MOTW - Semifinals

No time for corny intros. Getting right down to business:

MOTW1
1. alex's Optimal Team (Alex) vs. 4. The Mas-deflater (Simon)
The team with the worst name has the best record and takes on an injury-ravaged team in the playoffs. Will Alex's rookie magic continue?
QB: Brady vs. one of the worst teams in the league with Edelman potentially coming back? As great as Rodgers has been, this should be a landslide victory for Brady. Edge: Alex
WR: With the way that ARob and Marshall have been playing, they have been WR1s. Hilton will probably drag this group down a bit but Simon just has a slew of WR2/3s that will have to step up in order to match their levels. The wildcard here is Edelman, who might be able to negate some of Brady's points. Nonetheless, a slight edge goes to Alex. Edge: Alex
RB: One of the only positions that Simon may have a chance at winning with David Johnson and Brandon Bolden taking over as lead backs on injury-ravaged backfields. McFadden and Murray have both been under-performing and while Murray has a plus matchup this week, I wouldn't expect a 20 point performance out of either of them. Edge: Simon
TE: Gronk. Edge: Alex
Special Teams: Kicker goes to Simon, as Catanzaro gets to kick for a team that never stops moving the ball with tons of weapons on offense. But Prater does have a plus matchup against one of the worst defenses in the league. Defense is a landslide win by KC who gets to play against a Ravens team that's hoping the Texans' trash can be their savior. Edge: Even

Winner: Alex
While some may see this as a reverse jinx, I genuinely believe top to bottom, Alex may have the most complete team in the league. Simon is just another speed bump as he looks to finish a Cinderella season.

MOTW2
2. ashamed of my last W (Biggie) vs. 6. Quabity Assuance (Dan)
Biggie, who is still ashamed of beating me, gets to face my dark horse for the playoffs who put a shellacking on Jung last week. Can he go from 6 to 1 in 3 weeks?
QB: Russell Wilson has been on a historic tear the last 3 weeks and are the Browns going to be the ones to slow him down? My money is on "NO." While Carr should be involved in a shootout, the Seahawks are on a mission to get back to the Super Bowl, and Russell is leading the charge. Edge: Dan
WR: Antonio has been the 2nd best fantasy receiver all season DESPITE the fact that the Rapist has not been available every week. However, he has to get through the best pass defense in the league. If we assume Martavius and Brown both get sub-par performances, then I'll give a slight edge to Dan with the Baldwin-Russell combo. They've been hooking up like 2 college students on spring break, and the Browns are the oblivious parents who have no power to step them. Edge: Dan
RB: Similar to the first MOTW, Biggie needs his biggest win to come in the backfield department. With two legitimate RB1s, Biggie definitely has the edge here. But watch out for Lacy, who had a great game last week. Edge: Biggie
TE: Olsen (Okay, he's no Gronk so he can't just use his name as the reasoning for the win, but he's the best pass catcher on an undefeated Carolina team that is humming at the moment). Edge: Dan
Special Teams: Each team has one of the two best defenses in the NFC and both have plus matchups against mistake prone teams. Neither kicker gives me much reason to pause but Santos could be busy against a leaky Ravens defense. Edge: Even

Winner: Dan
Dan continues his run after sneaking into the playoffs in Week 13. As two previous title holders would drop out of the race, it would guarantee a new champion: a rookie vs. the man who's been in this league for so long and wanting to win the championship and makes the playoffs every year but just can't win it possibly until now.

MOTW 3
Yeah, right. I'm not doing the consolidation brackets.

Good luck to all!

Simon Kim