In past years, there has been a lopsided distribution of players with winning and losing records, with a high number of players with winning records and a few notable, 2005 49er-like losers. Remember the Sacking Spacemen? JaJets JaRule? The Jean Yuss?

After six weeks, the distribution of winners and losers in the DFL is close to a perfectly normal distribution. Two players at 5-1, two at 4-2, four at 3-3, two at 2-4, and JaJets and Jean Yuss, I mean Trump and The Genius (excuse me) at 1-5.

Will the typical distribution kick in in future weeks as bad drafts lead to unmanaged weeks? Or will we have a tight race throughout the season?

Also notable is the total score compared to the league rankings. The Genius is racking up quite a season, except for the fact that he is consistently (ever so consistently, week after week) losing. Each win should give him a sizable jump in the standings.

Likewise, the anemic "running backs aren't an important fantasy position" Thunderfleas are looking due for a fall to the cellar if they can't start posting more points. (Goodness! Soon we at the Opus could be writing "Thunderfleas" and "New Potatoes" in the same sentence. Oh. My. G*d. We just did.)

Back Talk

Only one team stands out as having had the balls to lay some smack on the line and subsequently having had to stretch their scrotum way, way out and stuff their balls in their mouth like proverbial feet, league favorite Thunderfleas, a team that fans can really get behind and try to push to another city and forget about.

Last week, Thunderfleas indicated that they "rule" and would "demolish" the competition that "sucks," finishing with the phrase, "Taste my cleats!"

Thunderfleas lost to The Small Beverages who, due to roster limitations, had to go without a starting tight end.

Thunderfleas lost their tight end over the course of the weekend, and now the end of the Thunderfleas is considerably looser. Asked for comment, Thunderfleas owner and manager Daniel Wakabayashi said, "Those beverages didn't feel small at all. I think they were 40s. I'm not gonna sh*t right for a while!"

Owner and manager of The Small Beverages, Bob Kupbens, responded, "I'm not sure what he was thinking. I figured I'd win. I got 100% of the vote of people who bothered to pick. Dan picked a bad week to make a point about smack talking."

Kupbens then added, "You know, I don't think of Dan as a small guy, but I was still surprised at how much I managed to stuff up there. He's not gonna sh*t right for a while!"

Opus Remains Only Reliable Source For DFL News

Last week, Andrew Taylor chose a starting quarterback that scored -4 fantasy points. He posted some true DFL-style, hardcore smack afterwards about extending his contract as manager.

Later in the week, Elder Brother, league founder Sandy Taylor, posted about this smack talk in an article titled, "In case you missed it":

The Papaya Kings lost 43-42 in large part due to the play of Trent Dilfer who scored negative 4 points. Andrew's trast talk: Brilliant decision to start Dilfer! I'm giving myself a contract extension.

Sandy, how could you get that wrong? It's one of the three facts in your two sentence article! It's not like it's as complex a thing to get right as spelling trash! (T-R-A-S-H, by the way.)

Folks, the standard of fake news in the DFL must be kept up, especially when reporting who wins and loses, the latest trade Curt is offering, the R² value between record and total score, and spelling at a fourth grade level.

Sandy, please. You stick to what you're good at (coaxing the best possible performance from your opponents), and I'll stick to what I'm good at (wasting time in the office).

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