Week 9 2017: @ La Flama Blanca

Starting Lineup:
QB: Drew Brees
WR: Tyreek Hill
WR: TY Hilton
RB: Alvin Kamara
RB: TBD
TE: Jared Cook
Flex: TBD
K: Greg Zuerlein
D/ST: Arizona

Last week saw El Pollo Loco losing after the biggest blowout once again, falling 94-136 to Imposing Monstrosity. They are now 3-7 in games following biggest blowout of the week. Loco is still struggling to find consistency this season. Scoring 94 points when Ezekiel Elliott posted 29 tells the tale. And just as Zeke starts to hit his stride the one thing Loco was dreading happened, his 6 game suspension got reinstated. It couldn't have happened at a worse time as he will be out for the rest of the fantasy regular season and the post season is not a given for Loco with The Real McCoy and Imposing Monstrosity hot and nipping on their heels. Loco still has a one game lead, but they need to figure things out quickly.

This week's opponent is 2013 MFFL champion La Flama Blanca coming in looking strong with a 5-2-1 record. They just received devastating news that Deshaun Watson is out for the season with a torn ACL. This is a big blow to their lineup losing the number one fantasy player through 8 weeks. However, this team is deep and they will just plug in Dak Prescott, the number 12 fantasy player through 8 weeks. Along with the QB firepower La Flama has juggernauts Julio Jones and Todd Gurley. This team has had a lot of success in the MFFL and this year is now different as they are in good position to make another championship run. La Flama has the star power and great depth which will pose a lot of problems for Loco this week.

The Zeke suspension is tough enough as it is, but it happening in a week where Antonio Brown is on bye just compounds the problems for Loco. This means that Tyreek Hill and TY Hilton really need to step up. Both guys have shown they have the ability to put up points, but have been very inconsistent. Drew Brees is another player that needs to step up for Loco. He has played well, but just hasn't put up the TD numbers. If Brees is going to reach the potential that Loco envisioned for him, this would be the week as he faces a favorable matchup against Tampa Bay. Loco hedged their bets on Zeke by rostering both Alfred Morris and Darren McFadden. Morris looks like he will make the start this week and Loco hopes that he can cement that spot in Zeke's absence.

This is a huge game pitting two top 4 teams together. Expect a playoff like atmosphere as a win here would be big for both teams.