1.40 projected points), and Austin Seferian-Jenkins (16.40 projected points). Hamboned has kept their lineup the same, but still has Miller (0.00 projected points) listed as a starter.